joe2011uk

Great content is the best bit of advice, this may sound cliche but its because it is what works. Write content, get a blog and use it don't just post once and think that's it try once or twice a week, so many people burn out trying to post too much. Use keywords but make them fit the content so it appears natural and flows well. When you have great content you are in a better position, next thing is to build the off site stuff ie backlinks and before you do that I would look out for posts on Google Penguine. This is the new algo change to stop over optimization of sites, and focuses mainly on Link building. A great backlink is probably guest posting. Get great Content + backlink and you will do well. Hope this helps!

Ok, why in this day and age does link exchange program exist, haven't you heard of Google Penguine. My advice scrap it and get decent QUALITY backlinks. Google will penalize you so much for this type of link building if they catch on which sooner or later they probably will.

Hi There, Try this webdesign.tutsplus.com great resource, lots of great tips Hope this helps

they said they don't have a budget as they have never used a web designer and dont want to offend me lol, but i thought of what you suggested and thats another reason that i think opencart would be a good idea because most of the work is their its just modifications and templating. One thing they did say is could they do it in stages as they expect it to cost a lot. They do sound like they have done research and that they are legit though

Hi their folks, Got a customer who wants a Groupon/KGB Deals style site, now I know I can handle the design and templating but think I might struggle with the coding so might be looking to outsource here. One thing the customer wants that makes things more difficult is when user clicks Buy now the button has to distinguish is this our deal or another (ie. redirect to affiliate link or take to checkout which must be one page.) The affiliate links come from a feed and so do the deal details so must be able to import xml feeds and display rss feed for the different cities. Must have capability to grab all the deals from a city put them in newsletter and email customers subscribed to that city daily (ie.cron job). Their must be a partner login to the merchant to login and redeem the customers vouchers if they are bought from them. So when customer buys deal it sends out email with a voucher that has unique coupon code and security code. Lastly they go on undercover reviews to their partners to do a review that will be posted on blog section of site. Think that's it but might have missed something, If anyone can suggest better software to get this done easily and quickly I am open to suggestions. I'm thinking open cart is the best for this job but needs heavily modified this is where i will have to outsource, if anyone agrees and would like to outsource im just collecting prices at this time. Look forward to your suggestions Thanks Joe

Lynda .com is only gonna get you so far, or youtube, the best way to learn code, design or that is through actually doing that. Yeh youtube and Lynda for your theory but you need to see code in use and try changing it, improving it. This give you a close look at how to achieve different things and as you have youtubed the theory you will or should understand whats happening . Joe:)

Hi there, It depends how you set your theme up like mike said, if you make a php file called page-home.php this will target the page with the name home, what ever the name of the page is your file should be like this page-NameOfPage.php. This template will be specific to that page. Hope this helps. Joe

oe s string to time not conver to to timestamp tho because when gathering my data,ive got string to time to convert them to timestamps, Thanks Joe

Im having a bit of a problem with wordpress. On my site there is a bit that displays voucher now what i want is when that voucher expires i want the voucher details div not too show. Here is the code from single.php <?php if(have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image',true); $writer = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'writer',true); $code = get_post_meta($post->ID,'vcode',true); $store = get_post_meta($post->ID,'store',true); $expiry = strtotime(get_post_meta($post->ID,'expiry',true)); $desc = get_post_meta($post->ID,'description',true); $datetoday = strtotime(date('Y/m/d')); ?> this brings all the data from custom fields heres the voucher div <?php if($expiry > $datetoday){?> <div class="voucherDetails"> <h2>Voucher Details</h2> <div class="left"> <ul> <li>Code: <?php echo $code;?></li> <li>Expires: <?php echo $expiry;?></li> <li><a class="more-link" href="<?php echo $store;?>" title="Visit Store">Visit Store!</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="desc right"> <h4>Description</h4> <p><?php echo $desc;?></p> </div> </div> <?php }?> Now when i run this with the expiry with any value the voucher doesn't show The value in store is DD/MM/YYYY Can't work it out, all help appreciated, Thanks Joe

As for the question on templates, stay away lol, your site will do loads better with a unique design. Templates are overused and most differences are colour changes be unique, its your business, Im sure you would want the best for it and, getting unique design is money well spent

did sum1 see spam lol 2 links that are obviously tryin to get links both for 1 site hmmmm

sounds like a fun first day lol

thats correct, use the grid psd you get but after that i usually just write my own css.

tbh most hosts that are about can handle opencart just make sur they mmet the requirements

Its a good css frameworks well worth looking into, I use it sometimes but sometimes its easier to write the css manually.

its a beginners trait when i learned @ font face i went wild ive settled down now lol

i vote for moderators to pick members but members who want to participate can request

i got that from the site so if it doesnt then u should email them as it should lol

lol

i do agree with what you are saying, man please dont think i dont. Thats why i said about the community rating the new portfolio items, clients can rate reliability communication and also the work level aswell. I agree moderators should have the last say like they approve the first items added to portfolios so that it is quality stuff

i think that would do it

This book helped me with the theory well worth it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Principles-Beautiful-Web-Design-2nd/dp/098057689X/ref=sr_1_1? ie=UTF8&qid=1309534133&sr=8-1 webdesign tuts+ - http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/ These are good for theory web design tuts + has a basix section for new people Hope this helps Joe:)

I agree but what im saying there would be a lot of quality designers pages of them, if i was a client i wouldn't go through more than 3 at most and there could still be some quality ones to see. Do you know what i mean, and if its clients that are rating these then no-one will be rated at the beginning so it be a free for all at the beginning. Unless when someone adds something to their portfolio the community gives it a rating and then the average rating goes towards the quality rating for the list. I think this is a good idea £50 - £99 because no spammer in their right mind is going to spend that to post garbage. I wouldnt mind paying it keeps the community going.

good work man, like both. Guitar one is nice and clean, good job

good attitude man take your time read the theory it will help man, stuff like layouts, white space etc...