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Terms
By accessing or using our web site at
www.mcsearcher.com,
you (the user) agree to not upload images containing material
that is pornographic, racial, of religious hatred,
copyright-infringing or that could be insulting to others.
Violation of this term will result in the deletion of the
infringing custom homepage. McSearcher reserves the right to
delete any image without warning. Also, any image uploaded is
not encrypted or private and can be seen by other people.
Help Page
McSearcher is best viewed with the new
Firefox browser,
Internet Explorer 7.0
or
Safari 3.1 . Download
them here:
Firefox
Internet Explorer 7.0
Safari 3.1
I can't see the image I uploaded or my screen is white!
Did you upload a file or a URL?
File: Please make sure you are uploading a valid image.
McSearcher supports .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp file types.
URL: Please make sure the site you are using allows
their pages to be shared.
Some sites - including facebook, myspace, and
flickr - do not allow their images to be accessed remotely. If you are
having problems uploading a URL, try saving the image on
your computer, then uploading the image file (see: How to
save an image).
If Problems still occur then it’s probably time to update to a new
version of your web browser. Please see links above for the
newest versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer
How come I don’t see the cursor flashing in the search box?
Some of the older browsers do not support
McSearcher. Please update your browser above to have
everything working correctly.
How to save an image
It's easy to save a picture from the internet:
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Right click (if you
have a PC) or click and hold (if you have a Mac) on the
image you want.
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Select 'Save
picture as' from the list that appears.
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A window should
appear, showing the folders on your hard drive. Choose
where you would like to save the image to, and click
'Save'.
Your image has now been saved.
The picture won't save!
If the picture you want is part of a Flash file, then it won't save.
Also, sometimes the image has been 'protected' with a little bit of
JavaScript. So, for
instance, a newspaper site might decide that they don't want
people copying their photos from their website.
They put a piece of JavaScript on each image, and it stops you from being
able to save it - normally giving you a copyright warning.
What is a URL?
Uniform Resource Locator is an address that specifies the
location of a file on the Internet (eg, http://www.flickr.com).
Where can I find the image URL?
In Internet Explorer:
Right click on the picture then choose Properties. You will
then see a line that says address or location . Copy the
line from the http:// all the way to the end.
In Firefox:
Right click on the picture then click "Copy Image Location"
How to enter the image URL
Once you have copied the image URL (see “Where can I find the image URL”)
you can paste it into the URL field on McSearcher.com
My image is taking too long to load when I go to my
homepage!
File:
The first time you access the page it may take a little longer to see
your background. After that, the image will be saved in your
cache and should appear right away.
URL: If you entered the image URL it may be slow
because the site you accessed the image from is not
responding. Try saving the image to your computer (see: How
to save an image) and uploading it directly to
McSearcher.com
Where can I find good images for my background?
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flickr.com
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Google Images
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Searching for “HD wallpapers” or any themed
wallpapers you might like (i.e. NY Yankees Wallpapers)
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On your computer
What images work best?
Larger, higher quality images work best. Very small images will be
stretched to fit your screen and will not look very good.
It’s good to try a few images to get the hang of it.
Further Questions? Send us an email
here
Warning: A lot of pictures you see on the web will be under
copyright - and you should get permission before you use
them.
General Information:
You can link to the graphic from your website where it is located, but
this tremendously slows your web page loading time.
The reason it slows loading time is because each time your web page
loads, it will have to search for the graphic online.
Also, if the site where your graphic is located becomes discontinued, or
if the site's server is down, your web page will not have
the graphic available any longer.
If you'll take a quick moment to save the graphic as a file on your hard
drive, you'll have the graphic for keeps, and won't have to
worry about delayed loading time.
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