Hi Humecol and welcome back!
Yes, things have changed a lot since you were gone. Since having PhotoShelter, volunteers could leave comments to the photo that they would like to work on and then the distributor would download that photo to their gallery. Even with the current glitch, PhotoShelter was never set up so that volunteers could download their photos at will. All downloads have to go through a distributor--otherwise we would have no record of who had what photo and the date it was taken. We are hoping that this glitch will be fix in a week or two. For now, follow the instructions that Tori has listed and be patient as this has slowed down our processing time. If the problem in PhotoShelter cannot or will not be fixed, OPR will be looking for an alternative.
As to your problem of posting to the forum, it looks like you have that solved. You do need to be signed in and for replying to a post, all you have to do is click the "reply" button at the top or bottom. If you want to start a new topic--go to "Forum Home" and click on a catergory that fits your subject and when that comes up hit "New Topic" as you have done. If you would like to include a photo, see the instructions in The New Volunteer Welcome Center.Posting photos on the forum:
http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,2002.0.htmlSince Katrina, we have helped: Coffeyville, Ks; Winona, MN; Galveston, TX, Cedar Rapids, IA; Austell, GA. Now we will be getting ready for Nashville, TN. As you can see a lot has happened since Katrina.
Margie
