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HOW TO TRANSLOAD! A MUST FOR WEBTV-ERS!

First of all- What IS "Transloading"?

TRANSLOADING is making a copy of a picture, and moving it to your own server- instead of directly "linking" to someone else's files & server. When you link to someone else's files, it is the same thing as sharing a "party line" on a telephone. Know how you would get a busy signal? Well, it's sort of different, but if literally hundreds- or, even thousands
(Who knows? Maybe millions!)
of people are all linked to the same file, all on the same server, there will be lots of problems- see what I mean?

So, learn to TRANSLOAD ! Make the pics & music you use YOURS!

It is not some scary, high-tech computer thingy! Don't be afraid!

STEP ONE: You must register with a Free Homepage Provider ( Like Geocities,Angelfire, etc. I recommend Tripod- the registration process takes only minutes, & it is very easy! ), and get your own DIRECTORY, where your files can be stored. (Sort of like renting a garage, to park your car- only, in most cases, this is FREE!)

Now, you have an ACCOUNT, and a PASSWORD. You will need these to TRANSLOAD.

Click on THIS link, and hit "SAVE". Save it in your "FAVS" folder, then add it to your "F-Key" List. That will make it easy to go to when you find an image you want to TRANSLOAD!

TRANSCRIBE (FOR WEBTV-EASIEST FOR BEGINNERS!)

OK! Now, you have an account, with storage space, & you have assigned "TranScribe" it's own F- key!

STEP TWO: Find an image that you like. Click on it to view it. Hit the F- key that you have assigned to "TranScribe". You will automatically go to that page. Scroll down, & you will see the URL (address) of the image printed in the box. Click down onto the "Extract" button.

STEP THREE: You will then see a lot of technical stuff. Ignore it, & scroll down.You should see a copy of the picture that you want. At this point, you will have TWO options:

You can directly Copy the image to your WebTV Scrapbook, by clicking on the appropriate link, OR you can Click on the "T" link, & upload the picture to your other server.Then, the image becomes yours- you can even re-name it! If your name is "Bob", for example, you can re-name the image as "Bobsgif.gif", or whatever you like! If you copy the image to Scrapbook, it can only be used on pages made with WebTV PageBuilder- it belongs to WebTV.OR, DOES IT?
CLICK HERE, & SEE-(Thanks, BooZap! :-)

STEP FOUR: When you click on the "T" link, you will be transported to the TRANSLOADER. Fill in the boxes that have an "R" after them. The others are optional, these are required. Just your FTP

(For example, ftp.geocities.com)

Your user name

(The name that you registered with- for example, "Bob")

& Your password

(Whatever you registered with-for example, "Yum-Yum")

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE "OTHER" BOXES! THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES YOU NEED TO FILL IN! THE OTHER ONES ARE FOR MORE "ADVANCED" USERS! OK? :-)

Your Boxes should be filled in like this example:

FTP PROVIDER: ftp.geocities.com
USER NAME: Bob
PASSWORD: Yum-Yum
RENAME TO: Bobsgif.gif

Then, just hit "Transload".

You will be transported to a blue screen, which will tell you what is going on with your session. Hit the "Reload" link on the page, as instructed, and scroll down to see what's going on. You will see a lot of technical stuff- don't worry about it- unless it says "Failed" or "Aborted".

If all goes well, you will see a "Zap" button, at the bottom of the page, & a message that the file was "Saved as Whatever.gif"

If the Transload was successful, go to your Homepage providers sign in page, sign in, & check your files. The image should be there! Click on it to view, & hit "Info". The NEW URL should look something like this:

http://YourHomepageprovidersName/You rDirectoryName/WhateverYouNamedTheFile.gif

NOW, it is on YOUR server! You can put it wherever you like, & you will not be "Stealing" someone else's Bandwidth! (Sort of like tapping in on someone's electric- not very nice!)

It may take you a couple of tries, but once you get the hang of it, it's easy!

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