Tips for zoomify on blogspot

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One of my old posts recently received some commments asking for help about Zoomify implementation on blogspot so i decided to post some tips here.

Files hosting : You need a web host for the zoomify viewer and for you image file folders. Don't try to upload them directly on blogspot, you can't do that.
On this web host, create one folder to receive the zoomifyViewer.swf file. Then, create one subfolder of this folder to receive the content of the tiles folder and the ImageProperties.xml file created by zoomify.
For the next part, we'll assume that :

• Your web host URL is :
  http://mywebhost.com
• The URL of the folder receiving the swf file is :
  http://mywebhost.com/zoom/
• The URL of the folder receiving the files generated by zoomify is :
  http://mywebhost.com/zoom/image/

Code editing : Zoomify gives a Template.html file. You need to edit its content in the following way.

• Replace the width and height values with the values you want.
• Replace the URLs of the swf file and of the image folder with the above values.

When done, save the html file on your local machine, open it with your browser. If you have all done correctly you should have a blank page showing your image in the zoomify viewer.
If it's OK, edit again the Template.html file, remove the first 3 lines and the last 3 (html, body, div tags). Remove also the blank lines.
Blogspot doesn't like the newlines into the html tables codes. So delete them all until you have all the code on one unique line. Connect to your blogspot account, post one new message, go to the Edit HTML code tab and copy the big code line int the text area. Check the preview and it should be right :)

If you like HDR photography

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Hidyn Gems features daily some beautiful HDR images founded on the net. I've just spent one hour browsing the posts and it was a pleasure for my eyes :)

The image below is not an HDR one, it's just one i like from my most recent landscapes.

Lac des Escarcets - Provence

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Zoomify is a friendly tool for photographers and web designers. It gives a free and easy way to show some zoomable high definition images on any website or blog.
I think it can be very useful for a digital photographer because it permits to show all the details in an original image file without the need of diplaying the full size picture and so without giving anybody the possibility to stole the high resolution file.

If you want to try Zoomify, just download it from Zoomify website. You will obtain a special Flash viewer and the Zoomify executable software.
Just run the software, open the image you want to work with and that's all. Zoomify will split the image in many tiles saved in a special folder and produce an html template. You can test the result on your own computer by opening the template in your web browser.
To publish it on your website, you need :

• To upload the Flash viewer and the tiles folder on your website.
• To design an html page (or a blog post) with some of the template code.

The image above is available for sale as a fine art print in my Etsy shop.