Eloine's Blog

Category: Web Tips

  • American Legion and Google web fonts

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    This week I did a little work for a local post of the American Legion Post 491. I am in the beginning stages with the client but thought appropriate to talk about right before Veterans Day tomorrow. This is the first time I have actually used Google web fonts. The welcome red header on this…

  • Beginning Photoshop CS5 hands-on course in Antioch

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    I will be teaching 6 hours of hands-on training in Adobe Photoshop CS5 at the Antioch Recreation Department. You’ll start with a basic introduction of the interface to feeling comfortable with many of the tools. You’ll fix photos and create your own artwork from scratch. [button link=”http://www.ci.antioch.ca.us/Recreation/registration.asp” newwindow=”yes”] Registration Information[/button]    

  • College website gets a makeover

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    I’m excited to be able to show a sneak peak of my colleges new website due to go live on Tuesday! I originally revamped the site in 2003 and it was good for the time but then the content outgrew itself. This new launch was a year in the making with the first half of…

  • Google docs form for garden data collection – way too simple!

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    This is for everyone who has had to create forms on a website to collect information. Unless there is some sort of automatic widget built in to your content management system this can be a complicated or time-consuming task. Google has made this ridiculously simple though so in case you aren’t aware I thought I…

  • Code snippits I always use in the footer

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    My email program of choice is gmail because it’s so easy to use and they are constantly improving their product. What the main reason is I use it is for is the filtering and search. I have a filter I set up called “code snippits” and any time I want to save a bit of…

  • Estimating time by weighted average

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    Anyone who knows me is going to find it extremely strange that I of all people should post a math formula! When it comes to managing your projects though there doesn’t seem to be any way around it. Your client is always going to want to know how long the project is going to take.…

  • What’s that typeface???

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    Ever want to know what a particular type face is? Then this is a great resource! I saw a design on the internet and liked the font for the word photographer. I took a screen grab of the word and then uploaded it to myfonts and it worked great! See for yourself: