D.Schuster

haha yea thanks for the insight but imma still refer to it as a programming language ive seen many debates online over rather PHP is a programming language or not but as an example heres a quote from PHP-GTK which is an extension to the php scripting language coming from PHP.net itself
 
highlighted the important part in red even tho it is a scripting language its still commonly refered to as a programming language here is also another good quote
which shows php does not have to just be used for web programming
 
not to mention there is plenty of PHP compliers as well. And im not here to start a debate as a programmer who has both wrote C++ code and java im just here to give my opinion on the subject.

C/C++,C#,Java, Basic, Python etc. = programming languages
PHP, javascript, HTML, CSS = /= Programming language
 
PHP and javascript are both scripting languages
 
if it's scripted and can't be compiled it's not a programming language.
 
+1 to all of that and I'd also like to provide you with this, interactive courses are always the best way to learn
http://code.he.net/index.php

For a login system, you're going to need some server-side programming (to handle the database side of things) so PHP will be good for that, mainly because there's lots of support out there for that type of thing. Like webdesigner said, PHP is one of the most popular web programming languages so there's a good chance you'll find what you're looking for should you run into trouble
 
For database connections using PHP, I found this website useful: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/pdo-vs-mysqli-which-should-you-use/. It goes through the most recent PHP 5+ methods of database connections, avoiding the deprecated mysql_connect functions, which are no longer recommended.
 
And don't forget about JavaScript. It can be used for some client-side validation before the login is processed. Though don't forget about server-side form-validation, it's important for security! I personally like the jQuery Validate plugin for validating forms as I find it easy to implement and it basically does everything for you: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/.
 
Hope this helps,
Lyndsey

Okay here we go:
 
this is how we're gonna do it:
Colours
 
Fonts
 
Code
 
My personal opinion

1. Colurs and Layout
 

iems, I will be honest with you neither is good, the blue is far too invasive, and a poor choice, it's a dark colour very unsetteling and it's just too much of a contrast with the pure white.
what it reminds me of is the websites from more than 5 years ago, and that's not what clients want, or expect.  

if your heart is set on blue I'd like to link you these examples http://webdesignledg...-to-inspire-you
and here http://www.uxde.net/...ue-web-designs/
for inspiration mainly, I hope you find something that you might like.  

I would also urge you to read the following documentation
Basic colour theory:
http://www.colormatt...ic-color-theory
Colour theory as explained by the Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Color_theory
and a longer tutorial
http://www.smashingm...eaning-of-color /  

The layout itself is closer to what modern websites look like and yet so far away from it, I can't see the difference between the menu the content and the header, you need to use colours and design tricks to gently guide the users eyes through your website, currently your website is all over the place,I have no idea where to look and what's importaint, I'd suggest using contrast here but always be carefull with contrasting colours it needs to be subtle and yet cleary visible.  

The shadows and the hover effects make it look cheap, you need to know how and where to use transitions and animations.  
2. The Fonts
 
 

The fonts here are again a poor choice they further make it look like a really old website.
They seem too sharp on the eyes and low quality for some reason, they constrast the background far too much, granted mostly I'd praise the lord for seeing a webdesign where the fonts are in contrast with the background, but in this case they just seem a bit off to me.  

again I'll supply you with a link for inspiration
http://speckyboy.com...est-practices/  
3. The Code
 

Oh my, in one word messy, I do not envy you if you ever need to come back to this, I'd recommend commenting the code out a bit for yourself, indenting is an absolute must.
you alternate between linking stylesheets and scripts which is bad practice, I usually make separate sections with comments for scripts and stylesheets, the SEO needs work  
4. My personal opinion
 

I don't know why but despite all this I belive that you are capable of doing a better job you just need the right push and the inspiration, I would really urge you to read the material I provided and if you ever want more don't fear to contact me, also there's a lot of documentation on the web you just need a few minutes to find it.  

I know you can do a better job than this

No you're not, you're an Indian pretending to be from the US and can't spell your fake name properly. That's my view and people should be very aware that your hosting company is not as it seems.

Of course Macs have viruses! Apple are forever releasing apologetic statements regarding viruses affecting OS X users. As the OS gains a larger market share, more hackers are targeting it. There's just two reasons why OS X has fewer viruses...
 
1. Until recently, OS X had an insignificant market share so hackers aren't going to waste their time developing viruses for an OS that hardly anyone uses.
2. The general restrictiveness of OS X makes it difficult for beginner hackers who have to develop their own bypasses.
 
And what's wrong with someone saying that Linux is a open-source OS for intensive programming? After all, along with it's other features it is one of the key reasons why it is used (and the fact that it is free).

P.S. You'll get WAY more for your money if you go the Windows PC route.

And if I waste those on everyone who has a multimillion idea but somehow needs a free website to become super rich for free I'd have 0 free time and no sleep.
if you think your idea can make it get a bank loan or if you're a student yourself a student loan, hire proffessional payed help, if not that just shows even you doubt the idea and that's NOT a good msg to be putting out there.

Hi, let me know what you think of the website I made for college.
 
Basically, we need to design a prototype website for a company of our choice which includes some multimedia assets.
 
I would like to use this in my portfolio so I want it to look as professional as possible. Any suggestions or expert tips would be greatly appreciated!
 
I know the project gallery doesn't work, but you can pretty much ignore that for now as I am going to change the design of that anyway.
 
Here's the link: http://titan.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~ztowns01/mm/mmfma/index.html
 
Cheers,
Zach

It's not an umbrella term. It's a mis-used term.
 
From another thread:
 
Web Design - Literally the design, and not the code.
 
Web Development is split into two separate areas:
 
Front-End Development - This is the code that runs in the browser. HTML, CSS, JavaScript - usually.
 
Back-End Development - This is the code that runs on the server that dynamically generates the front-end code depending on the user requests. This is your PHP, Ruby, etc.
 
That isn't to say that these three areas do not cross-over, they do. Some people try their hand at all of it. But they are still separate areas, and should be treated as such. I would also advise to anybody starting out that for the first few months at least you concentrate in one of those areas. If you try to do it all at once straight away, it's just all too much to take in.
 
What creates the confusion with the terminology is that these days, most Web Designers are also Front-End Developers. Generally speaking, the person who designs the website, also writes up the front-end code. However, you should still treat them as separate practises.
 
This is why, on my personal website, I refer to myself as a "Web Designer & Front-End Developer".

Well to be fair.....we are also quite naive about the use of tech, for instance our job requires us to own a PC or a laptop, we need it, then you have the 30+ or 40+ people that are not as tech wise as we are, they don't need a platform to design/program on or to play the newest games on, they need a platform for Facebook, Gmail and all the Facebook games, so yes tablets may replace PC's in that group, but out generation that grew up with gaming will still prefer PC's over tablets any day.
 
 
EDIT: tablet sales topping PC sales in 2013 is a tough one tho.
 
also since this report is about able estimations you shouldn't take it to serious.

If i had to use a tablet instead of a PC i'd end up killing myself but only after a i rampage down the street striking people with the tablet.
 
Tablets are great for looking something up or casual browsing but for anything else they're close to useless.
If they do take over from PC's then i'm going to get qualified as a physiotherapist as the ceses of RSI will go shooting up!
 
I'd pay no attention to this piece of rubbish media bias, let's not forget it was only a couple of years ago when they were claiming smartphones would kill the PC.

8 bit animated gifs FTW.

And flaming text...Scrolling text...and java menus...

Edge & Muse as standalone programs are great experimental ideas but they won't be viable as professional-quality production tools.
 
The perfect web design tool would probably include some conceptual ideas from Dreamweaver, Edge & Muse (as well as the actual ideas from Text Editors, Browsers, Photoshop, InDesign and Fireworks), but I don't see that becoming reality for many years.

the code of Muse and Edge will be horribly "bloated" and thus reducing the overall website efficiency, also if you plan to work in web design and development you NEED to know the background of a webpage, imagine if let's say in an odd event muse were to produce a code bug in one of your clients websites, the client calls you demands to know what's wrong and demands you fix it, what will you do? Say I don't know?, remake the whole website?
 
remember in webdesign there are no simple drag and drop solutions, software can never truly substitute the experience and knowledge of a web designer.
 
The reality is there's not easy 5 minute way to become a quality web designer if there was, none of us would be doing this since we'd not be needed at all if anyone could learn how to make a website over lunch, it takes years of experience, following web trends, reading tutorials, reading blogs, watching presentations etc. etc.

Hi guys, I've recently been working on my folio redesign, and have got it to a stage where I'm pretty happy with it.
 
Before I put it live, I'd like to get some feedback on the site, the work, or any bugs/typos I may have missed.
The folio is a pretty even split between digital and graphic design work. I'm more of a designer than a developer, although I did code most of this site primarily as a learning exercise. I'm going to use it to look for integrated design roles from this point forward.
 
Crit away!
 

Hmm the Apple company? No (too much of a dictatorship and 3rd world abuse)
The Apple products? meeeh they're all right not what fanboys would have you believe tho
The Apple fanboys? goodness no
The Apple pricing and work conditions policy? Not one bit
The Apple self centered ego trip? nope

This. Also ditch Design View from Dreamweaver and you've got a reasonable editor. Of course mine's better, but anyone'll say that about their IDE of choice.

Haha yeah i know. Like using a blender to stir your tea.
However, it's installed, i know it inside out and i know it is working
 
 
WTF... i no see that. I'll jump back on the other machine later and see if it's there.
Cheers mate.

I have to whole heartedly disagree with you here BM.
 
Yes, obviously the software is designed to produce far more than a single DIV site BUT if it can't even intelligently work out when all the bloat is not needed on such a small scale, how is it going to fair on the larger scale?
 
What about Muse? it's code was just as bad.
 
At the end of the day the software is just not intelligent enough to make the choice between what is needed and what is bloat and that is always going to be its downfall. A better test would be to create two largish sites with the full works. One in Edge and one by hand. Now i'm guessing using Edge will be a lot faster but the one by hand (so long as you know what you're doing) will be far more professional, using less code and a smarter way of reaching the same goal.
 
We don't need another bloated piece of crap software clogging up the internet. I appreciate Adobe is a business but as far as i'm concerned, these two products are dead in the water as far simpler IDE's or frameworks will come along that just do it better (all be it with a bit more work needed).

Also when they try and grab you as your leaving their page. GIVE UP ALREADY!

Stupid stock imagery that depict people much happier and more successful than myself.

Hahaha. Many apologies there.

you're right, will do that
 
I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean?
 
The site is for a company that make furniture and kitchens. The headline says something like; for all your custom made furniture and kitchens, with below; would you like to request a price offer?. Do you think it's not clear enough?
 
>evu
I'll try that!
 
>D.schuster
I changed it back to gray
 
Thanx for your input