help with Jalbum please

[asirimarco]

after reading all the raves about jalbum i downloaded it - seems like it would be fun to work with - my problem - i really am a dummy when it comes to ftp etc - in other words i don't know how to complete the publish form - i have searched the forums and found 2 otherds asked same question but cant find answers - FTP Server ???? would the username and password be my cpanel info web directory ????? remote directory???? - i am trying to learn but it is taking awhile
Driving to South America in a Motorhome

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please


FTP Server ???? would the username - IP ADDRESS - eg 70.86.134.194
Username: Cpanel user name
Password: Cpanel Password
WebDirectory: public_html
Remote Directory: what you call your album folder - (I call my childrens album Kids Art and so I have folder kidsart to upload album to...)

Hope this helps...shout back if you need more assistance.

bzzz

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

You can take alook at my Photo album to see how I have utilized Jablum for my Travel page and on my kidz for an art gallery. Hope that helps.

LAtah - :)
bzzz

[asirimarco]

Re: help with Jalbum please

thank you so much - will try it in a.m. when i'm not so brain dead - love your site - i only hope to be 1/4 as good and informed about the web - some day - i will probably be begging for help again soon
Driving to South America in a Motorhome

[circuspet.com]

Re: help with Jalbum please

I'm reading this too

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

No problem...and trust me I'm a few chocolate chips short of the cookie when it comes to this stuff...I just happen to like playing with this stuff and going ...'oh s*&t...what'd I do now" and then thank god on hands & knees when I'm able to correct it. I had a Eureka moment with Jablum and the rest is history...lol.

I can't wait to see your pics. Let me knwo if you run into any problems...love Jablum...but there tutorials could be better....and their forum is not the best.

Good Luck

Hi circuspet....

[circuspet.com]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Hi beezzz,
Ftp is new to me , but so is everything else I've done here. I feel good about the small amount of progress I've made in this great time span.
You mentioned importing to a clear page, might I be having problems
trying to import to this page dogsgallery
I put up a few pics to let any viewers see I haven't died.

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Hi circuspet...no problem..you are almost there. Here is what you need to do and you'll have your album up and running and then you can update from there whenever you need.
1) place an I frame on the page where you want the photo album to appear.
2) link your i-frame to the album...yours would probably be like this - http:///www.circuspet.com/dogsgallery/index.html
(You will find that when you save your album, Jablum saves your album with an index.heml file so that is why you have to link it that way.)

After you preview...adjust i-frame (height & width) to accommodate your album. You will notice on my travel page the album is almost 900x900 to accommodate my little scribblings at the bottom and the pictures when I open the album.

Ok hope this helps and I'll check back to see how you are doing.

PS - JAblum automatically creates an album folder for you when you tell it to upload, so no need for you to go in cpanel and create one..unless you want to....

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Ok..having computer problems this morning...andI just lost message I wrote so doing it again.

I'm going to do the quick version so I don't loose this as well.

1) Create I-Frame on page where you want the album to show up.
2) Link I-frame to album - circuspet yours would look like this (probably)
http://www.circuspet.com/dogsgallery/index.html
3) Preview to see if the album is showing up.
4) Adjust I-frame (height & width) to fully accommodate the album. On My Travels page you will notice that I have a large area for my album where as pn my Kidz Artz page I have a small area for the Kids Art Gallery.

Tell me if it works out and if you need anyother help.

bzzz

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

ok..guess the message was not lost just my computer giving problems..sorry for double posting...don't court martial me please..lol

[circuspet.com]

Re: help with Jalbum please

BEEZZZ.
I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, must be VH.
I have some erands to run now, but I will be back later this morning to try your suggestions.

Thank you

[asirimarco]

Re: help with Jalbum please

BEEZZZ - thank you so much!!!!!!!! would never have figured that out myself - like you i enjoy the challange - but sometimes without the knowledge it is pretty hard - now i will just experiment with different things - at least i can save and retrieve it in my site - though i took it right back out - many thanks again
Driving to South America in a Motorhome

[asirimarco]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Beezzz -- hi again - i have managed to get some jalbums published (and unpublished) but can't figure out how you got your 4 thumbnails on a page so they would open 4 different albums ---help please
Driving to South America in a Motorhome

[beegud2]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Arrrggg...oh I jsut wrote everything down and I got logged out while I was writing so...I'm going to the quickie version and we can take it from there...here goes.

******Create folders (they will be your 'mini or sub-albums') with the images you want for each sub- album. You will load these to your image directory and create each album to be placed in your Main Album. Makes it easier that way. You probably have floders for diferent trips etc. like me.

1) Name your Main Album in the OUTPUT DIRECTORY (first section of Jablum when you open)
2) Choose your images for first mini-album and upload and create album.
3) Choose images for second mini and create album -
THE OUTPUT DIRECTORY MUST BE THE SAME FOR EACH MINI-ALBUM
When you preview you should see the thumbnails for each mini-album

Tell me how it goes and we wil lwork from there...good luck.

bzzz

P.S. - stay sane..it is a frustrating thing at times but well worth the effort...lol

[circuspet.com]

Re: help with Jalbum please

Beezzz,
My erands took more time than planed and after an evening out with a bottle of good wine ... well... I hope your able to be here tomorrow. I know I'll be able to think much more clearly then.