Okay, because I have no idea where else to put this, I'm a put it here and hope Lee doesn't slap me with a wet trout.
My first all-by-myself-design
Would it work?? :kitten:
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Okay, because I have no idea where else to put this, I'm a put it here and hope Lee doesn't slap me with a wet trout.
My first all-by-myself-design
Would it work?? :kitten:
Nice and simple, no reason it shouldnt get listed imho :)
Regards,
Lee
Whoohoo! Thanks Lee! :)
AACCKKKK! Don't submit that! You will get banned for having your images open up in a new window! Get rid of TARGET="_blank". You may also want to reduce the quality of your thumbs a bit... 13,000kb is probably too big... slows down the page.
Also, why are using sliced images for your thumbnail? It makes the page load really slow even on DSL. Is it for the borders? You can easily recreate that effect with html and/or a thumbnail program.
Otherwise the gallery looks nice.
Damn i never even noticed that LOL
All i did was mouseover the thumbs to see where they linked to :(
Xstr8guy is right Tala, the images shouldnt open in a new window.
Regards,
Lee
ACK! Thanks all! Will fix that now.
Xstr8guy: I'm REALLY new at this. I have no idea what you mean. :(
What program(s) did you use to create the gallery? What don't you understand about my post? I may be able to help, although I'm not a tgp master.
Don't feel bad, Tala... I'm sure I got banned by some tgp's when I made my first attemps. I wish I knew of GWW when I first started, I could have sved myself some heartbreak.
Okay, target=blank fixed.Quote:
Originally posted by Xstr8guy
What program(s) did you use to create the gallery? I may be able to help, although I'm not a tgp master.
Don't feel bad, Tala... I'm sure I got banned by some tgp's when I made my first attemps. I wish I knew of GWW when I first started, I could have sved myself some heartbreak.
I used Photoshop and Image Ready to create it. Any help is thoroughly appreciated. :)
Much better.
I see there's a couple missing full-size jpgs, but aside from that, yea I'd list it if i had a niche for it.
ACK! *goes to find which ones are not there*Quote:
Originally posted by Jasun
Much better.
I see there's a couple missing full-size jpgs, but aside from that, yea I'd list it if i had a niche for it.
*pant pant*
Okay, fixed. Whew.
Your gallery should be fine for submission. Typically, you would not want to use image ready for the whole page, just use image ready for large detailed graphic "splashes". Normally you would create thumbnails and just place them in a table. Arles makes a great program for thumbnail/gallery creation. The learning curve can be a little steep at first... but if you can figure Photoshop and ImageReady out, you shouldn't have any problems.
I hate programs like that. The galleries generally turn out to be hideous.Quote:
Originally posted by Xstr8guy
Your gallery should be fine for submission. Typically, you would not want to use image ready for the whole page, just use image ready for large detailed graphic "splashes". Normally you would create thumbnails and just place them in a table. Arles makes a great program for thumbnail/gallery creation. The learning curve can be a little steep at first... but if you can figure Photoshop and ImageReady out, you shouldn't have any problems.
I'll see what I can figure out. Thanks everyone! :) *HUGS*
I noticed that at first, too. But when I went back to check, they were linked... and this was before Jasun pointed that out to you. I thought it was a problem with your host. Who is hosting your site? Make sure they are up-to-snuff for tgp before you submit.Quote:
Originally posted by Jasun
Much better.
I see there's a couple missing full-size jpgs, but aside from that, yea I'd list it if i had a niche for it.
Arles is quite flexible... I would never use it to create a whole page/site (although you could), but it is wonderful for creating the thumbs and images. Once it's set-up, you are able to resize thumbs/images, set image compression, apply image borders, set hyperlinks automatically, etc. And if you don't like the results... just change a couple settings and try it again until you get something perfect. It's a huge time and labor saver... and super simple once you know the drill.Quote:
Originally posted by Tala
I hate programs like that. The galleries generally turn out to be hideous.
I'll see what I can figure out. Thanks everyone! :) *HUGS*
My host is good with tgp pages. Jasun was right, and it was my bad. I just was quick on the draw and fixed 'em. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Xstr8guy
I noticed that at first, too. But when I went back to check, they were linked... and this was before Jasun pointed that out to you. I thought it was a problem with your host. Who is hosting your site? Make sure they are up-to-snuff for tgp before you submit.
Thanks for the Arles advice. I'll see what I can get done with it. :)
It looks like you got some good advice, the gallery looks great now.
If you are using photoshop try using their gallery creator to make your thumbs, it takes almost no time and you fully customise the parameters like quality level and size. Then just adjust your template to display the thumbs within a table and you have a working solution. Once you start making galleries daily you will appreciate using these quick techniques.
cheers,
Luke
Quote:
Originally posted by Chilihost
It looks like you got some good advice, the gallery looks great now.
If you are using photoshop try using their gallery creator to make your thumbs, it takes almost no time and you fully customise the parameters like quality level and size. Then just adjust your template to display the thumbs within a table and you have a working solution. Once you start making galleries daily you will appreciate using these quick techniques.
cheers,
Luke
They have a gallery creator?? :kitten:
Hi Tala --
When making a gallery, keep in mind how people "read" a web page. Their eyes naturally read top, then right, then bottom, or bottom left. The middle banner you have on the far left, I'd move it so it's on the right side of the page instead.
Thumbnails should be around 5kb. If you're losing quality, then reduce your images to maybe 100x instead of 150x. Reduction usually requires you hit them with the "sharpen" option. 72-74 psi is usually a good pixel per square inch resolution for web imagery. Larger images should fall in the 22kb - 40 kb range. Any bigger and you'll burn up a lot of bandwidth, any smaller and some tgp scripts will reject the gallery. Also, some tgps won't take a gallery that has any large images that fall below 400x on the longest side of the picture, so always check that they are at least 400x high or wide, depending on if it's vertical or horizontal.
To help load times, you might take the bottom text above your animation and make it actual text, just enlarge the html to say header1 or header 2 font size instead of using a graphic. Many seasoned gallery submitters will tell you to not use any graphics on the page other than your thumbs, and everything else should be actual text. Loads faster.
I also have to scroll sideways a bit. Be sure to build your pages to fit 800x screens. Your table should be no wider than 750 pixels to fit and show full screen. (You can go to 760x wide once you know how to control how the page displays with CSS but that's another lesson).
Once you make a gallery, stand back from your computer a minute, walk away - come back and glance at the screen, and note where your eyes go. What's the first thing you impulsively want to look at?
Be sure that the first thing that grabs your attention is your ad text or ad banner! If the imagery takes front stage, tone down the background color around them and pump up something to make the sales text jump to the center of attention. Be VERY clear about TELLING your surfer to click to go to the site you're selling. Either say it, or use a clearly marked UNDERLINED link style.
Hope that helps.
Wow! Thanks for the great advice, Bec! :kitten:Quote:
Originally posted by Bec
Hi Tala --
When making a gallery, keep in mind how people "read" a web page. Their eyes naturally read top, then right, then bottom, or bottom left. The middle banner you have on the far left, I'd move it so it's on the right side of the page instead.
Thumbnails should be around 5kb. If you're losing quality, then reduce your images to maybe 100x instead of 150x. Reduction usually requires you hit them with the "sharpen" option. 72-74 psi is usually a good pixel per square inch resolution for web imagery. Larger images should fall in the 22kb - 40 kb range. Any bigger and you'll burn up a lot of bandwidth, any smaller and some tgp scripts will reject the gallery. Also, some tgps won't take a gallery that has any large images that fall below 400x on the longest side of the picture, so always check that they are at least 400x high or wide, depending on if it's vertical or horizontal.
To help load times, you might take the bottom text above your animation and make it actual text, just enlarge the html to say header1 or header 2 font size instead of using a graphic. Many seasoned gallery submitters will tell you to not use any graphics on the page other than your thumbs, and everything else should be actual text. Loads faster.
I also have to scroll sideways a bit. Be sure to build your pages to fit 800x screens. Your table should be no wider than 750 pixels to fit and show full screen. (You can go to 760x wide once you know how to control how the page displays with CSS but that's another lesson).
Once you make a gallery, stand back from your computer a minute, walk away - come back and glance at the screen, and note where your eyes go. What's the first thing you impulsively want to look at?
Be sure that the first thing that grabs your attention is your ad text or ad banner! If the imagery takes front stage, tone down the background color around them and pump up something to make the sales text jump to the center of attention. Be VERY clear about TELLING your surfer to click to go to the site you're selling. Either say it, or use a clearly marked UNDERLINED link style.
Hope that helps.
Yup, File -> Automate -> Web Photo GalleryQuote:
Originally posted by Tala
[BThey have a gallery creator?? [/B]
cheers,
Luke
as a first attempt, it's pretty good. i don't see some common newb mistakes - good for you!
here's a couple things i notice:
the thumbs and pics are sort of dark, whereas this http://www.freakmanor.com/hentai/pur...es/tgp1_03.gif is nice and bright. your thumbs should be of equal quality.
also i'd use a higher quality banner if i was going to use a banner at all.