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[Charles Shaw]

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Okay, we have made the suggested changes and checked on Mozilla, netscape and IE.
Vasily we have lined up the left side and added the silver, but it is a silver box behind the pic as we don´t know how to make a border. How is that done? What do you think? Should we add to other photos as well?
Thanks again to all!
Charles
and Kate

[Vasili]

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Okay, we have made the suggested changes and checked on Mozilla, netscape and IE.
Vasily we have lined up the left side and added the silver, but it is a silver box behind the pic as we don´t know how to make a border. How is that done? What do you think? Should we add to other photos as well?
Thanks again to all!
Charles
and Kate

Simply right-click on the picture > Properties, and the dialog box will present. You will see how to add borders to images within BV......

You don't need to place images over shapes....they will present fine by themselves.
As far as adding borders to other images? You need to experiment with this....some images and colors of backgrounds look best with elements of contrast added, and some clearly do not need to be complicated.
I generally add borders not more than 2pt, and personally think that most seem to look better if lighter in color that the image themselves (light greys, silver, even the light blues).

[Charles Shaw]

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Great, thanks Vasili, will go and do that as soon as I can.
Charles

[Charles Shaw]

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Vasili,
clicked on photo added 1pt border but where do I choose the color.
sorry to be such a dunce, but... I am a geologist.
Charles

[Vasili]

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There is a small box showing the "attributes" of that border, defaulted at black, from which a drop-down palette presents.......choose a standard color, or drill in to "Custom" to select a primary color and the tint levels desired.

LOL
No problem! Pretty soon, all this detail work will not be complicated, but just a nuisance with regard to TIME!!! For me, it was trying to remain in a civilized mood while I endured the learning curve as I tried to transform my abstract concepts into a conveyable reality! And still do my day job....what a pain! My staff almost mutinied, threatening to abscond with my desktop!

[Charles Shaw]

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And just where would that small box be?
Charles

[Vasili]

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Making a screenshot for you now...BRB...

[Vasili]

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OK, Charles.....if you:
A. In Blue Voda (page open in the BV browser pane), right-click on your selected image
B. Left-click on "Properties", and you should see a box like this:



As you can see, the different attributes for your selected image are right there for you to modify clearly......

1. Border thickness.....1pt works well, especially when using the "lighter color" system, but more than 2pt is too much, in my opinion
2. Border Color....see? by default, it is set to Black. Use the little arrow to drop down a list of basic colors....if you wish to play with the tint, at the bottom of the list is Custom: click on that, and then on one primary color patch......to the right you will find a tint guide...click anywhere you like on that, and the color will populate your selector field.
3. Click on OK, and you will return to color selection...."OK" back to set

When done, you should have a fine border on your image, in the exact color you desire.

[Charles Shaw]

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I seem to be missing the Border Color on the right... it is simply not there.
So, what is happening here?
And just for kicks, how did you make a screenshot? Using your digital?
I´ll send a shot of mine if I know how and then you will see that I am missing something and it isn´t my brain for once!
Saludos,
Charles

[Vasili]

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You'll find out how to make screenshots here, courtesy of FPRob.
(They come in handy for all kinds of applications, especially for training/education documents)

>> Try downloading the newest version of Blue Voda....doesn't hurt anything, and is a good practice to maintain.

[Charles Shaw]

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Okay... I will download new version of BV. Is that why I don´t have the border color box on mine¿
And, will learn about screen shots. Took digital of my screen, but now I don´t know how to give it a URL... there is sooo much to learn and so little time to learn it in. And to think I used to subscribe to Willy Wonka´s philosophy... so little to do, so much time to do it in.
I must say, this web stuff is exhausting!
Thank you, Vasily.

Saludos,
C

[SChajin]

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Hi Charles,

I did not see that on my pc, so for me no problem. We are going to launch The Barefoot Traveler in a big way and if you would like to have a link...
We hope to make all of the changes by the weekend

[Charles Shaw]

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Dear Sharon,
I would be delighted to link. Let me know when you are ready to go!

Saludos,
Charles

[Vasili]

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And, will learn about screen shots. Took digital of my screen, but now I don´t know how to give it a URL... there is sooo much to learn and so little time to learn it in. C

Pretty easy, really!
A. Control+"Print Screen" (automatically saves screen image)
B. Open Paint program
C. Control+"V" at the same time : pastes screenshot into Paint
D. File > SAVE AS (give it a name) as a JPG extension
E. Find the file (now as image), crop it with your photo editor, RE-SAVE
F. Open New Page in BV, import JPG image/screenshot
G. Publish this "side" page maybe as "extra_images" in whatever account
H. Using your browser, navigate to that page (yoursite.com/extra_images.html)
I. Right-click on your image > PROPERTIES
J. Highlight/COPY the http://www .yoursite.com/extra_images.html/whateverfilename.JPG string you see in the Properties dialog box
K. In the Forum, to insert that image in your "post" click on the yellow Photo icon in the top of the Reply/Message toolbar, and PASTE the string into the hyper tool.....

Poof! You've just made, cropped, and saved a titled screenshot, and pasted a published image into a forum post!

[Charles Shaw]

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Wow! That is so fine,we are very happy Vasily! Thank you very much for all of your help.

Now, as you can see,we do not have a color box and you said that we need to update the Blue Voda program. We are at a loss here as well. We went and downloaded the newest version of BV, but where did it go in the compu? We still seem to have old program.

Did it not just overwrite the old one?

As you can read, we still need a lot of handholding here.

Saludos,
Charles
and Kate