Michele Heiberg Graphics --   simplifying your web experience    by Olivia Richards,  Herman Review    In today's fast paced electronic world of click and browse, you have to keep up, or get left behind.    Michele Heiberg of Herman can help create web sites for use by businesses, individuals, or a personal page for families and friends to make an easy contact.    Michele took an interest in computers while she and her husband, Owen, were owners/publishers of the Herman Review. They introduced the staff to working with computers to produce the weekly issue of the newspaper, and it certainly made printing jobs easier. When they sold the newspaper in 1997, Michele's interest in composition and graphic arts continued, leading her to buy computer equipment and expand into a home-based business.     Her first design from scratch was a web site on behalf of the Iron Pour, an event held at Niemackl Lake Park every summer, in which she has more than a passing interest. It began with e-mail contact with questions about the Iron Pour and it just evolved. "The Web is a nice way to keep people updated about events," she said. The site for Iron Pour is http://www.alexweb.net/hermanironpour/index.html.    Michele likes to use hypertext markup language (HTML). That¹s the standard code used for creating and formatting web pages. HTML documents include both the text seen on the Web page along with formatting tags that give browser commands such as which words to display in bold, where graphics go, and how tables should look.    Michele says she would be happy to help beginners design a web site. "All you need is an idea of what you want to do, words to convey the idea, a few photos, simple text editing application, a web connection, and a way to get it there," she said, making it sound quite simple. For example, Michele designed the web site for Bevins Sign and Design of Elbow Lake working with Lenore Bevins. The correspondence was done by e-mail and by phone, providing Michele with ideas and graphics. Michele then created the pages and put them on the internet. Although Michele said she hasn't personally met Lenore, they were able to accomplish it together. "I was delighted we could do this," said Michele. Michele's business web page can be seen at http://www.runestone.net/%7Efematron/home.html.    In addition to creating web sites, Michele is adept at repairing web sites that don¹t work, and can teach you how to make a web site and maintain it.    She can also scan, print, and retouch digital photographs.    A large web site that Michele designed and maintains is the Herman web site, www.hermanmn.com. The site contains several links about the city, its history, its businesses, the all-school reunion, and excerpts and photos from the book, "Sidewalks," written by Ron Nachbor, who is a native of Herman. In the future, she is planning to add stories about "Herman Trott," the folklore hero of Herman. Michele said she would welcome contributions and suggestions for additional information to add to the web site.    If you are interested in creating a web site, you can contact Michele by e-mail at fematron@runestone.net. Her telephone number is 320-677-2723.    Back to top of page     Home   Location   Agriculture   Business   Education   Recreation   Churches   City of Herman   Development  History   Keep in Touch   Got Photos?   Herman, USA   Area Links