Working With Big Pictures These are three of several ways to link thumbnails (small pictures) in your auction to larger pictures. Doing this correctly can allow your auction to display faster, thus keeping viewers longer. This can lead to more bids! In order to do this properly, however, you need two files for each image: one small 'thumbnail' picture and one larger 'display' picture. The thumbnail should be no larger than 100x100 pixels (although the concept will work with larger sized pictures too!) and the display image should not exceed 600 pixels wide. In the HTML code for all examples below, use the acutal pixel dimensions in the WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes. Do not resize the image 'on the fly'! You can use a layout so the thumbnails and larger picture are all together in your auction, like this. (Use your browser's 'Back' button to return to this page.) You can use the TARGET="_blank" attribute in your thumbnail link so the image shows up in a separate window, like this. (Close the new browser to return to this page.) The code for this is <A HREF="http://uri.to.displaypage.html" TARGET="_blank">link text here</A> You can create an actual page for the graphic that has a link to return, like this. It's always the right time to use good code! [ back to main | back to top ] Copyright © 2002, 2008, by Stephen B. Henry