Thursday, October 25, 2007

I must admit I am not a very tech-savvy person (which seems to be quite rare among photographers).

After much ado, I have finally added a slideshow feature on my website (www.greymatterphotography.com). Future weddings will be added to that section in the form of a multimedia show.

Next, to figure out how to link the shows on my blog. That'll probably take another couple of months.....
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5 comments:

eiklin said...

oh gosh i just couldnt resist the challenge. here is my proposal:

1. create a html/text page element.
2. enter whatever you need as the title for the slideshows. but for each slideshow, input the following sample code:

<a onclick="javascript:window.open('http://www.greymatterphotography.com/data/slideshow/20/16092007/index.html','newWindow','toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=600,height=420');return false" href="http://www.greymatterphotography.com/data/slideshow/20/16092007/index.html">Jill and Han Chong</a>

take note to adjust the parameters accordingly for different couples' slideshow.

12:48 pm
KC_Wong said...

thanks eiklin....but
1) how to create a html text/element?
(I told you I am bad)

2. How do you know where the slideshow is at? Is "/data/slideshow/20/16092007/index.html" something assumed or that particular slideshow is really there?

if so, where are the other slideshows?

9:35 am
eiklin said...

1. oops should be "html/javascript" page elements. after logging in, go to "dashboard", "settings", "template", "page elememts". add the "html/javascript" page element.

2. the link i provided is the exact one for jill and han chong. one can actually discover the exact URL of any webpage by looking at its "properties". just right click the page in your browser (assuming you are using IE6/7) then choose "properties". so what you can do is to start the video of every couple and check the properties of that page.

the numbers 600 and 420 were derived from the width and height of the video. i thought it would make sense to open a browser window with the same dimension as the video; the links on www.greyamtterphotography.com opens a full-page window so it may not look as nice..

10:19 am
KC_Wong said...

Thanks eiklin.
you can see for yourself I have succeeded! thank to your help.
Just 1 last question: how to link an image to the slideshow? right now the link is the title eg "Vivienne & Ee Chong".

1:02 pm
eiklin said...

you will need to find out the url of the image, then replace the words between the <a href="xxx">Vivienne & Ee Chong</a> with <img src="yyy">. for example:

<a href="http://www.greymatterphotography.com/data/slideshow/20/16092007/index.html"><img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SZwrumqV4PU/Rya45db_1AI/AAAAAAAAAoY/ptx5X4ZHXY8/s400/P1019878.jpg"></a>

1:35 pm

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