<?php
/* Frequency asked questions (ie. help) strings. See: faq.php.
*
* Written by: Chris Studholme
* Copyright: GPL (http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html)
* $Id: faq_strings.php,v 1.1 2002/02/02 00:00:13 cstudhol Exp $
*/
$thumbnail="2.8";
$little="29";
$big="87";
$copyright_url="faq.php#copyright";
$password_url="faq.php#password";
$faq = array();
$faq["biglittle"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"Difference Between Little and Big Photos",
"a"=>tag("p","The little photos have been sized specifically for people who are viewing the Virtual Photo Album using a computer that is only capable of 640x480 resolution or for people who connect to the internet using a slow modem. Big pictures are not only larger but are also of higher quality for people with a large screen and a fast internet connection.").
tag("p","More precisely, the little pictures are at most 512 pixels wide, at most 480 pixels high, have a JPEG quality setting of 80% and average about ".$little." kBytes each (8 second download on a 33.6 kbaud modem). The big pictures are at most 768 pixels wide, at most 600 pixels high, have a JPEG quality setting of 90% and average about ".$big." kBytes each (14 second download on a 56 kbaud modem). For those who are interested, the thumbnails are at most 128 pixels wide and high, have a JPEG quality of 70% and average ".$thumbnail." kBytes each.")));
$faq["badphotos"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"Why do the photos look bad?",
"a"=>tag("p","There are many reasons why these photos may not be as good as you expected:".
tag("ul",
tag("li","Photographer error or inexperience.").
tag("li","Photos from digital cameras aren't as high quality as ones from a standard film camera.").
tag("li","Since the marginal cost of a photo from a digital camera is zero, people who use them tend to take lots of pictures with an average quality somewhat less than that of a regular film camera.").
tag("li","Photos scanned or otherwise converted from standard film or negative may not be as high quality as the original.").
tag("li","Super high quality photos cannot be provided and expected to be downloaded using a 33.6 kbaud modem.").
tag("li","Your computer may not be configured to display enough colours to view these photos.")).stag("br").
"This last point is the one you may be able to change if it is the problem. You can check how many colours your computer displays by first right-clicking anywhere on your desktop, choosing ".
tag("i","Properties").", and then going to the ".
tag("i","Settings")." tab. If you are set up to view 256 or fewer colours then this is the reason the photos look bad. Any one of the settings: ".
tag("i","hi-colour").", ".
tag("i","true-colour").", ".
tag("i","thousands of colours").", ".
tag("i","millions of colours").", ".
tag("i","15-bit colour").", ".
tag("i","16-bit colour").", ".
tag("i","24-bit colour").", ".
tag("i","32-bit colour").
", or any other setting that sounds like more than 256 colours will do. Setting your computer for more colours may require that you accept fewer pixels. If this is the case, choose the colour setting that gives you the fewest number of colours beyond 256.")));
$faq["captions"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"Rules for Captions",
"a"=>tag("p","People have requested that either the photos in this album be captioned, or, preferrably, they be allowed to add captions to the photos themselves. The later is provided. Each of you can add up to one caption per photo. When you add a caption, your web browser will receive a cookie that you will probably not know about. As long as your browser keeps this cookie, you will be able to edit and delete your own captions. With each caption you add you will be able to either attach your name (or alias) to the caption, or leave it anonymous. Provided that you adhere to the following rules, the caption system will stay as is:".stag("br").
tag("ol",
tag("li","Anonymous captions are not provided so you can say things that you wouldn't say if people knew who you were. Chances are the administrator of this site can figure out who posted which captions even if they are anonymous.").
tag("li","Posting captions and signing them with someone else's name will not be tolerated. Feel free to use an alias so long as the alias doesn't make the caption look like someone else wrote it.").
tag("li","Please keep your captions short and to the point. At the moment there is no limit to the length of a caption, but one will be instated if necessary.").
tag("li","If you share a computer with other people, it is expected that you will not abuse the fact that you may be able to edit or delete captions written by others.")))));
$faq["cookie"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"What are cookies?",
"a"=>tag("p","A cookie is simply a small piece of information (such as a 20 digit number) that a web server gives to your browser to remember. Your browser will store cookies it has received in a file on your hard drive and send the cookie back to the server each time you revisit the web site where you originally got the cookie. Cookies cannot contain viruses or other executable code and they do not take up any significant amount of disk space. Despite this, cookies sometimes get a bad rap because some web sites will use cookies to keep track of visitors in cases where there really is no reason to keep track of those visitors and they do so without the visitor's knowledge (ie. invasion of privacy). The Virtual Photo Album uses cookies to keep track of people posting captions. This is for the benifit of you, not me. When you post a caption, your browser will receive a cookie to remember. As long as your browser remembers this cookie, you will be able to edit or delete any captions you have posted (even months later). If your browser 'forgets' the cookie, you will no longer be able to alter the captions you had posted with the lost cookie. If you then post new captions, you will simply get a new cookie.").
tag("p","If you have cookies disabled in your browser, you will not be able to post captions. You will still be able to use all of the other features of the Virtual Photo Album.")));
$faq["password"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"Who can use this album?",
"a"=>tag("p","The rule of thumb regarding password distribution is a follows: people who appear in any of the photos in this album have a right to know the password for the album. People who do not appear in any photos probably should not know the password; however, there can be exceptions. For instance, it is not a big deal if you appear in the photo album, but your spouse does not and you tell your spouse the password. If you want to tell someone the password but are unsure as to whether you should or not, ".
tag("a",array("href"=>"mailto:".$config["siteadmin_email"]),
"email ".$config["siteadmin_name"]).".").
tag("p","Those of you who are concerned about strangers doing weird things with the photos you appear in should read ".
tag("a",array("href"=>$copyright_url),
"the copyright terms").".")));
$faq["copyright"] =
array("en"=>
array("q"=>"Legal Notes - Copyright",
"a"=>tag("p","All of the pages and photos generated by this Virtual Photo Album are copyright by their owner who, for most of the photos, is ".
tag("a",array("href"=>"mailto:".$config["copyright_email"]),
$config["copyright_name"]).
". The copyright on the photos in this album will be enforced when necessary to protect the privacy of the people who appear in the album. If you have a password to view this album and are ".
tag("a",array("href"=>$password_url),"allowed to have that password").
", you may view (online) all of the photos contained in the album. You may download, modify, and redistribute any photo that you appear in and are recognizable within. If you wish to do anything not explicitly permitted here, you should email ".
tag("a",array("href"=>"mailto:".$config["copyright_email"]),$config["copyright_name"]).
" to discuss your plans.")));
?>