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Hi there - yup done all the google searches possible, but still don't know which way to jump. Was hoping someone out there might have already done something similar that they could recommend a software. Thanks for the link - I'll have more of a look at that one to start with Cheers x

No problemo... never be a fraid to ask a question! Thats what sites like this are great for!

Just put this on another stream so you might have already seen it - but fooshy.com would be my recommendation!

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Theres loads of site out there to get some ideas from - take half an hour to look through the design shack link and you'll get some inspiration I'm sure! Maybe throw this back to the client - sounds like you've been given a brief that needs some clarifying, so best to ask their opinion even at this point.

Hi Sam I've used a couple of options before that are really easy to integrate to existing sites. First one is cushycms - very very simple solution - ideal for any brain dead clinets who can't figure out what button to press if you give them too many options (you can get some horrible alt tags in IE though if your site already has styles on the content CSS. The one I love love love is fooshy.com. Really inexpensive and good. You can buy elements of the system, so you only get the bits you want - and really simple to use for both you to integrate and the client to use.

Personally I always work from the logo first - as usually this has some sort of style or colours to work from. I like option 1 best - think it looks more modern and give you a bit more flexibility - but they are a bit dull. If you haven't got a logo - just go for a simple font overlayed the jigsaw image if thats the one you want to use. Take a look at site such as Design Shack for some inspiration.

Hi all, I've been asked to look at building an online auction site - where customers can logon to sell their own items and bid on others (as ebay works but without the ebay budget!) Has anyone done one of these before - and can anyone recommend any software choices? There's a lot of options out there, and some REALLY scary reviews on some of them. We've got a budget up to around $1500 to buy the kit. Any help would be appreicated Cheers guys xx

Hi John We've not got much to go on here!? Whats the website for? Can you give a bit more info?

Solution: Hi all - after 2 days of trying I've finally found the issue. I didn't realise that the z-index only works on elements which have a position: set to it in the CSS By simple trial and error of removing different elements I found this div... #container { overflow: auto; height: 100%; z-index: 2; } This was underneath all the content - and I thought this was giving me the scroll bars around the site to make sure people could see all of the content - but turns out it wasn;t. So I've removed it - and once this was taken out - voila! Theres the print! So there you go chaps - z-index only works on positioned elements!!!

Also, try using the full URL. Its not the cleanest solution but sometimes IE just need to know EXACTLY where to look.

Hi there Qwibble Take a look at http://www.opencube.com/index.asp The new Quick Menu 7 is available for a free download for a play around with - theres all the menu options in there that I think you'll ever need - including image based and site map styles. But you do have to pay for it eventuallyt if you want to publish anything - but if you just want to see how things work its a great option. It says on the Buy Now page its only $39 - so might now be too much of a stretch in any case.

Hi there stompbox I've done some work to skin a software package called Goliath before - its a reservation system which gives you a full online diary thats flexible, and also can link in other prebookeable extras into the time. Its mainly used in the experiences industry, but could do the trick - you can use it just as internal booking system, or if you start to feel braver you can open it up to the public too. as it would take payments for the time booked online aswell. Just a suggestion - might be a bit too complex for what you need - but its something to look at anyway www.goliathreservationsystems.com

Thanks for all you help so far - but I'm still stuck and I don't know where to go now. I have created a page which I've tidied up a lot - and it has passed validation for HTML and CSS - But still nothing except the background image shows up on a print preview in IE7. I've been through the CSS (all on one file now) and added in z-index's to all the divs that I think it could be - but this hasn't helped either. I really am stuck - can anyone help?? Validated page main.css index2.php

Hi there Well for me I started off years ago hand coding using notepad - and I think that its really important that you should try to use software that gives you chance to look at (and understand) the coding of the site you're building. Only that way when things go wrong have you got a chance in figuring it out. There are lots of WYSIWYG type site builders out there - but the more complex your sites get the quicker you'll outgrow these, and again without knowing the basics of the HTML code when things go worng it will just be harder to fix. Personally I use Dreamweaver as it allows you to have a viewing panel as well as see the code - I started to use this about a year ago and never looked back. I think there may be others with more experience than me who might have different oppinions - but thats my view anyway - hope it helped!!!

Visit Updated Website Hi Righto - I've created a duplicate version of all the includes and sorted out the head issue - put all the style sheet links into the main page head where they should be... but its still not showing anything on print. Is there anything else I'm missing? Is the doctype etc OK with php pages? Arghhhhh - going mad!!!!

Thanks very much - at least I know where to start looking. Much appreciated! Just out of interest - ios there any reason why you should not use lots of includes? Its the first time I've used them with avengence and don't really know if there are any dangers I should know about.

Thanks for that - I see that you're on Firefox - could someone just check out IE for me? Maybe its just my browser. I'm looking at the site through IE7 and can only see the background image.

Hi all Got a problem with a site I've been working on Visit My Website I've built it all in divs using includes for pretty much everything as there is to be lots and lots of content thats the same on the different pages. Big thing at the moment is that I've just done Print Preview and all I get is the main background image. I know that I can put a Print style sheet up there to ammend the printing of the screens - but I have never come up against this problem before - so don't know where to start. If it was something not printing correctly I'd feel confident to fix it - but with NOTHING showing up at all I'm unsure where to start. Does anyone have any ideas?

You're welcome. People on the forum have helped me out before - so glad to have been of equal help this time around xx

Ok - Fixed it. Only took about 6 hours of trail and error! <div id="top_menu1container"></div><div id="top_menu1version"><!--#include file="top_menu1.asp"--></div> </div> I put the link to the specific div thats holding the menu within another div that was alredy placed Ok . Set up the z-index's and put padding on the new div instead of a left: X position. Seems to be Ok now and the menus work without merging together. I thought I'd put the solution up there incase it helps anyone.

Your domain name must be pointing to the wrong place. Check with your hosting company for the DNS setting and make sure the domain name settings are correct. If you 've not changed anything then get onto the hosting company and see what they have to say about it.

Whats there that shouldn't be - you got any more details?

Ok - here it is. In the 3 divs of content: #content_left #content_middle and #content_right I've added in float:left. This means that the 3 columns will naturally just sit next to each other within the #content div. The other thing you need to remember is that if you are using floats and the content is too wide for the container div - the last div will get pushed down. Because you had a content of 900px and each column was 300px plus padding - this was making the divs too wide. I've added in a padding of 10px to each - which means the div content can only be 280px (280 + 10 + 10) to make the 300px you need to fit into the container. All seems to be hip and groovy now. Don't forget to use the colours trick - it makes things much easier to see when you start off, and you can always just blast though at the end changing the colours to how you really want them. surf.css

Hi Welshhuw One thing I always do when first mocking up a site is to give all the different divs really bright colours - and it really help you to see why things aren't working out. I've attached a copy of the origional CSS for you to look at like that - see how off it looks! Anyway - just gimme 5 to tinker a bit - and I'll come back to you again! surf.css