Blogging Techniques and Control Information

This page last updated 1Nov10. http://www.johnevans.id.au/wp/?page_id=3744

Additional Photo Storage

1. Box.net  - free web storage. Check out my use of it on my Pictures page. But I don't particularly like the interface
2. Facebook (on this blog) - free web storage and social networking. But public links to photos expire
3. flickr (on this blog) - free photo web storage. Haven't tried this
4. Picasa - 1GB of free web storage. Public links to photos do not expire. Love the interface, love the increased storage size and resolution of individual photos and the ability to zoom in them when they're presented.

Code

1. Jan10 - cleaned up index.htm by hand, reducing it in size from 521kb to 400kb.

Control Information for me

Useful HTML - Clickable Map Image

1 Load - what, the current map calibrated as an Ozi map? - into OziExplorer. Load the new tracks. Place a 30*20 lime green Comment on the track as a track number. Redo any obliterated track numbers. Save full map to image file as bmp with map objects in file.
2 Open in PhotoStudio and save as jpg. Determine top left hand coordinates of track number.
3 Add <area shape="rect" alt="Click here to see walk report #2nn for 200y 0m dd xxx" coords="x,y,x+30,y+20" onClick="window.open('Walk%20Descriptions/200y_0m_dd.htm','blank','location=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,width=1000,height=600,scrollbars=yes')" /> entry to html

Create a Google Earth embed

1 Go to http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&url=http://code.google.com/apis/kml/embed/embedkmlgadget.xml
2 Follow the instructions

• Change title
• Insert kmz file URL, which is http://jevans.pcug.org.au/KMZ%20Files/... NB all spaces replaced by %20
• Change Default Map Type to Satellite
• Click Preview Changes to check it works
• Click Get the Code and copy it into the blog page.

Picasa Slideshows for a Walk

You can embed a Flash slideshow of any web album. It'll be automatically updated when you make changes to your album. Follow these steps to embed a slideshow:

1. On the My Photos page, click your album.
2. Click Link to this album on the right-hand side.
3. Click Embed Slideshow.
4. Choose your slideshow settings, such as image size, captions, and autoplay.
5. Once you've chosen your settings, copy the resulting HTML code (Ctrl-C).
6. Paste the HTML in the source code for your site (Ctrl-V). Make the size 600*400.

Blog Controls

Clickable map image updated to walk #300
Google earth composite KMZ files 2009 01-04
Wall map updated to 2008 07 08 Around Honeysuckle Creek
Cotter River walks updated to 2009 01 09-10 Leura Gap and Gallipoli Flats.

Blog Storage at tip.net.au - Web Quota 500000 KBytes

Post Walk

1. Upload track and waypoints from GPS to OziExplorer. Adjust if necessary. Determine distance and total climb. Publish KMZ file to Google Earth using GEtrax.
2. Capture track and waypoints pic(s) using PhotoStudio and store in walk directory.
3. Upload photos from camera card. Select best/most representative 3. Copy to walk publish directory. Reduce to 800*600 and 80% quality using IrfanView. Create gallery using EGG.
4. Write the walk report. Update the index page. Update Walks page.
5. FTP KMZ file, Gallery, walk report, index page, Walks page.
6. Update the Walks spreadsheet and FTP it
7. Update any special pages and FTP.

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