How do I allow another User to upload photos to iPhoto?

I have a new MacBook and I set it up so that my wife and I have different user accounts and use Fast Switching. Here is what I would like to do but I am having difficulty with it. I am the administrator for the machine. I set sharing to on and put the iPhoto library into the Shared folder. I would like my wife to be able to open iPhoto and download photos. Is this possible or can she only see the photos in the Library? In iPhoto preference I have checked off Look for my Photos and Share my photos. I have File Sharing turned on in System Preferences. Now when I go into my wife's account using Fast Switching and try to open iPhoto, I get a prompt asking me to locate the file where the photos are stored. I navigate to the iPhoto Library in Shared Folder and click on it. However, I get a message that says "The main photo library appears to be locked or in a read-only cd." Is there a workaround for this so that both my wife and I can add, edit, etc. photos to the same iPhoto library or is this not possible? I hope I was clear. Thanks.
Thom

You would need to make her ~/Pictures folder an alias of the shared Pictures folder within /Users/Shared
Make sure the permissions on that folder (get info) allow her there via others or group. (read & write)
Now, as for the first step, make sure that you move her ~/Pictures folder to the desktop first to copy over items after you've made the appropriate shortcut. That way, you two will be sharing the library and anything you copy there as well as her will be in the same place.
Scott

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