Information about how these pages are created
Software used:
Editors/Macro programs:
Damae liked HTML3 a macro inserter and more, for creating pages. I've started using it every now and again particularly for placing images in webpages.
We use StrongEd as an editor in general and for editing HTML and I use Smultron on the Apples for hacking around in HTML files. It reminds me of StrongED a little and works quite nicely.
I use Word or Editor on the Psion to write the travelogues. The files are transferred from the Netbook using either Psion Mail or by putting the Psion CF card in a USB card reader.
I find Psion Web 2.0 handy for view picture galleries of the trip, whilst writing the travelogues.
Renaming utilities
For the renaming of template HTML files I use,!Rename, for batch renaming of the contents of such files I use Convtext .
For the renaming of image files I use a
Lua based application created by
Gavin Wraith called !Stan (article in a recent Archive magazine).
I recently discovered that EXIFInfo could be made to rename camera images *automatically*, using the camera date stored in the EXIF information in camera JPEGs. I've created a couple of format files to show how which are here.
Photo galleries
I use EXIFinfo for archiving images from the camera and used it for the older galleries.
I now use Webgen2 a nice little app which generates thumbnailed picture galleries with navigation buttons.
I have used J-Album on the Mac for several galleries. Although it produces quite nice looking pages, which degrade well, the code generated is rather opaque, and riddled with Javascript. I'll see what sort of feedback I get before using it on a regular basis. I've hacked around the code to provide template webpages for displaying videos on my website which I will put up when I get round to it (see here for an example this will open up a new window).
Image Manipulation
Jcut is useful as a quick rendering viewer and for rotating the jpegs on the gallery pages.
Images were resized using 'The Software Formerly Known as Imagemaster' AKA DPlngScan and FSI_batch.
Joined images are created using Artworks2 from Martin Würthner Software, and touched up using Photodesk.
FTP
The site is uploaded to our webspace using !FTPc a versatile FTP client.
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