Guide For Newbies At Hf, Uploading, Downloading, Attachments Options

[deewani]

IMPORTANT LINKS!
HF Guidelines: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=boardrules
Announcements Section: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showforum=47
Help http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=Help

The most common question I keep seeing over and over from new members is How do I download?, which leads to the question, How do I upload?, because of the ratio system. So I am writing this topic, so I don't have to dig out previous topics where I've helped folks before, this way I can easily find my post and refer them here, hopefully it will be helpful in the future.

Please read the above 4 links first!

After reading the guidelines you will realize you need to compress your mp3s. You have to use a software like winrar or winzip to compress your mp3s before uploading to the board, and the files have to meet the requirements as listed in the guidelines. And then you have to maintain a 1:2 upload to download ratio (in other words, for every 1MB you share, you can download 2MB), so if the ratio is above .50 under your name, you can download with no problems. You can upload, however, at any time. You can find winrar free here:

CODE

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

If you still have problems uploading, make sure you have compressed (.rar or .zip) the .mp3 files.

Whenever you REPLY or create a NEW TOPIC you should see a window like the one below.
You will see the file attachments box with a BROWSE button, click on that and browse to your file, then you have to click "Add This Attachment", and then you have to wait as your browser uploads the song to page. After that is done, (can take a while depending on your ISP speed) you click the Add Reply button to make your post. You will be able to tell when it's done because your page will no longer be loading, it will refresh, and you will see a white box with your attachment inside it, it will read something like "you have used 4 mb of attachment space for this post......." and you will see a Remove button (deletes the attachment) and an Add Into Post button (which shows the attachment inside the post, not necessary, but nice to use). Good luck!!



More help with the softwares here:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=17216
and
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=6074
More about bitrates:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=425594
Help on transcoding to lower bitrates here:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=35280

If I have referred you to this post, and you have further questions, ask them HERE.

[HumTum]

Friend, Admin is on leave.

[Hari Ram]

This has been a regular feature and has been irking me kindly help if u have a clue. As I up-load a file, just as when the u/l is about to complete a message appears that “internet explorer can not show this page” the u/l is lost all the time and band width goes in vain.
It started some months ago and I stopped u/l thinking this may b some problem of temporary nature but whenever I try u/l this happens. Kindly advise and help as I want dearly to share some gems with co-members on the hf.

Thanks and best warm regards for the coming festive season to all at h f

Anand is experiencing problem with his uploads.
This message was posted in another thread. I am posting his message in this thread so that more members can help him.

Hari Ram