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Adding Images to Your Web Page. Web Design Section 5-7. Part or all of this lesson was adapted from the University of Washington’s “Web Design & Development I” Course materials. Objectives. The Student will: Utilize images created in a graphics program in an html page
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Adding Images to Your Web Page Web Design Section 5-7 Part or all of this lesson was adapted from the University of Washington’s “Web Design & Development I” Course materials
Objectives • The Student will: • Utilize images created in a graphics program in an html page • Use thumbnail images to link to a larger image • Use the ALT attribute when adding images to a page
The <img /> tag • The <img /> tag is used to insert images into a web page. • Note that the <img /> tag a non-container tag. You open and close it in the same <> • End the tag with /> not just a >
Format for the <img /> tag • Here is an example of the <img /> tag: • If I have an image that I want to insert and the image is in a directory called images then: <img src="images/stickman.gif" alt="Stickman" width="24" height="39" /> • The image is the file “images/stickman.gif” • The text read by a screen reader will be “Stickman” • The width is 24 pixels (72 pixels is an inch) • The height is 39 pixels (72 pixels is an inch)
Example - The HTML Code: <html> <head> <title>Example of images</title> </head> <body> <p>Insert an image from another folder:</p> <img src="images/stickman.gif" alt="Stickman" width="24" height="39" /> <p>Insert an image from a web site:</p> <img src="http://www.w3schools.com/images/lamp.gif" alt="Lamp" width="15" height="15" /> </body> </html>
Summary • <img /> tag is used to insert images in a web page. • The <img /> tag is a non-container • It is opened and closed in the same tag! • The <img /> tag uses the following attributes • src, alt, height, width
Rest of Today • Download Homework 5-7 from the Hancock website • Complete Homework 5-7 by adding 6 pictures to your website