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Creating rounded rectangles has become a bit of a quest. This blog links to a utility that lets you create a rounded rectangle image that can be used in a page to help organize the content (http://wirehopper.com/design/rounded.php). It has a link to… more »

Quantizing an image reduces the number of colors. It's an easy way to convert a photo into an image that looks more like a paint by number pattern, or 'cartoon'. It might be a fun way to create an avatar, improve image presentation while speeding del… more »

This datatype was a lot of fun to build. The objective was to allow people to upload Camtasia .zip files (videos) into eZ publish. The strategy was to extend the eZBinaryFileType. When the attribute content is requested, the code checks to see i… more »