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You seem to enjoy some aspect of multimedia and communications but you would like to obtain more skills. This doesn't mean you have to get a masters to learn everything there is to know about it. Google serves quite well as a college substitute as far as obtaining information.
I personally know of four people that are in the web/graphic design business and all are doing quite well. Only one has a BA.
Do I think getting a master is a waste of time? It is if you have no plans to make a career in multimedia/communications.
And as for your family and friends comments, yes, do what you love to do and then build on it. Of course I don't know about finding a rich guy and marrying him. Being rich doesn't provide happiness.
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Run any version of IE on the same machine: IE Collection
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No two clients are alike and so when they say they are ready it doesn't mean they are for a variety of reasons.
It's ideal to have 3-4 projects going so that way if a client or two is slow to respond to the things you require attention to then you can work on the other projects while you are waiting on them.
Basically, if you really want to keep a tight schedule then you can give your clients a specific deadline to deliver the info that you require to get your job done in a timely manner. You also indicate that if they don't meet the deadline then their project will be pushed back thus you give them a new deadline for them to deliver the info you require.
If they want the job finished yesterday but they are the one that caused the delays then you can stipulate a new billable rate to give priority over the other.
In most cases, clients know they have delayed the project and are willing to make adjustments to a new deadline.
The other suggestion is to schedule your projects further apart so it will not take up too much of your time with your family (like me). The other option is to raise your rate. You produce quality work and if you are in demand then maybe a new rate will wean out the little jobs that might take up too much of your time.
This was the case with me. I had serveral clients that wanted stuff done at my low rate that I given them when I first did the project. I have since raised my rate because I just don't have the time to do jobs at that former rate. Sure I lost a few but most of them I was able to retain at my new rate.
Of course my suggestion above is something that works for me but it might not be ideal for you.
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If this is your first site then it's not too bad but you already know that you want to make it better.
First thing you can do is validate your site.
Secondly, start learning the proper use HTML and CSS. You are using tags which is deprecated (not valid or is superceded by another tag and the old tag should be avoided)
You have no character encoding.
You need to start using HTML 4.01 Strict DocType.
Remove inline styles and put them into the CSS file.
Use divs/CSS for layout instead of tables.
Start coding by hand and don't use WYSIWYG editor especially when it comes to checking the page out visually. To test your pages, use Firefox browser. Firefox is a standard compliant browser. IE8 is close behind but it still has some issues.
Finally, although not horrible, improve your image editing skills.
We are here to help. Don't ask blanket questions but instead ask specific questions for each post you make. Really take the time to read through this forum and check out the Killersites video tutorials.
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Providing the code is ok but since you are using images for your menu it's really hard to vision what you are trying to accomplish exactly but my guess is that you want a horizontal menu that is within the #header in which the #header is set for 250px in height. The problem arises is that the #nav has a height of 76px and a padding-top of 220px; Add those two and the total becomes 296px; That exceeds the #header height.
The #logo height is unknown to me and but let's assume it's 100px high and is set for the full width of the #header. That leaves you 150px left to put your #nav in below. If it's going to be 76px in height then the remaining pixels you have left is 74px;
You might say; 'But the menu doesn't drop down below the logo', the solution is to add clear: both to the #nav.
If this doesn't resolve your problem then you will need to provide a url so we can look at it.
One more thing, you have an closing that might cause a problem in which you should remove.
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Be sure to use
tag appropriately.
Proper:
Heading One
Heading Two relevant for content below
relevant content for heading two
Heading Three relevant for content below
relevant content for heading three
The h2 thru h6 heading tags are sub-section titles of the main heading tag (h1) and each should be given a short title for the following content that is relevant to it.
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Most templates have flash or images that require certain software to edit them such as Flash or Adobe Flash. Otherwise, you need nothing else other than what was mentioned above to edit the files.
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I assume that you have a gap in the menu and that removing the padding-top seems to fix itself. Keep in mind that when using padding you have to consider it along with the height (or width) of your div.
Example:
If you have a div that is 100px high and you give it a padding-top:20px, it will actually end up being 120px high. Same applies to width. So if you use padding-top: 20px then you need to adjust the height from 100px to 80px. 80px + 20px = 100px.
Doing it this way will not require you to use Conditional Comments.
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Typically, you would have a div wrapped around the entire code and give it margin: auto to align it to the middle or center.
div#wrap { margin: 0 auto;}
Of course there are other possible issues if this doesn't work in which we will then need to look at the site itself.
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tags are not the same as
tags. The will only fill the width of what's inside the tags and so there is no way for it to align center.
You can do 1 or 3 things:
1. Just use a
tag with a class defining the styles you desire.
2. Just wrap a
tag around the existing tag and give the
tag a text-align: center. (Makes more sense to use option #1).
or
3 Add display:block to the tag css. The will force the to be the full width of whatever div it resides in.
Keep in mind that the tag is not a block element but instead an inline element.
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Hi All,
I have client that may decide to use Drupal in the near future but I really don't have time to learn another tool/software and so I am looking for anyone that is a forum regular that has good experience with Drupal.
If so, PM me. Again, I will only accept forum regulars that has made the minimum of 200 posts on this site.
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Templates are okay but you really want to be able to create sites from scratch and define your way of coding that benefits you. I for one detest templates because it seems that some of the coding are off the wall or unneccassry. Does it mean it's bad? No but to me it's takes me longer to figure out what the codes are before I can really get to work on it. However, templates can a great learning tool to help you see how and why it was coded the way it was.
If you find a template you like, why not take a snapshot of the demo and then splice out your own images, add some uniqueness to it and code it using your method of coding. That way you are familiar with the code and updating will come easy.
I believe in the CSS forum we have a standard CSS file that has the basic default settings. It's very good and can make your task a bit simpler once you get familiar with it.
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You gave a color style for the table but if you have another one that is for the cell, then that will supercede the table.
Example:
.signupframe {color: blue;} (this class is assigned to the table)
td {color: black;} (this will supercede the above code)
This is the same for font, background, etc.
So you will need to specify it precisely by adding td to the class that you have. However, you may have some styles that is specifically for the table itself and so you might want to just add this new style just below the one your have:
.signupframe td {
color: #00baff;
font-family: trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
}
You can then remove color, font-family and font-size from your original class but it's not going to hurt if you leave it there.
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do you have to click on my logo with your opera and IE?
I don't have too 'Click to Activate' in any of my browsers including IE and Opera.
If Eric is correct about the number of users having to click to activate then I don't any reason not to use the fixit.js script.
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Newseed - you're a genius-
Not really. I found out the same way you did.
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Thelma,
You will want to ban that user because...well...just highlight the whole area where he made the post...
Edit: or just click on Quote on that user's post.
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If you have downloaded IE8 and you are having some issues, you can check out this site that provides a wealth of fixes and tips for the browser.
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I would say yes you do still need it. Opera has that problem too! And my IE's still suffer from it. I give my two cents, and my solution in the link I gave above.
According to MS, an update has been produced back in April 2008. A short blog was posted here in this regard.
So if you have these issues then you may not have your system up to date or it's flawed.
As for Opera, I know at one time it did not support ActiveX but I am uncertain if they do now.
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Also, i know awhile back you had to click the flash to start playing it....IN all newer browsers including ie 6 you dont need that fixit.js anymore? JUst curious...
This was a problem with one of the IE update a few years ago but has since be resolved with a later update. So no, you really don't need anymore.
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It really helps to have at least some basic graphic design knowledge before you start creating websites. This doesn't mean you can't learn html while learning Photoshop or Illustrator. Both can go hand in hand if used properly. Most web designers create a mockup design before they even begin coding the html/css.
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It depends on you. There are no set of rules but in my personal opinion, I would build each page/article one at a time and categorize the articles and then recategorize them later on if so required.
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I have made many attempts to using all kinds of solutions to create a validating flash that works in all browsers for various operating systems and I have found that none of them work for 100% of the market.
So LSW is right, if you want it to work for all the users, take the hit.
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The dropdown nav didn't work for me on the home page. I didn't know there was one until I went to other pages.
When I go to your interior pages, I was kind of confused how the center content was overlapping the header. It made me think that it was a popup and I was trying find out how to get rid of it.
You have a breadcrumb for those interior pages but the Home link didn't work.
Although it certainly doesn't have any originality (as Thelma said...it looks like a template) it doesn't look too bad. However, I would be cautious to do any business with them because there is no physical address even though you have a toll free number which anyone can get and afford these days.
Another red flag is the google ads. Although google ads are ok, it certainly will hurt your credibility as a debt consilodation business.
Of course this is from a consumer's perspective.
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Thanks guys! So the 8859-1 one is only for English? UTF-8 it is then, I just like to make an informed decision.
Incorrect. 8859-1 is also for various other languages such as French, German, Spanish and a host of others. That is why it's called Western European. It also includes regions like Australia, much of Africa and all of the Americas.
I can always count on you Eddie to inform me of Google. Well, I wasn't trying to be smart-alec. I mean I sincerely thought you might have done so but sometimes you can't find the right answers because of the search query which is why I suggested googling charset=iso-8859-1.
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Simply figure what your time is worth per hour and then determine hour many hours it took you to complete the website design project. You would then divide the total amount paid for the project by the total hours you've put into it. If the results is under the amount you think you are worth per hour then you didn't get paid enough.
Your Time Value Per Hour = A
Total Hours Spent On Project = B
Total Amount Paid By Client= C
C divide by B shoud = A
A times B should = C
C divide by A should = B