Mac users can upload photos to the photo Gallery directly from iPhoto.
Note: if you are a SBAMUG member, please substitute SBAMUG.com instead of RoughWheelers.com – and this How-To will work for you too.
REGISTER
If you haven’t made an account for yourself already here’s how;
Go to the RW photo Gallery.
http://www.roughwheelers.com/pix/main.php
and click on “Register” at the top right corner. This is free and only for RoughWheelers members & friends.
For UserName & FullName please put your Handle or nickname. We do NOT need your real name! (We already know who you are).
Choose a good password, enter your email, and you’re all set.
Download & Install the iPhoto plug-in
The other one-time thing you need to do is download the free iPhoto to Gallery plug-in for iPhoto. Download from zwily
Then just double click the installer to install.
Upload photos from iPhoto
Select your photos, and/or make an album of them.
Choose “Export” from “File” menu (or “Share” menu)
Click the “Gallery” tab. And click “Add Gallery” from that menu.
Your Gallery URL is
http://Roughwheelers.com/pix/v/YOUR-USERNAME
(substitute your own username, of course!)
Choose what album you want to add to, and/or Create a new album. It’s perfectly OK to create a new album inside another album – for organization. For example, you might make an album for a Vacation, and them create an album inside for each place/family you visit. Or something like that. Albums are like folders and you can put other albums inside of them.
Export titles & comments if you want to. Actually that is a great feature, I just type my comments for each photo into my iPhoto, then they show up on my Gallery with captions! :-)
To upload faster; choose to scale your photos no larger than 1024×1024. That’s the max size that this photo gallery is allowed to display anyway. Click Export and let it rip!
Ok, that’s it! Check your new web photo gallery & see how it looks!
Share
To share with friends, just tell them the URL (substitute your own username, of course!). That’s all they need to know:
http://Roughwheelers.com/gallery/v/YOUR-USERNAME
Hope this helps,
Dave