[PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUBS Project Pages

[Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>]

Hello psubbers,

The description provided by Doug Jackson regarding general public 
project pages on PSUBS is not exactly accurate.  I am currently 
revamping the photo and journal section of the web site in stages.  The 
pre-existing project pages are now available via the top menu by 
selecting Resources & Reference -> Photo Links.  If you don't see the 
"Photo Links" link, refresh the top frame where the menu is located 
and/or clear your browser cache.  Depending upon how your browser is 
configured it may not automatically pick up the new link.

I have been spending a lot of time writing software to automate the 
procedure of creating photo and project areas for both members and 
general public.  The first stage was writing software for our membership 
which is now complete.  The next stage is writing software for the 
general public and luckily I should be able to reuse much of the 
software already written, so the time required for implementation should 
be quicker.

Currently, the member and general public photo sections are segregated 
because it was easier to do it this way when developing the automation 
software.  Some members photo links may not work on the "photos" page, 
but will work correctly on the "Members Project Journal" web page.  
Other members photos links will work correctly on both pages.  This is 
just a ramification of the way various links were set up manually when 
the original project page was created.  When my work is complete 
however, there will be one web link that brings you to a single web page 
containing links to all photos, projects, (or however you want to think 
of them) submitted by both members and general public.

We have always supported linking to project pages on other websites and 
there are multiple examples of this including Carsten Standfuss, Dean 
Ackman, Frank Dagleish, and James Frankland.   This feature will 
continue as in the past except that the process of setting up these 
links will now be automated if you decide to take this approach. 

In regards to storing photos directly onto the PSUBS server by the 
general public however, this will change somewhat.  The general public 
can still submit "projects" and upload pictures to the PSUBS website, 
but each of their projects will be limited to four photos.  This should 
be enough to satisfy the needs of most contributors who simply want to 
share photos of their submarine (or visit to museum, etc) without 
detailing the construction process.  I chose this number because when I 
reviewed submissions from various general public contributors over the 
years, the vast majority provided four or less pictures.  This change 
affects only four people who have existing  projects containing more 
than four photos, but have not joined PSUBS as members.  Two of these 
projects will be "grandfathered" since they can still be considered 
active, or even somewhat active.  The other two projects will be frozen 
as is because the subs are known to be either complete and/or sold, and 
no more photos are expected from the original contributors.

Given the wide choice of free servers available to display photos 
(flickr, frappr, snapfish, webshots, pbase, etc) there is plenty of 
opportunity for the general public to find space to upload hundreds of 
photos, and then link to those photos from PSUBS.  All the 
aforementioned servers provide easy to use interfaces and immediate 
publishing without having to go through a third party to get your 
material posted.

That is all.  Back to your posts.  :)
Thanks,
Jon







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