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Adding a Photo or Video Clip to Your Personal Page

To give your page more power, you can upload and insert your photo (or one that depicts something you care about) or link to a video clip that visitors to your page can play. Note that you may have either the photo component or a video component — not both.

Important: Take care when choosing photos or videos for your Personal Page to be sure they are in the best taste for this fundraiser. A link to report objectionable page content to the appropriate authority is automatically displayed on each page for page visitors to use. After receiving a complaint, event administrators may choose to remove your page until the content is investigated and everyone is satisfied with the results.

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Adding a Photo (or Image) to Your Personal Page

You can quickly and easily upload a graphics file that contains some type of graphics image, such as a digital photo of yourself to help visitors identify the page, something important to you or this fundraiser, or even a piece of artwork. You can also add a caption under the image.

The file containing the image must be a .jpg or .png file format and is subject to a size limitation. The valid file type and size information will display as page instructions in the photo insertion area.

When you upload a .jpg or .png file, the system automatically resizes the image to fit in the designated page space as well as in a thumbnail area. To avoid distortion, the system resizes your photo starting with the largest dimension of the height or width to equal the valid measurement, and then sizes the other dimension in perspective. For example, if your original photo is 8x10, the system will resize the 10-inch height to 6 inches and the width to 4.8 inches.

Before you upload your image file, you may want to open it in your favorite graphics application and resize or crop the image for the best fit especially if the photo is quite large.

Note: Some Personal Page layouts may allow two photos.

Step 1. Display Your Personal Page Work Area

After accessing your Participant Center Home page, click either:

  • Personal Page from the options along the top of the page.
  • Or, Work with Personal Page from the navigation links on the right side of the page.

Step 2: Display the Photos/Video Page

Click Photos/Video from the options on the right side of the page.

Step 3: Upload the New Image

  1. Click Browse. The file selection pop-up displays.
  2. After locating the file on your local computer or shared network resource, click the file and click Open (or equivalent). The name of the file now displays in the File Name field.
  3. Click Save/Upload. The successful update message and the image thumbnail displays on the page.

Notes:
(1) If your Page contains space for another photo, repeat the steps in this section to upload another file.

(2) To replace the file with another one, repeat the steps above to upload another file that will replace the existing one.

(3) To remove the image completely, click remove photo.

Step 4: Add a Caption

Optionally, enter an appropriate word, phrase, or sentence in the Caption field that explains the significance of this image.

Step 5: Preview the Changes to Your Page

Click Preview (near the bottom of the page). A separate browser window opens with your Personal Page displayed.

Step 6: If Necessary, Make Changes

If the image displayed is the wrong one or you want to change it:

  1. Close the Preview page.
  2. Repeat Step 3.
  3. Click Preview again.
  4. Repeat this process as many times as necessary.

Note: If changes to your Personal Page must be approved before your page is available in searches, watch your email for the message from an event administrator that informs you the page has been approved.

If you have made your page private while working on it, you should set it back to Public so it will be available to people who are searching for it.

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Linking to a YouTube Video from Your Personal Page

You can insert a link to a YouTube video that page visitors can click to play. It can be a clip that you have specifically made for this fundraiser or something that is relevant and will motive or inspire people.

You must know the full path (that is, the filename plus Web address) to the YouTube video, which you can enter manually into the appropriate field or paste in if you have copied it. The steps below contain a process for getting the path from YouTube.

Step 1. Display Your Personal Page Work Area

After accessing your Participant Center Home page, click either:

  • Personal Page from the options along the top of the page.
  • Or, Work with Personal Page from the navigation links on the right side of the page.

Step 2: Display the Photos/Video Page

Click Photos/Video from the options on the right side of the page.

Step 3: Select to Use a Video Clip

Click Video.

Step 4. Enter the Path to the YouTube Video

Manually enter or paste in the path in the YouTube Video URL field and click Save.

If you do not have the path to the video in a file or email, you can go to the YouTube Web site and copy it for easy entry:

  1. In the Address Bar of your Internet browser window, enter www.YouTube.com. The YouTube Web site home page displays.
  2. In the Search field, type in the video name (or other keywords) and click Search. A list of videos that match your search display.
  3. Click the link to the appropriate video. The video page displays with the video clip running.
  4. From the Address Bar of your Internet browser window (or, the URL field on the right side of the page), highlight the path to the video and click the Ctrl + C keys on your computer keyboard. The path is copied to your clipboard.
  5. Click the browser containing the open Photos/Video area of your Personal Page, position your cursor in the YouTube Video URL field, and click the Ctrl + V keys. The path is pasted into the field.

Step 5: Preview the Changes to Your Page

Click Preview (near the bottom of the page). A separate browser window opens with your Personal Page displayed.

Step 6: If Necessary, Replace the Video

If the video displayed is the wrong one or you want to change it:

  1. Close the Preview page.
  2. Display your browser window containing the Photos/Video page, and enter a new path in the YouTube Video URL field and click Save.
  3. Click Preview again.
  4. Repeat this step as many times as necessary.

Note: If changes to your Personal Page must be approved before your page is available in searches, watch your email for the message from an event administrator that informs you the page has been approved.

If you have made your page private while working on it, you should set it back to Public so it will be available to people who are searching for it.

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