Help and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

From the home page, click the Get Started link (or click the Resume Project link along the top of any other page). You can create your MemoryBox Calendar in three simple steps. First, choose the photo you want to put on the cover, by clicking on the Upload button next to “Use Our Own Image.” This will open a window on your computer, asking you to find and select the image, from your files. Or, if you’d rather, you can choose an illustration from our library of images.

Either way, your cover art will come up on the calendar and you will be taken to Step 2: Customizing Your Cover. Here you can add a title to your calendar (by simply typing the title into the Title box), select a font, a font color and an outline color. Your MemoryBox Calendar is sized to resemble the shape of a standard digital image. However, if your picture is a different size than the cover, click on the Move Tool to shift the image as you wish. You can also change your cover art from color to black and white or sepia-toned.

When your cover is perfect, click on Step 3 to Create Your Messages. Select a day by either clicking on the Pick a Day calendar icon or clicking on any of the boxes on your calendar. Create your message by typing right into the edit box. You can change the appearance of any message by choosing a different font, font color or outline color.

If you want a little inspiration, you can click on the Ideas pull-down menu, where you can select from any of dozens of pre-written messages. If you want a lot of inspiration, click on the Pick a Theme menu, where you can select a theme that will fill in all 24 boxes with messages. You can edit any message by simply clicking on that window and typing over the copy as it appears in the edit box.

Finally, you can upload a picture into any of the windows, either alone or under a message. Please see the next FAQ, below, for details on uploading images.

If you want a picture in any of your 24 windows, simply click on the Add Your Own Photo or Art button at the bottom of Step 3. You will get an upload image tool box. Click on the Upload button and select your photo (just like you did on the cover). The image will load full size (larger than the window). Use the Move Tool and the Scale Tool to shrink and adjust your image so that the portion appearing in the window is exactly how you want. When it’s perfect, click the SAVE button to return to Step 3.

You can also select a piece of Clip Art for any window by clicking on the Add Clip Art button and selecting an image from our Clip Art library.

NOTE: you can place an image alone in a window or have it appear under a message. If you place both an image and a message in a window, we strongly recommend using a white outline on the message copy, so that it is legible over your picture.

In order to ensure that your MemoryBox calendar looks as good as possible, there are some size limitations for the .jpg photo files that you upload. To print a full-size 10” x 14” image on your cover, your .jpg photo file should be at least 1.2MB in size, and can be no more than 8MB. If your file is smaller than 1.2MB, you will be given the option of printing it in a reduced size, with a choice of background images behind it, or choosing a new image.

If your photo file is smaller than 300KB, it will not print well in the reduced size and you will receive a warning asking you to pick another image.

Images being uploaded to appear in one of individual windows must be between 200KB and 8MB in size.

Yes. However, we strongly recommend using a vertical image, as it matches the layout of your calendar and will allow the whole image to print full-sized. If you choose a horizontal image, you will be given two choices: you may choose to fill the entire vertical space with the image, requiring you to crop the image so that only part of it is shown; or you may use the full image in horizontal format in a reduced size, leaving a space above and below the horizontal shape.

If you choose to crop the image, use the Move Tool to select the part of the image that will be visible on your calendar cover.

The thumbnail image is not a representation of the cover of your calendar. The thumbnail is simply the image you uploaded to be used as part of the cover of your calendar. When printed your calendar will look like the image on the preview page.