Thumbcat
Image Catalogue Application
by Malcolm A. Ripley
Contents
1 Introduction
- A Brief overview of the functionality
1.1 Display of images
1.2 Cataloguing
1.3 HTML
2 Structure
- Description of how Thumbcat is organised
2.1 Book Styles
2.2 CD Styles
3 Building
- How to build, modify and update the various catalogue styles
3.1 Interactive Catalogue
3.1.1 Action
3.1.2 Image Source
3.1.3 Catalogue Location
3.1.4 Action Options
3.2 Creating an HTML Catalogue
3.3 Modifying Catalogues
3.3.1 Adding an Album
3.3.2 Adding an Image
3.3.3 Changing Titles
3.3.4 Renaming Directories
3.3.5 Changing Catalogue Options
4 Searching and Views
- A description of user views and database search views.
4.1 Searches
4.1.1 Identity
4.1.2 Context
4.1.3 Criteria
4.1.4 Saving the Result
4.2 User Views
5 Navigate
- How to move images around, display data, export etc.
5.1 Viewing Catalogue Images
5.1.1 Displaying a Catalogue
5.1.2 Displaying an Album
5.1.3 Detail View and Slideshow
5.1.4 Displaying Data
5.1.5 Editing Data
5.1.7 Exporting Data
5.2 Immediate Viewing
5.3 Importing an Image
5.4 Exporting an Image
5.4.1 Modified Copy
5.4.2 Alt-drag
6 Options
- All the user definable Thumbcat styling.
6.1 Book Style
6.2 Filer Style
6.3 Album View
6.4 Detail View
6.5 Timings
6.6 Layout
6.7 Printing
7 Problems
- Inevitable problems and how to overcome them
7.1 Corrupt Index File
7.2 Missing Thumbnails
8 Printing
- Multiple images per page and contact sheets
8.1 The Method Used
8.2 Printout Definition
8.2.1 Printer Info
8.2.2 Options
8.2.3 Copies
8.2.4 Repeat
8.2.5 Labels
8.2.6 Layout
8.2.6.1 Contact Sheet Layout
8.2.6.2 Photo Size Layout
9 Developer
- Developer notes for the curious
9.1 Book Styles
9.2 Tag Files
9.2.1 Makers
9.2.2 Itemlist
9.2.3 Taglist
9.2.4 TVxlate
9.2.4 Fixedval
9.2.6 Reading from an Exif file
9.2.7 Reading from the Thumbcat database
9.3 View Files
9.4 Search Files
9.5 Database Files
9.2.1 !ThumbcatO
9.2.2 !ThumbcatI
9.2.3 !ThumbcatC
