Brandon

It's not been a problem for me (so far at least). I usually get something like 30 or 50% up front, then once the final product is done, I don't actually deliver the files until I've received payment in full. None of my clients have minded this arrangement so far, and it has yet to fail me.

Thanks Foxy!

Here's a great article about SEO for blogs, but the basic ideas could be used for any site: The Definitive Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs

Gallery is very nice, although it may be a little more powerful than you were thinking of.

Not yet, but it may be something worth looking into.

Welcome aboard daruma, I'm glad that you managed to find us.

Thanks for the encouragment Expat - what I'm already finding out is how difficult it is to build an online community, it's not as simple as "if you build it, they will come"

I agree with Ben, the design of all the new iPods are amazing, and that is why you have to pay a premium for them. I'm very tempted by the iPod Touch, but I'm not sure I can get by with only 16GB.

Hi everyone, I'm still fairly new around here, but I thought I'd point everyone over to one of my side projects - The Open WordPress Community. Basically, it's one central place where WordPress enthusiasts/developers/users can gather to discuss WordPress related topics, and to share their themes and plugins. The "official" WordPress support forums are fairly poor, and certainly don't have a community feel to them, and I'm looking to change that. So, if you're a WordPress user of any sort, then head on over to The Open WordPress Community and take a look around. The site is pretty much still in it's infancy, so I'm wide open to suggestions to help make it a better place. Thanks!

Here's a couple of the sites I use when looking for color inspiration: Color Schemer Gallery - http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/ Color Schemer Online - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html COLOURlovers - http://www.colourlovers.com/

Wow, that's great - I only wish I had found this place sooner!

Nice job on the tutorial, you did a good job of explaining it - thanks.

Nice to see another new face - welcome!

Welcome aboard, glad to have you along.

The problem is you have an extra dash "-" in your background declaration: background-: #000000; should be: background: #000000;

Thanks, glad you like it - that's an app that I did for a client a while back.

Overall a very nice looking design, although the "Ice Only" text at the top is a little difficult to read where it starts to fade out.

Every logo is going to be different (based on complexity, etc.), but just for reference, I recently paid $150 US for the logo on my site.

Have you tried doing a CSS reset on margins and padding? This is always the first element in my stylesheets: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

I don't get many clients from search engines myself. Most of mine are either word-of-mouth, or they find my site by finding my link on one of the other site's I've done.

Welcome aboard Harmony - you've got some wonderful artwork on your Treelight Studios site.

I love the soft, soothing colors, great work!

Welcome aboard, it's always nice to see new faces around here - although mine is still pretty new too!

Welcome to the forum - you've got some great artwork!

If you still want to use the <pre> tags, you just have to change the styling in your stylesheet to whatever you want. I agree that the default styling is not usually very pretty to look at.