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If your ====Dimensions of photos==== Slider: 1200x600 Inline image: 200x150 Featured post: 355x250 Related post is featured : 140x80 [[File:PhotoDimensions.png|1000px]] Use the visual above to keep in mind how the slider, photos you choose will be cropped into the slider uses the featured image of the post in its displaydifferent dimensions. The current size of the slider is 1175x585, so if you Set photos that are able to crop 1200x600 as your featured image to this size, please do so. If not, please try to upload an image that is similar to these dimensionsphoto for optimal display.
Changing Currently, using the thumbnail size double golden ratio for images the grey text box on the slider, the edge of the grey text box will appear in related posts is TBD (to be discovered)both the main and side thumbnails.
→Slider/Thumbnails Comparison
You can copy and paste your post's contents directly into wordpress's post editor. There are two ways to view your post - visual or text. Remember to check that there are no annoying tags in your post by checking the text view.
*'''No Span Tags''': If the post is copied and pasted out of Google docs, there will HTML span tags everywhere that can cause problems. The best way to avoid these tags is to copy and paste into a text editor (like Textpad on the RDP). Delete all of the span tags that are visible in the text editor and then copy and paste out of textpad into the blog.
*'''First 260 characters (includes spaces)''': The first 260 characters of your post, including spaces, will appear in the featured box when the blog post is promoted on mcnaircenter.org. Make sure these first few words are compelling. Do not use a heading for the first section.
===Sources===
All graphics must be licensed for reuse. Contact the Graphics Editor for help choosing and citing graphics.
'''To set the photo icon for the blog post,''' click on the "featured image" link on the left toolbar in WordPress for the post. Upload your chosen image. Make sure this is a photo which will entice viewers to click on the post!Be aware that this is the photo that will appear in the slider, featured posts, related posts and the inline image in the list of blog posts.
'''To place a photo within the blog post,''' click on the "ad add media" button on the top toolbar in WordPress for the post. Upload your image. Once it is in the content, you can move it around as you please within the post. If you click on a graphic it will let you align it left, right, or center within a paragraph, as well as a standalone image. It is probably best to put a graphic at the very start of a paragraph. Every post should have at least one graphic.
===Categories and Tags===
The slider uses the featured images of posts. Therefore, these images can vary wildly in size.
The current (1/30/2017) size of the Visit sliders on the McNair Center slider image is 1175x585rotator are 1200x371 at 300dpi. This could be is a standard double golden ratio, and the psd file used to followmake new ones is: E:\McNair\GraphicsAndWeb\Graphics Development\Double Golden Slider.psd
===Thumbnails===
The dimensions of thumbnails for the list of blog posts can be changed in Settings > Media > General. As of 1/30/2017, thumbnails for these posts are 150x200200x150 (confirmed with inspection). Changing the thumbnail size for images in related posts is possible under Appearance > Widgets > Right Sidebar/Blog Right Sidebar > Yuzo: Related Post(s) > Style > Height & Width image (relative). However, as of now, it is not possible to change the proportions of these images. Currently the dimensions are supposed to be 140x80 (1.75:1 ratio) but are actually 138x78 (confirmed with inspection). ==Slider/Thumbnails Comparison== The main thumbnails are squarer than the sidebar thumbnails, which show 133% more content width-wise. A bigger issue is that the main and slider thumbnails are cut out of the middle of the sliders, when a slider is used as a featured image. Thus a slider actually breaks down as: 29.4% - 42.2% - 29.4% (352.5px - 495px - 352.5px) width-wise for the main thumbnail and 22.6% - 54.7% - 22.6% (272px - 656px - 272px) for the side thumbnail.
==Other Resources for Search Optimization==
This link has some details on how to tag your blog posts for Google search optimization through meta tags: [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/79812?hl=en]
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