It’s taken a while for our boffins (that’s Ali with the laptop and Maria stood behind him with the rolling pin, at Magicalia Ltd, FM’s parent company) to produce it, but here it is, the FISHINGmagic Gallery. But it’s been well worth the wait, for, as you’ve come to expect from Magicalia, it’s not just any old gallery but one with some really interesting bells and whistles.
You’ll find the Gallery here (under the ‘Technique’ tab along the top) where you can create different albums and upload images to each of them. But before you create any albums or post any images have a good read of the gallery guide.
Each member is limited to a total of 3 megabytes (mb) and a limit of 250 kilobytes (kb) per image. That’s a total of 12 images if each one is the full 250kb size. But if you optimise your pictures as much as possible whilst still maintaining a reasonable quality, you’ll be able to upload quite a few more than that.
When you submit an image it won’t go live immediately. As you would expect, they have to be given the once-over before they go live just in case, for instance, Jack the Lad has uploaded something a bit too saucy for our delicate dispositions.
You can make your albums private, or leave them open for anyone to be able to add pictures to the album, start discussions on the album in the forum (and the images contained within it) and rate the images. You can link your image to a product in our member review system (‘You Say’) if you wish, so other members can see, for instance, what tackle you were using in the picture or to catch the fish you’re pictured with.
Any visitor to the FM website can view the gallery but you have to be a member (logged in) to be able to post images. Membership is free and takes just a few minutes to sign up. Just go
