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Posted by David Segall on 09/14/07 15:26
dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>In article <qdmhe3p2c7eg3vcfkmoj3hmemk1fi21vqe@4ax.com>,
> David Segall <david@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> >If anyone has used a Mac compatible generator that is template
>> >customisable (not just with some options but with user being able
>> >to write the html and css without roadblocks), would not mind
>> >hearing about it.
>> The free, cross platform JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> probably fits. It
>> requires some CSS and HTML templates that you can write so there is no
>> problem making a generated album match the look of your site. A
>> possible roadblock would be that it is an album generator so having,
>> say, arbitrary variable information on each page would be difficult.
>
>Thanks David, I will take another look, I have downloaded this
>twice in the past and still have it. I did not look closely at
>the flexibility of writing one's own templates. Have you actually
>done this with this program or know anyone who has?
Yes, I have. If you visit
<http://profectus.com.au/albums/Wise%20Tennis/index.html> you can look
at a gallery produced by JAlbum and can navigate back to the main site
to see that the gallery matches the general layout of the site. The
mismatches are either my fault or deliberate because, for example, I
did not want the Company logo on a page of photographs. They are not
the fault of JAlbum.
You may get a 404 when you access the URL. If so, it will be because I
host the site on my computer and if my computer is down I
automatically switch to a duplicate site hosted on the free space
provided by my ISP which is not sufficient to include photograph
albums. This shows up a possible flaw for you with JAlbum but which,
for me, is a feature. JAlbum expects a particular directory structure
with a top level of albums. On the fallback site the albums directory
contains an apology for the missing photographs.
As ever, it comes down to the perennial "visual web page designer"
versus "pointy stick in the sand" debate. I find JAlbum an excellent
compromise but I must confess that I like Dreamweaver :).
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