General FAQ |
| Question: Why do I need to register? |
Answer: Registration is not required to view photos. However registration gives a member additional features such as sending e-cards, having a favorite list, rating pictures and posting comments, ordering prints etc.
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| Question: How do I register? |
Answer: Go to "Register" and fill out the required fields (and the optional ones if you plan to order prints).
We have e-mail activation enabled, so after submitting your information you should recieve an email message at the address that you have submitted while registering, giving you instructions on how to activate your membership. Your membership must be activated in order for you to login.
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| Question: How Do I login? |
Answer: Go to "Login", submit your username and password and check "Remember Me" so you will be logged in on the site if you should leave it.
IMPORTANT:Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted in order to use "Remember Me".
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| Question: Why can I not login? |
Answer: Did you register and click the link that was sent to you via email?. The link will activate your account. For other login problems contact the site administrator.
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| Question: What if I forgot my password? |
Answer: This site has a "Forgot password" link on the log in page. Click the link, enter your email address and your password will be mailed to you.
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| Question: How do I save a picture to "My Favorites"? |
Answer: Click on a picture and click on the "picture info" link ( ); scroll down to the picture information set and click "Add to fav".
The administrator may have the "picture information" on by default.
IMPORTANT:Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted.
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| Question: How do I rate a file? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and choose a rating.
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| Question: How do I post a comment for a picture? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and post a comment.
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| Question: What are cookies? |
Answer: Cookies are a plain text piece of data that is sent from a website and is put on to your computer.
Cookies usually allow a user to leave and return to the site without having to login again and other various chores.
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Navigating the Site |
| Question: What's "Album List"? |
Answer: This will show you the entire category you are currently in, with a link to each album. If you are not in a category, it will show you the entire gallery with a link to each category. Thumbnails may be a link to the category.
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| Question: What's "My Gallery"? |
Answer: This feature lets users create their own galleries and add, delete or modify albums as well as upload to them.
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| Question: What's "Last Uploads"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last uploads to the site.
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| Question: What's "Last Comments"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last comments along with the files posted by users.
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| Question: What's "Most Viewed"? |
Answer: This feature shows the most viewed files by all users (whether logged in or not).
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| Question: What's "Top Rated"? |
Answer: This feature shows the top rated files rated by the users, showing the average rating (e.g: five users each gave a  : the file would have an average rating of ;Five users rated the file from 1 to 5 (1,2,3,4,5) would result in an average .)
The ratings go from  (best) to  (worst).
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| Question: What's "My Favorites"? |
Answer: This feature will let a user store a favorite file in the cookie that was sent to your computer.
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Ordering Prints |
| Question: How do I order Prints? |
Answer: Only registered users can Order Prints. When you are logged into your account, and browse photos you will be able to order prints from each photo page. Select which size print you would like to order 4x6, 5x7 or 8x10 then click ADD. You can change the amount of how many you want to order from your cart.
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| Question: Will Printed photos Have THE USC.info on them? |
Answer: NO! This is only on photos that are on our site.
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| Question: Will the photos look just like they do on my Computer Screen? |
Answer: No! The prints you order are a much higher quality than the photos on the site. We have greatly reduced resolution for the photos on the site. We will also Crop and enlarge the focal point of each photo on a photo by photo basis for the best possible output, also we will color correct photos if needed.
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| Question: How long do prints take to arrive to me? |
Answer: We will start to process your order as soon as payment has been confirmed. All Orders placed from US Addresses should have their orders with in 7-14 days MAX.
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| Question: How are the photos printed? |
Answer: All photographs are printed at a professional lab, not off of a computer printer. You can rest assured that you will be getting the highest quality photographic prints available.
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| Question: Do I have to pay via PayPal? |
Answer: PayPal is our preferred method of payment due to the simplicity of the transactions. If you must you can mail in payments, but this will slow down the order process. Please e-mail admin@theusc.info for details.
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