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I agree, it's not very memorable. The text is nice, but I don't see the point in the exclamation mark and the 3d triangle. You might be better off with just the text.

Anyone have any ideas here. I'd really appreciate the help! Thanks E

I agree whole heartedly with what bumfluff suggests. You've got to spell out the posistives of why it's worth making the effort. Another thing you could do is post a link to the site in question here and we could all have a look at it. Most of use are freelancers and work within the industry and so can offer you an honest opinion. You can then take these opinions and suggestions to your boss as extra collateral. It may seems that there will be a lot of hours put in initially to get everything changed to CSS, but in the long run you will save so much time with regards to site updates in the future that'll it'll be worth it. The other benefits as listed in previous post are also a positive. Put your foot down and be confident with your opinions. E

a screenshot and your actuall html would help in this situation. Alternatively post a link to your live web page so that we can have a look at it.

it's probably your path to the filenthat is causing the issue....check if that is correct.

I think the design is boring and looks incomplete. I think the header/banner image is awful and says nothing to me about security or your products. The navigation doesn't indicate the page you are on and the content of each page doesn't really inspire either. It would be better if you used another colour for the headings so that they stand out from the main body text. No content grabs me and gets my attention. Sorry but I really don't think the site is that great.

the grunge font is too difficult to read as there's not much contrast between the background colour and the font colour. I would use a more readble font for navigation and maybe increase the size of your logo and darken it a little to get away with using the grunge font on that. As for the text positioning. If you're going to put text within those tiny boxes how are you going to accomodate the fact that text size needs to be scaleable to each users needs. I would ditch the two small boxes and go for one large text area - easier to manage and allows more space.

some examples of the stuff she's getting throught the form are as follows: Lots of rude stuff but also gobbledeegook...

you could use a .htaccess file to do this for you...within the file you simply list the old page and then state where the new page is liek this: redirect 301 /oldpagename.html http://www.yoursite.com/new-page-name.php The old page doesn't need to be on the server, so you don't need to host redundant pages with this option, simply list where the old pages need to be redirected to and you're done. I use this method when I'm doing a re-design on a website where the content of the site doens't necessarily change but the structure does.

I installed this fomr on a clients website and all was fine for a few weeks but now she's getting about 20 or so spam emails through it and it's really annoying her - is there anything I can do?

I think it's the best way to work now and I've also found it helps speed up projects as it certainly does focus the client's attention to getting the job done.

I know what you mean. I've recently changed the payment process in that I invoice for half the total amount up front and then the remainder at the end of the project. That way I get some payment straight away.

thanks for the reply - I just found http://www.sibcode.com/icon-editor/index.htm about ten minutes ago and tried that and got better results. Found out that the original software the client used was called Micro Angelo and they managed to find their copy of it, so are playing around with this themselves as well. So we'll get a good outcome in the end I think.

I've been asked to create an ico file by a client for a product they are developing. They have one ico file already which is blue and they want the new one to be orange. So I created a new file in photoshop that replicated the original and then used the photoshop plugin to create the ico file. But when used on the desktop my ico file looks totally crap...see the following example: Why has mine got a crappy pixelated border and crap drop shadow - the file looks great in photoshop but as soon as it's converted to ico format it looks crap. How do you create lovely icons like their original? I also tried using the online tool - http://www.favicon.cc and that made something even worse! Any help in this would be much appreciated as I'd like to give my client something that resemebles his original. Cheers E

I mean that the site is built using tables and that yout code does not validate - bith huge no-no's in my book.

yuk...tables! yuk...invalid code! no further comments...

the first one is the best. It's a nice clear, concise layout - I think the other have unnecessary clutter.

you won't get many frelancers signing up if they have to pay a membership fee. Who knows if you're going to get any work by joining, so having to pay up front would be a no-no. I think taking a commission of some sort would be fairer in the long run. As to how much % to take - no idea. I never use this kind of site, so not sure what the standard practice is.

Would be good if you could specify - indication of salary / location required / hours / start date etc.

fixed it - I stupidly hadn't made my background images tall enough - I added an extra 100px to the height and that's made it work. Still doesn't explain why on refresh the page looked fine but didn't on first load.

ok, still no luck. I just tried point number 3 here and neither the 'position: relative;' or the 1% height thing worked. It's really inconsistent too and I've just noticed its affecting the right hand box as well and sometimes the background is OK on the left, but not on the right. Sometimes both backgrounds are affected and sometimes it's just the left one. beginning to drive me mad!

Ok guess what - IE6 and IE7 are being annoying again! I recently re-jigged the homepage layout for a client's website and now for some reason when viewed in IE6 or IE7 part of the background image is missing from the top left content box. But if you minimise the browser window and re-open it, hey presto it magically appears. Same happens if you visit aother page on the site and return to the homepage or if you refresh the page. It's just on the initial loading that the background disappears. Anyone got ideas how I could fix this?

Hi all I'mworking on a site at the moment which requires French and German versions of the homepage. I'm doing the simple option and just duplicating the page and using the translated text. But... ...do I have to specify somewhere within the head the language of the page? I can't remember where to do this or how. Any tips E

Hey I recently posted a thread somewhere about newsletter and was looking int PHPlist when I suddenly wondered if it's possible to get a plugin for wordpress that will manage a newsletter - subscriptions, unsubscriptions, bulk mailout etc. I've had a quick search and there seem to be quite a few oout there...i thought I'd post a new thread and ask if anyone uses a newsletter plugin or can recommend one that's good. thanks E

I would ask for specifics regarding functionality, content, does the client need to update the site themselves [as that bumps the cost up hugely] - is is five pages or 10? what exactly does 5-10 pages mean - does that mean it starts off a small site and is going to expand and develop so it needs flexibility etc etc - all this info is required before I give a quote otherwise it's just not realistic. If the client remains vague, then I tell them to go elsewhere as I know they're going to be a nightmare and constantly change their minds.