how to create a photo album

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Using Picasa to Manage and Create Web Photo Albums

Step 1: Download and install Picasa on your computer from this link:

http://picasa.google.com/

As part of this installation, Picasa will scan your computer for photos.

Step 2: Click once on the

first photo of the album

you want to prepare.
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Step 3: Hold down the

key and click the last photo in

the album. Notice that all

photos end up with a blue

highlight.


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Click on the menu and then click


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Step 4: Name and Compress your Pictures

It is extremely important that you compress all pictures uploaded to the web. Uncompressed pictures take a long time to load.

Type a name for your album

here.

This sets the number of pixels

across. Set to either 640 or 800.This sets the amount of

compression. You should

usually set this to

minimum.

Add a watermark to all photos if

you wish to protect your

copyrights.


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Step 5: Picasa will automatically open an explorer window with your

photo album in it.

Double-click the album to view

that folder.


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Step 6: Select all the pictures in the album.

Click once on the first

picture in the album.

Hold down and

click on the last picture

in the album.


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Step 7: Right mouse click

any picture and then click


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Step 8: Click


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Step 9: Windows will automatically

create a compressed folder containing

your photos.


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Step 10: Go to your website, login, and

from the dashboard click


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Step 11: Click


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Step 12: Enter all pertinent information for

the album and then click

Enter an album

name you will

remember.


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Step 13: Click


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Step 14: Click

This is the photo

album number

and is important

in a later step.


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*You will find the compressed folder in /my pictures/picasa/exports/photo_album_1 . Within that folder I choose the zipped folder.

Make sure the album is the

name of the one you createdin Step 12.

Step 15: Click

and then select the album

zipped (compressed) you

created in Step 9*

Step 16: Click


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Step 17: When your photo upload completes, your screen should look like this:

Wordpress will import the photos into your album. You can confirm your photos uploaded successfully by clicking and then

on the screen that follows. In the next screen (the actual album) scroll down and you will see your photos.

Click


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Step 18: Were almost done. Weve compressed the photos, uploaded them into an album, now all we need is a page to display them on and a

way to get to the page where theyre displayed.

Click page.


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Step 19: Create a page for the photo album. IMPORTANT: Do all four, A, B, C, and D before clicking publish!

A. Give the new page a title.

C. It looks funny, but trust me,

it works. Type:

%%wppa%%

%%slide=05%%

I entered an 05 abovebecause my album number

(from Step 14) is 5. You should

enter youralbum number.

B. Click

E. Cl ick

D. Under

click


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Step 20: Use your mouse to highlight

the link text as shown. Right-mouse-

click and choose .

Step 21: Click


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Step 22: Mouse-over your photos page

and click .


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Step 23: Click .


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Step 24: Type some text

that describes the album.


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Step 25: Select the text

Step 26: Click the link button


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Step 27: Paste the link you

copied in Step 20.

Step 28: Click


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Congratulations! Your photo album has now been added to a new page on your web site. Go to the photos page on your website and confirm

that the album is there.

IMPORTANT: If your photos are NOT in the album DO NOT UPLOAD THEM AGAIN. Turn the page for instructions.

Step 29: Click


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Sometimes the photos will end up in the wrong ablum despite our best efforts. I believe there is a bug in the program. To fix your album:

Click


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Click to find which album the computer put your photos in.


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Scrolldowntoseethe

picturesinthealbum.


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When you find the misplaced

pictures,

A. click the down button

B. Then click the

photo album they

should be in.


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Once youve chosen the proper album for

all the pictures, click .

Go back on the web and confirm that

your album displays correctly.


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