13. Using Media Responsibly

Variables to consider before adding images

All sites have a limit of 3GB of storage on the Technology Solutions servers. Any overage of storage use may be requested in 1GB increments up to a maximum of 10GB. Administrators can view their current storage status on the CMS dashboard homepage.
Avoid uploading PDFs to your site (with the exception of CVs in Profile posts). Instead, we suggest you create links to Box so that your files are not taking up space on Red website servers. For content meant to be public, set the privacy on the Box link to “accessible to anyone who has this link” before copy-pasting it onto your site.
Do not attempt to embed videos on the site. Use the video component and copy the URL from YouTube, Vimeo, or another supported provider into the video component to display a video.
Please refer to the image size guidelines for each particular component/header type when uploading your respective images. Not only does this prevent Red from cropping your images, but it also cuts down on the amount of memory used by the images.
It is a requirement that all images include alt tag keywords, for both accessibility purposes (screen readers) as well as a proper SEO technique. Please refer to the Accessibility page of this tutorial for more information on adding alt tags to images.