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INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING TO PROBUS SITE
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you have not previously created an FTP location in "My Computer" then
click on one of the following links depending on your operating system: 1. Create an FTP location - Windows XP 2. Create an FTP location - Windows Vista & Win 7 FTP stands for "File Transfer Protocol" and is the system by which files can be transferred over the internet. This is a similar term to HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)which you see at the start of web address. |
| 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  rQG1nVheIt 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 |