Adding an Image item

Use the following steps to upload an image item to a page.

You must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges.

To add an image item:

  1. Navigate to the page on which you want to add the item.

    Note: If you do not see the page that you want to work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. See your page group administrator to gain access.

  2. Switch to Edit mode.

  3. Click in the region in which you want to add the item.

    Note: If (the add item icon) does not display next to the region, the region may be a portlet region (and may contain portlets). In this case, you cannot add items to this region.

  4. From the Content Item Types list, choose Image.

    Note: You can also choose the Simple Image item type, or a custom item type based on the Simple Image item type. Item types preceded by "Simple" have few attributes. This allows items created based on the item type to be quickly added to a page, and extended with additional attributes, if required.

    If an item type does not appear in the list, contact your page group administrator. Your administrator selects which item types to display here.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Image field, enter the location of the image that you want to associate with this item. Use the first field to enter or browse for the image on your file system. Alternatively, use the second field to enter the URL of an image, or reuse an image that has already been uploaded to the portal by entering its internal name (not file name) without a path, for example 1645.GIF.

  7. In the Image Map field, enter or paste the entire MAP tag in standard HTTP format (including the <MAP> and </MAP> tags and the image map name).

    Example:

    <MAP>
    <MAP NAME="mymap">
    <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0,0,100,100" HREF="twolb.htm">
    <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="100,0,200,100" HREF="fivelb.htm">
    <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0,100,100,200" HREF="tenlb.htm">
    <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="100,100,200,200" HREF="twentylb.htm">
    </MAP>

  8. In the Image Map Name field, enter the name of the image map referred to in the HTML code in the Image Map field. This name must be identical to the MAP tag's map name. For example, "mymap".

  9. Choose a category that best describes what this item is (its content) and enter a Description for this item.

  10. In the Publish Date field, enter the exact date and time on which this item is displayed to public users. The format is DD-MON-YYYY HH12:MI PM.

    Note: If you are the item or page owner or were granted the Manage Items privilege, this item is immediately accessible in Edit mode.

  11. In the Expiration Period field, choose whether you want this item to be always available, available only for a specified number of days (calculated from the publish date), or if it expires on a specific date and time. The format is DD-MON-YYYY HH12:MI PM.

  12. Perspectives describe the audience or interest area for the item. In the Perspectives field, click the appropriate move arrow to move a perspective from the Available Perspectives to the Displayed Perspectives list. Use the appropriate up and down arrows to determine the order that the perspectives are displayed next to the item.

    Notes:

  13. Enter a keyword used to locate this item in a basic search and enter a name for the author.

    Note: By default, the Author field is filled with the name of the initial logged on user.

  14. Select the appropriate check boxes to enable document control or hide the item in View mode.

  15. Click Finish.

Notes

Related topics

What is an item?
What are item types?
Adding an item
Editing an item
Displaying an item property sheet
Changing a page's background color and image
Changing a page's image
Changing an item's image