richardmountain

Maybe he's working on the 404 design?

Been listening to Basshunter all day - realised it's been 10 years! ...
 

You do this for Twitter and Facebook as follows
 
Twitter:
 
The URL is made up of:
http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text= Add some text if you want, in my below example the text is
Share+this+page Then add the page url
&url=http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/topic/85234-looking-for-best-wordpress-social-media-plugins/#entry508174 The final result would be
http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Share+this+page&url=http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/topic/85234-looking-for-best-wordpress-social-media-plugins/#entry508174 Facebook can be done like this
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u= Then add the page URL after the =
 
like this
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/topic/85234-looking-for-best-wordpress-social-media-plugins/#entry508174 I'm not going to go into detail about how to get urls etc.. and building strings because if you're working with WP you should already know this!

I have this built into my editor, but GitKraken has come up up with quite a nice UI for this.

Does anyone else here use Spotify?
 
Off the back of that what do you all think of setting up a WDF playlist(s)?
 
Moderated by WDF members?

Does anyone else here use Spotify?
 
Off the back of that what do you all think of setting up a WDF playlist(s)?
 
Moderated by WDF members?

Just over a year ago I transitioned from software developer to web developer, and I don't have any web developer qualifications that you would find by googling web developer qualifications or web developer courses all I had was a list of websites that I had developed myself and the experience I had gathered over the years.
 
I was looking at the website of a local agency that I'd applied for several years before but was unsuccessful in getting an interview, most likely due to lack of experience, and I noticed they were looking for a PHP developer with a varied skill set, I didn't have all of the skills they were looking for, in particular a good knowledge of Drupal but I sent over my CV and a list of websites that I had developed including my GitHub address.
 
As a result they asked me in for a chat, when I went in for a chat we discussed my experience and they had me sit a small test they'd put together. After the test I was also given a scenario where by they had a static website that they wanted porting over to WordPress. In this instance they asked me to approach it from a freelancer angle so I went home with the spec and got back to them the following day with a quote and time scale.
 
I completely got the time scale wrong and quoted 10 hrs and it only ended up taking a couple which was good because if it had have taken me 10hrs I wouldn't have got the job.
 
Basically what I'm saying is, agencies, companies care less for qualifications on paper and more about what you have done, what you can do and how well you can do it. Like I've seen rbrtSmith say over and over again stop looking for the silver bullet and get on with learning the basics and building on those and proving that you know what you're doing.
 
This isn't something that is going to just happen over night it takes time to learn how to code properly, and if I was going to listen to anyone rbrtsmith is who I'd listen to, I have read how he has gotten where he is now and that's not through firing a silver bullet, it's from hard graft and dedication to learning how to develop and by all accounts is still learning now.

Hi Grant,
 
I've switched to using Wordpress a while ago as I was working with it a lot where I work, it lasted a couple of weeks. I am now using Jekyll, there are a few other developers here that are also using Jekyll. It's easy to use and keeps your site clean and clutter free. Part of the issue with WordPress is that even straight out of the box it's bloated.
 
For instance there is a wp-emoji-release.min.js file, just because there are emoji's available in the WP WYSIWYG editor. I don't want them so now I have to add a function to the functions.php file to stop these from loading. Otherwise that's an extra 33kb added to the already bloated load.
 
Where as something like Jekyll it basically creates a static website based on the code that you've written, you can also host the website on github which makes web hosting free, or not you can host it on your own servers if you want

Stick all of the code into something like JSFiddle so that we can take a better look.

Not to mention performance and speed... this support ticket is a great example - https://www.wix.com/support/html5/ugc/d91a4eaf-d69d-4374-8d3e-8067f1429549/d33833ab-597c-4746-9260-4030768055ca
 
I was looking for a solution for caching / removing scripts added by embedded youtube videos, when I found the above
 
To the OP: If you spend as much time learning how to build a site from scratch + best practices as you spend on WDF trying to find an easy solution, you would have already built your site

I'm not going to discuss your current site as I think everyone previous to this post has done a pretty good job of that.
 
If I was you I'd take all of the above posts as constructive criticism and nothing more, you've proven that you don't have an eye for design which isn't the end of the world.
 
I do think you would be best to start from scratch in regards to your website. Start with a clean slate and take your time and get it right. As far as designs go, I'd personally recommend you go to somewhere like themeforest and pick yourself a clean modern DESIGN from the UI section, not a pre-built html site or wordpress theme, they are as cheap as chips and it will give you an idea of how you may receive website designs from clients.
 
Then take your time to turn the designs into working html and css. When you're looking for a design keep in mind what content you already have, what content you want to display, and which design they will be fit into, don't just pick a design because you think it looks good, the design has to work with the content you're displaying.
 
Anyways good luck and keeps us posted!!

Just a quick comment on the quoted text above, you can use the Developer Tools in modern web browsers to visualise small changes on the fly, it doesn't save the changes, but it gives you a visual representation of it.
 
To get to it, right click, and then press insepct element, or press F12 on the keyboard, then find your element in the DOM and play with the styles, for example padding, change the value, if it doesn't look right, change it again, when your happy, make note of the value, or the changes you've made, and copy them into your editor and save the file.

I don't see anything wrong with the domain you already have, if you're making "HeyLouise" your brand / Identity then it makes sense to use that in your domain name.

All it gives you is a piece or paper that says you can doing something. A better way to show potential clients / employers is to have actual examples of work.
 
Something like Free Code Camp might suit better, building real world applications for real world problems, while learning!

Hi and welcome to WDF

I don't think it's a requirement, but it would help you out in the long run and possibly even score brownie points as well with employers.
 
As for the other skills you mentioned as long as you have a solid understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript etc..
 
Git
PHP
SASS
 
Are other skills that would be extremely handy to know, Git for version control as most development agencies use this as a means of keeping track of changes etc.
 
A good understanding would also be helpful if you are ever working on a PHP site it would be useful to know what the various functions do.
 
Sass is an amazing CSS pre-processor which I would recommend you look at, makes writing CSS much easier and more fun

I don't think it's a requirement, but it would help you out in the long run and possibly even score brownie points as well with employers.
 
As for the other skills you mentioned as long as you have a solid understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript etc..
 
Git
PHP
SASS
 
Are other skills that would be extremely handy to know, Git for version control as most development agencies use this as a means of keeping track of changes etc.
 
A good understanding would also be helpful if you are ever working on a PHP site it would be useful to know what the various functions do.
 
Sass is an amazing CSS pre-processor which I would recommend you look at, makes writing CSS much easier and more fun

I don't see anything wrong with the domain you already have, if you're making "HeyLouise" your brand / Identity then it makes sense to use that in your domain name.

All of the images on that site need optimizing as they are far too big. 20mb page size!!
 
Good start though with BS, although I would recommend you try and accomplish the same without using a frontend framework like Bootstrap. You'll benefit more if you practice building sites from scratch, maybe even start building your own collection of css classes.
 
You can store them somewhere like Github, and also maybe have a look at SASS which is a CSS preprocessor, makes writing CSS much faster, and a little more fun! If you use something like SASS you can create generic classes that accept variables ( colour, size, border etc... ) which you can change on a per site basis.

Just published a blog post if anyone is interested. I don't blog often, but I am trying hard to do so when possible.
 
http://jamesjeffery.co.uk/post/142253063244/how-to-hack-kanye-west
 
The blog post contains nothing that would be considered illegal and is purely for educational purposes only (as always). It merely demonstrates how a malicious hacker could take things one step further.
 
Regards,
 
J

Not everyone can create beautiful looking websites, you've either got the eye for it or you take inspiration from others. I myself don't have the ability to create amazingly looking website from scratch without heavy inspiration from other websites.
 
As a result I work harder on learning how to take someone else's designs and make them into a working website. If you're in a similar boat then don't get caught up in the fact that you can't build a stunning website from scratch without the aid of someone else's designs. I spent years trying to build amazing websites on my own and I was never happy with any of them. My personal website has changed style at least 20 times in the past 10 years and I think I've finally put something together that I'm happy with.
 
If you are after a design for your site try looking at themeforest and look at the UI section, there are hundreds of designs that you can purchase for < $20.00, don't cheat yourself and buy a pre built theme from there as you'll not learn much by changing the content of someone else's template.
 
 
 
"Most users" being clients that undervalue web developers and would rather pay $40.00 and throw up a Wordpress website because that's what they think they need! This is bad advice for someone that is learning to develop websites themselves.
 
Who slices anymore? Most styles can be achieved using CSS these days.
 
@@Jane B thanks for mentioning Dropmark that will come in handy!

Referring to slicing they don't mean what you think, what use to be a big thing was people would design sites using photoshop then slice up the design into images eg. I use to create gradient backgrounds using 1px width images and repeat them across an element to get a gradient background effect, this isn't the case anymore as CSS3 will do this for you.
 
If you were building websites like they did in the '90s you'd be using tables for structure.
 
Using divs and other HTML5 elements is still the correct way for structuring your website.

Not everyone can create beautiful looking websites, you've either got the eye for it or you take inspiration from others. I myself don't have the ability to create amazingly looking website from scratch without heavy inspiration from other websites.
 
As a result I work harder on learning how to take someone else's designs and make them into a working website. If you're in a similar boat then don't get caught up in the fact that you can't build a stunning website from scratch without the aid of someone else's designs. I spent years trying to build amazing websites on my own and I was never happy with any of them. My personal website has changed style at least 20 times in the past 10 years and I think I've finally put something together that I'm happy with.
 
If you are after a design for your site try looking at themeforest and look at the UI section, there are hundreds of designs that you can purchase for < $20.00, don't cheat yourself and buy a pre built theme from there as you'll not learn much by changing the content of someone else's template.
 
 
 
"Most users" being clients that undervalue web developers and would rather pay $40.00 and throw up a Wordpress website because that's what they think they need! This is bad advice for someone that is learning to develop websites themselves.
 
Who slices anymore? Most styles can be achieved using CSS these days.
 
@@Jane B thanks for mentioning Dropmark that will come in handy!

I struggle with that too. I really want to be good at design...and I'm really not.
 
I use dropmark to collect links to useful websites and I do have one on design tutorials if it's any help: http://www.janeb.uk/280699
 
Here's a collection of links about colour:http://www.janeb.uk/281242/6527338
 
and some about fonts: http://www.janeb.uk/283048

Not sure. I was thinking about this yesterday, and I couldn't find many opinions online. It should be perfectly safe because you have to log back in every few hours anyway, and everything is encrypted.
 
Although, I probably wouldn't consider it without two-factor authentication enabled. Technically, even if a hack exposed your details, the details would be completely scrambled. With 2-factor turned on, your passwords and cards can't be auto-filled, viewed, or decrypted, without the code from another device. You can also delete data from anywhere, and revoke access to any device using the web version.
 
I was thinking about getting this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yubico-Y-123-FIDO-U2F-Security/dp/B00NLKA0D8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459344878&sr=8-2&keywords=FIDO+key to have on my keys, and a couple of the cheaper ones for home http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plug-up-FIDO-U2F-U2F-SK-01-Security/dp/B00OGPO3ZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459344878&sr=8-1&keywords=FIDO+key, just in case I lose it when I'm drunk. Without that key plugged into my Mac, and the master password, no action can be taken.