How To Insert Images The Quick Way

UPDATE: The tips and tricks on this are to do with XSite Pro Version 1 only. Click here for news on XSite Pro Version 2.

Let's say you have a product page with a product photo on it. Here's an example:

Here's a product page with a product photo.

One day, you obtain a much better photo of the product. It's a photo of the harmonica out of its case, looking very shiny and new.

Let's say you want to replace the original photo (above) with the new photo. However, you don't want to have to enter the alt text and the spacing again (after all, this is an article called "How To Insert Images The Quick Way")!

Instead of deleting the original photo, select it and click the yellow image button:

To replace the image (but preserving the alt text and spacing), select the image and then press the yellow image button again (circled in red above).

The 'browse for image' dialog will appear. Select the new image. Notice how the alt text and the spacing are preserved?

Press the "Browse" button again to select your new image. Notice how the alt text and the spacing are preserved from the last image?

And here's your site - new image included - in record time:

Here's the site with the new image. See how the alt text is preserved?

This article is derived from a tip I posted on the XSite Pro Forum in 2005.

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