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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="LATIN1" ?> |
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2 <!DOCTYPE webpage PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD Website V2.2//EN" |
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3 "http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/website/2.2/website.dtd" [ |
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4 <!NOTATION XML SYSTEM "xml"> |
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5 <!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.xml" NDATA XML> |
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6 ]> |
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7 <!-- $Id: intro.xml,v 1.13 2005/08/21 20:12:33 jerome Exp $ --> |
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8 <webpage id="intro"> |
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9 <config param="rcsdate" value="$Date: 2005/08/21 20:12:33 $"/> |
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10 |
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11 <head> |
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12 <title>Introduction</title> |
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13 <keywords>SAUTRET, BINS, album, gallery, photos, EXIF</keywords> |
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14 </head> |
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15 <section> |
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16 <title>Features</title> |
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17 |
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18 <para>The aim of BINS is to generate <emphasis role="bold">static |
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19 HTML photo albums</emphasis>. Some of the functionalities of BINS |
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20 are :</para> |
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21 |
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22 <itemizedlist> |
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23 |
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24 <listitem><para> generated album is <emphasis |
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25 role="bold">static</emphasis> : it's just plain |
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26 HTML/CSS/Javascript files (Javascript is not mandatory to view |
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27 the album), no need of any dynamic language (php, asp, etc.) nor |
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28 database on server side. Album can be burned on |
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29 CD or DVD.</para></listitem> |
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30 |
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31 <listitem><para> album can contains other albums (<emphasis |
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32 role="bold">sub albums</emphasis>): the album can have a tree |
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33 structure ; </para></listitem> |
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34 |
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35 <listitem><para> generation |
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36 of a <emphasis role="bold">thumbnail</emphasis> and of <emphasis |
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37 role="bold">scaled images</emphasis> for each picture ; |
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38 </para></listitem> |
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39 |
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40 <listitem><para> generated album appearance |
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41 is <emphasis role="bold">fully customizable</emphasis> by using |
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42 <emphasis role="bold">HTML templates</emphasis> (5 different |
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43 templates sets are currently provided) and <emphasis |
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44 role="bold">configuration parameters</emphasis>: colors, number |
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45 and size of thumbnails per page, number and size of scaled |
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46 pictures (in pixels or percentage of the original image for the |
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47 size), fields to display, etc. Those parameters can be <emphasis |
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48 role="bold">set globally</emphasis> (system wide or per user), |
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49 <emphasis role="bold">per album</emphasis> or sub album or |
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50 <emphasis role="bold">per picture</emphasis> (for example, you |
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51 can change the colors of one sub album or one just one picture |
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52 page in an album by editing its description file) ; |
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53 </para></listitem> |
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54 |
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55 <listitem><para> several <emphasis |
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56 role="bold">description fields</emphasis> (date, location, |
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57 etc...) can be associated with the pictures (in text or HTML |
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58 format). You can easily add or customize these fields ; |
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59 </para></listitem> |
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60 |
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61 <listitem><para> description fields can be |
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62 set or modified via a <emphasis role="bold">command line |
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63 interface</emphasis> or a <emphasis role="bold">GTK+/GNOME-based |
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64 GUI</emphasis> ; </para></listitem> |
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65 |
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66 <listitem><para> A <emphasis role="bold">search engine</emphasis> is |
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67 included in the album : you can find some pictures by searching |
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68 keywords in their description fields.</para></listitem> |
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69 |
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70 <listitem><para> Album can be generated from pictures managed by |
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71 <ulink url="http://www.nother.net/zoph/">Zoph</ulink>. |
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72 </para></listitem> |
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73 |
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74 <listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">speed up</emphasis> album |
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75 browsing by performing a clean up of <acronym>HTML</acronym> |
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76 code to reduce its size and by <emphasis |
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77 role="bold">pre-loading</emphasis> thumbnails in browser cache |
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78 using <emphasis>JavaScript</emphasis> code ; |
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79 </para></listitem> |
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80 |
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81 <listitem><para>Exif information and <emphasis role="bold">Digital |
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82 camera support</emphasis>?: |
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83 <itemizedlist> |
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84 <listitem><para> |
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85 use the EXIF data structure found on some image files |
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86 (usually, those produced by digital cameras) to fill |
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87 automatically some fields (date and time for example). |
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88 </para></listitem> |
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89 <listitem><para> |
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90 BINS use the Orientation EXIF tag (which is normally set |
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91 when you rotate a image on you DigiCam) to |
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92 <emphasis role="bold">rotate the picture to correct |
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93 orientation</emphasis>. |
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94 </para></listitem> |
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95 <listitem><para> |
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96 For each image, a page provides all information |
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97 available on the picture and the <emphasis role="bold">DigiCam |
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98 settings</emphasis> when the photo was taken. |
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99 </para></listitem> |
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100 <listitem><para> |
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101 Additional information are provided for <emphasis |
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102 role="bold">Canon DigiCams</emphasis>. |
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103 </para></listitem> |
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104 <listitem><para> |
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105 Tooltips provide information about the meaning of some of |
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106 the fields. |
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107 </para></listitem> |
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108 <listitem><para> |
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109 All EXIF information is saved in the XML description file, |
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110 preventing they disappear when the image is |
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111 modified ; |
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112 </para></listitem> |
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113 </itemizedlist> |
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114 </para></listitem> |
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115 |
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116 <listitem> |
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117 <para> |
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118 <emphasis role="bold">internationalization</emphasis> |
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119 (generation of album in different languages) using gettext. |
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120 Current languages supported are Catalan, Dutch, English, Esperanto, |
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121 Finish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, |
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122 Russian, Spanish and Traditional Chinese ; |
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123 </para> |
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124 </listitem> |
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125 <listitem><para> |
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126 <emphasis role="bold">customizable charset |
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127 encoding</emphasis> for HTML generation, including <emphasis |
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128 role="bold">UTF-8 (Unicode)</emphasis> support by |
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129 default. Generation of the Apache |
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130 <filename>.htaccess</filename> file for correct encoding |
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131 charset in HTTP headers ; |
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132 </para></listitem> |
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133 <listitem><para> |
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134 use of <emphasis role="bold">XML files</emphasis> to save user |
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135 description of pictures and albums/subalbums and Exif data |
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136 from image file ; |
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137 </para></listitem> |
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138 <listitem><para> |
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139 handle correctly file and directory names with spaces or |
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140 other odd characters (excepted '/'), and create |
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141 <emphasis role="bold">valid escaped URLs</emphasis> ; |
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142 </para></listitem> |
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143 |
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144 <listitem><para> generate <emphasis role="bold">valid |
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145 HTML/XHTML</emphasis> code. The level of HTML depends of the |
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146 style used. Some of the styles are valid, table free |
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147 XHTML.</para></listitem> |
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148 </itemizedlist> |
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149 |
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150 </section> |
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151 <section> |
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152 <title>History</title> |
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153 |
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154 <para>BINS (BINS Is Not SWIGS) is a modified version of <ulink |
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155 url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/swigs/">SWIGS</ulink> |
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156 (Structured Web Image Gallery System). I've made these |
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157 modifications because I need them. I tried to contact SWIGS |
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158 author, but I've got no response, so I decided to publish my |
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159 modified version in case someone is interested.</para> |
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160 |
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161 <para>See <ulink url="ChangeLog">ChangeLog</ulink> file for |
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162 differences between SWIGS and BINS and new functionalities of each |
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163 version.</para> |
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164 </section> |
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165 </webpage> |
