quickWebAlbum Help

quickWebAlbum is a 'one trick pony' for producing photograph albums from a folder of jpeg files.

How do I use quickWebAlbum?

quickWebAlbum can be used in one of two modes. In both cases the folder containing the jpeg files is dropped on either the application icon, or the application window:

'Linked pages': The program will take a folder of jpeg files and resize the pictures (if required) to produce thumbnail images for the front page of the site. These small images are then linked to pages containing a larger version of the picture (this image can also be re-sized by the program). The pages containing the larger version of the image also contain links which allow the user to move between the main pages of the album. In this mode 'Advanced settings' can also be used (see below).
'Automatic': The program takes the folder of jpegs and resizes the images (if required). A series of webpages are then created which when loaded will automatically load the pictures for viewing. The pages also include a 'control' which will pause the slideshow and allow 'forward' and 'back' movement through the images (a Javascript enabled browser is required to view the album).

The created album can be found in a folder called 'Album' inside the folder that contained the original JPEG images.

JPEG settings: JPEG files will have any excess data (e.g. meta-data etc.) removed and quality and size of the JPEG changed to that indicated by the sliders in the application window (for most purposes a quality setting of 90 will produce a JPEG of suitable quality).

Thumbnail JPEG size (%): The position of the slider will determine to what size the original images will resized for use on the thumbnail page (only active when 'Automatic show' is not selected).

Main JPEG size (%): The position of the slider will determine to what size the original images will resized for use on either linked webpages or for use in the automatic slideshow.

Automatic show: If the check box is selected the program will produce an 'automatic' slideshow. If it is not selected the program will produce a thumbnail page and a series of linked pages.

Advanced settings (only available when 'Automatic show' is not selected): If this button is clicked a sheet will open that allows access to additional ('advanced') features which include:

Album Title: Any text typed in the available space will appear on the title bar of the browser window. If no text is typed the program will use 'quickWebAlbums' as the window title.
Main Page Title: Any text typed in the available space will appear as the title of the main page. This is useful for giving some introductory text for the album.
Greeting Text: Any text typed in the available space will appear on the main page. This is useful for explaining the contents of the album, e.g. vacation spent in.... etc.
Include filename on index (start) page: Ticking (selecting) this button will add the filenames below the pictures on the main (front) album page.
Include filename on album page: Ticking (selecting) this button will add the filenames below the pictures on the album page.
Include copyright and time stamp on pages: Ticking (selecting) this button will add a copyright notice and time stamp (i.e. time of creation) information to all the pages. Ticking (selecting) this button will also activate the Copyright text box. Any text typed in to the Copyright text space will appear in the copyright notice.

The slider and advanced settings are remembered between application launches, therefore if a folder containing JPEGs, is dragged on to the application icon, and the application launched, and an album will be created using the previous used quality, 'advanced' and size settings.

Aliases, folders and symbolic links within the main folder containing the jpeg images are ignored and are not followed.

Version Checking: quickWebAlbum can automatically check for new versions when the program is started, or by selecting 'Version Check...' from the 'quickWebAlbum' menu.

It should be noted that no personal information is transmitted MMISoftware during the checking process. The process works just as if you had visited the MMISoftware website and manually checked for a change in version numbers. (Automatic checking can be turned off by selecting the checkbox. To turn automatic checking back on run a manual version check which will display the version check window.)

Please report any problems with the program to qwa-problememail@mmisoftware.co.uk

Why does an annoying window keep popping up when I launch quickWebAlbum?

If you have not registered quickWebAlbum, and you have used the program more than 5 times, then you will get a 'nag' screen when the application launches. The way to stop the window appearing is to register the program at MMISoftware for $19.95.

This program is a shareware product.

The software and accompanying instructions are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The author, MMISoftware, do not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use, or the results of the use of the software or accompanying instructions in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness, or otherwise. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the software is assumed by you. If the software or instructions are defective, you, and not MMISoftware, assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.

In brief, if anything happens to you or your computer as a result of using this program it is not the fault of MMISoftware!

If you wish to include this program in a CD collection please contact supporemail@mmisoftware.co.uk.

Version 1.7

Updated the esellerate purchase engine

Version 1.7

Universal binary
New esellerate sales engine added - now accepts payments from PayPal
Now requires 10.3 or greater to run

Version 1.6.1

Fixed a minor bug which was causing some images to be returned as blanks
Minor update to improve memory handling and to fix a few minor bugs

Version 1.6

Greatly improved quality of re-scaled images (reduction of 'interference' type patterns seen on some re-scaled images)
Increased speed of operation (nearly 1/3 faster than version 1.4)
Greatly improved memory handling
Now produces smaller resized image files
Upgraded for Tiger (10.4)
- Correctly handles images rotated under 10.4
Recomplied using xcode 2.0
New esellerate sales engine
Fixed a bug that was causing crashes if the program was used after the nag screen was displayed
Corrected a problem with some settings being carried over between launches

Version 1.5.5

Added support for automatic and manual version checking

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