I often run across the need to standardize the size of photos or images for a given project. In the past, I would go into an image editing software program to make all image sizes uniform. But if you have a Mac, there is a much easier way to do this:
- Place all relevant images into a new folder.
- Open that folder and select all of the images (command + A) and double click on one of the selected images.
- This will open Preview and all images will show along the right side of the application.
- Click on one of the images and do another select all (command + A)
- Under the Tools menu, click on Adjust Size.
- Here you can designate the width and height of each image. There are some standard options to choose from as well as the ability to determine your own size.
- You’re done. Now all images in that folder will be in the new customized size.
It may be a good idea to make a copy of the images folder before you make this change, just so you have the originals if you ever need them.
I need to give credit here to Josh Winkles for teaching me know how to do this.
In working on websites for a number of different clients, I have worked within quite a few of the hosting companies out there. In this blog, I want to highlight three of these companies and offer my opinions on each one:
GoDaddy
GoDaddy.com
GoDaddy is my favorite hosting company out there. Their customer service is excellent (I have called a lot), their prices are competitive, and they make things very easy for web developers. My only real complaint (other than their trashy advertising) is that some of my clients have experiences brief down times of their websites as GoDaddy’s servers go down. This is extremely rare though and I haven’t seen this happen in the last 4 months.
GoDaddy’s customer service is fast and they usually provide the answer that I need. The representatives are based out of the USA. For prices, type in “GoDaddy Promo Codes” into Google and you will find an array of price-saving coupons. And for making things easy, they have hosting products specific to WordPress where you really don’t need to know anything about setting up a WordPress site to be up and running in no time.
Hostway
http://www.hostway.com/
I have used Hostway hosting for a number of sites. Overall, this is a pretty good company. They have just upgraded their user interface design to make their site easier to navigate. One time, I needed to upgrade to the latest version of PHP, and they were helpful in making that happen. It seems as though every time I have called Hostway, I am connected to a representative in India. At times, there has been a small language or understanding barrier, but overall, their representatives are very knowledgeable and helpful.
Register.com
http://www.register.com/
I don’t have one nice thing to say about Register.com. They are more expensive than the competition and their customer service is horrendous. During a recent problem I had on one of my client’s sites, I called Register.com 8 times. Of those 8 calls, the representative got my phone number and said they would call me back within 2 hours. I only received 1 call back out of those 8 promises.
Recently, Register.com attempted to move one of my sites from one hosting area to another. They promised they could make this happen. Turns out, their tech team couldn’t do it and my site ended up being down for a whole week. During this process, they forgot to move the SSL certificate I had with the website and so a few weeks later, my site was down 4 days again while they fixed that. They also tried to get me to pay for their mistake.
Register.com’s support staff is based out of Nova Scotia I believe. They are an hour ahead of Eastern Time. I have probably spoken to half of their support staff by this point and have only been impressed by a few of them.
Overall, you are not getting your moneys worth with Register.com. If I can help it, I don’t ever plan to use them again. They have caused me enormous stress and anguish.
I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on different hosting companies in the comment box below.
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