Hi again:
I'm working with thumbnails now.  Actually wondering if there is a standard size to a thumbnail or if you just size it to fit you wishes?  Also do you size it manually or is there a program (PSP) that will just do it by clicking the photo and WALA! there it is ....

Another question too .... When I put the thumnail into the picture directory and link to it do I put a full size image also in the picture directory and make the thumnail into a link or do I put some sort of instruction in the html to that automaticly sizes the thumnail after a double click.  

Thanks,
Nate

Thumbnails suite your preferences. I've used 50px square (even if the image is not square), 80x60 seems to get used a lot.

When making them, the object is to represent the larger image with a smaller one. You can be very direct in this by making you entire large image a 50x50 pixel image, or you can take a 50x50px 'piece' of the original image to draw someone's interest as to what the rest of the picture looks like. That's what I did with last years SLP Program.

After making your thumbnail use the optimizer (gif, jpeg, or png) and reduce the living daylights out of it: anything under 10 kbs would be good, unless the thumbnail image breaks down too much.

Quoted from tbrownarcher

When I put the thumnail into the picture directory and link to it do I put a full size image also in the picture directory and make the thumnail into a link?

Yes.