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There was a very nice halal burger van on the corner of Millman St in Newport some years ago. Did a lovely lamb burger.

WTF is this? a, p { font-family: monospace; text-decoration: none; font: 16px/1.2em sans,serif; }

Do you mean this site? http://codexx.co.uk/ If so try this for the nav .site-header-nav ul li { height: 100%; width: 25%; float: left; display: table; border-left: 1px solid black; position: relative; } And then .site-header-nav ul li a { text-decoration: none; color: black; display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; } This will make the entire button clickable. Also lose this from the body element ASAP. font: 16px/1.2em comic-sans,sans; The definition is incorrect and it simply displays the page in TNR. I can see no reason why you would want to use Comic Sans MS except for a children's web site, or if you are catering specifically to the dyslexic, for whom Comic Sans is fairly easy to read. Also using 'sans' isn't going to work, it's serif, sans-serif, cursive or monospace. See here for some typical, fairly web safe, font stacks. https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/font-stacks/ Also get a bit of colour going there, it's to grey and drab.

Hmm, yes. Imagine if every city in the UK decided to start using its own road sign and signalling conventions. I remember when I was a kid that many Italian cities had the convention of driving on the left whilst others had the convention of driving on the right. This led to the unofficial national convention of driving on whichever side you felt like and also led to the unofficial international convention that all Italians are maniacs behind the wheel. As regards displaying the icon in desktop/laptop views then at least there is consistency for users who might use the site in both desktop machines and when out and about on a mobile. It also avoids having two nav elements, one for use with a mouse and one for use on touch screens. This thread is actually a good example of the differing expectations users will have when they land on a site. Curiously many reckon that older people will struggle with the burger icon when in my experience it seems to be the younger users who have the difficulty. Ultimately the opinions of designers, developers and site owners are immaterial as the site is built for the end user and it is their opinions and needs that are paramount.

If this is going to used for desktops and laptop devices without need to support small mobiles then one of the WYSIWYG editors like Serif WebPlus or Xara Web Designer could be useful. The code generated is a bit bulky but if it is going to run from a local drive then it shouldn't be a major issue. You might also have some luck with Blue Griffon

Splendid answer and it illustrates my point extremely well. Even though we both speak the same language you took that line of the post seriously. However if I had placed the smile smiley behind it thus: You might if you weren't an English speaker. Then it would have been totally clear that it was a tongue in cheek response, even to non-native English speakers. Which illustrates the universal power of symbols to convey meaning easily and quickly even across the language barrier. Next time you go out, especially in a car, take note of how much information is relayed to you via symbols, shapes and colours without any textual content.

You might if you weren't an English speaker. Personally I think the burger is fine, simple to recognise and understand. Imagine if every web site had its own unique icon system mixed up into their own language and character set. For those with some vision and cognitive disorders it would be a nightmare having to search out and recognise disparate menu icons across each site they visit. If it ain't broke don't try to fix it.

As I mentioned earlier any fool can build a portfolio with the copy and paste buttons. Pop up to HR and ask them the costs involved in employing a duffer or chancer. Unless someone is highly gifted and talented they need as many strings to their bow as possible. A formal qualification can help with that as it is provable and unequivocal. When I finished my apprenticeship I had state of the art City and Guilds qualifications, within 10 years they were considered to be of less value than a roll of soft toilet paper so I had to gain an ONC, then I went on and did an HND. Although experience and ability are the key components anything else you can add is a bonus. If you have no experience then you are lacking the main component and will need to prove that you have some ability. Gaining a formal qualification shows that you have the ability to knuckle down and learn if bugger all else. Someone could show you a stunning portfolio of say half a dozen sites, however they might have spent five years creating them so it proves sod all really. If someone has a qualification it shows they can get the work done within a set time frame. I have no doubt that in 20 years web design and development will become as regulated as many other industries already are, or are becoming. It's not that long ago in the UK that you didn't need a formal qualification to operate as a vet or a midwife. Regulation of professions and industries will only ever increase, it will never decrease.

One thing employers in the engineering industry are very keen on is what is called Continuous Professional Development or CPD. It came about due to people getting top jobs and then thinking to themselves, 'That's it I've arrived, time to switch off'. Then five years later they were stuck with an engineer who was behind the times as the industry and technology was developing so quickly. In some sectors such as electricians working to NIC/EIC, plumbers who are GasSafe registered and railway signalling workers CPD is mandatory and their license is revoked if they don't put in enough hours. I believe the medical profession runs a similar scheme. In most industries it is voluntary however jobs and promotions are more likely to go to those who participate in CPD and keep their record book up to date. The fact that they give up some of their spare time to participate shows the employer their commitment to their profession. In general though it is next to impossible to become an expert in everything in any particular discipline now as the breadth of content is simply too wide and the depth is way to deep. You'd need a cranium like the Mekon.

Although some will tell you bits of paper are meaningless a good qualification can set you apart from the rest if it comes down to differentiating between a group of candidates with similar experience and ability. Generally an employer attaches the greatest weight in the selection process to a candidate's experience and a provable track record of achievement. If you have little experience then an academic qualification can be considered as part of the provable track record of achievement. A qualification can also serve as an indicator that any work you provide in a portfolio is actually your own and not harvested with HTTrack, downloaded from Templatemo or just good ol'fashioned copy and paste work. Unfortunately with the open nature of the web any mug can plagiarise a portfolio in a weekend. The most difficult thing to get is experience as you have to get the job to get the experience and it is hard to land a job without experience. The good old chicken or egg scenario. Some years ago simply knowing more than twenty HTML tags and the difference between position:absolute; and position:relative; was enough to get you a six figure salary, three months off a year to go snowboarding and free hosting for your trendy design blog. That was because hardly any bugger knew anything about it, however those days are a distant memory and now all the world and his dog fancy a career in web design and development. It's a case of supply and demand. If there is a demand for people to perform a task and the supply is low anyone can get a job in it. If there is a massive number of people wanting to get into it though then it becomes exponentially more difficult. So anything you can do to set yourself out from the rest of the pack is worth doing. To an employer the fact that someone has studied shows a commitment to the career they have chosen to pursue. It also helps to prove that any portfolio is probably their own work. However be aware that the fly-boys and spivs will also be aware of this and sites peddling worthless degrees and NVQs spring up like mushrooms every morning. Training is a lucrative industry and can reap large rewards from desperate people. So ensure any course you undertake leads to a valid, nationally and internationally recognised qualification. Also note that acquiring a qualification at level 4 or above in any STEM subject can open doors to positions in industries not directly related to the core STEM subjects.

What's wrong with Firefox? Google Chrome uses around 2.5 times more memory than any other browser and also starts up 43 processes more than any other browser. The days of being a 'fast and lightweight' alternative are just a distant memory. I see this a lot at the disability organisation I use, which has Chrome as the default browser on the network. It gets worse as you open more tabs. Looking at the network monitor it appears that the amount of data being sent out from the Chrome browser is actually greater than the data being received by it.

Three year old actually. An autolock function would be useful for threads over a certain age.

Couple of interesting articles on the subject of writing a CV or résumé. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sorry-frustrated-job-seeker-its-get-harder-deon-haar http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36129046 Basically the CV is scanned for keywords in much the same way a search engine scans a web page. One method of tipping the balance to ensure it actually gets read by a human is to salt the PDF, DOC file with invisible keywords in tiny, white or transparent type. This site might come in useful https://www.jobscan.co/ Some years ago I did some CV sorting for an employment agency. Some of the criteria was really quite bizarre until you understood the logic behind it. One company wanted only applicants from within certain post code areas. Any applications from outside those areas was binned regardless of qualifications or experience. The reason was that the company consider the social status of the applicant would be of primary importance in the role and people not in the same clique would not have the social contacts and networks the company desired. Another, a major silicon products manufacturer, required that any applicants that didn't answer yes to the following questions was binned. Are you married? Do you have two children or more? Do you have a mortgage? As the company would be spending a lot of money on training they didn't want candidates with no ties or responsibilities who might develop wanderlust six months in.

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As an engineer I would be surprised if there is anything approaching any form of true AI in the next couple of centuries if not millennia. A computer will never be capable of true spontaneous creative thought or logic, it's only capable of making true or false, yes or no, boolean decisions based on algorithms. True intelligence also takes into account the intangibles of experience and 'gut' instinct. It's incredibly difficult to think outside of the box if you actually are a box.

If anyone is interested in the Blue Griffon editor there are some free tutorials available here: http://www.thesitewizard.com/bluegriffon/index.shtml The program itself doesn't come with a manual and you will otherwise need to buy one.

I've seen a few basic CMS systems that do that as well.

Personally if I was going to build a WYSIWYG editor I would use web languages themselves. If the builder is built by someone who understands the output it is less likely to contain all the spurious clutter that a software programmer might be content with. One day it might be possible to use a form of AI to design sites, there was a builder claiming to have started to do this but it doesn't seem to be online any more. WYSIWYG does have its uses, one is that those who want a web site but are limited in funds can use one to get themselves up and running. Which is how I got interested in all this malarkey some years ago. However they should only be used for personal or hobby uses, not for building sites for paying clients. Some of the underlying code can be appalling, one I saw actually writes three versions of each element for desktop, tablet and mobile into the HTML and applies display:none; to those not required via media queries. So the underlying code looked something like <div class="mobile" style="width:320px"> <p>A paragragph of text</p> </div> <div class="tablet" style="width:480px"> <p>A paragragph of text</p> </div> <div class="desktop" style="width:640px"> <p>A paragragph of text</p> </div> That is a horrendous approach to take.

If you start mucking about with the code generated by these editors normally it will break the site. In fact by the time you finish it would have been easier to code it by hand. In Notepad. As I stated before, WYSIWYG and drag'n'drop is OK for those building a site for personal use, they are not good enough for palming off onto paying clients. They tend to lead to bad practises like massively overweight images and horrendous accessibility let alone the bloated code. Indeed on one WYSIWYG forum I once saw a user post a comment in a thread on accessibility along the lines of, 'Why should I care about the blind? The bastards are paying for their sins.'.

Some web builders can create Wordpress templates. Artisteer is probably the most notable and doesn't do a particularly bad job in the code department either. http://www.artisteer.com/ Most WYSIWYG editors and online builders however don't allow for much flexibility in the code and utilise some pretty naff underlying code. This is mainly due to having to be a 'one-size-fits-all' solution and the requirement to work with a proprietary file format. The main issue is when people start setting up web design businesses using these editors and doing work for paying clients. If a disaster hits them and they lose the proprietary files or the software stops working or the cloud based builder goes dark then the client is high and dry as the 'designer' is helpless as they probably know as much about coding as the client. A useful tool is possibly Blue Griffon which has both a WYSIWYG interface and a text editor interface( Based on the CodeMirror text editor). So you can type in the code and press the button at the bottom to switch to the WYSIWYG view to see the changes. Quite useful for testing things out as you don't need to keep firing up a browser. http://www.bluegriffon.org/ Freeware and available for WIndows, Mac and Linux, and in a range of languages.

At the moment it's like a picture of a young Jimmy Durante scowling out at you.

I've just changed two mop heads which was a more entertaining experience than looking at your site. I have no idea what you're trying to convey with it. The first thing that strikes is your scowling image stuck right in the centre looking as if you would sooner be somewhere else. The jarring, transition-less slider seems totally out of place with the rest of the page. The nav buttons change on hover but don't work unless the text itself is clicked. The form is, well enigmatic to say the least, I wasn't inspired with confidence to enter anything into it. The colour scheme is drab and drear, like a rainy day in Port Talbot. The only reason I bothered to look at the About Me page was to get away from the damned slider flashing away. None of the links seem to work. I was however amused by this in script6.js $(document).ready(function(){var profileDesc=$("<p>The most handsome web developer</p>");

What is the big deal about a bit of spam, quite nice as fritters with a couple of fried eggs on top. TBH I used to enjoy sifting through the spam I used to get on my old business site. Some were really funny. One highlight was from some Russian bird who wanted me to pay her fare so she could come over and make whoopee with my wife while I watched. Don't get that kind of offer very often.

The OG and Twitter meta can share the same content in some cases. So instead of having <meta property="og:image" content="myimage.jpg"/> <meta name="twitter:image" content="myimage.jpg" /> You could instead use the following to cover both FB and Twitter <meta name="twitter:image" property="og:image" content="myimage.jpg" />

There's probably a law against that now.