Choosing an image for news or another item

A news article, a calendar item, a product or a photo in a photo gallery has a fixed field for an image, usually Image. You choose an image from the Filemanager, or drag a photo straight onto the field.

Dragging or pasting a photo

1. Open the item and click Edit (or create a new item).
2. Drag a photo from your computer onto the Image field. While you drag, the field gets a dotted border and below it you see Drop an image here to upload it.
3. Release the photo. It is uploaded, the path appears in the field and you see a preview.
4. Click Save.

You can also paste an image you have copied into the field (Ctrl+V, on a Mac Cmd+V). Below the field you see the dimensions and the size, for example 1200 × 800 px, 240 KB. If it says File not found in red, the path is wrong.

Choosing an image from the Filemanager

1. Next to the field, click Choose Image.
2. Open the folder, click the image and click Choose.
3. Click Save.

What happens to the image?

When you save, Xanti makes the smaller versions the website needs itself, such as a thumbnail for an overview. So you don't have to make the photo in different sizes yourself. An uploaded photo goes into a fixed folder of that part of the site, for news for example in a folder per year.

Adding a photo to a photo gallery

1. In the tree on the left, open the folder with the gallery's photos.
2. Click Add Image.
3. Drag the photo onto the Image field or click Choose Image.
4. Optionally fill in a Title and a Description, and click Save.

See also

• Placing an image in a text
• Cropping, rotating or resizing an image
• Uploading and organizing files in the Filemanager

Checked: November 2026