Community - You can upload files as well as photos (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Sunday, October 18, 2009, 10:59 (5590 days ago) @ admin

The newly created Community Photo section of the Web site has been renamed to The reason for dropping the Photo part of the name is because it is not just a place where you can upload photos, you can also upload files which you would like to share and make available to other people.

The upload system will accept PDF and ZIP files as well as the common photo formats. If you have any type of file such as a Word, Excel, Text, Gedcom or others formats, you can Zip these files and upload them.

To Zip a file is a very easy process and you can do it in just a few seconds. If you have not bothered in the past to use the Zip feature which is built into your computer, here are links to instructions of how to create a Zip file.

→ Windows XP
→ Windows Vista
→ Apple Mac OS X

Many people have asked in the forum in the past how they can send a file or photo to us for other people to look at. We now have the setion for you to do just that - go ahead and make use of this facility and send us your files and photos which you would like to share.