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Hyperlink

A hyperlink is an item of text or an image that when clicked, starts a given response. Often, hyperlinks are used to link to another webpage.

For example, these two hyperlinks both lead to the PBase help home when clicked.

www.pbase.com/help and PBase Help

Web Terms

Browser: Browsers, short for web browsers, are software applications used in order to locate and display (aka "surf") web pages. A few examples of web browsers include Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Netscape Navigator.
Cache: All caches essentially store recently-used information so that it can be accessed easily in the future. For browsers, a cache can consist of recently accessed site URL's, images, etc. so that the next time you visit a site it will take less time to load since all the information won't have to be downloaded over again.
Cookie: Cookies are messages sent by web servers to browsers. These messages are stored as text files which are sent to the server each time a browser requests content from that server. Cookies are often used to store information (such as your name, interests, etc.) in order to prepare a customized page each time a particular user goes to a web site. PBase uses cookies to identify page requests as coming from a specific PBase user associated with your username. If you don't log out, sometimes if you come... (more)
CSS: CSS or Cascading Style Sheets, allow users to modify HTML code in order to have more control over the appearance of websites. Using CSS, a web developer or PBase user, can modify the look of headers, hyperlinks, background color, etc.
Direct Linking: Direct linking is the use of a particular image or multimedia file on another website by linking directly to it on another web host's server.
For example, if you want to post an image on another forum, a direct linking URL (found on the edit image page) can be used to display that image via the PBase server on another website or forum.
An easy way to find the direct linking URL for your images is to go to the edit image page and see the 'direct linking URL' at the top right of the screen.
Domain Name: Domain names are used in URL's and are often called "web addresses."
For example, PBase's domain name is pbase.com. There are other pages on this domain such as the help pages which are written as pbase.com/help.
Firewall: A firewall is a security system put into place in order to restrict unauthorized access to or from a private network.
Hotlinking: See direct linking.
HTML: HTML or Hypertext Markup Lanuage, is the coded language that is used to create documents on the web and control how websites appear.
Hyperlink: A hyperlink is an item of text or an image that when clicked, starts a given response. Often, hyperlinks are used to link to another webpage.
For example, these two hyperlinks both lead to the PBase help home when clicked.
www.pbase.com/help and PBase Help
Javascript: A scripting language used for a variety of interactive tasks. It can be used in addition to HTML to create content such as a pop-up window where you control the size and overall look.
Currently, PBase does not allow the use of javascript in galleries.
Style Sheet: Style Sheets, often called templates, are files with CSS language that define the appearance of a given webpage.
URL: URL or Uniform Resource Locater, is the address or location for a given website or web material.
For example, "http://www.pbase.com/help" is the URL for the PBase help pages.

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How do I create a passkey?: Instructions below describe the process of creating a passkey for a gallery

Begin by clicking the "edit this gallery" link found towards the top of the page.

Next, in the Password Protection section, type the password you want to put on the gallery.
Click the Update Gallery button.

When successful you should see a message towards the top of your screen similar to this below:
How do I create a new gallery?: You can create a new gallery from your profile page.

To create a new gallery, first give it a name.

If you want this gallery to be created at the root level, leave the box checked; if you want this new gallery to appear in the existing gallery, uncheck the box.

After you click the "New Gallery" button, you can upload photos into your new gallery.
How do I create a new usergroup?: Go to your usergroups management page.

Enter the name of the new usergroup.

Click the Add Group button.

Your unpublished usergroups are only accessible by you.
You can easily change whether a group is published or unpublished using the link at the top right of the list of members.
How do I create my own style sheet?: To create your own stylesheet:

Go to www.pbase.com/css

Enter a name for your new stylesheet.

Click the "Create Stylesheet" button.

You are now editing your new stylesheet. When you are done making changes, click the "Update Stylesheet" button.

To apply the new stylesheet to a gallery:
Edit the gallery.

Select your new stylesheet name from the list of existing stylesheets.

Click the "Update Gallery" button.
How do I create a subgallery?: When editing a gallery, you have the option to Create a New Gallery. After naming the new gallery, you have an option to Create the Gallery at Root level. This is the default, but by unchecking that box, your new gallery will appear within your current gallery. For example: Let's say you want to create a "flowers" gallery in your root gallery and have galleries for "daisies", "roses", and "marigolds" inside of the "flowers" gallery. Edit your root gallery. Scroll down to the "Create a new gallery...... (more)
How to Create a New Gallery: Instructions below describe how to create a new gallery.

Beginning from the Profile Page, scroll down to the "Create a New Gallery" section.

Here you type in the name for your new gallery and click the "New Gallery" button. Your new gallery will be created in your root gallery.

When successful you will see this message:
How do I register with PBase?: There is no cost to create an account and try PBase out for a 30 day trial period, but please read the pricing information if you would like to become a PBase subscriber. You will need to provide the following information in the registration process: Email Address Your email address is used to send your password to you if you should forget it. Your address will not be displayed to other users unless you choose to later by editing your account and adding a public email address. You can also login using your email address instead of your username. Username Your username is a unique identifier that you will use... (more)
How do I create a Photo-a-Day gallery?: You can choose your current Photo-a-Day (PaD) gallery by clicking the link at the bottom of your edit gallery page.

You must be a paying customer for your PaD gallery to appear in the PaD meta-gallery.
Who can direct link?: Paying PBase customers can direct link to their own public images as long as they have direct linking enabled on the image's parent gallery. If you try to direct link to images that are non-public or password-protected, it will fail.
Hyperlink: A hyperlink is an item of text or an image that when clicked, starts a given response. Often, hyperlinks are used to link to another webpage.

For example, these two hyperlinks both lead to the PBase help home when clicked.

www.pbase.com/help and PBase Help
How do I disable direct linking?: The steps below show how to disable direct linking at the account level. From your profile page, click the "edit your account settings" link. Scrolling down, you will see the "Account Settings" section. Here, you can disable direct linking to your images by unchecking the checkbox by "Allow direct linking from other sites, such as forums and blogs". Don't forget to click the "Update" button when done making changes.
Disabling Direct Linking at the Gallery Level. The steps... (more)
How do I link to my PBase pages?: Link to your root gallery (all of your galleries) example: http://www.pbase.com/username Link to one of your galleries example: www.pbase.com/username/gallery name Link to a single image using default size example: www.pbase.com/image/image number Specify the size of an image example: www.pbase.com/image/image number/size Direct linking to an image for use on another website, forums, or message boards: Due to bandwidth costs, you can only use this feature if you... (more)
How do I get the direct linking URL?: To get the direct linking URL for an image, view the image and add .jpg or size.jpg to the end of the URL. This works just like linking to an image page but append .jpg to the end of the URL. example: www.pbase.com/image/image number.jpg example: www.pbase.com/image/image number/size.jpg Note: to direct link to a .gif, use the .jpg extension also. It will still send the gif file. You can also easily get the direct linking URL by viewing the edit image page and looking... (more)
How do I link subgalleries to each other?: In order to link subgalleries, go to the Advanced Settings page in the gallery which you want to link from. Select the check box to use Linked Subgalleries Click Update For example: Say you have an Italy gallery. Within the Italy gallery, you have subgalleries for various Italian cities. It would be nice if people could jump directly from the Venice subgallery to the Bologna subgallery without having to go back through the main Italy gallery to get there. The solution is to use linked subgalleries.... (more)

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