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Complete Uploading -- Step by Step!


By Beth Candy
(November 7, 1999)

Uploading got you confused? Have you got a picture on a roll of film, or have you found one on an archive that you'd like in your web page or email? Want to move an image from one scrapbook to another? Let Beth Candy show you how, in her complete tutorial.

Match the Method with the Location
Image Displayed
in E-mail
Attachment Received in E-mail From Photopoint
& Banner Generators
From Draacs Off a Web Site From Favs Folders
Video or Digital Camera
(Plus Users)
Photo in Hand Roll of Film
From your Scrapbook
To another Site
Sound Files
.midi .wav .au
Linking to
the Page Builder
From Scrapbook
to Scrapbook
From PB Vidcaps
to Scrapbook
Build Your Own
Uploader


The Tools
WebTV E-Mail Uploader
(on sidebar)
Star Blvd
Transloader
WebScissors
Beth's
EZ Uploader
Using the goto key
wtv-tricks
Page Builder
FAQs




Image received in E-Mail
If you see an image in your e-mail, you can bounce your e-mail to see if you can get the link.
While viewing the opened e-mail,
Hit the forward button
Address the letter to yourself.
In the message area, at the very top left, write:

Send this e-mail to yourself.
When you receive this e-mail, look for code that starts with img src=
You might see the full link address to your image.
An example would be:

If that is the case, you can take the link to:
http://community-1.webtv.net/SecretAdmir er/scrapbookupload
Fill in the link address, press upload and your image will be in your Scrapbook.



If you like an image you have received in an e-mail, that is "not" an attachment or link, here is how to get it into your scrapbook:

  • First, you must open a free e-mail account at:
    http://www.HugKiss.com
  • Forward the e-mail to your HugKiss e-mail account
  • Go to your HugKiss account and open the e-mail
  • The image is now an attachment
  • At the top of your e-mail you will see the name of your attachment. Take note if it ends in .jpg or .gif (example: donut.gif)
  • Click on "download attachment"
  • Press your goto key
  • Press the "Show Last" button
  • Press and hold the cmd key
    (or that Windows™ logo key)
  • Press the A key to highlight the address
  • Press the C key to copy the address
  • Immediately Goto WebFX
  • Erase the address inside the box
  • Paste the copy of your address in by:
    Pressing and holding the cmd key
    (or that Windows™ logo key)
    Press the V key to paste the address
  • You will need to add either .jpg or .gif to this address (what you saw in your HugKiss e-mail example: donut.gif , you would then add .gif)
  • Click on "apply effect" (on bottom right)
  • Click on "mail this picture" (very bottom)
  • Address the form to yourself and click "send this pic"
  • Inside your WebTV mailbox, open the e-mail
  • You will see the Scrapbook feature in your left sidebar
  • Click on "Scrapbook"
  • Click on "Add to Scrapbook"
Woo Hoo! You got the image from your WebTV e-mail to your WebTV Scrapbook!

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Image received as Attachment
If you receive an (image) attachment in your WebTV e-mail account:
When you open the e-mail, the Scrapbook feature will appear on your left sidebar.
Click on Scrapbook
Click on "Add to your Scrapbook"
It's that easy!
If you do not see the Scrapbook feature on your left sidebar, you either haven't activated your Scrapbook or you haven't received an image attachment.

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Photopoint & Temporary Banners
To Upload a photo from your Photopoint account to your WebTV Scrapbook or anywhere else that generates a Temporary URL (like Banner Generator):
  • Click on one of your Photopoint Photos (the small thumbnail photo).
  • Click on the Photo again (you will see your photo or Banner surrounded by black).
  • Goto http://www.WebScissors.com
  • Press "Show Last URL"
  • Press "Show Images"
  • Click on your image to upload!
Woo Hoo! You got the image into your WebTV Scrapbook the new EZ way!

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From Draacs
If you find a photo at Draac's
Click on the file name
Your image will be surrounded by black
Go directly to:Beth's Uploader
The URL (address) of the gif will automatically be filled in for you.
Press the Upload button.
Done!
If you go to this Uploader, without first viewing the .gif or .jpg you can just go there and type in the URL (address) and then press the Upload button
It's that Easy!

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From a Web Site
If you see an image on a web page that you would like to put in your Scrapbook, you must first ascertain that you have permission to do so. If you are looking at a free graphics site that says these are offered, you have permission. Look to see if they have requirements such as a link back to the site. Sometimes they have instructions only for computer users to download (such as "save as" and "right click."). That means they are giving you permission but they didn't include WebTV'ers in the instructions.

Here's an easy way to extract images from a web site and upload them:
Go to http://www.WebScissors.com
If you go there after viewing the web site, you can press "show last URL"
If not, type in the web site address
Press "Show Images"
You will now see all the images from that web page.
Click on whatever image you want to upload.
The image goes directly to your Scrapbook!

Here's another way you can locate, then upload image files on a web site you have permission to copy:

  • Goto FileDex
  • Type in the web page that your image is on.
  • Remember to add the trailing slash:
    This address:
    http://www.geocities.com/~webtvbeth
    should be written as:
    http://www.geocities.com/~webtvbeth/
  • Press the submit button.
  • Press View Images.
  • Look for which address is the image you want. If it ends with brownpuppy.gif and you are looking for a brown puppy image .......
  • Click on the address of your image.
  • You will see the isolated image with a black background.
  • Goto Beth's Uploader
  • The address of your image file will automatically be written in the input box.
    (You can either go to this uploader directly from the image and take advantage of the address already being pasted in for you, or you can erase what is in the box and type in the address files you want to upload.)
  • Press the upload button
  • Press the "Add to Scrapbook" button
  • Mission Complete!


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From your Favs Folders
If you have saved a Photo in your Favorites that is not on a web page:
Go to your Favorites Folder
Click on the Photo
Your image will be surrounded by black
Go directly to:Beth's Uploader
The URL (address) of the gif will automatically be filled in for you.
Press the Upload button.
Done!
If you go to this Uploader, without first viewing the .gif or .jpg you can just go there and type in the URL (address) and then press the Upload button
It's that Easy!

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From your Video or Digital Camera
This feature is for Plus Subscribers only.
You can plug your video or digital camera into the back of your WebTV Plus to take photos.
  1. From your homepage, click on Community
  2. Click on Pagebuilder
  3. Click on Scrapbook (on left)
  4. Click on Capture
  5. Click on Add Picture
  6. Mission complete!
If you have taken vidcaps and sent them through your e-mail, you can still upload a copy of your photos to your scrapbook. Here's how:
  1. From your homepage, click on mail
  2. Click on storage (on left)
  3. Click on "Sent"
  4. Open the vidcap e-mail you sent
  5. Click on Scrapbook
  6. Click on Add to Scrapbook
  7. Mission complete!


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WebTV Sidebar Uploader
When you open an e-mail with an image attachment, you will see the Scrapbook Upload Feature on the left sidebar.

This feature will not appear unless you have first activated your Scrapbook and only if the attachment is an image file (not sound).

This will not appear if the image is embedded in your e-mail or is written as a link.

Click on "Scrapbook."
Click on "Add to Scrapbook."
Voila! All done! The image attachment now rests in your Scrapbook.

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Star Blvd for Page Builder

1. Goto:
http://www.transload.net/hex.shtml

2. Scroll down a little looking for the input boxes. If you go directly to the transloader from viewing the image, it will already be displayed in the first box (last visited URL). You can press the water drop underneath to make the URL drop down to the 2nd box: Source URL. Otherwise, just type in the URL (address) of the image you want to transload in the 2nd box: Source URL.

3. Choose extract.

4. Press the "cmd" and "r" keys to reload the page.
(if you don't have the cmd key, use the Windows™ logo and "r" keys.)

5. Once the page is loaded you will see the URL (address) of the image you selected with an S to the right of it. Choose the S next to the URL (address) of the image you would like to save to your scrapbook.

6. You will see this message: "You are about to add an image to your WebTV scrapbook. Do you wish to continue?" Press "Continue."

7. Hang around and wait for the Zap button. Press that to log out and appease the Karma Gods.



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Beth's EZ Uploader
First go to the image you want to upload.
It will be surrounded by black.

(Please do not confuse looking at an image with looking at an image on a web site. If the file ends with .html you are looking a web site.)

After viewing the image,
Go directly to:
Beth's Uploader
The image address will appear in the input box.
Press the Upload button.

If you did not go to Beth's Uploader after viewing an image, you can still go there and type in the URL (address) you want to upload.

Erase what's in the box (last visited URL)
Type in the URL of the image you want to upload
Press the Upload button

It's that easy!

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wtv-tricks using your goto key
Do your own uploading!

First go to the image you want to upload.

(Do not confuse looking at an image "on" a web site with looking at an image. When you are viewing an image it will have a black background.)

Hit your goto key
Press the "show current" button
You will see the address of your image.

(If it ends in .html you are not looking at an image file- you are looking at a web page that has an image on it.)

Press the cmd and left arrow keys
(if you don't have a cmd key, use your Windows™ Logo key).
This gets the cursor in front of the URL

Type this in:
wtv-tricks:/add-to-scrapbook?mediaPath=
Press your Return Key, then "Add to Scrapbook"
Your image is now there!

For example:
I went to Draacs Gifs and clicked on santa1.gif
I saw a photo of Santa
I pressed the "goto" and then "show current" keys
This address appeared:
http://members.tripod.com/gifs123/page18/santa1.gif
I pressed the cmd and Left arrow keys to get my cursor in front of this address.
and typed in the code.
The address in my goto input box now looks like this:
wtv-tricks:/add-to-scrapbook?mediaPath=http://members .tripod.com/gifs123/page18/santa1.gif
From there I pressed my Return key and then "Add to Scrapbook" to upload Santa.

You can "cut n paste" this code:
wtv-tricks:/add-to-scrapbook?mediaPath=
And then go to a free graphic site like Draacs.
Everytime you see an image you want, press the goto and show current buttons and then paste the code in. This could save you a lot of time if you are going to upload a bunch of images at one time.


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From a hand held Photo
If you have the negatives to a photo you have in your hand, an easy way to get the photos online (and then into your Scrapbook) is to use Seattle Filmworks.
Read the instructions for From a Roll of Film. Reprints are 35˘ for 3˝x5 prints. They offer free scanning and uploading on film they develop/reprint.

If you do not have the negatives, you will need to scan your hand held photos. You can not hook up a scanner to WebTV. You will need to use a Scanning Service.

Kinkos Copy stores wll let you use their scanners for 40˘ a minute. First time users following the directions "taped on the wall" may take as long as 15 minutes for the first photo, 5 minutes for subsequent use.

A fellow WebTVer will scan up to 10 photos for you in exchange for putting his banner on your site. http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/5970/s outhern.html

Another WebTVer will scan our photos for free: http://ac.home.texas.net/scans4U.html

W.H. Productions will scan your photos for $1 each.
http://members.tripod.com/~lucky_bs/scannerpag e.html

1) Have your mailbox cleaned out to receive photos.
2) If you are having more than 10 photos e-mailed to you, you may have to divide them up over e-mail accounts.
3) Ask the scanning service to send them in .jpg format.
4) The .jpg files can be sent in one e-mail, but the .jpg files need to remain separate- they can't be sent in a zip file.
5) The capacity of your e-mail "INBOX" is 2 mb (megabytes). The sender (Scanning Service) will need that info to determine how many files they can send. You have 2 mb "Inbox" capacity for every user name.
Note: Asking how many bytes are in the average photo is like asking how many calories there are in a dinner. The Scanning Service (sender) will know after he scans your photo and before he e-mails it. He does have the capability to reduce the size before he sends it.

After you open the e-mail, you press "Scrapbook" and then "Add to Scrapbook" to upload your photos.

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From a Roll of Film
If you have a roll of film in your fingers, here is how you can get your photos developed and put online:

Important note: I had to temporarily remove the Seattle Filmworks Instructions because they have an inadvertent roadblock that prevents us WebTV'ers from accessing our photos. Please call Seattle Filmworks, ask for Tech Support and politely ask them to give you the URL of your photos.

Looks like the next best service for WebTV'ers is Photonet.

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"From" the Scrapbook to another Site
The first thing you need to do is get the URL of the image you want to transload "from" the Scrapbook.

Here's how you do that:

Important note:
*The scrapbook photo must be put on a web page. Just make a page called "photos" and move the photo(s) to it. *

Okay, go to that photo
From your homepage
Click on Community (top)
Click on Pagebuilder (top)
Click on Scrapbook (on the left)
Click on the photo of choice
See the photo name on bottom left?
It "might" be importD0_gif
(btw, that's a D"Zero", not D, letter O)
It "might" be named MailedD3_jpg or importD6_jpg
"whatever" it is named:
"mentally" remove the underscore_ and put dot .
importD0.gif is the new file name
(or mailD3.jpg , etc)

If it is PostedD7 add .jpg to make PostedD7.jpg

We will add the file name importD0.gif to this:
http://community-1.webtv.net/userName/pagetitle/scrap bookFiles/
The userName will be replaced with yours
The pagetitle will be replaced with yours (photos?)
Okay, so we add:
importD0.gif (or whatever you came up with) to this:
http://community-1.webtv.net/userName/pagetitle/scrap bookFiles/importD0.gif

That is how you get the URL of the file you want to transload.

Here is how you transload it:

First go to:
http://transload.starblvd.net/
Scroll down a little.
You will see a bunch of input boxes.
The first one is filled in for you. They tell you the URL (address) of the last place you were at. Clever, but not necessary. (If you went directly to Star Blvd from the file you want to transload, then you can click on the teardrop to bring the file down into the next box.)
Last Visited URL:(A) news:webtv.users.
The next box is:
Source URL:(R)
That is where you type in the address of a file you want to transload. For example:
Source URL:(R)http://community-1.webtv.net/AngryYoungMan/mem berprofile/scrapbookFiles/importD0.jpg
Now that it will soon be on your web site, what do you want to call it? Put the new name in the box:
Rename to:(O) steve.jpg
Sidenote: If the file you are transloading ended with ".jpg" rename your new file ending with .jpg
Next you fill out the FTP server. You can click on the question mark for help, but FTP servers I know are:
Angelfire: ftp.angelfire.com
CrossWinds: ftp.crosswinds.net
FortuneCity: ftp.fortunecity.com
FreeSpeech: ftp.freespeech.org
GeoCities: ftp.geocities.com
GeoCities/Japan: ftp.geocities.co.jp
NetTaxi: ftp.nettaxi.com
PhotoPoint: ftp.photopoint.com
TalkCity: home.talkcity.com
TheGlobe: ftp.theglobe.com
Tripod: ftp.tripod.com
WebJump: ftp.webjump.com
Xoom: ftp.xoom.com
InternetTrash: ftp.internettrash.com
So if you are at geocities, you would write:
Target FTP Server:(R) ftp.geocities.com
Now you would write in your geocities account name (or tripod name, etc.)
Target Account Name:(R) bethsplace
Next you fill in your geocities (or tripod, etc) password:
Target Account Password:(R) *******

Almost done! Notice the R's up above? That is "Required" info. All the rest of the boxes have O's for "Optional." We can ignore them today.
Ignore:
Upload Directory:(O)
Transload in ASCII Mode:For plain text files such as HTML.(O)
Direct to Editor:Lets you edit HTML files on-line.(O)
Direct to ImageTool:Gives image infos and type conversions.(O)
Expand Characters:Uses GIFs as your character fonts.(O)
Clip Guestbook Entry:
Now all you need to do is push the "TRANSLOAD" button.
Then they ask you to hang out, follow the progress and when you get the "all okay" message, they kindly request you to hit the "ZAP" button to appease the Karma Gods.

To recap, all you need to fillout is:
Source URL:(R)http://community-1.webtv.net/AngryYoungMan/mem berprofile/scrapbookFiles/importD0.jpg
Rename To:(O) steve.jpg
Target FTP Server:(R) ftp.geocities.com
Target Account Name:(R) bethsplace
Target Account Password:(R) *******
And then push "Transload" button


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Sound Files
The Scrapbook is your File Manager. Currently the only files you can upload to your Scrapbook are image files.

The only way to have sound play on your Page Builder site is to link to it.
WebTV users have two ways to put sound in their Page Builders .
The first thing you need is the URL (address) of a sound file.
I went to:
http://www.geocities.com/webtvbeth/halloween/index.html
and selected this sound file:
http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound25.mid
The first way to put sound in your e-mail is to use the Microsoft tag:
<bgsound src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid">
All I did was put the file name inside of this tag:
<bgsound src="URL">
When your e-mail is received, this song ( Reaper ) will automatically play. If you want the file to play over and over, add this attribute inside the tag: loop="infinite"
<bgsound src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" loop="infinite">
Also, you can change the infinite to a number, such as "2" for it to play 2 times.

The 2nd way is to use the Netscape tag,
<embed src="URL">
When I put the of the URL (address) of the sound file, it looks like this: <embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid">
As this is written (above) the sound file will not automaticaly play. A speaker image will show for the receiver to click on.

You can, however, use this tag to automatically play by adding the attribute: autostart="true" <embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" autostart="true">
And if you want the sound to play over and over again, add this attribute: loop="true"
<embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" autostart="true" loop="true">
Why do Netscape and Microsoft use different html commands for sound? Well, because they want you to select their Browser. Computer users must select a browser and can only hear the compatible sound file. Aren't we lucky that we can hear either?

If you want to consider your computer friends, you can use "both" tags!
First use the embed tag:
<embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" autostart="true" loop="true">
Your Netscape friends browser will see this tag and play it. Now you will write:
<noembed>
I guess you figured out that the above tag means "for the browser who can't see embed tags." So, write the bgsound tag after the <noembed>
<embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" autostart="true" loop="true">
<noembed>
<bgsound src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" loop="infinite">
The noembed tag has a closing tag to tell the browser it's done: </noembed>

Here is the whole ball of wax:
<embed src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" autostart="true" loop="true">
<noembed>
<bgsound src="http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/candy/images/sound2 5.mid" loop="infinite">
</noembed>

Common errors in writing this stuff is not using the quotes or only using one quote. Another error is a typo. To troubleshoot you can break down the areas into checking the sound file, and then checking the tags. You can write perfect code, but if the URL is incorrect, it will never play. Sometimes I just erase and start from scratch.

Paul's conscience wants me to remind you when selecting sound files, to only use one from a web site that gives you permission to link. Read more about bandwidth theft here:
http://www.geocities.com/~by2000/badlinking.html

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Linking to your Scrapbook Images
Here's how to get the URL of a photo in our scrapbook and also how to link to it.

Important note:
The scrapbook image must be published on a page. Create a page titled photos and add the image to it. If you want to link to every scrapbook page of images, you may want to create a Page Builder page for each Scrapbook page and title them photos1, then photos2, etc.

Important note #2:
When you read these instructions, it appears that the URLs (addresses) end on one line and begin on another. When you type out a URL (address), you would never use your space bar or return key. Keep typing and allow WebTV to wrap around to the next line.

Okay, go to that photo
From your homepage
Click on Community (top)
Click on Pagebuilder (top)
Click on Scrapbook (on the left)
Click on the photo of choice
See the photo name on bottom left?
It "might" be importD0_gif
(btw, that's a D"Zero", not D, letter O)
It "might" be named mailD3_jpg
or importD6_jpg - whatever it is named:
We will add it (example:importD0_gif) to this:
http://community.webtv.net/userName/photos/scrapbookF iles/
To make this:
http://community.webtv.net/userName/photos/scrapbookF iles/filename
The userName will be replaced with yours
If you did not name your page "photos", take out the word "photos" and replace with the title of your page
Remove the word "filename" and replace with the actual filename (examples were written above)
It may now look like this:

http://community.webtv.net/SecretAdmirer/photos2/scra pbookFiles/importD0_gif
The last step is to remove the underscore _ in the filename and replace with a dot .
Final outcome might look like this:

http://community.webtv.net/SecretAdmirer/photos2/scra pbookFiles/importD0.gif
Now you know how to get the URL!

Here's how to link to it in your e-mail:


Go in your mailbox
Click on settings (on left)
Click on signature
Type this in the rectangular box:
<html> <img src="URL"> </html>
Click on "done" (very important)
HTML is the language we are talking
<img src="URL"> is the code
You remove the three letters URL and replace with the actual URL (address) of your image.
</html> means you are done talking in html.

One last note. One typo and it's crying time. These files are case sensitive. See how there is one capital letter in scrapbookFiles? Follow the upper or lower case exactly.

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From Scrapbook to Scrapbook
Your image(s) must be on a published page.
Switch users to the one you want the images in.
Go to: http://www.WebScissors.com
Type in the web site address
Press "Show Images"
Click on any image and WebScissors will place it in your Scrapbook for you.

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Video Captures From Page Builder to Scrapbook
Go to http://www.WebScissors.com
Type in your web site address.
Press "Show Images."
Click on your vidcap (video-captured) image.
WebScissors will place it in your Scrapbook.

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Build Your Own Uploader
If you would like to have your own Uploader in your e-mail signature box, in an F key, or on a web page, this is the code to insert:


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With love from,
Beth Candy


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