Picture & Thumbnail sizes

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Carol V.

I plan on having a page with thumbnails, that when clicked on, will open up
a page with the full photo. What is a good size for thumbnails? What is a
good size for the full photos? Is there any kind of standard?

Thanks.
 
There are no standard sizes, but remember the bigger the image, the
longer it takes to download.

I use 100px width for thumbnails, and about 500px maximum width for full
size images. Others will use bigger thumbnails (up to 300px wide) and
wider full size images (up to 1280px wide - but these can take forever
and a day to download).
 
Thank you. That is exactly the info I want. Don't want the page to take
forever to open. How about how many thumbnails are good to a page. Any
preferences?

Also would like to creat a page with thumbnails and when clicked on would
open up a new window with just the photo with a "close" button on the window
(the original page would still be open). Could you tell me how to do this.
Am using FP 2003.

Something similar to this. Doesn't have to be exactly like it, but hope you
get the idea.

http://www.wallys-speed-shop.com/wally_three_motorcycles.htm

Thanks
 
I would suggest no more than 15 thumbnails on a page, but this number
depends on the size (filesize) of the thumbnails, together with the rest
of the page - aim at a total (all images, the page itself, external CSS
and Javascript) of not more than 60 - 70KBytes (50KB if it is the Home
page.)

To place an image with a close button will require a page for each
image, or the use of server-side script or JavaScript to get a different
image on the same page.
If a lot of images are involved, it may be easier to use a photo gallery
such as jAlbum ( http://jalbum.net )

The page you referred to uses JavaScript to create a hidden layer within
the page that becomes visible and contains the full image when the
thumbnails are clicked. Clicking the close button hides the layer.
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On the page add a link. In code view this will be similar to
<a href="javascript:window.close();">Close Window</a>

http://www.chopperworks.com/silver_bike.php uses a JavaScript slideshow,
jAlbum and other gallery software packages can be used to build
something similar. Avoid the photogallery component in FrontPage - this
will only work in Internet Explorer.
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