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<p>I had started out with the usual suspects for online photo hosting -- flickr, smugmug, zenfolio -- then decided that I wanted my own site -- still primarily a photo site, but possibly some non-photo content down the road.</p>

<p>After a brief flirtation with a Wordpress photoblog, I decided to re-design the site, using Jalbum for the photo albums and incorporating iframe for non-photo content and navigation. I haven't added non-photo content yet, but if you check out my site, you'll see that the copyright notice and header banner are separate from the jalbum frame.<br /> <a href="http://kalahi.net">Check it out at http://kalahi.net</a>.</p>

<p>All comments are welcome.</p>

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<p>Header takes too much vertical space. Don't like iframe concept. Why not let the thumbnails to expand. This way I can use only one scroll bar instead of two. Navigation is hidden when you open main image. You have to scroll back to the top to see it.</p>
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<p>Nicely done, I like Turtle skin a lot. One thing I wonder about is using the copyright line at the top, which looks like you added, when you have a copyright watermark on the photo. If you are going to use the copyright line, move it to the bottom.</p>

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<p>Don't like iframe concept.</p>

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<p>I see a website, not a concept. Maybe you can show us your website so we can see what can be done without "concepts."</p>

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<p>The site is nice and clean, but in FF 3.6.3, I'm having problems viewing the complete image. Using the scroll wheel advances the photos. I have to drag the verticle scroll manually to view the whole image and then drag it back up to access the site controls. I don't know what an iframe is.</p>
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<p>which looks like you added, when you have a copyright watermark on the photo. If you are going to use the copyright line, move it to the bottom. - Jeff Spirer</p>

<p>Jeff, good point - I might just remove it altogether, since that's where I plan to insert the links to yet-to be created pages. I do like the Turtle skin as well, having selected it after trying out many others.</p>

<p>Niki - iframe just a way to separate the Jalbum html from the rest of the website. The usefulness of the "concept," as you call it, becomes clearer when I start adding other content outside of Jalbum.</p>

<p>Phil - I am using FF 3.6.3 as well, and yes, you do have to scroll vertically, but that's by design.Also, iframe is just an html tag that allows you to create a frame -- it's useful when incorporating Jalbum into a website since iframe allows you to easily separate the Jalbum html (on my site, below the line) from the page's index.html (above the line). While I just opted to use 100% width for the Jalbum frame, I could as easily have sized it to any dimension I wanted.</p>

<p>-Keith</p>

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<p>These aren't meant to be overly-critical, just some personal views.</p>

<p>The header cuts off on smaller monitors - and is not centred in the same way as the main bulk - so as the browser is reduced, the banner and main window centres become misaligned.</p>

<p>The header appears too big IMO too - it forces horizontal scrolling on the page, when it isn't necessary. The whole site seems to take up a considerable amount of space, but doesn't really use it that effectively. The gallery headers for eg. along with the main header take up most of the display, with the first of the thumnails appearing at the bottom of the screen.</p>

<p>I would agree regarding the main section too - iframes with scrolling IMO don't work too well, they can lead to slightly confused displays, that get a bit difficult to navigate around - especially when accessibility is considered. Having said that, the use could be simplified - I think it would just mean using less thumbnails.</p>

<p>The navigation is a bit linear too. Once your are in a gallery and viewing an image, going back to a different gallery becomes a bit of a memory test in back-tracking. It's a personal opinion, but my preference is to have a link to the various galleries always visible, both as an aide-memoire to show what services/galleries/subjects are available, and to allow a 1-click link.</p>

<p>Good luck<br>

Martin</p>

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