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Wix has added a new automatic cut-outtool to its image-editing software that identifies the subject of an
image and makes it quick and easyto remove the backgroundLook out for domain phishing
Easyspace (www.easyspace.com)
has alerted usto a phishing email
that’s doing therounds, tryingto
scare people into payingfor a
fake domain
renewal.
These
messages
aren’t
sophisticated
and don’t
attemptto
look like
official
emails fromyour web host.
If you’re in any doubt abouta
messageyou’vereceived,contact
your hostby phone using the
number on itswebsite. For more
information, check out the
Easyspace blogatbit.ly/easy485.
Use new nofollow options
For 15years or so, Google has
encouragedwebmasters to add
rel=”nofollow”to links they
don’twant to endorse, such as
sponsored information where
you’vereceived a paymentfor
adding a link.To help it further
differentiate links in the future,
Google nowrecognises
rel=”sponsored”, whichyou
can use specificallyfor links
where cash has changed hands,
andrel=”ugc”(User Generated
Content),for links that others
might have addedto your site,
such as in acomment.You don’t
needto go back and change
existing ‘nofollow’ tags, juststart
afresh with new links.For more
information, visitbit.ly/nofol485.1Fromyour Wix page, click the Media
button.^1 You can upload a file from
your PC,^2 grab one from a social-
media or online-storage account,^3 or
use an imageyou’ve already uploaded.(^4) Once the image isready, click the
‘Crop &Edit’ link.
2
Make sure the elementyou want to
cut out is taking up the majority of
the image window, to make it easierfor
the softwareto recogniseyour subject.
You can do thisby dragging in the sides
of the photo while in the Crop tab.^1
Click Cut Out,^2 thenAuto Cut Out.^3
The software is goodat cutting out the
background butstruggles if it’s complex.
3
The removed sections of the image
are masked inred.^1 You can trim
any background elements it’s missed
with the Erasetool^2 and useRestore
(^3) if it ’s cut some ofyour subject. Brush
Settings^4 letsyou tweak the size and
density of the drawingtool. When
you’re finished, click the tick.^5
Specialist tips, top tools and practical help
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Top Tips of the Fortnight
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Deal of the Fortnight
Hover (www.hover.com) has a lot of deals
on domain extensionsincluding more than
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Web-building Helpdesk
Q
Is it necessary to have asecure
(https) websitenow that Google
calls out regularsites as being
potentially unsafe?
Tim Todd, via email
A
Froma security point of view, you
only need‘https’ if you’re collecting
information fromsomeone,such as
asking themto fill out a formor complete a
shopping transaction. AnSSL certificate
automatically encrypts information sent
fromyour visi tor’s browser to your site, so
anyone intercepting the datawon’t be able
to unscramble it. If you don’t have forms or
shops, your site is perfectly safe without
SSL. Annoyingly, however, Google still flags
it up as‘Not
secure’, which
may leave you
wanting to
upgrade anyway.
Andy Shaw,
Technical &
Reviews Editor
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