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I use XAMPP ... it's easy to install and get up and running. I develop my Wordpress sites on my own machine before I upload them.
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On the whole the site looks pretty slick ... and I really like the navigation effects. That's one part I wouldn't want you to get rid of. But the text seems to be very inconsistent in size and spacing. Especially increase the line height in the blue paragraph just below the "welcome". The text lines are so cramped, it is hard to read.
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Yay, there really is another white-haired designer out there! Welcome. I'm sure you will find all the help and resources you need right here.
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I replied to your other thread, but I'll add the link here too. http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/80-large-background-websites/ There are several examples in this article.
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Just Google "websites with image backgrounds" or something similar. Webdesignerwall has an article about them with a few examples that show people. http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/80-large-background-websites/
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Don't scare the poor guy before he even gets started. Actually, there are a lot of good points to a freelancer's life like " flexible working, constantly developing new skills, fun creative workplace etc etc". Many people love it. You just have to be careful to understand that nothing is for free. There is a lot of hard work and frustration involved. But that is the same for any job. So I say ... if your heart is in it, why not go for it.
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A real attention grabber ... so the design serves its purpose. I was really drawn in by the large image and text at the top which clearly explains the purpose of your site. I have one suggestion, though. I think you should increase the contrast of the navigation bar text. The light colored text is hard to read, and people won't want to wait until they hover my mouse over a word to see what it is clearly.
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Very nice. Slow down your testimonials quite a bit, though. I am a fairly fast reader, and I only got through half a paragraph before it switched to the next testimonial ... very frustrating to anyone interested in what other people have to say about your work. BTW, I was viewing with IE7 on a PC.
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I think possibly some experts might disagree with this method, but I keep the <h1>Title</h1> separate from the logo image with the anchor tags, then give the <h1> element a margin-left: -9999px to move it off the visible part of the site, but still have it present for other purposes.
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Thanks, Scott S. I didn't even see that icon there. Not very obvious, but now that I know about it, I will use it alot.
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I was looking forward to the topic preview, but don't see it. Isn't that where you get a glimpse of the topic when you hover the mouse over the thread title? It' really saves alot of time when scanning all the topics to find specific issues.
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Thanks! I went over it several times and missed the missing ! each time. Problem solved. I know I should move on, and one of my projects this summer is to fully explore the capabilities of the javascript libraries, but I want to be an expert in coding for the web (clientside and serverside) and want to practice as much as I can.
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Thank you for your replies, but I am trying to learn how to code Javascript from scratch (hence the book I am working through). It's not the end result, but the process that I am interested in. Using Jquery would definitely be better if I wanted that functionality on one of my webpages, but right now I would really appreciate it if someone could help me figure out what is wrong with my code. Thanks.
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I am working through the book: "Sams Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 Hours" and can't get this one to work. I changed two parts from the book to add 'px' after the top: and left: values but that didn't help. Only the left, right, up and down buttons don't work. What am I missing? <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Positioning Elements with JavaScript</title> <!-- link to external sheets --> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "script1.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> <!-- embedded styles --> <style type="text/css"> #square { position: absolute; top: 150px; left: 100px; width: 200px; height: 200px; border: 2px solid black; padding: 10px; background-color: #e0e0e0; } </style> <script type = "text/javascript" > var x = 100, y = 150; function pos(dx, dy) { if (document.getElementById) { return; } x += 10*dx; y += 10*dy; obj = document.getElementById("square"); obj.style.top = y + "px"; obj.style.left = x + "px"; } function hideSquare() { if (!document.getElementById) { return; } obj = document.getElementById("square"); obj.style.display = "none"; } function showSquare() { if (!document.getElementById) { return; } obj = document.getElementById("square"); obj.style.display = "block"; } </script> </head> <body> <div id = "wrapper"> <h1>Positioning Elements</h1> <hr /> <form name = "form1"> <input type = "button" name = "left" value = "<- Left" onClick = "pos(-1,0);" /> <input type = "button" name = "right" value = "Right ->" onClick = "pos(1,0);" /> <input type = "button" name = "up" value = "Up" onClick = "pos(0,1);" /> <input type = "button" name = "down" value = "Down" onClick = "pos(0,-1);" /> <input type = "button" name = "hide" value = "Hide" onClick = "hideSquare();" /> <input type = "button" name = "show" value = "Show" onClick = "showSquare();" /> </form> <hr /> <div id = "square"> <p> This square is an absolutely positioned layer that you can move using the buttons above. </p> </div> </div> <!-- end of wrapper div --> </body> </html>
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I decided to work on a site that I haven't touched in a year, due to lack of time. I used my FTP client to download the files, because I couldn't find my backup for them, and my laptop crashed a week ago. I found a strange file in there that was called: google86c6a28d25c31dff.html Being very inexperienced, I have never seen anything like this. I tried googling it and found nothing. What is it?
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Definitely the best of the three! Good luck!
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How about a 4? I'm female, age 57.
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Even though the people here are good at giving critiques about websites, this thread was really about the design process, so if you want to have a site review, you should probably start your own thread instead of leading this one off in a different direction.
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Why are your two site images linked to other totally unrelated sites? By the way, I like the second design better, because there is more colour to add interest (I find the colours you chose very pleasing to the eye), and the layout makes me want to read further. The first one seems a bit dull and devoid of content to me.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it when I get back from a meeting.
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I have just about finished a website for a client and I have one thing that I would like to fix, but I have no idea how to do it. The website is temporarily at www.jaybeeweb.com/testsite . We have been given permission to use the financial calculators of one of my client's providers. I have linked to the calculators page at the top of the right sidebar. On the calculator page, there is a list of links to the individual calculators. When you click on one of those links, you get the calculator, but awkwardly placed in the upper left hand corner of a new window. Is there anyway I can restrict the size of this window, or to put the calculator into the maincontent area of the page? It looks really bad the way it is right now.
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This sounds an awful lot like advertising for the site, not a request for us to make comments on the design and functionality of it??
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iambrian, the link that you provided gave me only a blank page! Nothing there.
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"TBH, it's not a good advertisement when your asking about basic knowlege and your a web designer, it's like the 'SEOs' who spam forums with questions about basic onsite optimisation. I don't see how it does any good" According to the original poster's profile, his experience is 'nothing', so I would expect that he would want to ask a few basic questions. I thought a forum was that place to ask for friendly advice and to learn from the other more experienced people there. How do you know the purpose of the post was to spam? I don't understand the reaction here. Maybe it is my inexperience showing.
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I agree. There's really no reason for the splash page ... it is just annoying, because it delays me getting to the real site. The website itself is very nice looking - not too busy or crowded and a nice colour scheme. Make sure you proofread your content. The title above the calendar says "course's", but it should be "courses". Also, some of the organization of the navigation doesn't make a lot of sense. For example, why would you put the links page under the category 'contact us' when it has nothing to do with contacting the people. Just a few things that I noticed, but overall a very nice site.
