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chriselst10-Sep-13 5:48

chriselst

10-Sep-13 5:48

I've used Wordpress on my own domain, the host company had an option to install Wordpress using a wizard which I did and then it worked.

It tells me when updates need applying, I say OK update, it updates, it keeps on working.

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Pete O'Hanlon10-Sep-13 5:49

Pete O'Hanlon

10-Sep-13 5:49

I do both. My personal blog is on the WordPress site. The corporate one is self-hosted.

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Marco Bertschi10-Sep-13 5:25

Marco Bertschi

10-Sep-13 5:25

Super Lloyd wrote:
Every now and then my website provider break my blog.

Yep. Clicked on that link.
I used WordPress for a while, but I am not a Blogger person so I threw in the towel.

Edit: typo fixito.

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modified 10-Sep-13 11:44am.

Super Lloyd10-Sep-13 5:35

Super Lloyd

10-Sep-13 5:35

I have bout of blogging.. a new bout is coming soon! :P

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Simon Lee Shugar10-Sep-13 5:44

Simon Lee Shugar

10-Sep-13 5:44

I have to agree with the others I use wordpress for my blog, and even cheekily use wordpress as a CMS too, they've simply just done a fine job on it. So good choice.

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Suggestions for converting PDF to Tiff

mikepwilson10-Sep-13 5:46

mikepwilson

10-Sep-13 5:46

Frankly I'd recommend just using wordpress.com then, if you're set on your on TLD, just using a redirect. Let them manage it.

Ron Nicholson10-Sep-13 4:51

10-Sep-13 4:51

I have a project where I need to convert 2000 to 5000 pdf files to tiff images every day. I have a 'mock-up' in powershell that works ok. I will need to add multiple pdf's to one tiff as seperate pages. The file sizes are around 60k
My question is: What would be the best way?
The way I see it, I have a few options.
1.) Write something. Are there any libraries I should look at. Doesn't have to be free, but free is always nice. I used Ghostscript to convert them in my powershell script. Not really confident my powershell script can hack the load, but Ghostscript seemed to be ok.
2.) Find something. Needs to monitor a folder or be able to kick it off with task scheduler
3.) ???

Any thoughts?

Christopher Duncan10-Sep-13 4:54

Christopher Duncan

10-Sep-13 4:54

I use CutePdf to print to pdf, and it shows up as just another printer. I wonder if there might be an option like that for you to print to an image (tiff, jpg, whatever).

If you could find something like that which would just install as a printer like CutePdf does, maybe you could write a script that prints the docs that it finds in your folder.

Don't know how realistic an approach this is - I'm making it up as I go along.

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Ron Nicholson10-Sep-13 4:59

10-Sep-13 4:59

Thanks, Christopher. I'll have to see if I can script the input and output. The folders will be static so it should make it easier.

Nicholas Marty10-Sep-13 5:19

Nicholas Marty

10-Sep-13 5:19

There is. Universal Document Converter[^] should be able to do that. Beware: It is not free.

You can try the evaluation copy (which places a watermark on the printed documents/images)
The cost is 20 - 69$ / License (Depending on your Numbers of Licenses). So should be affordable if it is what you need.

I'm not affiliated with the producer/publisher of this product in any way. I only have used this product before for exactly this task.

Don M10-Sep-13 5:17

Don M

10-Sep-13 5:17

LibTiff[^] is an open source library for reading, writing, and managing tiff files. The download includes a number of command line utilities, including tiffcp and tiffcrop which can combine multiple files into multi-page tiff files. Combine these utilties with your existing powershell script and ghostscript.

What's in the PDF file? Just one or more images, or also text? Are the embedded images JPG? If you can simply extract images you could skip the ghostscript step (or any other "print to a file" step), which would probably improve performance.

XnView[^] can be used to batch convert images from various file types, including pdf and tiff.

PDFtk[^] is a utility for managing PDF files, with a GUI and also a command line interface. Can split pages and extract images from PDF files.

Ron Nicholson10-Sep-13 6:29

10-Sep-13 6:29

The PDF's only contain images. I hadn't thought about just extracting the images out before combining and creating the tiff.

Bassam Abdul-Baki10-Sep-13 5:20

Bassam Abdul-Baki

10-Sep-13 5:20

Raeldin wrote:
I will need to add multiple pdf's to one tiff as seperate pages.

Can't you merge the PDFs first[^] and then print to TIFF? If you can do the latter and the merging is a problem, the link I posted should help.

I use the GUI version found here[^].

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Septimus Hedgehog10-Sep-13 6:03

Septimus Hedgehog

10-Sep-13 6:03

A product we used to use was called OutsideIn which could more or less convert anything to anything. We used it to convert all types of files to tif/gif. To be honest, I don't know how it came to us but it was taken over by Oracle[^].

I don't know if it's free or not but I must suspect that anything they get their hands on will cost a pretty penny or ten. If it's for work, ask your boss to look into it. Despite the Oracle connection it really is a first-class product. It wasn't their creation which probably explains why it used to be a good SDK then, but whether they've run it into the ground now, who knows?

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RedDk10-Sep-13 7:33

RedDk

10-Sep-13 7:33

Photoshop. Here's YOUR chance to spring for it since you've always been reticent to spend bucks on things you're not sure you'd use.

The only problem with spending the money on this application? The fact that you'll have a tool that'll serve you silently, frequently, and might gather teabags full of dust (if you don't keep it in a toolbox out of common air).

Oh and the fact that you'll be tempted to spend too much time learning how to use all the other glass-etching features that are subservient to "Image Processor" script.

Resistance is futile.

Ron Nicholson10-Sep-13 10:31

10-Sep-13 10:31

HUH! I have Photoshop CS6 and even use it. Didn't know it would allow me to convert pdf to tiff via command line.

RedDk10-Sep-13 10:52

RedDk

10-Sep-13 10:52

C:\Program Files\...\Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64 Bit)\Presets\Scripts ... "Image Processor.jsx" is what.

//// 06/18/2008 09:00
/☠/ c2007 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
//// Produced and Directed by Dr. Brown ( a.k.a Russell Preston Brown )
//// Written by Tom Ruark
//// UI Design by Julie Meridian

To paste any more might cause an infarction. So you are on your own from here.

modified 10-Sep-13 19:51pm.

BotCar10-Sep-13 20:01

BotCar

10-Sep-13 20:01

I occasionally use ImageMagick[^] to convert batches of images from one format to another. It can handle a number of file formats, including PDF (as long as you have GhostScript installed, that is).

What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.

Mark_Wallace10-Sep-13 20:11

Mark_Wallace

10-Sep-13 20:11

If you've got Ghostscript installed, you can use IrfanView.

-- Add PDF to the list of files that IrfanView can see (Options > Properties/Settings > Extensions > select Load custom file types and add "PDF|" to the list)

-- Browse to your directory with IrfanView and open a PDF file with it.

-- Press the T key to open the thumbnail browser.

-- Select your files (Ctrl+A, maybe?), then the B key to open the batch dialog.

-- Select TIF as the output format, and click the Options button to enter your TIF options.

-- (Important one, this) If your PDF files are multi-page, click the Advanced button, and check Overwrite existing files (or it will just convert the first page of each).

Too easy, and free as a bird.

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Rage10-Sep-13 21:59

Rage

10-Sep-13 21:59

I use an intern for such tasks. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Joan M10-Sep-13 22:43

Joan M

10-Sep-13 22:43

Never tried it, but it seems to be exactly what you need: http://www.zan1011.com

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