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  1. Photoshop CS3: Is there a way to reshape a photo?

    in Photoshop

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    I was wondering if there was a way to reshape a photo from a "squarish" shape to a long rectangle shape. It seems like there should be a way to add the little drag boxes to the edges of the photo and then drag corners to reshape the photo. Am I making sense?

     

    I have some photos that are square and I need them to be long (for a website header).

  3. Had to put my foot down

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    I prefer not to but if you want to set the tone of what the minimum should be then set that amount high enough so that you ween out the ones that are looking for professional development at a walmart price. Reason I suggest that is because I know you are swamped with work and so you don't have to sell yourself cheap anymore. Read very closely Susie, you are a professional web designer!!

     

    Thanks, Eddie. :) And I am considering not publishing any prices at all instead of my original thought of "Starting from..." It does seem like when the prices are not published, I get a lot more inquiries than when they are.

     

    Even current clients expect rates to go up. Besides, if you charge one rate for one client and another rate for a different client then another for another, etc. etc. then you will have to keep track of who gets charged what at the rate you gave them.

     

    Believe me, your mind will thank you when you simplify your rates and make it effective for all your clients. Of course that is only my opinion. :)

     

    It may be only your opinion, but it makes sense.

     

    Thanks for your input!

  4. Had to put my foot down

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    Don't put any kind of pricing on your website. It will limit you to certain clients seeking a fixed price regardless how extensive the project is.

     

    What is your opinion about putting prices as "Starting from..." For example, Ecommerce websites start from $xxx ?

     

    If you do restructure your pricing for any categories (maint, installation, design, etc), as a courtesy, be sure to notify all your existing clients preferably with a 30 day notice or a effective date.

     

    Good point. Though I haven't really raised rates on current clients yet (as in, ever). I have just kept them where they are and then charged new clients the new rates.

  7. Gap showing under "divs" in IE

    in CSS

    Posted

    Okay, I think I got it. Thanks for giving it a try, Eric. I tried your suggestions, but they did not work. Then I decided to put a negative margin on the bottom of the container. I hate doing that unless absolutely necessary, but hey, it works. Let me know if you see otherwise? Thanks!

  8. Had to put my foot down

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    Today I've had an existing client and a potential client try to back me into the corner about when I can get to their websites. I have politely let them know when I'm available and it seems they won't take no for an answer. One even let me know that he will forward the changes to me this weekend so I can get them done sooner rather than later. :rolleyes:

     

    Fellow freelancers, how many clients do you have and are you accepting new ones? Is there a point where we should draw the line and say, "I'll only have X number of clients."?

     

    Personally, I don't think I want to limit the number of clients I serve because individually they do not give me enough work to keep me busy all week, all month. Know what I mean?

     

    How do you guys handle new websites vs. website maintenance? Do you double up? For example, you might have a 2 week period devoted to developing a new website for a new client, and the next 8 weeks are filled with more of the same. But then an existing client needs some maintenance work done. How do you do it?

  9. Gap showing under "divs" in IE

    in CSS

    Posted · Edited by Susie

    I've been looking at this since yesterday and I'm sure the error is a silly one, but I cannot locate it. Could I have a couple extra sets of eyes take a look and see if something jumps out at you?

     

    http://tinyurl.com/oh9a3l

     

    When you view in IE 6 and IE 7, the sidebar shows a small gap under each of those sidebar widgets. The pattern bg that shows at the bottom of the sidebar is what's showing in between the widgets. There should be no gap as seen in Fx, Opera, Safari, etc.

     

    Basically, the background that you see showing at the bottom of the sidebar is covering the whole content area + sidebar. Then I put the white background on top for the content. In the sidebar (this is a Wordpress site), I have the sidebar widgets showing content. Each of the widgets has a white background with a 10px bottom border. I did it this way so that the sidebar is expandable and so that the 2 columns match in height.

     

    So, think of those widget areas as a separate div. You have the about div, pages div, contact div, and so on. I have determined that the gap which is letting some of that background show through is happening at the bottom of each of these divs instead of the top. But I have no idea why it's happening.

     

    Hope this makes sense. If not, let me know and I'll try to explain it more clearly.

     

    BTW, the CSS for this section is:

     

    #blog-sidebar ul li.widget {

    width:273px;

    background:#fff;

    margin:0;

    padding:0 0 2em 0;

    border-bottom:10px solid #e2e3e4;

    }

     

     

    Any thoughts? TIA!

  12. Superfish menu isn't working in IE

    in Javascript

    Posted · Edited by Susie

    Well, I figured out the problem. I found it when I wiped out my code and tried to rebuild. Everything was working fine until I added this bit for a neat transparent effect:

     

    opacity:.92; /* FX/Opera/Safari/Chrome */
-ms-filter:"alpha(opacity=92)"; /* IE8 */
filter:alpha(opacity=92); /* IE6/IE7 */

     

    THIS is what was making the 3rd level links not work. I am really sad about that because the transparent effect is neat. Do you guys know of a way to make it work? I'm going to have to do some more googling....

     

    Man, I spent most of yesterday and then this whole evening on this! :rolleyes:

  15. Superfish menu isn't working in IE

    in Javascript

    Posted · Edited by Susie

    I am really hoping someone who is good with javascript/jquery can help me out of this bind. :|

     

    I just discovered that Internet Explorer is not showing the 3rd level of the menu.

     

     

    http://tinyurl.com/cr2wmr (very much a work in progress)

     

     

    I believe it's a js issue and not a css one. I've removed all js/jquery except the menu stuff and the problem still exists. I'm not sure what to do now. I know it should work because the examples on the superfish site do.

     

    Ideas?

     

    Edit to add: I just pulled up my test page that I made before integrating the CMS and they don't work there either!! How did I not see this?! Anyway, maybe there will be some clue here because it's the only js/jquery involved. http://tinyurl.com/r5bm7s

  17. CMS MS: Adding Lightbox feature to Cataloger Images?

    in Blogs and CMS

    Posted

    Does anyone here have experience with the Cataloger module for CMS MS? If so, I have a question!! :)

     

    Can you help me figure out how to add a lightbox-type feature to my cataloger item images? I have searched the forums over there, but I don't understand what I'm reading.

     

    Here's an example page where I need to use the feature: http://tinyurl.com/r7hzap

     

    And here's the template code for the item pages:

     

    


{section name=ind loop=$image_url_array}

{/section}

     

    What I want is for people to be able to click on the large image and see the full size image in a lightbox type display.

     

    Ideas? TIA!

  21. How to edit a flash menu?

    in Flash

    Posted

    I knew I would need a flash editor, but the thing is, I've been through all the files on the server and I don't see a single .fla file. So, I wasn't sure if something else could generate the menu or not.

     

    Jlhaslip, I would love to hear from your friend if he has time and can help. Thanks!

  22. How to edit a flash menu?

    in Flash

    Posted

    Does anyone here work with flash? I have a new maintenance client who needs me to add items to their menu, but it's all in flash and I don't see how to edit it. I need to add some links. Also complicating matters for me is the fact that the pages are all in .asp .

     

    So, how do I edit a menu (it's clearly a template from one of the template mills) that's powered by flash?

  25. How to create an editable PDF?

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    I think we've discussed this before, but I can't find it here or in the old forums. Eric, maybe it was you who was looking for a solution?

     

    Anyway, I have some forms that I want clients to fill out and I would like to do it in PDF format. I've googled, but I don't know which programs are the best and I'm afraid to download some of the unknowns I'm finding.

     

    So, does anyone know of a good program (free is best, but low cost is okay, too) that allows you to create PDFs that others can fill in and then resave and send it back?

     

    TIA! :)

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