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  • Facebook pet costume photo contest

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    I had the idea to set up a facebook promotion for Chapman’s Dog Grooming. The idea is that people could enter a photo of their pet all dressed up for Halloween for a chance to win a $20 off coupon for grooming. Trouble is this is not allowed according to facebook policy so you have…

  • Find your Facebook ID

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    Have you ever needed to put a like button on your webpage or want to show what fans are following your page? I recently needed to set that up on a website and for that you need your FaceBook ID. This is not always as easy to find as you might think. It’s not a…

  • It’s the season of politics!

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    In my last post I talked about working on one of the photographs that I used for a website I was working on for a woman who is running for Antioch City Council. Below is a screenshot from her site http://www.mwilson4antiochcouncil.com/ I worked with her campaign manger of winningresults.inc and designed her site. I took…

  • Cool learning web application

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    I’ve been very impressed with this web application and it’s many uses that I just had to share what it does. Since I work at a college I can really see how it can help with content in the classroom. With it’s easy sharing and embedding you can put in almost any course management system.…

  • Using google drive to create a form

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    I just recorded a quick little screen cast to explain how to use Google Drive to create a form that people can fill out on your web page. It’s quick, easy and the best part free! Just thought I would share:  

  • How to alternate table row colors

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    Just had to share a snippit. I have been trying to alternate row colors globally and haven’t had luck in IE with this bit of CSS tr:nth-child(even) {     background-color: #ccc; } It doesn’t work in most IE browsers and then I found this bit of jQuery and it seems to work like a charm!…

  • Business cards and online galleries

    Business cards and online galleries

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    Today I want to talk about two really cool sites – one for business cards and the other for online photo galleries.   The fist is moo.com. Hmm well the name doesn’t really say it’s all but their product says the rest! I had never heard of them before until I attended a wacom webinar where…