Organizing Collection -- Software Help needed?

Bill M · 2nd November 2006, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

Bill,

How about giving Google's Picasa2 a shot?
http://picasa.google.com/download/index.html

It's free, easy to use and supports the requirements that you've mentioned.
I like it very much.

I like it, but can not figure out how to do nested albums. I would like to have several levels.

Country (overall folder/album) [Main category]
type of artifact, Kris, barong, etc [Sub category to Main]
particular piece (18th c Duble fuller twistcore) and a description of the piece

So far I can only see how to make an one album with no sub-albums inside it. If you have a way to do this, I would really appreciate your input.

"Gallery" seems to have this problem also. I can see a picture that I can click to get into the page where someone's weapons are represented.

But even there it seems like all the pieces are just represented without sub-categories.

Being an eclectic collector I have pieces from many different countries. So I need a lot of categories and sub-categories.

joshualayne · 2nd November 2006, 05:06 PM

hmm, I would have sworn I used nested albums with gallery - unfortunately, I don't currently have mine up and running to demonstrate that point - I replaced it with a wordpress-integrated gallery.

Having everything run from a CD does make the application server option not as attractive, as all parsing on a CD is done by the browser - it won't invoke an application server like PHP.

sorry for the red herring with gallery - I am just VERY reluctant to get anywhere near hand-maintained sites, as I did it as a career for 5 years - not my favorite thing

so that bias comes through in my recommendations.

j.

tsubame1 · 2nd November 2006, 07:53 PM

Hi Bill. Alam Shah's suggestion seems a good free program for your needs.
Anyway if you already have Frontpage and want to try it we can figure out how to make your "site" together.
I've sent you my e-mail. Let me know.

Cheers.

Alam Shah · 3rd November 2006, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

I like it, but can not figure out how to do nested albums. I would like to have several levels.

Country (overall folder/album) [Main category]
type of artifact, Kris, barong, etc [Sub category to Main]
particular piece (18th c Duble fuller twistcore) and a description of the piece

Being an eclectic collector I have pieces from many different countries. So I need a lot of categories and sub-categories.

When using Picasa2, the categories and sub-categories can be divided by using Windows Explorer - Windows folder/directory structure. Sort-out what you want and use Picasa2 to edit/enhance/sort/label them accordingly. As always, some planning is required to form the structure of the repository.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

So far I can only see how to make an one album with no sub-albums inside it. If you have a way to do this, I would really appreciate your input.

"Gallery" seems to have this problem also. I can see a picture that I can click to get into the page where someone's weapons are represented.

But even there it seems like all the pieces are just represented without sub-categories..

When using Gallery, the KampungNet is just an example of what is possible... You can create many nested albums and sub-albums as required within a single album, but at KgNet, the structure is simplified... we don't want people to traverse sub-album after sub-album, do we?

But nevertheless, the feature is there and functional.

Bill M · 3rd November 2006, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

When using Picasa2, the categories and sub-categories can be divided by using Windows Explorer - Windows folder/directory structure. Sort-out what you want and use Picasa2 to edit/enhance/sort/label them accordingly. As always, some planning is required to form the structure of the repository.

Since I believe that it has value to others that we continue this discussion on the Forum, instead of private email, I would like you to please clarify the above.

Small baby steps, please!

I tried to find a Picassa album and build a Windows folder/directory structure under it. Can't find the album.

Should I begin by building a directory structure, using windows explorer based as follows:

Main Folder: Collection
sub folder under Main "Collection" folder -- Philippine Islands
sub folder under "Philipine Islands" -- Kris
sub folder under "Kris" -- 18th C twistcore

2nd November 2006, 05:06 PM	#2
joshualayne Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Half Moon Bay, CA Posts: 14	hmm, I would have sworn I used nested albums with gallery - unfortunately, I don't currently have mine up and running to demonstrate that point - I replaced it with a wordpress-integrated gallery. Having everything run from a CD does make the application server option not as attractive, as all parsing on a CD is done by the browser - it won't invoke an application server like PHP. sorry for the red herring with gallery - I am just VERY reluctant to get anywhere near hand-maintained sites, as I did it as a career for 5 years - not my favorite thing so that bias comes through in my recommendations. j.

2nd November 2006, 07:53 PM	#3
tsubame1 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Magenta, Northern Italy Posts: 123	Hi Bill. Alam Shah's suggestion seems a good free program for your needs. Anyway if you already have Frontpage and want to try it we can figure out how to make your "site" together. I've sent you my e-mail. Let me know. Cheers.