About HTML Album Generator Plug-in

Welcome to the HTML Album Generator plug-in for ACDSee v3.1.

HTML Album Generator is ideal for web site developers who want to quickly and easily create HTML photo albums. These albums can be used as web pages to be viewed with Internet Explorer  or Netscape.


Creating an Album

To create an album, follow the following steps:

1.	In ACDSee v3.1, select the images that you would like to appear in the album.

2.	Click the shortcut [image] button or select [HTML Album Generator] from the Plug-ins menu.

3.	In the [Page Settings | Title] box enter a title for the album.

4.	Click OK and the album will be created and then displayed.


Troubleshooting

The first thing you should do if you encounter difficulties with the HTML Album Generator is consult the context-sensitive help.  To do this, simply click on the question mark in the top right hand corner, and then click on the option you would like more information about.

For more assistance with the HTML album generator,

see Getting technical Support and Contributing Feedback.


Getting Technical Support and Contributing Feedback

Technical Support

Registered users are entitled to technical support, should the need arise.  Please contact us by email at acdtech@acdsystems.com.  If you do not have e-mail access, you may telephone us at 1 (250) 544-6701.  Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM PST.

Feedback

If you have any comments or concerns about the Sample plug-in please direct them to acdshare@acdsystems.com.  Your feedback is important to us in order to get an idea of how to make Sample plug-in a better product for you.  Many ACD System software features have been heavily influenced by comments from users.  So if you have a grand idea for a new feature, or a better way of doing something, please drop us a note.


Modifies the settings of the thumbnails that will be created.


Sets the colors that will be used for the album.


Opens a dialog box to browse for folders.


Specifies the title that will appear on the album.


Specifies the folder that the album will be saved in.


Specifies the image format for the thumbnail images.  It is recommended to use JPG for photographs and GIF or PNG for artwork.


Specifies the type of text that prefixes the link to the images.

None: No prefix is added to the image link.

File Path: The complete file path prefixes the image link.

Custom: A custom prefix is used in the image link.


Specifies the type of text that prefixes the link to the thumbnails.

None: No prefix is added to the thumbnail link.

File Path: The complete file path prefixes the thumbnail link.

Custom: A custom prefix is used in the thumbnail link.


Specifies the text that prefixes the link to the images.

e.g., pictures/ if the images are to be put in a subfolder named pictures.


Specifies the text that prefixes the link to the thumbnails.

e.g., thumbnails/ if the thumbnails are to be put in a subfolder named thumbnails.


Displays the results in the default web browser.


Copies the source images to the output folder.


Specifies the maximum width (in pixels) of the thumbnails that will be created.


Specifies the maximum height (in pixels) of the thumbnails that will be created.


Specifies the number of columns of images per page.


Specifies the number of rows of images per page.


Causes the output to overwrite existing files.


Causes the output not to overwrite existing files.


Causes the program to ask for confirmation before overwriting any files.