Guide to the Bates Website | Custom Page Types

Yearbook Slide Show

This slide show is a pop up window that allows a user to "flip" through or jump to pages of yearbooks.

NOTE: Similar to the generic slideshow, ICMS's previewer won't work for viewing this slide show. All images must be placed on a4811 and the page must be published and then viewed online. Also, to get the page to appear properly, it must have variables present in the URL (pos and nex). To get the window to look correct, the page must be launched in the manner described below

Screen shots:	Fields:	Field Explanation:	Field specs:
	ClassYear	This field has more than one purpose. Firstly it is displayed at the top of the slide show just to the left of the headline. Secondly, and more importantly, it acts as a guide for the naming convention by which the images are stored, and what folder they are stored in. See more below	4 digit year (1492 or 1965)
	Headline	A short ( 3-6 word) headline for the slideshow. Appears in the header of the slideshow.
	LastPage	This is the last page of the yearbook. Make sure that it corresponds with the last image in the class year's folder, not necessarily with the last actual page in the paper copy yearbook.	(e.g. 122)
	Description	This field will only be seen by people working in ICMS and is meant as a way to help page creators keep track of which page is used for what. It can be filled in with an explanitory sentence or two, or can also be left blank
Image file naming, placing, and sizing conventions
	Naming convention	Files must be named [Class year]-[3 numeral even page number].jpg (see details below)	(e.g. 1922-014.jgp)
	Placing convention	Files must be stored in the folder \\a4811\bates\xml\images\yearbook\[ClassYear] (see below for details)
	sizing convention	Files must be equal to or smaller than 790x520 pixels. The closer to this size (without going over) the less empty space the user will see.
Launching a yearbook slideshow.
	To get the slide show to appear in a pop up window with no tool bar and sized to our specific dimensions, we must used a special link. The href for this link is javascript:window.open('[x number of slideshow].xml?pos=0&nex=1','','width=796,height=555'); history.go(0) example: javascript:window.open('x27264.xml?pos=0&nex=1','','width=796,height=555'); history.go(0) This should be placed in the URL when you add a hyperlink piece of text

Unlike most pages in ICMS, this page type requires that things outside of ICMS be set up a certain way as well as the page itself within the publisher. Because most yearbooks are comprised of many many pages, the decision was made to not have each image dragged in as a component onto an ICMS page. Instead this page type requires that the images be stored in a specific folder with a specific naming convention.

The images must be stored in the folder \\a4811\bates\xml\images\yearbook\[ClassYear] (e.g. \\a4811\bates\xml\images\yearbook\2002) If you don't have access to this folder, there is a folder on Belfast (\\BELFAST\Departments\Yearbook Photo Transfers) which has been created so that they can be place there and then put in the a4811 directory by someone in the college relations office. Be sure to communicate the need to have the images posted. This folder won't get transferred automatically.

All the images in that folder must be named as follows: [ClassYear]-[3 numeral even page number].jpg (e.g. 2002-004.jpg or 1978-078.jpg) The cover should be have the number 000. The reason that each image number is even is because each image represents 2 pages. No numbers should be skipped. If a yearbook has a couple blank pages, either create a place holder image that tells the user that no image is present (so no one waits hours waiting for an absent image to load) or decrement remaining page numbers.

All images must fit within a 790x520 space. This means that with some yearbooks, images might be left with a little blank space on either the top and bottom or left and right when displayed through a browser.

This page type was designed and built by Wren Schultz at college relations.