Below is a list of acceptable file formats for web graphics and photos to help you achieve the best results visually as well as reducing file size for your online community.

.jpg

JPEGs are designed to efficiently compress continuous colour or grayscale images, such as photographs or fine artwork. JPEGs do not work well on hard-edged images with areas of flat colour, these are better suited to GIFs or PNGs.

.gif and .png

GIFs and [...] read more »

KITCHENER, Ontario, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IGLOO Software, an emerging leader in corporate social networking (CSN), today announced it has joined the BlackBerry(R) ISV Alliance [...] read more »

We're pleased to announce the following forthcoming product enhancements:

• Blogs
• Subscriptions
• User Bar
• RSS

Upgrade and Release Details

1. Blogs: For usability and clarity we have repositioned Blogs as "Channels". This change in terminology will affect related actions, including the following:

• Starting a blog is now "Add Channel"
• Adding an article to the selected channel remains "Add Article"

2. Subscriptions: Now display a summary in the email notification to provide more detailed information about the article, document [...] read more »

Imagery Part 1: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Ever wondered why an image you've uploaded to your site looks out of focus or slightly fuzzy like this...

...rather than like this image?

On the web images should be uploaded at their actual size (100%) in RGB colour mode, not sized-down or sized-up, this is the best practice for maximum quality imagery.

If you have to re-size an image and you don't have photo editing software it's always best to size-down an image rather than size-up (you can do this in the IGLOO editor).

The web works using pixels, [...] read more »

Did you know that you can align, add padding and size up or size down your images using the IGLOO editor? Here’s how…

In the editor menu bar there is an “insert image” function (looks like a tree).

When you click on this button a pop-up menu will appear allowing you to choose from an array of open galleries IGLOO has set up for you (these images are free). If you have already created a photo gallery using your community’s own gallery then that will show here as well.

Select a gallery [...] read more »

Have you ever used the editor to type in a couple of lines and pressed enter, just to notice that it jumped a whole line. What if you want a start a new line right beneath the previous paragraph.

Well, it's working the way it should. But there's a little neat trick to overcome that.

If you press the ENTER key while pressing the SHIFT key, it will drop the cursor down to the immediate line following it. It [...] read more »

The world is divided into Right brain and Left brain people. Images grab the attention and resonate more with right brain thinkers. While left brain people are more attracted by headlines and the text that follows. Either way, both images and text are equally important [...] read more »