Media Outreach

Looking to add a bit more pizzazz to the content on your pages? One way to spruce up a page is by creating graphic links, instead of just regular text links. By using graphic links, you can create buttons and clickable images that make any link jump off the page. Here is how it is done:

1.*Create a .JPG image with some text (e.g. “Click Here”) inside a “bubble”. Be creative and make the background colors of the “bubble” really stand out, but not so much that the text becomes unreadable.
NOTE: Be sure to make the background color behind the “bubble” the same color as the background of the content areas on your site, so it blends in. Also, be sure the image is not any larger than 200-300 pixels wide. Anything larger than that is overkill.
*Microsoft Paint can be used to create basic images, but a photo editing program is recommended.

2. Upload the finished graphic file (“button1.jpg” for example) into the *Image Library.
*Located in the Admin. Panel on the Web Site tab.

3. Now, in edit mode, go to the page where you would like to place the graphic “button”, and open the editor for the content area. Place your cursor where you would like to insert the image and click on the “Insert/Edit Image” button. Inside the Image Properties window, click on “Browse Server” to choose the newly uploaded file from the Image Library, then adjust any settings of the image until it looks right in the Preview window.

4. At the top of the Image Properties window, you will see a tab labeled “Link.” Clicking on this tab will display the same basic link options when creating a regular link, only now they will apply to this image instead of just plain text.

5. Click ‘OK’ and see your newly created graphic button drop into the page.

6. Save your content to see your new button in action!

As you can see, adding buttons and graphic links to your page can give an otherwise drab content area new life.