I just spent the better part of 16 hours working on 3 sites. One of which is for my flatmate Phil. I must say, I am especially proud of one particular page. (My coding prowess runneth over) Check out the gallery page HERE.
Lots of nose-grinding work learning new kinds of Javascript, CSS, and how to frame without using frames. I know…geek talk. BOOOooring.
So yeah, my other sites aren’t launched yet. One has an issue getting me his cPanel login and the other is still propagating the DNS.
So how many of you read all that and didn’t understand a word of it?
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In other news, I haven’t shaved in 4 days. Exciting, huh? Well, it’s just that I really get into my work. I just kind of…forget. There are mre important things on my mind than scruff.
Like M O N E Y.
I will leave you with one of my favorite images ever:
Some of those reading this blog may be my potential customers. That’s understandable since I have been advertising my services all over the web.
That said, I feel it is important and take the time to ask my potential clients for some understanding;
Dear New/Potential Client(s),
This blog is not a representation of me or my work. It is solely a place for me to connect and stay in touch with family and friends. I am sorry if you feel it is unprofessional or if the content offends you. I cannot help that.
I can, however, assure you that my work speaks for itself. Also, I research ALL of my clients. Such is the case when I don’t always have the opportunity to meet them in person or they give me little to no information to go on when asking for a quote.
So, I humbly ask you to be understanding about what you read here and just remember:
I will not hold your online history against you, either.
Sincerely,
David
P.S. If you do have a question about my integrity or professionalism, please feel free to contact the following clients:
gottaresale.comprovoicemail.net
They will be happy to offer you a reference.
Whenever I send an email, the recipient sees this at the bottom:
So how do you do this? Well, it’s not easily done in Apple Mail. So, I am going to (attempt to) teach you how to make your own using a text editor, Mail, and Safari.
Creating an HTML Signature in Apple Mail
Step 1 - Create it:
Create your HTML signature. For this, I use TextMate because it shows me the correct formatting while I type.
Format it most any way you want. (*NOTE: I used inline formatting. This is a must since most emails will remove any <style> tags) Just remember not to make it too obtrusive.
Your icon shouldn’t be any larger than 50×50 pixels. I kept mine at about 20×20. To host your icon, you can either use your own site or Photobucket.
For those of you who don’t know how to ‘code‘ I created a template for you to download >> HERE <<.
Now, save the file to your desktop.
Step 2 - Fake it:
Open Apple Mail and go to Preferences.
Next click on the Signatures tab.
Now, click the + sign to add a new Signature. Name it anything you want.
By default it will add your Info. don’t worry about that. We’ll get to that later when we edit that file.
Drag it to ‘All Signatures’ so that it loads for all emails. Otherwise, just drag it into the account you are going to use.
CLOSE MAIL AFTER THIS STEP!
Step 3 - Safari-tize it:
Open the HTML signature you created in your text editor (the one you saved to your desktop) with Safari. Either drag the file onto Safari’s icon on the Dock or choose ‘Open‘ from Safari’s File menu.
Next, choose File then Save As and choose the Format: ‘Web Archive’ .
Step 4 - Save it:
Browse to the following folder: YOURUSERNAME/Library/Mail/Signatures
Look for the most recent file by separating everything by ‘Date Modified’. You should see the signature you just created in Mail. Copy the name of that file, which will be something like this:
B34739D3-5A67-4119-98A2-9D2CC5C0B337.webarchive
Now, paste that name onto the Web Archive file that you saved on your desktop. Then, drag the new file from your desktop into that folder and overwrite the existing one.
DONE!
Now, the next time you launch Mail and prepare a new email, you should see your signature on the bottom, like this:
I know it seems like a giant pain, but I have only had to do this once. Now all my emails have an attractive and professional looking signature.
It displays in Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, and most POP3 servers…and, of course - Apple Mail.
Feel free to share your own finished signatures (and questions) in the comments.
My next step, if I can figure out the issue, is to add REAL reflections (the ones you see were made by me in Photoshop) have each link/image pop-up like LightBox.
The problem I am having is that jquery conflicts with mootools and reflection.js. So, I am on the hunt for jquery scripts that will work or a way to get the others to play nice.
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Step 1 - Create it: 
Step 2 - Fake it:
Step 3 - Safari-tize it:
Step 4 - Save it:
Now, the next time you launch Mail and prepare a new email, you should see your signature on the bottom, like this: