Contributing Web Photo Albums to the CALS Web Site

To create a web album for the CALS website, you must do the following:

1. Download and install NeoPhoto. (It is free.)
2. Download and install the CALS web template for NeoPhoto.
3. Create a photo album of your photos with NeoPhoto.
4. Create web pages from your album with NeoPhoto and the CALS web template.
5. Upload your web pages to crustose.net or submit them by arrangement with the webmaster.

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL NeoPhoto

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE CALS WEB TEMPLATE

1. Click the link above and save the file to disk.
2. Double click to open with WinZip.
3. Click Extract. This opens the Extract dialog.
4. In the Extract To: box, enter C:\Program Files\NeoPhoto\Templates\as_cals. (If you installed NeoPhoto to a different location, click the -> button and navigate to the NeoPhoto Templates folder, then add "as_cals" to the end of the path in the Extract To: box.)
5. Click the Extract button on the Extract dialog box.
6. Close WinZip.

CREATE A PHOTO ALBUM WITH NeoPhoto

1. Open NeoPhoto
2. Select Help/Contents.
3. Read the following sections:
   Browsing and Searching: Browsing for Photos
   Working with Albums: all sections
   Sharing Your Albums: Creating Web Pages

1. Select File/New Photo Album (or click the New button on the opening screen).
2. Enter the title and description for the album. For field trip albums, the title should be the name of the field trip or location where the shots were taken. This is the title that will appear at the top of the page. The description will appear below the title on the web index page for this album. It should provide information about the site and the trip. See http://crustose.net/~cals/fieldtrips/DeerCreekHills/michelle/index.html for an example. You might want to include your name in the description.
3. With the Browse tab selected, use the tree view in the upper left of the screen to navigate to the folder containing your photos. In the lower left, select the photos that you want to appear on the web page. (If you don't already know how to select multiple files or folders, read the Windows help page "selecting files or folders: multiple files or folders".) Drag the selected photos to the main window.
4. Rearrange the photos in the order you would like them to appear on the web page by dragging and dropping them. Now you must add a title and optional description to each photo. Ideally, the title is the name of the pictured lichen. This is important, because I plan to write a script that will create an index of photo titles, so people can go directly to pages with specific lichens.
5. Double-click the first image. Click the edit link at the bottom of the page. In the Photo Description dialog box, enter the photo title and, if you wish, a description. Click Next> and repeat for the remaining photos.
6. Close the Photo Description dialog and the large photo window. Save your album (File/Save Changes or control-s). You are now ready to create your web pages.

CREATE AND UPLOAD WEB PAGES WITH NeoPhoto

1. Select Album/Create Web Pages... This brings up the Create web pages wizard. Click Next.
2. On the Select Template page, select California Lichen Society. Click Next.
3. On the Select Options page, select the following options: Check "Resize photos". Select 800x600 Check "Preserve aspect ratio". Check "Resize only if the photo is larger than the selected size". Click Next.
4. On the Select Folder page, use the default folder or select a folder of your choice. Click Next.
5. After Album Creation is finished, you may view the web pages by clicking "Show the generated album in a web browser".
6. If you wish to change a title or description, do so and regenerate the web pages.
7. When you are satisfied with the web pages, upload the web album to crustose.net by clicking "Upload the generated album to a web site" on the last page of the Create web pages wizard. Enter www.crustose.net as the Host Name. Enter the user name of your crustose.net account. Check FTP. Select the Folder you wish to upload your files to. Enter your password when the password dialog pops up. Click Next. If you don't have a user name and password on crustose.net, you may make arrangements with the webmaster to submit your web pages.