Back To Tutorials
     Uploading From a Web URL

Overview:The following tutorial is a step by step guide on how to upload images into your account from a web url. .

Requirements:You must be a Uploadkey account holder. You must be using a web browser that supports javascript and has javascript enabled. You can enable javascript in your browser's settings/preferences/options.

1. Log into your Uploadkey account at http://www.uploadkey.com
2. From the navigation bar at the top of your album, select the "albums & upload" tab.
   
3. Navigate to the album you would like to upload your image into.
4. From the upload panel, click on the "web url" link.
   
5. Browse for, and copy, the web URL for your favorite image. To copy the URL simply highlight the information and then right click (ctrl+click on Mac) and select "copy".

   Note: Supported image file types are jpg, gif, png and bmp (bmp will convert to jpg on upload).

   
   
6. In the "paste web URL here" field, simply right click (ctrl+click on Mac) and paste the URL that you copied here. You will now have the option to add a title to your image, or remove it to replace it with a new one.
7. Click on the "Add more urls" link or "Add even more here" link if you would like to increase your uploading capacity to up to 20 web URLs at a time.
   
8. Click on the "Upload" button when you are ready to proceed. This will start the uploading process for your web URLs.
9. When the URL has successfully uploaded, a message will appear at the top of your page that says "x of x image has uploaded!"
   
10. Your image is now available in your uploadkey account for sharing and linking around the web!