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In this help article we will explain how to add images on your website.

First, ensure you have an image column (or multiple columns) on your Google Sheet, and proper column mapping in the SpreadSimple.




To display images on your website, SpreadSimple needs a link to an image file hosted online. E.g:

https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1536500152107-01ab1422f932

or

https://i.imgur.com/0JSkR76.jpg

The links to images should be put as text to the corresponding cells under the image column in your Google Sheet.



You should either upload images to a hosting service or use a link to an existing image.

We do not recommend using Google Drive and Dropbox to host images for SpreadSimple (and any other) websites as they don't work stably for that purpose, which may result in images disappearing.

Let's review several services that help to upload and host images.

Disclaimer: you choose to store your images on these or other image services at your own risk.


Please, respect the terms of use of third-party services you use for image hosting.

Imgur

Imgur is the most popular image hosting service on the web.

• Go to https://imgur.com/upload and upload your image
  
• Right-click on the uploaded image and click "Copy Image Address"
  
  

Postimage

• Visit https://postimages.org and click Choose images to upload your image
  
• Copy Direct link URL
  
  

Cloudinary

• Go to https://cloudinary.com/ and sign in/sign up
  
• Go to your Media Library and click Upload to upload an image
  
• Copy URL
  
  
  
  
  If you are planning to enable Item Details Pages, we recommend that your images are 600x600 pixels at least, so the page looks good.
  
  We do not recommend to use large images as it may affect the website performance, specially the loading speed.
  
  
  
  Here are a few links to online editors where you can resize your images:
  
  https://resizeimage.net/
  https://www.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/online/resize-image.html
  https://www.img2go.com/resize-image
  
  Or you can use any of the desktop photo editors of your choice.
  
  
  
  
  Yes! Just switch on Keep image aspect ratio toggle.
  
  

Updated on: 01/11/2023

Updated on: 28/12/2023