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Photoblogs

Relying heavily on images, the photo story aims to tell a narrative through a series of photographs. There are a number of options available for presenting photoblogs on The Breaker – all aimed at presenting photographs in a visually appealing and engaging manner.

Large Format Photo Blog

The large format photoblog seems to be one that is growing in popularity in recent times, with The Atlantic and The Guardian both championing the look. It’s a format that really makes the photos the centrepiece of the post, the only negative can be that depending on the number of photos there might be a lot of scrolling involved.

Step 1

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Add a new ‘Post’, give it a ‘Post title’ and add an introduction (think about how you should style this).

Step 2

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Place your cursor in your ‘Post’ where you want your first image to be inserted.Click on the ‘Add Media’ button.

Step 3

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Either drag and drop your images into the window or click on the ‘Select Files’ button.

Step 4

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Select your image/images – at this point you can either decide to upload your images in one go or one at a time.For images to display ‘Full-width’ in the ‘Post’, they need to be at least 740px wide – remember all uploaded pictures need to be resized and saved for web before uploading.

Step 5

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Complete all the ‘attachment details’ for your image – don’t complete the ‘Caption’ field we’ll add this manually in the next step.If you’re uploaded all your images, fill in ‘attachment details’ for all images.

Step 6

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Manually go through and add descriptive text under the images – think about how this should be styled.Repeat this process until you have inserted all your images.
View an example of a Full-width Photoblog

Slideshows

Using a Slideshow in a ‘Full Width Post’ means you can display large photographs without the disadvantage of lots of scrolling. Slideshows can been see in use on the New York Times photography blog – Lens

To create a Slideshow follow the Gallery instructions (inserting a Gallery will automatically show as a Slideshow)

View an example of a Full-width slideshow

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