Easy Gallery Generator - EGG V2.0
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Overview
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The basic idea of this program is to take some picture files, and build a gallery suitable for uploading to the web.

The gallery consists of a main page which shows "thumbnails" (smaller versions) of the original pictures, and a page for each individual picture. Clicking on a thumbnail in a web browser brings up the individual page which has links to the next picture, previous picture and back to the main thumbnail page.

The mode of operation is as follows:

Load all the pictures from a single (source) directory.
Rearange the order of the pictures on the main page (thumbnail display).
Add short and/or long comments to the pictures as required.
Change the colours, fonts, etc as required.
Generate the web pages into a subdirectory of the destination directory.
Save the settings used to generate the gallery.

Installation
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To install the program just unzip the contents of the archive into a directory somewhere on your hard drive. No DLL's are needed and it doesn't hack around with the registry or anything like that. The files that come out of the archive are:

egg.exe - The executable program.

next.gif, prev.gif, thumbnails.gif - three small picture files representing buttons for use on the picture pages.

mypics - A directory containing eight sample pictures to test the program with.
mybigpics - Another directory containing two sample pictures to test the program with.

ReadMe.txt - This file

Help - A directory containing the html help pages

And that's about all it needs. When EGG first runs it will also create the directories "galleries" and "Saved" within the same directory that egg.exe is located. It also creates a file egg.ini within this same directory when it finishes, containing the current settings.

The first four files are the only ones actually needed to run the program and produce galleries.

Freeware
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This program is freeware. I've found a lot of useful free programs out there on the net, so I decided to give something back.
If you do find the program useful, I'd be really pleased if you would send me a postcard. My address is:

Ian Print
436 Nuthall Road
Aspley
Nottingham
NG8 5DQ
England

My Web Pages
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If you want to have a look at my pages, including a few galleries generated by this program, they are at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tirain/
There is a link to this page from within the egg program, in the menu [Help | About]

In the dim and distant future there may even be a new version of the program available there. You could also email me from there if you find any bugs or have any suggestions.
My email address is ian.print@ntlworld.com

Easy Gallery Generator V2.0 - Copyright 2001 Ian Print

Disclaimer
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Basically don't blame me if something goes wrong. If you want to use this program you take full responsibility for it. I've got rid of any bugs I've found and I'm quite happy with it. But here's some more legal looking stuff that I borrowed from elsewhere. All of the following applies if you use this program...

This software is freeware. You can use this software royalty-free for private and commercial purposes. 

You can freely distribute copies of the main archive as long as no alterations are made to the contents and no charge is raised except a reasonable fee for distributing costs.
You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the object code portions of this software. 

This Software is owned by Ian Print and is protected by copyright law and international copyright treaty. Therefore, you must treat this Software like any other copyrighted material (e.g. books). 

I do not guarantee that this product is free from defects. The software is provided "as is," and you use the software at your own risk.

I make no warranties as to performance, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranties whether expressed or implied.

Under no circumstances shall I be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this software, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF I HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL I, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED, BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PRODUCTS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
