ubisan
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I'd say it would cost quite a bit. You've not only got to design an interface that lets users add their own greetings but you've then got to take payments from them as well.... I'd recommend setting up a site and blog that promotes DIY greetings cards and then become an affiliate for a company that already does this. Check out the Google results for greetings card affiliate for starters. That way, you're not competing against the big boys, you're working with them. Of course, if you've got thousands of pounds (and I mean thousands) drop me a line and I'll build you a system! Cheers Colin
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I'm pretty sure lots of other people will chip in with ideas, but the main thing you should be trying to do is get genuine links to your site and build decent content around your online shop. Check out this forum postfor a definitive list in improving SEO.
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That works fine, but lately I've been using Adobe's Browser Lab. Very cool online application.. https://browserlab.a....com/index.html
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I'd recommend Thunderbird.
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from a usability and seo perspective, I'd say....come up with a different menu!
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yep, agree with that. I generally use 15 as a standard value. there's also a pretty good guide to customising your own google maps here: http://stiern.com/tutorials/adding-custom-google-maps-to-your-website
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that tutorial looks like it should provide you with enough info to be going on with.
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Welcome Cuinee! This is a great forum for getting, and giving advice. Colin
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if youve got limited knowledge of database languages and scripting then I'd suggest you go down the route of installing Wordpress and adding some plugins. I had a quick search and found the following plugin that would let you handle user reviews... http://www.earnersblog.com/wordpress-review-plugin/
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i'd say you want to keep the i-frame otherwise how would you get the google map to appear? s-p-a-m
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you need to do some includes. this will depend on whether your server is linux or a windows server. Whatever the type of server, the process is the same. You need to create separate files for each element.... header, footer, sidebar etc and then when you create a page, you just include those pages when you are generating your content. The first thing you need to do is create a file called header.php. In this file you will hold all of your page design that comes before your content. Here is an example: <html> <head><title>My Site</title></head> <body> <h2>My Site Title</h2><p> My Site menu goes here........... Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 <hr> Next we need to make a file called footer.php. This file will contain all of the site design information that goes below the content. Here is an example: <hr> <small>Copyright 2008 My Site</small><br> </body> </html> Finally you need to create the content pages for your site. In this file you will: Call the header file Put in the page specific content Call the footer file Here is an example of how: <?php include 'header.php'; ?> <b>Sub-Page Title</b><p> Here is the specific content of this page....<br> <?php include 'footer.php'; ?> Tips: Remember to save all your files with the .php extension. You can have more than a header and a footer, if needed create other files to include in the middle and call them the same way! Couple this with the use of a style sheet to change style within the page exclusive content easily as well.
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I'd go for something like this: Php Script
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i like the look of this site although I think 'movie anticipation' isn't the best name...was half expecting to see a porn site!
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nothing too special there. looks kind of 'straight'.
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that's a confusingly written question. It looks to me like it's just one big background image and the site is positioned to appear within it. Nothing fancy going on with the CSS.. body { background: #000000 url('/images/body-bg.jpg') top center no-repeat; text-align: center; } Do people post on here just to get them to look at their sites?
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If you've got an Intel Core Duo Mac, you could always download Virtualbox, install Windows on your Mac and then in Windows, download IEtester. This will let you test your sites in multiple versions of Internet Explorer at the same time. Alternatively, buy a £250 PC laptop and bring it out whenever you need to consort with the devil Microsoft. Cheers Colin
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yep, you're kind of limited if you have a Wordpress hosted solution. Lots of amazing hosting deals out there if you want a standalone though.
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You could always switch hosts?
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If you're client is prepared to pay some money you could get the Enterprise version of Google Site Search installed. http://www.google.com/sitesearch/ Pricing starts at $100 per annum for up to 250,000 annual searches and scales up from there. I know it also allows for a fair bit of customisation.... Cheers Colin
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Hi Griffin Pretty new here myself but found it to be a pretty useful forum. Colin
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Hi I've got a small web development company in Glasgow called Ubisan Management. We've been going for four years and get by on a mixture of public and private sector projects of all sizes. We're currently working on a bi-lingual content management system and a pretty cool e-commerce module that will slot into our own CMS. Never a dull moment! Currently on a bit of white hat link building and discovered this excellent forum. You won't get me spamming here, just contributing to conversations and trying to provide some help and advice whenever and wherever I can. Cheers Colin
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if it's in IE6, I wouldn't bother about it! move on into the 21st century!
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I'd say it is possible. Think small and don't try to present yourself like a huge corporation. At the outset, try to establish relationships with other sole traders/early startups that can compliment and augment your own skillset. That way, if you're not a Flash pro but have a client who needs some Flash work done, you can outsource to your contact but keep it all under the one roof. Ideally you want to partner up with others that will need your skills so new work can flow both ways. You sound like you've already got a load of work lined up! Respect for that! If you have, it's important that you don't undersell yourself and charge too little but at the same time, you've got to weigh that up against actually getting the work in and building up a decent portfolio (that will help attract you bigger and better clients). It's also important that you are not afraid to seek advice and help from your peers and more established companies. You're never too young in your business life to start networking and it's amazing sometimes how helpful the so-called 'competition' can be. Everyone has to start somewhere... We've got by for a few years now on client recommendations and repeat business but now I feel we're established enough that I want to grow the business, take on more staff and generally step up the gears a bit. We're not quite a one man operation but we do outsource various elements of what we do to other like-minded professionals. Although I'd live to think that this wouldn't be too obvious from looking at my site. http://www.ubisanmanagement.co.uk Good luck and be patient! Colin
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JonDesign's Smoothgallery is a good one. So good in fact, that we've integrated it into our own Content Management System. Lots of options for multiple galleries and customisation as well as a pretty active forum.
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Hi Alan Tried to take a look at the page you gave a link for, but it appears to be timing out. Rather than getting tied up in XML to display different band member's information, I reckon you should maybe look at how you can use the "visibility" property in CSS. You can hide and display different pieces of content if you give each band member's information a different div and then maybe implement some pretty smooth javascript scrolling actions to hide and display the information. Hard to get a grasp of whether this is the perfect solution without seeing the example, but hopefully of some use...
