How to.../Frequently Asked Questions
What Facilities are there?
- You can browse the photos and listen to the audio items.
- Search for item by text search
- Photos can be displayed as thumbnails
- If you click on a thumbnail you can view it at an intermediate size
suitable for viewing on your PC screen.
- Clicking on an intermediate size photo will open a window showing the
original size photo.
- Show a slide show of pictures within a folder or those from a search
- Add comments to other peoples photos
- Send an e-card of a photo to someone
- Upload photos (they must be less than 1024K in file size)
- Delete your own photos
- Add a title or description to your own photos
How do I navigate the Archive?
The Archive provides a number of Category headings, which at the top
level have been broken down into generic headings, namely the Audio Archive,
Documents, Reunions, and User Galleries. Once you enter a category, a
navigation path is shown just above and will look something like Home >
User galleries > Brian Vincent. These are, in fact, links that
allow you to hop quickly backwards to the most appropriate previous menu.
“Home” is the top level of the Archive.
Slide show - How to view items quickly?
The fastest way to see what is in the photo archive is to run a slide
show. Once you are within a photo gallery, click on the first photo to bring
up an enlarged photo. Just below the navigation path (above the picture), top left hand side, you
will see the slide show icon, it looks like this
. Another useful option for quick
navigation forwards or backwards is to use the left/right arrow buttons
located further to the right and look like this
and 
NOTE: Slide shows or the left/right navigation buttons can be
operated from an individual gallery (which gives the
most selective control), or from the "latest additions" panel. If using the
latter, then depending whether you are within a users gallery or the top level
of the archive, the slide show will either show all photos submitted by that
user, or all photos in the archive. The latter could be useful for checking
for updates since you last toured the site.
What size Photos can I upload?
The size of Photo you can load is defined by the file size and the
resolution of the picture
- The file size must be less than 1024K (1 megabyte)
- The resolution of the picture must be less than 2048 pixels in either
dimension. You may have trouble uploading photos with this resolution. If you get an error message then try a resolution less than 900 in either direction.
How do I resize photos?
You must make sure that your photos have a resolution of less than 3072
pixels in either dimension. If your photo is larger than this then the Archive
will upload it but then fail to store the file. So it will waste your time.
The preferred image size is 960 pixels in the longest dimension.
To resize the photo you need a photo application that will resize/resample
the picture to a different resolution. You may well have this type of
application either with your scanned or digital camera software.
If
you don't have such a program, you can download a very to easy use programme
called Irfanview. This program can handle almost all image
types.
To download the program go to
http://www.irfanview.com/
and look for the Download option. When you use the program there is a
Resize/Resample option under the Image menu item.
Remember to select an Album
When uploading a file to the archive, remember to select an Album. You
select in which Album to store the file, if you don't you will get an error
message and no chance to correct the problem. You then have to upload the file
again.
Other questions
Within the Archive you will see an FAQ section that should provide many
answers.
If you cannot find the answer there then please
contact the webmaster
