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The hyphen (or dash) and the apostrophe is caused by the copy/paste from another source. Apostrophe is a good example. If it's slanted then this it's not the proper character to use. It should be vertically straight. Just delete each one of those instances and retype it again (including the hyphen to). Of course if all else fails then go ahead and do what Andrea suggested....and correct character coding for apostrophe is ‘

Sites like Joomla, Wordpress, etc are easy to work with. Everything is done for you with the exception of some details you may want to improve/alter to fit your needs. If you are thinking of creating your CMS then that is whole 'nother thing altogether which requires strong php skills along with an strong knack on how to code it from hackers hacking into your site. Not to discourage you but if you want to get your hands dirty then try out one of those CMS that you've mentioned and then toy around with codes to see what works and what doesn't work. Intalling and setting up those ready made CMS's are relatively easy. And if you want to dig in deeping on how php works then check out Stef's videos.

You must create your database via through your cpanel of your host account. There are typically 4 things you need to edit within the wp-config.php file that has to match the database. You enter your database name, database username, database password and possibly the database host setting. You should be able to get all these info from the database you created earlier. The area of the wp-config.php file should look like this: // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here'); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'username_here'); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here'); /** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); The instructions above is based on the fact that you have Wordpress files uploaded to your host (hostgator), created a database and applied the database credentials to your wp-config.php file. If you are still having problems, send us a Private Message and provide the code from your wp-config.php file and a screen capture of your hostgator database credentials.

My bad! I concur. The SS would be a better choice word instead of Nazi's. Even still, some in the SS weren't in support of some of the tactics/beliefs back then. @Stef: Andrea is right, too darn cold which is why they don't bother with Canada. Besides, the US has such a wordwide influence and power that they are sure to get some backlash from other countries just because they are still mad about us duping them into using a great browser IE6.

I think of the Nazis as being IE. Bad...just plane bad.

Input tag should not be contained within the label tag. As for the alignment issue, your input tag has been defined as a block element in your css.

Not for Wordpress and not really for anything else. Such method is no longer practical because the code and images it produces would certainly be a mess and more than likely will not render well across all major browsers. If you know enough web coding then you can create your template manually as an html static page. You can then use one of Wordpress's default template and apply your html code to it but keeping the php functions (php code) intact. If this is still a bit much for you to handle and leaning to contract this work out to someone then be sure to post your request here because we have some really good people here that can be a service to you.

Just give your <div class="button"> a width that fits that area (appx 200px) and apply margin: 0 auto to it. After doing that you will need to remove margin-left: 290px from the <ul>

It didn't load for me either. I reside in DFW area.

Most graphic designers use Adobe Photoshop. There are others out there. Just find one that suits your need. Once you got a graphical layout then you can slice out he necessary layers to use as images for the website build.

I agree that the grass is too much. I also think the clouds background is a bit too much as well. I would want to soften that up using some other background pattern to go with the wood background. Since it's sort of a catering/outdoor cooking business I would try to go with something a bit more rustic looking. I think the wood background is ok but maybe have it to appear as natural cut oak wood that has aged a bit. Also, the Bake Well logo could be done as though it is branded/burnt into the wood. It would certainly give it some style.

I don't proclaim to be a expert in this area but based on my understanding is that you can point 2 or more sites to the same database but IF the structure of the database itself does not match then you will have a problem. Meaning, site #1 may use one type of ecommerce software and site #2 uses a different software in which the odds are that they will not work together. Query strings could differ such as SKU number versus PART number, DESCRIPTION vs DETAILS, etc. Table structure more than likely will differ. Exporting either one and then importing it over to the other site is the ideal solution. Same may be true when it comes to connecting a php driven and asp driven ecommerce stores together. I have been told that with some hacking it can be done but this will require you to have complete total access to everything on a host server. Most (if not all) will probably not allow this type of access due to security reason. If you do find one the chances are it will have to be a dedicated server. Otherwise, set up your own host using your own computer but then you will have to deal with all the headaches of upkeeping your server especially when it comes to security. Now if both sites (or more) are running the same ecommerce software then you can point both of them to the same database. Just remember that if you edit site #1 contents then the changes will reflect for site #2 as well or vice versa.

Can someone check this in IE9 and tell me if the slideshow is rendering or not: ac tivewe arusa.com (remove two spaces) If it's not working, any suggestion as to what the cause and how to fix it?

If you want vertical spacing between each line within the paragraph then use line-height: 16px (adjust to suit). If you want vertical spacing between paragraphs then you use padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; (adjust to suit).

OK thanks Ben. Looks like I have to turn this over to the developer of this shopping cart.

ZenCart is a full shopping cart that requires minimum coding and will allow you to create entry for each products thus you only have to upload the image and provide details such as sku #, title, description, price, etc. Of course you will need to assign them to whatever category(ies) you create. Unless you want to dive in and make some heavy customization to the existing framework, the only thing you will have to do is CSS and intall your own store image buttons. As for ZenCart's CMS for content pages, not sure if that gives you that options. However, you can always create all your static content page as you would normally do and then install ZenCart into a folder called /store/ and then link it to that url. Keep in mind that I have never used ZenCart but I know enough that it's a fairly nice free shopping cart. There may be a few more but I just don't know of any off hand.

Do a hard refresh and see if it renders the new fixes for the popup. Let me know.

One more time... thanks.

Check again. Thanks.

Ben, I was able to determine that it is an bug and I have since resolved it. I do have another problem that only seems to occur on a Mac using Firefox and Chrome. Using the same link, can you look at the top menu to see if it is all inlined? 'Home' 'Sale' 'Clearance' should be aligned with 'Shop by Vendor' (and the rest).

Ben, I may need you to look at this again a little later. I am suspecting one of two things: 1) the shopping cart had a recent update which has something to do with the jquery popup I was talking about...it's possible that it has a bug; 2) although I have no js errors it's possible that one of the js is causing a conflict. First thing is that I will disable all the added js that I have applied to this shopping cart leaving the jquery popup enabled. Once I do this I will need you to check it again for me. I will let you know when I have them disabled. Thanks.

Thanks Ben.

Quick question, when you click Add To Cart did/does the page go dim a bit?

Thanks Ben. That's what I needed to know. Looks like it's isolated to Chrome on a Mac. Not sure how to trouble shoot that.

In short, you can use a open source shopping cart like ZenCart where it can be on your own server thus cutting out the middle man's fee. The only fee you have to pay is the transaction itself to whatever merchant bank you use. Of course you need a hosting account. There are other "open source shopping cart" out there. Just google that term.