IWeb true 'tips'...?

Question

Is it just my system, (of my iWeb version 1.1.2) that doesn’t like the idea(s) of the instructions in this “tips” link..:
http://www.mac.com/web/en/Tips/013C4180-4787-4847-BAAB-319222AFC652.html
I am presuming that the wording of..: "... drag the album onto the template..." refers to the newly created iWeb page.    ... ?
When I try that, I get an iWeb alert demanding that I select another template - particularly, a 'photos' page template.
If I try to drag the ‘Library’ from iPhoto directly to a new blank iWeb page, I get garbage.
What’s wrong with this picture..?
all assistance appreciated.!

Answer 1

varkgirl, thanx for jumping (back) in here.
I’m not much less confused, tho.
Well... you are trying to make iWeb do something it doesn't do. And you don't seem to want to do anything relating to code, so there really isn't much we can help you with. iWeb is a limited, version 1.x program.
let me preface with..: NON dotMac server setup.
If this is the case, you can't link directly to a slideshow. You might want to take a look at some other options:
http://www.rowan-cottage.co.uk/Site/SimpleViewer.html
http://web.mac.com/varkgirl/iWeb/Slideshows
I appreciate your comment about large windows
will “take visitors away from your site”.
Specifically for that consideration, I have been
trying to constrain my page sizes to 800 px wide and
most not more than 700 px high.
Not sure what you are aiming for by doing this...
If you want to avoid having visitors leave your site, try this:
http://web.mac.com/varkgirl/iWeb/Aardvarkland/Open%20links%20in%20new%20window.h tml
Also, I have been
perplexed by the default slideshow window’s design
of very large “thumbnails” cascading down for the
full album’s content, thus creating a Very long
page - with apparently no recourse to size
adjustment or hiding. -( ! )-
This is not the slideshow window. This is the photo page. The slideshow window is a popup.
Here is a quote from me in your previous thread about popups if you want to make something else a popup window:
You would need to go into the code after publishing and look for
href="nameofpage_files/nameofphoto.jpg"
change it to
href="#" onclick="javascript:window.open('nameofpagefiles/nameofphoto.jpg','blank','width=x,height=y,toolbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,location=0,status=0,scr ollbars=0,directories=0'); return false;"
Where x and y are the dimensions of the photo. You would need to do this for each photo you link to. This will make them open in their own window when clicked.
This would also work with any link... href="http://blahblahblah" etc etc etc
If it can be done as I outlined above, and then
hide the page from view, then how/where would a
viewer find a “Start Slideshow” button to activate.?
The link in my other post in this thread would work and you could use any image as a link. However, as I said at the begining of this post, you can't really do this with non-.Mac photo pages/slideshows
I’d like to offer a way to directly
access/initiate the slideshow from either of two
links that would be on two different pages.
My preferred design/construction base would
be to have such slideshow activating link on the
first ‘home’ page, and also on a second page -(one
with a numbered custom map). On this second -(“photo
map”)- page a viewer could select any of the small
numbered thumbnails to blow up momentarily in any
order of preference. OR they could elect to view
them in the sequenced slideshow.
A secondary priority preference would be to have
the slideshow in a non-full-screen, side window -
but that seems to involve second or third party
scripts/app’ns. Not so bad, just another
complication, eh.?
As I see it so far, the options are..:
full screen, large window default
slideshow
smaller window, add in app’n
for either of those just above possibilities,
modifying some of iWeb’s code for any of..:
smaller window, added in app’n
any customizing of such
Some of the questions about the first set above
are..:
how to create links directly activating
either the default or an “added-in” app’n
how either can be adjusted to close upon
completion - or maybe it closes by default
whether either require the viewer to have
some form of “Flash” or “Flash Player”
if “Flash”, how to incorporate it into
either the default or an “added-in” app’n
Wow... not sure where to go with all that... I did give you some info about your map idea in your other thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3893029&#3893029
You can put anything in an iframe, again you have to be willing to edit code.
lliary questions..:
What’s the trick/procedure for ‘hiding’ a
page but allowing it to still be accessed..?
My assumption of the Inspector’s “Page”
selection of not checking the option of “Include
page in navigation menu” was that it would be
completely unavailable after downloading. ?
wrong..?
That is the right way to do it. It will still be available, just not a link in the navigation bar.
Finally, What manner of complexity for
inclusion of a music file with slideshow
-( which might be relegated to a
separate post.? )-
Do a search on the forum (upper right hand corner) - I believe several people have posted about this recently.