BluPlusPlus Advanced Tab
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Additional information about the options on the Advanced tab is presented
two ways:
- Hover over option on the figure below for
a tooltip explaining the option.
- Click on any option on the figure below to
be taken to additional information on the selected GUI element.
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| GUI Element: |
Meta-data Display Mode |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies the level of detail of EXIF/IPTC information that
should be provided |
| Values: |
all/verbose/custom/iptc only |
| Defaults: |
custom |
| Notes: |
EXIF information is data supplied by a digital camera concerning
the various camera setting used when the image was taken. IPTC
data is
information about the image added to the image file. If ‘metaDisplayFields
variable. ‘verbose’ provides all the EXIF/IPTC
information (except for empty EXIF/IPTC fields). ‘all’ can be
specified to generate a complete (and very lengthy!) list, including empty
fields. |
| GUI Element: |
Meta-data Custom Fields |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies which EXIF and/or IPTC fields should be generated
if metaDisplayMode is set to ‘custom’ |
| Values: |
any valid EXIF/IPTC tag name as well any text desired for a
title for a set of fields (title text must be preceeded by ‘<title>’ |
| Defaults: |
This page provides more information about this complex, but
useful feature |
| Notes: |
The precise formatting of this user variable is VERY important!
Specified EXIF/IPTC tags (or <title> tags) must be separated by the ‘|’ character,
and no spaces or other separation symbols must appear between tag names
and the ‘|’ character. See here for more
info. |
| GUI Element |
Enable Text Truncation |
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| Purpose: |
Allows for setting a maximum text length for the top bar and
for thumbnail captions |
| Values: |
true/false |
| Defaults: |
false |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element |
Folder Title Length on Top Bar Path |
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| Purpose: |
Sets maximum text length for folder titles in the top bar |
| Values: |
any number (-1 for unlimited) |
| Defaults: |
-1 |
| Notes: |
If folder names are particularly long, the appearance of the
generated album can suffer; this allows one to set a maximum value for
the number of characters displayed for folder titles |
| GUI Element |
Thumbnail caption length |
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| Purpose: |
Sets maximum text length for thumbnail captions |
| Values: |
any number (-1 for unlimited) |
| Defaults: |
-1 |
| Notes: |
If thumbnail captions are particularly long, the appearance
of the generated album can suffer; this allows one to set a maximum value
for the number of characters displayed for thumbnail captions |
| GUI Element |
Online Print Ordering |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies whether support for an online printing service should
be integrated into the album |
| Values: |
none/shutterfly/mypix |
| Defaults: |
none |
| Notes: |
If enabled, each slide will have a link either to the Shutterfly.com or
MyPix printing services. End users will then be able to order prints of
specified images
from Shutterfly or Mypix. |
| GUI Element |
Show Audio Console |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies whether a “player console” should be displayed for
background audio |
| Values: | true/false |
| Defaults: |
false |
| Notes: | n/a |
| GUI Element |
Audio Console Dimensions |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies the width and height of the audio console |
| Values: |
any reasonable numbers |
| Defaults: |
50x20 |
| Notes: |
different browsers and different players (QuickTime, Windows
Media Player) may require different audio console sizes. If the default
does not work with your setup, experiment! |
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