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My site consists of photographs with captions. Each one (or group) has its
own page which is linked to the menu page of thumbnails. If I wish to point
someone to a particular picture then I send a link to the page.
In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
to an individual picture. The best I could do was to send a link to the
thumbnail page and tell the user which one to choose.
Is there a way to get round this?
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Jim S wrote:
> My site consists of photographs with captions. Each one (or group) has its
> own page which is linked to the menu page of thumbnails. If I wish to point
> someone to a particular picture then I send a link to the page.
> In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
> pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
> to an individual picture. The best I could do was to send a link to the
> thumbnail page and tell the user which one to choose.
> Is there a way to get round this?

Way around what? What you say you have now have is you can send someone
to a particular image whereas before you couldn't. Is this a problem?
IIRC before you had a frame system hence why you could not link to an
individual page, (the beauty of frames).

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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:04:41 -0700, wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:29:42 +0100, Jim S <> wrote:
>
>>My site consists of photographs with captions. Each one (or group) has its
>>own page which is linked to the menu page of thumbnails. If I wish to point
>>someone to a particular picture then I send a link to the page.
>>In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
>>pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
>>to an individual picture. The best I could do was to send a link to the
>>thumbnail page and tell the user which one to choose.
>>Is there a way to get round this?
>
> Take a look at this:
>
> http://frontal-lobe.info/farm/17.html
>
> then "Tap to Return" to see the thumbnails.
>
> --
> MasonC

Sorry, it does not work in Firefox (although it does in IE
It does not re-size down if the user is working on a small resolution.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:29:43 -0400, Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>> My site consists of photographs with captions. Each one (or group) has its
>> own page which is linked to the menu page of thumbnails. If I wish to point
>> someone to a particular picture then I send a link to the page.
>> In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
>> pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
>> to an individual picture. The best I could do was to send a link to the
>> thumbnail page and tell the user which one to choose.
>> Is there a way to get round this?
>
> Way around what? What you say you have now have is you can send someone
> to a particular image whereas before you couldn't. Is this a problem?
> IIRC before you had a frame system hence why you could not link to an
> individual page, (the beauty of frames).

Hi Jonathan.
As usual I am not making myself clear. Let me try - using my site.
The local thumbnails are here:
http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_000_thumbnails.html
If I wish to direct someone to the page showing the Low Light, I send them
this link: http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_1...low_light.html

However if I use one of the several "lightbox" type scripts to open the Low
Light pictures overlaying the thumbnails page, then I cannot send a link
because the address remains as the thumbnails address whichever picture is
overlaid. The best I can do is to send them the thumbnails link and tell
them to go to the thumbnail I choose and tell them to click on it. Not
really a big deal, but a bit clunky in a page with lots of pictures.

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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

In article <>,
wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:29:42 +0100, Jim S <> wrote:
>
> >My site consists of photographs with captions. Each one (or group) has its
> >own page which is linked to the menu page of thumbnails. If I wish to point
> >someone to a particular picture then I send a link to the page.
> >In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
> >pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
> >to an individual picture. The best I could do was to send a link to the
> >thumbnail page and tell the user which one to choose.
> >Is there a way to get round this?
>
> Take a look at this:
>
> http://frontal-lobe.info/farm/17.html
>
Gee, Mason! Are you serious?

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dorayme

In article <>,
Jim S <> wrote:

....
> As usual I am not making myself clear. Let me try - using my site.
> The local thumbnails are here:
> http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_000_thumbnails.html
> If I wish to direct someone to the page showing the Low Light, I send them
> this link: http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_1...low_light.html
>
> However if I use one of the several "lightbox" type scripts to open the Low
> Light pictures overlaying the thumbnails page, then I cannot send a link
> because the address remains as the thumbnails address whichever picture is
> overlaid. The best I can do is to send them the thumbnails link and tell
> them to go to the thumbnail I choose and tell them to click on it. Not
> really a big deal, but a bit clunky in a page with lots of pictures.

You can do better if you still have

<http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_190_new_low_light.html>

on your server. Just give them this link.

Or even simpler give them a couple of links to the pics themselves

<http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_images/Low_light.jpg>

and

<http://www.jimscott.co.uk/Local/LH_images/Low_light_plaque.jpg>

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dorayme

On 21 July, 15:29, Jim S <j...@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
> pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
> to an individual picture.

Set up a set of new pages for single image viewing, with sensible,
stable URLs to them. Use these for emails and bookmarks. There's no
reason why they have to be linked from the gallery page, but equally
you can do this anyway through a small subtle link. I'm not a fan of
that lightbox script, as it's a pain for printing.

This sounds like a lot of work, but that's why we use server-side
scripting for nearly everything.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:56:33 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley wrote:

> On 21 July, 15:29, Jim S <j...@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>> In a previous version of the site I used a 'lightbox' procedure to open
>> pictures/groups from the thumbnail page, but I could then not send a link
>> to an individual picture.
>
> Set up a set of new pages for single image viewing, with sensible,
> stable URLs to them. Use these for emails and bookmarks. There's no
> reason why they have to be linked from the gallery page, but equally
> you can do this anyway through a small subtle link. I'm not a fan of
> that lightbox script, as it's a pain for printing.
>
> This sounds like a lot of work, but that's why we use server-side
> scripting for nearly everything.

Apart from the sending links problem I had not thought about the printing
pain. I know it took me ages to convert the site last time I tried the
lightbox method (actually I used lightview). Apart from the visual effect
of the 'blossoming' graphic, I like its ability to shrink a photo if the
window is too small.
I fancy I'm a bit long in the tooth and short of patience to learn ASP or
PHP, but you never know. <g>
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

In article <>,
Ed Mullen <> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article< >,
> > wrote:
> >
....
> >> Take a look at this:
> >>
> >> http://frontal-lobe.info/farm/17.html
> >>
> > Gee, Mason! Are you serious?
> >
>
> Seriously deranged.

I was referring just to the markup, I have a standing rule not to
remark on man's relations with sheep out of respect for a
neighbouring country.

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dorayme

In article <>,
Ed Mullen <> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article<>,
> > Ed Mullen<> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme wrote:
> >>> In article< >,
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> > ...
> >>>> Take a look at this:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://frontal-lobe.info/farm/17.html
> >>>>
> >>> Gee, Mason! Are you serious?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Seriously deranged.
> >
> > I was referring just to the markup, ...
> >
>
> Markup, schmarkup. The response was deranged, ...

It was an attempt by Mason, surely, to show OP how to go about
something, it was not *deranged*.

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dorayme