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PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

How to upload & tag multiple files using drag & drop to your Instructable

Step 2Go to Contribute > Upload Files

Go to Contribute > Upload Files
«
  • upload.jpg
  • upload page.jpg
Make sure you are logged in.

In the navigation menu at the top of the page, go to:

--> Submit
---> Upload Images

Then open your desktop finder and browse to the images you want to select.

Assuming you have arranged the windows, so you can see them both at the same time, like the image below. Drag your images onto the textbox right after the word choose.

You should then see all the images you selected listed. See the second image below.

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8 comments
Mar 13, 2008. 11:00 PMatsamom says:
I'm confused. You say go to the navigation menu at the top of the page, go to: --> Contribute ---> Upload Files The top of what page? I can't find anything called "Contribute".
Sep 26, 2008. 8:34 AMkelseymh says:
Apparently the interface changes frequently :-( For the record, I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.16 under MacOSX 10.4.11. 1) The "Submit" hyperlink no longer has any sort of "Upload Images" option. Instead, it has a outline-like description of the different things members can submit (Instructables, Slideshows, Video, etc.). 2) If I follow an alternative route -- "You" -> "Image Library" -- dragging a collection of files simply doesn't work. It just "snaps back" and nothing is registered. 3) If I use the [Browse] button to the right of the text box, then even if I select multiple items from the pop-up, only one of those items (seemingly chosen at random) appears in the result.
Sep 26, 2008. 10:10 PMkelseymh says:
It does; thanks! (1 & 2) I was able to get my images uploaded, I just had to do them one by one :-) (4) I'll look into the Firefox D&D extension; it didn't work from Safari either, although Safari was much more stable for me than Firefox. Again, thanks for the reply! -- Michael Kelsey
Mar 14, 2008. 12:28 PMatsamom says:
tks
May 12, 2008. 7:20 PMrevtiedye says:
Is this out of date again? I've found the right page, but mine no longer says "Choose" it has a "My computer / Internet" pull-down box. And when I drag from a "My computer" window to the text box after the chooser (using Firefox 2.0.0.14) It doesn't allow me to drop them there.
Jul 5, 2008. 1:22 AMnecropolian says:
This happened also with me, but I can drop the files. I use firefox 3.

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