Dear Turtle,
I see you are very active in helping others here, and I was hoping you'd see my post on a related user forum. Since it didn't show up here, I'll repost the question - I am uploading JPG scans of notepaper for an e-commerce catalog in Website Creator, and I have tried various resolutions - 600 dpi, 1200 dpi - but when I look at the enlarged image in the Preview tab, it is all blurry and pixellated - is it going to look this bad when I publish the website, or is this a "fluke" of the Preview tab? The thumbnail images look fine, but too small to read the text of the notepaper, so an enlargement option is a "must" for people who are browsing the catalog.
Thanks for any help you can give - AgnesM
This is the only Corel forum area I frequent so I would not see anything posted in any other areas.
Any image should appear the same as you created it. HTML will not distort an image when it is shown.
You should use the preview Icon instead of the preview tab as the Icon will create a full html document and display it in a web browser.
If you see an issue with your graphic when it is displayed in a web browser you may have an issue with the graphic itself. You should create the graphic the size you will need in your image editor and not manipulate the size in the website creator program. If you need a large image to be 800 pixels wide create it 800 pixels wide in your image editor, then use the pre-sized image in website creator.
The sharpness of a jpg is controlled by the amount of compression you apply when saving it more than the dpi you used when scanning it.
Thank you so VERY MUCH! I really appreciate your willingness to help us "learn the ropes" and this was the answer I needed! Thanks again!
AgnesM
By the way, if you are still monitoring this particular question, could I ask you another, please? When I purchased the Premium Upgrade to Corel Draw GS X5, because I wanted to design a website to market our printing press goods for sale, I was (probably naively!) thinking that there would be no further fees down the line. Can you tell me if you know, are there other "payments" that will be requested at the end of the line, for example, monthly hosting fees, purchase of a domain name, etc.? Thanks again! AgnesM
AgnesM said: Dear Turtle, By the way, if you are still monitoring this particular question, could I ask you another, please? When I purchased the Premium Upgrade to Corel Draw GS X5, because I wanted to design a website to market our printing press goods for sale, I was (probably naively!) thinking that there would be no further fees down the line. Can you tell me if you know, are there other "payments" that will be requested at the end of the line, for example, monthly hosting fees, purchase of a domain name, etc.? Thanks again! AgnesM
If you wish to have a presence on the internet you will more than likely need to purchase a domain name. Purchase is a misnomer. Domain names are sold for a period of 1 year so you never "own" a domain name, you sort of "lease" it for 1 year intervals. Domain names are sold by authorized registrars. There are several out there and the annual price they charge varies. Most ISPs offer storage space that is facing the web. You will find that this is very limited as the bandwidth they provide is very low and the isp address is mostly just something they offer so that they can say they do (it is not very useful)
You will need to sign up for web hosting to place your domain so that others can find it when they type http://www.yourDomainName.com into their web browsers. Web hosting runs the full gambit from self serve (you out on a limb all on your own) all the way to full hand holding hosting where your host will do just about everything for you (except create your web site and update your content). The cost of hosting runs the full spectrum, depending on how much or little you need.