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Ideally you need to plan a responsive site, rather than make a site as normal and then try to convert it. This is especially difficult since you've used pixel widths throughout the site; the most efficient responsive sites use a combination of max-width containers (in pixels) and then percentage widths for child elements. Using your site as an example, the <section> container would be set to max-width: 1024px, and the <div class="banner"> inside it would be set to width: 100%. That way, <section> will always be 1024px until the browser size shrinks below 1024px, at which point the max-width is irrelevant and the 100% width kicks in. Also, it's strongly recommended that you use CSS3 media-queries to control the behaviour of your HTML at certain browser widths and sizes, instead of relying on the original HTML and CSS layout to perform responsively. Designing a website to be responsive by default is the best way to go. Here's a fairly decent introduction guide to media queries: http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/responsive-design-in-3-steps. Hope that helps.

This is indeed the correct way to go. But if you're feeling lazy and insist on using line-breakers, then replace <br /> with just two <br>'s.

Matt Cutts's theory is nothing more than basic journalism. #burstbubble

Or provided myself even, since I decided to invest in a Perch licence yesterday for my own website. Up until then I would just publish content directly to the database via phpMyAdmin, thought it was time to make it slightly easier. Very happy with the purchase so far. It reaffirms my convictions against Wordpress. I'm not too keen on their public support though, I've noticed they can be a bit... snappy, or blunt, sometimes people don't get replies at all. Still, it's good stuff.

Sure it does. I still think £50 is excessive though, especially per site. We all have different financial approaches though.

I've wrestled with Perch quite extensively recently to convert a static site to partly CMS powered and enjoyed using it. I loved how straightforward it was and how the conversion process involved virtually no significant modifications to the original mark-up. It's a clever little system, but I'm not convinced that the brilliant simplicity justifiably translates to £50 per website. Perhaps a license allowing up to three, maybe five, websites, but just one? I can only see them excelling among corporate sites, as opposed to common blog sites. I'd love to use Perch over Wordpress since it bypasses the template palaver, but it would be a Christmas present at that price!

I'm currently bobbing up and down riding economy class all the way from Cardiff to Norwich, feasting on WiFi provided by Galaxy S4 via mobile tethering. I have nothing better to do for the next two hours, so I'll just give a summary of Handheld 2013 which I don't believe many regulars here attended. It was okay. That's it. I hadn't built up tremendous expectations in my head leading into the event but, to be perfectly honest, the entire conference probably would've crashed into hurdle rather than leaping over it. Only a few of the speakers were contextual, powerful and drove their stories home. A sad majority of the nine speakers failed to enlighten, teach or inspire at least myself, I obviously can't account for the alleged 'thousand' in attendance. Syd Lawrence bless his heart fumbled the introduction, although his winning personality kept him buoyed. Eddie Machado, the designer of the Handheld 2013 site, was off his game and moaned about JavaScript and Photoshop, snore. Andy Clarke you could tell was insightful and a likeable fellow, but failed to articulate his topic of 'how to tell your client he's an idiot without getting fired', which he barely touched upon. Worst of all was Ling. People found her funny, sure - and they probably won't ever forget her bouncy, bubbly rant. But, speaking from a genuine web designer's perspective (a perspective I maintained throughout the conference), she completely and utterly failed in her attempt to bury mobile/responsive design. Her principal arguments were that "you couldn't fit anything on a mobile screen" and "nobody buys a car on a mobile so why bother", referring of course to her legendary animation site. She didn't talk about tablets. She didn't give an alternate solution. So she failed. Maybe I need to lighten up, but if you're going to try and kill the thing I love then at least bring a deadlier weapon. I actually had a small Twitter spat with Ling after the event: https://twitter.com/simonrawks/status/406146765533245441 - followed by this - https://twitter.com/simonrawks/status/406356874410618880. Some of the other speakers were good on their delivery and presented some enjoyable stories, but many of which were completely irrelevant to mobile web design. So I'm not walking away with a grin from ear-to-ear, and the fact that Ling's session is the most socially active right now is a conclusive indictment of the entire conference. Kudos if you read all that. I also met Jack. He was cool. No mention of cats though. *sadface*

Ahoy sailor, welcome aboard.

Jack means a site that's developed with clean, quality, functional and modern coding and not just thrown together in 15 minutes by the lowest bidder. I'd suggest re-posting (or having this topic moved) to here: http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/forum/128-freelance-projects/, and see who offers to do it for the best price.

I look forward to it. Enjoy the rest of the forum.

Sigh. I just asked you to stop bumping up an old topic and not to review my unfinished site. Since then, you've called me an arrogant prick, deluded, inexperienced, only been a developer for 5 minutes, have low ability, don't have experience or knowledge in my field and, supposedly, suggest my tutorials suck. All for what? You brought up an old topic and attempted to school me. I didn't asked to be schooled. I didn't ask for tips on my site. I didn't ask for a review of my tutorials. I did in fact ask for advice on getting a job in my original post. But I have a job right now. I had one a while back. But you foolishly chose to bump this topic. That's on you. I'm asking you politely to stop bumping old topics, it's common forum policy, and stop attacking me, my site and my tutorials. Just leave me alone, alright? And to answer your question, calling me arrogant and then in the same sentence revealing how wonderfully experienced you are was hypocritical. Hope that clears things up.

Well if that isn't hypocrisy I don't know what is! Please stop bumping an old topic.

Can I offer some advice? And an observation. My advice comes in the form of deja-vu from a while back: stop offering to pay for help. I can't recall anybody else in my time here offering cash for help because this is a free forum where developers help out each other with their spare time. Second, only post a topic asking for help if you're adamant you cannot fix it yourself. This isn't the first topic I've seen from you post where two hours later you claim to have fixed your issue. Lastly my observation: it concerns me that a web design company, which probably charges clients for websites, is constantly splurging cash to strangers for help with seemingly easy and quick fixes. That's all I'll say. Sorry if you take this to offense.

Agreed! IPB. Welcome here.

Ermm... this is the problem with bringing up old topics you see. I have a job now. This topic is redundant. And thanks for reviewing my unfinished website without me asking. A mod can lock this, thanks...

It's good to see the wonders of web design striking chords amongst young teens. It's a great time to start too - you're in good stead for when you finish school. If you continue to learn through A-Levels and do a software development degree, you'll be in a fantastic position for work in the early 20s. Normally I wouldn't recommend doing a uni course for web design, but you're in a unique position, and having a degree always propels you ahead of other job applicants in any line of work. Anyway, welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard, Brad.

So you're saying that, on iPad, when you click the 'Products' menu tab, it doesn't activate the dropdown?

I viewed the site on my phone (admittedly not an Apple phone, Android, but that's irrelevant) and the menu does 'work' fine, it's just you have to touch the menu to active the hover and thus activate the dropdown part, as with all hover elements. On-hover won't work universally for touch devices, but the menu does 'work' technically.

Sounds to me like you're expecting too much of yourself. If you're a beginner, then you shouldn't be thinking about getting client work. Any designs you make for paying clients would probably be somewhat amateurish and, as you grow as a designer, wouldn't reflect your true ability later down the road. So in doing that, you would be spending valuable learning time trying to earn some pocket money, fooling yourself into thinking you're making headway in the freelancing world when, in fact, you ought to be training to become a proficient designer. On top of that, I think you've been expecting to have learned the ins and outs of web design fast quicker than in reality. I assume this because you seem deeply worried about bringing in a consistent income at such a premature stage. It would like me shifting careers into contracting/construction and fretting over an absence of cashflow when I don't even know how to lay bricks. Do what normal people do. If you need money (and I mean really need it, for bills, rent etc), get a part-time job while studying independently at home. Stop trying to take on the web design industry with a poor skillset. On a lighter note, if it makes you feel any better, I'm an employed web designer and I can't work out Wordpress to save my life (yet). Then again, I hate it with a passion, and I don't 'need' to know it for my job. You, on the other hand, need to have bulletproof knowledge of the things you claim to be constantly fixing. Don't give up, in any case.

Wrong file path it seems, just 'downloads/' would only work if downloads were a folder in your website's directory. Get the correct file path by examining the file properties. Don't forget to add the picture format either.

I've been redesigning my portfolio site recently and I stumbled across a gem of a font in researching good fonts. It's called Roboto, and it has many variations (Light, Bold, Condensed etc). Personally I've been using Light for main paragraphs, font size 15-18px, and Bold for headers, again 15-18px. Give it a go, it looks awesome: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/roboto

Hey guys, A moment of your time would be awesome. I'm designing a site for my company which isn't for a client per-se, but it's for a side project for my boss and our company, which will inject consistent cash-flow into our company. I have no idea how to design it though, since it's a new kind of site for me and my boss isn't too fussed as long as it makes sense, looks professional and meets his standards. This is where I need your views. The website is to host online courses for video training in corporate social responsibility. The current website, which is more like an introduction to the soon-to-be main website, is: http://www.getting-to-grips-with-cr.com. The new website will allow companies and individuals to buy some kind of membership and then they'll have access to the video courses. Simple enough, right? There are many examples of online video training sites, but most of them are pretty terrible after some random, extensive research. I'm looking at lynda.com as a prime example of such website, but don't just want to replicate it because it's the only half-way decent example. So, my question is: if you were looking for an online video course, in any subject, what would you expect the site to look like? How would you expect to navigate the site? I know corporate responsibility seems like a bore, but don't worry - we've got plans to make it seem exciting. Thanks for any help!

HTML and CSS scripting is only touching the surface of what a hand-built blog system would entail. You'd need adept PHP abilities since blog posts are inherently posting to a database and having the database output the results. Are you aware of this? If not, I suggest you take another look at how to create one, because your question, "will you need to edit the posts every time in the HTML code", is a bit redundant at this point.

Welcome aboard. It seems the teacher may become the student.