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Put your entire layout inside a <div></div> (that's within the body tags, of course) with the following CSS: div{ margin: auto; } This'll align it down the middle.

Howdy Chris, welcome aboard.

I'm surprised you managed to get a web design job if you are, as you claim, a 'newbie'. I wouldn't post on here looking for a job, you won't get anywhere. Your best bet, speaking directly from experience, is to pick up some permanent menial work in a supermarket or something while you develop your skills. If you're not ready to take on the sort of projects dished out by professional companies, to the point where you actually left, then you're not ready for professional web design. Look at your current skills and see where you need improvement, whether it's hard-coding front-end languages, back-end stuff, working with content management systems and so forth. Take a breather from professional work and don't try to expand your portfolio just yet. If your skills are lacking, you'd simply be creating a portfolio of amateur content; you want a portfolio that's impressive and not done with poor skills. Professional web design is getting tougher and more demanding every year, it's best to catch up before learn your stuff before diving in again. (I posted this on the assumption that you're an average or amateur web designer judging by the feel of your topic.)

Gary Busey.

A whole hour?! Christ! I was slightly distracted earning a living.

Stop programming for the past, start programming for the future, is my motto.

A tree didn't fall on my car today while driving into work in a storm period. Woohoo! (...was that insensitive?)

Greetings Mark, have a good'un.

I've seen a few Yankidoodles around already, you're not alone. Welcome aboard.

Ahoy sailor, welcome aboard.

Howdy sailor, welcome aboard and to the front-end club.

Welcome aboard Jourdain, enjoy your stay. I'm sure you'll learn a bunch here.

Ahoy hoy sailor, welcome aboard.

I can't imagine there being many sunny mornings in Wales.

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Welcome aboard, sir.

Sent you an email, Neil. Nice idea, it really bothers when me there's this unspoken agreement that "I'll follow you if you follow me" and then, down the road, they unfollow you to make themselves seem naturally popular or something.

I far prefer the second version, it makes better use of the space which is better for responsive design. Plus the second design appears to have some kind of navigation, whereas the first does not, which is always handy. Derp.

I just had a mosey around your Pixel Coder website and it immediately struck me as something I wouldn't look too carefully at if I were recruiting a copywriter, content writer, blogger etc - it's simply a web design company site. So to me, it doesn't reflect the job role you wish to take up. Plus it's a company, you're an individual. Even if you run the company solely, it would still seem to employers that a 'company' is applying for a vacancy. It wouldn't take too long to mock up a content writer portfolio site (how much can there be?) - just a few pages about you, your content work, contact info etc - the usual stuff, make it look nice and go from there. Even if your Pixel Coder site looks better than your to-be content authoring site, it still sends out the wrong message. I wouldn't submit a portfolio about my worldwide commercial blogging to a company wanting a web designer, after all.

You certainly will need the force with you if you're learning to build social networks from scratch! Welcome aboard.

Don't expect a freelancer to weigh in then, unless you fancy Indians making your site for you for 50p. The only other route is to learn web coding, but it would take you a long time to learn the necessary languages typically needed to create social network type websites. I would keep saving up the cash and then hire a proper freelancer.

I hope I'm happy with you too. Welcome aboard.

Ahoyhoy Patrick, welcome aboard.

Hey there, welcome aboard.

Like I said, you'll hit that point when you can write JavaScript without hesitating and having to look up codes. That's purely my opinion though on what an "intermediate" JS writer is, others may tell you differently. I would advise you look at jQuery - a library of JS which, as its slogan will tell you, you can "do more and write less"; it's essentially writing in JavaScript syntax, but much less it required. Normally I, probably nor would others here, tell you to jump past traditional JavaScript and go straight to jQuery, but times are moving quick and I can easily see the old ways of writing JavaScript becoming outdated practice by the time you've learned it. Employers will expect up-to-date knowledge of JS, which right now is jQuery scripting.

Simple: they're cutting their staffing costs. They want one individual to manage both the front-end HTML, CSS and JS side while partially, or even entirely, working the PHP back-end. It says a lot about the company and it's disturbingly common. Either that or companies are numb to the distinction of front and back end and think all web developers know PHP (which wouldn't surprise me). Again, ignore it - try to find HTML/CSS/JS job adverts when you've studied JS in greater depth.