Web User - UK (2019-09-18)

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Webmasters areconstantly cropping,resizing andwatermarking the images they postto theirwebsites.

rEASYze is a handytool for performing all these actions on multiple photosat once

Create eye-catchingweb
animations
Google has launchedversion 6
of itsWeb Designer software
(webdesigner.withgoogle.com).
It’s aimedatusers lookingto
createinteractive HTML5 adsfor
Google’s advertising platforms,
but it can also be usedtocreate
all kinds of snazzyweb-friendly
animated graphics, ifyou havea
goodeye for design.The latest
version has an improved code
view,so ifyou understand what’s
happening behind thetool’s user
interface,you can tweakyour
effects using theraw HTMLcode
created bythe software.

Try coding in a new text
editor
If you’restill lookingfor the
perfecttext editortohelpyou
createHTML and CSS pages, give
the newversion ofTextEditor Pro
(texteditor.pro) a whirl. It’s free,

and its tabbed interface letsyou

work on several filesatthe same

time. It also marks up allyour

coding asyou type, so it’s clear

and simpletoread.

This latestversion has tightened

up the tabbed interface and

added some new optionstothe

menu bar.

1

Click theAdd New Images icon^1

toselect the filesyou wantto

change. Note that the changesyou

maketoone image will applytoall of

them, so if some needrotating,^2

for example, make sureyou’re happy

with all the selected files being

changed in the sameway.

2

Now,make all the changesyou want

tothe images.You can crop them,^1

change their size (by choosing specific

pixels or optingfor a percentage),^2 flip

orrotatethem.^3 Tomake sure thatyour

changes haven’t messed up any of the

picturesyou’ve selectedtoapply them

to, click the ‘Preview (all)’ button.^4

3

Whenyou’rereadyto committo

the changes, click thefolder iconto

select afoldertosavethe changesto,

then click theConvert button.^1 You

get the chancetodouble-checkyour

folder (and change it)^2 and make

changestothe filenames,^3 if you wish.

ClickStart Export.^4

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Web-building Helpdesk

Q

MyWordPress (wordpress.org)

websiteuses a lot of pictures,

manyof which Iregularly reuse.

But it’s hard to findthe images because

the Media Library is basically just a

longlist of files.

Ralp h Fordham, via email

A

Media Library islittlemore thana

big bintothrowyourpicturesin.

You havetwo options.Onthe one

hand,WordPress’s searchtoolisuseful, as

long asyou’readding keywords andother

searchableinformation inthe Description

box asyou addyourpictures. Another

optionistouse a

plugintohelptame

the library.Media

Library Plus (bit.ly/

mlp4 84 ) letsyou

addfolders,soyou

can organisethe

library with afilestructure, asyou would on

yourharddrive.

Andy Shaw, Technical & Reviews Edit or

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