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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 27, 2009 08:08 to the question "Putting my email address on my site" in Yola:
hmmm very interesting... Here is a thread on just such a subject and makes use of the main emails out there and if yours is not on the list then click the "Provider not available" link
Additionally, http://www.email-encoder.net/index.php This one is one of the better fill in the blank email image generators... Size, color, transparency and much more.
Happy site building
Ed
You can find me with my head in the honey pot here...
Honey Bear Playhomes Tips and Favs in one place... A Honey bear Playhomes Tip ;)-
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes shared an idea in Yola on November 26, 2009 11:40:
Add some festive snow to your website with one easy piece of code and no images... A Honey Bear Playhomes Tip...Do you want some festive snow to fall on your page and don't want to mess around with images and or coding yourself?
It is as simple as:
1) Open your site builder
2) Drag an HTML widget onto your page and paste the following code between the <!-- and the --> into it and click "OK" (PS The encoder did not work for this one ;)
<!--
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://honeybearplayhomes.com/resources/snowstorm.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> snowStorm.snowColor = '#99ccff'; // blue-ish snow!? </script>
-->
3) Preview or update your site to see the snow drop, move according to your mouse and collect at the bottom of the page.
Soooo easy... It adds a little touch of the holidays to any site... If you use it leave your URL here so that we all may see it on your website ;) It seems to work best on sites of a darker color so I added a way to change the color of the flakes by changing the hex value in the code to suit the color you like. You can choose a different color here
Happy site building
Ed
If you happen to use the snow a link back to Honey Bear Playhomes on your website would be nice. You can see the snow in action here...
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 24, 2009 00:13 to the idea "Enlarge an image using Microsoft Publisher... A Honey Bear Playhomes Tip..." in Yola:
Just for example...
280x280px
3271x3271 (don't forget to click the magnifying glass in the next window to see the true enlarged image)
And to share an image from my recent yet unshared project I just enlarged an image one minute ago that was a 187KB 433x719 pixel image and turned it into an 8MB 5400x7200 pixel image that I could not upload here due to its size... The enlarged PNG image was not a perfect enlargement as the edges are a little rough but those are easily blurred.
Here it is in the original state: 433x719px
And the image after I re-sized it from 8 MB to under 2MB to fit here. 1227x2106px (don't forget to click the magnifying glass in the next window to see the true enlarged image)
It works on photos to a point but again it all depends on the beginning image if you can enlarge it or not... Once you do it a few times you will find out the limitations. -
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes shared an idea in Yola on November 23, 2009 22:57:
Enlarge an image using Microsoft Publisher... A Honey Bear Playhomes Tip...Realizing that when you enlarge most images you loose image quality and make at most a fuzzy image if you ever need to enlarge a small image and turn it into a large one follow these simple steps:
1) Open your Microsoft Publisher as a poster
2) Paste in it the small image you wish enlarged.
3) Drag the corner of the image until it fills the page (or until it looses quality).
4) Then save the page as a PNG image to be cropped later to remove all the added white space. (if you save it as a 300dpi instead of the 150dpi it will most times increase the quality a great deal) Play around with it to make it suit your needs.
You can turn a 280x280px images into an image of 3000x3000 without much image quality loss. I have created some pretty awesome enlarged images this way and know that you all will as well. This is particularly excellent for creating high detail banners that pop instead of fizzle. It seems to work best if the beginning image is a PNG but will work with all formats.
Happy site building
Ed
You can find me with my head in the honey pot here...
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 23, 2009 22:49 to the question "Just look at my site now @Ed and anyone else interested" in Yola:
Nice one Diane... Really sweet looking. I am particularly impressed with the mouse over dripping faucets. You know how I love a good mouse over. Especially a self edited image one ;)
You seem to be fitting the pieces of the website puzzle together quite nicely. Its always a great feeling to see it all come together and be able to say that you built it... I am no doubt sure that this will be one of your featured sites in your site building example arsenal.
As to the background images you are truly welcome but truth be told if you ever need to enlarge a small image:
1) Open your Microsoft Publisher as a poster
2) Paste in it the small image you wish enlarged.
3) Drag the corner of the image until it fills the page (or until it looses quality).
4) Then save the page as a PNG image to be cropped later to remove all the added white space. (if you save it as a 300dpi instead of the 150dpi it will most times increase the quality a great deal) Play around with it to make it suit your needs.
That is what I did with the squared and rectangular 280x280px icon images to turn them into an image of 3000x3000 without much image quality loss. I consider this my Publisher enlargement tip of the day ;)
Knowing my secret and how easy it was I don't know if I deserve a link back (LOL) But thanks anyway...
I have created some pretty awesome enlarged images this way and know that you all will as well. This is particularly excellent for creating high detail banners that pop instead of fizzle.
Now I gotta add that one to my tips list ;)
Happy site building
Ed
You can find me with my head in the honey pot here...
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes made a comment on "Widgets move around the page by themselves. They are like Ghosts!", but it was removed. see the change log
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 22, 2009 23:58 to the problem "black line - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in Yola:
Thanks Lee...
Here are the images for both the 860x170 and the 960x170 banner shadow. Just make sure that the code reflects the new image name. ;)
860x170
960x170
Here is a free and easy to use in your browser image editor... Give her a try ;) -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 22, 2009 02:35 to the problem "black line - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in Yola:
Using the rounded glass myself I looked into this as well and the line of which you speak is part of the style and is in fact a repeating PNG. This image is left behind when you remove all the pages out of the menu. I agree it looks funky and would love to see it disapear from my Honey Bear website;)
In your case it is:
http://hexham.info/templates/Gerrard_...
I wonder if a creative programmer can figure out a way to remove it... -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes marked one of Emmy's replies in Yola as useful. Emmy replied to the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?".
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Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 21, 2009 02:38 to the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
See fixed already... Gotta love that short down time YOLA has even when they have the proverbial hiccup...
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A comment on the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
Go2web20 has always had some fun stuff... I like how often new stuff is added. Great ad Diane... I can't believe that I didn't include it to my Tips thread before... ;) Woops my bad ;) Maybe later... – Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes, on November 21, 2009 02:31 -
A comment on the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
No worries Emmy I am sure they will figure it out ;)
To all those who will no doubt have comments which are negative I will say here and now "Relax and have a Coke" This happens so infrequently that it should not be something which brings up any choice words or comments. REMEMBER we are getting this wonderful service for FREE... – Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes, on November 21, 2009 02:17 -
A comment on the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
Ok yours must be on a lucky server... LOL – Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes, on November 21, 2009 02:12 -
A comment on the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
Sure that's not just because you have it cached my friend? ;) – Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes, on November 21, 2009 02:07 -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 21, 2009 02:07 to the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
LOL now my site has lost its banner, background and rounded glass frame in Crome then all the pages say "Sorry this service is not available" -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 21, 2009 01:59 to the problem "So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?" in Yola:
Hmmm on the Honey Bear site the imagemap mouse over Honeycomb buttons don't work but the bottom text links do... -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes reported a problem in Yola on November 21, 2009 01:55:
So anyone else having a problem reaching their published sites?Hmmm tre bizzare
I cannot reach any of my sites or those that I created for others on any browser...
Hmmm even more bizzare is that I just checked a minute later and the Honey Bear site is loading slow, the buttons are funky and don't work but the other sites still fail to load completely
All the rest of the web is fast as fast can be ;)
http://www.honeybearplayhomes.com/
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A comment on the question "Opinions needed please" in Yola:
Thought these might come in handy for you. I made them large enough to be used as a single image background if you like. The second is large enough even for those with the highest screen settings.
You could make some pretty cool buttons with the earlier ones for the banner as they are rectangular. Make them smaller, then make a copy and either lighten or darken the image and it becomes a mouse-over button that changes. – Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes, on November 20, 2009 05:44 -
Ed-a-Torials @ Honey Bear Playhomes replied on November 20, 2009 03:29 to the question "Opinions needed please" in Yola:
Hey Diane just the Bears 2 cents worth but when I make a banner for a business I try to keep the company's contact info out of it because when it comes time for them to move, change their numbers or hours they cannot so easily edit the banner that was created by the designer. (I have heard horror stories about having the ideal banner and no way to edit it) If you do however need to add the contact info always give them a blank copy of the banner without the info so that they can have it edited at a later date if they need to. As you are family he has the upper hand already. ;)
Additionally, the other reason that I always add the address, contact info and hours to the (text) content of every page is for SEO. If you only had his address in the banner then search engines cannot utilize the info.
The one that I did above was just as a lark and all it needs is your running plumber and if you wish your bros contact info below the name and slogan. You will need to reduce the size just a bit on the little guy but in the plumbing business the name is more important and needs to really stand out...
I used http://supalogo.com/ for the lettering. The two tone letters with dark blue shadow fit in quite well and stands out just enough to say look at me and remember my name... ;)
Gotta run...
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