Guide to Public Domain Images
April 6th 2006 02:39
One of the bloggers asked me where to get public domain images to use on the website.
It's very important not to use copyrighted images. Since this network is trying to make money, we certainly can't make money off someone else's efforts. Otherwise, we might as well hang out in alleys and club people on thte head.
The best source for public domain images is Wikipedia, and it's sister-site, Wikimedia Commons.
There are literally millions of articles on Wikipedia, and a lot of the articles have photos.
Another good source is Creative Commons.
Here's a site with lots of links to free image galleries.
This one, too.
Something I'm guilty of: not resizing photos before you upload them.
Get some photo editing software, resize the photo, adjust the colours and filters, and then upload the picture. If it's too low-res, it'll look terrible on your site, like my cousin when she gets up in the morning without makeup.
Image Placement:
Notice how my text lines up with my image? This is done by adding a line break before the image code, and NO line break after.
I find that a size of 35%-50% looks good on the site - this can be modified by hand in the editor. Just change "width="50%"" to "width="35%"", or whatever desired value you want.
Additionally, I use a margin of '5' and a border of '5'. These can be flexible to suit your tastes, but a margin is necessary to prevent your article text from 'smushing' up against your picture.
En fin
Pictures, my friends, pictures. They used to be worth 1000 words, but with housing inflation and rising gas prices, it's more like 350 words.
Use photos that people want to see. What do people want to see?
What do YOU want to see? Cute kittens, beautiful scenery, hot girls/guys, hilarious pranks, souped-up cars, great tackles, weird spiders, sharks eating gorillas, Russell Crowe assualting his fans, John Howard slipping on bananas.... the list goes on and on.
Clownfish (from Wikipedia)
The best source for public domain images is Wikipedia, and it's sister-site, Wikimedia Commons.
There are literally millions of articles on Wikipedia, and a lot of the articles have photos.
Another good source is Creative Commons.
Here's a site with lots of links to free image galleries.
This one, too.
Something I'm guilty of: not resizing photos before you upload them.
Get some photo editing software, resize the photo, adjust the colours and filters, and then upload the picture. If it's too low-res, it'll look terrible on your site, like my cousin when she gets up in the morning without makeup.
Image Placement:
I like to move it, move it
I find that a size of 35%-50% looks good on the site - this can be modified by hand in the editor. Just change "width="50%"" to "width="35%"", or whatever desired value you want.
Additionally, I use a margin of '5' and a border of '5'. These can be flexible to suit your tastes, but a margin is necessary to prevent your article text from 'smushing' up against your picture.
En fin
Pictures, my friends, pictures. They used to be worth 1000 words, but with housing inflation and rising gas prices, it's more like 350 words.
Use photos that people want to see. What do people want to see?
What do YOU want to see? Cute kittens, beautiful scenery, hot girls/guys, hilarious pranks, souped-up cars, great tackles, weird spiders, sharks eating gorillas, Russell Crowe assualting his fans, John Howard slipping on bananas.... the list goes on and on.
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