[Our new forum is just over I year old.]

Hi,

 

I was just checking through the records and noticed that this new forum is already over a year old!

 

 

... Still not as popular as the old forum when it comes to the search engines, but I think in terms of aesthetics and functionality (especially with the latest upgrade) we are better off.

 

Anyway, thanks to all for making this place worthwhile.

 

Stefan

[Images not showing]

I purchased the cs3 videos got them down loaded zip filed opened when I went to look at them voice is there but no video? would you know what that might be? thank you herb b.

 

Hi,

 

You just need to update the Quicktime player to the latest version.

 

Stefan

[<p> tags within <li> tags]

I just discovered with great surprise that this is actually OK, I always thought it wasn't...?

 

As long as the tags are well formed, you are fine.

 

Stefan

[<p> tags within <li> tags]

That should be fine... They are both block level tags. You just can't wrap inline tags (, etc) around block level tags (

,

etc)

 

Yea, I wrote about block level and inline tags many years ago on how-to-build-websites.com.

 

Stefan

[looks messed up in Dreamweaver]

Always test in the browsers.

 

The 'design view' in Dreamweaver is only there to give you an idea (a good idea though ...) of what the page will look like in the browsers. F12 is your friend in Dreamweaver - it pops open your browser so you can see your page as it actually looks. But you have to set this in the preferences.

 

In terms of what browsers to test with, you always want to go with the browsers that are being used by the public. These days, that's:

 

• IE 8
  
• IE 7
  
• IE 6
  
• Firefox on Windows and Mac
  

 

If your site looks good in Firefox, it should work in most other browsers (not including IE6, and IE7).

 

Stefan

[How do i start]

The Killersite's program is a LOT of bang for the buck! Do it!

 

Alfie

 

Thanks for plug!

 

 

Stef

[Collaboration site for design team]

Hi,

 

I would suggest Google wave.

 

Options #2:

 

What we do around here, is to simply use a forum software - new threads are started for each new task and I create separate forums for each member of the team. When a task is complete, I simply lock down the thread.

 

It's simple, but it works.

 

Stefan

[Web-Magazine on Ajax without using XML]

In my basic PHP videos, I cover using PHP and MySQL.

[How do i start]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Another way is to subscribe to our video tutorial collection .. we call it the Killersites University.

 

Stefan

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

I would check your code for typos first.

 

Stefan

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

Hi,

 

First, have you tested you local install of PHP to make sure it worked with something simple?

 

Stefan

[Shopping cart function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream]

Yep, PHP is case sensitive.

 

Now that you figured it out yourself, you will not make that mistake again easily!

 

Good work.

 

Stefan

[Small edits and updates - do you charge?]

My question is this....do you guys charge for the edits that only take 5 minutes or so?

 

YES!

 

Just make it clear to them that you are tracking time ... and then track it.

 

Arrange a billing schedule with them (in advance) so that everyone knows what to expect. Whatever you do, don't let them think your time is not worth much by jumping every time they ask for something ... learn to respect your own time, otherwise they will quickly come to not respects yours.

 

... It is human nature.

 

Stefan

[Shopping cart function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream]

Warning: file_get_contents(catalog.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in/home/jdportfo/public_html/alonso/functions.php on line 11

 

The error message is hinting at what you need to do; PHP can't find the file:

 

'No such file or directory ...'

 

So take a look at where PHP thinks the file should be, and put the file PHP is looking for there. Does that make sense?

 

Stefan

[SEO reality-check tips]

Hi,

 

Every now and then, I post a blog entry based on emails that I get. This time, someone asked a bunch of questions about SEO and gaining organic position on the search engines.

 

I figured I mention here to get some feedback (about SEO) from you guys.

 

Stefan

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

Yes, it will be available as a stand alone.

 

Thanks for your support.

 

 

Stefan

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

Is there already a Wordpress Plugin development tutorial/screencast on Killer Sites? I didn't see it even in the list of stuff in the Uni.

 

We will be coming out with one ... probably within a month.

 

Stefan

[strtoupper question]

if (name != "Jimmy Two Guns") {

$this->name = strtoupper($new_name);

}

 

Just remove the $this

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

I've just been looking at the Wordpress tuts, look quite good, worth a membership I think.

 

Phil

 

Thanks

 

 

Stefan

[Forum upgrades are now live!]

I think it needs to be a tad darker and a little more spacing between the dash lines and the signature.

 

Yes, I think this might be a good idea too.

 

Stefan

[Dreamweaver and fireworks]

Very briefly, if you make your design in Photoshop or in Fireworks it is just one big image. This mockup is very useful so that you have something tangible you can show a client, that he can approve or modify, before you get into the actual coding of the site.

 

That's the way to do it. Get the final approval to the design before even writing one line of HTML or CSS.

 

Stef

[My new site]

I concur, it looks pretty good.

 

Stefan

[PSD Web Design]

I am working on Photoshop tutorials centered on web design. I don't know when exactly they will be out, but you will start seeing them appear fairly soon.

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

I purchased the Killer Sites series on building a theme so I'm getting to do that and getting better at it. Next I plan to delve into developing plugins

 

We may have a tutorial on plugin development for Wordpress.

 

Thanks for picking up the Wordpress theme building tutorial.

 

Stefan

[How many of you are using Wordpress?]

I think that in a big way, the future of web design will be in blogs and CMS as the baseline.

 

... Static sites just won't cut it anymore.

 

Stefan