Increase spacing between Photo Gallery columns?

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Everett Joline

Can anyone tell me how to increase the spacing between the columns (vertical
format) of a Photo Gallery component using FP03? (I need to include more
text for each picture.)

If so, thanks very much! (I suspect that it might require some coding.)

E-Jo
 
If you want to use the Front Page Photo Gallery, you are
stuck with what it gives you.
 
-----Original Message-----
Can anyone tell me how to increase the spacing between
the columns (vertical format) of a Photo Gallery
component using FP03? (I need to include more text for
each picture.)

If so, thanks very much! (I suspect that it might require
some coding.)
Click to expand...

This isn't something you can configure directly. However,
you may have luck adding

<style>
td {padding: 15px;}
</style>

to your <head> section, where 15px specifies cell padding
in pixels. However, this will affect every HTML table on
your page.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
Thanks, Jim, for your suggestion. I tried it, and it does increase the
spacing between the columns on the PhotoGallery page. Unfortunately,
however, it doesn't increase the amount of text that I can place between the
photos since I guess the added space is considered padding and is not
available to write in.

Any other suggestions you can think of?

E-Jo
 
Everett Joline said:
Thanks, Jim, for your suggestion. I tried it, and it does increase the
spacing between the columns on the PhotoGallery page. Unfortunately,
however, it doesn't increase the amount of text that I can place between the
photos since I guess the added space is considered padding and is not
available to write in.

Any other suggestions you can think of?
Click to expand...

Right-click the Photo Gallery, choose Photo Gallery Properties, and
increase the Thumbnail Width setting.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
No, actually I've already played with that, and it doesn't make more width
for text available either.

E-Jo
 
OK then, define "width for text".

Because when I increase the thumbnail width from 80 to 200, the area
that displays the Description text definitely gets wider and shorter.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
Hmm.. I'm not sure what you mean by <define "width for text">. Where do I do
that?

Also, when I increase the thumbnail width, the amount of width used for text
remains the same between the two columns of thumbnails. (If I have 16 5 char
words in the text they are displayed on 7 lines in both cases.)

Why don't we get the same results???

BTW, I have your FP03 book, so if there is something I should read that
pertains to this, just give me the page numbers.

Thanks,
E-Jo
 
My mistake: I was thinking Horizontal Layout (where the picture and
description are vertically aligned...)

For the Vertical layout, the width of the text area seems to be
non-configurable.

You may have better luck using an HTML table to design your page, and
the standard Thumbnail tool to create the Thumbnail.

Otherwise, you'll need to find a third-party tool or modify the
ASP.NET Picture Library described in Insider Extra 5 of Microsoft
Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out to meet your needs. You can see this
Insider Extra in action at:

http://www.interlacken.com/fp11extras/piclib/default.aspx

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
I've found that creating my own page using tables a better solution than using the FP gallery
Create a page, add photos, make thumbnails, move them into table/cells, add text, you're done.
 
OK, Jim, thanks for your help. At least I know now that I'm not missing
something.

E-Jo
 
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