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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] I need help with the size of my photos linked to the websitecreated by Second Site
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:00:14 -0500
References: <410-220021223118395662@penn.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E131F36.6B240640@infoave.net>


Richard Brogger wrote:
>If you loaded your image files from:
>C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist\pics
>you can make new folders named:
>C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist\fullscreen and
>C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist\web_size
>However, Exhibit Log will continue to look for image files in the
>"pics" folder and load what is found. To load the small image files
>from the "web_size" folder, you can use Windows Explorer and make some
>changes. C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist\pics can become
>C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist\rem-pics. C:\Program Files\The
>Master Genealogist\web_size can then be renamed as C:\Program
>Files\The Master Genealogist\pics. When Exhibit Log or the Image
>Window looks for John_Jones.jpg in the "pics" folder, it will load
>that file, regardless of the size of the file. Each reader will have
>to make allowances for their actual path names.
>
>With a bit of file renaming, the user can select the folder with the
>image files that are sized for the task at hand. I do not have Second
>Site yet, so I can not be sure, but I see no reason why this system
>will not work with SS. Having folders with different size files is
>just one possibility. Some might convert all image files to grayscale
>and have a 'grayscale' folder. A user might find it advantageous to
>have many folders, all with the same image and file name, but with a
>special purpose for the files in each folder. The main point is that
>we are not stuck with a one-size-fits-all image file.

A possible problem with Richard's suggestion is that some TMG images are
based on long file name converted to the old 8.3 format. Theoretically,
these have probably be changed to the normal long file name with import to
v5x. But there still may be a few that have not been converted. Usually
this is not a problem if the images remain in the original folder and/or if
there are not multiple images with only the number being different. In
such cases, copying files from one folder to another does not mean that the
images are in the same order and thus the images that share a similar 8.3
filename may be reversed. The obvious solution would be to re-load those
images using the long file name. Then any copies made to other folders
would not cause a problem and changing the Preferences option as Richard
suggests would work well.


Lee Hoffman/KY
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A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

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