Tacoma Public Library -- Photography Archive -- Personalize Settings

Modify Various Settings for this Web Site
Privacy note | Use the Back Button to return to the Image Search Page

You probably want to use the Photography Archives database for a while before you change these settings.

Set everything back to Defaults.

Display Help on Search screen (No/unchecked = help is on separate web page).

Number of thumbnails on a thumbnail page (1 to 100, default is 10):

Height of thumbnail image on a thumbnail page (100 to 300, default is 120 pixels):

Width of image on a 1-up detailed page (300 to 2000, default is 640 pixels):

Normally you see a page of thumbnails, and click on a thumbnail image to see the 1-up full image. You can change the settings so that if only a few images are displayed you can skip the thumbnail and go directly to the 1-up image. (1 to 40, default is 0 or NEVER):

Display graphic at top of screen (NO=640x480 or 800x600)

Enter your name (optional for use in filling in messages and orders):

Enter your e-mail address (optional for use in filling in messages and orders):

Enter your street and apartment number (optional):

Enter your city, state and postal code (optional):

Enter your phone number (optional):

A Privacy note about this page...

The information you share about how you want the pages on this web site to look is stored on your computer as a 'cookie' or file. This information is not maintained by the Library but only checked each time you use this site, so that the display looks the way you want it to. If you do fill in identifying information -- name, address, phone number or e-mail address -- the Tacoma Public Library will use this information only for the purpose of making it easier for you to fill in forms when you order copies of images or when sending comments to library staff.

If you want to remove these settings you can erase the cookie file on your computer. Be aware that if you give your computer to someone else these settings will stay with the computer. They are NOT stored on our servers. These settings are stored in the key 'imageprf' in a cookie for the 'images' directory, in the cookies directory of your browser.

If you want to change these settings back to their defaults you can click on the option button on this screen to return to defaults. This will remove all the settings, including any name or e-mail information, for the next time you use this database. This will NOT however remove the cookie entirely, but only set it to a value that will contain and transfer no information.

The Tacoma Public Library does not store or use this information for any other purposes.