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Re: ebook questions

LuKreme — 2012-09-07T07:08:14

Unless Jesús domes back, Latex® is off-topic.


Oh, fine!


Amazon.


Twitter, if you have an established following. If not, beg some of the celebs you follow for an RT.


Anything that might be viewed as spamming, which can be tricky.


You don’t have a lot of time, so it’s going to be hard to get much traction on the social media unless you get lucky.

ebook questions

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-09-06T01:24:02

Nothing is every totally off-topic on this list, so I thought I pick your brains.
I just launched a series of Facebook pages in anticipation of a sexy romance I'm writing while I continue try to pen the great American novel. These FB pages are interactive, a main page and then a connected page for each major character in the trilogy. There's a blog, twitter connection, all of that sort of thing. I'm trying to take full advantage of the internet because the book will be published mid November as an ebook.

So, my questions are:
1. Any advice on ebook publishing?
2. Any advice on reaching a larger online audience prior to the book's publish date?
3. Anything I should avoid?

I'm doing my own research of course, but I'd be a fool not to ask here, since I know some of you have e-published and all of you know a hell of a lot more about online networking and marketing than I do, I'm sure. So please, have at it. I'm eager to hear you thoughts.

I hope all of you and yours are very well!

Thanks,
Jeff

Here's the li

Videochat

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-08-02T01:05:49

My fiance is using 10.6 and doesn't have Facetime to vid chat. I use 10.7 and will be updating to Mtn Lion soon. We tried google chat and FB chat and both are crashy. Suggestions? She can't up[date just yet.
Thanks
J

Re: chmod

LuKreme — 2012-07-13T06:28:23

On 11 Jul 2012, at 21:37 , Jeffrey Hergan <jphergan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:


Open up the /User folder in the finder.

Select your home folder and chose “Get Info” (command-I)

In the permissions section, click the lock and enter your password.

Click the ‘+’ and add the other admin user

If they need write access, change the Read Only to “Read & Write” for that user.

Choose the gear icon and “Apply to enclosed items"



# chmod -R +a “user2 allow read” ~

(Yes, using ACLs is the better way to go than modifying the base unix permissions.)

Re: chmod

Jared Earle — 2012-07-12T12:24:53

chmod -R g+rw ~


On 12 Jul 2012, at 12:29, Milo Velimirović wrote:

Re: chmod

Milo Velimirović — 2012-07-12T11:29:10

I just woke up and haven't had any coffee yet, this may need fine tuning

chmod -R ugo+r /Users/homedir
chmod ugo+x /Users/homedir
find /Users/homedir -type d -exec chmod ugo+x "{}" \;

 - Milo


On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:

chmod

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-07-12T03:37:37

This is a basic question about something I used to know.
I'm trying to share my home directory and everything in it with another admin user.
File sharing seems to allow access to some items, but not others.
Can I just use chmod to recursively change permissions so that these files can be accessed by both users (there are only 2 on the computer and securioty is not an issue).
If so, what is the exact command from terminal.app please.
As always, my sincerest thanks, folks.
Jeff

Re: Google + FB Question

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-25T11:53:28

On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:03 AM, LuKreme wrote:


I'll find out if there's contact info, but I'm guessing there is. Meanwhile, one workaround is for her to create a new and separate FB account, then add the one page she wants connected to G+ as a page she administrates. At least I think that will work. It will still update that new personal account and the administrated/biz page. But the new personal account will have no friends, so no one will see the redundancy. 

Today I'm going to try to figure out how to import her existing website into WordPress. She's using Hostmonster, and they have some automated way of switching to Wordpress. But it seems to make her start from scratch. There has to be a better way, but I haven't even read the docs yet. Fun fun. Have a great day, and thank you, as always.

Jeff

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Re: Google + FB Question

LuKreme — 2012-06-25T10:03:31

Sounds to me like a limitation of the plugin. Is there any way to communicate with the authors? This use case as probably never occurred to them.

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Google + FB Question

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-25T02:32:47

I'm wondering if one of you has come across this problem, or has a solution.
I have a dear friend (and then some) who has a Goole + account for business. She also has a personal FB account. And a business FB account. She uses her business FB account to manage 17 different FB pages. 

What she wants to do: update Google + and have it automatically update only one of her FB business pages.

The problem: when she installs the plugin in the Chrome browser that automatically updates her FB page, mirroring what she updates on Google +,  it updates ALL of her FB pages. This is bad.

She has a large clientelle on FB so she can't just migrate everything to Google +. although she would prefer to do that at some point. And she does not want to lose her 2000 subscribers on FB.

Is there a way that she can somehow divorce her one business page from all of her other FB pages? So that only that one page is updated when she updates Google +?

Additionally, she'd like to have updates mirrored on Tumblr and Pinterest when she

Re: A Question about html

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-19T21:26:37

On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Jared Earle wrote:


Great! Then that's what I'll do. Thank you.

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Re: A Question about html

Jared Earle — 2012-06-19T20:59:45


Yes. You should just do this.

Re: A Question about html

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-19T20:51:10

On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Roger Howard wrote:


She's not very tech savvy, though she's wicked smart. I'm pretty far behind the curve myself, as I haven't done anything with a web site in many years. I'll head over to Wordpress's site and read up on it. I saw something about minimum requirements for the web hosting service, but I'm guessing that won't be an issue if it's so popular. I recently purchased a domain name (asshattery.org) and I'm going to create a personal site there. Can I build a site from the ground up with Wordpress? Seems like they have templates and whatnot, so I'm guessing 'yes.' Maybe I'll use it first then walk her through it. Or…maybe I can just do it for her from my machine? To get it installed and set up? 

Thank you. 


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Re: A Question about html

Roger Howard — 2012-06-19T20:42:04

On Jun 19, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:


Coda can, kinda/sorta. Coda has a built in browser for previewing, but it's not directly integrated into the source editor. But the Web preview has a version of the Developer Tools (like in Safari and Chrome) which can be used to debug a page.

The closest thing to what you're asking for is Dreamweaver - it's Code and Design views are integrated, so, for example, if you select an image or a table in the Design view, and then switch  to the Code view, your selection will show you the relevant code. Still, this is *not* a solution for every day updating of a site; no one works that way anymore.

I still think she (and you, if she's asking for advice) are going about this completely the wrong way. Like Lewis said - install Wordpress. Migrate her site. Never have her look at a line of code again if you're just updating content, adding/deleting pages, etc._______________________________________________
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Re: A Question about html

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-19T20:27:52

On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:12 PM, LuKreme wrote:


I just spoke with her. I misunderstood her wants a little. But I'm going to build a website for my personal use so all of this is extremely helpful. She actually says she LOVES using Evrsoft First Page. It's just that she wants a Mac solution. Sounds like bbedit is the thing, or Coda? The single feature that she wants most is to be able to not just see the web page as she's creating it, like bbedit does. But if she sees a mistake in the preview of the page, she wants to be able to highlight the mistake in the preview image and be directed to the specific bit of code in her html. 

Does bbedit or coda do that? 

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Re: A Question about html

LuKreme — 2012-06-19T20:12:46

Install WordPress and be done with it.

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Re: A Question about html

Roger Howard — 2012-06-19T19:17:17

On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:


Sounds like she needs a CMS, not a WYSIWYG editor (though they aren't mutually exclusive, you might need a WYSIWYG editor to change your CMS themes to update the look of your page templates).


CMS = Content Management System. Wordpress, for instance. In essence you have templates, which define how your site's pages look, and you have content; when pages are viewed, the templates are merged with the relevant content to produce a page. Editing content in a CMS almost never involves coding at all - for instance, when a newspaper adds a new story to its site, or a blogger adds a new article to her blog, it's mainly about writing and editing content. A good CMS makes the process of maintaining a site entirely non-technical and, for most cases, involves no code.

Think mail merge, but instead of inserting addresses into an Avery template, you're inserting content into a Web page template.

Also, because the vast majority of Web CMS's these days are used (from

Re: A Question about html

Jeffrey Hergan — 2012-06-19T19:04:47

On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Roger Howard wrote:



She learned how to code to do her business web page. And she does not enjoy it, and, in her words, she's lazy. She doesn't need to add functionality. Just update content (music, video, photos, text). 

I don't know what CMS means. (Content management…script?)  But right now she uses an old windows machine to do her html because she says she knows of nothing for mac. So, although she wants a WYSIWYG solution, I'm inclined to think that something like BBedit and some sort of software or script that will help her to simply drag and drop updates might be best. I hope that helps to clarify her needs and wants. 
She will be occasionally adding new pages, and she'd rather do that the quickest and easiest way for someone who really knows very little about web site management and creation. 

As always, thanks guys. I'd still like to hear what the best WYSIWYG app for web site creation and management is. And learn whether she can import her old html. I'd also lea

Re: A Question about html

Roger Howard — 2012-06-19T16:28:59

The question is, why is she coding regularly when she run's *a* site? Is it because she's adding new functionality, or does she have to edit HTML simply to update her content?

If it's the latter, then I suspect what she needs isn't a better editor, but a decent CMS that will obviate the need to edit HTML on any regular basis.

-R

Re: A Question about html

LuKreme — 2012-06-19T16:11:35

On 19-Jun-2012, at 09:02, Arno Hautala <arno-mkieixxH3ob2fBVCVOL8/A< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:


They will show live previews, though. Make a change int he code and the preview window updates right away. It's like the benefits of WYSIWYG without all the caveats, drawbacks, and fugly code that 'real' WYSIWYG editors. For someone who is already used to hand coding, I think this will be the best solution.

Re: A Question about html

Arno Hautala — 2012-06-19T15:02:51

Neither BBEdit nor Coda are WYSIWYG apps though. They will show you a
preview, but they're still hand coding apps.

I unfortunately have nothing further to contribute.