Everything posted by GigafishLabs
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advice on laptop please
Yep I also think that the bigger screen the better, for web design the iMacs are great you can get one for sth like 600 pounds off ebay.
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can someone tell me how they disable the right click function?
And even if someone does not know that disabling javascript works, he can always print a screen and take what he wants. The best way to protect content is to give it away for free.
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Jquery horizontal scroller
Just like mates above said, but to summarize keep using anchors but use jquery effect to smooth the movement.
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Best IDE
A lot of ppl use Dreamweaver but I personally recommend netbeans and eclipse but depends on the language used.
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Learning to code...
To be honest I feel like Html and Css is so simple that anyone can lear it one day and master in a week. Just from the beginning read coding standards and keep to them, write websites. Thats it.
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Web Design.. Getting my 'back' into it..
I would recommend writing website after website html css so you will master everything, you do not need to finish them necessairly but you will have templates and will be able to track your progress. Doing the same thing over and over again helps to become better in it.
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W3 validation?
Search engines not browsers.
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How successfull is Social Networking for you?
Networking is the king, join your local networking group, talk to people make relationships then you will have your group of clients and enough work to stop needing additional advertising.
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How did/do you sustain yourself while you learn web development?
Learning is one thing but if you want to make a living out of it not find a job then learn more about running a business than all other things, simply with html and css you can start making money.
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Displaying Results from a Database
Let me also do it: http://w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp Here you will find very nice fundamentals on working with SQL and combining with PHP. All you need to know.
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W3 validation?
I am referring to all browsers not google only, SEO is the Search Engine Optimization not Google Engine Optimization So basically speaking you can be right about google, but focusing only on google and ignoring the rest is not a good habit. Additionally I am afraid that by saying - ignore Validations - some people who just started to learn might get confused, and ignore actually important things.
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Do we need to design for IE 6 and IE 7?
You didn't fully understand. Below IE8 means IE4,IE5,IE6,IE7 ect. Cheers
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Do we need to design for IE 6 and IE 7?
The easiest way is to write yourself a javascript browser detection script, and put raw html website below IE8 with information, users can access info and they are told to upgrade. It won't lose you visitors.
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W3 validation?
I didn't know that SEO is only a google related term? What about Bing, Yahoo, MSN, Aol and other you do not consider other search engines for SEO, and foremost what W3C errors do you consider as not affecting SEO, for example missing alt attribute is an Validation error which affects ranking....
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why is image lower than others?
position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; Add relative positioning and adjust top and left.
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Displaying Results from a Database
You need to fetch the table within the database. Create a form with search box and query a text from that form against the database and fetch. to query Use $query - mysql_query("SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE yoursearchname='$searchedname'"); to display use while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) { echo $row['yoursearchname']; // row name } This is quite easy to do but you need to have a fundamental knowledge about PHP and MySQL
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Redirecting UK users from .com to .co.uk site
Use 301 redirection, this will help you to maintain results from .COM domain in position without loosing the traffic from that links.
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.net or .co.uk for a UK hosted site...better traffic ?!
The extension does not matter for SEO but the content. If you will optimize your website's content for UK google then it will be found there more easily. Whether it is .NET or .CO.UK the content is the factor that determines the indexing, also the links but we are going more deep into SEO here.
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Adding within a loop...
Why don't you write a function from data you have already and filter what's needed?
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How do you do a floating image?
add to style property: style="position: fixed;"
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positioning causing unwanted overflow.
Have you tried - overflow-x:hidden; ? Try: overflow-x: hidden; Change in your style.css body { background-color: #553C19; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: url(images/bg_repeat4.jpg); } to body { background-color: #553C19; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: url(images/bg_repeat4.jpg); overflow-x: hidden;}
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New Social Network
It is based on Drupal therefore is limited to some extent, if you are not coding the website yourself and requires a lot of work I would recommend hiring a PHP coder to make some stuff possible for you. I think you could improve the message, as for the newcomer it is not really obvious what is this social network about...
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New portfolio + Blog for web design & others
You should work on your typography in my opinion.
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W3 validation?
If you are thinking about SEO then Validation is a must.
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Standard practices when meeting with clients?
The best way is the way that will make your Client feel comfortable, but you have to also be comfortable about it. I am not sure if inviting a stranger to your house is a good idea, but if they want a bit closer relationship than only a phone conversation you can always meet up for a coffee or arrange a video call. D