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3.5 Photo Albums & Groups
Now that you have added album and group pages, and built some text and photo
content, you have probably noticed that the interface for albums and group pages are
slightly different. The major difference is the bottom of the user interface: Albums
contain an area to add and edit captions, while Groups replace this area with an option
labeled Change Thumbnail. This option lets you choose the thumbnail (from each
album contained within that group) that you want to display on the group page. This
page focuses primarily on using Groups, their purpose, and how they present and
display Album pages.
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Using Groups
Groups act as springboard pages to navigate to separate albums that share the same
category. An example of a group could be "Christmas" which is then divided into years
by each album: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. Each album contains the Christmas
photos for the corresponding year. Another example could be a group called "Trips" or
"Vacations" which is divided into sub-groups (albums) by destination: Greece, Tokyo,
Alaska, France.
The editing options for Groups regarding page titles, text contents, and adding links
are the same as they are for album pages. The ImageWell editing tools can be used
on Group thumbnails as well. The options change where your photo handling and
display are concerned. Additionally, the sections of the application window cannot be
adjusted in the group interface (with the exception of the navigation pane).
The Group pages will display the first photo from each photo album contained within
that group. The name of the album page automatically becomes the caption for the
thumbnail displayed on the group page. The thumbnails will automatically link to the
corresponding album when someone clicks on them. There are no editing options for
the captions on a group page in the Content window (you can shut these captions off
and perform other edits when in Layout mode, discussed later).
You can easily change the thumbnail that displays on a group page, as well as edit the
thumbnail in the ImageWell edit window. To change the thumbnail, follow these steps:
1. Select a group page from your navigation list to reveal the contents of the group.
By default, the first photo from each album contained within the group, will be the
one that is displayed on the group page.
2. Click on the first thumbnail in your group to select it (it will be highlighted with a
blue outline).
3. To choose the photo to display on the group page, click on the button labeled
Change Thumbnail, located at the bottom of the window.
4. A window will slide out from the top of the main application window, displaying all
the photos in that particular album.
5. Use your mouse to select the photo you would like to use on your group page to
represent the album.
6. Hit the Apply button. The new selection will now appear on the group page,
keeping the same album page name for the caption.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 to choose the photos for the rest of the albums in the group.
Editing the Thumbnail in the ImageWell Editor
To edit a group thumbnail in the ImageWell edit window, simply double-click the
thumbnail to edit it inside of the ImageWell edit window. You can rotate, crop and zoom
the thumbnail, as well as add draw objects to it. The edits you make will not be
reflected in Content mode, but are visible in Preview and Layout modes. Any edits you
make on the group thumbnail will remain separate from the album thumbnail display,
and vise versa. More on the ImageWell editing tools follows on the next page.
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