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 RoboPhoto Quick Start
Here's the 6 step quick start guide. None are required. 1) From the main screen, select 'Configure RoboPhoto' 2) Click the 'Next' button. The 'RoboPhoto Settings' screen will appear. 3) Select the 'HTML' tab and enter your e-mail address in the 'Your E-mail Address' field. 4) Select the 'Uploading' tab and configure the FTP settings. 5) Test the FTP setup by pressing the 'Test' button. 6) Create a test web page to confirm that everything works. That may be all you'll need. If not or if you want step-by-step instructions, follow the simple lessons below. They will get you up and running in no-time flat. For a detailed setup example, click here. When you're done, you'll be able to create web pages similar to this on the internet for the whole world to see and it won't cost you a dime. If you like to print out instructions, do so now. OK class, take out your #2 pencil and let's begin: Lesson #1 - Create a Test Web Page In this lesson, we'll make a basic web page using your images. Step #1. Start RoboPhoto so that you're at the 1st wizard screen. There should be a RoboPhoto icon on your desktop - it looks like a camera. You can also start the program by clicking the Windows 'Start' button, followed by 'Programs'. You'll see RoboPhoto listed there. Step #2. Select the 'Create a new web page' option. Step #3. Click the 'Next' button to go to the 2nd wizard screen. Step #4. Click the 'Select' button and browse to the image directory. This directory must contain one or more JPG files to use for the photo gallery. Normally, this directory should be the same as your camera's default output directory. Step #5. Ignore the 'Perform other image operations' option. You'll get into that later. Step #6. Click the 'Next' button to go to the 3rd wizard screen. Step #7. Accept the default value for the web page name. Or you can change it - whatever. Step #8. Ignore the 'Preview or change how the web page looks' option. Once you're familiar with RoboPhoto, you'll use this button to customize how your web pages look. Step #9. Click the 'Next' button to go to the 4th wizard screen. Step #10. Uncheck the 'Upload the web page to an FTP server' option if it's checked. Right now, we're only making a web page that will be stored on and can be viewed from your local computer. Later on you'll see how to make web pages on the internet that anyone can view. Step #11. Click the 'Next' button to go to the last wizard screen. Step #12. Click the 'Finish' button. It'll take only a few seconds to create the web page and after doing so, it'll be loaded into your web browser for viewing. Click on the thumbnails to view the full sized images. You just made a web page. That's all there is to it. Way to go. Note: If you're using the demo version, you'll notice the big "DEMO" word on top of each thumbnail. That doesn't happen with the registered version. Lesson #2 - View Web Pages In this lesson you'll learn how to view the web pages that you create direct from your computer without having to be connected to the internet. Step #1. Start RoboPhoto so that you're at the 1st wizard screen. Step #2. Select the 'View my web pages' option. Step #3. Click the 'Next' button to go to web page viewer screen. Step #4. Make sure that the 'View all' box is checked. Step #5. Click the 'View' button. It'll take only a few seconds to create a master web page of all of your local web pages. After which, it'll be loaded into your browser. Got it, bubba? Lesson #3 - Configure the Program In this lesson, we'll go to the 2 main configuration screens and look around. The 1st configuration screen allows you to control how the program behaves. The 2nd configuration screen allows you to control what the web pages look like. Step #1. Start RoboPhoto so that you're at the 1st wizard screen. Step #2. Select the 'Configure RoboPhoto' option. Step #3. Click the 'Next' button to go to the main settings screen. Step #4. Note the tabs at the top of the form labeled 'Images', 'HTML', 'Uploading', 'Automation', etc. and how you can change to any of them by clicking on the appropriate tab. From these tabs, you can change how RoboPhoto behaves. Step #5. Now click the 'HTML Tab'. Step #6. Next to the 'HTML customization file' field, you'll see an 'Edit' button. Click it to go to the HTML customization screen. From this screen, with the 2 tabs labeled 'Visual Properties' and 'Misc Info', you can control how web pages look. Now that you're armed with the knowledge of how to create web pages, view web pages, and where you should go to configure the program, you're ready to move on to bigger and better things. Lesson #4 - Change the HTML Template Directory The HTML template directory defines the type of web page that the program creates. There are samples included with the program that we'll use here. You can always make your own. Step #1. Go to the main configuration screen (lesson #3, steps 1 through 3). Step #2. Click the 'HTML' tab. Step #3. Click the 'Select' button next to the 'HTML template directory' field and browse to the 'NoFrames_ImageInfo' directory. If you installed the program in the default location, the path should be C:\Program Files\rp30\HtmlTemplates\NoFrames_ImageInfo\. Then click the 'OK' button. Step #4. Save the current info by clicking the 'Save' button. You should now be back at the wizard screen. Step #5. Now create a new web page (lesson #1). After the web page is completed and loaded into your browser, click on any of the thumbnail images. Note how the displayed page differs as a result of using a different HTML template directory. You probably don't want to use the NoFrames_ImageInfo directory as your default HTML template directory, so change it back to the default value of C:\Program Files\rp30\HtmlTemplates\NoFrames_Simple\ by repeating lesson #4, steps 1 through 4. Are you getting the hang of it? Lesson #5 - Change How Web Pages Look From the HTML customization screen, you can change how web pages look. In this lesson, we'll edit the sample HTML customization file (sample.hcf) so that web pages have a dark color scheme. Step #1. Go to the main configuration screen (lesson #3, steps 1 through 3). Step #2. Click the 'HTML' tab. Step #3. Click the 'Edit' button next to the 'HTML customization file' field. This will take you to the HTML customization screen. Step #4. Select the 'Dark blue, no background, no border' option from the 'Predefined Styles' drop down list. Step #5. Click the 'Save' button. This will take you back to the main program settings. Step #6. Click the 'Save' button. This will take you back to the main wizard. Step #7. Create a new web page by repeating lesson #1. While you're at it, repeat lesson #2 and note that all of the web pages that we've created are now included in the master list. Lesson #6 - Create a Web Page on the Internet Now we're going to get fancy and create a web page on the internet that anyone can view. Until now, you've only created web pages on your local computer. Creating a web page on the internet is identical to creating one locally (lesson #1), except you must upload it to an FTP server (lesson #1, step 10). To complete step 10 in lesson #1, you need to do 2 things:
Click here for instruction for signing up with Tripod and how to configure RoboPhoto so that it can communicate with their FTP server. This will take about 10 minutes. Go ahead and do it now. (10 minutes later) OK, now that you have an account with Tripod and RoboPhoto is configured with their FTP information, let's go ahead and make a real web page: Step #1. Complete lesson #1, steps 1 through 9. Step #2. You should now be at the FTP screen on the wizard. Make sure that the 'Upload the web page to an FTP server' box is checked and that Tripod's FTP server is listed in the box below it. Step #3. Finish lesson #1 by completing steps 11 and 12. Since you're uploading the web page to an FTP server instead of just copying it to a directory on your hard drive, it'll take a few minutes (instead of a few seconds) for the web page to be created. Be patient. Watch the server dialog box and you might learn something. Upon completion, your web browser should load the new web page direct from Tripod's servers. You just made an honest to goodness web page. Congratulations. Lesson #7 - Get Your RoboPhoto Ph.D At this point you should have a basic understanding of how to use RoboPhoto to create web pages. But there's more. If you want to go hard-core, explore these advanced features:
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