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  1. The best method for a redirect like this is to either have Cpanel create the Redirect or make an .htaccess file on the Root directory for the redirect.

    The Cpanel method actually just writes the redirect for you.

     

    How to implement the 301 Redirect

     

    1. To create a .htaccess file, open notepad, name and save

    the file as .htaccess (there is no extension).

     

    2. If you already have a .htaccess file on your server,

    download it to your desktop for editing.

     

    3. Place this code in your .htaccess file:

     

    redirect 301 /old/old.htm http://www.you.com/new.htm'>http://www.you.com/new.htm

     

    4. If the .htaccess file already has lines of code in it,

    skip a line, then add the above code.

     

    5. Save the .htaccess file

     

    6. Upload this file to the root folder of your server.

     

    7. Test it by typing in the old address to the page you've

    changed. You should be immediately taken to the new

    location.

     

    Notes: Don't add "http://www" to the first part of the

    statement - place the path from the top level of your site

    to the page. Also ensure that you leave a single space

    between these elements:

     

    redirect 301 (the instruction that the page has moved)

     

    /old/old.htm (the original folder path and file name)

     

    http://www.you.com/new.htm (new path and file name)

    from : isitebuild.com/301-redirect.htm

  2. I am partial to sNews CMS, which has several versions/modified packages with Galleries, Tag Clouds, and many other features, and lots of users here prefer other Content Managment Systems. There are some really good ones around. Find one that has the features you need and download it. Many are Freeware.

     

    http://www.google.ca/search?q=open+source+content+management+review&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

  3. Rules are good.

     

    First, read this Topic: http://www.killersites.com/forums/topic/62/html-or-xhtml-updated-30-july-06/ about html versus xhtml, then pick a Doctype from the list found here. The Html 4 strict is the suggested one.

    br />   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
    

    IE conditionals are described best at the Micro$haft site. Link, but here are some examples to play with.

    Put them into a new page and then look at the page using an IE Browser. Then use Opera or Firefox to see the same page.

    
    IE Conditional Comments
    
    
    You are not using Internet Explorer.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Add the styles for IE to the head section of your page inside a set of the above Conditional Comments

    Hope this helps.

  4. The most common cause of this error is bad connection information.

    Wrong User or password or host information.

    Contact the Hosting Company to determine the connection information. Some Shared web Hosts require "account_username" and "account_password". And not all of then use "localhost"

     

    It is also a bad idea to connect from the web using the 'root' account. The root user typically has privileges beyond what the script needs, ie: granting privileges.

  5. The little yellow and black Frog in the Tab of the Browser?

     

    That is called a favicon. It is an image of the ".ico" format, and using one is as simmple as naming it favicon.ico and uploading it onto the account Root folder. There is a link tag to go with that. Google will help you there.

     

    And thanks for the info.

  6. A span is an inline element which will not behave like a block element, therefore, they will not centre the same way.

    You will need to add some margin-left to the span to get it to move right.

     

    Or change it to a

    with a class that centres, similar to what you have there.

  7. Nice basic site. Good presentation of the information that is there. The FIL should be happy with it.

     

    I am in a similar business (carpentry) and am curious about the Garage special, what price would a turnkey package cost? Just built one last summer for $25,000 CDN for a friend. Is that in the range of prices in your area? Using today's exchange rate, $20,000 USD. (approx)

     

    Turnkey = garage c/w slab, 9ft walls, insulated, electrical, drywalled, painted interior.

     

    Thanks.

  8. After a few days of trying to get the site to liquid I realized liquid wasnt what I wanted! :rolleyes: I now have my site to about how I want it and pretty much completed. Nice easy simple information site. But now ive run into another problem. I noticed Firefox displays the site perfectly, IE on the other hand looks like its having troubles with the Main content div and my 2 random picture div's that are floating right.

     

    Is there any way to adjust this?

     

    Another thought that crossed my mind while doing this was, is it possible to have your site detect which browser is being used and direct it to a more friendlier version of the site?

     

    The best solution would be to design for a standard compliant browser (Firefox, Opera, etc) and then hack it for IE using IE Conditional Comments to provide the specific CSS for IE users.

     

    Make sure you are sending a Strict Doctype for the pages to avoid IE going into Quirks Mode.

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