I was fed up with not being able to find a simple, elegant design.
The apps I saw out there we all kind of overkill to me. I don’t need comments to my photos, and just was a pain to manually upload a lot of photos through a web interface to get the images up and running.
Features that I required:
– manually parse a directory full of pictures.
– generate a thumb in small and medium sizes, cached to save server processing
– create a easy to use and understand interface [more html than programming]
– show the filename as the description of the photo.
– have subfolders as albums.
– link to the original large photo.
Features that I added:
– ability to show the size of the original file, in denominations of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes.
What I originally wanted to do was have to create and .htaccess file to link to a specific file at all times. So I would only need to upload the pictures. However I couldn’t figure it out, so I just put a < ? include("..index.php");?> as the index.php file in all folders, except the initial gallery page. Where it reference the actually gallery.php file.
If you have any suggestion to add to this same, simple app… let me know, I may add to it.
Month: January 2005
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New gallery app I made
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High speed spindle design
Bought this book by Harprit Sandhu, on Spindles. ISBN 1-85486-149-2
It’s focus is designing useful spindles for small lathes, with the mindset of keeping it simple, easy to make, and low in part numbers.
It’s not bad in that aspect, and does cover the bases that I need to design and implement my own. I’m only using it as a reference for designs, and usage.
Hopefully in the near future I’ll make on.
Designs and renderings here -
eBay the Monopoly
Argh, I just recieved an email from eBay. A Legitamate one, not one of those phishing expeditions.
This email was here by notifying me that Fees are to increase [yet again].
I ask myself why? Considering they’ve sent most, if not all, of their support staff to india. Service is intermittant, fraud is rampant.
How does one create a service that does the following?- Create an easy to use experience for sellers and buyers.
- Easy to search/navigate.
- Ability to hold transactions securely. For example payment.
- Monitoring of fraud and abuse.
- Not allowing PO Boxes.
- How does one certify buyers/sellers?
The need for a trusted selling / buying service is tremendous.
Fraud is always going to happen. fraudsters seemingly come up with creative new ways to fraud people.
I guess it’s time to just open my own eStore.
www.Howardforums.com isn’t a bad idea, considering if I can find a local guy, people can do a straight exchange.
It’s free. But it’s a pain in the butt to siphen through all the material listing.
Perhaps a listing of items to be sold, in a searchable / organized manor would be a better way. And will the members accept such a way?