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Release 0.1.7 is out now!
The newest release allows you to rotate images in the applications.
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P2H is a program that lets you publish your images as quickly to the Internet as possible. It takes care of scaling, rotating and
uploading images, the most basic and always recurring tasks. There is no longer any need to start a graphics program, html-editor and ftp application seperatly and this can save you a lot of time. The program already
functions reasonably well. But it is still at an early programing stage and
additional features will be added in the near
future.
If you like the idea of such a program and you find this particular program usefull, please consider getting involved. The simplest way of course is to mail me any suggestions you have or bugs you may have encountered.
These are early versions of photo2html. Please be patient:-) New releases will follow shortly. The releases should run on Windows, Linux, Mac etc.. If you should run into any problems, please let me know.
Features of version 0.1.7_01
- Compiled using java version 1.4.2 instead of version 1.5.0. If you
experienced problems running p2h-0.1.7, you should suceed now. If not, let me
know.
- One click ftp-upload right from the program
- Simple web page creation from a list of image files (jpeg only)
- Index page creation. Includes the creation of thumbnail images.
- Rotating images
- Adding comments to individual images
- Number of colums on the index page is choosable
- Size of thumbnails is choosable
- Scaling of large images to ideal web sizes (this lets you work directly with the high resolution images from your digital camera)
Features of upcoming version 0.1.8
- Simplify the Installation process and improve usability.
- Resolve open issues.
- Improve ftp support.
Features of upcoming version 0.1.9
- The central features have been added to the program so this version and probably a few of the following will mostly be about bug killing and code cleanup.
Further features that will be added in later versions
- Support for other image formats
- Simple image manipulation (if there is demand for further operations apart from scaling and rotating)
- More sophisticated templates (including templates that that use php code letting people rate pictures or add comments)
- Template constructor
- Font selection
- Maybe a function that lets you read images right from your digicam
- Functions that check user settings i.e. if images are the right size for display on the web
- Documentation!
Photo2Html is very easy to use. Because the current versions are only preview releases, you are advised to follow the instructions below, so that you will not run into any difficulties. Later versions will include a "project wizard" and will be programmed more robustly.
- If you do not have java, install the latest release of Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (1.4 or above). You may find the the appropriate software here.
- Download the latest p2h release here.
- Run p2h
- Unzip the release file.
- MAKE SURE TO READ THE README FILE
- Doubleclick on the photo2html-xxx.jar file
- Using Linux or UNIX you can run the file by typing:
java -jar
photo2html-xxx.jar in a shell
- Create a new directory with your file browser and copy all
the images you would like to publish to the net in this directory. You
should always work with copies of your images
- Create a new Project by selecting File -> New
- Choose the directory created above as your working directory.
- Copy all images in the order you would like them to appear to the "Selected Images" window on your right.
- Double click on the selected images to enter a description that will appear beneath the image on the website.
- When you are done, save your project. You should keep the directory created above along with the images inside as an offline version of your webpage. This way your saved project file can always reload all of the relevant images and you can make any changes necessary.
- Press the "Create HTML" Button. This button will create all of the webpages and save them in the working directory. Attention! Currently the program will overwrite any previously saved html files with the same name.
- Upload all of the files/directories photo2html tells you to. And voil�
Installation is very straight forward, follow the steps listed below. Customized installers will follow shortly.
- Check wether you need to download a Java Runtime Environment (Should be version 1.4 or above). If it is already installed proceed with No. 4
- Download the latest release of Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment. You may find the the appropriate software here.
- Download photo2html here.
- Unzip the downloaded file to a directory of your choice.
- Run photo2Html.
- Unzip the release file
- MAKE SURE TO READ THE README FILE
- Doubleclick on the photo2html-xxx.jar file
- Using Linux or UNIX you can run the file by typing:
java -jar
photo2html-xxx.jar in a shell
This is what a picture series looks like. In current program versions there are a few settings that let you customize the look of your webpages (background/foreground color, project summary). You will even be able to create your own templates from scratch.
Should you be interested in the further development of this software, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Help is appreciated in the following areas. You may also visit the project homepage.
- Feedback on bugs and problems.
- Writing a short documentary.
- Programing installation routines.
- Translating the program, the documentary and the webpage. No coding skills required and any language is appreciated.
- Any financial support
- And of course help with development.
Please note this software is released under the GNU Public Licence. Please
familiarize yourself with the terms of this licence.
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