Mr Ben

Thank you for such an awesome response - you have helped me out massively
 
I looked through the source code and found the function called get_page_templates() but I doubted that I was looking at the right function. Your post has shown me that I should trust what I know already and push through to get answers and also to believe in myself a lot more that I can read the code just fine!
 
Thanks Rallport!

I have just seen the mangled comments, sorry about that. Its mean to demonstrate this:
 
<?php public function calcWage() { // Wrong $totalWage = ($this->wk1 + $this->wk2 + $this->wk3 + $this->wk4 + $this->wk5) - $this->totalVat; /* You are returning a value from this method so you have to use the method to get the value, the varible is only local to the method that it is in */ $totalWage = ($this->wk1 + $this->wk2 + $this->wk3 + $this->wk4 + $this->wk5) - $this->calcVat(); return $totalWage; } ?>

I cant see the issue yet but a couple of things I have noticed:
 
Your text area has no value in the name attribute so your $suggestions var is empty Your $mail_address has an address but no .com to finish it Also, as a separate note for the future, your javascript might benefit from being at the bottom of the page, thats just a tip though

Personally, id stay stick to only a couple of things but learn them inside out:) you don't want to be a half assed developer who knows a little about a lot of things. You want to know a lot about a couple of things and be knowledgeable about them. IMO.

I have burnt out multiple times because of a non stop attitude to learning - taking breaks really does help. I wouldn't be surprised if it does help you to be honest. It frees your mind up just to think. Just carry a pen/pencil and a trusty notebook and jot down your ideas you have web or not, it doesn't matter then when you get back into it, you will have a few ideas of inspiration

I like this approach, to understand what you are trying to use you really need to at least understand what it is that these packages are doing.
 
If your at a loss as to where to start with a project like building your own CMS there is a tutorial I like on elated.com by Matt Doyle - Build a CMS in an afternoon. Which even explains the basics of setting up the DB schema and tells you how and where to get your apache server. It is well written, points out when they are taking 'dirty shortcuts' and where to find the relevant information in the PHP manual as well.
 
It will take longer than an afternoon to build but the 3 follow-on tutorials help you to understand how packages can start in the most basic form and be extended with a little thought.
 
Give it a go, you might surprise yourself and be the next wiz coder!

I can't really give you that magic tip to tell you how to design things - it just comes with practice mainly, with passion on top
 
Im completely self taught with everything web as I know no-one in the real world who does it personally - thats where passion kicks in - I will give you some tips you in the hope that It will help you:
 
Get some pencils and paper and start doodling - anything you want, preferably stuff you like - this will aid your visual ideas and help you to visualise your own ideas by sketching them out. Carry a sketch book with you everywhere possible - only a small one (A5, A6 etc), If a cool idea strikes(as it often does when not trying to be creative) whip out your sketch book and note it down then you will never forget ideas. When you keep doing this you will have a sketchbook of ideas, notes, drawings etc this will help you remember ideas, decide which ones are good and also you will have a location to store your own thoughts - hopefully aiding to your own unique style. If you don't want a sketch book, make notes on your smart phone in an app etc. Its the same thing. My favourite designer - Orman Clark, looks at magazines for inspiration in graphic design and layout even though he is a web designer - design is everywhere , absorb it.  
In terms of photoshop here are my own tips:
 
Just play with it at first, learn the basic tools, move tool, direct selection tool, pen tool, shapes and layers will get you a long way (photoshop has a bit of a learning curve and it can be frustrating at times) Learn shortcut keys for tools. Create a basic shape and play with the layer styles on that shape - a lot of the stuff (that I look at) on Dribbble uses that to give a flat shape some 'edge'  
Other random ones that come to my mind:
 
Look at basic colour theory - I did recently and it really helped me. Try to understand shading and how it is formed - flat design doesn't call for this much but some of the work you do may need shading and it really helps to understand lighting. Good Luck

The whole 'Photoshop Web Design' thing is a bit of a cliche I find. Having said that, learning it will add multiple strings to your bow. I use Photoshop mainly because it is what everyone used when I started and now its become second nature to me. It is really important that remember it is only a tool though and the same results can be made in other software just the same.
 
Using Photoshop specifically is a good thing to know but what sets users apart is the ability to be creative with it and use what they are given. There are plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube and all over the internet but my own tips from experience would be to go onto Dribbble or Pinterest or the like and find work that you love (UI, Icons etc ) for what ever reason, then try to re create that in Photoshop - that will teach you Photoshop workflow and how the designer has built the piece of work.
 
From my own point of view I find that good design comes from inspiration and ideas but also the ability to REALLY look at a piece of work and see how it is made and understand how the designer might have made the work just by looking at it.
 
If you are on a mac, check out sketch - it is like photoshop and illustrator but a little bit easier to use - that would give you a great taste of the design world.
 
 
 
Thats the mark of a good design isn't it? They make it look so easy!

The whole 'Photoshop Web Design' thing is a bit of a cliche I find. Having said that, learning it will add multiple strings to your bow. I use Photoshop mainly because it is what everyone used when I started and now its become second nature to me. It is really important that remember it is only a tool though and the same results can be made in other software just the same.
 
Using Photoshop specifically is a good thing to know but what sets users apart is the ability to be creative with it and use what they are given. There are plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube and all over the internet but my own tips from experience would be to go onto Dribbble or Pinterest or the like and find work that you love (UI, Icons etc ) for what ever reason, then try to re create that in Photoshop - that will teach you Photoshop workflow and how the designer has built the piece of work.
 
From my own point of view I find that good design comes from inspiration and ideas but also the ability to REALLY look at a piece of work and see how it is made and understand how the designer might have made the work just by looking at it.
 
If you are on a mac, check out sketch - it is like photoshop and illustrator but a little bit easier to use - that would give you a great taste of the design world.
 
 
 
Thats the mark of a good design isn't it? They make it look so easy!

How many years is a few years?
 
Dreamweaver is just a text editor with wysiwyg capabilities and FTP too. You can still use it, there are just a few more editors out now that there were I suppose. Try Sublime Text or Text Mate for example.
 
Wordpress is a CMS, not an editor. You can edit inside it but I wouldn't recommend it. You can use Dreamweaver to edit and create a custom theme or add functionality to it.
 
To do the above, you should be fairly competent at HTML, CSS, PHP and reading the Wordpress Codex looking for the correct API's
 
In terms of front end work, you may want to look at things like (apart from HTML and CSS) Javascript, Sass,and Grunt for example.

The whole 'Photoshop Web Design' thing is a bit of a cliche I find. Having said that, learning it will add multiple strings to your bow. I use Photoshop mainly because it is what everyone used when I started and now its become second nature to me. It is really important that remember it is only a tool though and the same results can be made in other software just the same.
 
Using Photoshop specifically is a good thing to know but what sets users apart is the ability to be creative with it and use what they are given. There are plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube and all over the internet but my own tips from experience would be to go onto Dribbble or Pinterest or the like and find work that you love (UI, Icons etc ) for what ever reason, then try to re create that in Photoshop - that will teach you Photoshop workflow and how the designer has built the piece of work.
 
From my own point of view I find that good design comes from inspiration and ideas but also the ability to REALLY look at a piece of work and see how it is made and understand how the designer might have made the work just by looking at it.
 
If you are on a mac, check out sketch - it is like photoshop and illustrator but a little bit easier to use - that would give you a great taste of the design world.
 
 
 
Thats the mark of a good design isn't it? They make it look so easy!

After having a play and using the plugins you suggested we've now made grunt part of our standard workflow, it really speeds up the development process.
 
Using the watch plugin combined with liverealod on chome is great, automatic image compression, auto prefixer to name a few of the large array of tasks it can handle. Grunt is such an awesome tool!
 
I recommend others take a look at grunt and watch Chris Coyier's screencast linked on the first post on this thread.

The whole 'Photoshop Web Design' thing is a bit of a cliche I find. Having said that, learning it will add multiple strings to your bow. I use Photoshop mainly because it is what everyone used when I started and now its become second nature to me. It is really important that remember it is only a tool though and the same results can be made in other software just the same.
 
Using Photoshop specifically is a good thing to know but what sets users apart is the ability to be creative with it and use what they are given. There are plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube and all over the internet but my own tips from experience would be to go onto Dribbble or Pinterest or the like and find work that you love (UI, Icons etc ) for what ever reason, then try to re create that in Photoshop - that will teach you Photoshop workflow and how the designer has built the piece of work.
 
From my own point of view I find that good design comes from inspiration and ideas but also the ability to REALLY look at a piece of work and see how it is made and understand how the designer might have made the work just by looking at it.
 
If you are on a mac, check out sketch - it is like photoshop and illustrator but a little bit easier to use - that would give you a great taste of the design world.
 
 
 
Thats the mark of a good design isn't it? They make it look so easy!

The whole 'Photoshop Web Design' thing is a bit of a cliche I find. Having said that, learning it will add multiple strings to your bow. I use Photoshop mainly because it is what everyone used when I started and now its become second nature to me. It is really important that remember it is only a tool though and the same results can be made in other software just the same.
 
Using Photoshop specifically is a good thing to know but what sets users apart is the ability to be creative with it and use what they are given. There are plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube and all over the internet but my own tips from experience would be to go onto Dribbble or Pinterest or the like and find work that you love (UI, Icons etc ) for what ever reason, then try to re create that in Photoshop - that will teach you Photoshop workflow and how the designer has built the piece of work.
 
From my own point of view I find that good design comes from inspiration and ideas but also the ability to REALLY look at a piece of work and see how it is made and understand how the designer might have made the work just by looking at it.
 
If you are on a mac, check out sketch - it is like photoshop and illustrator but a little bit easier to use - that would give you a great taste of the design world.
 
 
 
Thats the mark of a good design isn't it? They make it look so easy!

I would be surprised if it couldn't to be honest.
 
I just did a quick google and found two plugins that would do it:
 
https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-contrib-less https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-recess They both have compress options but I think grunt-contrib-uglify will do the same job

Great stuff, let me know what you think
 
The movie is a very 'apple', close depth of field feel to it - Im a sucker for that kind of stuff. Plus it has Eric Spiekermann - my favourite type designer

I love to write and record music One of the rooms in my house acts as my recording studio I love recording studios and amass all sorts of gadgets and gear to aid in that
 
When I studied it at college and uni (50% music 50% media), I really wanted to become a songwriter, then on a random day at uni, my media tutor showed me the Helvetica movie and from that moment my life changed and I wanted to do some form of design work - realised Im not that good at it, and found Ruby and Javascript

Well said, I agree. To me its all about practice and passion

Great intro into html/css.

Im not 100% what your after.
 
What sort of widgets are you talking about (Wordpress etc)?
 
 
 
Loading content is done with AJAX and as far as I know, that is the best option. You have either do it in vanilla JS or its a lot simpler with jquery:
https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/ - it will tell you all the functions you need
 
 
 
 
If you are using PHP, could you not pull the widget ID out of a database and have it dynamically added to the url?

Try wrapping the 'get in touch' in a p tag or span tag and then style that tag specifcally.
<a href="get-in-touch.php" class="all-ie-only contact-cta-btn"> <p>get in touch<p/> </a>

Love you work
 
I really like the pale colours for your portfolio area. Are you using Isotope.js or Masonry.js for the masonry layout or something else?
 
Are you using a CMS for this site?

Hi everyone,
 
I redesigned my site earlier this year, it's not quite a portfolio nor quite an online CV… it's a bit of both and meant to be more like an online profile of where I can be contacted and what projects I'm working on.
 
Hope you like!

I just tried it with the developer tools:
 
submit button:
 
float:left;
 
textarea :
 
display: block;
 
Seems to work for me - are you using a css reset?

Its not really expensive but it is nice - I want to get a moleskin / leuchtturm for doing some sketches in. I have plenty of sketch books but I have never tried a 'premium' brand and a moleskin is 'nice' item to have
 
After than, I will get an iPad mini