IBI Club Member Pages Help
What you will need:
Photos (jpg extension) that do not have any special characters or apostrophes in the file names and are no larger than 640 x 480.
A photo editing program (Windows Paint will do)
An Internet connection and web browser.
That's it! :)
Index:
Logging In
Uploading a Photo
Editing Title and Description
Deleting a Photo
Tips
Getting your photos ready:
First, go through your photos that you would like to share and this is very important: make absolutely sure that their file names do not have any special characters or apostrophes and the resolution (size of your photo) is no larger than 640 x 480. If the file names do have any special characters or apostrophes, you will need to rename them. If they are larger than 640x480 (chances are they will be since digital cameras take HUGE pictures), you will need to resize them.
Please use jpg for the file extension.
Renaming your file names: This is easy!
File name with a character (an apostrophe) that's not allowed because it will cause trouble:
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Suppose I wanted to upload this file to my page. But wait! It has an apostrophe in the file name. To avoid problems, we need to just rename it now. Luckily this is very easy to do. :) |
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In Windows Explorer, right click on the file that you need to rename. It will become highlighted and a box will appear with a list of options. Left click once on "Rename". |
Apostrophe all gone!
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You'll have cursor available now in the file name. From here, I generally use the left arrow key on my keyboard to place the cursor just to the right of the apostrophe and hit the backspace key to get rid of the offending character. (too bad we can't do that in real life!) After that, just hit "Enter" on your keyboard or left click anywhere on your screen once. |
Resizing Your Photos: (This is easy too!)
Digital cameras take absolutely HUGE pictures! While this is great for showing a lot of detail or printing portraits or whatever, this is terrible when you have limited web space (the larger the photos, the more space they'll take up) and is very frustrating for those who are stuck with a dial up Internet connection because it will take an incredibly loooong time before the picture fully loads for them.
If you don't already have a favorite photo editing program that you prefer, Windows XP comes with a free program called 'Paint". If you need help with that, here is a wikiHow page with directions (the link will open in a new window):
How to Resize an Image in Microsoft Paint
Now that your photos are ready, on to the next step!
Logging In :
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Register with the site. If you see your name listed on the left, you know that you have registered and have been approved and you can get started. If you don't see your name, you need to register and get approved before continuing. |
Note: If you are not a club member, we apologize but this is not for you.
Instead, we invite you to browse our members' pages to enjoy the photos :)
We have limited space so we have to limit this feature to IBI club members only.
Click on the "Log In" Link:
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Click this link to go to the Log In area. |
After clicking that link, you'll see the Log In area on the right:
(User name and password are upper/lower case sensitive)
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After logging in successfully,on the left at the top, you should see "Welcome (your user name)!" |
Uploading A Photo:
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Click on "Manage your photos?" |
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Click on "Add a Photo" |
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Click on the "Browse" button. |
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Browse to where your photo is located on your hard drive. (Please use jpg) |
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IMPORTANT! Make sure each photo has a unique title before you add the photo to your gallery. Note: This title will not show up on your page. However, you can enter it right into your description if you want to. You can also type a description for your photo if you like. This is optional. |
Now you can check your page to see how it looks. If it's ok, you can add another photo or log out if you're done. If you would like to add to or edit your description, you can click on the "Edit a Photo" link.
Editing your Title and Description:
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Click on the "Edit a Photo" link. |
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Click on the down arrow button and select the Title for the photo that you would like to edit. Click on the "Edit Photo" button. |
Deleting a Photo
Well, out with the old, in with the new or you're just plain sick of having the same old photos on your page or whatever the reason, you may need to delete a photo. In this case:
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Click on the "Delete a Photo" link. |
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Click on the drop down arrow and select the title for the photo that you want to delete. Click the "Delete Photo" button. |
Tips:
Newest photo that you add gets bumped to the top so if you have a series of photos that you would like to display in order, please keep this in mind.
If you choose and if you know how, you can use basic BBC (Bulletin Board Code) in your bio and descriptions. (For bold, italics or underline text effects...) but you don't have to if you don't want to. Here are some samples :
