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• BetterHTMLExport Tip
  2002-02-05 20:17:54  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  One of the welcome new features in "BetterHTMLExport" is the ability to generate a navigation bar on the picture pages. It's great for moving from page to page, but there's no link to return back to the thumbnail page, which is a real problem.
  
  However, you're also allowed to include text from iPhoto's "Comments" field to accompany the image on the picture page. If you add a little HTML in the Comments field, such as:
  
  

  
  
  <br />Return to the <a href="../index.html"> Classroom Thumbnails</a> page.
  
  

  
  
  you can generate a text link that appears on the picture page and will take your viewer back to the thumbnails page.
• BetterHTMLExport Tip
  2002-02-07 14:21:46  lichme5000 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Actually, you link back to the index page by clicking on the photo itself, so while it's not immediately obvious, that functionality is provided.
• BetterHTMLExport Tip
  2002-02-07 14:49:59  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  Exactly! Figures, someone beat me to the punch. So all you'd have to do is include a text instruction, rather than HTML, in the comment field (or edit the template). Now, can anyone figure out how to get the album comments to appear on the page?
• BetterHTMLExport Tip
  2002-02-07 15:17:37  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  In the ..Contents:Resources:English.lproj folder is a file called "imagePages.plist". Change the file type to .txt, open in text editor, scroll to the bottom and add "Click on the picture to return to the gallery." (or whatever you want to say) to the line shown below:
  
  ##NAVIGATION##
  Click on the picture to return to the gallery.
  </center>
  </body>
  </html></string>
  </dict>
  </plist>
  
  Save the file and change the extension back to ".plist". Voila! Instructions built into every image page.
• BetterHTMLExport Tip - quick note
  2002-02-07 15:22:30  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  Note: the lines of code I displayed in the previous message will look a little different because the "<" and ">" are < and > for those who don't know HTML.
• BetterHTMLExport Tip - doh!
  2002-02-07 15:26:11  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  Argh...........hopefully you understand what I meant by that last post. Grrrr - wrong quotes.......
• BetterHTMLExport Tip - Imagine that
  2002-02-08 01:04:45  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Wow, I would have never thought to click on the picture to return to the index page, but it does work as advertised. I should have looked closer at the html. I like the ensuing tip for adding instructions.
  
  I have to say that I'm really getting a lot of use out of this plugin -- it has made iPhoto much more valuable to me ...

• iPhoto with OS X screen saver
  2002-02-06 10:57:35  rgrant@mac.com [Reply | View]
  
  
  As soon as I got iPhoto I wanted to use my photos with the OS X screen saver. Trouble is it isn't easy. To make it a bit easier I wrote a script that makes a folder of aliases that the screen saver can use.
  
  http://homepage.mac.com/rgrant/FileSharing19.html
  
  Hope people find it useful.
  
  Robert.
  
• iPhoto with OS X screen saver -- Cool!
  2002-02-06 13:26:31  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  I just tried it, and the scriptlet works great. It's a great addition to my script library.

• How to Install PlugIns
  2002-02-06 13:32:17  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  I've received a couple notes about the "hidden" Content directory that contains the "PlugIns" folder. You're not crazy; it's not easy to find.
  
  First quit iPhoto. Then find its icon in your Applications directory. Right-click (or CTRL-click) on the icon and choose "Show Package Contents" from the dropdown menu. Then open the "Contents" folder that appears. Now you'll see the "PlugIns" folder where you can drag and drop new items.
  
  When you restart iPhoto, the PlugIn will be active.
• How to Install PlugIns -- Easier Way
  2002-02-06 15:05:33  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Stuart Smith dropped me the following note for an easier way to manage PlugIns:
  
  "It is actually easier than that.
  
  Do a Get Info in Finder on iPhoto. Choose Plugins from the menu. There's a
  large Add... Button in that panel. Use it to navigate to your new plugin. It
  will be copied to iPhoto/Contents/Plugins.
  
  The interface (like much of Mac OS X) isn't finished yet. You can pick
  absolutely anything (it doesn't have to be a plugin) and it will be copied
  to the plugins folder. Also, the list of plugins isn't updated immediately,
  you may need to Get Info on a different file and then come back to iPhoto to
  see your newly-installed plugin.
  
  If you disable a plugin it is moved to iPhoto/Contents/Plugins (Disabled)."

• Show Image script file
  2002-02-07 13:34:09  lichme5000 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yes, the show image script file is a nifty little script, but it is (imho) wholly unnecessary if Apple was willing to make a relatively minor improvement to iPhoto (and, for that matter, iTunes). I _really_ want the ability to delete photos from my hard drive for ever and ever from within iPhoto. Since it is supposed to be the best way to organize digital photos, it stands to reason that it is also the BEST way to delete them. It annoys me to no end that it doesn't allow me to do that. I just want a simple check box in my preferences that says "delete file from hard drive when I delete from library". That way, you're not left with countless crappy pictures on your HD that you don't want cluttering your library. This feature is even more necessary in iTunes, since it doesn't tie users to a specific library of mp3 files. Yes, I know it is possible to locate the mp3 file on the hard drive using the get info feature in iTunes, but that's just massively annoying.
  
  I'm evangelizing here. Can I get a witness?
• Show Image script file -- I second that
  2002-02-08 00:55:17  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yeah, you're so right.
  
  Deleting an image in iPhoto only removes its ugly face from the library listing, not from the hard drive itself. Hmmm. So now I have all these creepy dark images living down there with the dragons eating up HD space.
  
  A fix is definitely on my iPhoto wish list.
• Show Image script file -- I second that
  2002-02-09 15:00:15  Adam Engst | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Umm, have you tested this? Deleting an image from the Photo Library (as opposed to an album) does indeed remove it from the hard disk, at least on my Mac. Try the following:
  
  * Duplicate an image.
  
  * Figure out the duplicate's filename (actually a number. Double-clicking to open it in another application for editing, as set in the Preferences window, is an easy way to do this if you don't have the Show in Finder script).
  
  * Do a Sherlock search for the filename. You should find a couple of items in the iPhoto hierarchy starting with that number (a data file, a thumbnail, and the original, at least).
  
  * Switch back to iPhoto and delete the image from within the Photo Library.
  
  * Switch back to Sherlock and perform the same search. Every time I repeat these steps, all the files found in the previous search are gone.
  
  cheers.... -Adam
  
• Show Image script file -- I second that
  2002-02-10 18:01:52  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  Agreed. My photo files seem to be deleted as well when I delete from iPhoto. Same goes for iTunes. Command-Delete in iTunes will give you a prompt about moving the file to the trash - answer yes and that mp3 is history.
• Show How to really delete the image...
  2002-04-04 12:02:04  batesc [Reply | View]
  
  
  How to delete an image and get rid of it from your HDD depends on where you delete it FROM. In iPhoto, if you are in Organize view and are working from the Photo Library list or the Last Import list, and you delete photos, they are completely removed from your system (i.e. they disappear from iPhoto views and the image files are deleted from your hard drive - you get msg "Are you sure you want to permanently remove the selected photo..."). However, if you are working from an album list and delete a photo, all it does is to remove the reference to the picture from the album list (i.e. the image stays on your hard drive and is still in your Photo Library). I think you'l find iTunes works in the same way the respect to deleting tunes from the Library view versus deleting them from within a playlist view.
  This explanation makes sense of the conflicting postings in this conversation thread, and suggests that Apple have already provided a decent level of delete functionality.
• Show How to really delete the image...
  2004-12-22 19:32:18  vprice [Reply | View]
  
  
  I had a strange experience today. I created several new albums, and placed photos in them from my last import. Then I deleted them from my last import, and was left with one more cluster of photos, and higlighted all of those and dragged them to another folder. But in the act of dragging, something happened, and some of the other photos that I had just placed in albums--including the last photo of a friend who just died-- vanished. Those albums were totally empty. No message popped up warning me that they would be totally remove. But I can't find the photos--they are gone from last import and the photo library itself!
  Any ideas about retrieving them?

• iPhoto Library Manager
  2002-02-09 00:32:59  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Brain Webster has written a new tool that allows us to manage many iPhoto Libraries at once, iPhoto Library Manager. I've been using it today, and it's really helped me switch on the fly between three different libraries, including one that's on a different drive. This is a free utility. Thanks Brian!

• Send iPhoto's via Eudora
  2002-02-10 11:02:40  mattchildress [Reply | View]
  
  
  I prefer to use Eudora for my e-mail, so I hacked the default script from Apple to use Eudora for OSX.
  
  Available at:
  
  http://homepage.mac.com/matt_childress/FileSharing2.html

• New BetterHTMLExport Plugin
  2002-02-11 04:13:30  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  I saw version 1.2 of this plugin on versiontracker today. It adds a direct link back to the main gallery page (as well as keeping the "click on the picture" feature) as well as the ability (and instructions) to completely customize your template pages. There are a few other minor additions, but since these two directly relate to the discussions we had below, I thought I'd post. This is a fantastic plugin. I love it!

• Where is documentation on plugin architecture?
  2002-06-25 22:15:57  bravada [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi,
  
  Where is the documentation on the IPhoto plugin architecture? I want to try writing my own plugin.
  
  Thanks,
  Bravada
  
• Where is documentation on plugin architecture?
  2003-05-07 10:58:48  below [Reply | View]
  
  
  I am wondering the same thing... anyone?
• Where is documentation on plugin architecture?
  2003-07-03 15:46:53  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-dev/2002-January/022563.html
• Where is documentation on plugin architecture?
  2003-07-03 15:49:49  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  even better - Stone went through a great example...
  http://www.stone.com/The_Cocoa_Files/Writing_PlugIns.html

• iPhoto Diet Droplet
  2002-09-24 20:18:02  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  iPhoto Diet reduces the size of your iPhoto library by eliminating unnecessary duplicate photos or, if preferred, all backed-up originals. A useful utility for recovering hard drive space or fitting more photos onto a CD-R.
  
  http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fuhrer/personal/freestuff
• free up space - originals folders
  2003-06-23 16:06:24  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  after importing pics from a digital cam,i always gotta rotate half o them,it seems that iphoto keeps a copy of the original photo in a folder called originals. what for???
  i hope they will add an option about this.
  i did a search for originals folder, got the list in finder and just deleted them.
  if u ever rotate another pic there,it will recreate the original folder. so as long as you dont need the originals you can free up some valuable disk space.
  the rookie