Welcome to Jewels Web Graphics

Hello again,
Gosh, it seems like a very long time since we last spoke!
However, I have not been idle in my absence, keeping the wheels oiled behind the scenes of JWG, and beavering away at my BSc degree coursework. One of the modules I have recently completed, involved installing a Linux Operating System, and configuring all the networking to join Linux and Windows computers together, whilst also getting out onto the Internet.
I was so impressed with this task that I have now converted my main home computer to Linux, and only my laptop is still running Windows.
Therefore, I felt that now would be a good time to start sharing all this hard work and new experiences with you all, and have created a new Linux Tutorials section on JWG, acessible via the sidebar and sitemap —>
The first tutorial in the series is a step by step guide to installing a Linux Operating System on your computer alongside your existing Windows installation. All tutorials are complemented by plenty of screenshots, and are aimed at the complete beginner to Linux. Subsequent tutorials will involve networking both Linux and Windows computers, and discussing the relative merits of Linux and Windows in terms of total cost of ownership, ease of use, etc.
Tutorial 1 (Installation) is now available for your viewing pleasure, and others will be added over the coming weeks, as I get the time after finishing assignments and studying for exams, (and you thought being a student was easy!).
As always, comments or questions about the tutorials are actively welcomed and appreciated.

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In my ongoing quest to learn my proposed trade of web development, I make daily travels through the web-dev blogosphere, reading as many useful articles as time permits. Today, I was directed to this website which was new to me, Friendly Bit. This is a website about Web Development, and under the tutor section, I came across this article:
Beginners guide to CSS and Standards.
A few people have been talking to me about the difficulties of moving away from tables, and putting all their styles into a style sheet, recently. I think this article is an excellent place to start, as it guides you through the process of building a simple css stylesheet and basic html template, to create your first standards based website.
I wholeheartedly recommend all prospective webmasters to go and read it, as you might just as well learn how to do it properly from the start, instead of having to unlearn bad habits later.
And even if you have learned a few bad habits, (nested tables and spacer gifs, anyone? ), you can always reform yourself, can’t you?
(After all, I did! ).

Just a reminder that the weekly tutorials listed in the JWG Directory, are listed as a convenience to our visitors, and JWG is in no way affiliated or associated with any of the tutorial sites featured. JWG can help with general PSP/graphics queries, but particular questions related to specific tutorials are best answered by the tutorial writers themselves, Continue reading »

I am pleased to announce that I have just finished installing and configuring the brand new Gallery2 on JWG. This has now been embedded within the JWG Wordpress blog itself, thanks to the wonderful efforts of both the Gallery2 team and the team at WPG2, (the WP Plugin authors). Continue reading »