Web Galleries

Web galleries are photo albums that you can share with anyone over the Internet or on CD/DVD. StudioLine generates web pages complete with navigation links, which can be viewed with all popular web browsers. It can also publish them directly to a server where your Internet provider has assigned you web space.

Each web gallery has an index page showing thumbnail images of all pictures in that gallery. By clicking a thumbnail image, a page will open showing a larger view of that same image, together with any narrative text. Navigation buttons allow you to browse other images in the gallery or to return to the index page.

Creating a Web Gallery

In the Image Archive, select any number of images. Then click the “Web Gallery” button on the QuickStep Bar.

The “Web Gallery” panel will open and allow you to choose from a number of gallery designs.

The left pane lists the different styles. Click on any of the styles to preview the gallery’s index page in the right pane. A text block provides further information about the selected style.

The hint panel indicates the maximum number of images that can fit on the index page for the selected style. If necessary, StudioLine will create additional index pages and add the necessary navigation links between them. The hint panel also identifies which descriptors will be used to display informational text with each image (see chapter “Working with Images: Adding Descriptions”. Accept your design choice by clicking the “Continue” button.

The next panel will offer settings relevant to the particular style chosen, e.g., you’ll be able to enter page titles and other text.

Texts can still be revised later in the completed gallery.

With the option “Rollover Effects”, thumbnail images will change appearance when a visitor moves their mouse pointer across them. This will provide good visual feedback, but somewhat increases the size of the final HTML code and its components. When this option is turned off, the page will load slightly faster.

Enter an optional URL if you want the Gallery to include a link back to your regular web site. You can also enter an email address if you want your web gallery to include a “contact” link. Under “Detail Views” you can choose if clicking on a thumbnail will pop-up a small or large detail view of that image.

Click “Continue” to see a preview of your web-gallery page based on the settings you entered. Review the results and click the “Back” button if you would like to make any changes.

Click “Continue” and you will be prompted to name and save the web gallery.

After clicking the final “Continue”, there will be a slight delay while StudioLine generates the web gallery.

After generating the web gallery, StudioLine will switch to Page Editor mode to display the result. You can now work on your gallery pages. Refer to the QuickStep Bar for additional instructions.

To return to the Image Archive, click the appropriate button on the QuickStep Bar, or, click the drop-down list “Page Editor” between the menu and tool bars and select “Image Archive”.

User Styles

The “Gallery Styles” panel also contains the category “User Styles” with the style “Startup”. Choose the “Startup” style and click “Continue” to create a personalized design, using many customization options not available with any other styles.

After customizing the settings, click “Continue” to preview the result. Below the preview window is a button to save your design as new user style.

Click “Continue” again and StudioLine will open your personalized web gallery in the page editor.