First opinions please

i'm the same predicement as you Dod, i currently use a folder on my webspace to show my pics, i need to designa front page and a gallery etc, just don't havetime atm (any volunteers lol?)

3rd idea of yours is definitely the best so far though, i'm no expert in html thoough so can't offer any help in that department :)
 
To get around the navigation issues on the gallery page can you not just call the gallery script into the "main" section of your gallery page so that it keeps the header and navigation sections?

As you have used a independant gallery script it should be easy to do as long as you place the call to that in the right section (the same bit where you call contacts, or the links info) on the other pages. That should do it and solve two of your issues.

Also in firefox (I have not tested in IE) but if I use the back button on my browser instead of one of your links I loose the links and the descriptions of where and what the links lead to in your navigation. It still shows the links section but without the buttons so their is no way to navigate to "home, links, gallery, contact" etc. If I hit refresh though it loads ok, I don't know what is going on there?
 
One other thing I have just realised..your navigation is in Flash, if a user doesn't have or want to instal flash then they won't be able to use your site at all. I have no facts or figures on how many users don't have/have flash but the general practice for us commoners is to try to appeal to as many users as possible and only use advanced options like flash and java where they are not essential and add only eye candy, that way if the end user doesn't have those installed they can still view and use all of your sites essentials.

HTH
 
Steve said:
One other thing I have just realised..your navigation is in Flash, if a user doesn't have or want to instal flash then they won't be able to use your site at all. I have no facts or figures on how many users don't have/have flash but the general practice for us commoners is to try to appeal to as many users as possible and only use advanced options like flash and java where they are not essential and add only eye candy, that way if the end user doesn't have those installed they can still view and use all of your sites essentials.

HTH
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Grrrrrr. Rashum, fashum, dick dastardly :hissyfit: :banghead:

Ta ;)
 
Or you could just stick with the flash and leave a note saying "Go bury yer heid ya luddite" for those who don't have the plugin :)
 
Righty ho, version, 18,238 is coming along, Jalbum is integrated with a design, (different one Steve :laugh1: ) but I've got a problem I can't work out :(

The navigation at the top level works fine. However, go to the gallery or a slide page and instead of going all the way back to the main Index or links page it looks for an index/links/download in the pictures directory.

I tried using $rootPath but this doesn't seem to make it do what I want.

Can any of you experts give me a clue as to where I'm going wrong please :(

NB Not all the slides are uploaded and I need to reduce the size of the background graphic :embarasse

HERE
 
Indeed if the background graphic is that griddy thing then it's very in your face and distracting.

The gallery index images are far too small and there's waaaaay too many of them, unless your intention is just to store a lot of images on the web? There should be some kind of text description of each so folk know what they are looking at, after scanning through 3 pages they all began to look the same to me (again that's partly down to thumbnail size). I've not used Jalbum so I don't know if it's possible to subdivide your collection into groups? perhaps by event or date or rider?

The Home link from the gallery page doesn't point to your home page but I think that's an easy fix and can wait.
 
another thing, your external links send your visitors off the site. Don't do that. use: -

Code: 
<a href="http://www.moo.com/" target="_blank">click to visit moo.com</a>

sure you've got this covered but remember the page titles. This has an important impact on how the site is ranked.

When choosing colours, stick to 1 or 2 and make sure they are complementary - black and white don't count.
This place has a colour chart I swear by.
http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html


as for flash, ignore the luddites use it, market penetration is in excess 95% for flash 5 so as long as you don't use the latest flash code (unlikely) then you won't have an issue.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html

http://www.hardmuircroft.plus.com/photosite/background.gif is 0.5mb! get rid of that NOW! :)
Given that it's a repeating pattern u should be able to get that down to a 10x10 pixel square or thereabouts
 
The next phase of this is to have a shopping cart, it's not so much a photography portfolio. Looking around some of the other photogs sites the number of thumbnails shouldn't be a problem, (the riders are more concerned with the photo than the site design), although the size should be increased. Future galleries will be split into A/B/C etc so will reduce the thumbnails per section although there will still be a lot.

Steep said:
The Home link from the gallery page doesn't point to your home page but I think that's an easy fix and can wait.
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That's actually the biggest problem Steep.
The way Jalbum works is it creates a slide template for each picture when you click the thumbnail. It's held in the res folder and the slide gets created in the gallery directories. The slide.htt and index.htt files define the layout of the slide pages and I've tried to edit them so "home", "contact" etc points back to the main files and I can't work it out :hissyfit:

Orangepeel, I know about that file, it's probably going to go anyway but I was just experimenting with different looks :) The page names, "blank" etc do need to be tidied up but I'm just you're typical dabbler who happens to have dreamweaver ;)

Edit: this is the bit from the slide.htt file I'm speaking about, I've tried $rootPath and ../ and neither does what I thought it should :(

<td height="40" valign="top" bgcolor="#F4F4F4"><div align="center"><a href="../index.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image3','','$resPath/homeon.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/homeoff.gif" name="Image3" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a><a href="../gallery.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image4','','$resPath/galleryon.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/galleryoff.gif" name="Image4" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a><a href="../links.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image5','','$resPath/linkson.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/linkoff.gif" name="Image5" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a><a href="../download.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image6','','$resPath/downloadon.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/downloadoff.gif" name="Image6" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a><a href="../about.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image8','','$resPath/Abouton.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/aboutoff.gif" name="Image8" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a><a href="../contact.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image7','','$resPath/contacton.gif',1)"><img src="$resPath/contactoff.gif" name="Image7" width="98" height="28" border="0"></a></div></td>
</tr>
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If they are always going to be the same then change them to:

Code: 
 ,a href="/index.htm" .....
 
Hi Dod.

I know it may seem a bit late in the day ( I only just picked up on this thread) but how about using some of the free php software that exists.

With a content manager such as Joomla and various Gallery programs such as coppermine you can put together a great looking site with minimum fuss.

This forum is based on php technology and although you have to buy this program there are a number of forum boards that are free.

On my website I host a family site and a paragliding club's site. Both are Joomla based with various plugins and php add-ons, modules or components. All are very simple to use.

The only page I did on dreamweaver was the front page, everything else was "menu" driven.
 
I have just had a look...

The gallery link is not working..."The requested URL /photosite/Motocross/web shots/album/gallery.htm was not found on this server." But if I click on the main picture on the index I get the gallery?

Once there if i click a picture I get..."The requested URL /photosite/Motocross/web shots/album/slides/IMG_8672.html was not found on this server." So it seems you have some url direction errors currently?
 
hmm what everyone else has said + when I allowed your page to use java script I don't I don't like your swapover image on the menu I like the concept just I think the inverted look is a touch nasty
 
The swap over can be easily achieved without javascript also, plus I would stick to absolute basics for the coding to allow more people to be able to view more of your site correctly. Save the Javascript for the extra features if you must use it, not for anywhere that it is essential like navigation ;)
 
Didn't even realise I'd used java!! I just used insert roll over image in dream weaver :confused- :shock: :confused: :laugh1:
 
Steve said:
Steep learning curve ehh ;)
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Yep :getmecoat

Gemok, I know what you're saying but you didn't see the last one, now that was just plain vulgar :laugh1:
 
You are definitely moving in the right direction, however you seem to be taking the scenic route ;)
 
Steve said:
Steep learning curve ehh ;)
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Taking my name in vain again...sigh...:p
 
ahem. java <> javascript.

java is a platform independant programming language.

javascript is a browser dependant scripting language.

/pedant off
 
Fabulous work dod, you've moved on leaps and bounds since the first page. Top stuff. :)

I don't think anybody else mentioned this...Perhaps I shouldn’t. ;)

If I may add another layer.
You may want to consider an alternative way to construct your pages...replace those horrid tables with boxes and floating boxes...Its worth knowing at this early stage I think....design wise its fab. (Merging of images/links/buttons etc and text over the top in html, which is important for google etc.)

Have a look at
http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/mypage9.html right click and then 'view page source’. Cut and paste the code and slap it into a new blank Dream weaver page....copy, then play.

But first read this; the box model. http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/css/box-model/


For example you can place an image into a <box> by placing it as a background in your box (background-image: url(location of file/the file.jpg);....you can change the size of the box to fit.....tip; use the <divs> a bit like you would use layers.

I built correctly it will look exactly the same in all browsers.

HTH ;)
 
Forbiddenbiker, I understood about 1% of that (insert insane grinning smiley) :D

Version 75,687 is up and this time it's live. Loads to fix through yet but decided to bite the bullet and go with it.

www.dodspics.com
 
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