Form Options

Flattext – http://flattext.com

FormToEmail – http://formtoemail.com/

ezyForm – http://www.ezyform.com/

Web Designer Resources

Free stock photos:

http://sixrevisions.com/resources/15-best-places-for-designers-to-get-free-stock-photos-online/

http://www.morguefile.com/

Editing files in cgi-bin at GoDaddy

Log in, click on hosting then select domain and click on manage account then click on file management, then click on the cgi-bin folder (on the left) to open this folder, then right click on the file (webcal_submit.pl) and select copy to make a back up copy before editing the original (name the backup file with a different name). Then click on the checkbox next to the file and then on the edit button at the top of the screen, when finished editing click on the disk/save icon at the top of the edit window.

PDF tips

To cause a pdf file to display like a magazine, cover, then two pages side by side to get the full effect of a two page spread, go to document properties and set initial view to “Two-up (Cover page)”.
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To include a document title and have it display in the title bar instead of the file name,
add the title under the description tab under file > properties
then, under Initial View, Windows Options, set Show to display Document Title
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To create a PDF from a Word document and keep the hyperlinks, from Word:

> Save As
> PDF or XPS
> Publish
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Link to page that explains how to optimize for fast web view (where the first page loads quickly while other pages load in the background)

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/8.0/Professional/help.html?content=WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7f52.html

Text in case the above link goes away:
Verify that an existing PDF is enabled for Fast Web View
Do one of the following:

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Open the PDF in Acrobat, and choose File > Properties. Look in the lower right area of the Description panel of the dialog box for the Fast Web View setting (Yes or No).
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(Windows only) In Windows Explorer, right-click the PDF file icon and choose Properties. Click the PDF tab and look near the bottom of the panel for the Fast Web View setting (Yes or No).

Verify the Fast Web View Preferences setting

Follow this procedure to make sure that you have Acrobat set up to enable Fast Web View during the PDF creation process.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS).
2. Under Categories, select Documents.
3. On the right side of the dialog box, under Save Settings, make sure that Save As Optimizes For Fast Web View is selected, or select it now, and click OK.

Enable Fast Web View for an existing PDF

Use this procedure after you have verified your Fast Web View Preferences setting and checked the PDF properties to be sure that the file is not already enabled for Fast Web View.

1. Open the PDF that you want to have Fast Web View.
2. Choose File > Save As. Select the same filename and location.
3. When a message appears asking if you want to overwrite the existing file, click OK.

You can also quickly enable Fast Web View in entire folders of Adobe PDF files by using a batch sequence. See Run a predefined batch sequence.
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Fast Web View – “save as optimized for fast web view” (edit menu > preferences > category: documenents > section: save settings)

PDF / Online Pubs

Page flip options:

http://www.fileguru.com/apps/flip_page_pdf

http://www.3dissue.com/

http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/products/digital-magazines/index.php?gclid=CLfdjqiFgp4CFQZi2god0i5lug

Word

How to add columns – insert a break (continuous) after header text, then page layout, columns, ctrl+shift+enter to jump to next column

http://cbt.brainstorminc.com/microsoft/help.php?file=word8

Protecting email links from spammers

http://www.web-designz.com/tools/email_encoder.shtml

Slide show options

http://www.dmxzone.com/go?17050&utm_source=DMXzone+Newsletter+Content&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=DMXzone+Newsletter+%281104%29+11%2F4%2F2009&utm_campaign=Sliding+Billboard#Requirements

ThickBox – a Lightbox alternative

Tried Lightbox on LC site and did not like that I could not format the caption text.

Tried ThickBox – it allows you to format the caption text but it does not use image transitions.

Needed to use jquery version 1.2.6 – downloaded here: http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/list?can=1&q=

Thickbox site: http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/

Thickbox tutorial: http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/Thickbox/

http://codylindley.com/Javascript/257/thickbox-one-box-to-rule-them-all

Also try Slimbox

http://www.digitalia.be/software/slimbox2

To add a link to the caption: http://www.onedigitallife.com/2007/01/24/lightbox-slimbox-and-caption-links/
see lc collection09sbox.html for example

Also look at http://visuallightbox.com/

Video Conversion VOB to AVI

http://cnettv.cnet.com/convert-dvd-web-video/9742-1_53-25746.html?tag=rtcol;relvideos

Convert from vob to avi and then to flv and use flashloaded to create video library or just post the main video on home page and link to FB page

Or upload to YouTube and grab YouTube flv – perhaps shorten in Adobe Media Encoder

use autogk.me.uk
downloaded to c:\aaa\software\autogordianknow.2.55.setup.exe

or handbrake.m.ok.org or http://www.squared5.com/

also consider http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx?type=GoogleImageAds&gclid=CIH6tNnroZwCFR2dnAod4hpnlA

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Update
I ended up using Auto GK (located under All Programs) to convert from .VOB to avi and Adobe Media Encoder to convert to FLV