- Go to the photo gallery by clicking on the "photo" link under "gallery" in the menu bar. At the upper right hand side of the gallery should be a link like this:
Click on the link to be taken to the photo uploading page.
You can also e-mail a photo to upload it. When you joined the community a unique email address is assigned to your profile. You can use this email address to send photos and videos in one at a time to your profile. If your cell phone has a camera and email, this is a great way to add camera phone photos to your profile on the go!
When you go to the Add Photos page you'll see an option that looks like this:
Click "More Information" and you'll be shown your person e-mail address for our community the instructions on how to email your photos right to the gallery! How do I post an image so it will show up?
You have two options on how to post an image. If you are writing in the forums and there is a menu bar above the text box you are writing in, then click on the tiny photograph button. It looks like this: You can either upload an image directly from your computer or you can link to the URL of an image. To get the URL of an image online, right click on the image and choose "copy image address."
If you do not see a menu bar or the picture icon is missing you can also do the coding by hand. Here is an example of how to type out your link.
You can also e-mail a video to upload it. When you joined the community a unique email address is assigned to your profile. You can use this email address to send photos and videos in one at a time to your profile. If your cell phone has a video camera and email, this is a great way to add camera phone videos to your profile on the go!
When you go to the Add Photos page you'll see an option that looks like this:
Click "More Information" and you'll be shown your person e-mail address for our community the instructions on how to email your photos right to the gallery! How do I post a link?
You have two options on how to post a link. If you are writing in the forums and there is a menu bar above the text box you are writing in, then click on the link button. It looks like this: Click on this button and a box should appear on your screen. Paste the URL web address in this text box and hit "ok." Your link should now be placed in your message. It will be placed wherever your cursor was when you pressed the link button.
If you do not see a menu bar or the link picture is missing you can also do the coding by hand. Here is an example of how to type out your link.
The website address that you want to link to is where it says "websiteurl" and you'll need to put the address there. The section that says "Name of Website" is where you should type the name of the site or whatever word that you want to be a link. This is what people will be able to see once you post, you HAVE to write something here. Anything that is surround by the brackets symbols
< > will NOT should up. The last portion containing the /a inside of brackets will close off the link so that the rest of your post isn't also part of the link. How do I upload a file?
- If you are making a brand new forum discussion you should see three choose file options available. It looks like this:
- If you are commenting on a post in the forum, click on the link that says "Upload File." You can find this link underneath the text box when you reply to a forum discussion.
You'll find it on every page of the site. It's now at the bottom of your screen in a long grey box. Check it out. Play with all the buttons to see what it can do.
- Open the Chat Room:
- Put chat in it's own window:
- Turn on the sound so you get an alert about
new message:
- Private chat rooms! Click on the members profile you'd like to chat with and you have the choice of having a private chat or viewing their profile.
- You can also search through the members online! Just start typing their user name into the search box on the right. How do I use the Music Player?
- To get the most out of the music box above, click on this
icon:
It will open up the music player in it's own window so you can enjoy continuous tunes while cruising the community. The music player on the main page contains all the music within our community.
- If you'd like to add a song to your profile music player that's on another community player, press and click on "add to my playlist." The music player won't let meadd some of the songs I choose, why?
- It may not be the right file format or they may be DMR protected, iTunes was doing this for awhile to prevent users from sharing music. The protection has since been removed do to popular demand against it.
Can I view the community on my phone?
If you have an iPhone or other mobile device that allows you to go online you can now easily check your profile on your phone. Simply add /m to the end of the url and you'll see the site is "mobile" mode.
If you'd like to change your name, age or other profile information look for "Settings" in the right hand column where your inbox is OR head to your profile and scroll down to where ever your profile information is presented and click the Edit button that is it in the upper right hand side of the box. You'll be taken to a page that looks like the one below. Make the changes you'd like to make and hit Save to confirm your new information.