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Creating thumbnails

What is a thumbnail? A reduced image of a graphic or document page, used in order to view multiple images on a screen simultaneously or to download such images more rapidly.

If you use thumbnails you can fit more than one large graphic on one page. Your visitor can pick and choose from all the graphics on the page and decide which ones they want to see full size.

To create thumbnails you have to have two different versions of the same image - one thumbnail size, and one full size.

First you will need to use an image-editing program to properly resize your images. You can re-size your image online by visiting this site Resizepictures.com, its free!

Or, if you would like to use an image-editing program, you can download IrfanView. IrfanView is a fast, simple image viewer and editor it supports all major graphics formats, including .bmp, .gif, .jpg/jpeg, .png, .tif and more. In addition, you can view images, perform basic image editing, create slide shows, and convert files from one image format to another. Crop, blur, and sharpen your images. Make modifications in regular mode or in zoom mode.
License: Free
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Version: 3.98
File Size 2.99 MB

Next, you need to create at least two separate HTML pages - an HTML page with your full-size image, and a page with your thumbnail image(s).

For example, the image below is a thumbnail JPEG image of "Polly The Parrot" and is displayed using the HTML code:
<IMG SRC="bird.jpg" Width="164" Height="110" Alt="Bird Thumbnail" Border="0">

A link to display the full image is added with the HTML code below:
<A HREF="reduce-down-nails2.htm"><IMG SRC="bird.jpg" Width="164" Height="110" Alt="Bird Thumbnail" Border="0"></a>

Try it, move your pointer on the image above and click.

Slice your large images, into smaller parts and re-load the segments using a table.

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