Thumbnails File Editor Menu Item:
The thumb nails file is the main way to customize your
thumb nails display order and popup descriptions. With
the thumb nails file you define what order your images
are in, which images to include and any popup
description they will have. Creating the thumb nails
file can take some time depending on how many images
you have but it is worth the time. After you create
the file you save it and if you add other images to
the directory you simply open the config file and it
will list the new images from the directory and allow
you to add the ones you want to the thumb nails file.When you start the file creator click file new and
this will ask you for the name of the file, something
like jeffthumbs.txt is a good name. Then it will ask
you for the directory that contains the thumb nails.
When you click OK it will list all the files in
that directory in the list box. At this point you
select the thumbs that you want to be included in the
file/gallery. Once the file is created you select this
file in the paths section of
the main dialog box of IGC under "Thumbnails
Directory or File". You can click on the edit
button here and it will bring the thumb nails file up
ready for editing.
The "open this directory in explorer" button
launches explorer which allows you to select thumbnails view
in explorer so you can see your thumbnails. This allows you
to see all of your images in one place so you can decide on
the order of the images in the file.
The "copy to all" button
quickly copies the current description to all the
images in the file. This is very useful if you are starting
a thumbs file and you are using a pip up java description or
alt = "whatever" description.
Here is an example:
onmouseover = "DispPopUpDesc('Click
to view<br>larger
image.',2,4000,'yellow','black')" onmouseout =
"HidePopUpDesc()";
THE <br> IS A LINE FED.
The "copy to blank" button
quickly copies the current description to all images that
have a blank/empty description. This is very helpful when
you have added some images to the directory then you add
them to the list. If you add 50 new images you can use this
button to copy a "generic" description to all the
images that don't have a description on them.
I have included the java pop up description but to use the
standard pop up you would use
alt = "your description here";
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