Photo Upload FAQ ...

Members that upload their photograph get browsed eight times as much!

Your digital picture has to be in JPG OR PNG format. Photographs that contain copyright material will be deleted.
First scan or upload your photograph to your computer hard drive.

The Photo Upload Page can be accessed at any time by Clicking on Functions Photo upload or the 'Photo Maintenance' link at your members page following login. Photo upload is available, and encouraged for Homeonwers (to attract the best applicatants) Members. Housesitters may upgrade to full/paid membership to access this facility..

Photos containing offensive material will not be accepted. Celebrities or other artwork cannot be posted. copyright material will be deleted. Your photo must be in JPG or PNG format.

Change Profile Picture

• Login (top right of this page)
• Select Functions then Upload Photos in the Left Menu
• Select a photo from your computer with proportions to suit the frame on your profile. Hint: Rectangular photos with ratio approx: 3 wide: 2 high; will resize better than tall or skinny ones. We auto resize the profile photo to fit, but the top may be cut if it is a tall/ skinny photo.
• If needed, Here is a free - easy to use resize site: http://www.picresize.com
• The profile Picture must be uploaded to position 1 /slot 1 of your gallery .
• If the photo is not uploading it's file size may be too big for your internet connection. See Photo FAQ: How to reduce the file size
• Increase your response with a photo. Homeowners like to see a face.

The picture in position/ slot 1 is your profile picture - it is featured on your profile or ad, and links to your Photo Gallery - full size pictures.

We reduce the Profile photo to fit the frame on your profile. Rectangular photos with ratio approx: 3 wide: 2 high; will resize better than tall or skinny ones. We automatically reduce your picture to suit the profile frame width, and keep the aspect ratio. If the original is tall and skinny, we keep the top and allow the bottom to overflow (hidden), this means legs may be chopped - even bottom of face, or partners face. This won't happen if you upload in the ratio of 3 wide to 2 high.

Here is a free - easy to use resize site to first create a version of your photo in the right proportions. Visit the site then follow the steps below.

• Visit http://www.picresize.com/
• Upload the pic
• Drag the resize tool to the center of the area you want to keep
• Drag the edges out until it is approx 204px high X 291px wide
  OR
  As we will reduce the picture - any proportions of 2 High : 3 Wide - eg 400px high X 600 wide
• Click Preview, then click Done
• Right click on photo to save to your hardrive ready to upload to Housecarers

I have uploaded the photos I want, entered the captions and descriptions, then hit the "continue" prompt, but every time I return to the ad to see how it looks, the old photos are still there, the new captions are with the old photos?

Your computer stores the original photo in your browser cache. It is correct on our server but not on your computer. In Internet Options on your browser please click on delete files to clear your browser cache.

Housecarers reduces the file size on upload. However if you have a high resolution photo it can take up a lot of file spaces and take a long time to upload, or your connection may drop out. e.g. High resolution photos are now typically 4 Mb. If you first reduce the file size (not dimensions), it will upload quicker without dropping out. You can first save the picture as low resolution (for Internet that is fine. High resolution is for Printing) using your camera software. Or you reduce using Office

Reduce Photo Using Office

• Right click on your photo your computer will Say "Open With:"
• Select Microsoft Office
• Click Picture Menu at the top of the page
• Select the Compress Picture Option
• Then select Compress for Web Page at the right of the page
• click Ok
• Save the picture giving it a new name and to a location you can find, as it is now ready to be uploaded to your housecarers profile

To resize an electronic image you will require some photo-editing software such as Paint Shop Pro, Visit the link below and select free trials www.paintshoppro.com
OR
You can use this free online Resource:
Visit http://www.picresize.com

This can happen if your photo has a long file name or the name includes special characters like &. It is better to keep the file name short and simple e.g. MyProfilePic.jpg or AtTheBeach.png

Please do not include special characters like & in your file name. It will cause errors. Just alpah and nummers eg MyHolidayPic.jpg MeAtBeatch.png

From the upload Function, Click the Browse button and navigate to a pictures folder on your computer. After the pictures come up you need to double click to select your chosen picture. This will return you to our upload page with the picture selected. Then click the upload button.