atfirstglance Max displays a list of all the pictures in the working directory. Double click on any picture to take a closer look. atfirstglance.JPG THUMB100\atfirstglance_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\atfirstglance_THUMB400.jpg comparison Compare images side by side. Select the images you want to view, double click, and Max will lay them out, so you can see them all at the same time. comparison.JPG THUMB100\comparison_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\comparison_THUMB400.jpg imageoperations Max knows how to rotate and flip images. So if you happened to be standing on your head while you took the picture, no problem! imageoperations.JPG THUMB100\imageoperations_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\imageoperations_THUMB400.jpg makedescriptions You can enter descriptions for each picture, and Max will take care of making them appear on your web page. makedescriptions.JPG THUMB100\makedescriptions_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\makedescriptions_THUMB400.jpg thumbnails When you create a new Max document you first select a working directory. When you open that document, Max will search that directory for image files (*.jpg). It then creates two subdirectories. THUMB100 contains a scaled down version of each file 100x100 (approx), and THUMB400 contains a 400x400 (approx) picture. You can use these pictures to display on your website. The 400x400 is the normal picture that Max displays on the website. The quality is very good, but the file size is usually much smaller than the raw camera image. thumbnails.JPG THUMB100\thumbnails_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\thumbnails_THUMB400.jpg z_webpage <P> As you read above, Max generates an XML file with information about your pictures, and comes with an XSL file that you store on your site. Your web browser uses the XSL file to turn the XML file into HTML. </P> <P> What's that mean in English? Who cares! It works! But it only works on the more recent browsers: <UL> <LI>Microsoft IE 6.0 or better</LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/">Mozilla Firebird</A> <LI>Mozilla 6.01 or better</LI> </UL> </P> z_webpage.JPG THUMB100\z_webpage_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\z_webpage_THUMB400.jpg xmlfile A Max document (the file that Max stores data in) is by default called "pictures.xml" (feel free to rename), and can be found in the working directory. This is a simple XML data file that contains a list of all the pictures in the directory, and things such as their descriptions. <BR><BR> If you open this file on your machine, Internet Exploror will open it up, and you will see the pictures displayed just as they would on your server. If you look at the URL of this page that you are viewing, you will see that you are actually viewing an XML file. xmlfile.JPG THUMB100\xmlfile_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\xmlfile_THUMB400.jpg xslfile In order to display the XML file correctly, Internet Explorer needs an XSL file. You will need to install (copy) this XSL file to two locations.<OL> <LI>On your development machine, you will need it to be stored in "\scripts\pictures.xsl". Which for most people would be "c:\scripts\pictures.xsl". This will enable you to view pictures correctly on your machine when you open the XML file.</LI><LI>You will need to make this file available on your web site, at "http://my.web.site/scripts/pictures.xsl".</LI></OL> xslfile.JPG THUMB100\xslfile_THUMB100.jpg THUMB400\xslfile_THUMB400.jpg