webDesignerJon

In your code as @@WilliamsGraphics has said your using section where you should be using HTML5 tags - <header><nav><footer> - for example would improve your HTML both for readability and SEO.
 
I noticed that in your section 2 you have a paragraph containing the div. This will throw up problems, the div should be before or after the paragraph. In this example of yours you don't need the <p> at all. If you want to include both the styling for the <p class = "format-content"> and the <div id = content-area"> then this can be applied directly to the div like this <div class="format-content" id="content-area">
 
I also noticed you have commented out a <a> tag that is outside your body of the document. If you wish to use it again at any point make sure it is inside the body tags before you uncomment it.
 
Then also as @@WilliamsGraphics said you need to clear the float from your div in content 2. Google "clearfix" for plenty of good examples of how to do this.

I currently have 2 monitors. I saved and saved for quite a while before getting them. I was a little hesitant at the time but it was worth it.
 
It comes in super handy for doing things like: having localhost up on one screen and having your text editor open on the other.. Or, when gaming, you can have some music playing on the other (just a person thing there )
 
I currently have the Nvedia GTX 650Ti - which has 1 VGA, 2 DVI and a HDMI slot and I currently use the same 22@ Acer monitor (one with VGA and the other DVI and they look the same).
 
Anyway, back on topic. Go for it!

If you get 2 usb 'plug n play' monitors win 7 will run them without any hassle.

I have a few currently active. I'm quite good at deactivating services I no longer use, that's why I prefer monthly payments than yearly. Sometimes, I use something for a month or two and pause the subscription.
 
Here are the ones that I always renew (on a monthly basis):
Hosting Spotify (essential) Web font services Teuxdeux Github I think all that comes to around £25 a month, which isn't a great deal considering I knocked my phone contract on the head. All that is basically one round of drinks over here.
 
Obviously there's yearly subscriptions like domains. I also purchase resources, books and software throughout the year. It's never been a financial burden for me, more of an extension of something I enjoy, I justify it like spending money on improving a hobby.

And I do belive I'm saying "keep content, STYLING and scripting apart" not "meaning".
It would be nice though if we could import or link "meaning" into all our work. lol

I Second what the others said above. jQuery is not a language by itself, it is a framework running on top of Javascript that that significantly reduces development time and complexity. It is possible to learn just jQuery, but it is a really bad idea to go down this route.
 
All the syntax you write literally is JavaScript, the dollar sign is just a variable name pointing to the jQuery object.

It amazes me that people can write such poor code then expect people to pay for it. Especially in the age of open source and resources such as GitHub for people to share it.

You're certainly headed down the right Road John, just keep practicing and your skills will develop, the understanding of those core principles will help you to grasp the more complex aspects. I might add using a CDN will also allow users to cache jQuery, and more likely than not, they will already have it cached from another website linking to the CDN before yours. This giving a faster browsing experience than going with a locally hosted version.

The browser is not actually loading your script because it is preceded by a self-closing script tag. You should use <script></script> rather than <script />. If you change:
 
 
<script src = "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" /> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "validation.js"></script>  
To  
<script src = "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "validation.js"></script>  
It should load your script and hopefully work.
 
Good luck!

Both versions are served from diffrent CDN's (Content Distribution Network).
 
Google and jquery.com both allow you to access their hosted script versions...

I have Dreamweaver CS5 but more often than not I just use notepad++.

Navigation is a big feature and I must say this design looks far more professional then the current site.
 
The tricky thing is the colour scheme. I'm not going to suggest you change it radically as it is a good look, but perhaps with your main text you might consider using a completely blank font as it has a better colour contrast to your background. Something to consider as higher contrasts make it that much easier for everyone to read. Think it's worth thinking more about but looking good otherwise.

This is a good look, I like this! My main feedback is that you work on your copy as there were plenty of spelling errors in the text when I looked at it trying to sign up! But no gripes from me in terms of the design and I look forward to seeing something new live.

I remember at Uni our lecturer told us he didn't expect us to be all the doctypes.
 
Bet he'd tell us a different story now. Love HTML5. To this day it is still really developing and all the major browsers are still catching up.

I'm at the same level as you and for the 5-10 pages I offer clients £250 fixed rate. My highest rate is 400. Those are for design fees on their own.
 
What are your overheads like? What does it cost you to take your own time to do this for people? What about hosting and web domains? Think about how much you think you're worth and charge accordingly.

It's ok. I just remembered reading abour css resets, and i put one in and it worked. It works fine now.
Thanks.
David.

OK I will sort one out when I get home from work. I will let you all know when it has been done!

The joys of syntax errors!

Hello and welcome to the forum.
 
I'm confused as well, the code looks fine, It's not Flash based and it doesn't appear to be image intensive
 
Perhaps the viewport tag is causing a parsing issue with mobile devices with a specific width set on it.
 
 
<meta name="viewport" content="width=600, initial-scale=0.1" />  
It's guesswork on my part but perhaps take a closer look, try
 
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

Thanks guys! It working now, tho for some reason it so big on initial scale.

Ah, so the issue was because the script was loading in the head. Nice one mteam
 
You're welcome Jon!

Could be that the images defined in your HTML are different to those defined in your javascript, for example:
 
//Specify background images to slide var bgslides=new Array() bgslides[0]="http://s9.postimage.org/44gbi2h3v/test1.png" bgslides[1]="http://s9.postimage.org/45q9bhixn/test2.png" bgslides[2]="http://s9.postimage.org/ki0b17x97/test3.png" bgslides[3]="http://s9.postimage.org/ndde83197/test4.png" bgslides[4]="http://s9.postimage.org/yed4quivv/test5.png" bgslides[5]="http://s9.postimage.org/qa50m3wgr/test6.png"  
 
HTML:
 
 
<div id="slider"> <img src="http://www.elimchurchbishopauckland.co.uk/images/IMG_2865.png"> <img src="http://www.elimchurchbishopauckland.co.uk/images/IMG_1155.png"> <img src="http://www.elimchurchbishopauckland.co.uk/images/IMG_1156.png"> <img src="http://www.elimchurchbishopauckland.co.uk/images/IMG_1152.png"> <img src="http://www.elimchurchbishopauckland.co.uk/images/IMG_1019.png"> </div>  
Could be the issue, but I'm unsure at the moment.

Add the link to the script just before your closing body tag

I was thinking that may be the case. Could be a positioning issue as I can see there's quite a few divs there with absolute/relative positioning and it just may be that the slider is stuck behind it all. Unfortunately, I'm getting a 503 Service Unavailable error and can't access the page.

Well, at least you're still smiling about it
 
Let me know if you figure it out