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Thanks to all that have replied. Appreciate it. While this sounds a great idea, and something I'd love to do, sadly I can't.. I'm only 16 and even if I was to seek permission, I legally have to remain in education of some form (college, apprenticeship etc) until I am 18. Anyway, I had my enrollment in to college and the careers advice team said pretty what the above have said, about me making my own decisions now. I also spoke to the guys I work for online and they all went to uni to get a degree and they're doing great, they mentioned how a degree in UNI would open many doors and allow me to experience more fields of work, so with all that in mind, I went for taking college and sticking with it for 2 years until I can go to university.

This ^^ Although my opinion probably means nothing in comparison to those who are already professionals and have been for years (and I'm just some kid). I can say that I've felt in a similar way. Sometimes I take on projects thinking I could manage easy and then it's almost like a brick wall is placed in front of me and I'm trapped - questions arise such as "what do I do?", " what if I'm not good enough" and "should I be doing this?!" But like the others have said, it seems to be a common thing with designers etc. I normally look on places such as themeforest, dribbble and so on just to get my brain back in gear, in hope that works. Don't get yourself down about it, it seems a pretty common situation.

Oh.. That's a pet hate of mine. Viewing this on a smartphone and I got blocked from viewing the site. This just gives off the impression of being lazy, in all honesty. I understand you may not be lazy or you are adding a smaller version soon but to blocked out isn't too great from the users POV.

Hey there, my GCSE results come tomorrow and my college enrollment follows. I'm in some pretty desperate need of some advice from some pro's out there.. I'm left thinking an apprenticeship is the wah forward as I'll gain experience and I'll be doing something I enjoy a lot. It also fits in with work I do in my own time (online work for clients) but on the other hand I've been told I'll only go so far with an apprenticeship and that college and a-levels will get me further. So what I'm asking is, what's the best path to take? I'm not too keen on the idea of being sat in a classroom for another 2 years as I see it being wasteful and dull but the end results seem better. Sorry for the blabbering on. Let me know if you can help, appreciate it.

Welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing some of your designs

Sorry I didn't mean for the float:left; post updated. Also, I thought he just wanted 3 in the center with margins, which is why I said what I did. My bad, I didn't read the post fully.

I'd say 3, as it makes it clear what are categories and which are sub-categories.

Personally, I'd just go about this by using the following in CSS .align { display:inline-block; } Add add that class to your img tag. update: I see you wanted them aligned center, in the parent div, use text-align:center; and that'll center the images. Of course you can add margins to your image class as well. If you're still stuck, of you think I'm dead awful at explaining (probably the case) then just feel free to ask.

Do you have the original image (graphic file) for us to see? I can't really judge the design conversion because we can't see the original file.

Just my guess, forgive me if I'm wrong as I'm not really in to back-end... However, surely if the function isn't being called'd it won't compile it? Also, do you need the echo there?

Hey man, welcome to the forum!

Providing your menu has an ID, then yes, that should work.. It would be like so: #menu (if your menu was <ul id="menu">). However, here's the script I use. If it's too confusing or too much hassle to switch, just ignore it. I'll place it incase you find it easier. $(function() { $('a[href*=#]:not([href=#])').click(function() { if (location.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') == this.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') && location.hostname == this.hostname) { var target = $(this.hash); target = target.length ? target : $('[name=' + this.hash.slice(1) +']'); if (target.length) { $('html,body').animate({ scrollTop: target.offset().top }, 1500); return false; } } }); }) I have this place in an external script, at the bottom of my page. It does it all for you. However, anchor tag link will scroll to whatever ID it is assigned to. For example: <a href="#footer">Scroll to Footer</a> ^^ This will scroll to my ID of footer, with an animation. Hope this may help?

Have you tried tumblr? It's a different approach to what you're looking for but I think it ticks all the boxes.. It can be simple, just grab one of many "simple" themes that are lying around, it can be edited online through their panel when you sign up so multiple people can use it - you also don't need a server for that either, oh and it's free! Let me know if it helps?

Okay so, overall I can see where you're trying to aim and yes, it's a more "Modern" approach (or so I feel). However, upon visiting the page I felt like the above, like I was put in the situation of 2 large images... In terms of UX, this could put people off right here. I'd maybe take a different approach at labeling "Luxury villas/yachts", maybe in the middle with a larger font-weight and size. I also feel a little instruction line wouldn't go amiss either, maube just something like "Choose which category you want to view" in the heading, just to make it 100% obvious to the user what they need to do. Make the images clickable, there's no harm done if they link to to the pages as well as the text, it just makes it easier for the user and adding on to what @@Wynn said, crop the images properly or else it looks unprofessional. I don't want to sound like I'm being purely negative because, with some work, it can be a nice page - better than the original. Keep on working on it and keep us updated. Well done man, hope I helped a bit

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Have you included the jQuery library and linked the relevant files correctly? Where are you putting this in your document?

Okay, before I start.. Sorry if this is the wrong section, wasn't sure of where else to put it. Anyway, title may be a bit misleading but I just generally need some ideas/feedback/suggestions on how to launch a successful project/site. I've been working on my project for the past 4-5 months (planning ideas, features, user experience, unique features and so on.) and I've only recently started coding the design. However, the more close I get to finishing, the more it 'scares' me as such, about how it's all going to go once it's finally finished. I don't want to sound like just some other kid launching something he hasn't thought about in any way, this is something serious that I'm putting a lot of time and money in to, incase anyone was wondering Anyhow, pre-launch I have thought of events such as social media promotion, write-ups on forums about what the project is, messaging a few contacts I know about the site and relying on them for "word by mouth" promotion. Does anyone else have any other ideas that help to almost pre-build an audience before a project officially opens? Thanks all.

Wow, just seen this post. Lovely looking site you have there @@MMMedia, looks great on every screen size. Great work!

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Nice one Mark, getting into coding these Dribbble's ey? A few things I'd say are: The 4 smaller thumbnails under the big picture of the girl, make the align with the big picture (like they do on the Dribbble) Add a more in-depth shadow behind the main content box Align the footer with the main content box (more to the left) They're only small picky things, but it'll just make a bit better imo. Anyways, well done bro.

I opened the link expecting something much worse, but overall your page isn't that bad.. I was expecting a page with a tonne of content hitting your eyes as soon as they laid down on the screen. It's not like that, so that's always a bonus. What I would say is that, it's the most "outstanding" of pages - the colours used just seem like something you'd associate with a super boring lecture at a college (sorry if it's harsh, i'm no metaphorical master). I'd maybe make the headers stand out a little more, make the text bigger and brighter (whiter) so instead of the feel of "reading a block of text", it's more like reading something they want. However, saying that, this may not be the issue at all. Are you always sure where your visitors are coming from? Where they were referred from? For all you know, they could accidentally be stumbling upon or simply taking a browse and revisiting later if need be.

Thanks for putting the effort in to write this, much appreciated. Its helped me decide a lot, thanks man

I make my own, its probably not the best and most efficient but I know exactly how it works and its easily adjusted to how I need it. Oh and yes, its responsive

Nice post. I'm in the same position at the moment. I do however work online for a few professional web devs. Another skill required, to add to your list can be to familiarise yourself with Firework - the guys I work for all use this for web design and they leave Photoshop for the digital design etc. May not be the case for everyone but eh, more you know ey?

Welcome back, damn.. Slicing is something I've taught myself but never used, goes to show how much it has changed right? I'm 16 by the way, so all the older stuff is 'new' to me ;3