acidburn2987

It's really up to you. I don't see why anybody would design a website based on a trend. Your website should relate directly to your brand. Just because somebody's website uses "flat design" doesn't mean that I want to visit the site. If it's not relevant to what I'm looking for then I could care less. Think about the brand, and if it even can match up with the design you are asking about. That's my personal opinion.

I actually started learning HTML/CSS in high school (2005) and then it kind of got away from me. But once I went to college I picked up the books once again and taught myself everything I know. I went to school for visual communications in advertising because it was the closest thing they had to web (with one web design class and one flash class, both of which the instructors told students to come for me with their questions). I should have been the one paid lol. I continue to learn new abilities as I continue to work at my job. For example, I learned MailChimp, Wordpress, Metro Publisher (which sucks!), Adwords, Analytics, and so on. You don't necessarily need to be certified by going to school for X. My advice to you is to join Lynda.com because they have oodles of courses to learn pretty much whatever you want!

Well for one thing you need to put the .affiliate { top: 0; right: 0; } within a style tag either directly on the page or in the external CSS file. Just writing it out like that is basically adding regular ol' text to the page. So it should look like this: <style> .affiliate { top: 0; right: 0; } </style> and then like Junior said you need to have that JS Tag within the div <div class="affiliate"> <script type=javascript/text" src="http://www.hotelscom...earchBox/136749"></script> </div>

Yeah I sent him a nice email being discreet about how he's basically ripping me off and then I attached this link to justify it haha! http://www.websearchsocial.com/how-much-should-a-website-cost

Even though I'm blatantly out of his price range, he requested a formal quote regardless. I feel like he wants my estimate for his own personal use (like a template for business for him since he doesn't seem to know how to run his business), so since I'm not doing his site anyway, should I even feel obligated to send him one?

So I have this client that is in this huge hurry to get 1 of 2 of websites done for his company (which I find it funny "specializes" in web design). I had a meeting with him the other day and it was going alright until the following issues came up: 1) His budget was $500 and I charge a decent amount more for a site. 2) He said I couldn't put a link on the bottom of his site linking to mine, and that I couldn't put his website on my portfolio to bring in more business. I've seen the websites he's done (he doesn't even know how to code) and they are HORRIBLE. He also told me he has graphic design work he can give me if I'll work for 15/hr. I went to college and graduated, I don't work for peanuts. Referring back to the website, I ignored to give him an quote because I feel that it's just a waste of time and money. Am I being unfair here? If I'm obviously outside his budget then should I even fill out a quote? And IF I didn't show his work or add a link, how much more should I charge him? I'm pretty new to freelancing so I figured I would come here to ask. Thank you in advance!