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Check for typos in your code. Also, if you use certain class names like myLightBox is not the same as mylightbox. While you have IE9 now, hit F12 and you will see a developer tool which will give you an option to set it for IE8 mode. Do that and see if the lighbox works. Finally, to help you further, you ought to upload your work to a dev folder on your server and supply a link so we can troubleshoot it.

I am not so sure about using wav versus mp3 because of the file size. It seems to me you need to find a jquery script that will play mp3 for all browsers. You might check into this one.

IE9 has been release earlier this year. Maybe you do have a beta copy when in fact you should be using the release version. Not sure about the space issue in IE8 but you might try adding overflow: hidden to whatever div that might be causing it. And lightbox does display in IE9 release verions.

Try this: /wamp/www/lookawine/ Bear in mind that I haven't used WAMP in 2 years so you may need to varify your path.

The server path needs to change to match your local server.

Open them, review them and see if there is anything that might allow you to add 'titles' to each respective mp3 tune. They are there for a reason. From what I am understanding based on their documentation that each mp3 tune has a config xml and text file. Just look at the documentation and click on their example.

Also make sure your site's config file that has the database settings match what you have in your database (i.e. databasename, username, password, db connection)

PHP is probably your best bet over ASP.NET. Don't be confused with ASP.NET with ASP classic. Coding is quite different between the two. As for which one is better over the other, I really can't argue a point other than than the fact that PHP has a greater share of the market than ASP.

HA! It did sound kind of bad didn't it? My apologies. I should have stated that you sounded negative but in fact it was construction criticism for his benefit. My wife is very direct and bold which I didn't like when we first met because I thought she was just being negative but then I realized it wasn't it at all. The issue was that I didn't really want to hear the truth. Anyway, give me 39 lashes and send me to my room.

I have to agree with LSW. It just does not serve any purpose whatsoever in implementing a flash video in the background. It would certainly be a turn off for me and I would not return to the site because of it.

OUCH! No content for the home page???? Well, in a nutshell it is a bit slow. I suggest replacing whatever you have there thats making it slow with something else that is comparable yet faster. And as for the moon/stars, I have to agree with Andrea. I just don't see the point here. I understand you are into space art (and other creative art) but based on the graphics you have displayed on your portfolio you could be limiting yourself to a very small group of potential prospects. Another thing is that a dark design just doesn't fit for a web designer/developer site. Also, your content need to be white. Don't make users have to hover over the content area to make them white. Other than for links, that type of function is pointless. Finally, your About Me image could use a little bit more clarity. Otherwise, everything else is good. You kept the content simple, contact form is easy, provided good resources, good navigation and you maintained consistancy throughout. As for Andrea being negative about your site, this is her personallity. She is going to tell it to you like it is because she wants everyone to be the best that they can be. Accepting criticism is a hard thing to do but when doing so it will expand you beyond what you think you know..."to boldly go where no man has gone before."

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Keep searching for jquery slideshow. Might try 'jquery content' or 'jquery content slider' or whatever. Just get creative with your search you will find something that works without flash.

You can Google 'jquery slideshow'and take your pick that fits your needs. You can also Google HTML Slideshow. Keep in mind that if you use tags/css that is specifically for HTML5/CSS3 only certain browsers will render it. Firfox 5, Chrome and IE10 (beta) are a few but short list of modern browsers that supports it. IE6, 7, 8, 9, Firefox 3, 4 do not or partially supports it.

Most closed source programs do not restrict developers from altering the code to fit a client's need. So regardless if you use open or closed source you should be able to modify the source codes yourself so long as you have the knowledge to do so. Whatever you choose be sure to read the license/copyright for each one because not all are the same.

Not sure what tooltip script you are using but it does work for IE. It's possible that it does not support image map. If this is the case you could do away with the image map and wrap a div around the image and add all the necessary link tags within that div but not around the image and then position them over each person. Again, not familiar with this script.

No real advantage except to prevent browsers from going into quirks mode regardless what standard you use inlcuding <!DOCTYPE html>. All the other stuff like is for validation purposes.

Most people really don't know this but that doctype is backward compatible and so using it will still force older/modern browsers like IE6, 7, 8 Firefox 2, Opera, etc. and on up to render the page(s) in standard mode.

According to Google, this is something new?? Try using this script instead: <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> If it works then maybe there is something that IE7 doesn't like about the script being embedded in the html code. My next suggestion is to take the asynchronous code and put in a file and link it.

When you point your browser to http://knoxdesign.co.uk/strangeplayback.swf you still get nothing. I would suggest looking at the flash settings to see if anything is out of place such as maybe the url is not pointing or incorrectly pointing to the flv video. Also, within your html, you have this: I believe their should be a related script file linked in the header which I do not see in your code.

You can look at this one.

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Sure. Who said that you have to know everything to provide quality custom websites? Basically, you take your skills and use them to the best of your ability. Anything you lack you can teach yourself along the way. However, some developers are stronger in some areas of coding than others. For instant, you might be very strong in HTML and CSS but you only have some PHP skills. In some cases you can figure things out with PHP but there are times you are in the dark about how to make it work for a site. They way to handle that is to hire someone specifically for PHP to help you produce the results you are looking for. Can you learn everything and be proficient in all of them? Sure but those types of developers are rare and might even be called gifted because they can retain nearly all the information they have learned. I for one do not fall in that category and so that is why I work with a group of 5 other contract coders to provide top of the line ecommerce stores. If you are doing big projects it helps to have others under you or else you will be spending many long hours and in the end might not achieve financial reward you were hoping for.

You can just get the latest versions of 3 and 4 each. Both can be installed on 64bit computers.

http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/multiple-firefox-installs/