There are two broad steps for creating a photoblog. First is to create a photoalbum to hold your pictures, and the second is to actually upload and describe the pictures that you want to share.
- Login to blogware - if you've forgotten, click here (but don't forget to come back and read the rest of instructions - or print them)
- Click "Manage Categories" on the right hand side.
- Click "Create new", also on the right hand side.
- From the drop down menu, select "Photo Album"
- In the "Name" field, type a short memorable word that the system will use to describe your new photo-album. This "Name" is for machines, so it shouldn't include any spaces, special characters like "#" or "_" and should look good in your URL.
- In the "Label" field, type a short memorable public label for this category. This is for people to see and use, so it can include spaces, use more than one word and include special characters.
- Click on "Save Changes".
You've just created a photoalbum (yay!).
Next steps is to put some pictures into your new photoblog.
These steps are going to get easier, but for now;
- Click on "Manage Categories" in the right hand navigation panel.
- Click on the name of the new photoalbum that you just created - also in the right hand navigation.
- Click on the "Browse" button and select the picture that you wish to upload to your album.
- In the "Save As" Field, give your photo a name and file extension. For instance "leaves.jpg" or "birthday.gif".
- Click "Upload Now"
- Wait for the file to completely upload - your screen will automatically reload once this happens. If you are uploading a large picture, this may take a few minutes - be patient and don't hit refresh or "Upload Now" multiple times. Its tempting, don't do it.
- The new page will include a resized version of the picture that you just uploaded and a few fields that allow you to make comments about the picture using the same editor that you use for all of your blog posts.
- Scroll down and enter a title for the photograph into the "Title" field.
- In the "Body" field, enter in as many comments as you wish to make about the photo. Don't worry, you have lots of space - these comments will be used on a page of their own, so you won't fill up the screen with text and push the pictures off ;)
- Make sure that the "Post Status" drop down menu is set to "Publish" and then click the "Publish/Save" button.
That's it! If you encountered no errors, you should be able to visit your blog, select the photoalbum that you create and view the pictures that you uploaded.
There are a ton of other options and features that we didn't touch on, like batch uploads, but these will become self-apparent to you as you use the system - and our documentation gets better.
In the meantime, drop me a note if you have any questions.