CRITERIA

The BNAPS webmaster will not actively solicit contributions but will post all contributions that meet the following criteria:

material must be owned by the contributor, who shall provide his/her membership number and a statement that BNAPS is authorized to present the material on the Internet.

owner's names need not be shown but must be known to the webmaster. Owners can choose to have their email addresses included, in order to receive any questions or comments from viewers.

viewers wishing to pose questions or comments to exhibit owners that are not identified can submit such to the webmaster, for transmission.

exhibits of one or two frames can be submitted in .pdf format (see below). Exhibits larger than two frames should be submitted as multiple .pdf files (e.g. a 3-frame exhibit should be submitted as 3 separate .pdf files)

shorter displays (e.g. a few covers or stamp images) can be submitted in a different format, subject to the agreement of the webmaster (see the Displays Page)

the webmaster will not consider exhibits that contain inappropriate references to other collectors or judges. This is intended to be a pleasant and educational activity.

File sizes are a limiting factor in most Internet presentations. A page of text takes very little file space. A page with an image of a cover added to the text takes much more file space. A page that is presented entirely as an image takes even more file space.

The example entitled: "19TH Century Brandon Post Office Postmarks" [ see the Exhibits Page ] was developed as follows:

1. The original exhibit was produced as a WORD document, with covers added to WORD pages using corner-holders.

2. Each exhibit page was put in a scanner and just the images scanned and saved as separate image files (this takes a couple of minutes). Be sure to save your .jpg images at about "half strength" - this greatly reduces file sizes but the human eye cannot easily discern that loss of quality.

3. Returning to the original WORD file (which includes text but not the covers), each image was added using the "Insert" command (this takes less than a minute).

4. Process was repeated for all 16 pages (an hour, maybe), thus producing a new WORD file.

5. A title page and the Synopsis were added to the front of the new WORD file. In this case the file size totalled over 23 MB, much too large for Internet presentation.

6. The file was converted to an Acrobat .pdf file, which is about 1.5 MB in size. This was done using Adobe Acrobat but .pdf files can also be made from some word processors or with inexpensive software.

7. If #6 is impossible, then owners can consult the webmaster about the option of mailing the file achieved at step #5 on a CD or DVD. The webmaster will convert it to .pdf format. Please DO NOT send material without prior consultation.