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@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ When you copy the files create your own folder with your name like this: <pre>/Y
<h2>Simple instructions</h2>
<ol>
<li>If you only have a photo or two just email them to someone who knows how to do it. <br>
<li>If you only have a photo or two just email or message them to someone who knows how to do it. <br>
If you are doing more than a few photos, email will be clunky, so do this:
<li>Copy the photo files from your phone to the <i>expo laptop</i> in the tatty hut using a USB cable.<br> See <a href="#android">phone app</a> if you have problems.
<li>Copy the photo files from your phone to the <i>expo laptop</i> in the tatty hut using a USB cable.<br> See <a href="#android">phone app</a> if you do not know how to copy files from your phone.
<li>Rename the filenames of the photos to something descriptive (see para above).
<li>After copying your files to the <i>expo laptop</i> into the /uploads/ folder tell a nerd that you have done it.
</ol>
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/home/expo/expofiles/photos/2019/YourName/
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on the server.
on the server.<img src="https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/favicon.ico" width=64 margin =10 align=right>
<p>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ and then click on the "Connect" button at the bottom of the sub-window.
<a href="fzexample.png" border=2><img src="fzexample.png" align=center width=65%></a><br>(Click to enlarge).
<p>For installing and pre-configuring Filezilla on a new machine see <a href="fzconfig.html">FileZilla install instructions</a> which will set you up pointing at the correct folder automatically.
<p><img src="https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/favicon.ico" width=64 margin =10 align=right>For installing and pre-configuring Filezilla on a new machine see <a href="fzconfig.html">FileZilla install instructions</a> which will set you up pointing at the correct folder automatically.
<h3>Automated magic</h3>
<p>Note that uploading photos does not automatically update the view
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<p>You will need to know the expo password.</p>
<p>To installand configure Filezilla on your machine see <a href="fzconfig.html">FileZilla install instructions</a> which will set you up pointing at the correct folder automatically.
<p><img src="https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/favicon.ico" width=64 margin =10 align=right>To installand configure Filezilla on your machine see <a href="fzconfig.html">FileZilla install instructions</a> which will set you up pointing at the correct folder automatically.
<h3 id="android">Getting files from phones</h3>
<h3 id="android">Getting photo files from phones</h3>
<p>Phones are set up these daya to share photos via apps such as "Gallery" or "Google Photos" and most people never see the photo files explicitly. However you will need to see them in order to upload them.
<p>When plugged into a computer using a USB cable most laptops will offer the option to copy files as well as charge the phone. If your phone does this, then answer "yes" when that popup appears. The photos (and probably all your other media) will be copied to the laptop. Where it copies the files depends on your phone and you will have to sit at the laptop to find the folder it has put them into. (Note that some cheap USB cables are "power only" and won't do this with any phone.)
<p>If you use Google Photos or a similar app you can create an online album using the app and share it with your friends. Do this for your caving holiday snaps and cave entrance location photos and share them with an expo nerd who will download them the right place on the server. Be careful that you are sharing the full original resolution of the photos and not some cut-down compressed bastardized "enhanced" version of the photos.
<p>If you want to do it yourself and the USB cable trick does not work then you will need to install a file manager app. Currently (Expo 2019) the best seems to be the free
<p>to be written. test <a href="http://www.lysesoft.com/products/andftp/">andftp app</a> and document properly...
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