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A Few of FR's Finest.....
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Posted on 02/28/2003 7:08:49 AM PST by Billie
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| Please don't adjust your monitors....this really is in black and white. :) No colors, no pretty backgrounds, no fancy fonts, no pictures....not just yet anyway. I know that many of you don't understand who does what, when, and why on our threads (of course you may not care either! LOL), so today, because we need a filler this week, I'd like to explain what goes on behind-the-scenes at the Finest and what it means when you see different names as author and/or source, and why my name is always there, even when one of the other hostesses prepares the thread for the day. The reason you always see my name included with the other hostess' name at the top of the thread information is simply because of the top part of the thread, which relates to the introduction, and the veterans' photos. I prepared this part at the very beginning of FR's Finest in order to picture some of our own Veterans and Active Military every day; and with the exception of a special thread on occasion, we always use the top part in addition to the ever-changing daily profiles or essays, which ARE prepared by different ones of us. There are five of us who write and/or prepare and post all the threads: DaisyScarlett, Dansangel, Dutchess, Mama_Bear, and me. JohnHuang2 writes an essay every week for us; FreeTheHostages writes two profiles each month for us; Ladtx writes two essays a month for us. Occasionally, we have another Guest Writer. These writers all do just that - WRITE! (And may I add...do it WELL!) It looks exactly like what you're seeing now when they send it to one of us. (well, except for the colored names) It looks like most other threads on FR. It's very interesting to read, but on the Finest, we like to make it interesting to read and pretty to look at as well! That's where your hostesses do their thing. :) We take the information from the profilee OR the writer, and transform the words into colorful and visually pleasing pieces to read. Many of the photos we receive via email attachments from the profilee must be cropped and resized and often lightened a bit, and then uploaded to our own servers. We also search for additional graphics that might 'fit' the profilee, and in the case of the essays, we provide ALL the illustrations. Probably the first thing we do is get the photos edited and uploaded. Next we're ready to decide the 'mood' of the thread, so we choose a Title for the Profilee (though our essays' titles are usually furnished by our writer - as are Free's profile write-ups), and background, colors, font, etc. (the "layout"): |
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Quiz at 10 PM to see if you've learned anything. :) Now it's time for Freeper So and So to take his/her bow. Diver, the Atta Boy if you will!
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Oh, for the days of smooth sailing here. : (
You have mail!
do you still have my cellphone number?
do I need to give it to Sauropod and Kristinn or any of the others?
Thanks, Free - I know that you know. There really are those who may not understand how it works here, though, and if it helps to clear things up a bit for them, that's the idea!
Very informative! And you all do a wonderful presentation every time.
Very pleasing to the eye.
And the choice of profilee can't be topped. Winners all!
36 degrees as I post this. Roads are clear, but still white stuff on the ground ...
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Wouldn't it be nice if we could access it with just one try? :)
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