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Quick Start Guide


weaverPix is a plugin for RapidWeaver. It allows you to create quickly and easily turn your photos into fantastic looking slideshows.


You can also add photos from a number of popular photo sharing sites, edit photos using the built in image editor, or apply custom CSS directly in the preferences. WeaverPix has everything for the RapidWeaver beginner to the seasoned vetern to create stunning, 100% Javascript slideshows.


Using weaverPix


When you add a weaverPix page to your RapidWeaver project, you are presented with an empty page for adding photos. To start, click the Add_16x16.png button or drag photos from your computer into the main window to begin adding photos new weaverPix page. You can continue adding as many photos as you like. Keep in mind, however, that each photo is stored within the RapidWeaver project file. Adding excessively large or massive amounts of photos will make the size of the RapidWeaver project grow rapidly. This can cause instability and has unknown side affects when trying to use RapidWeaver.


Photos


On the right hand of the page is a panel that displays the selected photo's attributes. The current photo attributes are as follows:


  • Title The title of the photo. Since this is also used as part of the filename when the photo is exported to disk, restrictions are placed on what characters are allowed. Please see the Photo section on these restrictions.
  • Caption This is the caption shown in the slideshow. You may write HTML directly into the caption. For instance, <a href="www.apple.com">Link to Apple</a> would add a link to the caption.
  • Link If SqueezeBox is disabled, you may link a photo to different web page. This maybe useful for product pages where clicking a product takes the user to the product page.


You can toggle the visibility of the photo attributes by clicking the magnifying glass Magnifying Glass_16x16.png. 


Remember, that the order (left to right, top to bottom) of the photos is also the order they are displayed in the slideshow.


You can remove a photo by selecting it and clicking the Delete 2_16x16.png button. Remember, this action CAN NOT be undone!


Preview and Go!


Preview your page in RapidWeaver, and, if you like what you see, publish and go! Be sure to check out the Setup Guide for additional instructions on properly configuring your host for loading images from a folder.



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Figure 1. weaverPix's main window