Webpages vs. Gallery pages

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:49:14 -0800
Subject: Webpages vs. Gallery pages <Re: [CR]CR site vs. Wool Jersey>
From: "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <a9.6e067a69.2f50bd38@aol.com>


There is one fundamental difference between Wool Jersey and the CR webpage. WJ is a photo gallery and the CR page is an actual webpage. For most folks they don't know the difference, so here it is. Webpages don't generally use templates or forms to create the page-- thought some do. When you want to change a webpage, even with WYSIWYG editor, there are a bunch more steps involved than just dropping things in a folder and uploading the folder. A little over 4 years ago I started the Classic Bikes Resource Page http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~mkirklan/classiclinks.html and it's now defunct in my mind. I created it to add things I felt were missing from the CR main site. In the end it was just more work than I wanted to deal with and it's a really, really simple page.

Photo galleries are quick and easy. There are on-line ones like Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035616637@N01/sets/53680/ this page took me maybe 10 minutes to make including figuring out their interface. Here is the gallery function from Photoshop http://ivycycles.com/pics/redbike/Desktop.html and this took me maybe 3-5 minutes to make. Both of these sites have better functionality than my above Classic Bike Resource Page. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Cd'A, ID.