Uploading Photos and Match Reports

Photographers and Match Report Writers can upload directly to their team's page.

To ensure a professional looking site that performs well, please format pages in a consistent manner using the guidance below. That said, this is your team's page, if you know how to add short videos or score ladders, do so. ​

​To be an editor, e-mail webmaster.maristrugby@gmail.com with your name, phone number, and the e-mail address you wish to use for access (e-mail address is the log-in) and the team page(s) you require access to. You will receive an e-mail invitation to use our web page editor, Weebly. ​Create a login. 
  • Before starting, go look at the archived pages for an example layout from last year.
  • Go to www.weebly.com. Log in.
  • Select the Edit Site button next to Marist Canberra Rugby Club.
  • At the Choose a Page to Edit pop-up, select your team's page.
  • For the next few steps to add Slideshow, Text and Title, please insert each above any previous week's activities to ensure the newest match information is the easiest to find at the top of the page.
  • Drag a SLIDESHOW icon onto the page to create a slideshow.
  • At the pop-up Choose a Slideshow Style select Thumbnails on Bottom, click Continue. 
    At the pop-up Manage Slideshow Photos drag or upload photos from your computer. Click Save.
    More detailed instructions are available here.
  • Drag a TITLE icon onto the top of the page to create a title for the game in the format as follows:
    Team Name v Opposition Date, for example: U16 Royal v St Edmunds 24 May 2014
  • ​Drag a TEXT icon onto the page immediately under the title and add "Photos courtesy of Your Name"
  • ​For Match Reports, drag a TEXT icon onto the page, can be above or below the slideshow (if created).
    Text can be cut and pasted from a word document or it can be uploaded as a file but the latter is not recommended as some devices don't read some types of attachments. Some enhancement of text is available to make the report more appealing: bold, underline, italics, font size and colour.
    More detailed instructions are available here.​
  • For Photos or Reports, click on PUBLISH when done to make the page available to others.
  • If you get stuck and need some assistance, please e-mail the webmaster. 

Managing Photo File Sizes

Please make an effort to reduce the file size of your photos before uploading as larger files will take longer to view in the slideshow and probably consume your son's download limit on the cheap phone plan you bought him. :-)
For example, Microsoft Office Picture Manager has a Compression function. If you are an Apple user, you will need to use the iPhotos software that comes installed. Reduction down to about 300-400kb seems to ensure good photos that load quickly. If your photos end up too small to fill the slideshow frame, you may be compressing the files too much and the boys might struggle to see themselves clearly. If you need help, e-mail the webmaster. 

Using MS Office Picture Manager to Compress Photos
  1. Save your photos to a convenient folder on your hard drive.
  2. Right click on a photo in the folder where you have saved it and a drop down menu should appear.
  3. Select Open With > Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
  4. Select View drop-down menu, then Thumbnails.
  5. Press CTRL and "A" to select all files in the folder (assuming you want to add them all).
  6. Select the tab up at the top called Edit Pictures.
  7. When the right hand pane opens, select Compress Pictures.
  8. Select Documents button. File size reduces by about 90%, with no appreciable loss of quality. Select OK.
  9. Select File > Save All.