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Can anyone recall when it was that Mark announced the new format of banner at the top of each Album in Photos sections? I've had a search but couldn't find his announcement.

They ought to look very nice but the effect can be spoiled by using too long a title (for some value of "too long") and anything typed into the "description" field can also creep into the Album Title.

I'm tempted to suggest a reduction in the font size used for the (actual) title to make it more tolerant of longer titles and for the contents of the "description" field to be kept out of the banner photo completely.

Chris

I believe that was on Sept 28:

• CHANGE: Cleaned up and modernized all the photos pages.

I put in a request to support about this (10/28/18, as Photo Album Description) when I noticed that I couldn't see the entire description without using the Edit Album option (which may not be available to members), but haven't heard anything back.? I suggested making the text overlay wider, but a smaller font might be needed in some cases.? I think putting the description under the cover photo would probably be the best/easiest solution, but wouldn't have the 'modern' look.? I suspect Mark didn't consider that some people would create a novella for the description. ;>)

Duane
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On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 04:53 PM, Duane wrote:

I believe that was on Sept 28:

• CHANGE: Cleaned up and modernized all the photos pages.

It might well have been just that although I thought that Mark had written something more detailed. Perhaps it is my recollection that is at fault.

Trouble is neither the "intended" title nor the description needs to be of novella proportions for things to start looking wrong. As a purely personal opinion I am not certain that album descriptions are as useful as explanatory text appended to individual photographs.

Those without the authorisation to Edit cannot see the (full) description field, only that part of the description that creeps into the banner at the top, so at the moment it is a bit of a muddle.

Chris

I got a reply from Mark yesterday and the available text area has been expanded.? Through some testing, it appears that about 800-1000 characters (5 lines) can be made visible, depending on the size of the monitor, so one of mine still doesn't fit.? My group is plain text, so not sure if it would be the same for groups that allow html.? I suggested that he limit the amount of text that can be entered, but that may be down the road, if at all.

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On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Duane wrote:

I got a reply from Mark yesterday and the available text area has been expanded.

Thanks for the update; did he say when this was done? I have had a quick look round some or our albums and I'm not sure that I can spot any difference. I found the other day that omitting a Title (to accommodate more lines from Description) is not allowable (no great surprise there!) so the "5 lines" that you quoted will be subject to how many line the title occupies.

Chris

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 06:32 AM, Chris Jones wrote:

did he say when this was done?

First change was on Wednesday, then tweaked yesterday.? The description area is now almost all the way across the banner for me.? I didn't even think about having several lines for the title.? The ones I still have a problem with are one line there and 5 for the description.? I've contacted the posters and asked them to cut down the description some.? BTW, these are continuous lines.? Not sure what happens if there are several short lines used.

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On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Duane wrote:

Not sure what happens if there are several short lines used.

The same thing as happens with descriptive text added for individual photos within an album. Any "return" inserted by the originator is ignored and what started on a different line is added to the line above so that it is displayed as line of text until the management software decides that it needs to insert a return of its own because it has filled up the designated width available.

That doesn't read all that cleanly but I think the meaning is clear enough. I hope...

Chris