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5.20.09 Class on Demand Announces Training For Adobe Photoshop Elements

New low-cost, high-quality training DVD ensures Adobe users get the most out of their favorite image editing tool...
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3.17.09 How To Do Everything Illustrator CS4, by Sue Jenkins, Now Available from McGraw-Hill

Maximize the Power of the Number-One Vector Graphics Program...
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11.18.08 Designer’s Guide to Illustrator DVD Starring Award-Winning Instructor, Sue Jenkins, Gets Two Thumbs Up!

This is one of the best training DVDs I have ever used...
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10.01.08 Web Design: The L-Line Book Gets
Published in Russian!

The book, published by EKSMO Education, has a neat red cover and looks very impressive (see cover above). Of course I can’t read a word of it, but it sure is exciting to know that folks over on the other part of the globe are using my book to help themselves become better web designers.
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05.24.08 New! Get yourself a copy of Designer’s Guide to Photoshop DVD with Sue Jenkins

If you’re looking for a cool and affordable Adobe Photoshop Training DVD, Designer’s Guide to Photoshop is the ideal choice! The training is perfect for the visual designer looking to make the leap into Photoshop's tools for web, video, and print.
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03.14.08 “Dreamweaver for Designers” DVD starring Sue Jenkins Wins Bronze Telly Award!

The results are in for the 28th Annual Telly Awards and I’m pleased to announce that my Dreamweaver for Designers Adobe Training DVD featuring your’s truly has won a Bronze Telly in the category of Film/Video!
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01.28.08 ClassOnDemand’s “Designer’s Guide to Photoshop” DVD Wraps Filming

The new Designer’s Guide to Photoshop DVD focuses on using Photoshop for Print, Web, and Video and contains a comprehensive overview of the application along with exercises specific to each type of design environment. This is Sue Jenkins’ second Adobe Training DVD with ClassOnDemand.
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06.8.07 New Dreamweaver Training DVD "Dreamweaver for Designers"

Learn Dreamweaver® from the ground up with this highly informative tutorial from Class On Demand, a leading producer of education and training programs. Web designer and author, Sue Jenkins, teaches you the ins and outs of Adobe®'s venerable website authoring software. By the time you finish this training, you'll have built your first website.
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02.20.07 Web Design: The L-Line,
The Express Line for Learning

Web Design: The L-Line by Sue Jenkins (Wiley Publications) is now available for purchase online or in your favorite bookstore. This classroom-style book is ideal for anyone — from the web entrepreneur to the design student — who wants to learn what it takes to be a web designer. See our Books page to learn more about the book.
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01.23.07 Creating Custom 401 and 404 Error Pages

Ever notice that some sites have cookie cutter error message pages but others have customized error pages that match the rest of a site's design? You can do that too. To learn more, go to our Articles page or jump direclty to the full article on TechTrax, the online technical ezine.

10.09.06 Lucky In Love Greeting Cards

Express yourself with our "Lucky in Love" A7 Greeting Cards available in 5 packs, 10 packs, and 50 packs.
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07.31.06 Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies All-in-One

The Dreamweaver 8 for Dummies All-in-One Desk Reference by Sue Jenkins, Michele Davis, and Jon Phillips (Wiley Publications) is now available for purchase in your favorite bookstore and online! A lot of readers want to know what is the difference is between this book and the regular Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies book. The answer is that the new All in One Desk Reference is more of a hands-on reference manual that teaches you how to use every aspect of Dreamweaver 8 for creating Web sites, whereas the regular Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies book only covers Web page design basics. If you're looking for step by step instruction on using Dreamweaver, definitely get the Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies All in One Desk Reference. Read our Books page to learn more about the book.
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07.01.06 New Luckychair Web Site

Luckychair is happy to announce the launching of our fresh new web site! The new layout highlights our design work so you can better evaluate our services and focus on what's important to you. If you have a sec, let us know what you think of our new look.

06.12.06 Luckychair Portfolio

Our portfolio features some of our newest and finest projects, along with some classic Luckychair examples of illustration, logos, and design. Come and see what we can do.

06.02.06 Luckychair Retail Shop

Hooray! You can now purchase Luckychair gift items online. Definitely come and see the cool Luckychair Stuff we have for sale. You can also purchase our teeny adorable gift cards directly from Luckychair.

04.01.06 Dreamweaver's History Panel Commands

The History Panel is one of those tools in Dreamweaver that many users don't take full advantage of, so I've written an article about it so you can grab hold of the reins yourself. To read the article, go to our Articles page or jump direclty to TechTrax, the online technical ezine.

02.27.06 Rockwood & Perry Sign Web Deal

Rockwood & Perry, the upmarket wine and spirits retailer operating in Westchester and Manhattan for 22 years signed a contract with Luckychair to design and build their landmark ecommerce website. The project is expected to be underway by summertime with a launch date sometime in the Fall 2006.

01.01.06 New Year's Copyright Update

Happy New Year! Even though you may still be a bit woozy from last night's festivities, don't forget that your website may need to have the copyright date updated from 2005 (or earlier, yikes!) to 2006. That goes for Meta tags, Footers, and anywhere else you may have placed the date on your site. If you need any help with this, let us know!

10.10.05 Ramblers.com Website Launch

We're pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned website for English Lakeland Ramblers (ramblers.com)! The new site is already starting to receive wonderful feedback from returning customers. The Ramblers.com website is currently featured in our Case Studies where we show before and after screenshots and a breakdown of our redesign process.

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Neat Luckychair Stuff

Looking for an unusual and artistic gift for your favorite someone? We've got lots of neat items that might interest you. For example, we're now selling this exclusive Luckychair Orchid Mousepad for only $7.99 each.

orchid mousepad $7.99 each

You'll find even more Luckychair gift ideas for friends, family, and yourself on our STUFF and SHOP pages.

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