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I received the following by email from Robert D:-
I had a quick look at the website and I noticed that you had the Gallery feature working. I tried something similar a while ago, putting several photos in a line across the page, but it didn't work well so I used the long columns instead. I will have to try this next time I add something to the page. The icing on the cake would be the ability to add captions to the photos. I don't suppose there is a way to do this?
Robert
Robert - I agree the ability to add captions to images would be the "icing on the cake" - I have not figured how to do it yet - I have not pursued it much so far because I usually want to add other comments like where the bird was seen and what it was doing so my comments against image numbers has been sufficient for my needs. If you would like to have a go I can point you to the right place in Wikidot facilities.
Bob.
Hi Robert – I have taken the liberty of adding the “gallery” facility at the end of your piece on birds at Bempton. Let me know if you like it and want to proceed with it. If not I will delete it.
Bob.
Hi Bob,
The slideshow gallery is ok and you can leave it in. Two comments to make about the slideshow.
First is that the photos are a bit small and there seems to be no way to get a full size view.
Second is that there are no captions associated with each photo. Other websites with similar slideshows eg Naturetrek have a caption on each photo. It just makes it better for id purposes. However there may be a way to do it within Wikidot. I can think of one alternative way to do it that would mean extra work in Photoshop.
Robert
Robert - re image size - you can have square, thumbnail, small or medium. Default is thumbnail. I used small for Bempton gallery.
To learn more about this facility - after sign in click on down arrow to right of my account:-
Click on Settings, select Full Syntax, Go to Table of contents, select Gallery of images.
You may spot something that helps us to make the desired improvements.
Bob.
Hi Bob,
Technically there is no reason against adding long comments on the photos, you just have to add a big enough text area to accommodate what is required. First I copied each photo into a new blank canvas that had extra space for the text, then added the text using the T tool as you say. I decided to keep it simple and just add names for ID. I'm with you on preferring to add a bit more but I think it could be rather impractical. Also, I wouldn't have both the long gallery and the lightbox slideshow on the same page but I left both on the Bempton page for now.
I did have a look at the Syntax page (rather unintelligible) but I couldn't see any obvious way to use an attribute to hold a caption or define, say, the file-name as a caption (which would have been ideal). Hence Plan B and Photoshop.
In the future I think the best method would depend on the content of the webpage. For a lot of discussion and comments then simple embedded pictures are probably best, but for just an exhibition of photos then the gallery slideshow is perfect.
Robert
Robert – thanks for sharing your thoughts with me – I think we both see it much the same way. I assume you will select one or the other for your Bempton page.
Bob
Drew <moc.liamg|pxwerd#moc.liamg|pxwerd>
7 Oct (2 days ago)
Please can you tell me whereabouts I can find a list of "full details and activities" for the Wilmslow Guild Bird Watching Group, as advertised in the Wilmslow Guild Prospectus.
Many thanks,
Drew
Drew – thank you for visiting Wilmslow Birders 2 which is part of a suite of websites for people interested in birds and birding. You were actually just one click away from where you needed to be. You were on Wilmslow Birders 2 and you needed to be on Wilmslow Birders 1. The blue link on the first two lines of the Welcome module would have taken you to it.
Click on it now http://wgbwcopy.wikidot.com.. You will see a green navigation bar – click on the WGBG module and you will find blue links to the programme and activities of the WG Birdwatching Group.
You are not the only one to have had this problem. Unfortunately the current Wilmslow Guild brochure and website contain quite a few errors and omissions, not just in relation to the bird group. I have no direct involvement in the Guild website but I understand that the BG Committee are taking this up with the Guild.
Meanwhile the information system set up three years ago continues to operate without these difficulties. This provides information which supports the activities of this Bird Group. I am dependent on BG Committee members for the input, updates and accuracy of this information. Updates tend to be announced in monthly newsletters but so far the information appears to meet the needs of website visitors.
Please feel free to contact me again if necessary.
Bob.
Howdy! This article could not be written any better! Looking at this post reminds me of my previous roommate! He constantly kept preaching about this. I'll send this information to him. Fairly certain he's going to have a good read. Thanks for sharing! eaaefkacckdcddba
Hi,
My husband and son would like to come along to the talk at the guild on the 29th of January. My son is developing a keen interest in birds and bird watching. Your website seems to suggest this is possible, even though we are not members. Could someone please let me know?
Many thanks.
Ruth
Please may I have permission to use the photograph of the oil in the fir tree to paint. I am an amatuer painter.
Many thanks,
Denise Lincoln
Hello Denise. Apologies for the very tardy reply. I think you mean the owl in the fir tree in Sandpiper's Pages. Yes, it would be no problem for you to paint it.
Hi I just wanted to say thank you. I am heading to Dubrovnik in early July and have really struggled to find any information about birding in the area. It makes you appreciate how much information there is available in the UK. Peter M has provided details of a great potential birding location in the Konavle Valley which by chance is very close to where I will be staying. He has also provided some excellent tick list targets for me to research before my trip.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Tom Gordon from Kent
Just noticed your kind comments, Tom. Would interested in what you saw in Konavle- in cas e we go back there -and the date you were there
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