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2007
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I'm posting this little trick just in case anyone reading here is not aware of it.When I receive phone calls at home, I check the Caller ID before picking up the phone. If it is a number I don't recognize, I don't pick it up.I've been getting so many calls from this particular number, I'd figure...
07/31/2007
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The Text Tool in Elements is very easy to use, and Elements provides several built-in ready-to-go special effects.Here is a quick tour of the Text Tool:Open your image.Click the Text Tool. Note the tiny arrow in the lower corner of the tool. That arrow indicates a "fly-out" sub-menu. Select ho...
07/31/2007
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Recently, I shot some photos of a property. The property owner also hired a professional photographer to shot a series of photos.Here are a couple samples. The comparison is interesting:Exterior shot by me: Exterior shot by pro: Interior shot by me: Interior shot by pro:OK: He shot the interio...
07/30/2007
Let's say you have a TypePad blog, but you want it to act more like a website. It my previous post, I convered the steps to tell TypePad to display a "Page" as the front page of a website, rather than a list of blog posts.Here's a Lazy Blogger Trick for creating the content for the page.Sign up ...
07/29/2007
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Let's say you have a TypePad blog, but you want it to act more like a website. No problem. Here's how.Go in http://www.typepad.com/, Click "Members Sign In", and log in Click the "weblogs" tab Choose the blog you will be working on, and click "Configure" Click preferences Select "Display a Page...
07/29/2007
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Here's how to add images to your TypePad blog post.Prep work: Resize your image(s) for faster upload and faster display. If you are not sure how to resize, here are some articles by Active Rain contributors: http://activerain.com/action/search/search_results?searchfields=blogs&search=resize+im...
07/28/2007
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As you might remember, a few months ago, I played around with using AlaMode's ListingXpress as a "listing-content managment system" on our web site: http://www.bob-taylor.com/index-listingexpress.htmIt wasn't bad, but I didn't like the load time, and I didn't like the large toolbar at the top, a...
07/26/2007
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I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Tuesday morning. Wow. The book lives up to all the excitement and anticipation. It is an excellent story.Harry is on a Heroic Quest to destroy some objects of Dark Magic before Voldemort can recover them.There are glimpses of Arthurian legend an...
07/25/2007
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ARDELL asked about this a few days ago and got some excellent responses in the comments. Although, my favorite tool for Drawing on Photos is Snag-It (yes, it does more than screen captures), here is how to do it in Photoshop Elements 5:Open your image.Click on the Elliptical Marquee tool. If th...
07/25/2007
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Here's how to create a link in a TypePad blog post.Type in your text.Drag your mouse over the word or phrase that you want to turn into a link, then click on the link icon A dialogue box will pop up, type in the web address for your link, and click OKOne forum friend nicknamed this process "LINK-...
07/23/2007
