Believe it or not, all of the myDailyPhoto staff works for free. This is because we all have a passion in photography, design, marketing, engineering or social networking.

If you have a passion that you think may be of assistance to us at myDailyPhoto and don't mind working for praise and the occasional gift basket, then shoot an e-mail over to one of our staff members.

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NOTICE TO INTERNET EXPLORER 6 USERS
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The photos on the front page are simply the newest public photos to be submitted. If you update right now your photo will appear on the front page until enough users update to kick you off.

Currently this honor is bestowed upon users after a review by the myDailyPhoto staff. Numerous factors go into the selection, but we won't tell you what exactly. Where would the fun be in that?

Top Users are calculated through a complex algorithm that factors in numerous equations. The algorithm is as described below:

( Days Posted × Percentage Posted ) × ( ( ( Friend Points ) + ( Comment Points ) + ( Vote Points ) + ( Photo Points × 50 ) ) / 10 )

Friend, comment, and vote points are calculated using simple weighting, e.g. 'Comments Posted × 2'. Photo points are based on the Top Photos algorithm.

Top Photos are calculated using a simple algorithm to weed out unfair voting scams, e.g. one user votes a friends photo as 5-Stars, therefore making the average rating for the photo 5. The algorithm is as described below:

( Total Rating / Votes Received ) × ( Votes Received / Possible Votes )

The total rating is the sum of all votes cast for a photo. Possible votes is the number of users in the community, minus the photographer who's photo is being ranked.

Please inform Tech Support immediately if you feel the photograph may violate the myDailyPhoto Terms of Service by displaying inappropriate, vulgar, copyrighted, or sexual content.

Technically speaking, it's up to us to decide whether images are acceptable or not for the site. As a general rule, though, try to imagine a PG-13 movie. Anything more risque than that and you're pushing the limits.

If you actually mean 'artful' and not 'trying to get away with as much as possible', then the image may be acceptable. Again, this is still a judgement call left up to us, and we reserve the right to remove any content from the site. If you are unsure about whether the image is acceptable, consider making it private. You may even contact Tech Support for an opinion on the image.

Sure, send your shot over to Tech Support and we'll make a ruling on whether your photograph is within acceptable standards. Don't forget, you can also make your photo private so that the general public can't view it.

When uploading a photo you are given the opportunity to set the privacy level for the image. You may also edit the privacy settings on your Manage Photos page. There are three different privacy levels:

(1) Public - The general public can view your photo
(2) Friends Only - Only those users who you accept as a friend can view your photo
(3) Private - Only you can view your photo

Of course you can! If you want to post a photo from a few days ago, just upload a photo like normal and be sure to change the date. The drop-down menu for the date is populated with dates that you've missed.

There are a few reasons that the upload process may have failed for you; the photo may be too large of a file (try scaling it down), the file may be corrupted, the file type may not be supported, and many others. If you've tried scaling down the image to make it a smaller file, next trying saving it as a JPG file if possible. If you're still having trouble, contact Tech Support.

After you've uploaded your photo we store it in a temporary directory on the server, and present you with a smaller version of the photo to use as a cropping guide. When you're done cropping we retrieve the selected portion from your uploaded photo, and destroy the original (we do this to reduce the load on the server to keep things running quickly and smoothly).

We then take the cropped image and make it a little bit smaller, and also make two other versions; one is the photos you see on a profile, and the other is a thumbnail that we use elsewhere around the site.

We will never sell or disclose any of your personal information to a third party without giving thirty-days notice (but don't expect that to happen, unless someone offers us a chance to give away a really cool prize or something and they need your contact info). All information is sent directly to the myDailyPhoto database and is never seen by the administrators of the website, except when required for technical support, upgrades, and normal management duties.

For further information on this matter, please refer to the Privacy Policy on the Legal page.

At this time you cannot change your username. Sorry!

Should you have a special circumstance that requires the change of your username, please contact Technical Support with an explanation and we'll do what we can to help you.

More than likely you're entering an incorrect username or password. If you've fogotten this information, please see the knowledge base article titled "I lost the Post-It note with my username (and/or) password. Can you help?". If you're absolutely positive that you're using the correct credentials, contact Tech Support for a password reset.

Sort of. If you contact Tech Support and give us your full name and e-mail address we can retrieve your username for you. Unfortunately, passwords are a bit more difficult. Because all passwords are encrypted not even the site administrators can access this information. We will be glad to reset your password for you, though.

Within your settings page you can set your profile to three different privacy levels:

(1) Public - The general public can view your profile
(2) Friends Only - Only those users who you accept as a friend can view your profile
(3) Private - Only you can view your profile

By deciding to make your profile private, you are removing yourself from the 'Search' databases.

If you only want to make certain photos private or friends-only, please read the appropriate knowledge base article.

The myDailyPhoto API allows third-party developers to access specific information from our site, including community, photo, and user data.

A good example of an third-party API application would be a social networking widget (e.g. Facebook or MySpace) that can display your latest photo updates on your page.

A users most sensitive information, such as mobile phone number, password and the like are never given out through the API. Private and friends-only photos and profiles are also blocked from API access. Applications using the API can only read data from your account, and not post or edit, unless you specifically log in to that application and grant it permission.

It is suggested that you allow API access as it causes no harm or privacy concerns with your profile, and it helps generate a richer experience for the community, and you!

User's can post an excuse to let the community know why they're currently unavailable to post. This feature was added because numerous users were getting barraged by their friends for not keeping up-to-date. And rightfully so.

Of course not. If you're posting daily and don't need an excuse simply clear it and your excuse will display the default "no excuse" message.

The Posting Percentage Meter (PPM) displays, well, the percentage of days a user has posted since joining. Each square represents 10%. Blue squares show that a user has successfully posted for that percentage, while grey squares show the percentage of days missed.

The images which display when you've missed a day insult you to help with your motivation (and keep things a bit on the light-hearted side). Please don't take any personal offense!