Okay... so you've heard me *Praise* the Flock toolbar over and OVER again... Well, Sorry, I just can't help it!  This is one FREE thing that really has saved a TON of time...

The other plus to it is... since you'll be using smaller - thumbnail pictures - it's going to shorten your download time... Why is that a good thing?  Well, if you're fortunate enough to have a Cable connection (like roadrunner), or even a Satellite connection... it's not going to make *that* much of a difference... but there are still TONS of eBayers that are surfing the WWW on Dial-up... and that difference in download time... might just keep someone from *backing out* of your auctions - because they're taking so long to load!

First... you're going to want to set up an account (it can be a free account!) with Photobucket.

After you've downloaded Photobucket... you'll want to download *Flock* HERE!

With Flock... you'll be able to upload entire folders of pictures at a time... it is an INCREDIBLE time saver!!

 

OH... and remember to ALWAYS optimize your pictures before you upload!  This too will help with your load time (as mentioned above!).  Here's the tool that I use... and LOVE!

 

After you upload the browser, open it up, and at the top right, you'll see *UPLOADER*.  Click on that.

It will give you a smaller window that pops up that says *Drag Photos from your computer here*. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, you're going to want to open up your folder of pictures that you'd like to upload... If you don't know how to get to your file... this *should* work (if you have the file in your *My Pictures* Section on your computer).

Click on your START button, at the bottom left of your screen.  If you look on the right-hand column, you'll see a *MY PICTURES* file... you want to click on that!

A new screen will come up with everything that's contained in your *MY PICTURES* folder.  Now... you want to find, and click on the folder that you're going to want to upload pictures from.

 

Now, you're going to want to highlight all the pictures you want to upload.  I would recommend moving, or deleting pictures from the file that you do NOT want to upload... this just makes it easier to upload ALL the pictures in the file, in one swoop!

*I* start on the right side, as it gives me more space to work with... but it can be done the other way if you'd like...

Left Click, just to the right of the picture on the right side... HOLD DOWN the button... and slide it to the left... See how the pictures highlight in green? 

Now, you'll want to drag your mouse (keep holding it down!!) down, keeping it on the left side of the window... the window will automatically scroll down.  Keep going to you've highlighted ALL of the pictures in green.  Like THIS:

Next, let go of your button... then click on a picture,.. HOLD DOWN Your left click button, and drag it right over to the Flock Uploader Window.  If you've done it correctly, it'll look like this:

Click UPLOAD ~ when the photo uploader has accepted all of your pictures.  It should look like this:

Now, you can either make your file beforehand, in Photobucket, and use the drop-down menu to find the correct file, OR you can create a new file at this time.  In this example, we'll create a new file... You'll want to click on CREATE:

Now, a smaller window will open, where you can create the new file in photobucket.   Simply type in your new file name, into the space provided, and click OK.

Now, you'll want to click on, OK - and then click on UPLOAD.  Here's what the next screen looks like:

Now... go get yourself something to drink... make a phone call... watch a little TV... whatever... depending on how many pictures you're uploading... it could take a little while (I upload a TON at a time!). 

The next thing you know... WALLA!!  You're DONE!!

 

IF you still want the clickable thumbnails, but don't want to use the flock browser... please see my illustrated tutorial HERE!