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Frolin

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Descriptive text area above the thumbnails
Posted: 28 Dec 22, 23:33
 
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Learning options in Jalbum being new, and looking for an option or suggestion, on how to have a larger (more text) descriptive text section above the thumbnails.

I have many (very many) photo pages today using older software, that have a banner photo, then 1 to 4 small paragraphs of info text, then the thumbnails (see sample image).

So far in my learning and testing of Jalbum, I have been leaning to the Tiger skin.
Have used the short Title words, and seen the area for some brief summary text that over-lays the banner photo.

Is there an option for a separate dedicated larger 'text' area ?
Or what are others doing when such is needed?

curious,
Frolin

JeffTucker

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Re: Descriptive text area above the thumbnails
Posted: 29 Dec 22, 00:01   in response to: Frolin in response to: Frolin
 
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Frolin wrote:
Is there an option for a separate dedicated larger 'text' area ?

Yes, there is. Different skins do this in different ways. For now, let's stick to Tiger.

  • In the Explore view, right-click in a blank area (i.e., not on a thumbnail), and choose New page > Empty page.
  • Give the new page a more helpful name, like Info.htt (the ".htt" part is important).
  • The Explore view will now look something like ss1.png, attached.
  • Double-click Info.htt to edit it.
  • In the editor, replace the line that says "<ja:include page="templates/Custom.inc" />" with your own text. See ss2.png, attached.
  • Save the file (you can just hit CTRL-S) and close the editor window.
  • Go to Tiger > Sections > Pages > Show pages and choose Embed user pages only.
  • Make the album. It will look something like ss3.png, attached.
JeffTucker

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Re: Descriptive text area above the thumbnails
Posted: 29 Dec 22, 00:04   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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And if you also choose Use box for pages, it will look like ss4.png, attached.
JeffTucker

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Re: Descriptive text area above the thumbnails
Posted: 29 Dec 22, 00:18   in response to: Frolin in response to: Frolin
 
I'll move this thread to the Tiger forum section later, because it's a skin-specific thing.
Frolin

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Registered: 17-Dec-2022
Re: Descriptive text area above the thumbnails
Posted: 29 Dec 22, 17:57   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
Jeff,
Thank you, that works great. Have tried a couple times and here is a rough example of what get now, so say, it works and my initial results (which some learning and tweaks still needed by me - ha). Thank you again.
Frolin
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