Bruce's Campfire was created to allow Bruce's friends to share travel photos. The site is free, does not include any advertising, and no "usage data" will ever be shared.
| Images are uploaded to "Adventure Folders" using the "Upload Images" menu option (a maximum of 50 images per folder will be uploaded) |
| • | You can set the "categories" (e.g., "Road trip", "Backpack", etc.) for each "Adventure" when the images are uploaded |
| • | (Note that you can change these later by using the 'Update Adventure Data' menu option and the you can add your own "Adventure Types") |
| • | Most cameras include a date indicating when the photo was taken. In this case the "Adventure date" will be set to the earliest "image date") |
| • | The first image uploaded for each folder will be used as the "thumbnail" for the Adventure (you can change this later by using the "Change Adventure Thumbnails" menu option) |
| • | The very first image that upload will be used as the "Logo" for your site (you can change this later by using the "Change Website Logo" menu option) |
| • | Please only upload images from actual trips. Please do not upload any images containing nudity, etc. |
| • | Images will be resized to be a maximum of 900 px in either height or width. Thumbnails will be resized and cropped to 300px x 300px. (Use the "Update Website Parameters" menu to changes these parameters) |
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| Your "Home" web page will have two menus - one above your logo and one below it |
| The "lower" is for viewing your "Adventures" based on how you categorize each adventure. This menu can include two additional items - "Home" and "About". Use the "Upload Web Pages and Logos" menu option to upload html files for either of these . The "Home" page will be shown first when someone visits your Web site (if you have not uploaded a "Home" a grid of your recent adventures will be displayed) |
| The "upper" menu enables you to "maintain" your Web site. It has the following options: |
| Search Box - Search for a registered user based on email or "site name" |
| Bruce's Campfire - A link to the home page of Bruce's Campfire |
| Home - A link to your Web site when you are viewing either "Bruce's Campfire" web page or the web page of another user |
| Upload Files |
| • | Upload Images - Upload images for an adventure (images can be also added to an existing adventure |
| • | Upload Web Pages and Logos - Upload a logo, "Home page" or "About page" |
| • | Add Adventures from FTP Folder - If you know how use FTP, you can use an FTP program to upload your images. This is a good option if you want to upload images for many adventures. (The FTP instructions will be provided once you sign up.) |
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| Listings - List data about images in each folder |
| • | Sort By Image Name |
| • | Sort by Sort Order |
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Adventures - lists your adventures. |
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| Maintenance |
| • | Update Adventure Data - update "adventure name", date. categories, etc. |
| • | Change Website Logo - select a logo for your web site from one of your uploaded images (the selected image will be cropped to 150px high and 600px wide) |
| • | Change Adventure Thumbnails - select "thumbnail" to be shown for an adventure |
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Rotate Images (in an adventure) |
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Change Order of Images (in an adventure) |
| • | Change Image Titles (in an adventure) |
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Delete Images from an Adventure |
| • | Update Website Parameters - modify the parameters use for your web site |
| • | Change Password |
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| Feature to be added |
| • | "Friends" - You will able to enter a list of email addresses of your "friends". A "Friends" menu will show all of your friends who have also signed up, along with a link to a Web page that will show all of your friends recent adventures (including yours) |
| • | Upload a text file with information about images (title, etc.) |
| • | Download images or thumbnails for an Adventure |
| • | "Groups" - Similar to "Friends" but by "invitation only". Perhaps with the abiliyy to add upcoming group-sponsored events and photos associated with them |