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Help Home > Website > My Photos
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- How do I create a photo album?
- How do I upload photos to an album?
- How do I edit my album properties?
- How do I edit my images?
- How do I delete an album?
- How do I make my album private?
- How do I edit, crop or rotate My Photos Online with the Webshots Desktop software?
- How do I rearrange photos using the Webshots Desktop software version 2.5?
- How do I move photos to a new Album using the Webshots Desktop software version 2.5?
- What type of images can I post to My Photos online?
- I've uploaded photos to my album. How do I tell family and friends about it?
- There is an unwanted entry in my guestbook. Can I delete it?
- How are my view and download statistics calculated?
- Why are my photos being deleted?
- I've been trying to upload my pictures but it takes a long time or times out. Why is this happening?
- My photos are not included in Search or the Community Directories. Why is this and how can people find them?
- Can you tell me which photos in my album have the most views and downloads and who has viewed and downloaded them?
- Why isn't my new or recently edited album visible in the Community?
- How can I link images from Webshots to other websites?
- How do I create a photo album?
When logged in with your member name, use the following steps to create an album:
We now have two options for creating an album on the site.
Faster upload tool:
1. Choose the Upload tab on the home page.
2. Choose Faster upload
3. Click the radio button ( Create a new album)
4. Title your album, choose your sharing preference, Keywords/Tags, Topic, album description and finally faster upload or better quality
5. Click choose file to find the images on your hard drive
6. Click Start upload
Remember on the site there is an upload limit of 50 images.
Simple web upload tool:
1. Choose the Upload tab on the home page
2. Choose simple web upload
3. Click the radio button (Create a new album)
4. Title your album, choose your sharing preference, Keywords/Tags, Topic, album description and finally faster upload or better quality
5. Click browse to find the image on your hard drive
6. Click Start upload
Using the Simple web upload tool you can choose up to 20 individual files to upload at one time. This tool is designed for members who want to upload a few images to an album at a time.
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- How do I upload photos to an album?
We now have two options for uploading a photo.
Faster upload tool:
1. Choose the Upload tab on the home page.
2. Choose faster upload
3. Choose upload destination
4. Click choose file to find the image(s) on your hard drive
5. Click Start upload
Remember on the site there is an upload limit of 50 images.
Simple web upload tool:
1. Choose the Upload tab on the home page
2. Choose Simple web upload
3. Choose upload destination
4. Click browse to find the image on your hard drive
5. Click Start upload
Using the Simple web upload tool you can choose up to 20 individual files to upload at one time. This tool is designed for members who want to upload a few images to an album at a time.
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- How do I edit my album properties?
- Go to My shots.
- Click the title of the album you would like to edit.
- Click the Edit Properties link.
- Change the Album Title, Album Description, Search Keywords, Topic or make your album Public/Private.
- Click the Continue button to save changes.
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- How do I edit my images?
To edit your online Community images go to Webshots.com.
1. Click the My Shots tab, then choose Album.
2. Click the title of the album you want to edit.
3. Edit options are located to the right of the photo.
4. Choose your edit options.
5. On the next page, make your change.
6. Click "Done" to update changes.
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- How do I delete an album?
To delete an online album:
1. Click the My shots tab.
3. Find the album you want to delete.
4. Click the X to the right of the album
5. Click "OK" to confirm the deletion.
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- How do I make my album private?
To make your album(s) private:
1. Click the My Shots tab.
2. Click the album that you want to make private.
3. Click the edit properties to the right of the album.
4. Check the box next to "Private"
5. Click Continue to save your changes.
If you are concerned your photos are being viewed without your authorization, you can delete your photos and upload them again. This would give your images a new private URL.
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- How do I edit, crop or rotate My Photos Online with the Webshots Desktop software?
To edit your online Community images go to Webshots.com.
1. Click the My Shots tab, then choose Album.
2. Click the title of the album you want to edit.
3. Edit options are located to the right of the photo.
4. Choose your edit options.
5. On the next page, make your change.
6. Click "Done" to update changes.
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- How do I rearrange photos using the Webshots Desktop software version 2.5?
To rearrange photo in your Album, open your Webshots software by double clicking the icon on your desktop.
1. click on the My Photos tab and Login.
2. Go to the Album where you would like to move the photos.
3. Click on Edit Album.
4. Click on the Rearrange Photos within Album
5. Next drag and drop the photos on where you would like for them to show and click on Save for the changes to take place.
6. Your changes will show on your online account in My Photos once our servers have updated.
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- How do I move photos to a new Album using the Webshots Desktop software version 2.5?
To move a photo to a new Album, open your Webshots software by double clicking the icon on your desktop.
1. Click on the My Photos Online tab and Login.
2. Select the Album where you would like to move the photo from.
3. Click on the Edit Album button.
4. Select Move Photos to Another Album.
5. Check the photos you would like to move. If you want to move all of the photos click on the Select All link.
6. At the bottom where it says Move to choose the Album where you would like to move the photos.
7. When you are done click on Move Photos and the photos will move to your new Album.
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- What type of images can I post to My Photos online?
You can post photographs you have taken or other images you have created. You can only post the work of other people if you have obtained permission to do so from the copyright owners, which are usually the people who created the images.Please see our Terms and Conditions of Use for more information. Pornographic material of any kind will be deleted.
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- I've uploaded photos to my album. How do I tell family and friends about it?
In order to notify friends and family about a new album:
- Go to My shots.
- Click the Albums button.
- Click the album you would like to invite others to and then click Share this album
- Complete the invite form and then click Send!
You can also share your entire community page (excluding private albums) with friends and family. From your community page click the tab that says Share your homepage.
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- There is an unwanted entry in my guestbook. Can I delete it?
- Go to My shots.
- Click the My Guestbook link.
- Click the View or Edit Guestbook for this Album link.
- Click the Delete This Entry link.
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- How are my view and download statistics calculated?
Each time the album page or a photo page within an album is selected in the Webshots Community, it counts as a single view for that album. Views are compiled by album and not on a per-photo basis. When an image is downloaded into the Webshots Desktop software, it is tallied as a download. (Please note: statistics are not counted for private albums.)
Viewing your own images from within My Photos will not contribute to the total views for the album. It does not count as a view. However, a download of an image from within My Photos will count towards the download total for the album.
Views/Day is the number of times an album has been viewed divided by the total number of days the album has been in existence. For example, if an album was created 10 days ago and it didn't get any views for 9 days but then got 100 views on the 10th day, the Views/Day would be 10.
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- Why are my photos being deleted?
Please refer to the Webshots Website and Photo Account Terms and Conditions of Use.
If Webshots becomes aware of the presence of copyright infringing material on its server or through notification by a third party who alerts Webshots of the specific location of the materials, Webshots reserves the right to delete all files and disable the member without any warning. This same policy applies to the uploading of images deemed pornographic in nature.
Webshots reserves the right to delete pictures from accounts that have been dormant for more than 6 months.
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- I've been trying to upload my pictures but it takes a long time or times out. Why is this happening?
There are two reasons why this could be happening.- The image you are trying to upload is very large. Try converting your files to .jpg format (which are dramatically smaller than uncompressed .bmp or .tiff files) before uploading.
- You're uploading images during a busy or "peak" time on the Internet. Because of this, it may take a long time to upload or the server may time out. Try uploading the images at another time.
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- My photos are not included in Search or the Community Directories. Why is this and how can people find them?
Our Community server is designed to reload information on a schedule. If you add or make changes to an album, expect it to be visible in the main directory and search engine within 2 weeks. This excludes private albums, which are not included in the main directory.
When you add an image to an album, it is pulled from the main directory and put through the photo approval process. On average, the approval process can take up to 24 hours. This time can increase on the weekends and holidays.
You can always access your albums by clicking the My shots tab
To access your Community page, visit the browes page and enter your membername in the Search and click Go.
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- Can you tell me which photos in my album have the most views and downloads and who has viewed and downloaded them?
No, we only track statistics for entire albums. We do not keep track of individual photos or who has viewed them.
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- Why isn't my new or recently edited album visible in the Community?
Our Community server is designed to reload information on a schedule. If you add an album to the Community, you can expect it to be visible in the main directory up to 2 weeks. This excludes private albums which are not included.
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- How can I link images from Webshots to other websites?
You can now display any publicly available photo from the Webshots community or Pro Shots on other websites and blogs. You can also share these links via email or Instant Messenger. To use this feature, just choose a photo you would like to share and click on the "Publish to Site/Blog" button.
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