Comments | mizkit: hah.

mizkit

hah.

Dec 30, 2009 18:28

It’s the little things, I tell you. cemurphy.net is redesigned with all the lower pages tucked into the new format (except IMMORTAL BELOVED, which I have some intention of making into a PDF rather than thirty individual HTML files). I’d kind of intended to Launch It At Midnight Of The New Year, but apparently decided I couldn’t be bothered to be ( Read more... )

writing, copy edits, web design

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pgwfolc December 30 2009, 18:20:42 UTC

New design is slick. I see you've made good use of that cover image. Color scheme is much lighter. Sidebars work well. Little surprised that the links section doesn't include Magical Words, though.

You mentioned last entry that you wanted to convert HTML files to a single .doc (which I'm pretty sure MS Word could do, although I'm not sure how cleanly it would come out), but if you want to convert to PDF, there are ways. Can't find the thing I was thinking of, but html2ps should do the trick - or at least the hard part. Then you'd need to use Ghostscript and GSview to convert ps to pdf. Either one should, I believe, be capable of combining multiple source files into a single output.

This page has a couple more possibilities, though I don't have personal experience with them.

The same web search that turned that page up also brought me to another page which suggested htmldoc. Unfortunately, the service that provides the ready-to-install version (with a free 21 day trial) is not available until after New Year's (you can still ( ... )

sixteenbynine December 30 2009, 18:22:44 UTC

I offered to lend a hand as well - I think I can get things turned around for her in jig time :D

mizkit December 30 2009, 19:08:29 UTC

I need it as a .doc, too, or at least want it as one. sixteenbynine volunteered to help, so I'll go that route first and let you know if I need any other assistance! Thanks! :)

martianmooncrab December 30 2009, 20:03:52 UTC

if you can get these back by the 6th

depends on what 6th they talking about....

blythe025 December 30 2009, 22:06:28 UTC

I love the new design. :)

annathepiper December 31 2009, 03:16:49 UTC

Very, very nice design! :)

Word jadzia325 December 31 2009, 09:43:57 UTC

I can't believe you have to track and change! SO EVIL! So much more time consuming than printing and editing. Evil, evil, evil people! You have my sympathy.

Re: Word mizkit December 31 2009, 09:46:45 UTC

In theory it's faster than physical copy edits which have to be mailed (at significant expense) back and forth across an ocean. But oh my god I hate track changes, and am *not* looking forward to this at all.

My only hope is that perhaps I'll at least learn to use the damned tool properly this time and it'll be less onerous next time... :p