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Sharing with Friends
Sharing Overview
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Common Questions About Sharing Albums
 
Sharing Overview
How to Share a Photo or Album, Step by Step
Share a Photo or Album with an Email
Share a Photo or Album with a Link
Share a Photo or Album to Social Networks

Invite friends and family to see your online photos. There are three ways to share photos and albums.

  • Share your photos with an email invitation that we send on your behalf
  • Share your photos with a web address link that you can copy and paste to social networks, blogs, instant messages, emails, and more
  • Share your photos to your social networks or blog

How to Share a Photo or Album, Step by Step

No matter which share method you want to use, follow the steps below to get started.

Select an Album (or Several) to Share

Starting from your photo library, follow these steps:

  1. Click on "share" in the blue menu on the right side of the page.
  2. Click "share albums."
  3. On the following page, click on the albums you'd like to share.
  4. Click on the "choose these albums" button.

Select a Photo to Share

Starting from your photo library, follow these steps:

  1. Click on "share" in the blue menu on the right side of the page.
  2. Click "share a photo."
  3. On the following page, click on the album that contains the photo you'd like to share. Then click "choose this album."
  4. Next, click on the photo you'd like to share, then click "choose this photo."

Share a Photo or Album with an Email

To get started, follow the steps above for selecting a photo or album. Please see "How to Share a Photo or Albums, Step by Step" for directions.

Once you have selected a photo or album to share, follow these steps to share it with an email:

  1. Click on the "share with an email" tab on the share page.
  2. In the "addresses" field, type the email addresses of friends you want to share your photo(s) with. Separate each address with a comma or line break. Your friends will see only their own email addresses in the "To:" portion of the message, not those of the other recipients.

    • Use addresses from your address book
      If you want to enter addresses from your address book, click the "address book" link above the addresses field. A pop-up window will appear. Check the recipients you'd like to include, and click the "choose addresses" button.
    • Import addresses from your webmail address book
      You can also import email addresses from your web-based email address book. Click on the "import your contacts" link above the addresses field. Follow the prompts in the pop-up to import your contacts.
    • Decide whether you'd like a copy
      Check the box beneath the address field if you would like to receive a copy of the email.

  3. When you share a photo, we include a standard message in the email we send on your behalf. You can remove or change the default message by typing over the existing text or adding to it in the "personal message" box. Your friends will see your greeting, followed by instructions for how to view your photo.
  4. Click on the "share album(s)" or "share photo" button, and we'll email the invitation to the recipients you've chosen.

Share a Photo or Album with a Link

To get started, follow the steps above for selecting a photo or album. Please see "How to Share a Photo or Albums, Step by Step" for directions.

Once you have selected a photo or album, follow these steps to share it with a link:

  1. Click on the "share with a link" tab on the share page.
  2. In the tab, you'll see a box with the web address link for your photo or album.
  3. To copy the link, click on the "copy link" button just below the link box.
  4. Paste the link in an email or instant message, or on your blog or social network page. Your friends and family will be able to access your photos directly through the link.

Share a Photo or Album to Social Networks

To get started, follow the steps above for selecting a photo or album. Please see "How to Share a Photo or Albums, Step by Step" for directions. You can only share one album or photo at a time.

Once you have selected a photo or album, follow these steps to share it to your social network or blog:

  1. Click on the "share to..." tab on the share page.
  2. Click on the icon for the social network or blog where you want to share your photos.
  3. You'll be asked to log in to your social network or blog account. Follow their prompts for sharing your photo or album.

When you share a photo or album to your social network or blog, a thumbnail image and a link to your photos will be displayed on your page for your friends to see.

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Guest book
Overview
The guest book is a fun way for you and your friends to have a conversation about the photos you share. Each of the albums in your account has a guest book. To access an album's guest book, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your account, and click on the album you want to view.
  2. If you're on one of your own albums, click on the 'view guest book' link, located beneath the blue menu at the right of the page.
  3. You can also access the guest book when viewing a single photo in the enlarged view.

Once you're in the guest book of an album of your own, you can:

  • see how many people have viewed your album
  • add comments of your own
  • remove individual friends' comments
  • de-activate your guest book, preventing friends from accessing that album's guest book
  • re-activate it if it was previously de-activated
Friends' albums in your account also have guest books. If their guest book is active, you can read others' comments and add your own by clicking on the 'add your comments' link.

Note: Any changes you make to a guest book, such as de-activating it, apply only to that guest book and not your other albums' guest books.

How to use the guest book
Whenever a new album is added to your account (either from film developing, photos you upload, or from moving/copying photos into a new album), a guest book for that album is created.

When you share that album with friends, your guest book is automatically shared. When your friends log in to view your album, they can click on the 'guest book' link while viewing your photos to read or add their own comments.

For example, if you share an album with your Uncle Jack and Grandma Beth, both of them can add comments, and they can read each other's comments. As the album owner, you can also add your own comments.

De-activating your guest book
If you'd like to prevent friends from reading and/or adding comments about your album, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to your account, and click on the album you want to view.
  2. Then click on the 'guest book' link, located beneath the blue menu at the right of the page.
  3. A pop-up window will appear.
  4. Click 'close guest book to visitors.'

You can do this before you share the album or any time after you share the album. As the album owner, you'll still have access to the guest book, but friends with whom you share the album will not be able to access it.

De-activating your guest book does not permanently delete the comments that are in it, but it does prevent friends with whom you shared from viewing it. To remove individual comments, click the 'remove' link under each comment.
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Common Questions About Sharing Albums
Sharing Photos, Albums, and Projects
Sharing with Link
The Invitation to Share
After Sharing
Making Changes to a Shared Album
Privacy of Your Photos

Sharing Photos, Albums, and Projects

Who can I share my photos, albums, and projects with?
You can share your photos, albums, and projects with anyone who has an email address and can see Web pages.

Can I share one photo from an album?
Yes, you can. To share a single photo while viewing your album, click "share" in the blue menu on the right side of the page. Then click "share a photo" or "share this photo."

Can I share more than one album at a time?
Yes, you can. To share multiple albums at one time, click the "photos" tab at the top of any page to return to your photo library. From there, click "share" in the blue menu on the right side of the page. Then click "share albums."

Can I share only certain photos from an album, or do I have to share the whole thing?
When you share an album, your friends will see the entire album. However, before sharing an album, you can decide which photos will stay in that album. To move photos, click "edit & organize" in the blue menu on the right side of the page. Then click "move photos" in the menu that appears below.

Why can’t I share my calendar?
Right now, you can share photos, albums, and photobooks with friends and family members. Soon, you will also be able to share calendars. We are currently working to add this feature.

Sharing with Link

What does it mean to share a photo or album with a link?
With the URL-address link you can choose when and where you would like to share your photo or album. A URL-address link is a direct link to a web page with your photo or album. Copy and paste the URL-address link into an email from your own email provider or in an instant messenger chat.

Share to Facebook

What does it mean to share a photo or album to Facebook?
Facebook is a social network where you can stay continually connected to your friends and family. With this feature, you can easily share a link to your Clark albums and photos with your personal Facebook network.

Does this mean that everyone on Facebook will see my album?
No, only the friends and networks that you have given permission to in your Facebook privacy settings will see the link to your album or photo.

The Invitation to Share

What does the album invite look like when my friends receive it?
The "From" line on the email will be the first and last name on your Clark account. The "To" line on the email will contain only the email address of an individual recipient. This means that recipients of a share email will not be able to see the email addresses of everyone else to whom you sent the share invitation.

The "Subject" line of the email is standardized, or it can contain whatever you decide to enter. The main part of the email will contain the personalized message that you typed in, plus instructions on how to see your photo or album(s) and a link to your photos.

If your recipients are able to view HTML-formatted emails, they will also see a preview of the photo(s) you shared with them. When you share an album, the first photo in the album will appear in the invitation email. When you share a single photo, the photo will appear in the invitation email.

Will the invitation email tell my invited friends what to do?
The email contains instructions that tell your recipients exactly how to see your pictures. All your recipients need to do is click on the link provided in the email and then type in their email address and choose a password. You can add your own personal message to the invitation as well.

Are there any email attachments involved?
There are no attachments to emails sent from the Clark website. The pictures your friends see are securely stored in the Clark computer system, and they are viewed on the Clark website.

When your friends receive the share invite email from you, they will click on a link that brings them to the Clark website. They will then enter their email and password to create their own Clark account. From there, they will view your photos.

Can I write a personal message or change anything in the invitation?
You can personalize the subject line and main message that will be sent to your recipients when you invite them to see your photo or album(s). The instructions on how to see your photos cannot be changed.

How do I change my mind about sharing if I'm in the middle of the process?
Just click the gray "cancel" button, and you will be returned to your library. The invitation email will not be sent.

How do I know the invitation was sent?
You can choose to receive a copy of the email by checking the box next to "Send me a copy of this email" after you've selected your recipients. You will also see a confirmation page that contains the name of the album(s) or photo and the list of email addresses from the invitation. If you want to keep a record of the people you've shared with, you can print this confirmation page.

After Sharing

Once I've shared a photo or album(s), what can my friends do with it?
By signing in to Clark using an email address and a password, your friends can see the album anytime, plus order reprints and enlargements of any pictures they choose. Your friends cannot move, edit, re-caption, or delete the photos within your album. As the album owner, only you have the ability to make changes to your album.

Can people I share with order reprints? Who pays for them?
Yes, anyone you share a photo or album(s) with can order reprints on their own, at no cost to you! When they order reprints, they will submit their own billing information. You will never be charged for an order that someone else places.

What do you do with the names of people I share with?
The email addresses are added to your Clark address book, so you can share albums again without having to re-type email addresses. Clark will never use the email address of anyone you share with in any way other than to send an email invitation to share the album you selected.

Making changes to a shared album

If I share an album and then make changes to it, can my friends see the changes?
Yes. You still own your album; your recipients just have an invitation to see it. So your albums are always under your control. If you want to add photos to an album, update photo captions or the name of the album, rotate photos, or delete them, then your invited recipients will see the same changes in your album the next time they view it.

When I share an album, can other people make changes to it?
No. Only the album's original owner can make changes to the album.

If I share an album and then choose to delete it, can invited friends still see the album in their own accounts?
No. After you delete an album, the recipients you have invited to see the album will no longer be able to see it.

I've shared an album, but don't want anyone to see it anymore. What can I do?
If you've already shared an album with friends, the only way you can prevent them from seeing it is by deleting it. One way you can do this without losing the photos is to move all the pictures into a new album and then delete the old, empty album.

Privacy of your photos

Why do my friends have to sign up when I share my pictures with them?
Asking your friends to create their own account by typing in their email address and choosing a password ensures the privacy and security of your pictures.

When I share with someone, do they have access to my account and other albums?
Absolutely not! When you share an album or photos with a friend, only that specific album or photo can be seen by your friend. The photo(s) is viewed in your friend's own password-protected account on the Clark site.

The only person with access to your account is you. Your friends create their own accounts by typing in their email addresses and selecting passwords. From their accounts, they will have viewing privileges only for the photo(s) you shared with them, and any albums that they themselves create.

Can the public see my pictures?
No. The only people who see your photo(s) are those people who receive an email invitation from you to see the photo(s).

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Still have questions?
If you still need help, please browse the rest of the Clark Help section or check out our Customer Service page for the best way to contact our Customer Service team.


   
 
 
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