UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

Now you can contribute your histories, records, photos and more to the John Marriott Historical Society! Approved contributions will be added to the appropriate sections of the website as quickly as possible. Please help us in the creation of one of the most complete family websites on the Internet today!

File Uploads

You can upload any file under 10MB on our agreement page. Simply prepare your file on your computer following the guidelines below and follow this easy process:

1. Go to the agreements page using the link above.
2. Fill in your name, organization, title, and other personal information.
3. Give the description of the file you are submitting. This same description will be used on the website to explain your contribution.
4. Click the [Browse] button and select the file that you have prepared using the guidelines below. After you have highlighted the desired file, click the [Open] button to continue.
5. You should now see the location of your file in the text field next to the [Browse] button.
6. Read the agreement under which you are submitting your file.
7. Select whether you are the true owner of the material you are submitting.
8. Click the ["We" Agree to the Above Statements] button to upload your file. Be patient since the time required to upload your file depends upon your connection speed. Better optimization of the files before submission will speed this process greatly.

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Photo Guidelines

When contributing photos, here are a few guidelines to help you prepare the image for transfer. Images for the internet are typically no wider than 800 pixels. The preferred image formats in which to save an image are: jpeg, gif, or png. Generally, these files are under 300 KB in size. The use of photo editing software can greatly simplify this process for you.

Click here to see our photo and scanning guide.

Document Guidelines

When contributing documents, please either scan them and submit them using the photo guidelines (when originals are desired) or send them in one of following formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), Word Perfect (.wpd), Word Pad (.rtf), Acrobat Reader (.pdf), or Plain Text (.txt). If you have a very large text file, you can greatly decrease its size for upload by using a Zip utility such as FreeZip or Power Archiver.

Click here to see our photo and scanning guide.

Multiple Files

When contributing multiple items, it is much easier to only have to submit them as one file. To do this, you can use a zip utility to create one zip file and submit it. If you use MS Windows XP, you won't need any extra software. Just follow the steps below:

1. Find your files in the file explorer (right-click on [Start] and choose Explore).
2. Once you have found your files, hold the control key down and click once on each file. This will highlight them all.
3. Once they are highlighted, right-click one of the files and choose Compress to "somefile.zip". The option won't actually have "somefile.zip", but the name of the file you are clicking on.
4. Your new zip file will appear in the same folder at the bottom of the file list. You can now upload that zip file using the process above.

If you do not have MS Windows XP, you can download any free zip utility and create a zip file. A couple examples of zip utilities are FreeZip or Power Archiver.