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Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:17 am
by aphrodite
cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:49 am
aphrodite wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:34 pm
Thank you Ams and PeteandSilvi, brilliant photos. We do have some lovely dragon flies, their wings are so delicate and intricate. Does anyone have any nice butterfly shots please?
Aphrodite, happy with the butterfly pics ?
No new Butterfly shots possible in my place this year as there are none around
Max
Yes am very happy with all of the stunning photos, so thank you all. X
Dominic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:58 am
What I want to do is have some form of gallery on the main site, so all these lovely pictures can be categorised (and therefore easy to find) and presented in a nice gallery format. What do people think?
Was hoping to trigger something along these lines X
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:36 pm
by ApusApus
Dominic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:58 am
What I want to do is have some form of gallery on the main site, so all these lovely pictures can be categorised (and therefore easy to find) and presented in a nice gallery format. What do people think?
Sounds a good idea to me!
Shane
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:42 pm
by Dominic
And what categories would we want?
Here are a few that spring to mind:
Sunsets
Weather
Insects
Flowers
Countryside
City Life
Village Life
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:44 pm
by ApusApus
Dominic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:42 pm
And what categories would we want?
Here are a few that spring to mind:
Sunsets
Weather
Insects
Flowers
Countryside
City Life
Village Life
Can you create sub-groups or just main headings?
Shane
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:53 pm
by cyprusmax47
ApusApus wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:44 pm
Dominic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:42 pm
And what categories would we want?
Here are a few that spring to mind:
Sunsets
Weather
Insects
Flowers
Countryside
City Life
Village Life
Can you create sub-groups or just main headings?
Shane
So one needs categories for Cyprus Birds, Hedgehogs, Lizards/Chameleon, Snakes as well
Max
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:41 pm
by aphrodite
Seascapes
Beaches
Churches
Tavernas/Restaurants
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:13 pm
by cyprusmax47
Ancient places, Minerals (Crystals) Gardens....
Max
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:27 pm
by cyprusmax47
cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:13 pm
Ancient places, Minerals (Crystals) Gardens.... Cypriot Tradition (Easter/Christmas ....)
Max
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:49 pm
by Dominic
We can have sub categories. As I will write it myself we can have whatever we want. I just don't want to make it too complicated.
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:38 pm
by cyprusmax47
Dominic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:49 pm
We can have sub categories. As I will write it myself we can have whatever we want. I just don't want to make it too complicated.
These are the last one's from me:
Cypriot Tradition (kite flying....etc)
Paphos 2017
North Cyprus
Cyprus night sky
Festivals (carnival, wine,Tulip, ...etc)
Max
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:45 pm
by Dominic
Kah, I remember our pathetic attempts at flying a kite then. I shall have to invest in a better kite (ie one with all it's sticks) before next year's Green Day.
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:07 pm
by Dominic
Six months later, and I am looking at this again.
How is this for a list of categories?
Sunsets
Weather
Flowers
Animals
+ General
+ Cyprus Birds
++ General
++ Eagles
++ Robins
++ Hawks
+ Mammals
++ General
++ Goats
++ Sheep
++ Pigs
++ Cats
++ Dogs
+ Reptiles
++ General
++ Lizards
++ Chameleon
++ Snakes
+ Insects
Countryside
+ General
+ Reservoirs
+ Akamas
+ Troodos
+ Paphos Forest
+ Coast
+ Inland
++ General
++ Ezousa Valley
City Life
+ General
+ Walkarounds
+ People
+ Places
Village Life
+ General
+ Walkarounds
+ People
+ Places
+ Polemi Tulip Festival
+ Paphos Carnival
Ancient Places
+ General
+ Bridges
++ Roudia
++ Kelefos
+ Villages
++ Foinikas
++ Evretou
+ Sites
++ Archaeological Park
++ Tomb of the Kings
Rocks and Minerals
Seasonal
+ Christmas
+ Easter
On loading the gallery, you get a list of categories, like the directory.
If you open a category, you either get images, or a list of sub categories
There is only one level of category indentation. After that, you drill down using filters like the directory uses. So Ancient Places -> Bridges will show a list of options on the left, allowing you to filter the displayed thumbnails.
If you click on a thumbnail, it goes full screen and you can then move back and forth through images, as you would expect.
Images can be in more than one category. So a picture of a dog at the Polemi Tulip Festival could turn up in Mammals and Polemi Tulip Festival
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:41 pm
by ApusApus
Looks fine Dominic, you can tinker with this forever & a day, & still people will not be happy! Launch it & it will sort itself out in the long run ............ if a category starts to fill up with posts then you can always look at breaking it up into sub-categories!
Shane
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:06 pm
by Dominic
ApusApus wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:41 pm
Looks fine Dominic, you can tinker with this forever & a day, & still people will not be happy! Launch it & it will sort itself out in the long run ............ if a category starts to fill up with posts then you can always look at breaking it up into sub-categories!
Shane
Sage words.
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:13 pm
by PaphosAL
This sounds a fabulous idea, Dominic. GO FOR IT please (in your own time)!
AL
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:28 pm
by brengreen
Sounds brilliant to me. Thanks
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:07 pm
by aphrodite
Looking forward to the photo gallery.
I haven't fully studied your design strategy Dominic, but is it to create the sub categories right off? Personally, I would just create the main categories and then add sub categories as they develop and filter through from the main categories, otherwise you may end up with empty sub categories. I may have misunderstood your method, I'm simply drawing on experience with developing databases. I think I'm on the same page as ApusApus!
Re: Dragon Flies/Praying Mantis
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:02 pm
by Bograt
Well, what a lovely thread. A good idea, Aphrodite, to ask for those. It's nice to be able to see so much detail.
I agree with PeteandSylvi that a "like" button would be nice. Could that be done, Dominic? A bit like Facebook whereby you have the smiling/wow/crying etc emojis?