Rosedale Bible College : Faculty and Staff : Slideshows

A new slide show can be created with four basic steps, three of which can be done by anyone with right permissions.

Create new folders, specially named
Populate the folders with appropriate images
Upload folders and create appropriate links (Webmaster)
Enter captions through the Back Door interface

Instructions for the general steps are provided below.

New folder structure

Create a new folder, the name of which will become the title of slide show, and will be displayed in the left corner of the gray title bar. NO SPACES ALLOWED, use underscores in place of spaces (the program will exchange them at time of display). Case is not important, as the title will display in "proper" case, ie., with initial capitals. This is the folder which will contain the large images of the show.
Create a subfolder of your new folder, and name it small. The thumbnails for the show will be placed in this folder.

Images

Filenames
Image filenames are not displayed, but two protocols are essential.

USE NO SPACES in the names, though if you want the spaced look for your own purposes, underscores work fine.
The name of the full-size image (in the first folder) and of its matching thumbnail (in the subdirectory named small) MUST BE IDENTICAL.

Properties
Full-size images: 400 x 280 pixels. Recommend exporting to the web as a .jpg at Medium(30%) quality if acceptable, or no higher than 50% to keep download times reasonable.

Thumbnails: 69 x 48 pixels. High quality looks a little better here, and at such a size, is no compromise on download time. Remember, put it in the small subfolder with the same name as the full-size image.

Quantity
The acceptable range for any particular slide show is 1 – 16.

Upload

We hope the webmaster remembers how. It will not be possible to enter captions until the image folders have been uploaded.

Captions

Go to the Back Door (from the home page, click the Start page for Faculty and Staff, then select the Web Content side menu option to log in) and select Maintain Slideshow Captions. The rest is probably self-evident.





	P R O T O C O L S FOR S L I D E S H O W S A new slide show can be created with four basic steps, three of which can be done by anyone with right permissions. Create new folders, specially named Populate the folders with appropriate images Upload folders and create appropriate links (Webmaster) Enter captions through the Back Door interface Instructions for the general steps are provided below. New folder structure Create a new folder, the name of which will become the title of slide show, and will be displayed in the left corner of the gray title bar. NO SPACES ALLOWED, use underscores in place of spaces (the program will exchange them at time of display). Case is not important, as the title will display in "proper" case, ie., with initial capitals. This is the folder which will contain the large images of the show. Create a subfolder of your new folder, and name it small. The thumbnails for the show will be placed in this folder. Images Filenames Image filenames are not displayed, but two protocols are essential. USE NO SPACES in the names, though if you want the spaced look for your own purposes, underscores work fine. The name of the full-size image (in the first folder) and of its matching thumbnail (in the subdirectory named small) MUST BE IDENTICAL. Properties Full-size images: 400 x 280 pixels. Recommend exporting to the web as a .jpg at Medium(30%) quality if acceptable, or no higher than 50% to keep download times reasonable. Thumbnails: 69 x 48 pixels. High quality looks a little better here, and at such a size, is no compromise on download time. Remember, put it in the small subfolder with the same name as the full-size image. Quantity The acceptable range for any particular slide show is 1 – 16. Upload We hope the webmaster remembers how. It will not be possible to enter captions until the image folders have been uploaded. Captions Go to the Back Door (from the home page, click the Start page for Faculty and Staff, then select the Web Content side menu option to log in) and select Maintain Slideshow Captions. The rest is probably self-evident.