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Hi,

I am trying to understand the different methods of customizing the startpage. I'd like to display a photo but also include some custom fonts and a logo the startpage. It it easiest to do this by setting the startpage to a filemod or a textpage? Are there any WSIWYG tools for doing this or am I forced into learning html tags and CSS stylesheets?

Also, is it possible to include a few thumbnails on the startpage and have each one take you directly into a gallery when clicked? If so, is it best to create this start page as a separate HTML file?

Thanks!

-Dave

PS - This is a great tool, but I sure have a lot to learn...

Using the basic gallery is quite easy, but like you say, if you want to take advantage of the flexibility in creating custom pages, you need to dig in a little.

The textpage will allow you to display custom text, some logo and perhaps a small photo. The filemod/photoblinds only allows you to display a photo with a basic description above.

As for custom fonts, do you mean use an actual CUSTOM font? You can of course put any text you want there, but you can just use ANY font. Just like HTML, you are restricted to font families, or groups of fonts that are available on most computers.

Unfortunately, there is no wysiwig editor currently, but we are trying to add that to 2.1 release. If you want to change the STYLES/FONTS of the text, you may need to edit the CSS file. This is not easy if you never worked with CSS before, but simply changing a few values should not be too difficult. Read more on CSS:
viewtopic.php?t=4270

You "can" integrate a few thumbnails, but I am not sure I would recommend it. Flash textfields(as in imagevue textpages) are not completely identical to standard html pages, and it is a bit tedious getting images to display as you want them, and of course, it is a manual job for you to add the thumbnails. However, fi you do, it would not be a problem to link them to separate galleries, but it will be a manual task for you to create and manage.

Generally speaking, I would recommend this: If you want to display a generous amount of text and some logo, you should go with a textpage, and perhaps try to keep it simple. If you only have a little text, then you could use the photoblinds startimage and display your text above the picture. You could for example create a startimage that includes your logo transposed over one of your designs/photos...

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the great info!

With respect to fonts - I will likely use a custom font which I do understand would require me to include it as a bitmap (and take longer to download).

I don't need to display much text, just a photo or two, a line or two of custom fonts and my logo. If I create a startimage that includes all of this, can I remove the border when that image is displayed without affecting the display of images and thumbnails in the remaining galleries?

Also, I could create a custom html file as a starting point and then link to the individuals gallery. Would this work or am I asking for trouble by mixing html and flash?

Thanks!

-Dave

dbk123 wrote:With respect to fonts - I will likely use a custom font which I do understand would require me to include it as a bitmap (and take longer to download).

Almost ... To use a custom font, you would need to embed the font outlines in the FLA source file and re-export, and then this topic would apply to you:
viewtopic.php?t=4233

dbk123 wrote:I don't need to display much text, just a photo or two, a line or two of custom fonts and my logo. If I create a startimage that includes all of this, can I remove the border when that image is displayed without affecting the display of images and thumbnails in the remaining galleries?

Yes, you can remove the frame independently... More on specific filemod settings here:
www.photo.gallery/v2docs/articles/filemod/
Why not make a startimage collage which has your logo, designs, and "custom fonts"? Then you don't have to worry about the top issue at least ...

dbk123 wrote:Also, I could create a custom html file as a starting point and then link to the individuals gallery. Would this work or am I asking for trouble by mixing html and flash?

Not quite sure what you are asking of here. You can of course create a separate, independent HTML page and link it to the imagevue gallery. This file basically has nothing to do with the gallery though, except that it links to it ... Not really sure what you have in mind, or what you are trying to achieve by this?

You wrote:Why not make a startimage collage which has your logo, designs, and "custom fonts"? Then you don't have to worry about the top issue at least

Great idea and exactly where I was headed. This is why I asked about changing the frame/border on the image in the startpage only and not in the galleries.

You wrote:Not quite sure what you are asking of here. You can of course create a separate, independent HTML page and link it to the imagevue gallery. This file basically has nothing to do with the gallery though, except that it links to it ... Not really sure what you have in mind, or what you are trying to achieve by this?

What I'd like to do is include a startpage containing a thumbnail image from each of my galleries. Then when the user clicks on one of the images they are taken directly to the thumbnail view for the appropriate gallery and can then use the drop down gallery menu that is part of Imagevue to contain their navigation. Could you please tell me how to do this?

Thanks much,

-Dave

Sorry for late reply, I was MIA

You can disable the border/frame for startimage/filemod by setting "frame=false" in the parameters field for that page in admin.

As for creating thumbnails in textpage, I don't recommend it. You can of course proceed, but there is no premade scripts or functions to achieve this. Textfields are FREETEXT - Basically you add what you yourself want, and it also supports html.

Hi Karl,

Thanks for letting me know. Please consider the option of a thumbnail gallery that could be used as a start for a future version. It would be great to display a selected thumbnail from each gallery and have the viewer taken directly to appropriate gallery when they click on the thumbnail.

A quick question: which attribute in the css stylesheet controls the color of the folder names that are displayed in the popout from the main gallery menu and listed above the thumbnail grid? (This is blue in the default style).

Thanks,

-Dave

When you say "thumbnail gallery" I presume you mean a gallery overview page with thumbnails pointing to each gallery? This has been requested earlier, and we will certainly look into ...

For the CSS, you mean from the main menu or for the thumbnails? For the tooltip that appears when rolling over the menu, check ".folderdescription_title"

mjau-mjau wrote:When you say "thumbnail gallery" I presume you mean a gallery overview page with thumbnails pointing to each gallery? This has been requested earlier, and we will certainly look into ...

For the CSS, you mean from the main menu or for the thumbnails? For the tooltip that appears when rolling over the menu, check ".folderdescription_title"

Yes. Your description of the thumbnail gallery is exactly what I was referring to. It would be great to allow the user to control where the thumbnails appear on the page to leave for text etc. Perhaps this could even be part of the WSIWYG editing that I've heard mentioned.


With regard to my question about text color. I mean the blue text (in the default style) that appears just above the thumbnail preview that slides out from the main menu when the user passes the mouse over the gallery selection in the main menu and also the blue text that appears above the gallery of thumbnails. This text string is based on the title of the folder.

Thanks!

-Dave

Yup, well you need to edit the CSS style I mentioned - ".folderdescription_title"

Got it. Thanks!

-Dave