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BluPlusPlus Index Tab

Additional information about the options on the Index 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.

GUI Element: Index HTML Title
Purpose: Specifies what displays in the browser title bar on index pages
Values:Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’ or ‘;’):
  • AlbumTitle: The title of the album
  • Title: Title of the given folder (see notes below)
  • FileName: Real name of the slide content
  • SlideCount: The number of slides in the current folder and all folders beneath the current folder
Defaults: AlbumTitle|Title|FileName|Date|SlideCount
Notes:

If no title is specified on the JAlbum main window or in a meta.properties file, Title and FileName are the same.

AlbumTitle is taken from the contents of the ‘Album Title’ field on the BluPlusPlus-General tab.

GUI Element: Include Page Blending/Fading checkbox
Purpose: Specifies whether the fade in/fade out blending effect is activated on index pages
Values:true/false
Defaults: false
Notes:  
GUI Element: Thumbnail Tooltip Content
Purpose: Allows for the creation of tooltips for thumbnail images (except folder images)
Values: Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’ or ‘;’):
  • Title: Title of the slide/thumbnail
  • FileName: Real file name of the slide content
  • FileType: File type/extension
  • Comment: Slide image comment
  • Dimension: Dimension of the original image file
  • SlideDimension: Dimension of the slide image (as scaled)
  • FileSize: File size of the original file
  • any EXIF/IPTC field: A full EXIF/IPTC field name
Defaults: Title|Comment|Dimension|FileSize
Notes:

Tooltips are text that appear in a yellow box when the cursor is placed (hovers) over the thumbnail images. Note that not all browsers support tooltips

InternalComment/ExifComment/EmbeddedComment/ExternalComment are deprecated but still supported (they may be unsupported in future releases)

If no title is specified on the JAlbum main window or in a meta.properties file, Title and FileName are the same.

GUI Element: Thumbnail Caption Content
Purpose: Allows for the customization of captions under thumbnail images (except folder images) on index pages
Values: Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’ or ‘;’):
  • Title: Title of the slide/thumbnail
  • FileName: Real file name of the slide content
  • FileType: File type/extension
  • Comment: Slide image comment
  • Dimension: Dimension of the original image file
  • SlideDimension: Dimension of the slide image (as scaled)
  • FileSize: File size of the original file
  • RemarksCount: Number of Viewer Remarks for this image
  • any EXIF/IPTC field: A full EXIF/IPTC field name
Defaults: Title
Notes:

See Folder Caption Content for information on customizing folder images.

Specifying “none” (without the quotes) will cause BPP not to display any caption.

InternalComment/ExifComment/EmbeddedComment/ExternalComment are deprecated but still supported (they may be unsupported in future releases).

If no title is specified on the JAlbum main window or in a meta.properties file, Title and FileName are the same.

GUI Element: Folder Tooltip Content
Purpose:Allows for the creation of tooltips for folder images
Values: Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’, ‘~’, or ‘;’):
  • Title: Title of the folder
  • FileName: Real file name of the folder
  • Header: Header of the index page (folder)
  • Footer: Footer of the index page (folder)
  • SlideCount: Slide count of the folder
Defaults:Title|Header|SlideCount
Notes:

Tooltips are text that appear in a yellow box when the cursor is placed (hovers) over the folder images on an index page. Note that not all browsers support tooltips.

If no title is specified on the JAlbum main window or in a meta.properties file, Title and FileName are the same.
GUI Element: Folder Caption Content
Purpose: Allows for the customization of captions under thumbnail folder images on index pages
Values: Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’, ‘~’, or ‘;’):
  • Title: Title of the folder
  • FileName: Real file name of the folder
  • Header: Header of the index page (folder)
  • Footer: Footer of the index page (folder)
  • SlideCount: Slide count of the folder
  • RemarksCount: Number of Viewer Remarks for the index page for this folder
Defaults: Title
Notes:

See Thumbnail Caption Content for information on customizing non-folder images.

Specifying “none” (without the quotes) will cause BPP not to display any caption.

If no title is specified on the JAlbum main window or in a meta.properties file, Title and FileName are the same.

GUI Element: Breadcrumb Trail Content
Purpose: Allows for the customization of the tex display for the current image in the top bar
Values: Any or all of the following may be set (if more than one is specified, they must be separated by either ‘|’, ‘,’, ‘~’, or ‘;’):
  • Date: The date the image was taken (data taken from EXIF info)
  • SlideCount: The number of images within the given folder and all of the folders contained in the current folder
Defaults: SlideCount
Notes:

Specifying “none” (without the quotes) will cause BPP not to display either the date or the slide count.