Members with photos get more exposure and interaction with other members. Comments and likes on your photos boost your popularity and help you connect with other members online and in real life. It is highly recommended that you upload photos of yourself to the “Profile Photos” album. A smaller version of the primary Profile Photo will show in search listings. It is a good rule of thumb to upload photos showing your great smile. You may create additional albums to upload and organize your photos.
Photo Upload – Image file
- To upload an image that is stored on your computer, hover your cursor over “My Stuff” in the navigation bar and click “Add/Manage Photos”.
- From the “Upload & Manage Photos page, click “Upload by Filename” button.
- Upload a Photo window will pop up. Click on “Choose File”.
- A computer navigation window will pop up and you will need to navigate to the photo file on your hard drive.
- Select your photo file and click on the “Open” button and the window will close.
- Back on the “Upload a Photo” window you will see it updated with file name of the photo chosen. Next, click on an album in the “Select Destination” section if you have created other albums or leave it default to “Profile Photos” album. Then, click the “Upload Photo” button.
- The window would update to show the uploaded photo. Here you have the option to add a caption/title, rotate, or delete. Click “Save and go to Manage Photos Page”.
Once the photo has been uploaded, you may see the photos in the “Upload & Manage Photos” page.
Photo Upload – Webcam image
- To upload a photo taken with your webcam, hover your cursor over “My Stuff” in the navigation bar and click “Add/Manage Photos”.
- From the “Upload & Manage Photos page, click “Upload by Webcam” button.
- A pop up window is displayed with an image captured from your webcam. When you are ready to take a photo click on “Take Photo”
- If you are not satisfied with the photo click on “Take Again” which will take you back to step 3. To save the photo to your photo album click on “Save Photo”
Update or editing photos
There are a few options available such as “Moving photo“, Update Photo Info”, “Photo Editor” and “Delete” to manage and edit your photos.
“Moving photo” is done by clicking and dragging the photo to a desired position in the same album or dragged into another album.
“Update Photo Info” allows you to update “Photo Title”, “Photo Captions” and “Photo Options” to allow other to comment on your photo or not. Please follow these steps to update your photo info.
- Click on the top right corner icon of the photo.
- In the “Update Photo Info” pop up page, please enter the “Photo Title, Photo Caption and if you want to allow others to comment or vote. Then click “Update” button.
“Photo Editor” is the tool used to rotate photo, adjust brightness and draw to cover parts of the photo. Here are the steps to edit your photo.
- Click on the “Photo Editor” icon located on bottom left of your uploaded photo.
- Click the rotate icon to rotate image left or right. Click on the brightness icons to increase or decrease brightness. Use the draw feature to cover unwanted portion of your photo. Then click “Save Changes” button.
“Delete” feature can be used to delete undesirable photos. To do so, click on the “Trash bin” icon on the photo.
Creating albums
Albums provides a great way to organize and manage your photos. By default, if you did not create any albums, all photos are uploaded to your “Profile Photos” album. Please follow the steps below to create albums.
- To create an album click “Create Album” from the “Upload & Manage Photos” page
- In the “Create New Album” pop up, please enter the “Title” and “Description” you wish to use.
- Choose the options of whom can view your album. To see all options, click “Show more options. The options are “Show to everyone”, “Show only to my friends”, Show only to my friends in these selected groups”, “Hide this Album.
- Click “Submit” button to create the album. Once an album has been created, it can be viewed on the left section of “Upload & Manage Photos” page.
Update or editing albums
From the “Upload & Manage Photos” page, you may update album “Title”, “Description” and accessibility.
Updating “Title” and “Description”
- To update “Title” and “Description”, please click on edit album icon
- Type in the new “Title” and “Description”. Click “Update” button.
Updating accessibility (who can view the album and photos)
- From the Upload & Manage Photos” page, please click on “who currently has access” located at the top right of the album thumbnail. In this example, it’s set to “Everyone”
- “Who can see this” page will pop up. Click on “Show more options” to expand the full list. Select an option and click the “Update” button.
If you wish to delete an album, please take the steps below.
- To delete an album simply click on the album you wish to remove from the Upload & Manage Photos page. Click the “Delete this Album” link.
- You will be prompted with a pop up confirmation window to “Cancel” or “Delete Album”
Get Verified
It is very easy to obtain Get Verified” badge. All you have to do is upload an image with your handwritten username in the image. Below are some examples.