UPDATE 202x: Picasaweb is dead UPDATE 2017-02-09 I found a slight solution that works but who knows for how long. If you upload your photo albums using an old version of Picasa and set the permissions to public on the album when you upload, you can use existing Flash photo album code to display an…Continue Reading Migrating from Picasaweb to Google Photos and Slideshows on WordPress
The SoMAS Website (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of my write up on the SoMAS Website. This post discusses the changes I have implemented on the existing website created by AWP from 2011 to late 2014. Alumni Database and People Directory Lists of our alumni were available on the SoMAS website as six different pages, organized by either…Continue Reading The SoMAS Website (Part 2)
Capturing Photospheres With a Mount
As detailed in my previous post, I am using the Google Camera App on my Samsung Galaxy S5 to create Photosphere images of the places at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and other parts of the Stony Brook University campus. A photosphere can be created by simply moving your phone around to the dots…Continue Reading Capturing Photospheres With a Mount
Photospheres at Stony Brook University
Photospheres are awesome 360+ degree images that capture the entire area around the camera. The most recognizable form of photosphere is Google Maps’s Streetview, which allows you to visit locations and see what it would look like from your car window. Thankfully, newer smartphones are now capable of capturing photospheres. Stony Brook University has a…Continue Reading Photospheres at Stony Brook University
Strip HTML and images from your email in Google Mail with PLAIN TEXT MODE
If you wish to remove images and HTML-formatted content from your email in Google Apps Mail, you can easily turn on PLAIN TEXT MODE in the compose window. In the lower right corner of your compose window, click the triangle button that says “MORE OPTIONS” Choose “PLAIN TEXT MODE” The HTML links in your signature…Continue Reading Strip HTML and images from your email in Google Mail with PLAIN TEXT MODE
Using Icon Fonts in all content
Elegant Themes, creators of the Divi theme, have a nice resource for icon fonts: https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font They also have a good resource for the customization options available with Icon fonts: How To Use And Embed An Icon Font On Your Website It just isn’t entirely obvious how you can use icon fonts anywhere you’d like on…Continue Reading Using Icon Fonts in all content