This is just a quick notice that I will be unavailable for the next few days as I try to shake off what appears to be the flu (which makes being 8 months pregnant so much more enjoyable :->).

My entire family has come down with it, so I’ve only managed to spend a few minutes online the last couple of days. My apologies to anyone who has written and is still waiting to hear back from me. I will try to catch up on all correspondence by the end of this week.

Due to recent challenges and an overall feeling of malaise with my pregnancy, I have decided to cut back on work much sooner than originally expected. This is not an official leave of absence, but rather, a general announcement that my availability may be limited and/or sporadic over the next 4-6 weeks.

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Several times a month I analyze my website visitor statistics through Awstats (a stats tool within cPanel) and my Google Analytics account. Doing so allows me to stay abreast of how people are using my site and with what kind of software/hardware. Not only does this help me as a web designer and developer for my clients, but it shows me how to make my own site more efficient.

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Most ladies maintain an online photo gallery and need access to tools that can crop, resize or optimize their photos for the web. The most efficient way would probably be for you to use a desktop editor such as Gimp (free) or Photoshop (not free and probably overkill). However, for on-the-fly edits or if you just don’t want to mess with downloading, installing or learning how to use a desktop editor - there are a couple of online tools that are incredibly feature-rich and easy to use.

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I’ve been meaning to revamp my Gallery CMS (content management system) for months now and am glad to say I’ve finally gotten around to it. The biggest improvement is that you can now reorder photos on your gallery page through the admin area by simply dragging the thumbnails to the desired position.

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