Archives: images

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Law-Abiding Images: The Basics of Digital Image Copyright

Hopefully you are aware that not every image on the Internet is free for you to use on your website. If not, consider this your heads-up that digital copyright laws are real and serious. You are responsible for making sure that you have the appropriate permissions to use images on your website. Luckily, we've... More

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Picture Perfect: Optimizing Your Images for SEO and Accessibility

So you've found an image, made sure it has the appropriate copyright license, and edited it to your liking. Surely, that's enough for everything to be picture perfect? Not quite yet! Using images on your website isn't simply about knowing how to add them to your page or post, you also need to optimize... More

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Finding Images for your Website

We've sleuthed our way through past Web services posts on finding images to compile the best tips and tricks for finding website images. Below you will find resources on how to fulfill all your website's image-using needs! Safety First: Obeying Copyright Laws Not every image on the Internet can be used for free. To... More

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Alt Text 1: Improving your Image with Web Services

Let's discuss the subtext Before you get too excited this story isn’t about how to run a great PR campaign or mend your reputation after those photos get leaked to the press. When we say improving your image, we mean we are going to look at how to improve the accessibility of images on... More

Thursday, February 10, 2022

A Pixlr is Worth a Thousand Words: Basic Image Editing with Pixlr

So you have an image to add to your website but it’s not the right size, shape, rotation, or a thousand other little things that keep it from being picture-perfect. Well, in the age of free image editing software, fixing your pixels has never been simpler. Of course, you’re free to use the software... More

Monday, January 11, 2021

Tips & Tricks: Image Gallery

This week's tip is all about Image Galleries! Everyone knows you can add images to web pages, but did you know you can add an Image Gallery with a built-in image slideshow feature? Keep reading to learn more about this awesome feature available right now for CMS sites! Using an Image Gallery to Display... More

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Tips & Tricks: Resizing Images on a Mac

As we start another week, we wanted to share another super helpful tip on image resizing. We know we already shared our tip for resizing images on a PC -BUT- this week its all about resizing images on a Mac! Not all of us have fancy image editing software on our Mac computers, and... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

Tips & Tricks: Resizing Images on a PC

Hey! Us again - just checking in with another post from our "Tips and Tricks" blog series (cue applause, please). When you're adding photos to your website, you've probably noticed that if you want to add a banner image or a thumbnail image, that there are certain dimension requirements. Since WordPress only has a... More

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Are stock photos on your Christmas wish list?!

If the answer is yes ..... Web Services has you covered! We are offering our clients the opportunity to get some high quality, stock photos for their web sites. These are great for things such as banners and thumbnails. We currently has a subscription to Shutterstock. If you would like us to download images... More

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