dotmac like skim album thumbnail possible at smugmug?

[msim2020]

i would love to be able to create something like this in smugmug. possible?
[i am referring to being able to see what is in the album by hovering the mouse over the album thumbnail.]

http://gallery.mac.com/parker_photography

[DavidTO]

Yah, ain't that cool?

[devbobo]

Yah, ain't that cool?

Kinda gimmicky imo...oh wait, we're talking about apple here...nvm.

[DavidTO]

Kinda gimmicky imo...oh wait, we're talking about apple here...nvm.


Seems pretty useful to me, Apple or not. :dunno

[bwg]

please no.

[msim2020]

Any Smugmug support ninja?

[PBolchover]

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to hand-code one of these (probably with javascript). Try looking for code to do it on the web, and incorporating it in an html-only gallery.

(Viewing the source of the example you linked to would probably give the code)

[Andy]

Any Smugmug support ninja?
There's nothing we have that can do this, but as Paul said it could be coded by a Smug-hacker :)

[PBolchover]

The way I would approach it would be something as follows:
* Define the space where you want the thumbnail to appear
* If you have, say 13 thumbnails that you want to show, then you divide the space into a grid that is, say 10x10 (where 10 is co-prime with 13)
* Detect which square in this grid the mouse is pointing to (I'm not sure whether it's possible to get the pointer location in javascript; if not, I'd superimpose transparent square pictures to trigger hover events)
* Number the squares in the grid from top left to bottom right
* Take the square number (mod 13)
* Display the thumbnail corresponding to this number

Now, all you have to do, is to code it!

[msim2020]

wish i knew any coding :dunno

i hope some expert gets excited about it.