If thumbs could have 50px size it would be perfect ... now I'm not sure only 5 pics per page/thumb is suffisant
20 would be OK ...
So ...
About 200 px on the left for the albums / categories ... that's OK ...
by defaut, INTERMEDIATE PICS are 400 px ... right ? If pic is bigger, Flash can resize it by scaling, right ?! ... so ... I continue .... 400 px ...
If we are 3 thumbs rows with 50 px but 5px on padding ... I have 55 + 55 + 50 ... and 15 pics per page ...
So ... I add ...
200 px ... + 20 px padding (separating the menus and the intermediate pic) + 400 px (intermediate pic) + 20 px (separating intermediate pic and thumbs) + 55 + 55 + 50
I obtain .... 800 px ... I remove 10 px padding ... I have 780 px ... I remove 10 px on the left ... I have 770 px ...
770px is the EXACT SIZE to have a full width on a 800x600 screen ...
about height ...
To have pics vertically and horizontally (I hope, I dream it would be possible), We take the 400 px height ...
So ... 400 px height ...
How many thumbs can i put on 400px height ... 7 ... = 385 px ... I obtain .... 7x3 thumbs = 21 thumbs per page !!!
We can add 10 px on top and bottom for esthetism ... and about 20px on the top for the title of the Album, for example, instead on the pic (put only on the pic the title of the pic)
400 px enters easily in a 800x600 screen : because we are ok we use this option by a popup ? ... so
....
Now ... I illustrate by a drawing
So "my" vision ...
(http://www.sortons.net/albums/cpg/layout1.jpg)
(http://www.sortons.net/albums/cpg/layout2.jpg)