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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan
September 2007
Beginner
822 pages
23h 3m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Using Image Web Parts

Image Web Parts let you place pictures and graphics on Web Part pages in your SharePoint sites. Image Web Parts display graphics stored in a SharePoint Image Gallery or anywhere else that can be reached over a network connection.

Warning

It is not recommended that you hotlink to an image stored on an Internet host due to bandwidth limitations across a WAN. Also, if you do not own the image, you may be violating copyright laws by displaying it on your site.

Although you can also place an image on a web page by using a Source Editor and creating the link in HTML, the Image Web Part lets you control the image's background color and alignment on the page. You can also use this Web Part to display an image from another Web Part that is linked to the image gallery.

Tip

See the "Change an Image on the Main Site Page" section in Chapter 7 to see how to add a basic image to an Image Web Part.

The Image Web Part supports the following image formats:

  • Windows Bitmap (.bmp)

  • Windows Enhanced Metafile (.emf)

  • Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)

  • Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg, .jpeg)

  • Portable Network Graphics (.png)

Image Web Part Properties

When you add an Image Web Part to a Web Part page and edit the Web Part to link to an image or another Web Part, there are several properties you can modify that will affect the placement and appearance of the image:

Image Link

This is the specific path or URL leading to the image location. The Image Link won't be available if this Web Part is ...

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