#Jalbum video skin
#Jalbum video full
#Jalbum video code

Include a logo at the top left corner of the navigation bar, linked to the top level album page. You can exclude the folders and display only the custom pages. Select to display a multi-level, site-wide top navigation menu at the top of the index page. If the possibility to individually Like or Comment images is paramount, would like to showcase a huge number of images in the same folder, or prefer to have individual search results for the photos the separate slide pages mode might fit you better.

#Jalbum video full

If you want to showcase a small number of images in a smooth (even full screen) presentation with optional background music then go for the Single page mode. Conclusionīoth modes have its ups and downs – which is better boils down to what you are using the album. They are trying to maintain “link quality” on their sites, and I agree this is a necessary precaution. Think of sharing a funny cat video to millions then showing offending content after a while. They can’t check out the contents upfront. I have no insider info on this matter, but I guess they don’t want to allow dynamic pages to be shared, because they afraid of manipulation. These anchors are not allowed by major social sites, unfortunately.

#Jalbum video code

A smart javascript function is monitoring the hash code in the URL, and instructs the album to load the appropriate image upon change. This makes it possible to bookmark, share individual images in dynamic albums, and also allows the browser’s back and forward buttons to work within the album.

#Jalbum video skin

To be able to follow the actual image the skin is using a technique (using internal links), which adds the image name after the URL the following way. Tracking the actual image in dynamic mode In most browsers it falls back to windowed mode with every page changeĬommenting widget works, the others ignore itĮvery image is rendered on a separate html page Like, Comment, +1, PinIt, Share individual imagesĬan skip index page and auto-start slideshow Like, Comment, +1, PinIt, Share complete folders The number of page elements (thumbnails) is still limited To avoid memory leak in poorly written browsers I tried to find the best match between the two modes, still there are tons of differences. It’s a fundamental change in the structure, every part of the code had to be rewritten to work in both modes. achieving better search results, being able to comment images through Facebook separately, using several hundreds of images in the same folder, to name a few. It’s because there are several scenarios when the separate slides mode is still beneficial, e.g. You might ask why did then Turtle introduce the traditional mode at all. A dynamic album is capable of making smooth transitions between the images, loading only the necessary components, an rendering a full folder only once. This is why Turtle skin was originally made dynamic. The downside is inherent in the web technology which doesn’t allow transitions between web pages, nothing can remain from a previous page (like background music), and need to build every page from ground, loading and rendering everything on a page again and again. Every page has a separate URL address, so you can bookmark or share images separately and can use external widgets which rely on the page address, for example Facebook commenting. In the traditional – separate slide pages – mode, the HTML page loads all the page components and all the widgets (like Facebook, Google +1, etc.) every time an image is loaded. Turn it on for the “Separate slide pages” mode – the default is still the dynamic mode. Here is the magic switch that decides between these modes in jAlbum, called “ Make slide pages“: I’ve seen a lot of confusion regarding these modes, so I decided to put up this blog post. Although this applies to any skin, I will talk specifically about the Turtle skin now, which has been enabled to generate traditional (separate slides) albums since version 4, just a few weeks ago.

Sounds like a subtle technical detail but it has far reaching consequences. The “traditional” – one image per HTML page – and the “dynamic”, which changes the images on the same HTML page upon user interaction, utilizing Javascript. Dealing with digital photo albums on the web you’ll see two basically different models.