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Hi, Can you enlarge your browser window? ... The video controls are at the bottom of the video window. Stefan

Thanks for the feedback. We keep trying to simplify. Stefan

Hi, Start with the basics, then move on from there: http://www.killerphp.com/tutorials/beginners-php/ Stefan

Hi, Check out the new home page: http://www.killersites.com/ ... This pretty much the work of Ben with me pestering (art directing!) him. It builds off the base established in the last update with the aim of: 1. simplifying 2. adding some pizazz. Your comments are appreciated. Stefan

Ben is correct. Mx is just an older version of Flash. I kept it in place because people still use it ... it is a lot cheaper to get a copy of Flash MX I guess. Regardless, you will probably learn from both courses. Stefan

Glad you like it so far. Let me know what you like and don't like too. This is version 1 and I'm sure we will be making changes in the near future. Thanks again for your feedback. PS: if you have any request for videos, let me know. I am working with a few people (besides myself) so I hope to have a lot of new content (videos, podcasts and articles) out soon. Stef

After about 1.5 months of work, I am finally able to announce the launch of Killersites University! Why 'university' and not 'tips & tricks' or 'library'? Simply because the goal is to provide a complete road map (curriculum) to marketable skill sets: - Becoming a pro web designer - Becoming a pro web programmer ... So we have our complete collection of video courses and other misc videos. We will also have material that guides the subscriber in terms of the skills they need to achieve the above goals. Beyond that, subscribers can suggest course material and we will do our best to create it. Anyway, I'll stop with the sales pitch here and let you guys check it out. Let me know what you think of the look and style? Thanks, Stefan

As some of you may know, the origins of killersites.com is found in the book Creating Killer Websites by David Siegel. He contacted me recently to let me know he was about to publish a new book on the future of the Web: Pull: The Power of the Semantic Web to Transform Your Business I haven't read the book yet and I know just a little about the semantic Web, but it will probably have a long term impact on web design in general. In an email conversation, David made the point: "... it's interesting because it's on the opposite end of the spectrum from killer web sites, but now the technology exists to have both presentation and semantics." I will be looking into this over the next few months and will get back to you. I wrote a little about it on my blog. Stefan

Hi, All that you describe can be found for free or for a small fee. There are social networking systems out there that provide that functionality out of the box, and there are plug-ins for Wordpress and (I think) Drupal that can do that too. I don't have names for you, but you should be able to find what you want with a few searchs on the almighty Google. stefan

Ok, let me know. Stefan

Are you still waiting the three minutes? I changed the settings and should be no wait for you. Let me know. Stefan

We can work out the exact post count when the mod is created. Thanks for the input. Stefan

I will look into modifying the forum to allow advanced members the ability to have a signature. In principle, I have no issues with them, it just used to piss me off having to delete the spammers all the time. ... Of course this new forum makes it MUCH easier to zap people. Please give me a week or two to get to this as I am working on something major that is taking up much of my time. Stefan

Nice job.

Hi, With .NET you will generally find yourself in Microsoft only houses. That means that when you step out in the market place you will more or less be limited (in terms of market) to medium sized to large business ... if that is cool with you then uh, cool! PHP on the other hand is used much more widely and it is the most popular web programming language out there. I am right now a BIG proponent of PHP for many reasons. Some other articles: - http://www.killerphp.com/articles/will-ruby-kill-php/ - http://www.killerphp.com/articles/why-php-business-perspective/ - http://www.killerphp.com/articles/why-asp-jsp-coldfusion-suck/ ... Yes I am biased but understand that I am really language agnostic and was in fact a J2EE programmer for several years. Stefan

That is one of the main reasons why .. we got a lot of spammers on the old forum from what I recall. Regarding the signature, all one has to do to learn about you, is to click on your profile name. And yes, I do appreciate everyone participating. Stef

Virtual, That is a valid point, these days e-commerce or shopping cart functionality is a common requirement. Stefan

I wrote a quick article on the skills required these days to be a professional web designer. As I point out in the article, this list is really constantly changing because the Web is constantly changing. Anyway, any comments? Stefan

I just wanted to say happy Thanksgiving and safe travels. Stefan

Hi, I've updated this a long time ago making the wait time only 1 minute for new members. There is no wait time for advanced members. Stefan

Yea. Firefox still has memory leak issues on the Mac. On PC though, it seems to work fine. Stefan

Hi, This can sometimes happen when you buy a video with an e-check ... there is a slight delay. I will get back to you via email and we will get you up in running. Thanks, Stefan

"I have been thinking that the links to short articles could produce a 'pop-up' window in front of the current page, showing the article. Is this a good idea?" This is something you want to avoid. Usability studies have shown (and my own experience) that people don't like pop-up windows. Just have the article appear in the main window. ... People like to use the 'back' button and pop-ups add an extra level of complexity that will only frustrate. Stef

It should work. Stefan

It would be easier to just use different email addresses than to go into the wordpress codebase to try and modify core behavior. ... After all, email addresses are cheap these days!