The Easiest, Most Simple Photo Resizer - FREE!
Anyone working with images on the web, often brings in large photo files that need to be reduced to work efficiently online. If you've ever opened up a webpage and noticed a photo taking a long time to load, you can see the issue.
Most images off a camera or phone, by default, are upwards of 3K megapixels, way too large for web work.
There are a ton of applications to resize images. Here's a free one I use all the time. It's called Photo Resizer from Faststone. It's very intuitive unlike most of image applications I've seen today. Here's a ...
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Author: Brad Miller
Waste Partners, Inc.
BAMsites Web Marketing welcomes Waste Partners to our family of website customers. Waste Partners is the premier trash - garbage collection business serving the Brainerd Lakes area and the communities of:Backus, Baxter, Brainerd, Breezy Point, Crosslake, East Gull Lake, Fifty Lakes, Hackensack, Jenkins, Lake Shore, Manhattan Beach, Merrifield, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Pillager & Pine River.
The original site (below) served them well for years, but updates were sorely needed. A key function is the ability for customers to pay online. This was a relatively simple matter of using the same lin...
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Windows 10 vs Windows 7
Windows 10 better than Windows 7.
Here is a post from a trusted programmer friend of mine: Scott Jibben (Runspot) for those of you that are gun-shy after the Windows 8 debacle. For those of us that had to uninstall the disaster that was Windows 8 and replace with the trusty 7, you may have major reservations on jumping into Windows 10.
There are a few things you should know.
1. Windows Media Center is no longer supported or allowed on Windows 10. This software is used to record/play TV (with a TV tuner card) and most people do not use it (I do...). Most people will use Windows M...
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BAMsites Welcomes the New Thexton!
We build this original site back in 2004. It was high time for a new look and feel.
[caption id="attachment_1405" align="alignright" width="300"] New Site: Launched August 2015[/caption]
This particular site is using the OSCommerce e-commerce engine and comes with all the bells and whistles.
The old site served us well for many years, but as you know, it's always good to stay up with the times and update designs to reflect a more modern look.
This one features a slider banner upper right as well as a mobile rendition making Google friendly and mobile friendly at the same time.
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Bar Harbor Supper Club
Bar Harbor Supper Club is a famous lakeside bar and restaurant located on the north end of Gull Lake. It's colorful past is displayed on some of the many photos and memorabilia from the 40's and beyond.
A fire destroyed the restaurant many years ago and it has gone through several changes of ownership and remodeling.
The restaurant is now one of the classiest places in the entire Brainerd Lakes area to dine and relax.
The ownership wanted a website change to reflect the current motif and the wide selection of menu choices.
We added a reservation widget to the home page to allow for...
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Brainerd Estate Planning & Disability Attorney
[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignright" width="150"] Original Site ~ 2005[/caption]
Rick Kreutzfeldt Law Office deals largely in estate planning, social security disability claims, real estate law, and business law.
We did a much needed makeover for this site that was originally created in 2005.
BAMsites redesigned the site and added some contemporary movement, as well as replicating the original SEO strategy what resulted in top search results for the areas that Mr. Kreutzfeldt specializes:
Estate Planning
Social Security Disability
Business Law
Real Estate Law
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Iron Range Veterinary Clinic
The animal hospital is owned and operated by Julia Fry, DVM and Matt Stahl, DVM. They offer a complete range of vet services focusing on dogs, cats, and horses. Their previous website was from a veterinary website service and gave little personality to their business. Everything was "boilerplate", meant to apply to any vet clinic and was generating little, if any, business.
They asked BAMsites to assess the situation and offer an alternative that would not only look good, but most importantly put them atop the search engines for the local region they service.
Since their collective goal ...
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Williston ND Cleaning & Restoration
Service First Cleaning & Restoration - Williston, N.D.
These folks have been serving the greater western North Dakota and eastern Montana region since 1995. Service First uses the latest technologies and equipment to ensure both residential and commercial companies get the service and results they desire.
Whether it's disaster resolution or regularly scheduled carpet cleaning, Service First leads the way with a fine seasoned staff of professionals who take great pride in their work.
BAMsites was asked to create this, their first website, after creating a number of similar sites in this ...
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Embedding PDF into a WordPress web page
Embedding PDF's into your webpage can make linking documents a powerful part of providing information. This video describes how-to do this function converting a Word document to PDF and then uploading it via the "new media" function.
We then place the link text on the page and set the hyperlink as demonstrated below:
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Hallett Center – New Skin
The Hallett Center of Crosby is a community health, wellness, and fitness facility in north central Minnesota. The website has undergone several design changes through the years.
The last design, seen on the left was relatively narrow at 850 pixels and served the purposes of the center well for many years.
We felt it was time for a fresh new look.
The Hallett Center of Crosby has many announcements and schedules that change frequently.
Therefore we wanted a format that focuses on existing facilities and activities, but also provides visibility for frequent announcements and schedul...
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