Posted by Neredbojias on 10/07/77 11:37

With neither quill nor qualm, gil quothed:

> I guess that there is no elegant way to code a link on a thumbnail to
> display a pop up window with larger image and caption when activated.
> Although no one said it couldn't be done, the consensus is that I should
> stick to the tried and true no risk method, and create a separate html
> page for each larger image, with the caption text.

You're mixing apples and oranges. Popup windows aren't needed; you can
created _one_ html document and populate it dynamically using javascript
or server-side methods with whatever content and text you wish - over
and over again. I use a "catch page" via php for all the images on my
site - one page for probably thousands of pics (_and_ text in some
cases.)

> Seems like a lot of wasted space to have a full screen window display a
> 4cm x 6cm large image with caption. Of course I could make the image
> even larger now, if I didn't have to concern myself with the dial-up
> download times of these images. (The images have been optimized to be 5
> to 15 kb each).
>
> In my mostly rural area, only about 30% have high-speed connections, and
> my site is mainly for them. Download times do MATTER.

-Which doesn't relate to "wasted space" on a "full screen" window.

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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