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I would be inclined to create a PDF file of the bits you want the visitor to be able to print and put a link to it. That would allow the visitor to either print or save a copy to their computer for future reference. Alternatively put a link to a plain text file.

The black and yellow <div> om Lynda.com uses the following CSS #fat-footer { width: 100%; background-color: #000; margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; text-align: left; border-top: 34px solid #FFBA00; clear: both; margin-top:34px; } The site is based on a 960px grid layout. Setting width:100%; means the browser will render to 100% of the browser window width. If the window is less than the 960px width there will be a blank area when you scroll horizontally. Try this: #fat-footer { width: 100%; min-width:960px; background-color: #000; margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; text-align: left; border-top: 34px solid #FFBA00; clear: both; margin-top:34px; }

Probably, they take a dim view of you clicking your own ads.

Couple of local newsletter/magazine type thingies. Both defunct now, the organisations behind them folded due to lack of funds. Seemed to have plenty of hits on the sites, one did quite well. However very few clicks on the ads. Both were targetted at an older middle class audience which may have made a difference. They may be a little less willing to click on them rather than younger people. EDIT: TBH I'm 54 and I never click on them. To me they smack of those AAAAA1 plumbing repairs type ads.

Also seems odd the concept of carefully designing and coding an attractive site with loads of pretty pictures, snazzy gadgets and interesting content, just to give the visitor the highest number of opportunities to bugger off elsewhere. Although if they are going to leave it is likely better they leave via the adsense door rather than the back button door. At least you get a couple of cents when they go.

It needs to be a very high traffic site with relevant ads to the site content. I had it on two sites for just over two years and it netted around £53.00, Google doesn't pay out until it hits £100.00. Also the ad will take the visitor from your site as the link opens in the same window. An affiliate program with ads carefully selected on the content of the site may prove a better option.

Both the top and bottom images are misaligned here in FF6.

Never been there before and nothing popped up for me in FF6 or Chrome. You're not seeing some type of cached page are you? EDIT: Looked through the source in FF can't see anything like the above.

I use Easyspace, one.com and Heart Internet. No major problems with any of them. I've also heard good things about KNet although their web site is somewhat out of the arc. http://www.knethosting.co.uk/ Although if you have a few quid to spare then do it yourself: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

No I'm not relying solely on footer links. Lord, if it were just that easy. However I don't see the point in expensive blanket advertising for the reasons I gave above. A web site is a niche product and those who wish to pay for a web designer to create one will actively seek one out. The best any of us can do is try to be top of the search results or place ads in those places frequented by small businesses and the like. I've taken to putting up ads in builders merchants, engineering supplies and other trade outlets that will have them, specifically targeted towards small businesses. I'm also planning similar targeted ads for church groups and sports clubs. With regard to search results, although a web designer and their client could be on opposite sides of the planet, as no physical product needs to be delivered as such,most clients will likely search for a designer in their locality. I find people tend too feel comfortable in the environment they know. Also if anything goes wrong they like to think they can pop around and bang the door down. A top priority of hairy backed bricklayers. My next step is to join the local Rotary Club and some other local business groups. The old adage "It's not what you know, it's who you know" is very true.

Then how else do you market yourself? How many punters actually want a web site? Most private individuals will sign up to something like Blogger or an online builder like webs.com otherwise the pool is more or less businesses, various groups like schools, churches and sports clubs, and last but not least, crazy people. There is of course local magazines and papers however a website is not a spur of the moment purchase. As someone on another forum remarked, someone doesn't look in the paper see your ad and say "Ooh, look Doris, websites are on a special, let's get two". If somebody requires a web site they will have a look at what their competition has and down at the bottom they will, with luck, find the name of the designer with for their convenience an easily clickable link. Though direct contact may not be made through that link they may bookmark it for future reference. As the economic climate in the UK gets worse and the number of business deaths to births continues to widen then the number of web sites required will diminish and the web design business will get more cut throat. If new sites are not required then all that is left is to start directly contacting the owners of existing sites and telling them the design is crap and you could do better. Now that definitely smacks of spamming.

Perhaps the fact he signed his paintings simply "Vincent" rather than "Vincent Van Gogh" could be an indication of poor marketing and what can happen when you don't put a link in the footer. Perhaps People thought they were painted by Vince Hill.

Just before blowing his brains out

Three flyers just drooped through the door this morning. Rocket Joe's Pizza and The Tuck in Grillhouse both by The Harlequin Print Group - www.222219.com , which is also their phone number 01443 222219. The URL redirects to http://www.harlequinprintgroup.co.uk/ Oasis Takeaway - Emi Design - www.emi-design.co.uk Even artists need to market themselves. Marc Chagall after his death has faded into some obscurity yet during his life he was prolific and made a large fortune which he spent his latter years in his mansion counting. On the other hand since his death Van Gogh has become an icon, yet produced relatively few works and spent his latter years in a shabby Paris loft counting his ears.

In fact I'd be a little dubious about a marketing company that appeared reluctant to be associated with their own marketing.

Of course it is equivalent. It is not an art form it is a business that needs to market itself as much as it markets its customers. True TV adverts and radio adverts do not carry the name of the advertising company yet this is readily available from the media channels. The names of the advertising companies that produce printed media like posters and flyers is usually printed on the material somewhere. Why do you think the names of all the production staff from the Producer to the tea boy are listed in the end credits of TV programs and films.? In my opinion a web page is closer to printed media than it is to visual media like film and TV. Just because it is on a screen doesn't make it TV or video. I'm a firm believer in giving prospective customers as many avenues as possible to seek me out and give me their brass.

The only differing I saw last night was in the way FF and Opera handled round to the way Chrome and Safari did.

If he asks just tell him you are doing research into child selection. That should set the alarm bells ringing and send him off to the pub to steady his nerves. Also do a Google search for CSS selectors and take a look at some of the tutorials.

Hmm, wonder why Ford et al bother to put their badges on the vehicles they manufacture? Surely nobody is interested in the maker, or perhaps that's why they're multi-billion dollar businesses? Have to try it out one day. It is always a good idea to put a link to the name of the site designer. If a visitor is looking for a designer and is scouting sites then if they have to Google you they may think you don't know how to link to an external site.

How do you mean "put a weather on my website" ? Do you mean a weather reporting widget or do you mean you want snow or rain or something appearing on the screen? If the latter try Dynamic Drive.

No typo, it is a CSS child selector. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html#child-selectors Very useful things these selectors and well worth looking into.

Unless anything has changed, the last time I looked at this the property round was not supported in webkit browsers. In which case you're not going to have much luck with it anyway.

Try Firebug Lite for other browsers: Compatible with all major browsers: IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite

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The old ones are the best ones. At least at my age I hope so. Doesn't matter how old a thread is if the subject is of relevance to the user it is still valid. Else why retain threads for any period of time? Might just as well delete them after a given period and save server space.