Tips for Viewing Photo Albums
These guidelines will help first time viewers navigate through photo albums:
Main Menu in the right-hand column (all pages):
| Home | This link takes you to the photo albums home page, not the main web site home page. See Home Page explanation below. |
| Login | The login is used only by album administrators to create and edit photo albums. You do NOT need to login to view the albums. |
| Album List | This link will generally take you to the list of albums containing the album you are currently viewing. If you are not viewing an album, it will take you to the albums home page. |
| Search | This link will take you to the search function page. See Search explanation below. |
Home Page - This page primarily lists the categories established to categorize the photo albums. Click on the blue category name to display a list of albums available for viewing along with a brief explanation of the contents of each album. This page also displays a link to the main web site home page.
Albums List - This page or pages will display a list of albums available for viewing. A thumbnail and brief explanation of the album contents is shown for each album. Click on the album thumbnail or album title above to open that album for viewing. A maximum of nine albums are displayed on a page. If there are more than nine albums in the category, multiple pages are used. Page numbers are displayed in the lower righthand corner of the screen.
Album Thumbnails - A page of album thumbnails is displayed after opening an album for viewing. A maximum of 20 thumbnails are displayed per page. Additional page number links are displayed in the lower righthand corner of the screen. You can launch a slideshow of larger images by clicking on the first or any thunbnail. The slideshow starts with the image clicked.
Slideshow - The slideshow displays one larger one image at a time. When first launched, the slideshow will be in manual mode meaning the slideshow can be changed manually forward and backward through the images. The arrow icons displayed above the right side of the image are used for this purpose. On the left side of the same row with the arrows are two other icons. The leftmost icon will return you to the thumbnail view. To the right of this icon is an icon to start and automatic slideshow that will advance to the next image every three seconds. Image titles and desciptions will display during a manual slideshow but not during an automatic slideshow. If you hover over an image while in manual slideshow mode and the mouse pointer changes to a pointing finger, that means that a higher resolution images is available for viewing in a new window.
Search - The search function is a powerfull tool for finding specific information. The fields associated with each image to be searched are selected by the checkmarked fields. By default, the Title, Caption and Keywords fields are checked. Other search options are also available. The information typed in the search box is used during a search. This can be any partial or complete word or multiple complete and partial words. Numbers may also be used in the search box. The search function will create a custom album with matching words or numbers that may be viewed just like a pre-defined album.