On 12 Feb 2004, at 18:51, Charles A Upsdell wrote:

> > > You could abandon all the unnecessary Javascript
> > > overload and not have popups and show the images on
> > > their own pages.
> >
> >Yep, and then have to maintain a whole bunch of
> >separate pages. Or simply link to the image and let the
> >browser display it, sans any navigation or information
> >other than the browser's back button. In both cases, I
> >think that Javascript in this case provides a better user
> >experience, not "unnecessary overheard."
> 
> A server-side solution would be good here.  E.g. you could
> make a script (Perl, ASP, whatever) that is given an image
> filename, height, width, and some text, and that generates
> the appropriate page.  One simple script; no separate
> pages.

I agree with that. Take a look at the photography 
website of one of my co-workers - completely database 
driven.

http://www.visionlandscapes.com

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
 

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