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  1. How many of you are using Wordpress?

    in Blogs and CMS

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    I use WordPress and have just enrolled in Killersites University in an effort to use it better. Being rather techno-challenged, I hope that learning how to build one, and the challenge of doing so, will help me become more efficient and proficient in managing my sites.

     

    That makes sense.

     

    What you will find, is that if you challenge yourself to learn more complex things in web design, you will become better with everything in general. So, if you learn:

     

    - wordpress theme building

    - basic php

    - basic javascript

     

    ... Your overall ability to create great websites will jump. That realization (that having exposure to all these subjects helped) was one of the motivations for the Killersites University ... I wanted a one-stop-shop for people to develop all these skills.

     

    There will be much more about this in the near future.

  6. How many of you are using Wordpress?

    in Blogs and CMS

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    As some of you may know, I am a big advocate of web designers using Wordpress (or any other blog or CMS) as the basis for just about any web design project - it just saves a lot of time and provides all kinds of functionality:

     

    - built in search.

    - allows users to easily add pages and edit pages.

    - search engine friendly out of the box.

    - makes it really easy to update the entire site.

     

    Etc ...

     

    I was just wondering how many of you were using Wordpress (or any CMS) or planning on using it in the near future?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Stefan

  8. Navigation bar - dwarfs page!

    in Beginners Web Design

    Posted

    Hi all, quick question if I may.

     

    I created some buttons in PS for my navigation bar in Dreamweaver. Insert image objects > navigation bar and uploaded the various images but now the navbar is a monster that has taken over most of my header and beyond.

     

    It's not online yet so I cannot point you but could someone pls suggest a way that I can modify the width / height of the navbar? Do I need to go back to PS and save it as very small buttons and start from there?

     

    Thank you

     

    Sounds to me that you outputted the button images at a resolution higher than 72 pixels the inch. Remember that screen graphics should never be outputted at high pixel depth.

     

    ... Does that make sense?

     

    Stefan

  9. Storm 8 Players?

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    Wow, that game seems really involved.

     

    I play a strategy game called MOO 1 ... made in 1993 (!) because it is turn based. I had to use DOSBox (a dos emulator) to run it because it is so old, that it won't even run on XP!

     

    Stef

  11. Forum upgrades are now live!

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    I am glad to be part of this forum......and the new forum looks great!!!!!!!

    I'm glad you like it.

     

    There are also a few subtle changes to the functionality of the forum that should make it easier to work with:

     

    - the text editor window can be re-sized.

    - the recent posts at the top of the page.

    - the easier to see icons

     

    etc ...

     

    I find it is even affecting me!

  12. Large XML Files

    in PHP

    Posted

    Thank you,

     

    That's what I decided in the end, import it straight to Access (Access handles XML so gracefully on imports) and upsize it to SQL server.

     

    That works too!

     

    It is important as a web designer/programmer to think outside the box (I hate using that expression!) where if say you are a PHP person, you may find using say ... Access, can solve the problem more easily for you. That kind of thinking found me using 8-9 languages over years as an active web developer - and I got the job done better and faster as a result.

  13. Storm 8 Players?

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    Man, lots of web related stuff here for an open forum.

     

    Any iPhone useres play any of the Storm 8 games? I am being farmed in multiple games and need as nmany allies as I can get.

     

    Is this some sort of strategy game?

     

    Stef

  14. Forum upgrades are now live!

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    Cool, let's hope we get some more posters, it'a been kind of quiet around here.

    It has been quieter but still say 30 posts a day ... last time I checked.

     

    But, I can guarantee that this place will soon be jumping again - we have a lot of upgrades/changes in the works.

     

    Stefan

  16. alexa rating

    in Advanced Web Design

    Posted

    Why not just join the KillerSites University or pick up one of the tutorials on killerphp.com? It is MUCH cheaper and from what a lot of people have told me ... the videos are easy to learn with. All the testimonials we post are real and are only a small sample of the emails I've gotten:

     

    http://www.killertestimonials.com/

     

    I've always been reluctant to push my own videos, but if you just take your time, you'll learn a lot more than you'd think.

     

    Stefan

  21. Dreamweaver vs Expression Web

    in Dreamweaver

    Posted

    I have been using Expression Web for quite a few years now, using html extensions, but now I am learning php and wondered if there are any advantages to switching over to Dreamweaver.

     

    Dreamweaver's support of PHP comes in two forms:

    • Code editor - not bad.
    • Point & Click PHP code generation called 'Server Behaviors' - not too good

     

    The code editor, with regards to using PHP, is OK. It color codes, has basic code completion and it has code snippets loaded into buttons (code block creation, session etc ...).

     

    The Server Behavior tools are designed to allow non-programmers to create basic PHP functionality: reading and writing to databases, set session, password protect pages with PHP etc... The problem is, that the code it generates is fragile ... easily broken and in the end, it really is just better to use it for rapid prototyping of simple PHP applications.

     

    ... I was a beta tester of Dreamweaver CS4 and I can tell you that even the Adobe developers are aware of the problem; I believe the idea was to do a complete rewrite of of the Server Behaviors for Dreamweaver CS5. In fact, I was writing a book for a major publisher last year on Dreamweaver CS4 and PHP (a lot on Server Behaviors), and I dropped it (after completing 4-5 chapters) because I could not stand to write about a technology I did not believe in.

     

    Beyond that, I think Dreamweaver and Expression Web are good products.

     

    Stefan

  23. Forum upgrades are now live!

    in Open Forum

    Posted

    I am not crazy with all those pink and purple colors.

    All we are using is greens and grays...? A lot of the colors actually stayed the same' date=' so I'm not sure what you're looking at.[/quote']

    Oh, it changed again. Now it's grey and black. ...no wait...now it red and blue.......argh!...now it green and yellow... :D

     

    I think he's trying to pull our legs!

     

    Stefan

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