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• Home
Site welcome page contains the main navigation bar, a very slow changing slide show that will change often, and the iFotoZ Virtual Gallery. The Virtual Gallery is a 3-D preview of the kinds of images available after registering and log in to iFotoZ. Click anywhere on the iFotoZ Virtual Gallery graphic to enter. Upon entering you will see be able to move around the gallery by using your mouse. To change rooms click on any room you see in the floor plan in the upper left corner of the gallery. Enjoy.
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• About
This is the About page. It is organized into three areas; The Site, About Us, and How To
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• Galleries
The Galleries tab is only available to registered users. If you have not yet registered, clicking on the Galleries tab opens the Registration page. If you are not yet logged in, clicking on the Galleries tab opens the Log in page. Once logged in, clicking on the Galleries page opens to an animated Series coverflow graphic on top of the page that contains the thumbnail of the first image of the last Gallery to be added to each Series. Double click a Series thumbnail to access the Series description, a Back link that takes you back to the animated coverflow graphic, a View Series Galleries link that will display all the Galleries in the Series below the animated Series coverflow graphic, and a View Series Slideshow link that will take you to that Series Slideshow. Note that the main event of the site is to view Slideshows of the images. Slideshows are available for Series or individual Galleries. This is one way to get to a Series slideshow.
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• Comments
Lists all the comments added by iFotoZ users. Comments are listed with the most recent at the top. Comments are added from the image details pages. In Slideshow mode clicking the Image Information Button [i] in the upper right corner of the player at any time pauses the current Slideshow and open a window that includes a link to the image details page for the current image. Clicking the View Images button on the Galleries Page will open The View Images page that lists all the images in the Gallery selected. Every Image listed will have a View Details button that will take you to the View Image Details Page of the image selected. This page will have many options, including Add A Comment.
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• Rating
Organizes the images according to user star ratings. Any user can see a listing of images that have been rated 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 stars or see all rated images. You can add the ratings of images that you like from the images details page.
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• News
Here is where I tell stories about the work. News can be ordered by title name or date.
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• Cloud
One of the things I have always wanted to provide visitors, is a way to find images of interest. All images now have keywords associated with them. In fact, users can themselves recommend keywords for the images they see by going to the image details page. Anyway, the Cloud button sorts all the image keywords alphabetically. In addition the Cloud words grow bigger as more images share the same keyword. Each keyword is also followed by an exact count of the number of images sharing that keyword. Clicking on any keyword brings back a complete listing of all associated images. The listing includes an image thumbnail, image name, and the link to that images detail page.
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• Contact
Any visitor, registered or not, can use this button to contact me.
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• Login
Login is enabled upon free registration and opens up access to the entire collection of very high resolution images organized into series and galleries slideshows with music. Login also gives you access to your account that will enable you to bookmark, share, comment, rate, and order images, posters, books, calendars, etc.
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• Register
Registration is FREE! Registering creates your account and enables all the user capabilities of Tom's iFotoZ. The only condition of Registration is your agreement to a lengthy set of iFotoZ Terms & Conditions. Basically, you are agreeing to respect my creative endeavor by not copying or reproducing the site or its contents without explicit permission. Upon registration you will be sent an email that will validate your email and enable future logins.
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• Profile
Your account Profile holds your registration information and additional information you may choose to add that will enable order completion at Tom's iFotoZ. At any time you can update or change your profile info.
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• Order History
Your account Order History gives you feedback on the status of your order at Tom's iFotoZ. It remembers any and all orders you make as well for future reference or reordering.
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• Bookmarks
Tom's iFotoZ will contain thousands of images. I hope that some of them will be special to you. If so, you can bookmark these as your favorites. Bookmarks copy the image name, a thumbnail, and the link to the image details page where you can rate, comment, or find you way back to the Gallery or Series Slideshow that the image is a part of. Your bookmarked images will remain in your account Bookmarks until you delete them. Bookmarked images can be checked individually or in groups to Send to Friends, Ask a Question or add to My Cart.
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• Change Password
If you forget your password, we will send you a new temporary one. You can then use Change Password to pick one you prefer.
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• My Cart
Should you like the work you see enough to want to own it, use it for your own purposes, or to give it as a gift then you can use My Cart to make that happen. To add images to My Cart you must first Bookmark the images from the image details page.
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• Send to Friends
If one or many images you see particularly resonates with you and you want to share them with a friend or friends, first add the images to your Bookmarks. Next open your Bookmarks, check the box by all the images you want to share, and select Send to Friends from the pull down menu to add them to the Send to Friends form. When you are done adding images, access the Send to Friends email form by clicking on the Send to Friends button. The Send to Friends email form will open and will include a table of the images you selected. The table will contain a thumbnail, file name and link to the image details page on the Tom's iFotoZ site.
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• Ask a Question
The Ask a Question works just like Send to Friends except the email form that opens will be addressed to me. Open your Bookmarks, check the box by all the images you want to discuss, select Ask a Question from the pull down menu to add the images selected to the Ask a Question form. When you are done adding images, access the Ask a Question email form by clicking on the Ask a Question button. The Ask a Question email form will open and will include a table of the images you selected. Use this feature to make a personal inquiry or request. I will get right back to you.
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Slideshows
• Slideshow Dock
The Slideshow dock is auto hiding. To make it reappear slide your mouse to the bottom edge of your screen. When visable all of the options described below are available. Note that on the far left of the Dock in orange is the name of the current Series or Gallery Slideshow you are viewing.
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• Image Zoom Option
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Changes the size of the images in browser or full screen mode. |
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• About
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Shows information about the current Series or Gallery being viewed. |
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• Galleries
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In Series slidshows will list and switch to any Gallery in the Series that you select. |
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• Image Thumbnails
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Shows thumbnails of all images in the Slideshow. Select any thumbnail to go directly to that image in the Slideshow and view or play on from that point. |
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• Playback Controller
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Slidesshows open in auto play mode. Use the Playback Controller to switch to manual advance or back to auto play. Use the forward and back arrows in manual mode to step forwards or backwards respectively. |
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• Toggle Full Screen Option
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Click this button to switch to Full Screen mode. Hit your keyboard ESC key to return to browser window moder. |
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• Background Manager
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Allows you to change the default background for the current Slideshow. |
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• Music Controller
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Use the Music Controller to raise or lower the volumn. Clicking on the left side of the controller opens the current playlist. In this view you can turn off the music or change the music file playing currently. If a music file is available on itunes there will be an itunes icon to the right of the tune that will take you to the Song on Apple iTunes. iFotoZ.com is an Apple iTunes Affiliate Site . Click Ask a Question
to recommend music you think would work well with a particular gallery. |
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• Image Information Button [i]
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The Image Information Button is not on the Slideshow Dock but is always in the upper right hand corner of the Slideshow. Click the [i] to pause the Slideshow and open an imformation window about the current image. The information window includes image details, links to the actual image details page where you can Rate the image 1-5 Stars, Bookmark the image to save it in your account, recommend keywords for the image, or add a public comment about the image. If the image is associated with a panorama, a movie, a Zoomify presentation or an off-site link, links to any or all will also be in the Image Information window. |
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