Resizing
Photos
Before uploading pictures, PLEASE
read the item "Resizing Pictures"
Uploading Files
Open
"My computer" (Vista) or "My Network Places" (XP) and look for the icon
produced by the "Create an FTP
location" procedure (above) which will be different according to
whether
you have Windows XP or vista:-
 
Icon for XP
Icon for Vista & Win 7
Double click the icon and this window will open:-
In the "User name" field, if the entry is not as shown in the above
image then change it to:-
uploads@forrestersbeachprobus.org.au
This MUST all be in lower case!!
You can select the above text then use copy and paste it into the "User
name" field.
In the "Password" field, enter the password that can be obtained by
contacting Webmaster
Near the bottom is a box "Save Password". Best to leave this unticked.
Click on the "Log On" button and a new "Windows Explorer" window will
open:-
Windows Explorer for Vista & Win 7
Windows Explorer for
XP
It should have ftp://ftp.forrestersbeachprobus.org.au in the
address bar.
If other people have uploaded files then you might see folders with
their names.
Right click on a blank area of the window and select "New - Folder" as
shown below:-
Give the folder your name so that your pictures can be identified:-
Now double click on the new folder and the Windows Explorer window
should have no contents.
To transfer your files, e.g. pictures, to this new folder, open another
Windows Explorer window in the folder with your files.
Select the ones you wish to copy:-
Left click on the first file to be
copied, hold down the shift key
and left click on the last
file to be copied
Right click on one of the selected files
and select "Copy"
Now go back to the window displaying the "My Name" folder in the FTP
site, right click on a blank area and select "Copy".
You will see a window open like this:-
Copying window for Vista & Win 7
Copying window for XP
This indicates that your files are being sent from your computer over
the internet to the Probus web site.
After they are all copied, you will see the icons for the
files in the "My Name" folder.
When all is done, go to the "File" menu and select "Close".
FINALLY - send the Webmaster
an email telling him that you have uploaded the files and the name of
the folder in which you have placed them.
Resizing
Photos
Some photos from digital cameras and other sources are rather large and
take a long time
to upload to FTP sites or send by email. Typically, some of these can
be 1.3 MEGABYTES (1350 kilobytes) or more!
The
format of the photos can also affect their size. Two of the most common
formats are JPEG and BMP. JPEG or JPG are much smaller in kilobytes for
the same size in pixels and so much better for use over the internet.
To
see what the size and format of the picture is, right click on its icon
and select "Properties" and you will see something like this:-
This shows the file type as JPEG and the size as 504 kilobytes
A good size for photos over the internet (either FTP or by email) is
more like 50-200 kilobytes.
You will save yourself a lot of time and bandwidth capacity if you
resize your photos before uploading or emailing them.
The
photos placed on the Probus web site are all JPEG and usually resized
to a number of pixels, such as 600x450, rather than a kilobyte
size and this takes them to within reasonable limits as well as making
all the photos a consistent size for viewing.
Some photo
viewing/editing programs have the facility to change the format from
BMP to JPEG and to reduce the size of the image. However, there are far
too many programs out there with different ways of doing this to give
instructions for all of them. The best thing we can do is to suggest
that you read your program's help files to find out how to do it or, if
you need help, then please contact our Webmaster 
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