How to Insert Pictures With Captions on Joomla
Adding captions to your Joomla pictures is beneficial in two ways. If a site visitor is using a slow Internet connection, he may have problems loading images. Use the image caption to clue him in on what picture is being used. Captions also help your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts, if you include site specific keywords as part of the caption.
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Instructions
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Log into your Joomla administration portal. Click the "Site" tab. Select "Media Manager."
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Click "Browse" to browse through the image files that are located on your computer's hard drive. Double-click the image you want to use.
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Click "Start Upload" to upload the image to your Web server. Once the upload is complete, write down the file name for the image. As an example, it will appear as "yourimage.jpg."
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Click the "Content" tab. Select "Article Manager."
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Click the article (page) you would like to insert the picture on. This will launch the page-editor window.
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Click the "Insert/Edit Image" icon (green tree) from the page-editor tool bar.
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Type the image file name into the "Image URL" field. Type a caption for your image into the "Image Title" field. Click the "Insert" button to finish inserting the image. Place a checkmark in the "Caption" box to activate the caption.
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Click "Save" and "Apply" from the Joomla toolbar.
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