Using CSS for Inserting Images (Advanced Skill)

Last Revised by DSM on 6/5/2018

Overview:

This post is intended for eCampus staff internal use.  It offers example CSS layout options that avoid the use of tables–  Better for accessibility.


Inserting Images with a Caption below (no tables):

  1. Alter the DIV style float tag; “Left” or “Right”
  2. Replace with your image and ALT text
  3. Replace text

Example

books
Caption/Citation/ Source
Insert any caption text in this area.
http://www.google.com

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Code below
<div style="float: left; background: #efefef; border: 0px solid #999; padding: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px">

<img class="align: none" src="http://www.spiritlakebooks.com/uploads/6/0/2/7/6027919/3301397_orig.jpg" alt="books" width="200" height="100" /><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small">Caption<br>
Insert any caption text in this area.<br>
<a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a><br></span>
</div>
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