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Hi, We just launched the new video tutorial store with cosmetic and processing upgrades and was hoping to get some feedback. Thanks, Stefan

I've seen this before with the slow adoption of CSS back in the late 1990's. HTML5 will only be really usable on your typical website is say 2-3 years. I wrote about this briefly: When to learn HTML5?

The only problem is that you will not be able to use HTML 5 on most public websites for years ... this is because of the lack of browser adoption ... by the public that is. ... We still have 10% of the traffic still using IE6! Stefan

Hi, This is easily done ... all you need: a domain name. cheap web hosting with PHP and MySQL support a free forum software - punbb, PHPBB etc a web nerd who can install and configure this for you. OR .. a little patience and you should be able to install this yourself. All forum software will allow you to make the forums private and some will even allow you to set it up so the search engines are told to not scan the forum. That said, you don't even need the forum to do this because to send this instruction to the search engines, is super easy using a simple text file called robots.txt. ... All this is, is a text file that you place on the web server and this text file tells search engines what to do; to tell the engines to NOT scan your site/forum, all you need to write is this in the text file: User-agent: * Disallow: / Stefan

Sorry for the delay getting these out .. been busy and a little sick lately. Stef

Hi, Interesting ... but, that's the problem I have with a lot of these CSS 3 techniques - you can't use them on live web sites since IE doesn't support a lot of this stuff. I wrote a little blog post argument about this recently: Should web designers be learning HTML 5? Stefan

Wow, that's weird? You'd figure Apple would take into account such things and adjust accordingly. Stef

If want eclipse to be able to track things for you, then yes. You will probably have to establish projects using Eclipse. Another one to look at that I hear is good is Netbeans ... another free program. Stefan

I don't think Dreamweaver CS4's code editor can auto complete custom code. But it does have some capability with core Javascript libraries and PHP. That said, Dreamweaver CS5 will be out any week now and I'm guessing it could have expanded code editor functionality. Stefan

That's not too bad considering that CS2 is three versions old. Stefan

Wow, Kyle has done a complete 180 .. from unrepentant hard-core web standards nerd, to knife carving Alaskan canine handler! Hey, whatever works for you, I'm all for it! Me, I'm still a nerd who keeps trying to get a bigger TV.

Hi, It's interesting how we see a lot blog/cms based web design these days - something I've been a proponent of for several years now. Stefan

What CMS have you've been using for your projects?

Hi Guys, @Eric: - congratulations on the soon to be new boy. Did you pick a name? - sorry to hear work is not coming in ... I hope to help people with that over time around here. - failed business ventures are part of the game in business. I've been an entrepreneur since I was 19, and I can't tell you how many of my business ideas collapsed under the weight of my dumb-ass! ... Sometimes though, it's just bad timing. - congratulations on the book. And I agree, I think it is important to see projects through. Stefan

We also have a set of PHP OOP tutorials. We also have a PDF on PHP OOP as well.

Hi, Since I hear that many of you just jump to the forum, I figured I let you know about a little blog post I made regarding the recent scuffle between Apple and Adobe over Flash. From the article: ... Strange quoting oneself. Anyway, here is the link: Adobe vs Apple Stef

As some of you may have noticed, we had a server issue today and we were down for a little while. ... I haven't had time to investigate the issue, but it seems to have been an overload on the MySQL database. Anyway, we are back up - needless to say. Stefan

Hi, I just spent the last two days recording and editing a bunch of new video tutorials on installing and configuring the latest version of Wordpress - 2.9.2. I created the videos for a new book on Wordpress that will be hitting the shelves within the next few months. But for members of Killersites University (our video tutorial subscription service) ... you will not have to wait, since I will be putting them online within a few days. ... The only problem with the videos, is that I recorded them while I was losing my voice; it sounds at times, like I am whispering instructions. Stefan

Hi Jen, Thanks for posting that. A good place to pick some CSS tips on page layout is on our dedicated CSS site. Stefan

A continuation of our basic Photoshop screencasts .. this time on the paint bucket tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkSSjOT4q_M Stefan

And yet another beginners Photoshop tut on using brushes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aYYuwzoLw As usual, the full course and high quality videos can be found in our video tut subscription service.

Yet another basic Photoshop video tut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6SQ-qdAa0 Stefan

I am not sure what this letter/email is saying ...? Can you give us some background on this? Stefan

It will be soon ... Stef

Hi, The solution is simple, learn basic HTML and CSS. My beginners course on web design will do the trick. These days, IMHO, if you want to publish on the Web in a serious way (and even if you use Wordpress or some other content management system) you should still learn the basics of web design so you know your way around ... even just a little. Stefan