General FAQ |
| Question: How Do I login? |
Answer: Go to "Login", submit your username and password and check "Remember Me" so you will be logged in on the site if you should leave it. IMPORTANT:Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted in order to use "Remember Me".
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| Question: Why can I not login? |
Answer: Did you register and then check your email to discover the password you'd been allocated? For other login problems contact the site administrator.
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| Question: What if I forgot my password? |
Answer: Click the "forgot password" link on the login page. We will then send an email to the address you used when registering. If this email address is no longer in use, please contact the site administration.
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| Question: How do I save a picture to "My Favourites"? |
Answer: Click on a picture and click on the "picture info" link ( ); scroll down to the picture information set and click "Add to fav". . IMPORTANT:Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted.
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| Question: How do I rate a file? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and choose a rating.
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| Question: How do I post a comment for a picture? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and post a comment.
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| Question: What type and size of a file can I upload? |
Answer: The size and type (jpg, png, etc.) is up to the administrator.
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| Question: What are cookies? |
Answer: A Cookie is small amount of data that a website sends to your browser and which the browser then sends back the next time you access one of our pages. Cookies help with many things. For instance they allow a user to leave and return to the site without having to login again.
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| Question: Where can I get this program for my site? |
Answer: Coppermine is a free Multimedia Gallery, released under GNU GPL. It is full of features and has been ported to various platforms. Visit the Coppermine Home Page to find out more or download it. Note that the version of Coppermine used on this site has been heavily customised. Contact the site administration if you would like details.
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Subscribing |
| Question: What's the difference between registering and subscribing? |
Answer: A registered user has access to our photographs for personal use only. A subscriber is entitled to use our photographs for commercial purposes. We also provide several additional benefits for subscribers, including access to additional photographs and the ability to maintain a personal album.
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Navigating the Site |
| Question: What's "Album List"? |
Answer: This will show you the entire category you are currently in, with a link to each album. If you are not in a category, it will show you the entire gallery with a link to each category. Thumbnails may be a link to the category.
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| Question: What's "Last Uploads"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last uploads to the site.
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| Question: What's "Last Comments"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last comments along with the files posted by users.
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| Question: What's "Most Viewed"? |
Answer: This feature shows the most viewed files by all users (whether logged in or not).
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| Question: What's "Top Rated"? |
Answer: This feature shows the top rated files rated by the users, showing the average rating (e.g: five users each gave a : the file would have an average rating of ;Five users rated the file from 1 to 5 (1,2,3,4,5) would result in an average .) The ratings go from (best) to (worst).
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| Question: What's "My Favourites"? |
Answer: This feature will let a user store a favourite file in the cookie that was sent to your computer.
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