Gallery Information

 

Picture Gallery MEMBERS ONLY

  Terms and Conditions.

    Picture Gallery Is For South Shields Photographic Society Members Only.
    1. Maximum size 600 pixels on longest side @ 72 DPI.
    2. No Adult Material of any kind.
    3. South Shields Photographic Society supply’s this gallery as a service and is supplied on an 'ASIS' Basis No warranty of any kind is granted to the gallery.
    4. Terms of use is simple please don’t abuse it. South Shields Photographic Society reserves all rights in this   matter to amend Terms and Conditions and not limited to deletion of material and albums and deletion of   accounts.
    5. Please have your Photographs ready before you register and upload them soon after this, failure to do this and your account will be deleted after a couple of days if your gallery remains empty. If you have any difficulty in getting your pictures on the web then please read the instructions below again, if you still can't manage it then give  your photographs to me on a CD. Your login details will have  to be changed by  me to do this and I will have to send your new details to you via e-mail. (SSPS Members Only)
    This Gallery is  maintained by you.
     

Registering


To register for the Web Site is easy just go to the Online Gallery and click on Register on the top right hand side.   After   Authentication by me you will be able to upload your photographs.
 

 

Enter the details into the dialogue Box and make a note of your User Name and Password this has to be entered every time you logon. Click the Register Button.   It  is your responsibility after your account has been activated to add your photographs. If you can't get registered it's maybe because you are now blocked for not putting up your photographs the first time you registered.

To Check To See If Your Account has been activated go to  the gallery and then Scroll down the page to the end of the Album. If   You see a picture like this one you have been activated.


Login to your account.

After you have done that you should see ‘Add a photo!’ at the top of the page click on that to add your photos.

This only appears the first time you use it when the gallery is empty after that see below.

  To Add A Photograph or edit your Gallery Simply Login then Click on the Icon that is below the word 'Gallery' on the top left (if visible) and 'Click' it or Click on 'Sidebar' on the right of the page to get the sidebar open. Click on the Down arrow in the Drop Down Box on the top (Album actions). From the Drop Down List Select 'Add items'    To add Photographs at any time after that or to amend your gallery.

                 

To Upload your Zip File all you need to do is Click on the top Browse Button 1and Browse to your Zip file and select it then Click on Add Items Button 2 on the Bottom and let the Program do the rest.
 

 

Preparation Of Images Before Upload.

      Using you favourite image editor edit your photographs and make sure that they are:-
    1.            Below 600 pixels on the longest side and in 8 bits per channel.
    2.            That they look as intended (Sharpness, Colour, The Right Way round, ect)
    3.            Have a descriptive title and saved in JPG and a quality of between 8 ( High) and 12 (Maximum)
    4.            Have as many images as you can at once but below the web size allowance.
    5.            The Images needs to be saved in a separate folder ('Web Pictures' in my case)and for ease of use needs
                      to be zipped up  this can then be uploaded all at once.

 

Select Images

Right Click and Choose Add to Archive

A Archive Folder will be Generated and looks like this.

Double Click on Archive if it looks like this It is Wrong
                    (Folder and contents - Zip also one folder up)

Double Click on Archive if it looks like this then it is Correct
  (Only Image Files have been added)

 
 

 

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