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FAQ - Uploading Your Images
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  1. When I try to upload a photo, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

  2. I have lots of images to upload. How can I upload more than 25 at a time?

  3. How do I make a Zip file of my images?

  4. My book is larger than the 100.00 MB limit. How can I upload it?
When I try to upload a photo, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
When you click the 'Upload' button, a pop-up window should appear to display the progress of the upload. If this does not happen, then you may have a pop-up blocker installed or your browser is set up to automatically block pop-ups. If this is the case, please disable the blocking of pop-ups and try again.

Also, your browser must allow Javascript in order use the SharedInk site. If a little yellow warning/error icon appears at the bottom left of your browser, then you may have Javascript turned off.

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I have lots of images to upload. How can I upload more than 25 at a time?
To make it easier for you to upload your images, you can zip them up in a single zip file and then upload that one zip file.
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How do I make a Zip file of my images?

Windows users
Windows XP has a Zip file archive feature built right into it. To make a Zip file in Windows XP, just do the following:

1. Create a folder and place all of the files you want in your Zip file into this folder.
2. Using Explorer (right-click the Start menu, then choose Explore), navigate to the folder that contains your files.
3. Select the folder, right-click, and then choose Send To->Compressed (zipped) Folder.
4. Windows will then make a Zip file of of your folder, called "{FolderName}.zip".

Mac users
Mac OS X has a Zip file archive feature built into the operating system as well. To make a Zip file in Mac OS X, just do the following:

1. Locate the folder which contains the images you want to archive into a Zip file.
2. Press the "Ctrl" key and then click the folder. A menu will open and one of the options will be "make an archive of "{folderName}". Just select that item and a Zip file will be made.

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My book is larger than the 100.00 MB limit. How can I upload it?
When uploading through the web interface, you can upload up to 100.00 MB at a time.

If your total book size is greater than 100.00 MB, you can still upload it through the web interface, you'll just need to do it in "chunks".

For example, if your book is 137MB, you can make 2 folders on your desktop. Put half of your pages in one folder, and the other half in the 2nd folder. Then zip each folder up. You can then upload the first zip file. Once the upload completes, go back to the upload page to upload the 2nd zip file.

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