Thanks for both of you for the quick reply and the answer

Being new to CS6, I am sure a lot of questions will be asked.

    I bought the program and the book Classroom in a Book.  Being a Front Page and Expression Web 4 user, I found them easy to fill my needs.  I created and update my webpage with these programs.  I managed to transfer my webpage to CS6.  I think that I haven’t found yet is adding new pics.  My website consist primarily of military patches, tables and writing.  I have over 19000 pictures of my collection.  All pictures are stored on a directories.   One directory for a branch, another for units, in all over 800 directories, sub-directories.  I would scan an item in the appropriate directory using ThumbPlus 7, go to the appropriate webpage, find the right location to insert the picture, right click the location, go to insert picture, find the location of the item, double-click the picture, the picture would appears on my webpage, right click to create a thumbnail and the picture would appears perfectly on my webpage.  Within a browser, only thumbnails would appears, clicking on the picture, it would open another window with the original picture.  I also often within my previous programs, compare the actual picture with another item to ensure that it need to be added by using CTRL-click on the picture and the picture would display the original size.  I tried to do the same with CS6 but haven’t succeeded yet.  Is there a way to duplicate the previous operation with CS6?  I also tried to preview the picture with the CTRL-click but the program responded that I don’t have an editor to preview the file.  I have added ThumbPlus for the program but still doesn’t work.  Another problem that I have it that I used to scroll the pictures to display the name.  Some of the names are quite long as I am actually  displaying the actual name of the unit, era, uniform, etc, etc.  I can only view the name or I should say a partial name.  15 characters +.jpg.

    I scanned a item in the appropriate directory, went to the appropriate location on the webpage, inserted the picture, picture was big, no way to autosize picture into a thumbnail.  I tried to resize picture manually to match other pictures as I scan my pictures a way that if someone sees 2 identical pictures but different sizes, that can actually see it on the webpage.  Something else that I found is that the picture has to be in the root directory of the webpage, why doesn’t it do it like the other program?  I don’t want to scan a picture in the right directory, then copy the file into the root directory.

    I also inherited a bunch of files from the previous progarms that I don’t think are being used with CS6.  vtibin, vticnf, vtilog, vtipvt, vtithx, logs and tmp.  Can these be deleted? 

Again you can preview my website at http://jfchalifoux.com, a good example is http://jfchalifoux.com/artillery_branch.htm

Thanks

JF Chalifoux

From: Sudarshan Thiagarajan

Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:03 AM

To: jfchalifoux

Subject: Re: Deleting pictures from CS6, update site, picture still there Deleting pictures from CS6, update site, picture still there

      Re: Deleting pictures from CS6, update site, picture still there

      created by Sudarshan Thiagarajan in Dreamweaver - View the full discussion

Hi,

This is what I sent.  My replies are in bold

A very complex site you've got up there. I'd like to take this opportunity to appreciate your interest in creating such an exhaustive and comprehensive website!

Thanks

First things first before you make a site with DW, 'Define a site' in DW. Follow this video to learn how to do it: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-dreamweaver-cs5/gs01-defining-a-new-si te/

I still had the directory from Expression Web 4 and managed to imported in CS6

This is key to ensuring you can edit your site seamlessly.

  Within a browser, only thumbnails would appears, clicking on the picture, it would open another window with the original picture.

This can sometimes be very frustrating as your image opens in the same window/ triggers a new window or a tab. Why don't you consider using a lightweight plugin called Lightbox for this? Yes, it takes some getting used to but is very simple to use and works like charm. Here's the link: http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/

Is this mean to add a code to all 19000 pictures?

  I also often within my previous programs, compare the actual picture with another item to ensure that it need to be added by using CTRL-click on the picture and the picture would display the original size. I tried to do the same with CS6 but haven’t succeeded yet.

I don't think I understand what you're trying to achieve. Could you please elaborate?

Sometimes it is very hard to compare a picture of a badge shown on the webpage and a real one (in your hands). Picture too small (thumbnail). Some badges looks very similar.

  I also tried to preview the picture with the CTRL-click but the program responded that I don’t have an editor to preview the file. I have added ThumbPlus for the program but still doesn’t work.

Go into DW preferences > File Types/ Editors > Choose the extension of image, add a corresponding editor that you'd like to edit that file in. You can also customize a keyboard Shortcut. Open up DW Keyboard Shortcut preferences > Menu Commands > Modify > Image > Edit With - set your keyboard shortcut here to make your workflow smoother. Another option is, click on 'Design' view in DW, select your image, in the 'Properties' inspector below, you'll have an option to 'Edit' file with an application you've defined. This is Photoshop by default if you PS installed on your computer. You can customize this as I've mentioned here.

I have done that but Front Page and Expression Web 4 puts a thumbnail. Whenever I inserted a picture with them, it would put the original picture at the location wanted, then I would right click the original picture, and the program give me the option to autosize shrinking it to a thumbnail. If I look at the files located in myweb, all files are there twice. Once with the original picture, then the thumbnail. Thus the picture california would be listed as california.jpg and california_small.jpg. So whenever I view the picture, as mentioned above it would be the california_small.jpg shown and it would be very hard to properly view the file as you zoom it, it looses clarity.

  Another problem that I have it that I used to scroll the pictures to display the name. Some of the names are quite long as I am actually displaying the actual name of the unit, era, uniform, etc, etc. I can only view the name or I should say a partial name. 15 characters +.jpg.

What do you mean by this? Where are you looking for your filename? The 'Properties' inspector in 'Design' view will give you a full filename under the section 'Src'. In 'code' view, needless to say, you can see the full image path and name. If you've defined the site in DW as I've mentioned in 1st step, you'll see your files under 'Files' panel. You can customize the column sizes here to match what you want.

I was looking at the screen mentioned above. Like I said I have long name files to ensure no duplicates in my website. I may have a file called the_long_road_on_california_beautiful_roads.jpg. The only writing shown on the Src would be the last 23 characters of the file including_small.jpg so it would appears as autiful_roads_small.jpg. I also see that the Src is the thumbnail (2kb) and the actual file is under next to Link. Same thing it only shows the _small file

  I scanned a item in the appropriate directory, went to the appropriate location on the webpage, inserted the picture, picture was big, no way to autosize picture into a thumbnail.

  Again it is the way that Front Page was working. It didn’t matter where the file was located at but after you inserted the picture on your webpage then saving it, it would automatically added the file in the root directory of myweb

Resizing images to make thumbnails - you can download DW extensions for this. But, its recommended you use a BatchResize program such as ResizeMe for Mac OS.

Anything for the PC? From what I understand, I would have to rescan all the pictures into myweb (location created by Front Page to store the files used for the webpage). All my pages would have the original pictures, no thumbnails linked to the original file and the page would expand greatly and difficult to navigate

  Something else that I found is that the picture has to be in the root directory of the webpage, why doesn’t it do it like the other program? I don’t want to scan a picture in the right directory, then copy the file into the root directory.

Not necessarily. If you define a site in DW, you can choose an 'Image' folder where all your images has to be stored. By default, when you create a site in DW, you'll have an option of choosing where you want to store all relevant images. This will be a relative path to your main website html file. For example, if you have a folder called 'website' under which you have 'index.html', your images can be stored in 'website/images'. You can create multiple subfolders inside 'images' folder as per your requirement.

I am using my ThumbPlus directories to store all my original pictures. Like I said before whenever I was adding a picture to the webpage, I would go and get the picture in the ThumbPlus directory/ sub-directories, then on saving the page before publishing it, it would create a copy of the file in myweb directory as well as a small . Example california.jpg and californiasmall.jpg

  I also inherited a bunch of files from the previous progarms that I don’t think are being used with CS6. vtibin, vticnf, vtilog, vtipvt, vtithx, logs and tmp. Can these be deleted?

You can leave these files if they don't disturb your website hierarchy. Or, if you choose to, ensure you don't have any supporting files in these folders before you delete them.

Lastly, for a site of your magnitude, I'd recommend using a Content Management System (CMS), such as 'Concrete5' or 'Drupal'. Makes your life a whole lot easier. You can visit www.concrete5.org or www.drupal.org to learn more about these. They're free to use (Concrete5 has a 'Community Edition' which is Open Source). If I were you with a site of such magnitude, I'll use 'Concrete5' to manage it.

I am not a expert at building webpage, nor using it for work related. It is for home use. It is a hobby started in 2003, created my own webpage. I am with Yahoo at $9.95 a month. They support CS6, SFTP ot FTPS, pay for my domain name thru them, etc, etc.

Trust this helps.

Any phone numbers that I can call to discuss my problem? Being French sometimes is hard to properly describe my problem

Regards

JF Chalifoux