What is a Hero Photo?
Hero photos are optional, large full-width header photos at the top of a web page.
The official Fredonia Photo Library is at www.fredonia.edu/photos. Help with the Photo Library is at www.fredonia.edu/photos/help
A Hero Photo must be at least 1600 pixels wide by 900 pixels tall and it must follow the composition rules described in the section below, "How to compose a good Hero Photo".
The hero photo must not include any text because:
text in an image is not accessible,
text in a hero photo will be cropped differently for each viewers’ different devices and screen sizes, which obscure obscures some parts of the text.
See Web Standards: https://www.fredonia.edu/web-standards
How to compose a good Hero Photo
Hero photos must be carefully composed and cropped to work well on both desktop and mobile devices.
A Hero Photo must be at least 1600 pixels wide by 900 pixels tall. To ensure flexibility in cropping, we recommend that the source photo be 2000-2500 pixels wide.
The middle of the upper 2/3rds of 1/3 of a hero photo must contain the relevant action and be the focus of the photo subject.
Anything outside of that middle -upper 21/3rds 3rd will be cut off when the web page is displayed on smaller screens. See examples, below.
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If you follow these rules for composition, the hero photo will look good on narrow mobile devices and on wide desktop screens:
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Steps to add a Hero Photo to your page
Edit the page
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by clicking the Edit button.
Click on the Hero Photo section, above the Title.
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Click
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Choose File
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link to
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The File Browser pop-up window appears.
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You may choose an existing image on the server, or to upload a new image.
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To select an existing image, click on it in the files list, then click Select.
To upload an image file from your computer:
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select a new Hero Photo image from your computer.
Browse your computer for an image, click Open, then click Select.
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Complete the Alternative text field, then click on the image once to apply the cropping.
The "Cropping Applied" message will appear.
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Save the page.
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Important Step if a Page already has a Hero Photo
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