Instructions for uploading to our Dropbox
After uploading, don’t forget to send emails to:
Newsletter Editor
Publicity and Communication Officer
to tell them that the files are there!!
Please include a descriptive caption in your email for each photo uploaded.
Open DropBox
Open DropBox by clicking on the following link:
DropBox
Your browser should open with these options:
Under “Sign in” where it says “Email” enter this email address:-
webmaster@forrestersbeachprobus.org.au
You can select the above text then use copy and then paste it into the “email” field.
In the “Password” field, enter the password that can be obtained by contacting Publicity and Communication Officer
Click on the blue “Sign in” button
You should then see this:
If someone else has already uploaded photos there might be a folder name already there like this:
Ignore any existing folders
Create a new folder
Right click on a blank area of the screen and select “New Folder”:
Enter a name for the folder, preferably your name, and press “Enter”.
Now double left click on your new folder and you should see a message that the folder is empty.
At this point, there are two ways to upload photos.
Upload Method 1 (Simplest method)
If you can see both the folder with your photos and the DropBox window, you can simply drag the photos from your folder onto the DropBox window. You could resize and reposition the windows to make this possible.
Your photo(s) should appear in the DropBox window after a few seconds, the more photos there are, and the larger they are, the longer it will take.
Don’t forget to sign out from DropBox.
Upload Method 2
Right click on a blank area of the window after it is opened and select “Upload”:
Or look to the top right of the screen and click "Upload" icon:
Both action will bring up this window:
Click on “Choose files” and you will now have the normal “Open” dialogue box where you can navigate to the folder where you have stored the photos and select the file(s) you want to upload then click the “Open” button.You should now see a window like this which has a list of files uploaded:
Click on “Add more files” if necessary, or “Done” if you have no more to add.
Sign out from DropBox
When you have finished, go to the top right of the window and click on “Webmaster” and select “Sign out”:
Send Advice that Photos are there
After uploading, don’t forget to send emails to:
Newsletter Editor
Publicity and Communication Officer
to tell them that the files are there!!
Please include a descriptive caption in your email for each photo uploaded.