THUMBAWUMBA 1.2

File: 'readme.htm' - Info about ThumbaWumba 1.2

Author: Matthias Peters

E-Mail:tw@matthiaspeters.de

WWW: http://www.matthiaspeters.de 

Programfiles:

  • readme.htm:            this file
  • liesmich.htm:            this file in German
  • leesmij.htm:             this file in Dutch
  • thumba.deu:             German language support
  • thumba.exe:             the program itself

What is Thumbawumba?

Thumbawumba takes images (currently only JPGs and BMPs) from a given directory, resizes them to a given maximum size (preserving the aspect ratio), generates thumbnail images and finally fully customisable HTML Websites for the thumbnailviews and the images themselves.

Version history:

What’s different to version 1.1b?

ThumbaWumba now supports also the EXIF-Format in several ways:

  • when sorting by date is active, the timestamp of the EXIF file is used instead of the filedate.
  • EXIF Information is kept inside of the target images as well
  • the contents of the EXIF comment section can be used as a macro for the HTML code of the imagepages. This way it is possible to automatically generate individual headlines fitting to the image

Furthermore it is possible to switch off the generation of the target images. This is useful if you need to make changes to the HTML Code after a first preview. It saves lots of time.

Version 1.1

Version 1.1 had a few bugs in the loading and saving routines of the *.THW files. Furthermore the folderdialog for the source and target directory has been changed to the newer standard version.

Version 1.0

Most important new feature is the generation of Websites for the images themselves (not only the thumbnail overviewpages). Secondly there are professional resizealgorithms including Lanczos3 filter available. Thirdly, you can chose between several ways of sorting the images in the websites (date, filename, ascending, descending).

Ideas for future Versions:

  • Redesign of the user interface
  • Support for watermarks in the gallery’s images

I can not say how long it will take until the new version is finished. However the more people mail me that they made a donation to a charity organisation, the more I am motivated to continue the development of this program.

 

Is ThumbaWumba Freeware, or what?!?

Yes, ThumbaWumba is freeware. You don't have to pay me for using it. BUT: I ask you to please visit one of the websites I listed in the "about" Form and donate money to one of these organisations (or any other of your choice). Think about it: you belong to the top 1% of the world's population who have access to a PC, while about 800 million people are suffering from undernourishment and 24000 are starving every day.

How do I use the program?

I tried to make the program so simple that you don`t need a manual for using it. The most challenging thing about the software is to create your own website template using html language. For this, there are lots of tutorials on the internet. If you created some good templates on your own (also in a foreign language), please mail it to me so that I can add it to the program  package for other users. Feel free to send me links to your webpage galleries! I appreciate any feedback (positive or negative) from you, but don't expect me to answer every single mail. I am in no way responsible for anything you do with the software. However I ask you not to use it for images that show violence or pornography. Be careful with the destination- directory you chose for the image output! Existing files might be overwritten without asking. When you distribute this program, let it contain this file and the german  "liesmich.htm".

Thanks to:

 

Finally:

Jesus loves you!