We've heard it over and over again - adding graphics to awebsite is a GOOD thing. They can generally make your sitemore appealing, illustrate points or products, and providecreative icons for people to click through for moreinformation.So you are developing a website, and you really wantto add cool graphics. But how?Well, you can run out and buy a bunch of expensive graphicsprograms and 'dummies' books to learn how to use them.Or you can sign up for courses, on or off-line, for variousamounts of money. But you'll probably be old and gray by thetime you sort through all the mumbo-jumbo you'll need tosort through, or you'll be stressed to the max, and theopportunity your website originally presented will belong- gone.Adding graphic images to your site should be easy and fun.It is possible to:- find graphics you can use at little or no cost; or- jazz up your own pictures or graphicsThrow the mumbo-jumbo commands, books, and classrooms outthe window. If you just want to find graphics or photos youcan use, start by doing a search on your favorite searchengine(s) for 'royalty-free graphics.' You'll probably bekept busy for quite awhile chasing down the links you'llfind.
Many of the sites that provide these graphics alsoinclude instructions or coding to add them directly to yoursite - so you don't have to be a rocket scientist to jazzup your web pages, after all!Here's a few things to remember when creating web graphics:1. Don't Sacrifice Speed For The Price Of QualityYour main webpage should be under 40 KB in size for graphicintensive pages. Since a graphic file usually downloadsslower than a normal text file (i.e. html page), you have toensure that your graphics are small, fast at loadingand visually appealing at the same time.2. Graphics Should Be Appropriate, Not Just Look GoodOne mistake a lot of web developers and Internet marketersmake is putting "cute" online graphics or photos on awebsite just because they look good.
This is a greattechnique if the images are relevant, irrelevant imageplacement just creates slower loading pages.3. Don't Use Graphics When You Can Use TextOne logo, no matter how small, could take up to 5 secondsto load on a website. While this may not seem like a greatlength of time, it could mean the difference betweenlosing an impatient customer or getting the sale.If your logos or graphics are based on simple fonts, thenwhy use a graphic when one line of HTML code can producethe same text effect? And it'll take 1/100th of the timeto load that one line of HTML as opposed to the graphic.You can also learn - quickly and easily - how to 'jazz up'your own photos or images to add them to your site. Forexample, if you just need to prepare your GIF or JPG imagesfor the web by compressing them so that they will loadfaster, check out the free, ready-to-use "image cruncher"utilities at http://computer-newbies.com/beveldevil/.This software is really simple to use. It requires noknowledge of computers and it has a fast learning curve.This is just one example of the information that'savailable on the web.
With all the free and inexpensiveonline resources available to budding web designers, there'sno excuse not to have a site that's jazzed up just the wayyou want it to be - without having to get a universitydegree or spend six months profit to do it..
Highly Effective Assessment of Emotional Intelligence Assists Coaches, Trainers and HR Professionals in Development, Training and Hiring with EQ
(ContentDesk) September 22, 2005 -- The only test measuring the Six Seconds model of emotional intelligence, the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Test (SEI) focuses on eight key skills for leadership and life.
The SEI provides invaluable insight for trainers, coaches, educators, and HR professionals because the test is reliable, predicts important outcomes, and is easy to understand and to use in training and development.New research shows that the SEI predicts 54.79% of important performance indicators that are critical to success in work and life (stepwise regression analysis against self-reported outcomes, n-665).The SEI accounts for a large part of the difference between low and high scores on the performance assessment ? predicting the following outcomes:-
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25.13%-
Relationship Quality???? 31.68%-
Quality of Life????????????
43.54%-
Personal Effectiveness
50.11%The SEI also...
ADD GRAPHICS TO YOUR WEBSITE - without losing your mind!
We've heard it over and over again - adding graphics to awebsite is a GOOD thing. They can generally make your sitemore appealing, illustrate points or products, and providecreative icons for people to click through for moreinformation.So you are developing a website, and you really wantto add cool graphics. But how?Well, you can run out and buy a bunch of expensive graphicsprograms and 'dummies' books to learn how to use them.Or you can sign up for courses, on or off-line, for variousamounts of money. But you'll probably be old and gray by thetime you sort through all the mumbo-jumbo you'll need tosort through, or you'll be stressed to the max, and theopportunity your website originally presented will belong- gone.Adding graphic images to your site should be easy and fun.It is possible to:- find graphics you can use at little or no cost; or- jazz up your own pictures or graphicsThrow the mumbo-jumbo commands, books, and classrooms outthe window. If you just want to find graphics or...
ADD GRAPHICS TO YOUR WEBSITE - without losing your mind!
Brayton Purcell Awarded Over $180,000 in Web Site Plagiarism Suit
San Francisco, CA (ContentDesk) May 19, 2006 -- The law firm of Brayton Purcell won the battle against plagiarism of its popular web site, Elder Abuse Information, when an arbitrator awarded a total of over $180,000 in its favor. Without obtaining permission, a competing law firm,
Recordon & Recordon, had posted large portions of material from the Elder Abuse Information web site on its own web site. Through its web site developers, Recordon copied the content wordforword and even used the same graphics and layout.The arbitrator set Recordons liability at $61,154 and found that it directly infringed the copyrights of Brayton Purcell. The firms web site developers, Apptomix, Inc and Jonathan Lee, were liable for $122,309. Their employee had added the elder abuse section to the Recordon site, committing willful copyright infringement, according to the arbitrators decision.The total monetary award includes development and other web site costs as well as attorney fees.
The...
Brayton Purcell Awarded Over $180,000 in Web Site Plagiarism Suit
Local Language Teacher Receives the California Adult Education Students Succeed Award
Maria Oliveira, a Contra Costa Spanish and Portuguese language teacher has won the California Adult Education Students Succeed Award. This project identifies learners who have reached their life goals as a result of their participation in the adult education system and are now active participants in their communities. The project disseminates the stories of these former students and the exemplary programs that assisted them. Ms. Oliveira was nominated by the Fairfield ? Suisun Adult School in Fairfield, CA based on the following criteria:
She is an adult with significant life responsibilities, such as those related to employment, family, and/or community.
She has established and met life goals as a result of completing an adult education program. She has improved the life situation of self/others as a result of learning experience. She has overcome difficult circumstances in order to pursue adult learning experiences. Maria's educational background began at age 7 in the...
Local Language Teacher Receives the California Adult Education Students Succeed Award
On-Demand and Live Streaming Video On The Internet
Copyright 2006 Cathy Linderman
Using streaming video is a choice driven by many factors?
Streaming Video over the internet is in essence a task that has been occurring for the last ten years.
But with the recent updates in technology and broadband being available around the world, only recently is it now considered a top trend for the internet. It's available for everyone to learn and use.
Businesses and organizations, both small and large, are using streaming video for communicating, training, informing, educating,
promoting and selling services and products across the internet. One major decision an organization or business must make is what their major usage of video on the internet will be for them. This decision is usually the determining factor on whether or not the information is offered on-demand or live.
What Is On-demand Streaming?
On demand means that viewers click on a link for that video and...
New Adaptive Software for Learning English Now Available to Corporations & Government Agencies People Skills International Announces New Product
Atlanta, GA (ContentDesk) May 22, 2006 -- Atlanta-based People Skills International announces a new product to increase the productivity of corporations and government agencies who have a diverse workforce representing several languages. People Skills International is now offering the Technology Assisted Language Learning (TALL) system to help employees improve their English, thereby improving customer service and organizational productivity.
Without English language skills businesspeople cant communicate with their customers, do meaningful market research, get credit, do their banking or accountancy or develop customer relations, states Dr. Eser Altinay of Oxford Brookes University. You need language skills to discover what your customers want and to provide it for them competently.???????????????TALL is a unique approach to learning the English language that doesnt just focus on technology or classroom instruction but takes a holistic approach.
The TALL method...
New Adaptive Software for Learning English Now Available to Corporations & Government Agencies People Skills International Announces New Product
Diabetes Care Should Include Vitamins and Herbs, MyVitaminGuide.com Tells Diabetics
Virginia Beach, VA (ContentDesk) October 7, 2005 -- My Vitamin Guide (MVG), an online review of vitamins, supplements, herbal remedies and alternative medicine, announced today it has added an enhanced diabetes section to its website. Found online at www.MyVitaminGuide.com, MVG provides consumers free information on vitamins and supplements as well as resources, news, advice, and content from medical professionals on more than 650 health concerns and illnesses.MVG reports that ten nutritional supplements and herbs received its highest 3-star rating after a review of scientific tests showed a substantial health benefit for people with type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, six of these ten supplements and herbs received the same 3-star rating for use with type 1 diabetes. These ten supplements, listed on the website at www.MyVitaminGuide.com/public/641.cfm, include:"...
Diabetes Care Should Include Vitamins and Herbs, MyVitaminGuide.com Tells Diabetics
Do You Know These Reasons Why Distance Learning Is Fun ?"
Distance learning and elearning are usually linked with furthering an education. The technology of distance learning, along with the opportunities provided by elearning and online courses, are making it easier for thousands of people to learn something new. Busy adults can advance their careers by finishing a degree or gaining some special skills, and young students can earn college credit well before they graduate high school, often through distance learning or elearning opportunities. But do you realize that distance learning and elearning can be just for fun? Maybe it's always been a dream - to learn to paint with watercolors. But there's no class offered nearby.
Or maybe you've had a desire to learn to master a foreign language, not because of any requirements to do so, but simply because you want to know how. Perhaps it's even more basic than that - your lawnmower continually breaks down and you just want to be able to impress your friends by fixing it yourself. Technology...
Do You Know These Reasons Why Distance Learning Is Fun ?"