FLY3

If you see anything with a curve on a website it's done using an image, or it's in flash.

1. Pulp Fiction 2. Reservoir Dogs 3. The Usual Suspects

Very true. One thing that always amuses me at work is when we get a customer ringing up and their question is... "I'm after a website making, how much do you charge?" It's like going into an estate agent and saying "I'm after a house, how much are they?"

What? Pink and fluffy?

Hehehe a few of those are pretty funny

You seem to have 2 different CSS files with conflicting border rules: pricing2.css (line 7) table { border-collapse:collapse; } html.css (line 165) table { border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:2px; text-indent:0; } this could be the problem?

I think they can work well and be nice and original when there's lots of imagery, like a portfolio website for example. Also with my lovely new mac mouse i can scroll horizontally using the scroll ball which makes them even more accessible.

I know that for a site like this I would be hoping to get around the £500 mark, not knowing exactly what kind of work needs to go in to e-commerce section (if it's just a simple header to tie it in with the site it could be less). If you're at the stage where you're wanting to build up your portfolio (as i am) you may wish to cheapen it off just to ensure you got the work. Really its up to you and how much time you think you'll need to spend on it. If you haven't got any other work to be getting on with you can be generous with your time on this project. I do know that if you took this brief to a larger web design agency they would more than likely be asking for a 4 figure sum.

When I started out learning HTML and CSS I used the Adobe resources a fair bit, just going through the tutorials helped a lot, and because they show you the best practice, and how to stick to web standards, you don't pick up bad habits that will plague you in future. http://www.adobe.com/support/

Just because a larger company will charge more for the job doesn't necessarily mean they will do a better job, or that the person offering this deal is going to do a bad job. If I were to take on a job like this I would probably ask for about the same money, and I know I would do a good job. So don't be put off just because other people say it's too cheap!

The last film I watched was "Funny Games" on DVD. It wasn't quite what we expected, lots of suspense throughout but pretty odd really, and quite disturbing!

I'm thinking of creating a website which will have one standard layout but a few different CSS 'skins'. I was thinking the best way was to have one CSS file with all the div/layout stuff, and then have a few different CSS files with the colours, font sizes, images etc. Can anyone let me in on a little secret how to incorporate a button that changes the CSS file a website looks at without having to actually make 3 or more individual sites? Hope that makes sense. Matt FLY3

Create a replacement gif for all the horrble internet users that dont update their browser, and then use an exception rule (like !important) to show a lovely transparent png file to those who install their updates.

I'm liking it so far, looks nice and clean, and launches a lot quicker. I'm on OSX 10.5.4.

This is a great tip I learned not so long ago, seems simple now really. There's just one thing you need to watch out for and that's when you set font sizes in em's when you have nested div's, you can end up with them doubling up and getting completely the wrong size, that's usually blatantly obvious though when you look at your site.