Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, I am absolutely convinced that dynamic html is the way to go. What do people use as database program to manage your images ? What's the (rough) number of images you are managing with that program ? - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom Smart > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 6:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica image presentation > > > I think it is best to keep all image information in a database, then program > a relatively few pages that grab information out of the database. For > instance, I have a field in my database that references paw images. For > example, I have only 2 pages that display my PAW images. The first one, > http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/ , looks through the database and displays the > thumbnails which are referenced in a field in the database table. Then if > you click on an image, any of the images, you are sent to > http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/PAW2.asp , with a querrystring appended to the > address to show the appropriate image (like > http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/PAW2.asp?i=100328 ). Once I get the pages > programmed (Using Active Server Pages) I never have to program another web > page for my PAW. Each time I have an update I do only 3 things: > > 1. I add the image information to my database > 2. I upload the revised database > 3. I upload the new images. > > Later if I don't like the way my web pages look I only need to reprogram 2 > pages for the entire PAW gallery. I think this is the best way to do it - > programming on-the-fly according to what the user wants to see. I love > dynamic html content. I never even programmed a page called > http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/PAW2.asp?i=100328 , I only programmed a page > called http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/PAW2.asp and told it what to do when it > encounters the querrystring (?i=100328 or whatever else it happens to be). > Cool, huh? > > I like your images, especially the black and whites. Nicely done. > > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rodgersd@fosterfarms.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:53 PM > Subject: [Leica] Leica image presentation > > > > I'm working on a complete remake of my photo website. I want to make it > > easier to take down older images and upload new. I also want to begin a > PAW. > > Ninety percent of the images on my site are Leica images. > > > > Presentation is a real challenge on the web. Anybody have any feedback > that > > might help? > > > > Haven't had time to be very active on the LUG for some time. I check out > all > > the linked images and PAWs I can find. Some of the images are really > > fantastic. > > > > My home image, "Donald Farmhouse", at www.lightcurves.com was shot with an > > M6. > > > > DaveR > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html