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+# Click to Load Website Images
+
+2021-03-25
+
+In my previous post about [switching my Jekyll blog over to PHPetite](https://uglyduck.ca/#2021-03-22-89-posts-one-file), I briefly mentioned how I only loaded in article images if the user *clicked or tapped* the empty file element.
+
+In this post, I'm going to quickly breakdown the update I've done to my blog's images since then and how you can easily implement the same thing in your own project.
+
+## Update
+
+As pointed out by Gabriel [in this Github issue](https://github.com/bradleytaunt/phpetite/issues/1), this concept breaks things slightly for RSS users. Since then, I have just set the default images on this blog to `display: none` and render them as `block` elements when their specific `section` is loaded into the DOM visibly.
+
+The example below is remaining the same as it was, to still provide context for this post.
+
+## Live Demo
+
+Before we jump head first into the details, let's take a look at what we will be creating:
+
+<figure>
+    <div class="img-parent">
+    <img loading="lazy" src="/placeholder-image.webp" onclick="this.src='/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp'" alt="Aqua UI buttons">
+    </div>
+    <figcaption><b>Click the placeholder to load in the real image</b><br>Example Dribbble shot for testing. Feel free to click the default image in order to load the correct Dribbble source. <a href="/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp">View full size image</a>.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+Pretty neat, eh? Well let's get into the nitty gritty.
+
+## The Code
+
+Personally, I place everything into a `figure` element to keep things contained and clean - but this isn't required by any means. We then include our `img` and `figcaption` elements. That's it.
+
+
+    <figure>
+        <img src="/placeholder-image.webp" onclick="this.src='https://res.cloudinary.com/bradtaunt/image/fetch/q_auto:low/v1570124593/https://uglyduck.ca/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp'" alt="Aqua UI buttons">
+        <figcaption><b>Click the placeholder to load in the real image</b><br>
+            Example Dribbble shot for testing. Feel free to click the default image in order to load the correct Dribbble source.
+            <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/bradtaunt/image/fetch/q_auto:low/v1570124593/https://uglyduck.ca/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp">View full size image</a>.
+        </figcaption>
+    </figure>
+
+
+### The Image Element
+
+This is where the *magic* happens. By default all images will target the default placeholder image: `placeholder-image.webp`. This image is just 16KB in size and only needs to load in once.
+
+Next we include an inline `onclick` attribute, which targets the current image's `src` attribute and changes it based on the URL provided. (Note: I use Cloudinary for my blog's image storage, but you could even host your images relative to your root directory if you wanted)
+
+Now when a user clicks on the placeholder image, the inline `onclick` pulls in the correct image in it's place.
+
+### Disabled JavaScript
+
+For users who have JavaScript blocked or disabled we have a decent backup. By including a direct link to the image URL in the `figcaption` element, we give the user the ability to still view the image in a separate browser tab.
+
+You could get extra fancy and include some `noscript` tags in your project that maybe render a different placeholder image mentioning they have JavaScript disabled etc, but for my needs that would be overkill.
+
+## Cool - But Why Do This?
+
+Bandwidth is a limited resource for a lot of users around the world. As designers and developers it's best to respect this fact and only load in elements as the user *requires* them. Every little bit helps.