UK South-East "Mainly Under 5'11" Gossip Thread (5)

ies photos wrote in post #8746870
cracking site Rob, I'm looking into Wordpress, www.iesphotography.co.​uk/blog but need something more image orientated but still allowing me to keep the categories. I really like yours a lot

Thanks for the kind words Took me bloody ages to get it looking/working how i wanted. Me and HTML are not on good terms

ies photos wrote in post #8746973
Best £6 I ever spend lol!

vmlopes wrote in post #8746829
Rob thats sound like an offer to me, wanna earn some money??

LOL. Im really not that good at it - just persevere through the frustrated tears until it works :o

ies photos wrote in post #8746952
well I bought www.travelthewordlimag​es.co.uk by mistake yesterday lol!

That's funny! Hahaha ..

adrian5127 wrote in post #8747021
That is another vote for sky so it looks as if I will definitely go witn them. The other advantage is you can get sky anywhere, as we are in rented we will be moving in a year or two and might not be able to get Virgin

We get ours free too cuz its on the 2mbs ..

Kaben wrote in post #8747046
Thanks for the kind words Took me bloody ages to get it looking/working how i wanted. Me and HTML are not on good terms

Did you use an offline blog editor?

ies photos wrote in post #8747074
Did you use an offline blog editor?

Not exactly - i edited the CSS / HTML directly from files given in the template. Thing is you have to pay £55 for 3 months "support" at graph paper to be able top work out what the hell they have done with their coding. I wasn't very impressed as they respond to the "support" forum very slowly and usually just blame wordpress if anything goes wrong. Luckily i managed to get mine sorted (mostly) before my 3 months were up.

I have no intention of renewing as they really don't give much support for the money.

i quite like this wordpress template. with a little bit of tweaking it could be awesome.

http://wordpress.org/e​xtend/themes/autofocus

Kaben wrote in post #8747125
Not exactly - i edited the CSS / HTML directly from files given in the template. Thing is you have to pay £55 for 3 months "support" at graph paper to be able top work out what the hell they have done with their coding. I wasn't very impressed as they respond to the "support" forum very slowly and usually just blame wordpress if anything goes wrong. Luckily i managed to get mine sorted (mostly) before my 3 months were up.

I have no intention of renewing as they really don't give much support for the money.

ah I'm just looking thru the slider code now

Kaben wrote in post #8747145
i quite like this wordpress template. with a little bit of tweaking it could be awesome.

http://wordpress.org/e​xtend/themes/autofocus

See I'm not that into that for what I want. I like the way you can still keep the Heading like "People, Sports" etc so you have a link off to another page from the front

Wow wide angle is tougher than i thought it would be! Opens up a whole new world though

Heres the only one i liked from the few i took today

IMAGE LINK: http://kcyeung.smugmug​.com/photos/667828643_​8eDTV-X3.jpg

Hi everyone - hope you can help!

I need to scan some old b&w family photos and was wondering if anyone of you can recommend a company?...I'm unsure of any of the ones on the net so far as I've never done this before. I'm kinda nervous about sending them off and having them being lost in the post!

Also, I'm hoping some of the tiny photos can then be enlarged - like to 8"x6" size max - any experience with enlarging scans?

pridash wrote in post #8747788
Hi everyone - hope you can help!

I need to scan some old b&w family photos and was wondering if anyone of you can recommend a company?...I'm unsure of any of the ones on the net so far as I've never done this before. I'm kinda nervous about sending them off and having them being lost in the post!

Also, I'm hoping some of the tiny photos can then be enlarged - like to 8"x6" size max - any experience with enlarging scans?

Scanners are pretty cheap these days and have good resolution. That might be the best solution for you (and safe too).

Pete wrote in post #8747821
Scanners are pretty cheap these days and have good resolution. That might be the best solution for you (and safe too).

Yeah, I was thinking of it - I remember seeing an Epson one mentioned in a photo mag that gave really great results but it was in £180ish bracket. As I hardly ever scan...in fact, this is probably going to be the last time I do it, I was thinking that getting a lab to do it would be far cheaper.

...but I could be wrong!

If you're looking at 8 x 6 size, then a cheaper scanner will give you very decent results, I think. I have an old Canon scanner that wasn't very expensive and does a fine job. As long as you can de-moire when you're scanning, there shouldn't be a problem.

Pete wrote in post #8747925
If you're looking at 8 x 6 size, then a cheaper scanner will give you very decent results, I think. I have an old Canon scanner that wasn't very expensive and does a fine job. As long as you can de-moire when you're scanning, there shouldn't be a problem.

Ok, maybe I should try it at work first - we've got a HP one - and see how it goes from there!

...btw, what is "de-moire"?

Moire is the small spots you see when you see a scanned photo sometimes, especially if it's scanned from a newspaper/magazine.

As an example:-