Pictures and albums

[Jon]

I am about ready to buy, but noticed a real issue.

When you do a search and then go to view a members album, you can't get back to your search results because you have to scroll back through every picture you viewed before getting there.

Is there a workaround to this or some way to put an Iframe or java popup to view the pics, so you just have to hit the back button one time to get to your search results?

Thanx!

[maverick]

Hi Jon;

The Etano script is unencrypted so you have access to the entire code that allows you to customize or add just about anything you want. If you can't program you can always hire someone to do it for you, just contact Datemill for a quote, they do great work at very reasonable rates.

As with any robust CMS script, it's impossible to create default features that will appease everyone's needs or wants. With the photo album itself being rather robust with features, such as rating and commenting on photos etc, putting the entire album in an Iframe or popup might not be the best solution unless these features aren't important to you and want to create simple stripped down version where there's simply a series of thumbs that popup to view a larger version.

Alternately, what you could also do is just put a TIP on the search results page (left side menu column) suggesting to users if they don't want to lose their place in the results and when they want to view a profile that interests them to open it in another browser tab or window. Most all power searchers already use this technique and it's why Firefox and other modern browsers created the tabs feature. It's like when you do a Google search, it wouldn't be very productive to simply click on a result and go view around a site to discover it wasn't what you were seeking and then try to make your way back to the results again via the back button.

I know you want to make site navigation as simple and easy as possible for users, as navigation is real important and can often make or break a site, but when you have a robust site you can only go so far with simplifying things, often all you can do is offer suggestions and point them in the right direction.