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As I was testing (output) folder sizes, I imported some (jpg) photos whose size had not been reduced and which had not been renamed. I simply dragged a folder (with 12 photos) into the Main Window and selected Web/Create Web Pages.

A strange thing happened: the TOC page contained 12 thumbnails (of varying shapes) but of the SAME photo, which happened to be the last photo (#12) in the Main Window list...???

I exited PTW and reopened it. I then imported the same 12 photos that had been reduced in size and renamed (in Adobe Elements). No problem. The TOC page was normal.

Into the same Main Window, I dragged in the last (unreduced, unrenamed) photo. It became photo #13. Again, no problem: the TOC page was normal.

Then, I dragged in the another (unreduced, unrenamed) photo onto the Main Window and placed it in the number one position. This reproduced my problem: in the TOC, the names of two different (#1 position, #14 position) photos appeared, but they showed the same photo/thumbnail....???

I then renamed the large photos (Tom.jpg, Dick.jpg, and Harry.jpg) and re-imported them into PTW -- no TOC page problems surfaced.

Conclusion
Importing JPG with names like "I.FEST_04-22-06_JPG_Daio Hofmann_ 94.JPG" can screw up the works. You probably know why. I don't

My guess is that is has something to do with the letters "jpg" in the middle of the name of the photo.

In any case, renaming provides a solution, and, more importantly, PTW is an excellent tool for keeping web output files to a minimal size.

Thanks.

There was a time when browsers limited file names to 32 characters - and PhotoToWeb tried to honor this by taking a subset of the name to use. I wonder if P2W was reducing I.FEST_04-22-06_JPG_Daio Hofmann_ 94.JPG to somewhere BEFORE the _94, and so each photo would be getting the same output name. Try this:

1. In a terminal, copy/paste this next line:


2. Relaunch PhotoToWeb, and output the pages - did it work?

Let me know!

This hidden default will allow long HTML and IMAGE names (up to 64 characters total) Note - old mac os 8 web servers have a 31 character limit which is why this is off by default.