to:

Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server

As it seems during an upgrade they moved it.

However, as root I could not write or move the file. Odd I thought.
After some research I found out something new. A file can be set as “immutable” and “undeleteable”.
These settings can be viewed with:

lsattr filename

These settings can be changed with:

chattr -iau filename

Use “-” to remove the flags and “+” to add the flags.

Once I removed the immutable, undeletable, atime flags from sshd_config I was able to edit the
last line to show the correct path to sftp and I was back in business.

ScriptAlias /awstats/ “/path/to/awstats/”

<directory “/path/to/awstats”>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
Options +ExecCGI
</directory>

This of course was not in the awstats manual. Perhaps I have a But it was not until I added this that I got it to work.

Tutorial Website:
http://www.tutorial9.net/photoshop/pen-tool-basics-in-photoshop/
Found through: Google Search for Pen Tool Tutorials.
Tutorial Software: Photoshop
Tutorial Software Level: Beginning
Tutorial Notes, Problems, and my solutions if any found.
This tutorial takes me through basic shapes.

• Seems one of my problems is properly dragging when placing the anchor point to create the curves I want.
  With several tries I was able to create the circle. I started with an anchor on the left side and placed an anchor
  topside where I dragged my curser so the “direction points” where aligned left to right to create a 90 degree curve.
  I then let go of my curser and placed a new anchor point on the right side and it automatically created my 90 degree
  arch and I released my mouse. I then created a new anchor at the bottom and dragged my curser so the “direction points”
  where aligned left to right until I got my 90 degree curve. I was then able to click the starting anchor to complete
  the circle. I repeated this a few times to make sure I could do it on my own without referring to the tutorial.
• I struggled with the curves as well. My direction points always seemed to disappear and when I hit ctrl and dragged
  of course my entire curve would move. I found that if I hit ctrl and clicked the anchor point I wanted to alter once
  my direction points would show up. I then hit ctrl and dragged the offending direction point to get my desired results.

Review:
To conclude this was an excellent tutorial for introduction to the pen tool. I do believe I am starting to grasp
this mysterious tool.
Result:
Here is a custom arrow shape that I created that I will be modifying to be used in my website.

Tutorial Website:

http://richworks.in/2009/12/create-a-realistic-looking-earth-in-photoshop/

Found through: Twitter

Tutorial Software: Photoshop  CS3 +

Tutorial Software Level: Intermediate- Beware, pen tool.

Problems/Stumbling blocks:

• Step 4 tells you to select->modify->contract but the screen shot of result shows the selection needs to be outside the globe and also the window shows expand. So it needs to be fixed to show select->modify->expand.
• Step 20: Have I mentioned I hate the pen tool. Or it hates me, not sure. I think the feeling is mutual.

Review:
Overall this was a nice tutorial. Pen tool knowledge prior to attempting it is helpful. As you will see I could not complete the nifty wisps on the tutorial.

My Result:

Realistic Earth Photoshop

Tutorial Website:
http://24ways.org/2009/going-nuts-with-css-transitions
Found Through: Twitter
Software Application: any text/html editor (I used Dreamweaver CS4)
Tutorial Software Level: Beginner
Necessary Skills: basic css
Tutorial Notes, Problems, and my solutions if any found:
This tutorial shows you how to create a polaroid effect on an image using CSS3.

• In order for the outcome to be visible, your browser has to support CSS3. This is a problem with the browsers and not your code itself.

Review: A very well written tutorial. I like the way they explained each line of CSS and the effect that you are making with it. It was a very descriptive tutorial of the new up and coming CSS3.

Result: can be found athttp://www.prosperity21.net/RandomMusings.php#web

Software Application: text editor or any html/css editor ( I used Dreamweaver CS4)

Tutorial Level: Intermediate

Necessary Skills: CSS

Tutorial Notes, Problems, and my solutions if any found:
I used the above tutorial as a base starting point. They explained each
piece of CSS code with enough detail for me to understand the code. I then
revised the CSS to come up with what my envisioned navigation bar. (I could not find a tutorial for exactly what I wanted.)
What I wanted is a three layer horizontal flyout menu. My first layer is a button label, my second layer
is the actual link, and my third layer would be thumbnail images of the paintings in the online gallery.

• There were three different sizes on the thumbnails for the third tier so
  on my three <ul id=”thm_*” > tags I had to give them id’s and set the size like so:

  /*CSS code */

  #thm_tall {

  width:50px;

  height:67px;

  }

  #thm_wide {

  width:67px;

  height:50px;

  }

  #thm_square {

  width:55px;

  height:55px;

  }

Result:
When I was done my CSS navigation code looks like this:

/* Navigation flyout */

.navigation {

text-align: left;

width:200px;

left: 1px;

}

#watercolors {

z-index: 10;

background-image:url(images/watercolor_btn.png);

background-repeat:no-repeat;

height:40px;

width:100px;

margin-bottom: 20px;

}

#oilpaintings {

z-index: 10;

background-image:url(images/oil_painting_btn.png);

background-repeat:no-repeat;

height:40px;

width:100px;

margin-bottom: 20px;

}

#drawings {

z-index: 10;

background-image:url(images/drawings_btn.png);

background-repeat:no-repeat;

height:40px;

width:100px;

}

.navigation ul {

width: 100px;

padding-left: 0;

}

.navigation li {

list-style:none;

position:relative;

vertical-align:bottom;

}

.navigation li ul {

display: none;

}

.navigation li:hover > ul {

display: block;

position:absolute;

left: 95px;

top: 4px;

}

#watercolorlinks {

z-index: 10;

height: 35px;

width: 125px;

}

.navigation ul ul {

background: #a77fae;

position:absolute;

left:-3000px;

width: 125px;

font-family:”Times New Roman”, Times, serif;

font-style:italic;

font-weight:bold;

font: #55205c;

border: thick black;

}

.navigation ul li:hover > ul {

display: block;

position:absolute;

left: 95px;

top: 4px;

}

#thm_tall {

width:50px;

height:67px;

}

#thm_wide {

width:67px;

height:50px;

}

#thm_square {

width:55px;

height:55px;

}

.navigation ul ul li:hover > ul {

display: block;

position:absolute;

left: 125px;

top: 4px;

}

.navigation ul ul ul {

position:absolute;

left:-3000px;

}

You can view the visual results at http://www.lngarts.com

Review:
This was an excellent tutorial to give me an understanding of flyout menus. I was able to take the new found knowledge
to create my three layer CSS navigation menu.

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enjoy learning how to create a few objects. Here is a tutorial I found to put some of my mom’s wonderful art into
my simmies houses.
Tutorial Location:
http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=sims_3:How_To_Clone_A_Painting_And_Change_the_Texture
Software Application(s): S3oc, s3ep,  Photoshop, viewDDS (all can be found via google)
Software Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Necessary Skills: Basic photoshop
Tutorial Notes, Problems, and my solutions if any found:
Apparently the tutorial is outdated and describes the use of an older version of s3oc.
Here are the changes I needed to make to be successful:
• Cloning has changed to cloning -> type of object to clone
• Click on start has changed to : clone or fix ->select options -> start
• You no longer need to click save as it automatically opens the save screen.
• File -> export has changed to resource->export->to file
• File-> import has changed to resource->import->from file
• file->open(fix) has changed to file->Open Package and then in the lower right corner a button clone or fix

Other Misc Problems:

• For some reason I had to do the clone or fix twice at the end before it let me replace the thumbnail.
• I had put lngarts.com in the file name and sims3 crashed on startup. I took out the .com and it started fine.

Review:  A very well written tutorial. Unfortunately it is outdated, but I was still able to complete it.

Result:

]]> http://www.prosperity21.net/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=48 0 http://www.prosperity21.net/wordpress/?p=41 http://www.prosperity21.net/wordpress/?p=41#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:31:50 +0000 Scarlett Clark http://www.prosperity21.net/wordpress/?p=41 Buttons, Buttons, Buttons! You can never have to many buttons. Ok maybe you can, but I love putting fancy buttons on my sites to hide
those ugly and plain html links. So here I present a lovely tutorial I found on making a blue button that appears to be floating.

Tutorial Location:
http://www.tutwow.com/photoshop/blue-glossy-button/
Software Application: Photoshop
Software Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Necessary Skills: Rasterize, set color
Tutorial Notes, Problems, and my solutions if any found:

• It said to set color to black in step seven. Unsure what they mean here. I went to layer properties and the closest thing there is grey.

Even with the listed problem I still continued and it appears to look ok….

Review: This tutorial was good. A neat button I will use in the future for sure. I stumbled on a few terms but that is just Photoshop growing pains.
Result:




Glossy-Blue-Floating-Button

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