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Same question I asked in the main Pictorialis thread:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/?action=vthread&forum=10&topic=4079&page=3
If you need a quick solution, probably the best option is just to ftp into your host and delete the files manually. Or, copy the originals to the images folder, delete the recompressed files, and just rename your originals to sizedFilename.extension. You would also have to change the index file since clicking on the image takes you to the original in the upload folder.

No, you can’t have multiple background images. Use the top-right image in the header, bottom-right in the footer, and the last repeating one in the background like:
‘background: url(yourImage.jpg) repeat-y;’
Just make the background image wide (ie 1600×50) and place the pattern/image that you want to repeat where you want it to appear.

Just installed Pictorialis. I’ve got it up and running; very nice!
A few questions:
1. Has there been any talk about rolling this functionality into WordPress proper? With more and more improvements incorporated into WordPress and possibilities of some structural changes, it seems like a it would just benefit being in the same package.
2. On uploading a photo, I’ve uploaded a 600×400 photo which goes into the “upload” folder, Pictorialis automatically resizes then moves the sizedFilename.jpg file into images. Now, the original file was 60kb, but the sized is 108kb (due to the default compression at 100) even though there was no real modification to the image other than it getting filtered through GD. Is there a way to do a check before resizing and/or processing the image through GD and keeping it from re-filtering the image (thus degrading it somewhat from my Photoshop output)? This is also because the resized/filtered image also loses some contrast through GD.
3. The original file remains in the upload area… I understand that clicking the image will show the original which is in upload, but is this really necessary? Do we want to provide the original for all? If someone wants a higher resolution, they can just ask the publisher. Why not have the image in the index go to the comments page when clicked and then the image on the comments page go to the index page when click for easier navigation. Then just have Pictorials delete the original on successful resizing/thumb creation; this would also save on server space… Just a suggestion.

Take a look at:
https://www.huddledmasses.org/2004/05/28/prev-next_links/

Clean layout btw. I do have to agree with scarecrow though, I’d lose the beveled titles since it seems to contridict the main design of the layout, imo.

I’m curious as to how you got the footer to work. I’ve been knocking my head for the past couple of days trying to get mine to work. I’ve been going through the articles on A List Apart concerning this with proper CSS, but my footer image keeps wanting to come up about mid page or totally hide. Is it the addition of the page container tag that made it play nice?

It’s just a matter of working with the CSS (wp-layout.css) and index.php file.

See: What is Texturize ( www.ads-software.com/support/4/64 )

I think that the catagories with subcatagories would be beneficial compared to creating multiple blogs and separating content in that fashion. But, if you wanted to provide other authors the ability to blog their own “section” that could get pulled in an overall “main” blog, then the multiple blog option makes sense.

Currently, not yet. Reference: Multiple Weblogs ( www.ads-software.com/support/4/58 )

Weblogs are similiar to bulletin boards in that you have a subject/post and have the ability to have discussions based off of that. If you were to use a Weblog tool purely for tracking projects, you could create each catagory for each project. Or, if you wanted to publish more than just project tracking, you could set up one catagory called projects, then sort through projects by title/date of the project post. You could then create a “To Do” catagory (making it private or public) and track things that way. Alex King has an excellent ToDo PHP script, but it is not opensource. It is a pretty advance ToDo manager, with a nice feature of being able to post a task to WordPress.
In a similar discussion that I’ve had: https://www.ads-software.com/support/4/543
There are a quite a few CMS systems, a good reference is OpensouceCMS where it has installations of a lot of CMS’, Weblogs, and other document managers. It might be good to go through and view the front end as well as the administration of each system.
Another option that you could consider is a Wiki sytem. You could create an index for each project and add sections for each stage, feature, and/or whatever. Some to look at are WakkaWiki and TikiWiki. TikiWiki provides a lot of features that you are asking for.
HTH

Do you mean like: https://www.ads-software.com/development/archives/38 ?

see configuration in the php manual
https://www.ads-software.com/support/2/558

I think it has to do with your directory includes for your php.ini file. I *think* (and thats a long stretch coming from a person on the creative side…), you have to modify your “include_path” (see configuration in the php manual). I could be way off on this, but I think I’ve ran into similar problems in the past that seems like this is related…

Wedhouz,
Are you able to access your php.ini file and include the path to your home directory?