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600 pics in a post/page? How to do this in WP

by bwh1
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Hi crowd

So I have a offline client which brokers used machines. He recently got access to sell a whole plant and they shoot 600 images which he would like to have all in a listing at his site.

I already told him that this is overkill, that no one will check out 600 pics but no way to convince him different.

I will make a dedicated page in stead of a post, think that this is better but how can I get that amount of pics in that page other than a Gallery.

Those are at the moment in ICoud. I have never accessed ICloud myself as I ain't have a Apple device but I guess it also delivers a URL to the image stored.

S in stead of uploading all to the host, I could also use the 600 URL's.

Your ideas?
#600 #pics #post or page
  • Profile picture of the author Nuke07
    Originally Posted by bwh1 View Post

    Hi crowd

    So I have a offline client which brokers used machines. He recently got access to sell a whole plant and they shoot 600 images which he would like to have all in a listing at his site.

    I already told him that this is overkill, that no one will check out 600 pics but no way to convince him different.

    I will make a dedicated page in stead of a post, think that this is better but how can I get that amount of pics in that page other than a Gallery.

    Those are at the moment in ICoud. I have never accessed ICloud myself as I ain't have a Apple device but I guess it also delivers a URL to the image stored.

    S in stead of uploading all to the host, I could also use the 600 URL's.

    Your ideas?
    Cloud is a better idea, but you can have one more way...

    Why dont you upload all those pics in WP Media and then pass all those image url's into DB, and then you can fetch all those image using loop in any page template.

    Hope this would help.
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  • Profile picture of the author venfrancis
    Here's what i would do if i won't choose the cloud option.

    First, i'll upload the 600 images through WP Media like Nuke07 said. This will register every single URL of the images in to the database. This will also register separate thumbnails for each. Meaning, you have the option to use smaller thumbnails to be displayed first to the page, then just fetch bigger ones when ever the user clicks it. This will helps you to minimize the load of your bandwidth and overkill the browser.

    Then have a custom query to fetch everything. I would also use a modal box to display the bigger image sizes.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
    Just create a page template and insert a table into the template using links to the images.
    You could also include descriptions
    HTML Code:
    <table><tr><td><img src="http://image1.jpg">Image 1 description</td></tr>
<snip>

<tr><td><img src="http://image600.jpg">Image 600 description</td></tr>
</table>
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  • Profile picture of the author topnichewebsites
    Use CSS instead of tables will be much better in the long run
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  • Profile picture of the author David V
    And use a script like Lazy Load or similar so your not loading all those images when a visitor hits the page. Only load the images in the viewport as they scroll.
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  • Profile picture of the author Action Man
    who is going to look at 600 images? common

    tell him what you advise, be the guru, if he does not accept, lose your client

    you are the boss, if your client is hiring you, be strong

    you will gain respect

    cheers

    Jim
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    • Profile picture of the author bwh1
      Originally Posted by Action Man View Post

      who is going to look at 600 images? common

      tell him what you advise, be the guru, if he does not accept, lose your client

      you are the boss, if your client is hiring you, be strong

      you will gain respect

      cheers

      Jim
      If everything would be the way we want Jim.

      You also gain respect by finding solutions for what they ask for ;-)

      There are 10 requests and 8 you can deny because they do not make any sense but some you can't.

      It's a 200.- retainer I can't afford to lose right now.

      I deal with the secretary and not with the owner directly. He tells what he wants and I do what makes sense.

      First thing I told was "Who is going to look at 600 pics??" - no answer and keeping the request.

      I always will try to find a solution and do some I think makes sense and then tell them "that's it" - meduim terms are mostly a better solution then saying "I'm not going to do this, go if you want".

      Anyhow, thanks for your and all the others feedback.

      I found by the way a Plugin which let me handle this quiet easy,

      It's the photostream_sync plugin which let me import all images which my client has in his ICloud. Here is how it works

      Steps to create a public photostreams URL on the iPhone
      Open the photos app
      Tap "Photo Stream" (bottom)
      Tap + (top)
      Give it a name, make sure "Public Website" is "On"
      Tap Create (top)
      Back at the list get the details for this new Stream (tap the blue right arrow)
      Down at the bottom is the link to the photostream.

      After you have this gallery in ICloud, there will be a unique URL you copy and past into the plugin what then generates a shortcode.

      Handy tool IMO.
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