Tutorial Title: Sharing Your Digital Creations on the Internet
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Topic Title: Introduction
Your friends and relatives may not be right next door, but with .Mac you can easily share your digital life with them. With access to the Internet and a .Mac subscription, you can share your photos by creating your own webpages, blogs, photocasts, screen saver slideshow, and even making your own electronic greeting cards.
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Topic Title: Sharing Your Photos on a Web Page
One of the easiest and most impressive ways to share your digital photos is to display them on a webpage. This way, anyone with access to the Internet can view your photos anytime. iPhoto 6 works with iWeb and .Mac to make it easy to create your own webpages.
After your webpage is published, you’ll have an Internet address that you can give to others. They’ll be able to access your webpage by simply typing the address in their web browser’s address field.
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Step-by-Step Section: Sharing Your Photos on a Web Page
Create a web page to display your photos by following these steps:
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1. In iPhoto 6, select an album to use as your webpage, and then go to the Share menu and choose Photo Page from the Send to iWeb submenu.
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2. Choose a template for your photo page from the options in iWeb.
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3. Type in the text you want for any of the placeholder text. You can also edit any of the photo titles by double-clicking any of the text.
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4. Change the order of your photos by dragging them to another location on the page.
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5. From the View menu choose Show Media Browser if you want to add more photos to your page.
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6. Using the Inspector, you can add shapes or text to your page.
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7. From the Insert menu, choose Email Me from the Button submenu if you want viewers of your page to be able to send you email messages.
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8. From the Insert menu choose Hit Counter from the Button submenu if you want to keep track of how many visitors access your page.
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9. When you're ready to publish your webpage, click the Publish button. You'll see a message with your new web site address, which you can give to others so they can access your web site.
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10. Click the Visit Site Now button to view your page, or click OK to return to iWeb.
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Tips Section: Sharing Your Photos on a Web Page
Use a username and password to protect your webpage
You can set up a username and password to prevent unwanted visitors from viewing your web site. Click the Site button in the Inspector, and then click Password. Click the checkbox "Make my published site private," and then enter a username and password. If you choose to send an email to announce your site, your username and password information will be included for the recipients.
Your online photos are a different file size
When your photos are uploaded to your .Mac account they are made "web ready." The resolution of each photo is changed to a web standard so that it can be downloaded and viewed more quickly over the Internet.
Create a web page to post on a different server
If you want to create a webpage and publish it somewhere other than your .Mac account (such as on your school’s or work’s web server), you can do so with iWeb. In iWeb, select your website and from the File menu choose Publish to a Folder. Choose a location to store your site, enter the URL for your site, and then click Choose.
View your photos in a slideshow
When you publish a photo album to .Mac using iWeb, you automatically get a slideshow button added to your webpage. When visitors click this button, they'll see an elegant slideshow of your photos complete with reflections and user controls for navigation.
Publish a photo or photos to a blog
If you want to use your photos as part of your blog, choose one or more photos in iPhoto, go to the Share menu and choose Blog from the Send to iWeb submenu. You can add your own text to the blog page, and then click Publish when you're ready.
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Topic Title: Updating a Published Website
Life is changing all the time, and you’ll want your website to change with it. If you have previously published your photos or an album to a .Mac webpage using iPhoto and iWeb, you can easily update that page directly from iWeb.
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Step-by-Step Section: Updating a Published Website
Make changes to a photo web page by following these steps:
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1. Open iWeb and select the webpage you want to edit.
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2. Edit the text boxes, add or delete photos using the media browser, change the layout, or make other changes as you see fit.
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3. Click Publish when you're finished editing your page.
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4. Visit your webpage to view the changes you've made.
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Tips Section: Updating a Published Website
Organize your web pages
iWeb makes it easy to organize your webpages into new sites. To create a new site in iWeb, go to the File menu, choose New Site, and then choose a template for your webpage. You can then name your site and drag any pages, photos, or movies you've already created into iWeb.
Replace your existing web page
If you select the same photos in iPhoto that have already been published to iWeb go to the Share menu and choose Photo Page from the Send to iWeb submenu, you can choose whether you want to replace the photos on the existing page or create a new page.
Delete your web page
You can easily delete your webpages from iWeb. To delete a webpage or web site, select it, and then click Delete.
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Topic Title: Sharing Your Movies on a Web Page
Just as directors need distributors for their films, after you’ve created your home masterpiece in iMovie, you’ll need a way to share it with your family and friends. With .Mac, you can share your digital movies with the world on a webpage. That way, anyone with access to the Internet can watch your movie anytime.
iMovie and iWeb make it easy to create your own movie webpage. After your webpage is published, you’ll have an Internet address that you can give to others. They’ll be able to access your webpage by simply typing the address in their web browser’s address field.
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Step-by-Step Section: Sharing Your Movies on a Web Page
Create a web page to display your movies by following these steps:
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1. In iMovie, go to the Share menu and choose iWeb.
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2. In the sheet that appears, choose "Share for web," or "Share for video podcast."
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3. Notice that iMovie displays an estimate of how large the completed movie might be. If you don't have enough room available on your .Mac account, you can purchase more space, remove unwanted items from your iDisk, or just share a few clips of your movie.
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4. Click Share. Notice the "Compressing movie" pane appears while iMovie compresses your project for viewing on the web.
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5. iWeb will launch and let you choose a template for your webpage.
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6. Notice your page is added to your default website. You can edit any of the placeholder text on the page, or you can move your page to another website.
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7. From the Insert menu, choose Email Me from the Button submenu if you want viewers of your page to be able to send you email messages.
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8. From the Insert menu choose Hit Counter from the Button submenu if you want to keep track of how many visitors access your page.
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9. Click Publish when you're ready.
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Tips Section: Sharing Your Movies on a Web Page
Make a movie from selected clips in a project
You may decide that you want only certain clips from an iMovie project. Instead of creating a new project and editing it, open your existing project and select the clips you want while holding down the Command key. Choose iWeb from the Share menu, select the "Share selected clips only" option, and then click Share.
Create a web page to post on a different server
If you want to create a web page and publish it somewhere other than your .Mac account (such as on your school’s or work’s web server), you can do so with iWeb. In iWeb, select your website and from the File menu choose Publish to a Folder. Choose a location to store your site, enter the URL for your site, and then click Choose.
Use a username and password to protect your webpage
You can set up a username and password to prevent unwanted visitors from viewing your web site. Click the Site button in the Inspector, and then click Password. Click the checkbox "Make my published site private," and then enter a username and password. If you choose to send an email to announce your site, your username and password information will be included for the recipients.
Create a Video blog
Creating a video bog lets you produce your own community access TV show that everybody in the world can view. You can create your video blog with an iSight camera and iMovie, and use iWeb to post your video blog to the Internet in minutes. When sending your video blog from iMovie to iWeb, choose Share for Web in iMovie, and then choose one of the video blog templates in iWeb. Updating a Published Website
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Topic Title: Sharing Your Screen Saver Slideshow
Your friends and relatives don’t have to be in your living room to enjoy your vacation photos. With .Mac Slides, you can share your photos as a personalized screen saver. This way, others can use your slideshow as their screen saver.
You can change the photos in your shared slideshow at anytime, and when you do, .Mac Slides sends an instant update to your “subscribers” as soon as they connect to the Internet. You need a .Mac account to share your slideshow, but your subscribers only need Internet access and Mac OS X version 10.2 or later installed on their computer.
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Step-by-Step Section: Sharing Your Screen Saver Slideshow
Allow others to use your slideshow as their screen saver by following these steps:
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1. In iPhoto, select an album of photos to share as a screen saver, and then click the .Mac Slides button. |
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2. In the window that appears, click the Publish button. Wait as your photos are published to your iDisk. |
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3. Click the Announce Slideshow button to create an email message announcing your slideshow, or click OK to return to iPhoto. |
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4. To access your photos from another computer, open System Preferences and click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon in the Personal category. |
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5. Click the Screen Saver button, choose .Mac in the list of screen savers, and then click the Options button. |
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6. In the window that appears, click the .Mac Public Slide Show checkbox to deselect it. |
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7. In the .Mac Membership Name field, type your .Mac membership name and select any of the display options you’d like for your screen saver slideshow. |
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8. Click OK, and notice your images appear in the Preview window. |
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Tips Section: Sharing Your Screen Saver Slideshow
View multiple public slideshows
Your screen saver can include slideshows from several other .Mac users. Just add as many .Mac member slideshows as you wish to display. In the Subscriptions area of Screen Saver Options, click the checkbox next to the name of each slideshow you want to include, and then drag the slideshows into the order you want them presented.
View screen saver pictures offline
When you view someone else’s screen saver slideshow from the Internet, the photos from the slideshow are stored on your Mac. This way, when you are offline you can still view the screen saver.
Access screen saver pictures offline
Because the photos from shared slideshows are stored on your Mac, you can add these photos to your iPhoto library. In the Library folder inside your home folder, open the Caches folder, then the com.apple.iToolsSlideSubscriptions folder, then the folder named with your .Mac user name, and finally the Public Slideshow folder. Move the picture files from this folder to your iPhoto library.
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Topic Title: Making a Custom iCard
Even if you never seem to remember birthdays until the last minute, you can still send a card on time with iCards. As a .Mac member, you can use your own digital photos to create original iCards.
You can send an iCard to anyone with an email account, and it will appear right in the recipient’s inbox. To create an iCard using one of your photos, you first need to copy the photo to the Pictures folder on your iDisk.
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Step-by-Step Section: Making a Custom iCard
Use a photo from your photo library to create a custom iCard by following these steps:
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1. Select the photo you want in iPhoto, open the File menu, and then choose Export.
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2. In the File Export pane, click Export.
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3. Click the arrow next to the Save As field to expand the navigation pane, select the Pictures folder on your iDisk, and then click OK.
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4. Log in to your .Mac account and then click the iCard icon.
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5. Click Create Your Own. Select your photo in the list to make sure it’s the right photo, and then click Select This Image.
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6. Select a font, compose your message, and then select the "Size to Fit" option to trim your image to fit the dimensions of an iCard. Click Continue.
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7. Enter your name and email address (if they don’t automatically appear).
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8. Choose from your Quick Addresses or click Address Book to access your .Mac Address Book.
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9. Select the recipients you want and then click Return to Card.
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10. Click Send Card when you're ready to send the card.
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Tips Section: Making a Custom iCard
Hide the distribution list for your iCard
If you’re sending an iCard to several people, by default, all recipients will be able to see the other recipients’ email addresses when they receive the iCard. If you want each recipient to see only his address, select the “Hide distribution list” option.
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Topic Title: Using HomePage on the Web
The urge to create can strike even when you aren’t near your computer. With HomePage and your own content, you can create web pages to quickly display everything from iPhoto photo albums to iMovie projects.
When you store your pictures and movies on your iDisk, you can create web pages to share those files. HomePage works seamlessly with your iDisk, allowing you to show the pictures and movies you have saved there.
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Step-by-Step Section: Using HomePage on the Web
Incorporate your photos in a new web page by following these steps:
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1. Select the photos you want to share in iPhoto, open the File menu, and then choose Export.
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2. In the File Export pane, click Export.
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3. In the sheet that appears, go to the Pictures folder on your iDisk, and then click OK. Once the photos are on your iDisk, you can go to your iDisk and put them in a folder if desired.
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4. Go to www.mac.com, and then click the HomePage icon on the page that appears.
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5. Click the Photo Album button, and then click a page thumbnail to see the page full-size.
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6. Select the folder of photos in your Pictures folder and then click Choose.
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7. Add a title, subtitle, and make any changes to your page, and then click Preview.
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8. Click Publish when you are satisfied with your page.
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Tips Section: Using HomePage on the Web
View movies on websites
You can display a movie in many places where you can display a photo. While editing your webpage in HomePage, click Choose, select the movie in your iDisk Movies folder, and then click Choose again. Click Publish when you are done.
Tips Section: Using HomePage on the Web
Edit pages from almost any computer
The HomePage application is a part of .Mac, which means you can modify your HomePage web pages or even create new ones from a web browser. Since HomePage accesses the files stored on your iDisk, you simply save files to your iDisk and display them on your web pages. Just use any computer (even a Windows XP PC using Internet Explorer 6) to connect to your iDisk, save your files to the correct folder, and then display them on your web page. For example, if you are on a road trip and want to share your photos with your family at home, just save your photos to your iDisk Pictures folder, and then create web pages to display them.
Tips Section: Using HomePage on the Web
Organize your webpages
HomePage makes it easy to organize your webpages into new sites. To create a new site in HomePage, click the Add Site button, give the new site a name, and then click Create Site. The new site will appear as a folder that you can drag existing webpages to, or you can create new webpages for the site by selecting the site and clicking Add Page.
Tips Section: Using HomePage on the Web
Password protecting your sites
You can set up a password to prevent unwanted visitors from viewing your website. If you have only one site, click the arrow icon to the right of "Protect this site." If you have more than one site, select it in the Sites list, and then click Edit below the list. Select the On option, type a password, and then click the Apply Changes button.
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