How to create dedicated albums in your photo gallery...

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

How to create dedicated albums in your photo gallery...


Here's a screen shot of the top of My Albums that I get to when I click on the GALLERY tab across the top of any forum webpage. (I don't ever access through User CP so I don't know if it's the same or not).

Basically, click on GALLERY and when you get there locate the My Albums text link and from there you have the option to create a new, dedicated album or folder.

After you create a new album,

Locate that album in your list of albums
Click on the Upload Photos link to the right side of the screen
Then upload your photos
I give each photo a name, description and keywords - you don't have to but I do...
(It's all the same thing so I copy and paste into the three different lines)







Albums can help you to keep your photos organized which makes it easier to find them in the future or add more of a similar topic.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Two of the most common problems people have when trying to upload a photo are,

Too large of a file size.
It's good netiquette to resize your photos before uploading

Incorrect file name.
By this I mean, a picture file name cannot have an empty space. Your computer might be able to recognize a photo using a file name with an empty space but a photo gallery will not. Here's what I mean,

This will work,

heresmypicture.jpg


This won't work,

heres my picture.jpg

See the empty spaces?


You can use an underscore like this,

heres_my_picture.jpg


or a dot like this,

heres.my.picture.jpg


But you cannot have empty spaces.


See these articles...


Photography and Working with Pictures on the Internet

I use the techniques shown in these tutorials almost every single day...

How to resize your photos before uploading to a photo gallery - Using Easy Thumbnails

How to upload a photo into your Autogeek Photo Gallery

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message



Free software I use... (besides Easy Thumbnails)

Handiest little picture viewer tool I've been using for years now...


Tips for capturing swirls, scratches and other topical defects on car paint...

How-To capture swirls, scratches, etchings and other surface defects with your camera



If you're in this for the long run... (like me)
(The word "this" means the online auto industry in general, detailing in specific)

If you're going to be a "Forum Person" on ANY forum, help yourself by learning how to work with picture on the Internet




Misc topics

How-to work with pictures on discussion forums

How to crop out the fluff and resize your pictures! - Using FREE online software!

Photobucket and Missing Pictures


Hope this helps a little...

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

***Bump***


For members new to using a photo gallery connected to a vBulletin forum.

[embolism]

Mike, I recently organized some photo's in my gallery into folders but then my post got messed up and I've got the dreaded red X's where my pics used to be.

Bottom line, this feature should not be used if you've previously linked the pictures to posts...

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Originally Posted by embolism

Mike, I recently organized some photo's in my gallery into folders but then my post got messed up and I've got the dreaded red X's where my pics used to be.

Bottom line, this feature should not be used if you've previously linked the pictures to posts...

Good tip...

I try to create a new folder for every project I take pictures of BEFORE uploading the pictures. But I could see how you could get red x's if you move the pictures to a folder because you'll change the URL address of the picture where it resides in the folder but not in the thread where you posted.


So as long as you create the folder first and then upload your pictures into the folder and leave them there you'll be good to go.

[Marc08EX]

Mike, how do you delete photos? Is there a way to do it?

Thanks.

[FUNX725]

Originally Posted by esanceskikati

abiti, abiti da sposa, abiti da sera , abiti da sposa , comprare abiti da sposa , abiti da fiore

"dresses, wedding dresses, evening dresses, bridal gowns, wedding gowns, Bridal flower"...


Now....Our Personal Wedding Photo Album is filled to the brim with the above items...But none were posted to Our album using any of the techniques for posting photos to an album on AGO's forum.

SO.....

RE: Your posting---What gives??


Best Regards,

Lazzaro Spallanzani