Yes, I knew you did, Ron; I didn't/don't recognize Wm. Cheryl
Ron Ferguson wrote: > Cheryl, Wm, > > Thanks, Wm, for your confirmation, I was beginning to think that I was > getting past it!! > > Cheryl, both William and I do write websites, and also modify Pedigree > webpages to suit ourselves. However, the OP asked why Legacy didn't give the > option. In the tutorials on my website I do give a bit of javascript which > can be used to insert pictures in Pedigree webpages. > > Ron Ferguso > http://www.fergys.co.uk > > > > > > Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone > > singhals<[email protected]> wrote: > >> As one of those annoying people who prefer to hand-code >> their web pages, the issue isn't as easy as Voss suggests. >> >> The Defaults in "the program" are frequently displeasing to >> users. So options are needed. For options to be useful, >> the user has to know /exactly/ what each will do. AND has >> to want that *every* time in the document. [Do you actually >> want an empty box when you don't have a photo to display?] >> >> Consider too that inserting a photo frequently distorts the >> page's visual appeal. Inserting 5 photos with 5 lines of >> data will become visually boring, the eye will elide from >> one to the next; if you alternate left/right placement for >> the photo, a fair share of readers will do the vertical >> read, and then complain that the picture shows a >> birth-baptism but the caption refers to a marriage. >> >> If you really really want the picture with the event, insert >> it by hand. Otherwise, put all these into the photo album >> and print it at the end of the individual's information, as >> a separate page, for those readers who care. IME most won't. >> >> Cheryl >> >> Wm Voss wrote: >>> Really? Nonsense. The request has been made since I started beta testing >>> in v2 and the excuse has always been exactly as Ron stated for ALL >>> formats of web page generation. One would think a decade would be long >>> enough to come up with some way to make the use of the vital event >>> options useful in this context. >>> >>> Wm Voss >>> >>> On 10-Aug-13 7:39 PM, Brian/Support wrote: >>>> Ron took the "we don't know where to put them" from the wrong context. >>>> That statement was made several years ago by the programmer about the >>>> narrative reports where the vital events are grouped into a single >>>> paragraph. It would still apply to some formats of web pages (Ancestor >>>> and Descendant). Pedigree web pages list the vital events as bullet >>>> points so it may be possible to include pictures with the vital events. >>>> >>>> The suggestion to include vital event pictures is recorded in our >>>> enhancements project as is another suggestion to include source pictures >>>> and, from a discussion recently, the option to not convert image files >>>> to jpg. Since the programmers never give any indication of which >>>> suggestions are being considered or being introduced I can give you no >>>> further information. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
