Picasa from Google is a great tool for managing your images. It allows you to sort your images into folders and then export selected images and prepare them for upload to your website.

You can download Picasa from Google, click here to go straight to the Picasa download page. Please follow Google's installation instructions carefully.

When Picasa first installs it will search for all images on your hardrive. You can also import images from a Digital Camera, memory stick or CD.

Follow the instructions below to prepare your images for your website using Picasa...

Import the images into Picasa

1. If you are importing from a USB drive, plug it in
2. If you are importing from a CD, put it in the drive
3. If you are importing from a Digital camera, plug it in and switch it on
4. Run Picasa
   1. a. Click Start, Programs, Picasa2, Picasa2
5. Click the Import button
6. Click the “Select a Device” button and choose the device you wish to import from
7. Picasa will automatically put a red X on the images it already has a copy of. You can exclude any other photos by clicking on them and the clicking “Exclude”
8. Click “Finish” to import the photos
   1. Type a name for this folder, i.e: “Product Images”
   2. Optionally enter a place, date and caption for the photos. It is a good idea to do this
   3. Click OK

Export the images from Picasa

1. Click the “Actions” button
2. Click “Select All Pictures”
3. Click the “Export” button, it is towards the bottom of the Picasa window
4. Enter a "Resize to" value:
   1. Enter the largest dimension of the image as you would like it to appear on the website. For example, if your website requires large images to be 400 pixels wide x 300 pixels high, enter "400"
5. Set the “Image Quality” to “80%”
6. Click OK

Check the filenames

Before you upload the images, check the filenames for non alphanumeric characters. Some web servers, browsers and computers don't support non alphanumeric characters in filenames, so it is a good idea to check through the filenames of images and remove any unusual characters.

Use these characters:

• Letters a - z and A - Z
• Numbers 0 - 9
• The underscore ("_")

Avoid these characters:

• Ampersand ("&")
• Greater than and less than symbols ("< >")
• Braces ("{ }")
• Windows System characters: ("! # $ % * \ / ? : | ")

If you are having problems:

• Remove all spaces
• Use only lowercase letters
• Ensure that there is no more than one full-stop (".")

Upload the images to Klixo

1. Open Internet Explorer
   1. Click Start, Programs, Internet Explorer
2. Open the Klixo Website Manager at
   http://klixo.net.nz/klixo/
3. Under the “Tools” menu, click “Upload Manager”
4. Click on the “Browse” button
5. Click “My Documents”
6. Open “My Pictures”
7. Open “Picasa Exports”
8. Open the folder that contains the photos you want to upload
9. Hold down the CTRL key and press “A” at the same time (Select All)
10. Click the “Open” button
11. When the upload has finished, the images will appear in the upload manager