Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My preference is to separate the data from the display programming and link the two using ASP scripts. I have a Microsoft Access database that has fields to describe the picture, etc., then just a couple of pages that link to the database. For example, my PAW page is http://www.sleepytom.com/PAW/Index.asp , which looks at my database, and grabs any image where the field called "PAW" is not null, then shows all the thumbnails for these images. Then, no matter which thumbnail you click, you get sent to http://www.sleepytom.com/PAW/PAW2.asp . The script will automatically append the index number of the thumbnail to the second page in order to show the right enlargement. (e.g. http://www.sleepytom.com/PAW/PAW2.asp?i=1203 will show the picture with index number 1203). The html is generated "on the fly" by Active Server Pages scripting. This might be more complicated than you were looking for, but if you are willing to learn a little programming it isn't too hard. You can start by going to www.4guysfromrolla.com . This saves me from having to generate a new html page for every photo. It also allows me to do things like rotate images and quotations on my front page (http://www.sleepytom.com/). Once you learn how to do this you can really start being creative with it. Tom Smart - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert & Lee Kanner" <kanner@acm.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: [Leica] Photos on web > This is a request for some help. My first attempts to put photos on a web > site was to use photo.net. I didn't like either their awkward interface or > the slow response. I then discovered photoalbumweb. Very convenient; very > neat interface. But, I didn't have the precise control of display size I > would like, and friends reported that if their browser refused cookies, the > thumbnails wouldn't expand. So, I finally decided to use Photoshop to > resample my scans to the exact size I wanted and to plant pictures on my > own web site at members.telocity.com/kanner. This works well if I want to > distribute one URL per picture. But it would be nice to put up a page of > thumbnails that link to the pictures. Can anyone recommend some software > that will do that for me? > > Thanks, > > Herb > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner@acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html