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In article <>,
David Segall <> wrote:

> dorayme <> wrote:
>
> >If anyone has used a Mac compatible generator that is template
> >customisable (not just with some options but with user being able
> >to write the html and css without roadblocks), would not mind
> >hearing about it.
> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.

Thanks David, I will take another look, I have downloaded this
twice in the past and still have it. I did not look closely at
the flexibility of writing one's own templates. Have you actually
done this with this program or know anyone who has?

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dorayme

On Sep 13, 6:22 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > I suspect it is a bit of a lost cause but just wondered if anyone
> > > has done anything interesting to make PS CS generate half decent
> > > accessible web pages to a higher standard?
> > You know, I use it [Photoshop Weg Image Gallary] every time we come
> > back from a trip with the family...
> Sure, it might satisfy many people. But how selfless do you
> expect me to be?...

what ever

dorayme <> wrote:

>In article <>,
> David Segall <> wrote:
>
>> dorayme <> wrote:
>>
>> >If anyone has used a Mac compatible generator that is template
>> >customisable (not just with some options but with user being able
>> >to write the html and css without roadblocks), would not mind
>> >hearing about it.
>> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
>> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
>> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
>> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
>> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.
>
>Thanks David, I will take another look, I have downloaded this
>twice in the past and still have it. I did not look closely at
>the flexibility of writing one's own templates. Have you actually
>done this with this program or know anyone who has?
Yes, I have. If you visit
<http://profectus.com.au/albums/Wise%20Tennis/index.html> you can look
at a gallery produced by JAlbum and can navigate back to the main site
to see that the gallery matches the general layout of the site. The
mismatches are either my fault or deliberate because, for example, I
did not want the Company logo on a page of photographs. They are not
the fault of JAlbum.

You may get a 404 when you access the URL. If so, it will be because I
host the site on my computer and if my computer is down I
automatically switch to a duplicate site hosted on the free space
provided by my ISP which is not sufficient to include photograph
albums. This shows up a possible flaw for you with JAlbum but which,
for me, is a feature. JAlbum expects a particular directory structure
with a top level of albums. On the fallback site the albums directory
contains an apology for the missing photographs.

As ever, it comes down to the perennial "visual web page designer"
versus "pointy stick in the sand" debate. I find JAlbum an excellent
compromise but I must confess that I like Dreamweaver .

In article
< .com>,
Travis Newbury <> wrote:

Just btw, I assume there might be a Flash option to auto generate
an album somewhere and that you would be a bit keen on this?

I have been looking at JAlbum and it seems pretty good in its
latest version... Just using it with set options is at least a
way of organising masses of pics in a pleasing enough fashion.

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dorayme

In article <>,
David Segall <> wrote:

> dorayme <> wrote:
>
> >In article <>,
> > David Segall <> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >If anyone has used a Mac compatible generator that is template
> >> >customisable (not just with some options but with user being able
> >> >to write the html and css without roadblocks), would not mind
> >> >hearing about it.
> >> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
> >> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
> >> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
> >> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
> >> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.
> >
> >Thanks David, I will take another look,


> <http://profectus.com.au/albums/Wise%20Tennis/index.html> you can look
> at a gallery produced by JAlbum and can navigate back to the main site
> to see that the gallery matches the general layout of the site. The
> mismatches are either my fault or deliberate because, for example, I
> did not want the Company logo on a page of photographs. They are not
> the fault of JAlbum.

That's fine. I was able to see them ok. Very nice. As I said in
last post, I have updated my JAlbum and it does look pretty good.
Have even made a small album this morning. Thanks for the
reminder about this software. I am looking at the folder in which
the software sits in my Apps and will look into where the
templates are kept etc. Will let you see the first album I get to
publish via it - perhaps on that JAlbum hosting site which I
signed up for while at it. I like this generator more than the PS
CS one...

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dorayme

On Sep 14, 5:29 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Just btw, I assume there might be a Flash option to auto generate
> an album somewhere and that you would be a bit keen on this?

I believe there are a few Flash options for the photo gallery. They
let you add music to the slide show if you like. I personally use the
plain old thumbs on the left side and larger images on the right.

> I have been looking at JAlbum and it seems pretty good in its
> latest version... Just using it with set options is at least a
> way of organising masses of pics in a pleasing enough fashion.

JAlbum looks like a perfectly good option for creating your photo
album

In article
<. com>,
Travis Newbury <> wrote:

> On Sep 14, 5:29 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Just btw, I assume there might be a Flash option to auto generate
> > an album somewhere and that you would be a bit keen on this?
>
> I believe there are a few Flash options for the photo gallery. They
> let you add music to the slide show if you like. I personally use the
> plain old thumbs on the left side and larger images on the right.
>
> > I have been looking at JAlbum and it seems pretty good in its
> > latest version... Just using it with set options is at least a
> > way of organising masses of pics in a pleasing enough fashion.
>
> JAlbum looks like a perfectly good option for creating your photo
> album

I have been fiddling with it a bit and the set options are easy
at least and would please many people well enough. They even have
their own free hosting for albums.

I have yet to work out how to do what I want in the html and css
with this software. My thoughts are also turning to reviewing
posts and things about server side options.

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dorayme

In article <>,
David Segall <> wrote:

> >> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
> >> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
> >> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
> >> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
> >> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.
> >
> >Thanks David, I will take another look, I have downloaded this
> >twice in the past and still have it. I did not look closely at
> >the flexibility of writing one's own templates. Have you actually
> >done this with this program or know anyone who has?
> Yes, I have.

Well, I finally got around to having a play with jAlbum. It is
pretty impressive. I have asked a question about the following on
the jAlbum forums but perhaps I will mention it here to follow up
and also thank you for mentioning this software which works well
on my Mac.

Have been experimenting on the minimal skin. I really would like
to be rid of the table layout (basically for a solid tactical
reason rather than a strategic one, to use the browser window
effectively rather than merely not use tables for layout).

Here is my first experiment:

http://dorayme.myjalbum.net/AustraliaDay/index.html

I have roughly got the hang of altering the html and css for the
actual enlargements ("slides"), but am unsure whether it is
possible to be rid of the tables layout for the index page at the
pre generation level, that is the index.htt file. It looks as if
this might be tricky since the generating code seems wedded to
tables? I favour quite a different sort of layout; a simple model
would be just all images or their containing divs getting a
float: left. Not asking about how to make the html or css,
rather, how to adapt such a thing to this index.htt so that the
indexes are generated automatically. Anyone any ideas besides
hand crafting the index page separately after the album is
generated?

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dorayme

dorayme <> wrote:

>In article <>,
> David Segall <> wrote:
>
>> >> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
>> >> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
>> >> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
>> >> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
>> >> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.
>> >
>> >Thanks David, I will take another look, I have downloaded this
>> >twice in the past and still have it. I did not look closely at
>> >the flexibility of writing one's own templates. Have you actually
>> >done this with this program or know anyone who has?
>> Yes, I have.
>
>Well, I finally got around to having a play with jAlbum. It is
>pretty impressive. I have asked a question about the following on
>the jAlbum forums but perhaps I will mention it here to follow up
>and also thank you for mentioning this software which works well
>on my Mac.
>
>Have been experimenting on the minimal skin. I really would like
>to be rid of the table layout
I don't know enough to give you a definitive answer but I think you
have hit the "roadblock" I mentioned in my post. I believe that JAlbum
is based around a fairly rigid structure and although I'm sure you can
get the look you want I doubt if you can specify the CSS and HTML that
you want.

In article <>,
David Segall <> wrote:

> dorayme <> wrote:
>
> >In article <>,
> > David Segall <> wrote:

> >Well, I finally got around to having a play with jAlbum. It is
> >pretty impressive. I have asked a question about the following on
> >the jAlbum forums but perhaps I will mention it here to follow up
> >and also thank you for mentioning this software which works well
> >on my Mac.
> >
> >Have been experimenting on the minimal skin. I really would like
> >to be rid of the table layout

> I don't know enough to give you a definitive answer but I think you
> have hit the "roadblock" I mentioned in my post. I believe that JAlbum
> is based around a fairly rigid structure and although I'm sure you can
> get the look you want I doubt if you can specify the CSS and HTML that
> you want.

Fair enough. It is perhaps easier than I thought to post process.
I rejigged a produced index file to suit my taste yesterday and
it was not so hard. With a bunch of greps, it should be possible
to make the job more painless still.

One tactic that might help is to tell the program (there are
options for this, as you will know) to make just one row and as
many cols as there are pics in the table it insists on making.
Then it will be easier to fashion replacement patterns to fashion
it into a fluid floating div structure that I am a bit fond of at
the moment.

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dorayme