Skipping the thumbnail page and going directly to the photo page?
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dkART
Joined: 2004-05-22
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Posted: Sun, 2005-11-06 05:48
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Is there a way to have it so you can click on an album and have it go directly to the photo page. I'm using the PGtheme, and since it has the microthumbnails to view, why not just skip the thumbnail on the album page? Is this possible? I know it wouldn't make much sence with the other themes but with this one it might. Dan |
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do you mean skip the resize and jump directly to the fullsize/original?
in g2, there are 2 views:
album views where you see a list of albums and photos as thumbnails. when you click on an album or a photo thumbnail, you are redirected to a:
photo view where you see just the photo in a resized version or in its full size, if there are no resized versions.
the pg theme adds a third view. when you click on a resized version in the photo view, it shows you the fullsize in a separate window.
i guess what you want is: no resizes. in this case, just don't define any resize sizes in "edit album -> album".
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Well in the PG theme you get the micro thumbnails on the photo page, so in sense it seems logical to just skip the actual album page with the thumbnails and go straight to the photo page.
What the viewer sees
1. Thumbnail Album Link – click to view album
2. Album Page – (displays thumbnails) that link to the Photo page
3. Photo Page – contains resized image with a link to a same size or even larger sized image displayed in a new browser window.
(PG theme displays micro thumbnails next to the resized image, kind of a mini album page.)
It would be nice if there was a way to skip ( 2 ) and go straight to ( 3 ). Especially with the PG theme and them still have the option to select the Album page as well via a link.
A microthumb module that allowed you to add a microthumb block to the photo page with the option to skip the album page would be even cooler. Then it could be use in any theme.
Dan
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dkART, are you thinking something like this: http://gallery.menalto.com/node/38981
ah I knew I saved this somewhere, or more like this? http://gallery.menalto.com/node/38728
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Thanks; that’s pretty much what I’m looking for, I still want the option of the thumbnails/item view,
I think that most of the time I will use an album category with sub-albums that go straight to the photo page that has the micro-thumbs to select images, it seems to be the least confusing for viewers.
I’ll have to read up and see what I can do,
Dan
[URL]www.danielkimeart.com[/URL]
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This is brilliant! Than you so much.