Adding Photos to School Info
This article will walk you through adding photos to a School Info page step by step.
In this article, you will learn how to...
- Add a Photo Hosted in TC to a School Info Page
- Add a Photo Hosted Elsewhere to a School Info Page
- What to Do if Your Photo is Too Big
- Add a Photo as an Attachment to a School Info Page
Add a Photo Hosted in TC to a School Info Page
All you need to add a photo to Transparent Classroom is the link from where that photo is hosted. You can use any photo that you've already uploaded to TC in a School Info page.
To get the link:
- Find the photo you want to use, either on a child's photo tab, or from the [Photos] page.
- Click on it to enlarge it.
- Click on the three dots [...] in the upper right corner of the photo and select [Download] from the drop-down menu. If you are on the [Photos] page, there will be a download icon in the lower right corner instead. This will open a new tab with a full size version of the photo.
- Copy the link in the address bar.
Go back to School Info and into the Edit screen for your article, and click the photo icon.
Paste your photo link into the highlighted section.
Add a Photo Hosted Elsewhere to a School Info Page
To add a photo hosted in Google Images, Flickr, etc., you need to use some raw HTML. Don't worry! I'll give you some code to copy and paste. First you need to get the sharable link from the photo. Open the photo you want to use and find the share button.
It may be either of these 2 icons:
They will either provide you with a link you can copy, or they will have an embed option that will allow you to copy the entire code you need. Either way, copy the link or code, and return your School Info article.
If you copied embed code, simply paste that in your article and [Save]. (It may look like a lot, don't worry about it.)
If you copied a share link, copy and paste the following code in your article, and replace the highlighted link with your own:
<img src=“https://link.to.your/image.jpg” width=“300" />
Don't forget to [Save] before navigating away from this page!
What to Do if Your Photo is Too Big
If you save your article and you find that the photo you added is quite large, then you need to adjust the width of it. This can only be done using HTML, so if you've used a photo hosted in TC, you need to add it using the HTML code in the previous section.
Copy and paste this code into the edit box of the page and replace the highlighted link with your photo link (same one you'd use between the exclamation points for a TC hosted photo) :
<img src="https://link.to.your/image.jpg" width="300" />
The width section will determine the size of the photo. Try 300, and then change it if the photo is still too big. You can also use percentages if that is easier, just make sure to include the % symbol.
If you've copied embed code, find where it says "width" and replace the number as above. You made need to delete some additional code such as "height" and "alt".
Add a Photo as an Attachment to a School Info Page
If you'd rather, you can also add photos as attachments.
First, click on [Attachment].
This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer (rather than hosting it somewhere on the web, it will now be hosted in Transparent Classroom).
