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Screencast: uploading many photos at once
[hana-flv-player video=’/wp-content/uploads/photo-uploads.flv’ width=’408′ height=’392′ autoload=’false’ splashimage=’/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/uploads.jpg’ srt=’0′ /] A quick screencast showcasing our improved photo uploading system (full-screen recommended) To follow up from the previous blog post, this short screencast demonstrates how photo uploading works for our yearbooks. The much-demanded feature to be able to upload more than one photo…
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Screencast: photo management improvements
[hana-flv-player video=’/wp-content/uploads/photo-management.flv’ width=’408′ height=’392′ autoload=’false’ splashimage=’/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/photos.jpg’ srt=’0′ /] A quick screencast showcasing the photo management improvements on an example photo folder (full-screen recommended) Recently, we upgraded the photo management so that it’s now easier to use and work with. You can now navigate between photos in a fashion similar to…
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Designing your own pages
Almost everyone designs some of their own pages for their yearbook, whether it is an introduction page, a review of the school play or a photo collage. There are a few things you might want to consider when you start thinking about page design, one of which is a tricky…
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Promoting yearbook post…
We’ve had some people in the last few weeks talking about promoting the yearbook. Not surprising, because we’re heading for times when there’ll be rushing and shouting and deposits… and then it’s yearbook publishing time – oh no! A great way to start is collecting deposits – it makes people…
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Yearbook Covers
Now the yearbooks are well on their way don’t forget about your cover. David and I enjoy helping design covers, last year people came up with some fabulous covers and we’re waiting to see all your ideas for this year. One of the things that can hold up making a…
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Yearbook committees – yay or ney?
Hello, and welcome to radio yearbook! Or something. We had an email today asking about getting a yearbook committee together, and it brings up the question – how essential is the traditional yearbook committee? With our online yearbook creation system to gather information and create your member pages, a lot…
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Collages
Now the exams are over, everyone is getting down to some serious work on their yearbooks… especially uploading photos. So here are some tips on making the most of our collages and remember we make 10 collage pages for you in the price of your yearbook:-) Remember to upload the…
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Teacher contacts please
Hello everyone! Still more tips – we’re going to be getting a LOT of customers this year, so we want everything to run smoothly. Here’s a spark of wisdom from last year: this is for everyone – get yourselves a teacher contact at the school! If there’s one thing that…
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Starting off 2009 on the right foot – a few tips
Back in the office for the start of 2009, and it seems a good time to put together some help from the things we’ve learned since the new version of our online yearbook creation system got running. If everyone starts off well, making yearbooks will be even easier and even…
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Site Development – Part 1: The live chat
It’s site development season! The last few months in Jake and Jamey’s room haven’t just been about increasing monitor volume. While Nic and I keep on top of everyone’s needs, they’ve been programming like demons. So what’s new? There’s even better security and backups for the online information and enough…
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