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Drupal 7 Media

You're reading from   Drupal 7 Media Integrate, implement, and extend rich media resources such as images, videos, and audio on your Drupal 7 website with this book and ebook

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849516082
Length 260 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Liran Tal Liran Tal
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Chapter 3. Working with Images

It's time to begin with our very first and long-time media resource on the Internet—images. Images are not only a requirement that a site builder needs to meet according to some spec, but rather they should be thought of from the ground up when designing a website.

On the web, a picture really is worth a thousand words (if not more) as they contribute to a website's lively look and feel. Can you think of Facebook without images? Instagram is a billion dollar venture based solely on taking images and sharing them with your peers. Pinterest is another good example of taking a concept such as bookmarks, adding some eye-candy images to it, and there's another startup for you.

In this chapter we will cover:

  • Adding image fields to custom content types

  • Understanding the Media module for site-wide media resources management

  • Installing and understanding the use of WYSIWYG and text formats

  • Embedding images in content via WYSIWYG

  • Creating image galleries, configuring them, and...

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