Re: Personal website starter kit - download resume, resume picture

trevorkeast — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:03 GMT

Hi,

The resume download issue - If you want to allow your users to download your resume you need to create a second resume that is in word document format. I believe the PWS has the download button already placed on the Resume.aspx page however it just isn't hooked up to anything so when you click it nothing happens. What you need to do is firstly create the word document, save it, and then place it on your server or somewhere where you can access it from the aspx page. Then, open the Resume.aspx file and find the tag for the "Download Resume" button. You need to modify this tag slightly so that the image button is linked up to the resume word document. I have copied my code below so that you can see what needs to be done:

<a href="/Downloads/TrevorKeast_Resume.doc">
<asp:Image ID="downloadresume" runat="Server" AlternateText="download resume in word format"
SkinID="dwn_res" /></a></p>

* The resume photo issue. Mine is about 42k, however it's not really the memory size that you want to worry about it's the physical dimestions of the image. If you just upload a picture off of your digital camera it will most likely load in the page in it's native size and the whole page will be messed up. If you have photoshop you can open your source image in there and then resize it. If you don't have Photoshop you can just use MS Paint (that's what i used). To do this, open the image in Paint, Select "Image" from the menu and then "Stretch/Skew". It will give you the option to set the height and width as a percentage of its original size. You will have to use your math skills here to get the image the right size. You need the final image to be:

Height = 132
Width = 199

It doesn't have to be exact but get it pretty close. It's a bit tricky in Paint as it doesn't allow you to just set the height and width as a number of pixels. This is where Photohop may be better if you have it.

* Hosting - This is a tricky one. I have tried a few different companies and some of them have just been terrible. Site always down, mail server messed up the whole time etc. I kind of think you get what you pay for with this kind of thing. If you want your site hosted you will probably need a business plan as you will need MS SQL Server support for the ASP.NET Membership database and also your Personal database. Some of these business plans can be kind of expensive however you can find cheaper ones. The trick is, finding a cheap one that works! I use IX web hosting which have been pretty good. I do sometimes have a few slow load issues but generally fine for just a personal site. They can register the name for you and that's free if you buy a plan. I bought 2 years hosting up front and ended up paying about ten bucks a month. The only problem with them is that they dont respond to helpdesk questions very quickly - but I have never really needed to use that service too much so I dont care about that.

I hope this helps a bit.

All the best,

Trevor Keast

http://www.trevorkeast.com

Personal website starter kit - download resume, resume picture

marksla — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:58 GMT

I am new to Personal website starter kit, and came up with a couple of problems with resume page:

1. My resume image is too large, how can I shrink it to fit the resume page?

2. How to make Download resume button on Resume page to work?

3. Any recommendations about deployment of personal web site?

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Re: Personal website starter kit - download resume, resume picture

Personal website starter kit - download resume, resume picture