www.freshtouringorigination.com

[Spud]

Hi all!

With permission from your admin I have been given the opportunity to let you guys know about a new FTO Gallery website www.freshtouringorigination.com.

It's a free online photo gallery where you can register, login and create your own album to show off your FTO. You can upload pictures of your own car, add comments and descriptions to your album and to your individual pictures. You can also add in detail what changes you've made to your car, where your located etc. plus much much more; you can also communicate with other FTO owners from all over the world!

So head on over to www.freshtouringorigination.com and help create a huge worldwide database of FTO pictures for all the world to see!

If you would like any more information you can contact me via ftogallery@gmail.com

[CJ]

Good luck with the site Spud - good idea!

CJ

[Spud]

Thanks CJ! Muchly appreciated. So far everyone seems to be enjoying it.

There are some parts of the website that are bit tricky though because there are so many features that the gallery provides. Here's a few quick tips..

1. Once you've registered with a working email address you'll get an activation link in the mail. Click on that and your ready to create your album.

2. First thing you need to do is create a new album. Once you've logged in you'll use the sidebar feature for everything you need to do. This will slide out from the left of the screen when you click on the 'Sidebar' link in the top right-hand corner of the site or the icon on the top left.
From there you'll see 'Add Album'. Click on that and from there fill in all your details.

3. Once that is done you can then start adding your pictures. There are several ways to do this but the basic way is to open the sidebar and click 'Add Items'. Once you've done that you should be able follow along with the instructions fairly easily. If you want you can install a program called Gallery Remote on your PC, login from the PC and upload all your pics with the software program. Very cool idea.
Add as many pictures to your album as you like. Just make sure they are of your car only and it has to be an FTO, obviously. Also if I could request no pretty girls posing with your car please. The FTO doesn't doesn't need a hot chic to draw attention to it like all the other cars out there do.

4. Choosing your Album Cover. For every picture in your gallery there is a dropdown box below it with a few options. Find your favorite pic, click on the dropdown box and select 'Make Highlight'. This will now be the cover of your album.

There are loads more features in the gallery so have a play with it and if you need anymore info please don't hesitate to contact me via ftogallery@gmail.com or simply reply to this thread.

Long Live the FTO!

Cheers
Spud

ps. once you create your album you'll have your very own weblink like this...

http://www.freshtouringorigination.com/v/xxxx/

For example mine is this... http://www.freshtouringorigination.com/v/Spud/

You can add that to your own website, profile signature etc.

[Spud]

Well it's been just over a month now and freshtouringorigination.com has over 157,000 hits and 2033 unique visitors. In the month of August the site used up 465.78 MB of bandwith and this month we are already up to 365.63 MB bandwidth and it's only the 9th.

This is getting really busy now so if you haven't doneso already go and register and stick your car up on there! While I have the bandwidth

Cheers
Spud