Comments on: Slideshows take center stage

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:06:13 +0000

@Richard: Then probably it is one of these things causing the problem.

1. You saved the JPGs as “progressive.” Won’t work. Re-save each one.

2. File size of JPGs still too large. Should be in the ballpark of 100 KB or less, each.

3. Too many JPGs — like, 100.

By: Richard Kendall

Richard Kendall — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:42:05 +0000

Sorry, I made a subconscious assumption that you were talking about Soundslides, which is what I was using.

I tried smaller images, similar to the dimensions you suggest, but still couldn’t get SS to load up the jpgs?

Thanks in advance

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:10:33 +0000

I’m actually surprised. In general, I hate slideshows on news sites. Then again, I’m the impatient type that doesn’t want to click and click and click and click…

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:23 +0000

What software are you talking about, Richard?

If your photos are too large, maybe you should resize them. Check the dimensions in Photoshop — 800 x 500 is a decent size online.

By: Richard Kendall

Richard Kendall — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:52:29 +0000

I am trialling the software in order to get it on board at my local daily newspaper, but am having problems.

It just stalls every time I try and load even a couple of jpgs? I realise this is not the place to ask techy questions, but I can see that this is a great journalistic tool, and that more people should be using it!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:29:56 +0000

I believe it. Here at The (Jackson, MS) Clarion-Ledger, galleries consistently are among the most popular pages. We could put a up gallery of anything – football games to Pavarotti – and it will still receive more hits than most of the stories.