Websrite Musings http://websrite.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:57:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Primary Sings http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/21/126/ http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/21/126/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:54:38 +0000 admin http://websrite.com/blog/?p=126 Two recent videos from the end-of-year school performance. These were taken with my camera, not a camcorder:

]]> http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/21/126/feed/ 0 Photo Shoot http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/04/photo-shoot/ http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/04/photo-shoot/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:54:30 +0000 admin http://websrite.com/blog/?p=125 Had fun this past weekend taking photos of young man putting his Tefillin on for the first time. In this photo, his mother looks on proudly.

]]> http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/06/04/photo-shoot/feed/ 0 I need a Backdrop http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/05/12/i-need-a-backdrop/ http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/05/12/i-need-a-backdrop/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 22:55:54 +0000 admin http://websrite.com/blog/?p=117 Continue reading →]]> I’m being asked more and more to take baby portraits, and I must admit I jump at the chance. But if am going to continue, I really need to invest in a good backdrop. A white sheet doesn’t do it anymore.

]]> http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/05/12/i-need-a-backdrop/feed/ 0 Marshmallows http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/05/03/marshmallows/ http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2010/05/03/marshmallows/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 03:53:06 +0000 admin http://websrite.com/blog/?p=106 Blind-folded marshmallow-eating contest:

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The best are games that can be explained in 30 seconds, can be played in about 15 minutes and involve logic, strategy and a good mind.

I just found another game that fits the bill — Pyros. It’s lots of fun. Look for it. It joins my other favorites: Coda, Blokus and Quarto. Google them.

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Mind you, he always can be seen with his iPod Touch, so it didn’t even cross my mind he’d say no.

A bad omen for Apple?

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I would purchase the trial version right now if not for one thing; this version of Aperture requires a very fast and powerful Mac (i.e. one purchased in the past year). As soon as I buy a new Mac, I’ll upgrade from Aperture 2 to Aperture 3.

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Check it out.

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]]> http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2009/12/14/fancy-lens/feed/ 0 Make the Changes Yourself http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2009/12/09/make-the-changes-yourself/ http://websrite.com/blog/blog/2009/12/09/make-the-changes-yourself/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:30 +0000 admin http://websrite.com/blog/?p=47 Continue reading →]]> Who want to go back to the website designed for every little change?

I have just completed modifications to a website to allow the owner to take control of certain text and photo galleries. I did so using the power of WordPress.

I like designing websites using Mac software called RapidWeaver. This website was designed with that tool. Yet this page, the blog, is a WordPress blog that has been seamlessly included in the RapidWeaver project. Same template, same location. But now I have used a similar technique to seamlessly include WordPress Pages (not posts) into my websites. The owner can chage the tex and media on the page as simply as changing a blog post.

Slightly more difficult is allowing outside control of photo galleries that also match the template of the entire website. WordPress has tools for that also. Check out the product galleries at Centerpiece to see the end result.

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