Once I move house and I am not living in a shoebox with a desk, I hope
to be able to arrange some furniture into some semblance of order and comfort.
I will have room for a decent work area where I won't have to back out
of the bedroom/office seperate to a bedroom and a living area and
lounge area where I might even get to swing the cat around - and she
(the cat) knows it..
A case of the best laid plans.....
I am intending to apply for a Go For Gold Scholarship as I could really
do with a new PC in order to continue working as much as I do.
The current PC is "hanging on" - however it is only a matter of time.
I aim to finalise the move into Corporate with the Ambassadors as I
feel this is a very worthy cause and as yet untapped. People in
the corporate field are just too busy and have not been made aware
enough of what needs to happen. So far so good.
In order to put some spin on the ball, as it were.... I feel
we need to differentiate ourselves from the many other presenters on a
range of topics that cover a range of interests...
I.T. Corporate Sales Arena.
This is a dog eat dog field. Simple, it is tough.
I remember days when every Monday morning sales meetings saw new faces appear and some regulars disappear......
You need to produce results, this can be hard, and depends on the
status of your particular market and trends..... I.T. is somewhat
fashion or trend driven. This can also cause instability in the
sales teams.
so... it is hard out there..... we need to gain their attention, in the first minute..... or they are lost...
We need to get their attention and every little bit helps.
This will involve the completion of a Slide Show template based on Eric Meyer's
S5 initiative.
This has been significantly edited, although the Meyer "smarts" are all still there. Additions include:
toggle.js, which is now crossbrowser and
switchstyle.js which further enhance its feature set.
I feel I still need to make further changes to the method of
utilising the default font-size attribute. Some use the em
variable, others use a percentage %.
It varies greatly what happens when a user re-sizes the text with the
View option, when only making a slight change to the variable, wether
it be em or a percentage.
Makes it quite tricky... to get to a level of "Cross Browser"
conformance that I am happy with and still conform to what I have
called the
VIA (
Visually Impaired Aware) standard is quite hard.
Add to this colour issues (like I have) and pleasing everybody, whilst maybe a dream, is still a designers utopian goal........
toggle: Allows page elements to be toggled on or off.....
simple really and quite handy. Allows for the display:block / inline /
none.... css attribute to be manipulated at the element level.
TEST (underway...): Like this >>
THIS was HIDDEN.....
*the above test will only operate if I can integrate external javascript into this post........*
switchstyle: Manipulates external stylesheets and allows complete swapping of stylesheets with an entire page re-load.
The addition of what I call the 'Style Manager' allows the entire
design of what ends up as a SlideShow to look more like a traditional
'Powerpoint' style slideshow. The colours, layout, graphics can
all be instantly changed and as all the styles can be pre-loaded (as
one single HTML file), swapping is almost instantaneous.
This combination together with the addition of time taken focusing on the layout has resulted in the latest home page.
Reproduction of: http://mswebpeople.blogdrive.com/
Presentation Station
This is the start of a collection of on-line MS Ambassador
Presentations. These are all available from any Internet connected PC.
They will work with all the major browsers.
Each Presentation is a HTML file (
that would normally be what makes up a WEB page)
and contains all that is required to emulate the more traditional
Presentation Software, It reacts much faster as all of the presentation
is loaded into memory before each show is commenced.
This results in a Multimedia capable presentation with your choice of up to date:
• graphics,
• news,
• video or
• audio that is fast to load and intuitive to present.
Moving through the presentation can be achieved using the Keyboard
(arrow keys ← and →). the [Spacebar], the mouse or specially designed
"hidden" navigation keys.
First Trial of Powerpoint Conversions
I have completed two of the presentations so far. I took a break for vision repair, although it only partially worked.... :(
The
conversion from Power Point slides into the new Template is not all
that difficult, just time consuming (especially as the vision sux),
Although
the site "WAS" down for scheduled maintenance earlier today... I can
hardly complain considering it has been very good and is full of useful
tools..........
The latest start page is:
HERE
The presentation template is the culmination of some research and it hails from multiple sources:
The Original S5 Slideshow came via Eric A. Meyer of
www.meyerweb.com and Jeffrey Zeldman amongst others. thanks to all !
I then added some additional code and undertook some editing:
Additions:
1 - toggle Javascript: Now cross browser, this allows the display of
any element to be toggled as on or off. Very handy for custom pop-ups
etc.
2 - Dynamic Stylesheet Swapping. Also now cross browser.
This allows for the presenter to immediately and easily change the
stylesheet. This includes the ability to change any element on the
page, immediately and painlessly. Stylesheets may change: color.
type-style. graphics. layout, text-size..... anything you wish.
The distribution of the final release product will be
Floppy Disk, CD and the Internet. These will be in Windows Format.
Apple Macintosh, Lynx and others are all supported via the Internet
using any
Industry Standards based browser.
The Internet Releases will be secured using .htaccess user name and password combinations to selected "rotating" directories.
Results in:
• Any PC, connected to the NET or NOT, Anywhere, Anytime.
• Faster than traditional presentation methods and software.
• Modular design. (un breakable images. last minute changes)
• Leading Edge. Attention Grabbing use of Technology.
Latest Examples:
Trish: - MS Ambassador Presentation
Trish: - MS and Parenting
Peter: - Presentation Station Training (part 1)
Peter: - Corporate Presentation Example
More coming
