YOUR PHOTOS ON THE WEB!

Want to publish your favorite photos on the Web? All you need are some *.gif or *.jpg files and access to a Web server (typically through an ISP or LAN that allows you to set up your own Web site). The Web Publishing Wizard does the rest. In today's tip, we show you how to get everything ready.

Before you do anything, you'll need to get your photos onto your computer. If you have a scanner, scan the images and save them as *.jpg or *.gif files. If you don't have a scanner, most photo development outfits can put photos on disk for you (typically as *.jpg files). Some photo development places also have Kodak scanners (they look like copier machines), which let you scan pictures yourself and save them to disk. Regardless of how you get them there, place all the image files you want to publish in the same folder--it makes them a lot easier to access.

The other thing you need to do is find out some specific information about your Web server. Need a Web server? Check out free services like Geocities at http://www.geocities.com

or Tripod at http://www.tripod.com

or Freeservers at www.freeservers.com

or Fortune City at www.fortunecity.com

You'll need to know the server's address (URL), a user ID, and password. Of course, you'll also need the address that people will use to view your pages, which may be different than the address you use to upload pages.

This page last updated: Monday, 24. May 1999 09:47:03 -0500