it's all about who. . .

There has never been a more exciting time to be alive. The 21st century has afforded mankind with many innovative advancements. Time magazine named Johannes Gutenberg as the Man of the Millennium solely because of the impact his invention has had on mankind since its inception in 1439. That invention was one that gave rise to a new era of education, information and history: the printing press. The printing press enables man to create history, records and share his own ideas with the world; the very existence of our own Tidewater News can be contributed to this wonderful product of mechanical and conceptual imagination.

The spirit of the printing press lives on and only changes in form and grows with the information age and the Internet. As a part of this digital revolution, we offer to you our readers the opportunity and outlets to write, record and photograph events that make us who we are, what we know, and who we will become tomorrow. As we progress into the future, the boundaries between the ink of our press and the pixels on our computer screen will continue to be blurred until they are eventually married as one.

So it is with pleasure that we proudly offer to you TidewaterViews.com, a place to network with your friends and family. In short, it's all about you. Share photographs and other information about yourself and those people, places, events and organizations that are important to you.

Use the links below to learn the steps to getting started and uploading your photos into your collections.

• Spotted Overview
• Spotted Dictionary
• Register
• Sign-On as Registered User
• Special url for your individual page
• Changing Your Username
• Uploading an Avatar

• Create a Collection
• Delete a Collection
• Re-Name a Collection

• Create a Gallery
• Delete a Gallery
• Move a Gallery
• Re-Name a Gallery

• Upload Pictures
• Delete Pictures
• Move Pictures
• Edit Picture Information
• Re-Order Pictures
• Rotating Your Pictures

• Creating a Scrapbook
• Edit a Scrapbook
• Delete a Scrapbook

Spotted is a community-based, user-contributed photo site. The site has two main sections, "We Spotted" and "You Spotted".

"We Spotted" features photos taken by the site's staff at events throughout the community. These event pictures are then uploaded into an event gallery created by the site staff.

"You Spotted" photos are user contributed and grouped by user created collections and galleries. Registered users are free to create collections which house galleries, which in turn house photos.

Here is a list of common spotted terms.

Avatar

A graphical image of a user, such as used in graphical instant messaging applications.

Collection

A collection is a user-defined group of galleries

Gallery

A gallery is a group of photos, which can be user created or staff created (events)

Photoblog

A photoblog (short for photo weblog) is a visual personal journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.

Scrapbook

A scrapbook is a user-defined collection of favorite photos. Scrapbook photos can be from other users photo collections as well.

We Spotted

Photos taken by our staff and grouped into galleries by event.

You Spotted

Photos, galleries and collections taken by users

To join the Spotted community and start uploading your pictures, you need to register with your online newspaper. To register:

1. Click the register for Free link in the top right-hand corner of the page
2. Follow the three easy steps outlined on the registration page and click the Create Account button at the bottom of the page
3. An email message will be sent to the e-mail address you supplied
4. Click on the link provided in the e-mail to validate your account

PLEASE NOTE - Until you've validated, you have 72 hours of temporary access

If you are already a registered user of the online newspaper, you can access Spotted once you login to the newspaper site. Click on the Spotted link on the newspaper's main page

You can access your user page at a special url. Your gallery page is available by typing in username.spotted.domain.com.

If you have spaces in your username, you must add "+" in some browsers in place of the spaces.

To change your account's username

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page
2. Click on the "My Profile" link located on the right side rail
3. From the resulting profile administration page, type your desired user name into the text field under the "Display Name" heading
4. Click the Save Change button to save and return to the collections page

To change your account's avatar

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the "My Profile" link located on the right side rail .
3. From the resulting profile administration page, click the "Choose File" button
4. Browse to the image on your local computer that you want to use as an avatar
5. Click the "Upload Avatar" button
6. Refresh the page and your new avatar should show as the "Current Image"

A collection is a group of galleries that you define. To create a collection:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. You will be taken to the My Photos page, which is the default starting page for My Stuff.
3. Under the photos heading, click on the Create a new collection link.
4. You are now taken to the collection creation page where you can specify a Collection Name and a brief description.
5. Once you have entered a name and brief description, click the Create button.

Since a collection is made of a group of galleries, it can only be deleted after removing all of its galleries or moving the galleries to another collection. To delete a collection:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the name of the collection you want to delete.
3. Click Collection Options from the menu on the collection administration page.
4. Click Delete Now from under the Delete This Collection section.
5. You will be taken back to the My Photos page.

As you develop collections, you may wish to change the name from the one originally created. To re-name a collection:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the name of the collection you want to rename.
3. From the resulting collection administration page, click on the Collection Options link.
4. From the resulting page, edit the Name field.
5. Click the Save Changes button to save and return to the collections page.

A gallery is a group of photos that you define. To create a gallery:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. You will be taken to the My Photos page, which is the default starting page for My Stuff.
3. Click on the link beside the collection name that says Add Gallery.
   You must create a collection before you can create a gallery.
4. You will be taken to the Gallery creation page where you can specific a name and up to 3 categories that describe the content of this gallery.
5. Click the Create button. You will then be taken to the galleries default page where you can upload pictures to that gallery.

You may wish to delete galleries on occasion. To delete a gallery:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select the collection you want to delete the gallery from.
3. Click the check box next to the gallery name.
4. Select Delete Gallery from the Actions drop-down menu.
5. A pop-up window will ask if you are sure you want to delete the file, select yes, and the gallery will be deleted.

Galleries can be moved as desired. To move a gallery:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the name of the collection you want to move the gallery from.
3. Click the check box next to the Gallery name.
4. Select the name of the collection you want to move the gallery to from the Actions drop-down menu.

Galleries can be renamed as desired. To re-name a gallery:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the gallery you want to rename.
3. From the resulting gallery administration page, click on the Options link in the menu to the right of the gallerys name.
4. From the resulting page edit into the Gallery Name field.
5. Click the Create button and the changes will be saved and you'll be returned to the gallery administration page.

Upload your digital images by doing the following:

1. Click on the My Stuff link at the top right-hand corner of the page. You will be taken to the My Photos page, which is the default starting page for My Stuff.
2. Click on the collection you want to place the image(s) in. You will be taken to a page with all the galleries that are contained in the selected collection.
3. Select a gallery to place the image(s) by clicking on the name of the gallery or the default image if images already exist in that gallery. You will then be taken to a gallery administration page.
4. Select Upload from the menu to the right of the gallery name.
5. If you have Java enabled on your browser (checked in browser Internet options):
   You can simply drag and drop image files into the Java application (the area under the List, Details, Tree menu).
   Or you can utilize the Add Files button to the right.
   Once you have all the images added to the Java application, click the Upload Files button.
   You will then be taken back to the gallery administration page where in a few seconds the page will refresh itself with the images you have selected (or you can refresh the page manually by clicking F5).
6. If you do not have a Java-enabled browser:
   Click the link under the "Don't Have Java" section that says "non-java upload page".
   For each image click the "Browse" button and select the file from your machine.
   Once you have selected your file(s), click "Upload Photos." or if you have more than one batch to upload, select "Upload, Then Add More.' You will then be taken back to the gallery administration page where in a few seconds the page will refresh itself with the images you have selected (or you can refresh the page manually by clicking on F5).
   Depending on your site guidelines, there may be an administrative hold on your images that will keep them from appearing till the site administrator approves them.

You may wish to delete pictures that are not the same quality as others or to make room for more images. To delete a picture:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select the gallery you want to delete the picture from.
3. Click the check box under the picture you want to delete.
4. Select "Delete Image from Server" from the "Other actions:" drop-down menu.
5. A pop-up window will ask if you are sure you want to delete the file, select yes and the picture will be deleted.

Exchanging pictures among galleries can be accomplished easily. To move pictures:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select the gallery you want to move the picture from.
3. Click the check box under the picture you want to move.
4. Select the name of the gallery you want to move the picture to from the "Move To" drop-down menu.

To change the existing photo captions:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select the gallery which contains the picture you want to rename.
3. From the resulting page, click on the picture you want to re-caption.
4. From the resulting page edit into the caption field.
5. Click the "Save" button to save and remain on that page, or click "Save and Return to Gallery" to save and return to the pictures gallery.

Perfecting the order of your images is essential to telling a pictorial story. To reorder your pictures:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the gallery which contains the pictures you want to reorder.
3. From the resulting gallery administration page, click on the "Reorder" link in the menu to the right of the gallery's name.
4. The resulting page allows you to simply drag the pictures you want to reorder to the position you want to reorder them. For example you can drag the last picture in the gallery in front of the first picture in the gallery by clicking on the picture and holding down the mouse button (the left mouse button on a PC), then slide the pointer to the new location and release the button.
5. Click the "Save" button to save and return to the gallery's administration page.

To rotate an existing photo:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select the gallery which contains the picture you want to rotate.
3. From the resulting page, click the checkbox under the photo(s) you want to rotate
4. In the "Other Actions" drop down box select how you want to rotate the image:
   • -90° - turns the image 90 degrees counter clockwise
   • +90° - turns the image 90 degrees clockwise
   • 180° - turns the image 180 degrees

To create a scrapbook:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the "My Scrapbooks" link located on the right side rail
3. Enter a name for the scrapbook in the text field under the "Create A New Scrapbook" heading
4. Click the "Create ScrapBook" button

To edit a scrapbook:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the "My Scrapbooks" link located on the right side rail
3. Click the "Edit" link under the scrapbook you want to edit
4. From the resulting page, you can select "Reorder" to reorder the photos within your scrapbook or "Options" to change the name of the scrapbook

To delete a scrapbook:

1. Click on the "My Stuff" link at the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click on the "My Scrapbooks" link located on the right side rail
3. Click the "Edit" link under the scrapbook you want to edit
4. From the resulting page, click the "Delete This Scrapbook" link from under the "Other Options" heading