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Yes, you can upload mp3s as an attachment file; the upload box is located at the end of the story/image you are creating.
You can send links/scanned images/clippings to us of previous work and/or a short article with a bio to Contribsed@the-latest.com and we will get back to you.
Once you have logged in, you will immediately see 3 tabs, # view # edit # contact.
Clicking the edit button allows you to change your profile.
In the 'Submit Story' mode, underneath the grey boxed area called body' is a menu bar. Locate the image with a camera near the right. Click on that and a popup window appears divided into two window panes.
At the top click the link that says 'upload'. Fill in a title that you want to give the image, you may also select the category if needed, then browse for your image. Then scroll right down to the bottom, and click submit. You should see the list of images appear. Click on the image you just uploaded to select it, where you will see a preview. Now just click on insert.
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I tried to upload a picture for my story but the system keeps telling me something about size
Terms and conditions
When you submit an image and/or video, you do so in accordance with The-Latest Terms and Conditions. We will need your telephone numbers (including mobile), first and last name and address and all relevant news information about the image and/or video to help us publish the material. The image and/or video must be yours and not belong to someone else.
If your image and/or video is sold by The-Latest, we will get the best possible commercial deal for you on the industry standard 50/50 share of income between us. In contributing to The-Latest you agree to grant us a royalty-free, exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. This may include the transmission of the material by our overseas partners; these are all reputable foreign news media who are prohibited from altering the material in any way or making it available to other UK broadcasters or to the print media.
If your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on our website. Please note that for technical reasons this accreditation will probably not be possible with video. The-Latest cannot guarantee that all pictures and/or video will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments, for instance captions.
At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.
You can send your material to us using these free email service:
http://www.mytrashmail.com/anonymous_email.aspx
The above sites are independent services. We are not connected with them in any way.
Terms and conditions
When you submit an image and/or video, or text of any kind you do so in accordance with The-Latest Terms and Conditions. We will need your telephone numbers (including mobile), first and last name and address and all relevant news information about the image and/or video, or text to help us publish the material. This information will not be disclosed to the public. The image and/or video, or text must be yours and not belong to someone else.
If your image and/or video or text is sold by The-Latest, we will get the best possible commercial deal for you on the industry standard 50/50 share of income between us. In contributing to The-Latest you agree to grant us a royalty-free, exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. This may include the transmission of the material by our overseas partners; these are all reputable foreign news media who are prohibited from altering the material in any way or making it available to other UK broadcasters or to the print media.
If your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on our website. Please note that for technical reasons this accreditation will probably not be possible with video. The-Latest cannot guarantee that all pictures and/or video will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments, for instance captions.
At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.
There is a limit to the size of images allowed for articles. Currently we accept up to 1Mb and jpg files of no more than 72 dots per inch (dpi). If you need to resize your image to meet our requirement, there are several free online services available. For instance:
http://www.resize2mail.com/
http://online-image-resize.kategorie.cz/
These services are independent of us. We have no connection to them in any way.
Always make sure that you get close to the subject you are photographing and take more than one good shot.
There is a limit to the size of video allowed for articles. Currently we accept up to 5mb. Video footage needs to be supplied, either as a generic MP4 file, WMV (Windows Media Video) file, QuickTime file or Flash file.
If you got kicked back to the login screen after you entered an article, then one of two things happened:
If you have problems logging into the site and an error message comes up saying: 'Sorry. Unrecognised username or password.." there is a resend password link above that message. By requesting a new password, your details will be sent directly to your email address which you used to sign up. Please note that this will be a ONE TIME LOGIN ONLY. You *MUST* change your password to suit.