** MA2 Printable Fish Guide **

feldon34 · 03-27-2003, 05:51 PM

We're finally getting things together with the PHP scripting.

Here's the *almost* (3-4 steps away) automatically generated Fish Guide:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/thefish.html

and an Acrobat PDF with all the fish captured at double-resolution:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/fishguide.pdf

The printable guide does not yet harvest the Latin Names from the database. That will happen in the next few days.

The next time we add fish, it will be from 1 place and everything updates.

Now on to the chat logs and wishlist and news and... *ugh, what a headache

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999-JAY-999 · 03-28-2003, 02:48 AM

Well done.... the work being done here is I am sure very appreciated.

memilm · 03-28-2003, 04:00 AM

can you add to the pdf file the rest of the information and photos from the html file?

feldon34 · 03-28-2003, 09:53 PM

What HTML file?

This page is now generated with PHP.

Do you mean the latin names? That is coming very soon.

Do you mean all the dietary/pricing information? I've never put that on the white fish guide before but I suppose we could if there is enough request for it.

The idea with all this PHP stuff is that I can add a fish and with 4 mouseclicks, the fish guide (black bkgnd) is updated and the new print guide (white bkgnd) PDF is generated. It wouldn't be too hard to add another PDF with more info.

Would you guys like to see this PDF spread out to 2 pages to give more info about the fish and produce slightly larger fish photos?

Actually, I spent quite a bit of effort getting these fish to fit on 1 page. I realize with the next fish pack, we will have to split onto 2 pages. FYI, we don't really HAVE to use PDF. By using all GIF files forced to certain sizes (I am doing a 66% scale on all images using width tags), Internet Explorer *does* print the page correctly. Have not tested Netscape though.

More technical info:
The fish are captured at 1600x1024 and then the aspect ratio is corrected. I threw away all the previous work on this page and started fresh, capturing all the fish new. By the time the fish appear in the PHP/PDF, they are being scaled down 66% without lowering the quality (the resolution goes up from 72 to 109dpi).

Also it hasn't been mentioned, but Michael (Jav400) captured all the photos for the Fish Guide page with anti-aliasing turned on and with a black background. We threw out the old pictures and started over. I think it really cleaned up a lot of the pictures.

Manymosi · 03-29-2003, 05:18 AM

Yes, I would like it on two pages with the extra info.

FishyBusiness · 03-29-2003, 09:55 AM

Yes, make it as long as you can.

memilm · 03-31-2003, 05:29 AM

Yes, it would be great to have all information and the large pictures on a pdf file for better printed results (pdf can be better saved and printed offline).

feldon34 · 03-31-2003, 03:50 PM

I designed it specifically for printing, as it is 109dpi. But I didn't know so many people had sufficient space on their wall for the fish guide to take 2 or more pages!

You guys want ALL the information including dietary and regional stats under each fish?

Jav400 · 03-31-2003, 07:49 PM

Please remember that when you request this stuff, the total fish that you will have isn't over. As more fish get added, you could end up with alot of pages to print.

memilm · 04-01-2003, 12:02 AM

To print pdf files ist excelent. I got not the same results by printing from html... For localy view offline is pdf allways the best.

03-27-2003, 05:51 PM	#1
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	MA2 Printable Fish Guide We're finally getting things together with the PHP scripting. Here's the almost (3-4 steps away) automatically generated Fish Guide: https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/thefish.html and an Acrobat PDF with all the fish captured at double-resolution: https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/fishguide.pdf The printable guide does not yet harvest the Latin Names from the database. That will happen in the next few days. The next time we add fish, it will be from 1 place and everything updates. Now on to the chat logs and wishlist and news and... ugh, what a headache "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-28-2003, 09:53 PM	#4
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	What HTML file? This page is now generated with PHP. Do you mean the latin names? That is coming very soon. Do you mean all the dietary/pricing information? I've never put that on the white fish guide before but I suppose we could if there is enough request for it. The idea with all this PHP stuff is that I can add a fish and with 4 mouseclicks, the fish guide (black bkgnd) is updated and the new print guide (white bkgnd) PDF is generated. It wouldn't be too hard to add another PDF with more info. Would you guys like to see this PDF spread out to 2 pages to give more info about the fish and produce slightly larger fish photos? Actually, I spent quite a bit of effort getting these fish to fit on 1 page. I realize with the next fish pack, we will have to split onto 2 pages. FYI, we don't really HAVE to use PDF. By using all GIF files forced to certain sizes (I am doing a 66% scale on all images using width tags), Internet Explorer does print the page correctly. Have not tested Netscape though. More technical info: The fish are captured at 1600x1024 and then the aspect ratio is corrected. I threw away all the previous work on this page and started fresh, capturing all the fish new. By the time the fish appear in the PHP/PDF, they are being scaled down 66% without lowering the quality (the resolution goes up from 72 to 109dpi). Also it hasn't been mentioned, but Michael (Jav400) captured all the photos for the Fish Guide page with anti-aliasing turned on and with a black background. We threw out the old pictures and started over. I think it really cleaned up a lot of the pictures. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-29-2003, 09:55 AM	#6
FishyBusiness Registered Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,206	Yes, make it as long as you can. Frank

03-31-2003, 03:50 PM	#8
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	I designed it specifically for printing, as it is 109dpi. But I didn't know so many people had sufficient space on their wall for the fish guide to take 2 or more pages! You guys want ALL the information including dietary and regional stats under each fish? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-31-2003, 07:49 PM	#9
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Please remember that when you request this stuff, the total fish that you will have isn't over. As more fish get added, you could end up with alot of pages to print. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-28-2003, 02:48 AM	#2
999-JAY-999 Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Birmingham Posts: 19	Well done.... the work being done here is I am sure very appreciated.

03-28-2003, 04:00 AM	#3
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	can you add to the pdf file the rest of the information and photos from the html file?

03-29-2003, 05:18 AM	#5
Manymosi Registered Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 65	Yes, I would like it on two pages with the extra info.

03-31-2003, 05:29 AM	#7
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	Yes, it would be great to have all information and the large pictures on a pdf file for better printed results (pdf can be better saved and printed offline).

04-01-2003, 12:02 AM	#10
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	To print pdf files ist excelent. I got not the same results by printing from html... For localy view offline is pdf allways the best.