I notice that most of my winter, aka “snow”, pictures have this dull gray color to them. For quick white balance correction in Gimp, open the image. Now from the menu on the Image, choose COLOR | AUTO | WHITE BALANCE
Gimp’s auto white balance has been pretty reliable to quickly set the correct tones in [...]

I’ve been cleaning up some junk files off my linux laptop and deleted files from various directories with no problem. Well, then I go to Empty the Trash Can when I get an error message – something about can’t delete those files due to permissions. Did some google searching and found this helpful tip from [...]

Got the Visual Editor in Wordpress 2.8 working again!

From the Wordpress archives page mentioned in my last post, I re-downloaded a fresh copy of the zip/tar file and unpackaged it.
My thought was, perhaps my FTP client is corrupting (by not transferring file types in the correct format (ASCII or BINARY). So, I used a different [...]

Hi. Ever hose up a wordpress upgrade? Ever upgrade and then stuff went really wonky? Ever dream of going back to the perfect wordpress version, whatever your idea of the perfect wordpress version is.
Ok, now you can – visit the Wordpress release archives and download zip installs of every major and minor release Wordpress has [...]

Open up a Super User Terminal Mode (from the Applications menu | System Tools | Terminal Mode – Super User)
First, we need to add the repository where all the cool backports and upgrades are. At the command prompt, type:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
and add this line at the bottom:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
To save, use CTRL [...]

Once you start getting to work on a complex graphic, you’ll want to use layers. Here’s what I’ve found works best for me and seems to flow easily in GIMP. You can start with your own image, or download my classroom graphic here: classroom_small_zip.
To view the Layer’s dialog box, press CTRL-L or from the Dialog [...]

For an even easier way to crop images in GIMP, use the Selection Tool:
1) Click and drag a selection over the area that you want to remain as your image.
2) From the Image Menu, choose Crop To Selection
3)You now have a quickly cropped picture in GIMP!

First download any True Type Font to your Desktop. If you download a zip file, use ARK to unzip/extract it. ARK is usually at Applications | Accessories. After extraction, you will have a file with the extension .ttf
If your extraction left you with file(s) that have multiple underscores or spaces, right-click the file choose Rename. [...]

Here in Part 3 we will add Javascript to verify that a Contact Name was filled in before the form goes over to PHP to be processed. This is called client-side validation, since the checks are taking place within the same web page as the form.
Again, it’s just a quick check, so we’re not going [...]

In Part 1 we setup the actual contact form using basic html form tags and form elements.
Here in Part 2, we are going to setup the PHP code to receive the data (or info) from that contact form. Open up your html editor and create a new PHP page. Enter the following code bits, in [...]