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greyhat got a reaction from jamesosix in Time to ditch my shared account . . .Thanks.
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greyhat got a reaction from jamesosix in Image File Names - How important?I would say yes.
In my experience every little helps. That said though if this product is unique to your company you are not going to have issues showing up when people search for it so . .
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greyhat reacted to MikeChipshop in Cookie Laws[Threads merged]
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greyhat got a reaction from Renaissance-Design in [protip] Building responsive Wordpress sites?Hi Guys,
Not sure if you know about this or are interested but i was messing about with a couple of responsive Wordpress sites and Facebook this morning.
I have tried to do this before but with no success. Now responsive design make it easy!
It's basically the whole WP site withing a facebook fan page tab IFRAME . . .
1: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-office/196522583725470?sk=app_363555080348704
2: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-office/196522583725470?sk=app_353980044666227
They are not quite finished i need to remove the scrolls which is done via the javascript SDK: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7194680/really-stuggling-with-removing-vertical-scroll-bar-from-custom-fan-page-tab
If you want to do this you need a responsive wordpress site and 5 minutes!
Set your tab up as normal:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/appsonfacebook/pagetabs/
Instead of having the site in your root directory, just use the following code in your index.htm/.php file:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.URL OF WORDPRESS SITE/"> </head> </html>
or similar, A PHP redirect may work too i guess. The important part there is the 'meta refresh' tag. It just sends the visitor to the wordpress site, via the iframe of course. This results in a fully functional wordpress site in your fan page and of course it's the same site so no need to update 2 sites etc.
Just thought i would share!
Must be worth a bit more money per job, right!?
Simples.
Any questions give me a shout.
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greyhat got a reaction from jamesosix in [protip] Building responsive Wordpress sites?Hi Guys,
Not sure if you know about this or are interested but i was messing about with a couple of responsive Wordpress sites and Facebook this morning.
I have tried to do this before but with no success. Now responsive design make it easy!
It's basically the whole WP site withing a facebook fan page tab IFRAME . . .
1: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-office/196522583725470?sk=app_363555080348704
2: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-office/196522583725470?sk=app_353980044666227
They are not quite finished i need to remove the scrolls which is done via the javascript SDK: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7194680/really-stuggling-with-removing-vertical-scroll-bar-from-custom-fan-page-tab
If you want to do this you need a responsive wordpress site and 5 minutes!
Set your tab up as normal:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/appsonfacebook/pagetabs/
Instead of having the site in your root directory, just use the following code in your index.htm/.php file:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.URL OF WORDPRESS SITE/"> </head> </html>
or similar, A PHP redirect may work too i guess. The important part there is the 'meta refresh' tag. It just sends the visitor to the wordpress site, via the iframe of course. This results in a fully functional wordpress site in your fan page and of course it's the same site so no need to update 2 sites etc.
Just thought i would share!
Must be worth a bit more money per job, right!?
Simples.
Any questions give me a shout.
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greyhat reacted to carljwood in Google Maps API / Jquery Popup Always On TopYou might need something like below, so it opens by default.
infowindow.open(map,marker);
I haven't tested this, so see how you get on.
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greyhat reacted to Renaissance-Design in In the market for a new desktop PCLast time I checked, Novatech machines used cheap generic power supplies. Fast route to an expensive brick. They're noisy before they fail, and even before they die they have a good chance of harming your other components over a long period with voltage fluctuations.
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greyhat reacted to BlueDreamer in Multi-vendor Shopping Cart CMS?There are several multi-vendor carts around...
http://www.x-cart.com/mall_solution.html
http://www.idevspot.com/idev-digimall.php
http://www.cs-cart.com/multivendor.html
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Well it's been years since I last used wp-ecommerce but I am pretty adept with OC. To be honest, you are better off not using a CSV importer in my opinion, and using theImport/Export tool by JNeuhoff - Totally free and works with Excel. This comes at the cost of a bigger file, but its so much easier to work with, and configure. If you find that the upload speed takes too long, you can always go the extra step and duplicate your store locally, import on your local machine and then upload the SQL to your store. Of course if that's not an option, the other option would be to use something like Cart2Cart (commercial). You may also want to consider something like this - Commercial again, but at $17 it's hardly a huge spend. Sorry I can't be of more help. Product imports are something I actually steer clear of when it comes to shopping carts due to the headache you are facing right now. Good luck mooving it across!
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greyhat got a reaction from Ben Evans in New PortfolioNot a bad idea but poorly executed in my opinion.
If a portfolio / CV is not for getting you work then what is it for??!
Anyway...... I absolutely agree that the font is wrong. Also, there is too much empty / wasted space, it just looks unfinished.
I think your designs are realy good. i think it would pay for you to focus on graphics and team up with a web developer instead of trying to do everything. You obviously have talent........
Just a thought and no offence, as a developer my most profitable work is when i team up with a good designer. It is rare to find somebody who is good at both.
Good luck!
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greyhat reacted to user-removed in Daryl Summers - PortfolioI have some feedback which is a little more critical.
The styling is nice and clean. However, my first problem with it is the front page. Put yourself in a prospective employers shoes - what's the first thing you want to see? A slider which is just a fancy graphic with your logo (despite your logo already being on the page), paragraphs of text about you - or some work you've done?
Your work should be the core focus. I just don't see what that slider is achieving. So I think in its place should be some work.
Secondly, I'm not sure about the blog layout. It doesn't really suit portfolios in my opinion. This is your chance to express yourself and create a website free from the constraints laid out by clients - but I think by going with this sort of layout and design - you're playing it way too safe. Where's the wow factor? Where's the showing off?
Don't get me wrong Daryl, it's a nice site and you're obviously good at what you do. But portfolios need to do so much more than just be blog style websites with nothing that really sets you apart.
I prefer to see portfolio sites that don't necessarily succeed but do make the attempt to break the mould so to speak, than those like these that do succeed but play it safe. Be dangerous. Be experimental. Show people that you are at the cutting edge, don't make yourself look like 1000s of other web designers and developers already out there.
Good luck mate!
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greyhat got a reaction from Sean33 in So I want to be a web developer/designer.Try post in 'website reviews and feedback'..
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greyhat got a reaction from Sean33 in So I want to be a web developer/designer.Ok well yeah, that would be a good start.. just get what you can done. I have seen web dev jobs going that require no experience. . .
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greyhat got a reaction from Sean33 in So I want to be a web developer/designer.Absolutely. That wil give you invaluable industry experience, contacts etc. Good idea.. Up to u. Sure u would learn a lot.
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greyhat got a reaction from Sean33 in So I want to be a web developer/designer.i know what you mean about not knowing where to start.... Instead of tring to build a full site from nothing.. which to be fair takes years of expericence. What about just playing about with some code...?
For example:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/
There is a full library of CSS there... what about taking some of that code and just editing it and building something up then writing up what you have done in to a little portfolio...?
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greyhat reacted to alistairfellowes in So I want to be a web developer/designer.I studied Graphic Design at college, so have a good grounding in.... Freehand... Photoshop, and a few others...
Though after leaving college (some time ago), I have moved to web design also, and have taught myself Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, and thrown in InDesign...
Since going to university now, and studying Interactive Media Design, I've picked up Pro Tools, Premiere Pro, and now going back to Flash for ActionScript 3... I've also improved my programming.. Processing, PHP, SQL, JavaScript.
But, I've also read a number of books on having your own web design business, social media, SEO and e-commerce...
And I've still got much more to learn, hopefully increasing my connections, and launching my business.
Basically, although you can go on a course, or teach yourself, there is much to learn - it all takes time. So, you could learn to be a developer/designer,.. you need to get yourself a good grounding in it all, and go for it... and realise what you will need to learn next to be successful, do it, and repeat..
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greyhat reacted to Jay Gilford in Qucik PHP question if i may?It's fine honest. If you ever have any OC work you need doing just give me a shout. I always like playing with OC code (and do 99% of most days )
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greyhat reacted to Jay Gilford in Qucik PHP question if i may?A total hack and untested, but it should work in theory. You should ideally set the clean prices in the controller, but for simplicity I've left it in this template file so it makes any core changes unnecessary, leaving you free to upgrade without issue
<?php $clean_price = preg_replace('/[^\d\.]+/', '', $price); ?> <?php foreach ($options as $option) { ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $option['name']; ?>:<br /> <select name="option[<?php echo $option['option_id']; ?>]"> <?php foreach ($option['option_value'] as $option_value) { ?> <option value="<?php echo $option_value['option_value_id']; ?>"><?php echo $option_value['name']; ?> <?php if ($option_value['price']) { ?> <?php #echo $option_value['prefix']; ?> <?php $clean_option_price = preg_replace('/[^\d\.]+/', '', $option_value['price']); echo $this->currency->format($clean_option_price + $clean_price); ?> <?php } ?> </option> <?php } ?> </select></td> </tr> <?php } ?>
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greyhat reacted to Jay Gilford in Qucik PHP question if i may?There's a reason that this is set with the option price rather than the full price with the option cost and base price. What if you have multiple options? Say you have two different option types, you would not be able to work out the totals. If you're only having one option type change the prices, then that is OK. You'll need to make the change in
/catalog/controller/product/product.php
Depending on what version you are on, you'll need to use the $product_info['price'] and add it to the option price when formatting the option price using $this->currency->format. This doesn't take into account the "specials" or discounts either, so you'll need to work out the costs for those too if you want to have it work out the prices accurately
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greyhat got a reaction from Sean33 in So I want to be a web developer/designer.Dont panic for now.. get your HTML and css down. If anythinh start reading up on PHP etc.. same drill as b4 w3 etc Javascript and PHP do 2 completely different things..
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greyhat reacted to pandad in School contest designIts not the 90s anymore, you can use any font on line.
As for the design I would like to see it worked more a chalk board with some little doodles, old eraser marks and so on. Basically a massive graphical design pice a bit of effort but done correctly would be amazing
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greyhat got a reaction from diva in Front end coding best practices [Article]I stumbled accross this little gem:
http://na.isobar.com/standards/
It is basically the coding practices guidelines of a professional agency. There is so much info in here and obviously a lot of hours of experience behind it all. I think coding standards make everybody's life a bit easier and plus we all know Google likes good code! just thought i would share....
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greyhat got a reaction from NeRo in Front end coding best practices [Article]I stumbled accross this little gem:
http://na.isobar.com/standards/
It is basically the coding practices guidelines of a professional agency. There is so much info in here and obviously a lot of hours of experience behind it all. I think coding standards make everybody's life a bit easier and plus we all know Google likes good code! just thought i would share....
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greyhat got a reaction from Lev in Front end coding best practices [Article]I stumbled accross this little gem:
http://na.isobar.com/standards/
It is basically the coding practices guidelines of a professional agency. There is so much info in here and obviously a lot of hours of experience behind it all. I think coding standards make everybody's life a bit easier and plus we all know Google likes good code! just thought i would share....
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greyhat reacted to porkchops in personal websiteWow... you kinda missed a lot of important content then.
The constructive criticism is that you shouldn't be advertising HTML5 (which is what you are doing by having their logo on your site) when you aren't REALLY using HTML5. Just slapping a doctype in does not take advantage of the new features OR even the new tags. You aren't doing anything different than XHTML. So, though you are technically correct it "is" HTML5, you are being a little misleading.
Beyond and of the discussion about whether you are being misleading or not, putting "This page is valid..." with logos or links to validators is a very amateurish thing to do. Clients don't understand or care whether a page is valid or not. Employers or other developers/designers don't care, they just look at your actual markup. There really isn't a point to having it and it is something people did in the late 90s.
There is no need to get so defensive and snippy.
Now, because you asked ever so nicely, here is my feedback about your site:
The navigation (especially the active state) doesn't fit the visual style of the rest of the page. It also looks a bit sloppily laid out.
The logos you have with the CIW stuff look really poorly put together. They are aliased (jaggy), blurry and strike me as novice designer work. Dropping them into a flat gray and getting better resolution versions might help resolve that.
The columns of text underneath the CIW logos are way too big. I get the "wall of text" feeling and ignore it. It's too loosely leaded for the font size you are using (which I feel is too small, especially when bold. Try going up to 14-16px and putting less content).
You need to spread things out more and be consistent about margins/padding. I see sections with 5px, 10px, 15px, etc. It feels really cramped as is and I think spacing things out a bit would be a vast improvement.
The orange "read more" links are really hard to read on the gray. I also think that the blue looks little funky and the texture behind them is making things even harder to read. I'd ditch the texture in places you have copy, maybe put a flat gray or white background behind it. The contrast on your body copy is a bit low, too.
The box shadow on that testimonial/quote is really too strong and doesn't fit with anything else on the page. Your little arrow/tail thing underneath the quote looks really poorly done. Try playing around with the css used there and then cutting a tail in photoshop or fireworks to match it. There are also elements like Blockquote or Q that could be semantically useful here. You can use the :after pseudo-element to style that little tail thing, too.
I'd change the serif font you have for the headings. It looks really rough and unrefined, not to mention that everything else is in a smooth, relatively geometric sans-serif so your headings feel out of place.
The typography in your About me / What I do sections are inconsistent with the rest of the page. The small caps look really cruddy at small sizes, too.
The contact form needs to be prettied up a bit and you need to ease up on the shadows a bit. If you can see a shadow right away it's too strong.
The social icons look really amateurish here, I'd recommend finding new ones entirely.
The 10px links underneath your copyright info look like SEO spam. Don't do that. Put meaningful and user-oriented content on there and you'll have more people signing up because the overall user experience is better. People first.
The major issues that were hinted at above:
Typography needs VAST improvement. Inconsistent, small, lacks hierarchy.
Introduce subtlety. Make small, faint shadows that enhance the visuals, not dominate them.
Be consistent with visual style. I see a lot of different things going on that don't match up. Being consistent is one really easy way to come across as professional.
Space things out. You have a LOT of stuff going on visually, so spread things out. Think about cutting down the amount of content you have.
Let me know if anything needs more clarification.
