Adding photos and video is easy! We made some videos for you regarding this topic. Click on the topics below to open the corresponding YouTube video
Because the Animal Picture User role gives permissions for the pictures on the organization's website only, the actions listed in the permissions section here do not apply. |
Please note, we support only the following image formats for upload: GIF, JPG, PNG. |
Click either the Upload Animal Image button or check the Add Another and then click the Upload button. By checking the Add Another box, the image or video will save and you will be returned to the upload menu to upload another file.
If you upload more than one picture, when you are done, reorder the pictures in the order you want them to be displayed. The first image (order #1) is the primary image for the animal and will appear first on the animal detail page, and if the animal appears in sidebars or animal highlight sections. It will also be sent first in exports to adoption sites. We recommend you make your best picture your primary image. Besides being first on the animal detail page, if an adoption site only uses one picture, the primary picture is the one they use. |
After you upload a picture, you can crop it.
When you're adding a new animal, the media menu looks different - it's all icons - but it acts the same.
There are two ways to add videos to your animal's record:
Uploading a video to an animal record is very similar to uploading a photo:
Click either the Upload a Video for this Animal button or check the Add Another and then click the Upload button. By checking the Add Another box, the image or video will save and you will be returned to the upload menu to upload another file.
If your RescueGroups.org account is configured to upload videos to a YouTube channel, then your video will be uploaded to Youtube no matter the export or status settings for the particular animal. |
Only the following video formats are supported for upload to RescueGroups.org: MPG, MPEG, 3GP, AVI, MOV, MP4, WEBM, FLV, WMV. The maximum video size is currently 80 MB. |
To add a YouTube video URL for an animal:
For more information about how videos are used and where they are exported, see Exporting animal videos to the adoption listing websites in this guide.
You can crop photos that you have uploaded to your website. See How to crop animal pictures in this guide.
You can delete a photo or video that you have uploaded.
Once you have deleted a photo or video from your website, it is deleted immediately and cannot be recovered. |
Do not delete a video YouTube URL from an animal unless you do not intend to use the video again. If you delete a video URL, that video is not removed from YouTube. However, YouTube doesn't allow duplicate videos, so if you attempt to use the same URL, it will see it as a duplicate and will not allow it. |
When uploading pictures, use the website’s resizing and cropping features to save time instead of editing the picture with another program before uploading. When you upload the picture, our server will resize the image to a maximum width of 350 pixels. You also have the option of cropping the picture at any time from the animal’s Media page.