| Before starting the album, collect all the images
you want in the album into one folder. You'll need to make a second folder
to store the album. It is a good idea to have these two folders in the
same place. |
| Open Dreamweaver MX, open a new blank file. |
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| Go to Commands > Create Web Photo Album |
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| The Create Web Photo Album window will
now pop up. You can enter information such as the name of the Album and
any other information you think important. The title will appear in a grey
box at the top of the webpage with the album. |
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| The Source Images Folder is the folder
where you collected all your images. Click on the Browse button
and navigate to where the folder is saved. Double click on the folder and
click the Select button. |
| In the field for Destination Folder, click
browse and navigate to where you wish the album to go. This folder should
be saved in the same place as the Source Images Folder,
but not the exact same folder. |
| You can choose how small or large you wish the miniature
images, or thumbnails, to appear as, and if you want the
file name displayed. |
| In the Columns field, you can choose how
many columns the images will be displayed in on the final webpage. |
| Lastly, you may select what type of file you wish the images
to be. The JPEG smaller file will not have as good image clarity as the
JPEG better quality. Either of the GIF choices will preserve the clarity
of the image better than a JPEG. |
| Creating a navigation page for each photo
means all the full size images will be displayed on separate pages. Unchecking
this box will display all the full size images on one page. |
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| Once you have adjusted all the settings, click OK. |
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Dreamweaver will now open Fireworks and start a batch process.
A small window will appear saying how many files have been processed, and
the image will open in the background.
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| When Fireworks is done, your open Dreamweaver file will
now show thumbnails of the images, as well as the layout. You can preview
the page by pressing the F12 key or going to File > Preview
in Browser. |
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| Clicking on any of the thumbnails will open the image in
a new window, at it's full size. |
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| Don't forget to save your file and images in the same place,
which on Drew's campus should be one of your network drives. |
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