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Technical specification for AlamyUpload

To be ready for AlamyUpload you may wish to check that it will work on your operating system and choice of browser. Here are the minimum requirements.

Mac users

Apple Macintosh X 10.4 with Safari and Firefox

  1. AlamyUpload is supported on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
  2. AlamyUpload is supported on the following browsers:
    • Safari
    • Firefox 1.5 and later. To check which version of Firefox you have:
      1. start Firefox;
      2. click Firefox in the top menu;
      3. click About Mozilla Firefox.
  3. AlamyUpload uses a Java Applet which requires version 5 or later (also called version 1.5) of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). To check which version you are running:
    1. visit www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml;
    2. if the JRE is installed and enabled you will see an animated figure, above which will be the version information. The version of the JRE must be 1.5 or greater.
    3. if the version is wrong, or you do not see the animated character, you will need to do one or more of the following:
      1. Install JRE 1.5 or later from the Apple website.
      2. Update to JRE 1.5 or later from the Apple website.
      3. Enable Java from within Firefox Options:
        1. start Firefox;
        2. click Firefox and then Preferences;
        3. click the Content tab;
        4. select the Enable Java option.
  4. If you use Mac OS X 10.4, you should already have version 5 of the JRE installed. However, you may want to visit the Apple website to download the latest version for your system; and you may may need to configure it as the default version. To do this:
    1. On your Mac, use the Java Preferences Utility found in the directory:
      Applications/Utilities/Java/J2SE 5.0/
    2. Restart your browser for this change to take effect.

PC users

Windows PC with Internet Explorer

  1. AlamyUpload is supported on Internet Explorer 6 and later. To check which version you have:
    1. start Internet Explorer;
    2. click Help;
    3. click About Internet Explorer.
  2. AlamyUpload uses an Active X component which is installed as the page loads.
  3. If you still have problems, it may be because you need Administrator privileges on your computer. Please ask your network administrator for assistance.

Windows PC with Firefox

  1. AlamyUpload is supported on Firefox 1.5 and later. To check which version you have:
    1. start Firefox;
    2. click Help;
    3. click About Mozilla Firefox.
  2. AlamyUpload uses a Java Applet which requires version 5 or later (also called version 1.5) of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). To check which version you are running:
    1. visit www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml;
    2. if the JRE is installed and enabled you will see an animated figure above which will be the version information. The version of the JRE must be 1.5 or greater.
    3. if the version is wrong, or you do not see the animated character, you will need to do one or more of the following:
      1. Install JRE 1.5 or later from the Java website.
      2. Update to JRE 1.5 or later from the Java website.
      3. Enable Java from within Firefox Options:
        1. start Firefox;
        2. click Tools and then Options...;
        3. click the Content tab;
        4. select the Enable Java option.
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