Upload Photo Codes

If you own a website, whether it is for business or personal use, you undoubtedly will have photos included. One of the basic methods to upload photo codes so they will appear on your website is through the use of HTML or hyper text markup language. This contains specific tags which are used to upload pictures on your website.

When you are putting together your website and come to the part where you wish to insert images, either those you have created or from other websites, the code will begin with: <IMG SRC="">

In between the quotations, you will either list the code for the site from which you have taken the picture, or you will add your own code based on the picture you have created.

Here is how they would look.

<img border="0" src="http://www.holidays.zingerbugimages.com/MothersDay/mothers_day_roses.gif "></a> This is a typical code when taking an image from another site.

Or

<img border="0"src=name of picture.jpg"> Use this code of you are creating your own picture in jpg format. Note that gif pictures take longer to upload.

It is also important to note that if any character is incorrectly typed or missing; the image will be broken and will not appear on your website.

There are a number of online tutorials you can use to learn how to write HTML and use proper coding in order to upload photos to your website. There are also many software applications you can use. One is called website construction software and is great for those of you who know the basics of HTML writing. If you prefer, you can utilize any of the online website applications such as Site Build it, Dreamweaver, Front Page, or others.

Coding is critical to the function of your website. Without the proper coding and placement of the codes, you could be spending more time than you should, trying to get the website up and running.

While the ability to upload photo codes is perhaps the easiest part of the HTML language, it is nonetheless important to decide how the picture will be presented on the site, the format and the size. Remember, for those who have old computers, trying to upload a gif photo will take longer, even though it is more compressed than a jpg file, it is preferable to use jpg whenever you can.