Archive for February, 2006

including MS Powerpoint images in (MS Word) documents

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

The easiest method to include an image of a MS Powerpoint slide in a MS Word document is to use the Send To option in Powerpoint. This creates an MS Word version of your Powerpoint file with pictures of each slide automatically generated.
The slides appear a standard size, […]

cross-browser battles #45821

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Once again the dreaded cross-browser drama has reared its ugly head.
The problem is in our post on Wordpress customisation and the use of the rotator script. The post includes some code which is wider than the standard column in Wordpress. All the normal browsers accept it gracefully and just format as […]

wordpress customisation #2: random headers with rotator

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Fresh from success with using Kubrickr to change the default header graphic, today’s upgrade was to build a small library of header images (all created with Kubrickr) and automagically rotate between them.
For the rotation we used the random image rotator from Automatic Labs, having seen it recommended in a few Google search results. And […]

using a wiki in your organisation

Monday, February 13th, 2006

What is a wiki?
A wiki is simply an online document that can be edited by anyone who views it. When viewing a wiki document, readers are provided with options to edit the content they are reading.

Selecting to edit exposes the content and allows it to be directly modified. When saved, the modified page […]

Gimpshop

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

After struggling on without Photoshop for a while now (ever since jumping ship to Mac OS) I’ve missed it. And now with the move to Intel I’d decided to invest once Adobe provided a version that worked in both old and new Mac systems. However their latest announcement that they wouldn’t be Intel-compatible […]