I thought today should be Visit a Shop Day since Sheena also posted about visiting shops on her vacation to the Hawaiian Islands. Read all about Needlepoint Etc. in Honolulu here and enjoy the slide show of Hawaiian, Asian, beach and tropical flora canvases.
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/visit-np-etc-enjoy-palm-trees/
http://www.needlepointhi.com
And here is a glimpse of Fiddlesticks Too, not to mention a wonderful new stitch Sheena's created.
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/hawaiian-quilt-pattern-visit-fiddlesticks/
http://www.fiddlestickstoo.com
Click on the photos for a better look. Thanks for the tour of paradise, Sheena!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Showing posts with label slide shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slide shows. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Slide Show Poll
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polls,
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The poll about which slide show Blog readers prefer ended yesterday morning. Eighteen people (thirty-three percent) prefer the fancy graphics of Smilebox's embedded slide show while thirty-six folks (sixty-six percent) prefer the clickable URL of Picasa's slide show software.
However, there are serious problems with both type of slide show. The pretty graphics are very very slow loading and also cut off the top and bottom of my photos. Quite a few people were never able to access the clickable URL. (I wonder if that's because they don't have some type of Google account but I don't know.) The clickable URL shows off canvases in such detail that they could be copied, which worries some Blog readers.
In other words, neither option is great. Why look for a slide show, then? Why not post all the photos one by one in a blog article? The reason I don't do that is because Blogger allows me to have 1024 MB of photos here. I have used 51 percent of my allotted space in the five years Blog has been using Blogger. Slide shows are a way of conserving space since they are hosted elsewhere. I delete all the Canvas of the Day photos each week and also delete the thumbnail photos used in the header and in the right hand column when I change them. I also use smaller photos of some blog entry photos when the larger size doesn't matter because it won't show much more detail than the smaller size. I want to postpone deleting images from articles as long as possible.
I think the clickable URL slideshows are exceedingly dull and I don't like the fact that I had to download and install Smilebox's software which then opened a window every time I imported photos to my computer, asking if I wanted to create a slideshow from them. This doesn't matter to Blog viewers, but it is important to folks who are also thinking about what slide show they want for their blog. So I'll keep looking.
If you know about any slideshows that work well for almost every computer user, that are free, and that play nice with Blogger, please let me know.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
However, there are serious problems with both type of slide show. The pretty graphics are very very slow loading and also cut off the top and bottom of my photos. Quite a few people were never able to access the clickable URL. (I wonder if that's because they don't have some type of Google account but I don't know.) The clickable URL shows off canvases in such detail that they could be copied, which worries some Blog readers.
In other words, neither option is great. Why look for a slide show, then? Why not post all the photos one by one in a blog article? The reason I don't do that is because Blogger allows me to have 1024 MB of photos here. I have used 51 percent of my allotted space in the five years Blog has been using Blogger. Slide shows are a way of conserving space since they are hosted elsewhere. I delete all the Canvas of the Day photos each week and also delete the thumbnail photos used in the header and in the right hand column when I change them. I also use smaller photos of some blog entry photos when the larger size doesn't matter because it won't show much more detail than the smaller size. I want to postpone deleting images from articles as long as possible.
I think the clickable URL slideshows are exceedingly dull and I don't like the fact that I had to download and install Smilebox's software which then opened a window every time I imported photos to my computer, asking if I wanted to create a slideshow from them. This doesn't matter to Blog viewers, but it is important to folks who are also thinking about what slide show they want for their blog. So I'll keep looking.
If you know about any slideshows that work well for almost every computer user, that are free, and that play nice with Blogger, please let me know.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Friday, February 24, 2012
Odds and Ends
I'm sitting catching my breath at the laptop this morning, trying to summarize a few little things that are happening here on the Internet. Some days I feel like a billboard, but it seems useful to have a "newspaper" where you can find out the news in the NP World, so I guess I'm it, at least for now. So let's get started!
I put the Beauty and the Bored canvas up again as Canvas of the Day. It's so charming, I just wanted to see it again. Maybe we can convince A Dragon's Tale to paint more? It's not on her website, just on her Etsy page.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89972530/needlepoint-canvas-redhead-with-cat-sale?ref=pr_faveitems
The poll about which type of slide show you prefer is up for one more day. Please vote if you haven't, since it looks like the clickable URL slide show is a clear favorite. If you disagree, make sure you say so. Here is the Blog entry that shows both types of slide shows.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2012/02/missing-sheep-and-her-kin.html
Melissa Shirley Designs is posting the new stitch guides available from Laura Taylor of Aristeia on their Facebook page. If you have an account wander over and check it out.
BeStitched Needlepoint has posted a photo of their new small tool bags ($33) on their Facebook page. They are 9x7 inches with a zipper on the top and feature Day of the Dead fabric. (LOL) If you don't have a Facebook account but are interested, contact information is in the link below. I'm sure they'll send you a photo to help you pick just the right Día de los Muertos design to keep your threads or tools in.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/blog/
The Loretta Spears site is pretty complete. I'm still adding things here and there to past entries, so the top blog entry is a list of the updates. I think I'l add a link after each update so folks don't have to search but that won't happen until tonight. Remember, I still want photographs of finished pieces, materials lists, publication dates, help finding errors, information about items that are missing from the list, etc. Check it out at the link below and then email me at LorettaSpearsDesigns@gmail.com with any help you can offer. Thanks!
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
I put the Beauty and the Bored canvas up again as Canvas of the Day. It's so charming, I just wanted to see it again. Maybe we can convince A Dragon's Tale to paint more? It's not on her website, just on her Etsy page.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89972530/needlepoint-canvas-redhead-with-cat-sale?ref=pr_faveitems
The poll about which type of slide show you prefer is up for one more day. Please vote if you haven't, since it looks like the clickable URL slide show is a clear favorite. If you disagree, make sure you say so. Here is the Blog entry that shows both types of slide shows.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2012/02/missing-sheep-and-her-kin.html
Melissa Shirley Designs is posting the new stitch guides available from Laura Taylor of Aristeia on their Facebook page. If you have an account wander over and check it out.
BeStitched Needlepoint has posted a photo of their new small tool bags ($33) on their Facebook page. They are 9x7 inches with a zipper on the top and feature Day of the Dead fabric. (LOL) If you don't have a Facebook account but are interested, contact information is in the link below. I'm sure they'll send you a photo to help you pick just the right Día de los Muertos design to keep your threads or tools in.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/blog/
The Loretta Spears site is pretty complete. I'm still adding things here and there to past entries, so the top blog entry is a list of the updates. I think I'l add a link after each update so folks don't have to search but that won't happen until tonight. Remember, I still want photographs of finished pieces, materials lists, publication dates, help finding errors, information about items that are missing from the list, etc. Check it out at the link below and then email me at LorettaSpearsDesigns@gmail.com with any help you can offer. Thanks!
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Slide Show Preferences
Labels:
polls,
slide shows
Here's another poll, this one about the two slide shows I posted this morning. As I mentioned, the free software that I used for slide shows has been purchased by Google, which is shutting it down early next month, so I have to find other software to use. It has to be a) free, b) store the photos somewhere else than a Google account since my Google account photo storage for Blog isn't limitless and c) be something all Blog visitors can use.
I came up with two choices: Smilebox (that's the slide show with the lovely graphics that is embedded in the posting) and Picassa (which is the one with the URL you click to go see the slide show elsewhere). I just posted a poll asking which you prefer. Each has its pros and cons but I am interested in which you like best. So tell me what you think, please!
Note that the Smilebox graphics hide some of the canvases and the ULR slide show doesn't. Does that make a difference to you?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
I came up with two choices: Smilebox (that's the slide show with the lovely graphics that is embedded in the posting) and Picassa (which is the one with the URL you click to go see the slide show elsewhere). I just posted a poll asking which you prefer. Each has its pros and cons but I am interested in which you like best. So tell me what you think, please!
Note that the Smilebox graphics hide some of the canvases and the ULR slide show doesn't. Does that make a difference to you?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Blog Hates Me
Labels:
blog,
problems,
slide shows
This morning I finally gave up and removed the header photo on Blog. I accidentally uploaded the wrong photo several days ago but have been unable to remove it. When I try, I lock up my browser. Apparently this is a common complaint. I suspect that it is because I haven't upgraded my system to the latest operating system that just came out. Litlte things have been happening ever since the new browser for the new operating system became available. I did download that, and am paying for it in little quirks and now bigger problems. There's been a patch that tries to fix the browser freezes and it has helped but has not solved all the problems. Probably Blogger did something this week that is compatible with the new browser but not with the old ones.
UPDATE: Got the correct photo to load in the header by deleting the old photo, saving the header without any photo, then going back and uploading the photo I wanted to use in the header. WHEW!
I've also just learned that the slide show program I use (slide.com) will disappear, taking my slide shows with it, next March. So I am now in the market for a new slide show program. Several blogs I follow use Smilebox but I have to download a program to run that, which I am loathe to do. Any suggestions?
I also am unable to download a new version of Firefox. I don't usually run Firefox but I wanted to update the old version I have in reserve for websites that simply won't work with Safari. So I deleted the old Firefox in preparation for downloading the new one but the new Firefox won't install.
I am not a happy camper. I think I'll go stab my current canvas with a needle about a million times and see if I feel better!
[Jane stomps off, muttering "stupid computer" as she goes....]
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
UPDATE: Got the correct photo to load in the header by deleting the old photo, saving the header without any photo, then going back and uploading the photo I wanted to use in the header. WHEW!
I've also just learned that the slide show program I use (slide.com) will disappear, taking my slide shows with it, next March. So I am now in the market for a new slide show program. Several blogs I follow use Smilebox but I have to download a program to run that, which I am loathe to do. Any suggestions?
I also am unable to download a new version of Firefox. I don't usually run Firefox but I wanted to update the old version I have in reserve for websites that simply won't work with Safari. So I deleted the old Firefox in preparation for downloading the new one but the new Firefox won't install.
I am not a happy camper. I think I'll go stab my current canvas with a needle about a million times and see if I feel better!
[Jane stomps off, muttering "stupid computer" as she goes....]
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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