design

I switched over to the Drupal CMS. I briefly thought about using Gallery with Drupal but I thought it would be overkill. After a brief search I found Drupal School also has a video demonstrating how to implement the handbook example Drupal School: 009 Maintainable Gallery. I followed along with the video and also read the handbook entry HowTo: Create an image gallery using only CCK and Views. A few customizations later, I had something ready to replace the old site.

I was never very satisfied with the architecture of the site because the gallery script that I was using (4images) looked very different. I did eventually create a theme for the gallery that made it visually similar but I still was not satisfied. Moving everything into a CMS makes things simpler.

Designing the Table of Contents

I have decided not to use the TOC tool in InDesign because the results so far don't look good to me. I don't want to drive myself crazy experimenting with TOC styles. I could spend that time doing something else. It's easier to create it by hand and paste it in.

The Design of a Photography Book

Using a print on demand service (POD) like Lulu means more work but if you were thinking of paying a regular printer, you could use some of the money, you save on the printing costs, to hire a book designer. Or save even more by designing it yourself. Lulu gives you several options. You could design in Word, Publisher, InDesign etc. and then save and upload as a PDF file.