Photos on Your Web Site
Finding Photos For Your Web Site
Photos are an essential part of a web site. Graphics that are made using photos that are relevant to your industry personalize your site, helping visitors know what you're about. People's eyes are naturally drawn to images, so adding images to your web pages help them know what that web page is about.Here are some web sites that offer stock photography for low prices (a few dollars a photo):
Displaying Your Photos
If you've got a lot of photos that you'd like to show visitors, there are a variety of ways to display them. The technology that can be used will depend on how many photos and how you want to organize them.
If you have five to ten photos, a gallery of thumbnails that link to full sized images works well. The thumbnails can be arranged in columns so they're easy for readers to find what they want. A flash image gallery that displays thumbnails, medium sized images and link those images to a full sized photo is another great option. See an example here.
If you've got a great deal of images you want to display, an open source (free) image gallery management program, such as Menalto can be an option. These programs display photos in categories and come with a back end where you can upload and organize your own photos. See an example here.
If you prefer to use an image hosting service, you can set up your own account on web sites like My Space, Face Book, or Flickr.
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