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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: New Image Viewer

Hi all,

As I'm always trying to make our website better for you, I am always looking to add new features.

One of the comments I have received from people on club trips is that they would prefer a better way of viewing the pictures on the trip reports pages. Currently when you click on an image it loads in a new window and you have to hit back, then select the next picture.

So, I have now added some funky new image viewer code that will show the picture on the same page, and give you buttons to either go forwards, backwards - or hit play for a slideshow. Hopefully this will be a much easier way of displaying the pictures going forward. I have left the format of the page exactly as it was, so if you click on any image in the series, the slide show/forward/backward buttons will work from that picture in the sequence.

For now, I have only modified the Oakwood Trip report so you can try it out. Please first go and look at the original report:-

http://www.rccgb.co.uk/tripreports/oakwood2009.html

Then have a look at the same page with new code which is here (not linked yet on main site):-

http://www.rccgb.co.uk/tripreports/oakwood2009ss.html

Once you have had a look, please vote on this, so I get an idea of it's popularity. The vote is only open for 2 days, so I can start on converting all the old trip reports this weekend.

I hope you like it!

Thanks!
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c anderson · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

A good improvement, well done.
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C Anderson

frosty · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:38 am Post subject:

As Colin said, a great improvement particularly as you quit and go back at any time. Well done Matt.
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Death · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject:

Hail Matt! Twisted Evil

Cheers for installing that code mate...It'll make viewing trip photos much quicker and easier than opening everything in new windows/tabs! Ye've done some excellent work there, if I may say so! Cool

From a technical view-point, I was especially pleased to see that the new photo viewer doesn't interfere in any way with the traditional form of browsing, if that's what the user prefers. I normally surf with Javascript turned off (Firstly for security, and also because I'm not that keen on Web 2.0) and when viewing the Club pages I normally open photos in new tabs out of force of habit.
However - Even with Javäscript enabled for the RCCGB site - I found that I was still able to open photos in new tabs or use the "Save Target As" feature if I so wished, and the script additions didn't hamper either action at all. In my view, the new RCCGB image viewer is a good example of how Javäscript should be implemented on websites! Smile

Farewell for now, and congratulations again on an excellent job well done! Twisted Evil

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chillichutney · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:49 pm Post subject:

Much much better. Very Happy

I sense some late nights sorting all the old stuff out.
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