Album Guide
Topics
IntroductionViewing Photos
Rating Photos
Commenting on Photos
Uploading Photos
Introduction
The BCC photo album in a central, interactive repository of club photos taken by club members for club members. The site allows club members to search, upload, view, rate, and comment on photos. Photos are normally organized into albums for identification and simplier management.Photos are currently organized into four categories:
- User Galleries - This is where uploaded photos are stored. Albums will be identified by the name of the member that uploaded it.
- Racing - This is where racing photos are kept. Albums in this category are created and maintained by the webmaster.
- Touring - This is where touring photos are kept. Albums in this category are created and maintained by the webmaster.
- Others - This category contains photos that do not fit into the racing or touring categories. A good example would be photos of the annual banquet or christmas potluk party.
Finally, Photos are selected by random from all the albums and displayed at the bottom of the page. You may view any of these photos by simply clicking on them. the page.
Viewing Photos
To view a photo, simply click on the thumbnail image, this will put the entire album that the photo belongs to in flim strip mode with the selected photo in focus. In film strip mode, one photo is given focus and you will be able to preview and navigate through the other photos in the album. In film strip mode, you may also rate or comment on the photo currently in focus. If you click on the photo in focus, it will be enlarged and you be able to see the real size of the photo.Photos are displayed in 3 different sizes. Photos are normally displayed as a thumbnail size in the various categories. In film strip mode, the photo in focus is enlarged but not shown in the actual size. To see the actual size, click on the photo in focus in film strip mode.
Rating Photos
To Rate a photo, click on the thumbnail image to put it in film strip mode. Ratings are 1 - 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest. Click on the corresponding number of stars to rate. Please do not feel obligated to rate the photos, they are all great.Commenting on Photos
This feature is currently disabled due to unwanted posts from spammers.Uploading Photos
There are three ways to get your photos displayed on the site.
1. Direct Upload - Ideal for a few photos
2. FTP - Ideal for a large batch of photos
3. Email - Compress and email them to the webmaster
2. FTP - Ideal for a large batch of photos
3. Email - Compress and email them to the webmaster
Direct Upload - To use this method, you will be required to have a photo album account. If you do not have a photo album account, please contact the webmaster to have one created for you. To upload, login using the account provided to you. After logging in, click the upload button, this will open a window that allow you to browse your computer for photos to upload. You must manually select each photo to be uploaded, sorry but you will not be able to select multiple files. After the files are uploaded, they will be placed in the user galleries under your account.
FTP - To use this method, you will be required to have a special FTP account. If you want to use this method, please contact the webmaster for instructions and the FTP account details. You must have a FTP client such as FileZilla, wsFTP, etc. The webmaster will provide instructions on the location that you may upload the photos to.
Email - If none of the above methods work for you, then compress the photos (e.g. Win Zip) and email them to the webmaster.
