How To Put Photo Onto Website More Effectively a bit technical

[Peaktao 0]

hey I use FrontPage to do my website.And I'm making a gallery...so need to put lots of photos on one page.The problem is...if I put the full size photos, it'll take ages for them to load.I was wondering how to do this;put small versions of many photos (...like...1x1') on one page..But then you can click on the small photos...and it'll open a new window, showing the full-sized version.Thanks in advance for your advice.

[jlhaslip 4]

Here is a nice Thumbnail creator.

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/

And you certainly are on the right track with the size and download issues.
There are software packages for doing Photo-galleries. Some do the thumbnails for you, others don't. The Link above does an excellent job. It has been a while, but I think you can batch size them, select the pre- or suffix to include, lots of good options.

Have fun and enjoy yourself.

And here is a link to a Photo-Gallery software download page.

http://www.stadtaus.com/en/php_scripts/gallery_script/

I also have a bit of html that you might want to look at. It isn't automated, but it will fit onto a page that you have already coded into the Design you already have for your site template.

Send me a PM and I'll pass it over to you. I'll need your email addy to send you the info.

[SqlByte 0]

Or you can see more image gallerys  

 

hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_ries/index.html

 

or you can make with photoshop:

 

graphicssoft.about.com/cs/webgaller5webgallery.htm

[zaqy 0]

using frontpage ?i think at microsoft frontpage there are a way to make thumbmail .. i forgot .. you can try it by searching at help page.you can put your pictrure at other site then link it and make thumbmail on your site

[moogie 0]

Yes FrontPage will generate thumbnails for you. First place your pic in your html document. If you will have a lot of thumbnails all on the same page, then create a table first and put one pic in each cell.Then click on the pic to select it, go to your Pictures Toolbar and click Auto Thumbnail. FrontPage will automatically reduce the image size and also create a link to the full sized picture.You can change and set properties for thumbnails by going to the Tools menu, then choose Page Options and then choose the Auto Thumbnail tab. From here you can set or change a number of different options.

[jlhaslip 4]

Try this code:

<a href="large_picture_name_here.jpg" width="600" height="400" title="Large Picture Title" alt="No Pix Available" target="_blank"><img src="small_picture_name_here.jpg" width="60" height="40" title="thumbnail picture ~~ click to see larger picture" alt="small pix here" /></a>

Use the thumbnail size picture to display the larger picture when the thumbnail is clicked. Be sure to size the thumbnail and picture according to the size and shape your actual pictures are, or they will display distorted.
ie: if your thumbnail is 60x52, change the width and height to suit using the proportions of w=60 and h=52.
Ditto for the large picture.
There are other ways to do it, (ie: javascript) but I prefer the html method since javascript can be turned off in a client's browser so the rollovers won't work. The above code will open the large picture in an entirely new window and then return the client to your website when they close that window. There are other ways to handle the window, but this is the easiest way for beginning to learn about the html coding. Post here or send an email/pm if you wish to know other ways to handle the windows.

[xaetos 0]

This is the html code for making a thumbnail, and making it open in a different window. I have no idea about FrontPage, besides it messing up codes. Tables would work, from a html view, for lots of thumbnails..

<a href="full image url" target="_blank"><img src="thumbnail image url"></a>

You could also use this code with jlhaslip's to resize the image that way..