> Registering
> Navigating
> Uploading an Image
> Uploading a Complementary Image
> Uploading a Panorama Image
> Creating a Theme
> Creating a Serie
> Creating a Travelogue
> Adding a Workshop
> Text Format
> Internal Message System
> Types of Accounts
> Rating System
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Registering
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| How do I register? |
Click in the area “JOIN US”. Fill in the form with
the info required – email address, username desired, password,
country and city are mandatory - and check the free or premium account type box.
The next step is to read the Terms of Service (TOS) and check the
appropriate field. Press “Submit” and you´ll be
forwarded to “My Photofolia Account”, from which you will
have access to innumerous areas of the Site. From then on, use the
“LOG IN” option.
We expect our members to be honest and open only one account per
member.
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| What if I forget my password? |
If you forget your password you just have to go to the very right top corner and click on
"forgot your password" and follow the instructions.
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Navigating
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| I want to change my intro page. How do I do it? |
Go to “My Menu” >> “My Account”
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| How do I change my profile photo? |
Go to My Profile >> My Pic and choose the image in your files and click “Upload”. Make
sure the file is not bigger than 150 x 150 pixels.
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Uploading an Image
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| What kind of images can I post? |
Photofolia is quite eclectic with regards to content. Nude photos and
photos with offensive content (prejudice, critiques to other´s culture,
religion, moral values, and pedophilia) are not acceptable and will be
removed.
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| How do I upload a photo? |
In any page, in the horizontal tab up in the page, click on
“Add New” >> “Photo”. Choose the image in
your files and click “Upload Photo”. Please provide as
much technical info as possible. Members are requested to provide an
explanatory note about the shot. It can be the reason why you took
this shot, a question regarding technical issues related to this image,
etc.
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| How do I delete a photo? |
Go to “My Menu” >> “My Gallery”. You can either edit
the information you provided or delete the image. Please bear in mind that, by
deleting an image, the whole content (EXIF, your text, critiques and replies) will
be deleted too.
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| I uploaded a photo but changed my mind and I want to post
another photo. Can I upload the desired photo immediately after having deleted the first
one? |
No. Once you have uploaded one file, you will be able to upload
your next image only 24 hours later, Pacific Standard Time. As for workshops, you can
upload one image per day if you have a free account and for premium members the sky is the limit.
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| How many images can I upload? |
Any PF member is allowed to upload one image per day (Pacific
Standard Time).
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| Which size should I upload? |
If your image has an horizontal orientation, the width must be 800
pixels. If the orientation is vertical, the width must be 600 pixels.
If it has a perfect square format, the width should be 800 pixels.
Please bear in mind that the site will resize any other different width
to fit the frame, and in such cases there will be a loss in sharpness.
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Uploading a Complementary Image
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| How do I add a complementary image to my main post? |
The download process is very easy and intuitive. Once you downloaded your main image and filled
out the note, EXIF, location and so on you will encounter at the bottom of the page the option
"Complementary Image". Click on it and the space to browse and download will open. The size regulation
is exactly the same as the main image.
The complementary image will show up as a small thumbnail below the main image and to see it just click
on it.
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Panorama Images
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| How do I upload a panorama image? |
Go to Add New >> Photo and upload the smaller version
with a maximum width of 800 pixels.
Further down, on the same page, check the button "yes" for
panorama and a box will appear for you to search for
your panorama file, with a maximum of 2500 X 800 pixels.
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| What if I uploaded the wrong panorama file? |
Go to My Menu >> My Gallery >> [Edit] and
upload the right version of your panorama file.
It will overwrite the previous file.
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Creating a Theme
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| How do I create a Theme? |
- Go to Add New >> Theme;
- Choose Personal or Group;
- Give the theme a title of your choice;
- Describe your theme;
- Finish it by clicking on 'Send'.
Important detail: Your new theme will only become visible to other members once you added an image to it.
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| How do I add an image to the theme? |
- Open the image you want to add to your Personal Theme or to a Group Theme;
- Click on Add (title of the photo) to "Themes";
- You will be forwarded to ALL THEMES gallery;
- You can either type the title of the theme or scroll down until you find the theme which you want to add the photograph to;
- Once you found the desired theme, click on [Add to this Theme].
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Creating a Serie
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| How do I upload a Serie? |
- Go to Add New >> Series
- Upload the first page and fill the blanks;
- You will be redirected to the upload serie;
- Fill each blank with the title for the image;
- Search and upload the image;
- Choose the sequence of your uploaded photos;
- Click "SEND" and you will be forwarded to the main gallery.
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| How do I review my Series? |
| You can review your series at any time and as much as you want. You can erase and also add images (up to 10) for each serie.
You can also change the title and note for each image in a serie.
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- Go to My Menu >> My Series
- Click on [Edit] to review the data and note of your first image;
- Click in [Erase] to erase the whole serie;
- Click on [Series] to edit the images and to write a note for each image in the serie.
- Click on [Edit] of each image to edit the title and the text of the corresping image in a serie. Below
the image you will see the space for title and note. Keep the description as short as possible. Click on SEND
once you are done. You can edit one photo at a time.
- To change the order of the images in a serie, simply drag and drop the image to the desired position and
click SEND and you will be directed to the main gallery.
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Creating a Travelogue
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| How do I create a new travelogue? |
- Go to Add New >> Travelogue
- Set the dates of your travelogue
- Edit the text which describes your trip
- Fill all blanks
- Press "SEND" and you will be forwarded to the Gallery page
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| How do I add a new image to my travelogue? |
- Add New >> Image
- The process is exactly the same as adding a new image with the addtional step of choosing one your created travelogues from the drop down menu "Your Travelogues"
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| Can I add an already posted image to a Travelogue? |
- Yes! Go to My Menu >> My Gallery >> Choose the Image >> Edit
- Scroll down the page until you find the drop down menu "Your Travelogues" and choose the fitting one
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Additional infomations:
With a travelogue you will share with everyone else your very own experiences during a special trip. Thus, you can only add your own photos to your travelogue.
Be attentive to the dates of your travelogue. The starting and ending dates should be respected.
An image can only be attributed to one travelogue.
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How do I add a workshop to an image?
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First of all, you will only be able to do a WS once you wrote a comment/ critique for the particular image.
As soon as you press "send" your comment, you will see on the right top corner
of your comment: Edit | Reply | Workshop.
Click on the "Workshop". You will be redirected to a page which will allow you to download the image.
WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO READ THE MESSAGE THAT COMES WITH THE IMAGE VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD IT.
The very same page will allow you to upload your WS image once you are done with the editing.
Important notice: If the photographer chose not to allow a workshop on her/his image you will not be able to download the image and edit it.
Members with a basic account will only be allowed to do one WS per day. Premium account members do not have a limitation.
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Text Format
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| How do I add a hyperlink to my intro, notes, critiques and replies? |
- Insert following HTML code in your note:
‹a href="http://www.the-site-that-you-want-to-connect-to.com"›your-text‹/a›
- If you want the hyperlink to open a new page, use:
‹a target="_blank" href="http://www.the-site-that-you-want-to-connect-to.com"›your-text‹/a›
- If you want to change the font of the hyperlink to make clear to everyone that this is a link you
might place ‹em› at the front and
‹/em› at the end of the above cited HTML codes.
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Internal Message System (IMS)
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| What is the IMS? |
As the name already suggests, it is an internal message system that works like an email to a specific PF member who you want to contact privately. You need to log in to PF to send and receive messages.
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| How do I activate the IMS feature? |
- Proceed to your profile page (My Menu >> My Account);
- Check "YES" button in "Allow Contact?" (otherwise you will not be able to send nor receive any messages).
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| How do I send a message? |
Lets assume that that the potential receiver has her/his IMS activated:- Go to the receivers profile page and click on "Contact Me";
- Write your message and click "Send".
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| How do I RECEIVE/ REPLY a message? |
- 1 - As soon as you are logged into PF, a darker layer with a list of new messages will appear on your screen;
- 2 - To reply to a message, just click on "more details" and you will be forwarded to the message page.
- 3 - Click "Reply", write your reply and click "Send".
If you check a message as "Mark as read", the reply does not appear in the alert overlay at the next time you are logging into the site.
If you want to reply to your messages later, just navigate to My Menu >> My Messages (Sent/Received).
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The IMS is intended to offer a fast and reliable means of communication among members. It`s NOT an on-line chat.
Thus, you will not receive a new messages alert while you are already logged in (browsing or writing comments/texts in the forum),
but you can any time check your messages by navigating to My Menu >> My Messages (Sent/Received). The new messages alert appears
only at the moment you are logging into the site. We recommend to check the received messages as soon as you log in.
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| What if there is no the "Contact me" link on the members page who I actually would like to contact? |
If you do not find the "Contact me" link on the potential receiver`s profile page it simply means that this member does not want to
allow contact or she/ he forgot to activate it. You might write on a critique of one of her/ his image a short line asking for other
means of contact.
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Types of Accounts
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| What are the differences between free and premium accounts? |
Free account:
You will be able to upload one image per day and a total of 120 images. You may
write 20 critiques and perform one workshop per day. Your pages will have active
advertisement links. This account is completely free.
With a premium account you will be able to upload one image per day and an unlimited total amount of
images. You have the possibility of writing an unlimited amount of critiques
and perform an unlimited amount of workshops per day. You will be able to build files with favorite pictures
as well as mark your favorite photographers and many other advantages. Your pages will not have
any advertisement links. This account has an annual fee of US$ 25/year.
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Rating System
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| Is there a point system? |
No, there is not. Photofolia´s goal is to allow its
members engage in a learning process about the world and photography and not
to support any kind of competitions. However, pretty soon the site will have
some statistical features to allow each member some conclusions regarding
the popularity of his or her individual photographs.
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