{"id":77,"date":"2014-01-23T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/t4\/?p=77"},"modified":"2014-05-21T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T13:04:59","slug":"the-media-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/t4\/2014\/01\/23\/the-media-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terminal Four has a media library which can be used to store images and other kinds of documents such as PDF files or powerpoint presentations. It’s not suitable for larger file types such as Video, which should be hosted on NuVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This page describes using the Media Library for images. Note that while the T4 Media Library can resize and crop images, you will always<\/em> get better results if you do this in photoshop<\/a> (which can be found on RAS<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you are planning to be using the Media Library a lot, you will find performance greatly improves if you use the Chrome web browser<\/a> rather than Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n

It can be accessed in two ways, via the Control tab to the top right of T4.\"Media<\/a><\/p>\n

… or by using the\u00a0\"Media\u00a0icon while editing content (it’s third from the right in the middle tier<\/p>\n

\"Media<\/a><\/p>\n

When you enter the media library, its folder structure is on the left and can be browsed using the + icons next to the folders. There is a top level section in which we are maintaing a set of useful icons (other university and funding body logo’s). You’ll find a section called ‘Sites’ in which you should have a folder set up specifically for your site, depending on its category.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Browsing these long list can be fiddly. We’ll shortly be setting up shortcut links for all media library folders people have permission to edit.<\/em><\/p>\n

The contents of each folder appears on the right and at the top of this panel,\u00a0if you are in a folder you have permission to edit you’ll see Add Media buttons.<\/p>\n

\"Media<\/a><\/p>\n

When you click on Add Media, you’ll visit a screen with quite a few fields. You only need to be interested in Name, Description and Media.<\/p>\n

\"Media<\/a><\/p>\n