How to crop an image

Instructions

Cropping an image that is already uploaded to the website

1. Sign in to your site and click on the Website tab

2. Navigate to the appropriate section where the image is located

3. Click on the name of the image

4. Click the [crop] link
   

   

   
   

5. From the Image Dimension drop down menu, select the cropping tool you wish to use and then click Change. If the image you are attempting to crop is smaller than the dimensions of the cropping tool, that tool will not show in the drop down menu. If you would like additional cropping dimensions added to the website you can do so by contacting our Support Team here.

6. Click the “Change” button

7. Drag and expand the white box around the portion of the image you would like to crop

8. Click “Crop” at the bottom

9. Click “Save new image”
   Note: If you would like to change the cropping, click “Adjust Cropping” to make your changes

10. A new image will be created with the new cropped dimensions. Feature this image to the appropriate thumbnail, navbar-image, headlines, etc.
    
    NOTE: When editing a release and selecting a thumbnail image, you’ll see a “Crop” option there as well:

    

Cropping an image during the upload image process while editing a file

1. Sign in to your site and click on the Website tab

2. Navigate to the file you are connecting the image to and click edit content. This is something you would typically do for banners, sponsor logos, affiliate logos, etc.

3. Click on the gray file selector box next to the Image URL field
   

   

4. Click the Upload tab

5. Select the section where you want to upload the image in the drop down menu

6. Select the file from your computer and then click Upload

7. Click the Crop button

8. From the Image Dimension drop down menu, select the cropping tool you wish to use and then click Change. If the image you are attempting to crop is smaller than the dimensions of the cropping tool, that tool will not show in the drop down menu. If you would like additional cropping dimensions added to the website you can do so by contacting our Support Team here.

9. Drag and expand the white box around the portion of the image you would like to crop

10. Click “Crop” at the bottom

11. Change the page name as needed if you want to remove the crop tool name from the filename
    

    

12. Click Save new image at the bottom of the window

13. You will see the image connected in the Image URL field. Click Save Changes to save the file.