Ron, It's a great feature and hopefully you will someday be able to use it. It really allows a lot of diversity in collage work when you use layers. I use it in my business also. There are examples on my website of wedding and ancestors on this link - http://www.clearcreekmercantile.com/photocollage.html >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 (Karen Small) > 2. Re: Site help > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm - was > ROOTSWEB-HELP (Judy Florian) > 3. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 (Jeff Owens) > 4. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 (Marcia Cox) > 5. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 (Patricia Geary) > 6. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 (Judy Florian) > 7. Re: Hawaii Photos Help (Patricia Geary) > 8. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 (Ron Wall) > 9. Document Structure and DocType Statement (Patricia Geary) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:31:41 -0300 >From: "Karen Small" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Hi Listers..I am in dire need for someone to have a peek at one of my >pages...I have placed photosof Hawaii on this personal site but however try >i might I cannot get them linked.. >You will immediately be able to notice that I am a novice through and >through LOL >Thanks for looking... > >This is addy for whole site >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/index.htm > >The following is addy for photos page > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:47:04 -0400 >From: "Judy Florian" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Site help > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm - was > ROOTSWEB-HELP >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Hi Karen, > >You might want to come over to the Freepages Help list. > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/Hawaiiphotos.htm >is a page not found. > >at your index page, though, I get info on Ipswitch.com -- is that yours? >(I'm confused). > >Usually the most frequent problems with links are (especially if you code by >hand): > >-- not having the URL match the exact file in CaSe > >--forgetting to change the directory. > >To be honest, with that Ipswitch.com showing up on your site, I'm not sure >what to say. I checked my freepages site and the freepages area is online, >so that's not the problem. > >Come on over to the Freepages Help List so Pat G. or Pat A. can help you. > >Judy > >On 6/26/07, Karen Small <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Listers..I am in dire need for someone to have a peek at one of my >> pages...I have placed photosof Hawaii on this personal site but however >> try >> i might I cannot get them linked.. >> You will immediately be able to notice that I am a novice through and >> through LOL >> Thanks for looking... >> >> This is addy for whole site >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/index.htm > > >> The following is addy for photos page >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/Hawaiiphotos.htm >> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:59:33 -0400 >From: Jeff Owens <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > >Karen Small wrote: > >>Hi Listers..I am in dire need for someone to have a peek at one of my >>pages...I have placed photosof Hawaii on this personal site but however try > >i might I cannot get them linked.. >>You will immediately be able to notice that I am a novice through and >>through LOL >>Thanks for looking... >> >>This is addy for whole site >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/index.htm >> >>The following is addy for photos page >> >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >You may have placed them in the wrong directory. > >The address for your links should be: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/Hawaiiphotos.htm > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:35:06 -0500 >From: Marcia Cox <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected][12.163.48.218]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Ron, >I enjoyed seeing the photo collage also. I do collages like this on a >regular basisfor our county wesite that I maintain and on a >professional basis for people. I use Adobe photoshop. Our photos page >has a collage on it that I thouht you might enjoy. I change the >opacity to create the photos as faded..those who have passed. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcchgs/OldPhotos.html > >Marcia > > >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. photos on web page (Melanie Farmer) >> 2. Re: photos on web page (Ron Wall) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:17:32 -0500 >>From: "Melanie Farmer" <[email protected]> >>Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] photos on web page >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >>Ron, >>Your photos are cool. How do you get the collage effect? >> >>Melanie >> >>When I put up photos on my web site >> > http://www.whitsett-wall.com I perfer simply using HTML to create a table >>> with as many rows and columns as practical (you have to balance download >>> time for the viewer against the number of photos). I use a small picture, >> > usually around 200x150 up to 300x 300 for "a thumbnail" and put a link on >> > the image to take the view to a larger photo. Check out my photo albums >>> on >>> my web site. Hope this helps. >>> Ron Wall >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:17:06 -0700 >>From: "Ron Wall" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] photos on web page >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>LOL. How did I get the collages? Lots of work! I use Paintshop Pro to cut >>out the image I want and layer it onto a background. It usually takes me a >>couple of days to finish a picture. Actually, it isn't difficult, just time >>consuming. >>Ron >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>To contact the ROOTSWEB-HELP list administrator, send an email to >>[email protected] >> >>To post a message to the ROOTSWEB-HELP mailing list, send an email >>to [email protected] >> >>__________________________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] > >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >>the body of the >>email with no additional text. >> >> >>End of ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 >>******************************************** > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:35:35 -0400 >From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >At 06:31 AM 6/26/2007, you wrote: > >>Hi Listers..I am in dire need for someone to have a peek at one of my > >pages...I have placed photosof Hawaii on this personal site but however try >>i might I cannot get them linked.. >>You will immediately be able to notice that I am a novice through and >>through LOL >>Thanks for looking... >> >>This is addy for whole site >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/index.htm >> >>The following is addy for photos page >> >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm > >=============snip=============== >As Judy says, be careful that you have the right path and file name >for your links. The photos are actually here >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/hawaiiphotos.htm > >while you are linking them to here >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm > >missing is your main site name and a wrong case. That is why it is >advisable to use lowercase letters in naming your files. > >pat > > > >---------- >Pat Geary, Microsoft MVP - FrontPage >We discuss FrontPage and Expression Web >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/frontpage/ >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/expression-web/ > >Genealogy Web Design Tips and Tutorials >http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ >http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/ > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:26:58 -0400 >From: "Judy Florian" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >On 6/26/07, Patricia Geary <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/index.htm >> > >> >The following is addy for photos page >> > >> >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm >> >> =============snip=============== >> As Judy says, be careful that you have the right path and file name >> for your links. The photos are actually here >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/hawaiiphotos.htm >> >> while you are linking them to here >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/Hawaiiphotos.htm >> >> missing is your main site name and a wrong case. That is why it is >> advisable to use lowercase letters in naming your files. >> >> pat > > > >When I erase your Hawaii folder, and go back to your main page just by >changing the URL, I still get Ipswitch.com from clicking on >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/ Pat can you try >it? I start with >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/hawaiiphotos.htm in >the browser.... erase *hawaiiphotos.htm * >** >I left the last / after the account name. I get >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/ in the browser, >BUT the page starts with "Ipswitch.com is currently experiencing technical >difficulties. The links below are available while we address the problem. We >apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are working hard to bring >Ipswitch.com back online as soon as possible. " with a page full of product >links. Why is that appearing? > >Now.... >If you want that bottom photo on your main page to be out of the RW banner >at the bottom, I think you'll need to put <.div> before it and </div> after >it, and before the closing html tag. Otherwise, it sits on the same space >as the banner. > >On your photos page - these are lovely. You'll need to do a few things >though.... For example, you have Hawaii%20037_small1.jpg" >xthumbnail-orig-image="Hawaii 037.jpg" >Get rid of the spaces in your file names to get rid of the % symbol. Use _ >or - between words. And use all lowercase letters. Make all your folder >names lowercase too, and no spaces. > >Next, add an ALT tag. >img border="2" src="Hawaii%20005_small.jpg" xthumbnail-orig-image="Hawaii >005.jpg >Make a space after .jpg (before the "> ) and add ALT="put description >here" >So.... src="Hawaii%20005_small.jpg" xthumbnail-orig-image="Hawaii >005.jpgALT="Hawaii 2000 trip with Mom"> or whatever description. >Right now, >without ALT tags, users don't know why they should click on the photo. > >OR... you could re-make your photo list (not hard to do). You could make a >simple 2 row table, with or without a border. Put the image in the top row, >and below it, put a short photo title. Tables help organize info. > >Your 6th photo, top line, does not show-- red X. Look closely at your >folder name, and file name. It's probably something simple, like the file >name is in a different CaSe than the link. > >Also, at the top of your page in the html you'll see <title>New Page >1</title> Take out New Page, and put a really descriptive title there and >on all your pages. Then, in a few weeks to months, you'll be showing up in >Google etc. ! Instead of "Welcome" as your main page title, also change >that. Maybe <.title>The Ties That Bind plus your family name<./title> or >something distinctive to set your site apart. > >Pat will also explain DOC Types to you. You don't have one on your pages >yet. >You've done a really nice job overall. I'm envious of your travels! > >Judy > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:34:59 -0400 >From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Hawaii Photos Help >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >At 10:26 AM 6/26/2007, you wrote: >>When I erase your Hawaii folder, and go back to your main page just by >>changing the URL, I still get Ipswitch.com from clicking on >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/ Pat can you try >>it? I start with >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/hawaiiphotos.htm in >>the browser.... erase *hawaiiphotos.htm * >>** >>I left the last / after the account name. I get >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grandmananlines/ in the browser, >>BUT the page starts with "Ipswitch.com is currently experiencing technical >>difficulties. The links below are available while we address the problem. We >>apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are working hard to bring >>Ipswitch.com back online as soon as possible. " with a page full of product >>links. Why is that appearing? >===========snip=========== >Hi Judy, > >Yes I get the same thing and I have no idea what is happening unless >there is a redirect or something in place. >Administrator will have to answer that questions. > >pat geary > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:38:51 -0700 >From: "Ron Wall" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Marcia, I haven't figured out a way to change the opacity of a layer in >Paintshop Pro. I like the effect you have on your web site. I understand >that Paintship Pro is now owned by Adobe. I know that the price has gone up >dramatically. I am using the last version that was created by JASC. My >budget won't allow me to obtain Adobe Photoshop. > >Ron > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:56:28 -0400 >From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> >Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Document Structure and DocType Statement >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >At 10:26 AM 6/26/2007, you wrote: > >Pat will also explain DOC Types to you. You don't have one on your pages >>yet. > > >http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/html-document-structure.html > >http://www.htmlbasictutor.ca/doctype-declaration.htm > >What version of frontpage are you using?? If you are ading your >photos and links from within the program, you should not be having >the problems you are having IF you have actually created a website. > >http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/creating-a-frontpage-web.htm > >pat > > > > > >---------- >Pat Geary, Microsoft MVP - FrontPage >We discuss FrontPage and Expression Web >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/frontpage/ >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/expression-web/ > >Genealogy Web Design Tips and Tutorials >http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ >http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/ > >------------------------------ > >To contact the ROOTSWEB-HELP list administrator, send an email to >[email protected] > >To post a message to the ROOTSWEB-HELP mailing list, send an email >to [email protected] > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 61 >********************************************