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      Website CMS - Images: Adding and organising images

      Pictures tell a thousand words. Therefore, all our Hotel Website templates in the Design Store include large picture sliders to tell your hotel's story. In order to show pictures at optimum size, we have made adding, organising and croppin

      Library versus Galleries
      The Content Management System (CMS) allows you to store, crop and place pictures into your Responsive Hotel Website. In the CMS menu, both "Library" and "Galleries" cover pictures.

      Library

      This menu item can be considered a shoebox of your hotel pictures. This Library is where you initially upload all original pictures on full size. 

      Feel free to organise your Library into folders, so you can find your pictures back easily.

      Galleries

      This menu item is a collection of Galleries. A Gallery is a collection of max. 5 pictures that will appear as a slider or gallery on your website.

      Common Galleries are for example; a large homepage gallery, room galleries and package galleries.

       

      Library: Creating a folder to organize your content

      In order to easily find your pictures back, it's recommended to organize them into folders. Example picture folders:

      • Hotel Facade / Entrance
      • Public Area's
      • Spa and pool
      • Restaurant
      • Standard Room
      • Executive Room
      • Presidential Suite
      • Promotions

      To create a new folder:

      1. Go to Media > Image library
      2. Click Create folder at the top right corner

       

      Library: Upload new pictures to a folder

      To upload pictures form your computer to one of your created folders:

      1. Go to Media > Image library
      2. Click on the Folder name you wish to place the pictures in
      3. Click Upload at the right
      4. Click Add files
      5. Select one or more files from your computer
      6. Click Open
      7. Click Start Upload

       

      Galleries: Creating a new gallery

      To create a new gallery for any of your hotel website pages:

      1. Go to Media > Galleries
      2. Click Add Gallery
      3. Enter the name of the galley and check the other fields
      4. Click Add Gallery

      Note: It is very important to select the correct "Ratio".

       

      Galleries: Adding images

      To add existing images which are already uploaded to the CMS:

      1. Go to Media > Galleries
      2. Click on the gallery you wish to place the pictures in
      3. Click Add existing image at the right
      4. Select images, by selecting the tick box in the library/folder
      5. Click Add to gallery

      To add new images to the CMS directly into a gallery:

      1. Go to Galleries
      2. Click on the gallery you wish to place the pictures in
      3. Click Add image
      4. Click Add files
      5. Click Start upload