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The graphics person has given me some jpegs, some photoshop files...which I can't use...and a couple of html pages that I can't seem to make work, despite having been perfectly able to do so for my current pages.
The new pages should look like this:
home page
subpage
And yet, when I try to load the html pages my designer got from her designer, it comes out like this:
homepage
subpage
When I tried to cut and page the jpg images into a new business card because the one shown is too expensive to print...not to mention non-standard (doesn't fit anywhere)...AND, when I asked for the names to be changed they changed the logo but not the contact info...
t /rantypants
I used appleworks to create a new pdf but the end result was terribly fuzzy.
I'm so frustrated. I can DO this stuff but I don't seem to have the right tools and, as stated above, not so much with the funds. Plus, time is tick-tocking away. I really need to get these materials out into the world.
Thanks for the good thoughts Suzi. I really like to new design too. I'd like it even better if I could get it to work!
I've discovered that I can upgrade to InDesign from my Pagemaker 6.5.
Does it make sense to do so when my greatest need is to create and update promo materials and webpages?
Probably not if you're happy with Pagemaker. I have upgraded, and InDesign does add a lot of useful stuff that Pagemaker just couldn't do. I really like that you can change pages just by scrolling down the work space. However, there are a couple of things it does that annoy me. I still use Pagemaker a lot for smaller projects, just because I've been using it for almost 20 years, and I'm used to it.
Beej -- With the html, it looks to me like you're not linking properly to a stylesheet. The html pages are looking for a stylesheet called "style.css" which doesn't exist (or is in a different path). The same thing may be true with the javascript page "css_browser_selector.js".
The reason the web pages are opening that way is that the css style is missing. There should be a file called style.css in the same folder as these web pages.
If you'd like a cheaper graphics program, this [link] is pretty good. I end up using both it and Photoshop.
If you send me the jpgs, I'll see what can be done with them. Profile addy is good.
(Inevitable cross post. I neglected to mention the js file, but I think it controls the rollovers.)
Dur. Of course the css and js files were in that folder for a reason.
I uploaded them, and all the graphic bits I could find, but the pictures are not showing up (the leaf and flame, etc.) Do I need to put them in a subfolder or something for the html page to grab them?
Ginger, you are a goddess among women. I'll get those images to you toot sweet. I'd like to upload them to vistaprint...for the cheap printing, of course...but when I put up the image I created, it was all kafloogitty.
Bless you all!
Oh, and xara looks like it would do me fine, except that I'm all mac all the time. Sometimes that reality makes me go 'oh, woe.' But, I'm dyed in the wool, so...stuck!
Yes, it looks like the images should be in a subfolder called "images".
The graphics need to be in a folder called "images."
Oh, and xara looks like it would do me fine, except that I'm all mac all the time. Sometimes that reality makes me go 'oh, woe.' But, I'm dyed in the wool, so...stuck!
You could try GIMP for Mac OS X [link] It's free.
All the images are safely tucked away...but a few seem missing. I'll have to hunt them down. But...it's getting closer!
I'm off to check out GIMP and see a client. Back soon.
