Uploading Pictures

Hello FarmGirl78,

I apologize for the delay in responding. A couple things to consider when importing images: 

• You can only import files smaller than 70mb.
• Minimize use of animated gifs. Animated gifs are large files and take longer to load.
• Keep Photo Album pictures small. Each image you add should be under 100k.
• Save .jpg images at 72 dpi or less. This is a good resolution for websites

You should resize images before importing them to your web page. When large images are imported to a web page and then reduced to a smaller size with SiteBuilder, it can cause the following problems:

• Slow loading of the web page and files.
• Distortion of the image file.

For the faster load times on your website, you should keep your image file sizes less than 100KB, if possible. You can use a graphics program to resize and resave large images before importing them with SiteBuilder. If you don't already have one, we often recommend the free IrfanView program, which you can get from a number of download sites, including www.download.com.

Resizing large images in SiteBuilder doesn't actually change the image file sizes, or keep the correct image proportions. When an image is resized in SiteBuilder, the original image is stretched or shrunk by the web browser into the height and width dimensions specified. This stretching or shrinking of the image by the browser can cause the image to appear distorted. To prevent a web browser from doing this, you should always resize and resave your images to the preferred height and width dimensions before importing them into SiteBuilder.

To determine the image file size in your website account:

1. Log in to your website account. If you have multiple sites in your account, select the correct website from the drop-down menu.

2. Click Show website options in the middle of the My Websites page.

3. Click the Manage your pages and files link .

4. Click to select the checkbox next to the image in question.

5. In the Page and File Manager, click Get Info. The image size is listed under Size.

6. Click OK.

Also, SiteBuilder provides an image optimizer that can decrease the file size of your images while retaining optimized quality.

To optimize an image:

1. Launch SiteBuilder.

2. Open the page that has the image you want to optimize.

3. Select the image and resize it as necessary.

4. Click Optimize.

5. Select whether to create a new image or overwrite the existing one.

• Save as new image: Preserves your original image in your site and creates a new optimized version of the image.
• Overwrite existing image: Overwrites the original image in your site and saves only one optimized version.

6. Click OK.

7. Save the page.

Note: If image quality is very important to your site, you might want to use a professional image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop which will give you greater control over the balance between image quality and file size.