D5 Toastmasters

The District 5 website allows for all members to contribute content! One type of content which you may choose to contribute is photos from your club, area and division events.

The website includes an easy-to-use photo upload interface which does not require any programming knowledge or in-depth web expertise.

Tips and Guidelines

Instructions are included below (click here to download the instructions in PDF format), but first a few tips and guidelines:

1. You must be logged in to the site in order to upload photos. To register and create a login, please complete the site registration form. This is a very simple process which takes just a minute and may be done via the login module located in the right column of the home page.


2. Please limit the number of photos for any given event to 20 or fewer. Select the best images for others to view and enjoy.


3. Please make sure that your photos are not too large. The photo upload module cannot process photos which are larger than 2 MB in size.

Upload Photos

1. To post photos to the site, click on “Upload Photo(s)” under “Add Site Content” (located in the right column on most site pages) or under the “Files & Photos” menu (you must be logged in to the site to see the latter option).


2. Select a title for your photo or group of photos (i.e. Area 8 Fall 2010 Contests).


3. Select the appropriate category for your photo(s) from the Category pull-down menu (i.e. Contests). If a new sub-category is merited (i.e. "Area 2 Contests" below the "Area Contests" category), the Webmaster will take care of its creation.


4. If desired, type in a description of any length in the Description field (this field is optional but recommended). This will help viewers to know more about the photos you will be posting, such as the date and location of the event.


5. Browse to the photo(s) on your personal computer using the “Browse” button and then click “Open.” You may upload as many as 20 photos at one time using the “Upload Photo(s)” interface, which should be more than enough for any given event (please edit your photos and select only the best images to share with your fellow Toastmasters). Please pay attention to the file size of your images, as each individual file cannot be larger than 2 MB.


6. Photos will be sized down automatically by the website photo application. If you get an error message when trying to upload photos, your file size is likely too large. Please size down your photo (a good size guideline for web images is 800 by 600 pixels at 72 dpi) and try again to upload it to the site.


7. The Webmaster will need to approve your photos before they appear on the site. Please allow 2 business days for this process. If your photos are time-sensitive, please email the Webmaster at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and ask for the process to be expedited.

Questions?

Please contact the webmaster if you have any questions regarding the instructions above or if you run into any problems when uploading your photos to the District 5 website.