6 Adding Images and Other Media
It's like what they say about the perfect picture book. The art and the text stand alone, but together, they create something even better. —Deborah Wiles
This chapter covers
- Embedding an image on a web page
- Working with background images
- Optimizing images for the web
- Adding videos, music, and other media
When you come across a page that's nothing but text, how does it make you feel? It probably makes you feel disappointed or perhaps even sad. And unless the text is absorbing and the typography exceptionally good, it also probably makes you want to click the Back button and look for some place where your sore eyes can catch a break. You don't want people feeling disappointed, sad, or eager to leave your site, so throw them a visual bone or two by sprucing up your pages with images and perhaps even a video once in a while. In this chapter, I show you how it's done.
Lesson 6.1: Adding an Image to the Page
Covers: The img element