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Winterdune
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timeshadowed said:
The links work fine for me with Firefox and Quicktime, although the birds are stuffed in ridiculous poses for IBWO...
Sean
Reader
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jeff said:Do we use the same places? I recognise that feeder ;-)
Nice to see you've got the website moving, look forward to seeing the gallery. Also nice to see you got some shots with the new camera, shame about the sparrowhawk though
Cracking photos Jeff and yes, we do use the same places.
Hopefully it will be online later tonight, minus the gallery and a few other things. It will be a question of uploading to the gallery and making the links to other sites work. That should take quite a while so don't expect too much for quite a while yet.
John
jeff
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Reader said:Cracking photos Jeff and yes, we do use the same places.
Hopefully it will be online later tonight, minus the gallery and a few other things. It will be a question of uploading to the gallery and making the links to other sites work. That should take quite a while so don't expect too much for quite a while yet.
John
You'll never have time to go out now you know
Jeff
timeshadowed
Time is a Shadow
seanofford said:
Thanks guys for checking out the QT movies for me, perhaps it's just that the library has somehow blocked it from working now.
Reader
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We have hit a problem. We have now attached the gallery to the web site and done the various links to the buttons in my site. Opening my site up in Internet Explorer and everything works ok but in Firefox the Gallery button doesn't work. Any ideas why?
It has baffled David and he doesn't know why this is happening.
He hasn't got Opera. Can anyone test this site in Opera to see if the buttons work ok please. It works ok in Safari so at the moment Firefox looks like it has a problem with this site.
Here is the site. http://www.coventrybirder.co.uk/
Has anyone got any ideas why this is happening and how to rectify it.
if you can open the gallery don't worry about the content or the colour. The skin will be changed to something else later in the week. I am now going to do something about adding various catergories to the gallery before starting to upload the photos. So far I have added two photos just to see what they look like.
John
It has baffled David and he doesn't know why this is happening.
He hasn't got Opera. Can anyone test this site in Opera to see if the buttons work ok please. It works ok in Safari so at the moment Firefox looks like it has a problem with this site.
Here is the site. http://www.coventrybirder.co.uk/
Has anyone got any ideas why this is happening and how to rectify it.
if you can open the gallery don't worry about the content or the colour. The skin will be changed to something else later in the week. I am now going to do something about adding various catergories to the gallery before starting to upload the photos. So far I have added two photos just to see what they look like.
John
Reader said:
Gallery button works fine with Opera for me John
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Hi John,
I'm using Firefox2 and your gallery opens okay for me.
I'm using Firefox2 and your gallery opens okay for me.
Reader
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I have started to upload quite a few photos. It will take ages but as you can see I have now added the website to show at the bottom of each thread.
So far I have even got it part funded by Focus Optics and the rest may come from another source so hopefully my first years hosting will be free.
John
So far I have even got it part funded by Focus Optics and the rest may come from another source so hopefully my first years hosting will be free.
John
timeshadowed
Time is a Shadow
John,
Looks like a really neat website. Thanks for making all of the corrections.
Looks like a really neat website. Thanks for making all of the corrections.
Ben M
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Anyone wanting to build a reasonably complex site with or without a technical background might want to consider what's known as a Content Managment System (CMS). The initial setup (installation) can sometimes be a pain, depending on what CMS you go for (make sure you go for a free one though!), but after it's set-up you should be able to do whatever you want with your site very simply.
Creating a new page can be just as simple as posting to this forum. You can edit it in the same way too. Add a gallery... add another gallery... add a blog... add a whole forum if you want... change the whole look of the site with a few clicks via themes.
I've been designing websites for over 10 years with many different approaches and CMSs take all the pain out of website design and management, allowing you to publish your information, without worrying about the technical details. (You can still worry about them if you want... you can tweek all the code to suit your needs!)
I've been using Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) for my family website for a while now which I found through http://www.opensourcecms.com/ which lists and reviews loads of free CMSs. My site has various photo galleries with sub galleries, blogs, static pages, access control, automated archiving, search, "most recent image", "random image", etc.... I can install more features or uninstall ones I don't want anymore. All from a simple admin panel... did I mention it's all free? (Well the software's free, but you'll need a webhost to support your site, mine's free with my broadband package though!)
If anyone is interested and doesn't know where to start... just ask here or PM me |=)|
Creating a new page can be just as simple as posting to this forum. You can edit it in the same way too. Add a gallery... add another gallery... add a blog... add a whole forum if you want... change the whole look of the site with a few clicks via themes.
I've been designing websites for over 10 years with many different approaches and CMSs take all the pain out of website design and management, allowing you to publish your information, without worrying about the technical details. (You can still worry about them if you want... you can tweek all the code to suit your needs!)
I've been using Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) for my family website for a while now which I found through http://www.opensourcecms.com/ which lists and reviews loads of free CMSs. My site has various photo galleries with sub galleries, blogs, static pages, access control, automated archiving, search, "most recent image", "random image", etc.... I can install more features or uninstall ones I don't want anymore. All from a simple admin panel... did I mention it's all free? (Well the software's free, but you'll need a webhost to support your site, mine's free with my broadband package though!)
If anyone is interested and doesn't know where to start... just ask here or PM me |=)|
whomes
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If it's just a showcase for your photos you need, I've found www.clikpic.com. Good templates, very easy to use, and for under £75.
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whomes
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I've looked at your superb site many times Reader, the level of interactivity is fantastic!
My main problem is that I don't seem to have (or make) the time to sit down and plan and execute a decent site. That's why a templated site like the one I mentioned is ideal for me.
I also need to get out and take some decent pictures!
My main problem is that I don't seem to have (or make) the time to sit down and plan and execute a decent site. That's why a templated site like the one I mentioned is ideal for me.
I also need to get out and take some decent pictures!
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