Photos are best presented with captions or cutlines. The caption adds context to photographs and provides readers such information as the identity of the people in it, where it was taken and any other data not obvious in the photograph. I used to publish photos with captions by creating an HTML table to contain the… Continue reading Better photo presentation in your website in 2 easy steps
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Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows
Adobe Lightroom, the software “built from the ground up by photographers, for photographers,” now has a Windows version of its beta. I tried it and I was blown away with the way it allows you to edit your photographs. The Windows version is labeled Beta 3 but Adobe’s announcement says the program is slightly behind… Continue reading Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows
Denial of service attack delays Zooomr 2.0 launch
Flickr competitor Zooomr was set to launch version 2.0 of its service last week and it created such a loud buzz with its free pro account offer for bloggers. That launch has been delayed by a denial of service attack. Zooomr said in its blog that the attack has been dealt with and they’re just… Continue reading Denial of service attack delays Zooomr 2.0 launch
Zooomr offers free pro accounts for bloggers
Flickr competitor Zooomr is offering a free professional account for bloggers. All you have to do is open an account with their site, upload a photo to your account, use it in your blog post and then notify them. Zooomr is an interesting Flickr alternative. I’ve just registered for it and after going through its… Continue reading Zooomr offers free pro accounts for bloggers
Cooking with Lightbox JS version 2
Yesterday I did two things I’ve never done for a long time: play around with a WordPress plugin and prepare pork kilawin. I’ve long wanted to incorporate Lightbox in the WordPress theme I’m making and in a project I’m setting up. I decided to use the WP Lightbox 2 plug-in instead of the original package… Continue reading Cooking with Lightbox JS version 2
Cebu City’s biggest party is over
Sinulog is Cebu City’s biggest street party and gathering. People take over Cebu City streets in the annual street parade, held every third Sunday of January. Although there were fewer contingents last Sunday, the crowd that watched the parade appeared to be bigger. Here are some photos Marlen and I took of the celebration honoring… Continue reading Cebu City’s biggest party is over
Bringing down the government, a CIA manual
I found this interesting link, via del.icio.us, to a photoset in Flickr purported to be reproductions of a Central Intelligence Agency booklet distributed as part of a campaign to destabilize the Nicaraguan government and economic system. I don’t know if the booklet is authentic or one of those hoaxes that get passed around but it… Continue reading Bringing down the government, a CIA manual
Integrate your Flickr account into your WordPress blog
Why limit yourself to a badge to display your latest photos in Flickr when you can integrate the photos into an image gallery in your blog? If you use WordPress, you can use the FAlbum plugin to do this. Download the plugin from the Random Byte site and upload the files into your WordPress plugins… Continue reading Integrate your Flickr account into your WordPress blog