Customizing Apertures Web Journal Themes, font, colors, headings etc., without going into the html code. Maybe Jumsoft with their custom Themes is the answer. They have a great collection for iWeb, Keynote, Pages and many more including for Rapid Weaver
Subject: Aperture Web Journal Themes
I just recently ran across your blog and was wondering if you knew of an easy way to customize Apertures web journal themes (i.e. font, colors, headings, etc.). I've searched and can't really find anything other than going into the html code which I'm not equipped to do.
Brian
Hi Brian,
I am trying to work something out for you. But you are correct there is actually no way that we can make some changes to the Themes in the Aperture Web Journal and Pages, however I have heard that you can import your own design but let me check on this a bit more.
I am not using the Web Journal and Web Pages in Aperture very often, I am using the MobileMe Web Gallery for my work and have my own site created outside Aperture 2.
I guess Aperture was never really intended to do major web work which is understandable but then we never know what comes next, hopefully in the near future we get to see more in Apertures Web Pages and Journal.
Remember a few years ago we couldn’t do anything like this, but since have come a long way, seldom leaving the application to perform other tasks.
I am using Rapid Weaver for some web work and Blogs, very cool software and no need to know html and RW has full html capabilities if needed. Rapid Weaver works real well with Mac (designed for it.) Here is the link to the site.
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/
Cheers Gunther
Since then I have received another nice input from Martin Gisborne, Aperture Product Marketing Manager.
A company called Jumsoft makes custom themes for Aperture… you could try checking out their site http://www.jumsoft.com/aperture/
Maybe there is someone else out there with some additional info for Brian and others,
or maybe our friends at Aperture User Network AUN can shine some more light on this issue.
GD
Aperture 2…the difference between the Web Gallery, Webpage and Web Journal... plus another option is iWeb… sharing and showing your Photos with YOUR clients and the rest of the world. My choice & workflow at the Beijing Olympics would have been the MobileMe Gallery, the one I LOVE so much.
I am not going into details of these three today but I rather explain in simple and short terms the difference. You might remember from of my previous blogs how much I love the Web Gallery now called MobileMe Gallery.
Heritage Suite Hotel Cambodia Screenshot of the MobileMe Gallery,
view this Gallery online click this link or the image above.
But you have to use the Username: gdimages Password: gd2551
1. When you need to create web pages that mix text and images, the Web Journal option is your best choice. When you create a Web Journal, you manually add the pages, images and text. This is slower than the Web Gallery option, but it offers precise control.
2. Within Aperture there is a third option simply called Webpage. The Webpage template offers less customization than the Web Journal; the Webpage translates an Album into a page, and then allows you to specify a number of columns and rows for each page.
Screenshot of the Web Journal, ideal for lots of text.
Screenshot of the Webpages, with limited text options
3. I guess you know this one, the now called MobileMe Gallery, my absolute favorite, but then it depends what type of work you producing or like to show. However you do need a MobileMe account for the MobileMe Gallery.
The Web Journal and Web Page can be placed also on any Server where as the Web Gallery (now MobileMe Gallery) requires a .Mac account or now a MobileMe account.
I have described my favorite the MobileMe Gallery (before .Mac) in great details before and how much I love it for the storage and distribution of my images, and since the arrival of MobileMe it has only gotten better.
If I where in Beijing right now and had to cover some of the events I would certainly choose the MobileMe Gallery to get my images out to the Editors and Publishers, the MobileMe Gallery is very cool and smooth as Silk…
Check this link for some action shots at the Olympics: CLICK HERE
“Phelps Frame-By-Frame Phelps' Miracle” Finish
However Aperture does not stop here, if Aperture’s three webpage options aren’t enough for you then you can turn to iWeb, which is part of the iLife suite that is a standard on all Macs.
Tip: If iWeb isn’t located in your Dock, you can navigate to your Applications folder and launch it from here.
Note also: If you have an active MobileMe account, when you click on the Publish button, iWeb will automatically upload your website. Otherwise you can always choose File>Publish to a Folder to Export iWebpages without needing a MobileMe account (until recently it was called .Mac)
WOW all of this within Aperture 2.1.1; I keep on saying…AMAZING… not surprising with all this integration on the Mac.
GD
