Images

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Inserting Images in CKEditor is very simple. Just press the CKEditor image.png button on the toolbar. A popup window called "Image Properties" will appear. It includes four bookmarks:

Image Info

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The first bookmark refers to the "Image Info"

  • URL: defines the URL address of the image. You may also use the "Browse Sever" in order to browse the files.
  • Alternative Text: puts the descriptions of the image if you want it to be different than the image name.
  • Width: specifies image width.
  • Height: specifies image height.

You may lock the image proportions by pressing CKEditor lock.png or you can return to the original image size by pressing CKEditor return.png.

  • Border: specifies the size of the border you want to place around the image.
  • HSpace: defines the size of the  horizontal gap.
  • VSpace: defines the size of the vertical gap.
  • Align: specifies the alignment of the image. You can choose from: Left or Right.

In a "Preview" window user may view of content as it will look after inserting images.

Pressing "OK" inserts the image with the specified properties.

Link

The second bookmarks regards to "Link":

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  • URL: defines the URL address of the image. You may also use the "Browse Sever" in order to browse the files.
  • Target: defines the target of the image (for advanced users). You can choose from New Window ( _blank ), Topmost Window ( _top ), Same Window ( _self ) or Parent Window ( _parent ).

Upload

The third bookmark is the "Upload" section:

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  • Upload: specifies the location of the image file on your local hard drive. You may also use "browse" if you don't want to type the location manually.

Pressing "Send it to the Server" sends the image to the server.

Advanced

This bookmark is only for advanced users:

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  • Id: specifies the ID of the image.
  • Language Direction: sets the language direction from left to right ( LTR ) or from right to left ( RTL ).
  • Language Code: specifies the language code e.g. en, pt, pl.
  • Long Description URL: specifies the description of the page.
  • Stylesheet Classes: specifies the name of the CSS class.
  • Advisory Title: specifies the description of the target object.
  • Style: specifies the style.