We're
occasionally asked how mydaisygarden.com is developed and maintained.
We've put together a brief summary of the tools we use to create the
images, graphics and logos used on the site. Often multiple tools are
used to create each element we use. Links to the tools are made
available here.
Most
development and creation is done on Apple Macintosh G5 with mostly open
source tools (listed below). The site is tested for
functionality on a
Macintosh (Safari, Internet Explorer and Firefox), Windows XP (IE and
Firefox) and Kubuntu-Linux
(Konquerer and Firefox).
Logos
are designed using Inkscape,
which allows for clean-lined vector images and ease of layout. Logos
are exported as .PNG files and cropped and compressed to JPG or GIF
using GIMP (Gnu
Image Manipulation Program).
Photographs
and product images are taken on either a Canon Digital Rebel or Nikon
S4600 digital camera. Generally 15-20 photographs are taken for every
finished picture that is used. The images are cropped and resized and
the
background is cleaned up and fade-out edges are created in GIMP. Images
are exported to JPG format balancing image quality and file size.
HTML
code is generally written and edited in Nvu
then exported to our web services provider.
