Forum Gallery - Yes or No?

[John Langevin]

I just visited http://www.canadianwoodworking.com/forum/vbpicgallery.phpand they have a new gallery setup with individual galleries. I think it is worth checking out to get an idea how it may work. One thing I think is very important in any photo gallery is the ease of accessing the individual images. I prefer to step through the images with a "Next" or "Previous" button rather than going back to the index of images, picking an image and then opening it. If the index was always visible then you would be able to skip to the desired image if you wish. If the images can be saved as .JPG files this is also very nice; it saves having to save the entire HTML page to your computer and then having to strip out all of the associated images of ads, buttons etc. If you do visit the website take a look at the bar made by hammeritharder, very nice work; Per I would find your critique of the bar informative.

 

[Dan Clark]

John,

That link doesn't work.

Dan.

 

[John Langevin]

Dan this is my first time trying to add a link and I obviously don't have it right. I typed in the web address: canadianwoodworking.com/index.php then highlighted it and clicked the "add a link button". Could you take a look at it and then post or e-mail me the correct text?

 

[Frank Pellow]

Dan this is my first time trying to add a link and I obviously don't have it right. I typed in the web address: canadianwoodworking.com/index.php then highlighted it and clicked the "add a link button". Could you take a look at it and then post or e-mail me the correct text?

I think that this link should work:http://www.canadianwoodworking.com/forum/vbpicgallery.php?

 

[Ned]

I typed in the web address: canadianwoodworking.com/index.php then highlighted it and clicked the "add a link button". Could you take a look at it and then post or e-mail me the correct text?

Hi John,

Canadian Woodworking Forum

I generally avoid typing web addresses into these posts--it's more reliable to copy them from my browser when I'm looking at the page I want. 

The code to add a link manually is simple.  If you Quote this message as if you were going to reply, I think you'll be able to see the "url" tags that make the magic happen.

HTH,
Ned

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Granted individual members Gallery would be nice... but wouldn't this take a lot of disk space?

Well, I want people to have the space to post photos as they see fit.  Of course, we should be wise about our use of space.  In my experience, you can get high-quality photos for online viewing at about 110Kb or under.

As a general rule, it would be good for members to try to resize their photos to be as small as possible, without compromising quality.

Dan has done a lot of work on a photo tutorial, and he addresses this issue.  Thank you to Dan!

Matthew

 

[ArtFrank]

Dan has done a lot of work on a photo tutorial, and he addresses this issue.

Is this available?

 

[Dan Clark]

The draft version of the first one should be available shortly.

Dan.

 

[John Langevin]

Ned and Frank thanks for the correction, it works properly now. I forgot to credit Frank Pellow for initally posting the link to the Canadian gallery.