I am using FP2000. I have placed a bunch of pictures on a page and thumbnailed them all so that I put about 4 or 5 thumbnails alonside each other. What I would like to happen is when you click on the thumbnail to display the larger image I would like the larger image to appear centered. Is there a way to accomplish this?
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If you want a whole new page to be loaded with just the large picture on it then create a new file and insert a table in it. Make the table 100% height & width and then right click and choose center horizontally and vertically. Then place your picture inside.
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volkoff007 Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it out and of course it works great. My concern, however, is that eventually there will be a lot of pictures meaning a lot of new pages. Doesn't this solution use a lot of overhead? (storage space, loading time, etc.) I was hoping there might be a dhmtl of java solution but have not been able to find one. And maybe I'm wrong and your solution would use less resources although it's going to create a lot of pages to keep track of.
Again thanks for the response.
Again thanks for the response.
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>>My concern, however, is that eventually there will be a lot of pictures meaning a lot of new pages. >>
I do the same thing on my Web site. I have about 500 photos and accompanying pages. I went this route quite simply because it looks more professional than just having it go to an image file.
>>Doesn't this solution use a lot of overhead? (storage space, loading time, etc.) >>
The HTML pages themselves are only about 4KB. The overhead usually comes from the image files, which tend to much larger. I keep mine restricted to 30KB and under, which keeps the load time down. The big advantages of using the HMTL pages is that is does look better, and you can use keywords in your Heading 1 tag, which carries weight on search engines.
You can make things a lot easier for yourself by thinking about the organization of the files. These are things I've learned through a lot of trial and error:
Use a naming convention. Name both your photo and the page the same thing--i.e., below01.html and below02.jpg to make them easier to find.
For single digit numbers, use a zero and then the number or they won't sort properly.
Keep the naming convention simple and use words you can understand.
Organize them into matching folders (i.e., a folder called below).
I took it a step further. I only have about 12 thumbnails to a page, with each linked to a corresponding HTML file. For each new thumbnail page, I created a folder and put the thumbnail page and all the corresponding pages into it. In my case, it's below/01. That helped me keep better track of all the files and cut down on the number of orphans.
Finally, I run the Unlinked files report periodically to make sure I don't have any orphans.
I do the same thing on my Web site. I have about 500 photos and accompanying pages. I went this route quite simply because it looks more professional than just having it go to an image file.
>>Doesn't this solution use a lot of overhead? (storage space, loading time, etc.) >>
The HTML pages themselves are only about 4KB. The overhead usually comes from the image files, which tend to much larger. I keep mine restricted to 30KB and under, which keeps the load time down. The big advantages of using the HMTL pages is that is does look better, and you can use keywords in your Heading 1 tag, which carries weight on search engines.
You can make things a lot easier for yourself by thinking about the organization of the files. These are things I've learned through a lot of trial and error:
Use a naming convention. Name both your photo and the page the same thing--i.e., below01.html and below02.jpg to make them easier to find.
For single digit numbers, use a zero and then the number or they won't sort properly.
Keep the naming convention simple and use words you can understand.
Organize them into matching folders (i.e., a folder called below).
I took it a step further. I only have about 12 thumbnails to a page, with each linked to a corresponding HTML file. For each new thumbnail page, I created a folder and put the thumbnail page and all the corresponding pages into it. In my case, it's below/01. That helped me keep better track of all the files and cut down on the number of orphans.
Finally, I run the Unlinked files report periodically to make sure I don't have any orphans.
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Thanks Garridon You have aleviated my concerns. It certainly makes the presentaion more profesional and gives the added bonus of inserting another cell in which to put descriptions, instruction, etc.
I won't have anywhere near 500 pictures on this site but I can already see the need for getting better organized with folders because of the many categories involved.
Thanks again.
I won't have anywhere near 500 pictures on this site but I can already see the need for getting better organized with folders because of the many categories involved.
Thanks again.
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