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3.3 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 replaces this area with an
option labeled Select Photo in Album for thumbnail with the selected album. This option
lets you choose the thumbnail from each album in that group, that you want displayed
on the group page. We've already covered the options available for Album pages on
the previous page. Therefore this page will focus primarily on using Groups.
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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 options change where your photos are
concerned. Additionally, the sections of the application window cannot be adjusted for
groups (with the exception of the navigation pane).
The photos that display on your group pages, are 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 under the Content window (you
can shut these captions off and perform other edits when in Layout mode, discussed
later).
The only editing option available for the photos on a Group page is selecting which
photo you would like to use to represent the corresponding photo album. To make this
selection, 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 (it will be highlighted with a blue outline)
to select it.
3. To choose the photo to display on the group page, click on the Select Photo in
Album for Thumbnail button, 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 photo for the rest of the albums in the group.
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