Ila:
You wanted me to show how one can intersperse images and text, or link to another file contaning images and text.
John

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If you click on any of the thumbnail gif images below, you should get the full-size jpeg view.

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One can have a caption with a break to force the text to continue on the first line below the Figure, as done here:

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Fig. aaa. Howser Spires, Bugaboos, 1955.
The size of the thumbnail determines the number of bytes downloaded, so smaller is faster and if within reason, better. It is easy to convert to thumbnails of any bounding dimensions: the 200x200 used here is arbitrary and reflects my own taste. The UNIX (IRIX) script jpgtothumb.ksh, in this directory, converts jpg files to thumbnails; I am sure something similar can be done on other platforms.

Images can be scaled to a desired size on the fly, within the html code, to be either smaller or larger.

If the text defines the image contents adequately, then of course there is no need for a caption, as here, in "presenting" the collection of all thumbnails.

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Following is an example with captions and text flowing around the Figures.

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# Fritz Wiessner

Fig. xxx. Fritz Wiessner, age 81, Mt Lemmon, 1981, climbing on the Rupley Towers, first pitch of R3.

Fig yyy. Fritz Wiessner, age 86, Mt Lemmon, 1986, at a belay point on the Rupley Towers.

Fritz's love of climbing is obvious in the photographs. From about 1970 until 1986, after each winter season of skiing with wife Muriel, he would begin his climbing year with a trip to Tucson. Fritz was raised in Dresden. His early climbing was in the Elbe Sandstone Towers. He was among the avant garde of "6th Class" climbing duing the 1920's. Routes he put up 80 years ago in the Elbe Sandstone are still considered difficult. He made classic routes in the Dolomites, on the Fleischbank, the Furchetta, and the Civetta. He was a member of German Himalayan expeditions in the 1920's. When Fritz came to this country in 1928, he brought both cutting-edge rock technique and Himalayan mountaineering experience. He made notable contributions to American climbing. Fritz discovered and opened, with Hans Kraus, the Shawangunks, made the first ascent of Mt. Waddington with Bill House in 1936, and the first climbing ascent of the Devil's Tower in 1937. He was the dominant climber on the 1939 American K2 expedition, on which he accomplished the famous feat of climbing past the difficulties to within 800 ft. of the summit, only to turn back in deference to the religion and fears of his Sherpa partner. He was for many years the American Alpine Club representative to international climbing organizations. During his first years in America, Fritz founded a chemical company that specialized in waxes, including a widely-used ski wax. He successfully developed his company during the depression of the 1930's. Fritz Wiessner was a gracious gentleman with wide-ranging interests. He and Hans Kraus were typical of many climbers of the pre-WWII era, who integrated climbing with leadership in other areas.

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One can play games with arrangement of the images - following is a different one for the above stuff on Fritz:

# Fritz Wiessner

Fig. xxx (left). Fritz Wiessner, age 81, Mt Lemmon, 1981, climbing on the Rupley Towers, first pitch of R3.
Fig. yyy (right). Fritz Wiessner, age 86, Mt Lemmon, 1986, at a belay point on the Rupley Towers.

Fritz's love of climbing is obvious in the photographs. From about 1970 until 1986, after each winter season of skiing with wife Muriel, he would begin his climbing year with a trip to Tucson. Fritz was raised in Dresden. His early climbing was in the Elbe Sandstone Towers. He was among the avant garde of "6th Class" climbing duing the 1920's. Routes he put up 80 years ago in the Elbe Sandstone are still considered difficult. He made classic routes in the Dolomites, on the Fleischbank, the Furchetta, and the Civetta. He was a member of German Himalayan expeditions in the 1920's. When Fritz came to this country in 1928, he brought both cutting-edge rock technique and Himalayan mountaineering experience. He made notable contributions to American climbing. Fritz discovered and opened, with Hans Kraus, the Shawangunks, made the first ascent of Mt. Waddington with Bill House in 1936, and the first climbing ascent of the Devil's Tower in 1937. He was the dominant climber on the 1939 American K2 expedition, on which he accomplished the famous feat of climbing past the difficulties to within 800 ft. of the summit, only to turn back in deference to the religion and fears of his Sherpa partner. He was for many years the American Alpine Club representative to international climbing organizations. During his first years in America, Fritz founded a chemical company that specialized in waxes, including a widely-used ski wax. He successfully developed his company during the depression of the 1930's. Fritz Wiessner was a gracious gentleman with wide-ranging interests. He and Hans Kraus were typical of many climbers of the pre-WWII era, who integrated climbing with leadership in other areas.

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# The Simplest Way?

Arguably the simplest way of inserting information, with or without images, is to link to a separate, possibly very small file, as for this reference to Jim McCarthy. The file also might be referenced separately, in a site map, index, or whatever, allowing it to stand on its own. This structure hews to the original hypertext paradigm.