http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Looking to write a Guide on Using and Installing Desktop Wallpapers - any ideas? en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:07:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-72976 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:02:15 +0000 gdawe5 72976@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I thought I&#39;d check in on this post I created and saw the English lesson by aRenegade. </p> <p>I agree with the comments, I too hate when people state &quot;Personally...&quot; when they are speaking from the first person. </p> <p>However, if you&#39;re critising (note the English spelling) my English, perhaps is best to focus on how others write too...and you would be here for a very long time. I&#39;m not an editor, I&#39;m a fan of all things Internet related so even though your suggestions are warranted on this occassion they are not needed. Thanks </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-58527 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:57:35 +0000 aRenegade 58527@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hello gdawe5,</p> <p>Any writer worth their weight in salt understands the value of "a second pair of eyes". Therefore, I should not have to worry about you taking things the wrong way. Right? :)</p> <p>My practical understanding leans towards editing and documentation validation. Since you've asked for feedback from this community here are a couple of freebies as my contribution.</p> <p>From the article you pointed out, the sentence “One constant problem I've found is there is some difficultly in setting a desktop wallpaper to a picture.” The word “difficultly” is wrong. It should be “difficulty”. You can check out the pronunciation via these links.</p> <p>Difficultly - <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/difficultly" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/difficultly</a><br /> Difficulty - <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/difficulty" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/difficulty</a></p> <p>Suggestion, you do not need to write the “I’ve found” because at this point you have already established yourself to the reader as the evaluator. Consider; “A problem is difficulty setting a wallpaper to a picture.” The idea here is to be brief, and mindful of contractions and passive sentences, a big no-no in Tech Writing. The concept that "less is more" may have started in architecture, but could not be more appropriate in our writing.</p> <p>Overall, I thought your article is on the right track, its good stuff, so just keep at it.</p> <p>By the way, should you find yourself in need of an editor my rates are very competitive, and I give generous discounts to members of this forum. For Real! ;) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-58488 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:33:33 +0000 gdawe5 58488@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi guys, thought I better update this post since I have written this Guide first:</p> <p><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/guide-to-fixing-your-desktop-wallpaper-965639.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/guide-to-fixing-your-desktop-wallpaper-965639.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-57751 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:20:15 +0000 hotdoge3 57751@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Be safe on the net How to tell if OK or not be for you click</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5369" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5369</a></p> <p>this may help,and if it exe I say no for wallpaper jpg &#38; bmp is good allso scan,If you do go for exe run with Returnil on to test &#38; scan with Antivirus &#38; Spyware </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-57257 Mon, 25 May 2009 13:48:56 +0000 freebird31 57257@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>when you make a guide, please put in<br /> * where to find safe ones<br /> * How to make sure they ARE safe<br /> * which programs to use to accomplish that<br /> * how to find out what system resources they use and if and how thats good or bad<br /> * when is a picture a wallpaper?<br /> * how to make our own...<br /> etc etc etc... </p> <p>:-) good luck. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-56999 Tue, 19 May 2009 22:22:11 +0000 hotdoge3 56999@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>mikerb bad link are you geting kick-back?<br /> You could have a look here WinCustomize! Your home for Vista themes and XP themes , skins ... bad link take you google.co.uk! try this may work better &#38; not take all day,<br /> <a href="http://www.wincustomize.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wincustomize.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-56692 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:43 +0000 mikerb 56692@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi gdawe5, thanks for reviving the wallpaper thread, reminded me of some really good sites.<br /> as far as tutorials for wallpaper/themes if that's what you're wanting to do, in xp/vista wallpapers are pretty much the same :- right click-set as desktop but watch the resolution.<br /> Themes usually come with an installation program that tells the user what to do ( my windoze vista hp setup is looking like Macos 10 at the moment).<br /> I must admit that I had to work out a lot of the settings by myself so a bit of help would have been gratefully received<br /> You could have a look here <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&#38;source=web&#38;ct=res&#38;cd=10&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wincustomize.com%2F&#38;ei=N4wLSpPiO5-OjAfTgsieBg&#38;usg=AFQjCNHxjlDSrv-KoflVlDNjZgE_QVY5ng&#38;sig2=EkpEnMOi5qVOfyiDwizXwA">WinCustomize: Your home for Vista themes and XP themes , skins ...</a> which is where I got several themes and my 'apple' dock<br /> anyway best of luck, anything that makes computers easier is always a good thing.. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-56690 Thu, 14 May 2009 02:07:11 +0000 gdawe5 56690@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks, I'm only referring to wallpapers/desktop themes aimed at begineers to advanced really...thanks again </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-56649 Wed, 13 May 2009 09:54:55 +0000 2SweetSandy 56649@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi gdawe5, what are you looking for, making a guide for others on a web site or something like that? Are you talking about only wallpapers or about desktop themes?<br /> If you are talking about Vista, that's out of my league. Maybe I can help a little if I had more information. 2sweetcamom </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5316#post-56646 Wed, 13 May 2009 07:45:04 +0000 gdawe5 56646@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Just want your thoughts on where to find the technical information and what I should be covering (XP, Vista installation, rotating desktops etc.,) thanks </p>