What is a Layout?
Layouts let you arrange images and text on an open canvas. You can create collages of favorite photos, magazine-like layouts, or style a complete outfit with images from ShopStyle, Getty, or your own collection. You can also resize and rotate your images, add special effects, add text boxes, add graphics, and title, describe, and tag your layout like any other post type. Pheew!
How do I add images and text to my layout?
To add images, first click the 'Add Image' button on the left corner of your layout canvas. This will load the media assist pop-up box where you will choose your image. In the media assist box, you can upload images or use one of the images you've already uploaded by clicking on the "Your Images" tab. For more images, click on the Getty tab to add celebrity, news, and fashion images, or click on the ShopStyle tab to search for your favorite product photos. Once you find an image you like, click on it, and it will be added to your layout. If you've selected a Getty or ShopStyle image, you'll see a caption as well. If you don't want to include the caption when you add the image, uncheck the include caption box when you're adding an image.
To add text to your layout, click on the add image button on the top of the layout canvas. Enter your text then click “Add”. You can further style your text box by using the text box panel on the right that automatically opens when a text box is selected.
To add a graphic, simply click on the graphic you'd like, then select one of the color choices in the smaller boxes below the main graphic images. This will immediately add that graphic to your canvas.
To delete an image or text box, first select the image or text box you would like to delete, then click the pink x in the corner, or just press delete on your keyboard.
How do links work on a layout?
If you add a shopstyle product to your layout, both the image and the caption will link to the retailer that provided the product image. If a reader clicks on either the image or the caption, a new tab or window will open in their web browser with the product page on the retailer’s site. This way they can view the product without navigating away from your blog.
