Navigation links--Back, Next--within a site

Question

GoLive 7. Mac OS 10 final Tiger.
EXPLANATION
I have created pages containing thumbnails of my portfolio. There are 10 categories of work. Each thumbnail is 120 pxl wide if it is a one-page item or smaller, and 2-page spreads are typically 240 pxl wide.
The max number of items per page of thumbnails is 13. If there are more pieces to show in that category, I have created an additional page.
I also have 600 pxl images of each of those thumbnails. The goal is for a viewer who wants a closer look at the item to click on the thumbnail and then see the larger-size view of it.
Once I place the larger-size image on a page, it is easy to create a link from the thumbnail to that larger-size image.
QUESTIONS
On the larger-view page, would I need to create a link back to the category so a viewer can see what other thumbnails they'd like to click on to see the larger view? Or is there a less back-and-forth concept for doing this?
Can the larger-view page have a "Back" button if the viewer wants to review the thumbnails in that category? Can it also have a "Next" button so the viewer can see the next larger-view image without going back?
Reviewing two manuals I find no way to create either a "Back" or a "Next" button or link but since I've found them on other sites, I assume I can do this. Is there a simple way?
Thank you.

Answer 1

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> Once I place the larger-size image on a page, it is easy to create a link
> from the thumbnail to that larger-size image.
>
> QUESTIONS
>
> On the larger-view page, would I need to create a link back to the category
> so a viewer can see what other thumbnails they'd like to click on to see the
> larger view? Or is there a less back-and-forth concept for doing this?
There are many ways to achieve what you want. However quite a few of
them such as Lightbox
require that you
edit the source code. This can become tricky and if you're not
comfortable with that, I'd recommend an alternative solution...
GL comes with an action called "Set Image URL" which is very useful to
build galleries. Nini has an excellent tutorial on how to use it:
as well as a sample gallery:
If this looks good to you, here is what I would suggest...
for every image category build a page that contains a large placeholder
image, where you want the full-size images to appear, and place all the
thumbs on that same page, too. Then use the Set Image URL action to swap
out the placeholder image for the full-size version of the thumb when
it's clicked on as described in Nini's tutorial.
If you get stuck post back.
Cheers Martin