[b][size=12]Adding Pictures to Your Gallery[/size][/b]
Adding your favorite pictures to your gallery is fun and easy! Here's what you need to know to upload pictures.
First, go to your album. There is a [b]Your Album[/b] link on the upper right of all Gallery pages. Your album is automatically created the first time you access it as a registered user.
Choose [b]Add Items[/b] from the [i]Album Actions[/i] dropdown menu. This will display the Add Item page, with several tabs. I'll explain two of those tabs:
[b]From Web Browser[/b] -- the easiest way to add photos. Click on the From Web Browser tab, and you'll see a page where you can upload several pictures.
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[*]File -- this is where you browse for the picture on your computer. Hit the browse button and locate one of the pictures you wish to add.
[*]Caption -- this is your one-shot opportunity to add descriptive text when uploading the picture. I generally type in the friendly, descriptive name that I'm going to give the picture.
[*]Repeat for however many pictures you want, up to the 2 megabytes per picture or 8 megabytes total size limit.
[*]Hit the [b]more[/b] link if you want to add more than four pictures at this time.
[*]Scroll down past the [b]more[/b] link. You'll see the "Set item titles from:" dropdown; leave it at Base Filename if you want to use the actual file name, or I usually use the Caption choice. Otherwise, you can assign the info you typed in the Caption box to the Summary and/or the Description of the picture. See [url=/prod/node/126]General Info[/url] for the uses of the Summary and Description boxes. Summary is a "little snippet," and Description is "the full story."
[*]Create Thumbnails -- eh. You can leave that checked, it doesn't matter. I don't like to use the default thumbnails, but the site creates them anyway the first time someone accesses the picture.
[*]Hit the [b]Add Items[/b] button, and you're all set!
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