This is an tutorial to Dropbox. There is two ways to get dropbox. one way is to have and folder created on you'r computer, the other way is using you'r web-browser.
for downloading the Dropbox installer for you'r computer, just google dropbox, and click the Download link, you need to download the installer to get the Public folder:
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/4p.PNG)
if you have problem with the public folder after this, then it might be because you'r dropbox public folder isn't enabled, to enable the folder as an public folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/4224
if that still doesn't help, then it might be you'r firewall, causing problem. you need to give the dropbox folder an access trough you'r firewall.
We can start off with this one:
In stead of I write how it should be done, this tutorial show it all. click the link!
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to- ... /?ALLSTEPS
one thing it doesn't show is this:
Windows 7 (Note this computer have a different texture pack than other W7 Computer):
- on you'r computer open "windows Explorer"-folder, it should be down on the menu line:
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/5p.PNG)
- If you don't have it down ther, just open the "document"-folder:
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/6p.PNG)
- click on the dropbox icon:
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/7p.PNG)
- you should see this (except the US Carriers folder, that folder is for only a selected few person in SB to see what inside! sorry):
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/8p.PNG)
- you should have one folder called Photos, and one folder called Public.
- open public folder.
- you should see this one (not like mine, i have hundreds of drawing sin there..):
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/9p.PNG)
- Save you'r drawing in here, but remember to save it as an PNG file.
To upload the drawing to Shipbucket:
- select the drawing you have saved in you'r public folder, (I have saved min in a sub-folder inside the public folder):
- right click the drawing, left click on copy public link.
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/10p.PNG)
- go to that place you want it posted in shipbucket:
- right click, and left click past (on my computer it's "lim in": Norwegian for past)
- you should get an link like this one: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/887 ... l/mon1.PNG
- now add the IMG tag around it.
- you should get this:
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/mon1.PNG)
do it by using the web browser:
- go to dropbox.com
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/1p.PNG)
- click on "sign in" the text bellow of the big blue Sign up button.
- give it the necessary log in info.
- you should see this page now, her you have on folder called "Photos", but the folder you are going to use is the "Public".
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/11p.PNG)
- click on "Public":
![[ img ]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88748209/tutorial/12p.PNG)
- load up files by just left click on the upload icon at the top.
- in there you choose "choose files".
- mark that file you want to load up.
- click on open and the rest will the computer do.
- to get the public link for shipbucket, just right click the file and left click on: "copy public link".
- past it in to Shipbucket and add a IMG tag around it.
If people are using Windows 8, I can have a look at it to see if there is something different in that area.
