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12 September 2002, 08:49 PM
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I'm trying to persuade my wife to start painting again, and to sell her pictures. There's some of her artwork here. Thoughts?
Oh, and chrome, you might want to consider watermarking the images (as I have on our site). I know it's not that likely, but somebody might want to nick 'em; if they're watermarked at least they can't be passed off as somebody else's.
[Edited by MarkO - 12/9/2002 8:55:21 PM]
I'm trying to persuade my wife to start painting again, and to sell her pictures. There's some of her artwork here. Thoughts?
Oh, and chrome, you might want to consider watermarking the images (as I have on our site). I know it's not that likely, but somebody might want to nick 'em; if they're watermarked at least they can't be passed off as somebody else's.
[Edited by MarkO - 12/9/2002 8:55:21 PM]
08 December 2002, 01:59 AM
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Hi gang,
I've done a "proper" site this time to showcase the wife's art..
please check it out and spread the word!!
http://www.artfromtheedge.co.uk
Any bugs, or problems with the site, drop me a mail as per profile...
thanks!
Brad.
I've done a "proper" site this time to showcase the wife's art..
please check it out and spread the word!!
http://www.artfromtheedge.co.uk
Any bugs, or problems with the site, drop me a mail as per profile...
thanks!
Brad.
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08 December 2002, 08:31 AM
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Brad,
A few things:
-Internet Explorer v4.0 &5.0 compatible. Netscape v3.0 & v4.0 compatible also.
Is this meant to be minimum spec? If so, not the same thing.
-Please download the font for this site here Nb. Save to: C:\WINNT\Fonts
Remember that not everyone is running Windows NT.
A few things:
-Internet Explorer v4.0 &5.0 compatible. Netscape v3.0 & v4.0 compatible also.
Is this meant to be minimum spec? If so, not the same thing.
-Please download the font for this site here Nb. Save to: C:\WINNT\Fonts
Remember that not everyone is running Windows NT.
08 December 2002, 10:20 AM
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Pierre: mail if you are interested..
god knows there are enough mailto links
Swan: good point, can someone let me know the font path for win98, min ME, and XP.
Im using 2k btw.
Glad you all like the paintings lots more on the go.. will post up when we can...
also high quality pictures going up very soon.. and a visit counter and maybe even a guestbook if I can work it out
BTW, does the font work ok??????
god knows there are enough mailto links
Swan: good point, can someone let me know the font path for win98, min ME, and XP.
Im using 2k btw.
Glad you all like the paintings
lots more on the go.. will post up when we can...also high quality pictures going up very soon.. and a visit counter and maybe even a guestbook if I can work it out
BTW, does the font work ok??????
08 December 2002, 10:35 AM
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Not bad, but *never* make users download fonts!
Use a nice sans-serif (Verdana, Helvetica, Arial) or if you need something fancy then do the text as graphics but keep the file sizes down.
If you have a look around you'll notice that good sites don't make you do anything, browser size, screen res, fonts etc.
I noticed there is quite a lot of white space. It might be a good idea to size it to fit an 800x600 res and have the whole layout centred. Like this: http://www.planwithus.co.uk
Use a nice sans-serif (Verdana, Helvetica, Arial) or if you need something fancy then do the text as graphics but keep the file sizes down.
If you have a look around you'll notice that good sites don't make you do anything, browser size, screen res, fonts etc.
I noticed there is quite a lot of white space. It might be a good idea to size it to fit an 800x600 res and have the whole layout centred. Like this: http://www.planwithus.co.uk
08 December 2002, 11:33 AM
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Adrian.. point taken.hm.
will look at it and see what I can do..
shouldnt be too much work..
J: thanks for the positivity..
btw it does say best viewed @ 1024x768 ..
will look at it and see what I can do..
shouldnt be too much work..
J: thanks for the positivity..
btw it does say best viewed @ 1024x768 ..
08 December 2002, 11:36 AM
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Very interesting site...
A number of my relations are artists but we've never put any picture on the net, copyright problems are hard enough without images easily available - eg recently someone in Australia printed 10,000 postcards without paying any royalities. We only found out when someone from Japan was at an exhibition in the States and had one of these post cards! Then we followed the trail 
Anyway to the site - it looks good, but could do with less white and more about the artist, people like to know who has painted the pics.
Jon
A number of my relations are artists
but we've never put any picture on the net, copyright problems are hard enough without images easily available - eg recently someone in Australia printed 10,000 postcards without paying any royalities. We only found out when someone from Japan was at an exhibition in the States and had one of these post cards! Then we followed the trail Anyway to the site - it looks good, but could do with less white and more about the artist, people like to know who has painted the pics.
Jon
08 December 2002, 11:42 AM
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polar:interesting about yur rellies.. will bear it in mind.
"Anyway to the site - it looks good, but could do with less white and more about the artist, people like to know who has painted the pics.
he, she will get around to it... shes busy painting most of the time so we'll see its gonna stay minimalist tho.. easier to maintain
thanks for the feedback
"Anyway to the site - it looks good, but could do with less white and more about the artist, people like to know who has painted the pics.
he, she will get around to it... shes busy painting most of the time so we'll see
its gonna stay minimalist tho.. easier to maintain thanks for the feedback
08 December 2002, 11:52 AM
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jlanng has a point. Something like 60% of people are still running 800x600.
It's acceptable to have a site that requires scrolling below that res, but rule number one of web design is to make the site as accessable as possible.
It's acceptable to have a site that requires scrolling below that res, but rule number one of web design is to make the site as accessable as possible.
08 December 2002, 03:06 PM
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ok,
could be to do with the jpegs... quality over speed I guess..
Have changed them to .gif's now. WAY faster, but the quality has dropped a bit.. oh well..
could be to do with the jpegs... quality over speed I guess..
Have changed them to .gif's now. WAY faster, but the quality has dropped a bit.. oh well..
08 December 2002, 06:44 PM
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right.
done the text changes, and made it 800*600 friendly...
the images have lost some quality but are far faster now.
voila.
just updates to bio and new page to do now..
cheers,
C
done the text changes, and made it 800*600 friendly...
the images have lost some quality but are far faster now.
voila.
just updates to bio and new page to do now..
cheers,
C
08 December 2002, 07:27 PM
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thanks guys
nice to know the late nights have been worth it
Just wanted to clarify to save time in the future..
We work on an offer only basis.. no set prices..
So if you love a piece as much/or more than Danni does, drop us a line!
Please make the offers sensible... Danni is v sensitive about her art.. hehe ...no £10 offers please, or I'll have to send the boys 'round
pierre: got your mail.. yhm back mate.
chrisB: you know what to do.. mail me an offer mate!
Si: thanks for the advice.. glad I did it now, as it looks even more "zen" at high res' AND it looks ok at 800*600 ... strewth! LOL
Verdana is not so bad..
nice to know the late nights have been worth it
Just wanted to clarify to save time in the future..
We work on an offer only basis.. no set prices..
So if you love a piece as much/or more than Danni does, drop us a line!
Please make the offers sensible... Danni is v sensitive about her art.. hehe ...no £10 offers please, or I'll have to send the boys 'round
pierre: got your mail.. yhm back mate.
chrisB: you know what to do.. mail me an offer mate!
Si: thanks for the advice.. glad I did it now, as it looks even more "zen" at high res'
AND it looks ok at 800*600 ... strewth! LOLVerdana is not so bad..
09 December 2002, 09:01 PM
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..nice pieces mate.. like the oil painting in particular.. nice..
She sold one years ago (for about a grand, I gather) but has regretted it ever since. <sigh> Bang goes my hope of retiring as a 'kept' man...
09 December 2002, 09:04 PM
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..for a grand??? jesus H...
was it a big canvas???
**mental note to self to remind the wife..must raise prices..** (jk!)
..still; nice work mate. tell the wife said so
..and show her the site
was it a big canvas???
**mental note to self to remind the wife..must raise prices..** (jk!)
..still; nice work mate. tell the wife said so
..and show her the site
09 December 2002, 09:11 PM
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..for a grand??? jesus H... was it a big canvas???
Makes it difficult to find room to hang them!
**mental note to self to remind the wife..must raise prices..** (jk!)
..still; nice work mate. tell the wife said so
..and show her the site
..and show her the site