Working with Images

When using the JCE Content Editor you open the Image Manager by clicking the Image Manager icon.

When you do a pop-up window will appear, as shown in the next image.

If the pop-up does not display then please check your browser settings to ensure pop-ups are enabled.

Note

The image properties may be pre-configured globally when you change the settings of any one JCE Editor Profile.

Read more: How to configure the JCE Image Manager.

Incorrectly named files may not load as intended when your website is viewed from older web browsers.

Later renaming of folders can cause undue extra work that is best avoided.

See below for more about naming image files.

You can add upload images of any size to your website.

But it makes sense to size an image according to need.

By size we mean both dimensions (pixels or PX) and memory (Kb).

All other things being equal, as image dimensions increase then so does image memory size.

We therefore recommend uploading the smallest images you can to your website.

Read more: Recommended image widths.

Method

This will depend upon your device and image editing application.

We like Linux and use the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) to resize images.

The GIMP includes a very easy to use scale tool.

All file names should follow these rules:

• all lowercase,
• alphanumeric (letters or numbers or both),
• no spaces,
• no fancy symbols,
• describe the image content in three to four words,
• use hyphen between each word (example: fast-car.jpg).

Example

Many of our customers are running Joomla! eCommerce websites.

Here is an eample of how you could rename images before upload to an eCommerce website selling shoes!

Best practice for search engines is to include three keywords in an image title.

Example:

567456.JPG

could be renamed

567456.jpg

but would be better named

shoes-boys-red.jpg

OR

shoes-boys-red-567456.jpg

if you want to quickly cross-reference to the image.

In eCommerce every product should have a unique reference number (SKU or PLU).

If you already know what these are then you could incorporate in your image names.

Example

Red Boys Shoes

Ref No 345

Image could be renamed

shoes-boys-red-345-1-567456.jpg

This image would be 1 of several for product 345.

A second image could be

shoes-boys-red-345-2-567457.jpg

Use an appropriate file format

JPG or PNG

When detail is important.

GIF

When detail is less important.

GIF images can have a transparent background.