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This website is hosted free by talkspot.com, and built using the free software they provide, with the help of a support system every bit as responsive and helpful as if it wasn't free.  If you're looking to build a website, I absolutely recommend Talkspot.

The book trailer for To Dance in the Desert was built using an inexpensive, incredibly easy program called FlashyEffects by  KoolMoves. 

The beautiful theme song for the trailer is "Laid Back Guitars" by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com.

The wonderful images used for the To Dance in the Desert book trailer are, in order of appearance:

roadtrip6 by Jane M. Sawyer
IMGP0859 by Dave Watts
Scanner Fear 4 by Dave Dyet
111259603445 by Arker
Desert by Semantica
in the bush by Kai Schäfers
Scanner Fear 1 by Dave Dyet
Sedona 3 by Mike Gieson
humbertone chile 13 by Luis Iturra
Scanner Fear 3 by Dave Dyet
azsunset by Mike Rash
Silhouette Series 3 by Cathy Kaplan
Silhouette Series 2 by Cathy Kaplan
Arizona Desert 22     by Bill Wright
Sedona's Last Light by Mike Gieson
Antelope Canyon 16 by Eric Nelson


Useful Bits of Code:

  • How to eliminate the lines under a link, here.
  • How to make a link change color on mouseover, here.
  • How to make an anchor to a place on the page, and a link that takes you to that place on the page, here.
  • How to make one webpage template that you can insert into frames within other pages - handy for things like menus, so you don't have to change them on every page, here.
If you want a better eye than yours to design a color scheme, browse the Color Schemer Gallery.

If you want to use the exact color you see on your monitor someplace, download The Color Cop. It's useful, and free.

If you don't have Photoshop and are easily confused by photo editing software, try Paint.Net. Also free.

The photos I used for my header came from Alicia Jo McMahan and Sophie. Thanks to both for their wonderful images.


(Images used elsewhere on the website are credited on the pages on which they appear.)




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