More site updates
03/04/2007
I’ve updated the Phone Themes page to use the Lightbox effect for the previews. I think it’s so much better than the old pop-up window. And, the code in the actual HTML to call the effect is so much simpler!
I’m debating on whether or not to do this with the posters page. I know I need to update some of the images on the poster page first, many of them are of poor quality and/or are too small. That in itself is going to be a project. The real issue with using lightbox on the posters page is making sure that the images are small enough. As it is now, with them opening in a new window, you can scroll down to see the whole poster. With lightbox, if the image is too big, you won’t be able to see the “Close” box at the bottom. Even though you should be able to scroll down to it, I don’t expect most people would figure that out right away, and therefore not know how to close the image.
If I do scale the images down, what should I set as the standard size? At this point I have to start making assumptions as to what the lowest resolution people visiting my site might have their browsers set at. If I go too small with the images, then you can’t see the detail of the poster, which kind of defeats the purpose. Unfortunately, I think there’s probably a lot of people out there with their resolution set to 1024x786. Add to that the Windows people who have a bunch of ridiculous toolbars loaded in IE (which take up way too much screen real estate), and you’re left with very little room to play with.
Ah, the perils of web design for the person who actually considers how the design might affect, and be affected by, the users visiting the site.