How to Host & Upload Files
Hosting and uploading files on the Internet is both fast and easy to do. The easy accessibility of files on the Internet continues to add to the popularity of the World Wide Web and make it a resource for millions of people. A good chunk of the information on the Web gets there by uploading. Here's how to host and upload files.
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Instructions
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Choosing files
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To upload and host an image file, find a picture from your personal collection and scan it onto the computer. Remember where the file is saved so that you can access it with ease when it's time to upload it.
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You can save an image file in several types of formats. The most popular include files with a suffix of jpg, png, tif, ps, gif, etc. Choosing the optimal image format often times depends on the image quality you're striving for (how much resolution you need) and content of the image. A common image format on the web is jpeg, which is ideal for photographs with lots of color. To choose the file format, save the image and wait for a dialog box to appear. In most photo-editing software you can choose which format from a drop-down box within the dialog box.
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If you don't have an image file on your computer you may wish to use an image already on the web. You can copy an image from another site and host it on yours by using a little HTML tag that formats the image file for you. In the desired location, type the following code "<img src="filename">" on your web page, substituting the file name for the web address of the picture. This will copy the image on your web page. Your site (as well as the site where you copied it from) will in effect be hosting the image. Of course, some images may be protected under copyright so it's a good idea to ask permission from the site's owner before you snatch their picture.
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Uploading an image file is simple, thanks to server-side scripts that have been included on web sites today. When you press an upload button on a web page, it is actually an input form. The information you input will be copied from your computer and submitted to the respective site's server. The process works by clicking the "browse" button, it opens a dialog box that shows files on your computer (usually in your My Documents folder or on your desktop) that you can input (upload) on the form. Select the image file and the browser will transfer the file parameters to correspond to the appropriate file extensions for the platform (.jpg, ping, gif, etc.). Usually there is a final "done" or "submit" button that you are prompted to press. This will complete the uploading process and your image will be placed on your web site.
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Tips & Warnings
Before you choose images to host, you'll want to have an idea of the images size. Large images can substantially increase the load time for your web site, discouraging Web traffic.
Copyright infringement is a big deal on the Internet. Before copying an image on the Web, contact the site's web administrator or owner to get permission to use the picture. While some pictures are free to use do to "fair use" laws, many images are protected under copyright.
