Hour 6. Getting Visual, Part 1: Adding Images and Graphics

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• What the main image file types are and when to use them

• How to import an image into Expression Web 4

• How to insert an image into a page

• How to change the placement and appearance of an image in a page

Because the World Wide Web is a visual medium, making your website visually pleasing is important. The easiest way to do this is by adding images and graphics to the text. However, images can be so much more than just eye candy. As hinted at in Hour 5, “Getting Connected With (Hyper)Links: The Cornerstone of the World Wide Web,” an image can also be used as a link or even as a navigational tool. If you dissect websites, you find images used as borders, ...

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