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How to ContributeHow to edit photo descriptions

2nd Oct 2003 01:57 UTCDaniel Russell

Okay... I'll bite. I've been trying to find the "edit" tab so that I can undo some typos I made on some photos I uploaded. (Apologies for seeming totally thick). Anyone able to point it out to me in (hopefully simple) directions?

D E Russell

("I'm not an illiterate... I merely type like one...")

3rd Oct 2003 11:04 UTCian jones

Daniel

You need to be loged in. Then simply open the photo you want to edit and click the "edit this photo " button that appears underneath.

ian

3rd Oct 2003 14:32 UTCD E Russell

Tried that but I still don't find an "edit" button. After logging in, I called up a picture I had posted of cerussite on silver:

http://www.mindat.org/picshow.php?id=12259

at the bottom I'm given two buttons, one to see other photos by the photographer, the other to see other specimens in the cerussite gallery.

From the header at the top of every page I have an "Add/ERdit Data" but it only allows for adding photos, as best I can see.

3rd Oct 2003 17:03 UTCAlan Plante

Hi Daniel

I think you have to go to your "gallery" before the "edit photo" button shows up - that it doesn't show up when you just call up the photo itself, or access it from a locality page.

Try that. Click on the "View This User's Gallery" button (or whatever it's called...) and see if the "Edit Photo" button shows up then.

Regards

Alan

3rd Oct 2003 17:47 UTCD E Russell

Hmmm... that didn't work either. It may be that editing photo captions is something that has to be "approved" via a moderator switch, like editing locality data.

3rd Oct 2003 19:28 UTCian jones

Hi Daniel

Obviously something strange happening here, as providing I am logged on, I can open up a photo from anywhere within mindat and then edit it via the edit button.

I don't recall there being any restriction on editing photos when Jolyon announced it was possible some while ago, so not sure what to suggest now.

ian

4th Oct 2003 04:34 UTCDoug Merson

I have tried to change the name on one of my photos and have not found any way to do it. New work by Bill Wise has changed the species. At our FM symposium last weekend I asked a friend about this and he said to delete the photo and reenter with the correct name.

4th Oct 2003 06:28 UTCPeter Haas

Daniel,

At the time of your postings, most of your photographs were still in the condition of 'not being reviewed'. I did review all the new photographs yesterday afternoon, so they are definitely added to the database now.

I think, that's been the reason why you couldn't edit any of them. Though, it should work now.

Best regards

Peter

4th Oct 2003 08:43 UTCDaniel Russell

Nope! No change.

The images I was trying to correct were amoung the first few posted and which had already been reviewed.

4th Oct 2003 20:19 UTCRob Woodside

I found the problem. Things should work now. Very nice specimens Daniel. You are lucky to have those Nagyag golds and I'm sure I've seen your Bulldog silver posted elsewhere. Tell Chet how you did the Franklin Fluorescents.

5th Oct 2003 01:27 UTCDaniel Russell

HURRAH!! Whatever you did worked like a charm.

The mindat program seems to dislike the use of quotation mark symbols on photo data entries, converting " to / in several captions (and in one case truncating the text string altogether!).

The fluorescent photos are all shot "straight" using a Nikon Coolpix 995 (now discontinued). I found that underexposing shots by a stop or more helped exposures greatly. However, I'm now putting together a macro system based on the Canon 10D which I hope to have running early next year. Will post details in the appropriate forum when its finished.

5th Oct 2003 18:37 UTCRob Woodside

Great! I merely gave you access to the database, previously you had a 0 access level. The Franklin people will want to hear of your new system. Your tip on underexposing is valuable. Thanks.

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