RE: For the kids

2004-11-13 Thread Eric Dawson
purpose only) --- and sharing ideas, content and images (stock clipart, templates etc) throughout all schools. Eric -Original Message- From: Cutter (CF related) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 13, 2004 8:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: For the kids Just an FYI here. Yes, although

Re: For the kids

2004-11-13 Thread Cutter (CF related)
Just an FYI here. Yes, although most of us paid for our yearbooks, long long ago in a land far far away, that money was only a small fraction of the total cost of producing the yearbook (I paid $35 for my senior yearbook, and that was 17 years ago.) Most schools defray the larger costs through

Re: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Michael Haggerty
Not a CF solution, but... Last year, my child's extremely underfunded soccer organization faced a similar situation. A good number of the participating families qualify for reduced / free registration and there aren't enough operating funds for jerseys, trophies, etc. We wanted to publish a 'scr

Re: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Ray Champagne
I was gonna ask the question myself. I thought maybe I was the only one who paid for their own. Something like 20 bucks or so, IIRC. Ray At 12:57 PM 11/12/2004, you wrote: >What happened to students paying for the costs of the yearbooks? > >-Adam > > >On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:13:55 -0600, Eric C

Re: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Adrocknaphobia
What happened to students paying for the costs of the yearbooks? -Adam On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:13:55 -0600, Eric Creese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the feed back. I just want to be able to give them a near-time > solution that they could use for several years so the program does not

RE: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Ray Champagne
http://www.docbook.org/ At 11:26 AM 11/12/2004, you wrote: >I do not know anything about that. Can you tell me where I can look into >something like you suggested? >Eric > > > >Use the DocBook XML format. When it's in DocBook you can then transform > it into any number of formatsHTML, PDF, etc.

RE: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Eric Creese
I do not know anything about that. Can you tell me where I can look into something like you suggested? Eric >Use the DocBook XML format. When it's in DocBook you can then transform it >into any number of formatsHTML, PDF, etc. >-Phil ~~

Re: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Phil Cruz
> With school budgets ever so tightening, my child's school is having a > problem with getting the funds together as well volunteers for their > annual yearbook. I was thinking hey put it online, but then no one can > actually save it or have a copy to get people to sign. But if it were > on li

RE: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Burns, John D
r 12, 2004 10:21 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: For the kids Burns, John D wrote: >the other thing to consider is that years from now PDF may be ancient >history. Who knows if the users will be able to view it then. > I suspect PDF will be around for a long time, I've yet to find

Re: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Damien McKenna
Burns, John D wrote: >the other thing to consider is that years from now PDF may be ancient >history. Who knows if the users will be able to view it then. > I suspect PDF will be around for a long time, I've yet to find anything good enough to replace it, beyond pure XML (XML+XML Schema+XSLT) bu

RE: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Eric Creese
Thanks for the feed back. I just want to be able to give them a near-time solution that they could use for several years so the program does not get shelved. ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.

RE: For the kids

2004-11-12 Thread Burns, John D
You could build the pages however fits you best and maybe use the tag in Blackstone to export it to PDF or Flash Paper. PDF is probably best because then people could take it to Kinkos or Staples or something and have them print and bind it. Just an idea. However, the other thing to consider is