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How do I create my own account?

Creating an account with GowerUK.com is free and easy to do.

Simply go to the 'create an account' page here, fill in your personal details, email address, desired username and password and click the 'create account' button.

You will then receive an email to your chosen address reminding you of your password and a link to activate your account.

As soon as you click the link to activate your account you will directed to a thank you page confirming your actions and a link for you to login.

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How do I upload photos?

To upload photos you must go to your profile page and click 'upload' under 'your latest photos'. Select a photo file to upload (this must either be a jpg, bmp, gif or png file) and click upload.

You will be prompted to give the photo a title (for example 'a photo of oxwich bay'). Click 'Finish' and your photo has now been uploaded to the web site.

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How do I show my photo on the Photo Gallery page?

Go to your profile page and click 'View all' under 'Your latest photos'.

Simply click "Add to gallery" for the photo you want to be added to the gallery. You will then be directed to a page where you will need to choose the location where the photo was taken via the drop down list and then place a marker on the map where you took the photo. Click "Add to gallery" and your photo will now be shown in the Photo Gallery.

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How do I remove my photo from the Photo Gallery page?

Note: Doing this will remove all comments and information associated with the photo.

Go to your profile page and click 'View all' under 'Your latest photos'. Click edit on the photo you want to remove and then click "remove this photo from the Gallery".

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How do I view all of my photos?

Go to your profile page and click 'View all' under 'Your latest photos'.

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How do I add meta tags to my photo?

Note: Meta tags are only available to photos added to the Photo Gallery.

Go to your profile page and view all photos. You will then be presented with 'Edit' options on each of your photos. This allows you to add meta description and keywords to your photo.

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How do I edit my photos information such as title and location?

Note: Editing of location is only available to photos added to the Photo Gallery.

Go to your profile page and view all photos. You will then be presented with 'Edit' options on each of your photos.

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How do I delete Photos?

Go to your profile page and click 'View all' under 'Your latest photos'. You will then be presented with a list of your photos. Each Photo will have a tick box on the left hand side. To delete a photo, selected the photos tick box and click 'Delete'. It is also possible to select multiple photos to delete.

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How do I sell my Photos?

Note: You will need to have uploaded photos and added them to the Photo Gallery in order to start selling. You will also need to have an active paypal account ready to recieve payments.

Go to your profile page and click 'Sell your photos' under 'Your latest photos'. If you have not setup your paypal merchant account, you will be prompted to do so before you can continue. Once you have done that you will then see all of your photos added to the Photo Gallery.

If you want to sell a photo, click 'Click here to sell this photo'. You will then be presented with a page where you can add purchase options for your photo. You can either add purchase options manually or you can add them from a pre-defined group. Once your photo has atleast one purchase option, you can start selling your photo. You can stop selling your photos at any time by clicking 'Stop selling this photo' on the same page.

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How do I setup pre-defined purchase options?

Go to your profile page and click 'Sell your photos'. Then click 'manage purchase option groups'. This page allows you to add purchase option groups. Once you have a purchase option group you can then add purchase options to that group by clicking 'Click here to add or edit options within this group'.

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How do I create my own watermark for my photos?

All uploaded photos will carry the default GowerUK.com watermark. You can set your own watermark by going to your profile page and clicking on 'Settings' under 'Your latest photos'. You will then need to tick the tick box. A textbox will then appear for you to type your watermark text. For example Copyright Joe Bloggs.

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How do I create a blog post?

Go to your profile page and click 'Create New' under 'Your latest blogs'. You will then be prompted to type a title for your new blog but don't worry, this can be changed later. You will then be able to add content for your blog (e.g text and images). You can add as many images as you want and they can be edited at any time. It is also possible to add meta data to your blog such as keywords and a description (this should be used if you want your blog to be better placed in search engines).

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How do I edit and delete my blog posts?

Go to your profile page and click 'View all' under 'Your latest blogs'. If you have created blog posts already then you can select the ones you want to delete and click 'Delete' to delete them. If you want to edit a blog post simply click 'Edit' on the row of that blog post.

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