New Gallery

[Scottes]

I spent the rainy weekend working on my gallery, and think it looks pretty good right now. I still have a bunch of photos to upload, but "the look" is what I want (I think). I wanted to run it by folks to get any second ideas.

http://scottes.smugmug.com/

Any comments are appreciated.

Too boring?
Slideshow too big/slow/fast - or does it just plain suck to have a slideshow?
If you hate slideshows: Were you able to find a way to leave the slideshow easily and quickly?
Anything out of whack on any gallery?
Do you miss having a "Galleries" page, with a thumbnail per gallery?
Any comments are appreciated. Feel free to be Harsh.


BTW, I am not a professional, nor am I looking to make money off this hobby. (I once had a hobby that turned into a business and it completely ruined the hobby for me.) Thus, there's no contact info, no bio, no way to purchase a print, etc. This gallery is just a place to share my favorite photos, like friends and co-workers who might want to see them (or get forced to :D ).

But I am debating on putting in a contact page that may just contain an email "just in case" though I can't think of any case where I'd need such contact. Has anyone ever had something interesting happen because of an email from someone viewing your gallery? I don't need any more spam...

Along the same lines, do I *really* care if Google ever indexes my gallery? Anyone have an example of why I might want to consider meta-tags and such?

[Hikin Mike]

The only problem I see is the dead space to the right. Fix that and I think you'll be set.

[Scottes]

Dead space to the right of my logo ("Scottes' Photos") ?

Yeah, that's been bugging me a little. Any ideas on what to fill it with?? My imagination is challenged when it comes to creative stuff...

[Hikin Mike]

The "dead space" on your logo is fine. I'm talking about having to scroll right to see basically blackness.

Change your CSS code to say:

/****** Banner ******/
#my_banner { width: auto; height: 80px; margin: 0 auto;
background: url(http://scottes.smugmug.com/photos/569986935_CwzJX-O-3.jpg) no-repeat;
}


That should take care of that. If not, let me know...

[Scottes]

Aah, I have it. However, the graphic I use contains the text "Scottes' Photos" - I fear that "width: auto" will stretch the text, too. This would be the right fix if "Scottes' Photos" were text, but it's a JPG.

I may just get rid of that banner, now that I think about this. I had plans that have since been scrapped, like building my NavBar into the banner and having a graphic to the left of my name. Since I'm not doing these things I could just use plain HTML text. But then I think I'd lose the gradient black-to-background.


Edit: I'm wrong, you're right. That "width: auto" fixed it nicely. Thanks!

[Hikin Mike]

Nope, it won't stretch your logo. ;)

Looks good now! :D

[Hikin Mike]

I just checked your jpg. You can just crop the extra black background.

Look at my website. My logo is only a small image (300 x 70px}.

[Scottes]

Your logo has a solid color, whereas mine has the gradient from black-to-background. I think mine will screw up, but since you've already proved me wrong once then I will try it tonight after work.

[Hikin Mike]

I may just get rid of that banner, now that I think about this. I had plans that have since been scrapped, like building my NavBar into the banner and having a graphic to the left of my name. Since I'm not doing these things I could just use plain HTML text. But then I think I'd lose the gradient black-to-background.

You can use a a gradient background like this:

/****** Banner ******/
#my_banner { width: auto; height: 80px; margin: 0 auto;
background:#333333 url(http://scottes.smugmug.com/photos/"YourGradientBackground.gif") repeat-x;
}

Then you can use regular text.

[Hikin Mike]

Edit: You just need to copy the image I posted to your folder and re-name it to suit your preference!

[Scottes]

Yep, that would work. Just a 1-pixel wide gradient, stretched...

Alas, all this talk has got me to thinking that I'd like a logo of some sort. I may have to talk to a few artist friends and see if they can come up with something... Then I'll keep the "fancy" text I have and put the logo to the left of my name. We'll see.

Thanks for all the help Mike.

[Hikin Mike]

Technically, it doesn't stretch it, it tiles it horizontally. ;)

Glad to help...I was bored! :lol:

EDIT: My kids liked your cat photos...

[Scottes]

Yep, tiles... It's been about 12 or 13 years since I've done HTML. I spent 20 minutes last night banging my head because I missed a / in a </a>.


For your kids: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124879
More of my cats, and a little bit of info about each one.

[Hikin Mike]

Yep, tiles... It's been about 12 or 13 years since I've done HTML. I spent 20 minutes last night banging my head because I missed a / in a </a>.

Boy do I know about that!! :lol:


For your kids: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124879
More of my cats, and a little bit of info about each one.

At one point we had 4 cats, but eventually old-age....Now we have one cat, one dog and two pet mice. :eek:

I let them know when they get back. :D

[Tess320]

I really like it, almost made me consider smugmug again.

[Highlight_Photography]

contact & about page?

[Scottes]

contact & about page?

I'm not sure that I want them. As I said:

BTW, I am not a professional, nor am I looking to make money off this hobby. (I once had a hobby that turned into a business and it completely ruined the hobby for me.) Thus, there's no contact info, no bio, no way to purchase a print, etc. This gallery is just a place to share my favorite photos, like friends and co-workers who might want to see them (or get forced to :D ).

But I am debating on putting in a contact page that may just contain an email "just in case" though I can't think of any case where I'd need such contact. Has anyone ever had something interesting happen because of an email from someone viewing your gallery? I don't need any more spam...

Along the same lines, do I *really* care if Google ever indexes my gallery? Anyone have an example of why I might want to consider meta-tags and such?