Directions for use

Before being sent to the site, pictures should be resized, in order to lose some weight (originals straight out of your camera are much too heavy). A graphic editor should be used (Microsoft PhotoEditor, Office picture manager, PaintShop Pro, Photoshop…).

To resize:

  • Do a backup copy of the images you wish to modify (in order to keep an original)
  • Open the graphic editor
  • Open the pictures you just copied
  • Select the menu option allowing the resizing (look for a menu option saying 'Image / resize’, or something approaching)
  • Most graphic editors work with several measure units (at least centimeters, inches and pixels). Ensure that the selected unit is pixels (Px) (if not, select it).
  • Modify the value corresponding to the largest of the 2 values displayed, and bring it to 600. If not performed automatically, modify also the value corresponding to the smallest of the 2 values , and bring it to 450. (If the pictures’ orientation is ‘landscape’, the width will be 600 and the height will be 450; if its orientation is ‘portrait, height will be 600 and width 450.)
  • Save
  • Repeat these steps for each picture you want to upload on the site.

Once all pictures are resized, open the gallery (ling at the bottom of this page), click on the category corresponding to the first picture you want to publish. The category opens, ans a new menu option appears in the ‘MENU’ area (to the left of the screen), saying ‘Upload a picture’.

Click this option.

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Click ‘browse’ (1), and locate the pictures you want to upload. Double click the 1st of them.

Enter the requested informations (username, E-mail address  (2) , name of the picture (will appear as title, above the picture, on the gallery. If nothing is entered here, the file name is displayed instead), author (will be displayed in the corresponding zone, below the image,(3)  etc... A comment can be entered (4), which will be displayed below the picture.
Note: Only 'User name' and 'e-mail address ' have to be completed. Nevertheless, other options will help many users find their way!.

Click Submit (5).

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A page informing of the upload is displayed.

Click the ‘HOME’ link.

Repeat these steps for each photo you want to upload (no panic, it looks complicated, but in fact, after the 1st one, it’s very quick!)

Note: Pictures that you upload will not appear immediately on the site. They have first to be validated by the administrator of ther gallery (normally, a few hours, and at least once a day).

Note 2: In order to avoid your picture being rejected by the script (in case another picture by the same name already exists on the site, ex. DSCN011.JPG: all numeric cameras use the same kind of naming system, it is recommended you modify the name of the files you upload. You may add your name before the original name, or your initials... (ex: DSCN011.JPG -> gilles_DSCN011.JPG) [Caution: the name must be made of continuous characters. Use the underscore ‘_’ as separator, as 'gilles DSCN011.JPG' will be rejected, but gilles_DSCN011.JPG will pass.