Date: 08/20/05     Keywords: browser, web

Hi, I built an online portfolio using tables and it looks fine on Internet Explorer, but it doesn't align right with the background on Firefox. I have tried many different things to make it work right in both browsers, but to no avail.

The url to my site is http://www.umich.edu/~gujacq. Could anyone check my coding and help me with this problem? It's really getting on my nerves since 1) I don't even know what's causing the problem and 2) I don't know how to fix it.

(I'm probably going to crosspost this in several other web design communities, so sorry if this'll seem repetitive to some of you.)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/958905.html

Date: 08/17/05     Keywords: rss, xml

So I've finally gotten the hang of working with RSS and XML. But I have a question. I have created a "what is RSS" doc to allow new users of the feature to get an understanding of how it works and to start using our feeds. But I wasn't sure what the best method of "advertising" the feeds were. I am simply providing a link to the RSS "channels" and described in my "what is RSS" doc mentioning to simply copy the link of the xml doc and paste it into your aggregator (?). Would you say this is the best method of using this feature or is there a better method? T

This method works, just wanted to see if this is the best way to go about it.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/958321.html

Date: 08/17/05     Keywords: no keywords

Anyone know how to keep Dreamweaver from requiring dependent objects? I'm using the code view only and don't want the dependent files to be requested from the server when opening a file.

Thanks in advance.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/957880.html

Date: 08/16/05     Keywords: web

Hi,

We have developed a web content management system for web designers to offer their clients the ability to have powerful integrated modules but also the ability to update their sites themselves. Our solution was built with the web designer in mind. Any design can be integrated in minutes. Our editor was built with the end user in mind which makes for a powerful combination.

We are looking for web designers that want to add a new tool to their bag.

Please contact me for a live demonstration.

Thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/957594.html

Date: 08/16/05     Keywords: web, google

so, I'm starting to offer my abilities as a freelance web designer. I know everything I need to do, and the most important thing right now is writing a contract that I will use with clients. I have a couple of references but I'm looking for more. Does anyone have any examples and references for contracts? Thanks in advance, I'm off to google it.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/957095.html

Date: 08/15/05     Keywords: html, web

My boss asked me to start a website for our company. I don't know that much about buying a really good one that will get a lot of hits and come up at the top when people are searching for it. We are a contracting company. The portion we want on our website is the flooring portion of our business to sell tile online.
Can anyone lead me to a website or host or just any info. would be greatly appreciated. I know a little html and stuff like that. :)

Kristal

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/956816.html

Date: 08/15/05     Keywords: xml, web

I am a photographer who's currently working on my portfolio website. There's a certain way that I want my website layout to look, but I can't get it to look that way because I don't know enough about Flash to save my life. I'm what you call a reverse coder. But, anyhow, I was wondering if I can get my site to look like this site.... Click on the image on the homepage... http://www.fwo3.com

I love how simple and compact it is, and it gets the point across. It has to be easy to update, meaning if I add an image to a folder that the main flash file reads, then it automatically adds a number to the side scroll where it lists the image numbers in each category. There also needs to be a way that I can put the images in a certain order because I've noticed that in image gallery flash files, it just takes the images in alphabetical order from whatever the filenames are. I've ran into problems with this. I've seen some galleries with an XML doc that the flash file reads in order to know which images load when. That might be a way around it, I don't know. Just throwing out ideas. Also, it should be easily updatable if I decide to add or delete categories on the bottom where the categories for portfolios are.

I will dedicate a seperate full page on my website with credits and links to you and your site to bring in some clients for yourself if someone can recreate this for me and send me all the files for me to upload.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

x-posted to web_design & graphicdesign

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/956500.html

Date: 08/13/05     Keywords: web

Hey all,

New client of mine wants to be able to easily update a photo gallery and a video gallery. Each page will basically be a thumbnail gallery, with a click brining up the regular sized image, or video.

He wants to be able to update each of these pages regularly. He knows zero web code.

My question is, what is the easiest way of providing him these updates? Unfortunatly, I am not particularly skilled in any dynamic language.

Help?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/955794.html

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Me again,
Lately, I've noticed that I can't get thru to the comment pages of LJ on my mac, meaning I have to use my PC or look at the comments on my email, meaning, obviously, that I can only see comments that people have posted for me and can't see other people's comments.

Are any other mac users experiencing this?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/955551.html

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hi! Yesterday I posted a newly designed home page for my gateway site:
www.dreamspell.net

I haven't started the redesign for interior pages yet, and some of them are essentially separate sites, though I'm thinking I'll want to keep some common elements of color and style throughout.

I'm having a little trouble positioning the graphic. It behaves differently in IE and Netscape. Any suggestions on how to keep it stable in IE while the text scrolls? (This works in Netscape.)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/955144.html

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: browser, html

Hi there, I'm new! I'm a beginner in HTML and Dreamweaver, although I designed interfaces for a major TV company for years (no excuse exept laziness - I had a coder sitting next to me!)
I've been in journalism for a few years now and wanna get back into doing more visual stuff, which means I need an online portfolio...

Basically, I can do stuff like this (not mine, by the way):
http://www.altwear.net/frameset.htm
With a frameset that alters when you drag the browser.

But what I'd like to do is something like this:
http://purelypunitive.org/
Something that sits in the middle the whole time, with a nice background and static dimensions.
Does anyone know how to do it in Dreamweaver, what the type of design is called and where I can find a tutorial.
I imagine it's easy - perhaps even easier than working out all the percentages etc - but it's just a case of knowing where to start!

Sorry for the life story there, got a bit carried away.

Many thanks!!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/955061.html

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: css, html, web

Some of you may remember the god-awful redesign I was touting over in this post for a Chinese restaurant website.

Well, I redid the site using the same xhtml from the redesign, but using different CSS so as to make it similar to the first site. I made a few tweaks here and there as well.

Here's a link to the newest redesign version:
http://www.headkablooie.com/chongs/2/index.html

*All pages on the English version are up except the Contact page and the Directions page.


About this company. It's a small family-owned business. The clientele ranges very widely from the homeless and the poor to the Hispanic/Black middle class to the white/Hispanic high class. The decor of the restaurant itself is varied and has no particular style to it.

Y'know, looking at the website, the colors actually do match something in the restaurant - the chairs. And that's it.

So with that said...

1. Is it too plain?


2. Should I change the header image? I think it's fine, but if it seems too simple I may just do a blend of photographs of the restaurant and its food.


3. Should I style the navigation menu? Change the bullets, do something with a:hover, or make it look as if they were graphics instead of plain text links?


4. Are the colors in the footer too dark, thus making the links illegible?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/954875.html

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: browser, css

I just made a new layout and I would like to hear what you guys think. Any minor changes that would make it better? Any weird quirks in anyone's browser (I hope not)?

it's here: http://www.montoyaiscool.com

x-posted to css_forum

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/954583.html

Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: web

Has anyone read the recent comScore stats on Blog use? Some bloggers are excited by the numbers produced from the report.

"One in six Americans visiting blogs"

So, I took time to actually read the report. I was not impressed.

Some of the highest ranking websites used in the report were not blogs!



I don't think I'm gonna trust numbers from comScore anymore.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/954214.html

Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: html, web

I'm putting together a website to show off my coding skills (not just webdesign applications). I wanted a simple, elegant, uncluttered layout for the site. The layout I have is white with shadowed borders around a title box, a lefthand column containing navigational links, and the main column containing the content. Apparently this layout is boring and amateurish and I need to make a better one that shows how good my skills with dynamic HTML really are. I'd really appreciate any general suggestions on what would make a simple, elegant, uncluttered, yet impressive layout. Thanks in advance ^_^

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/954007.html

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

Does anyone else work to maintain the same basic profile across multiple communities?

I wrote up some thoughts on how I think we could build a system where it's easy to maintain one profile across various communities and systems... but it would take a ton of work and collaboration.

Are folks really interested in that type of functionality?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/953695.html

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

I just got a response back from the sales department of a company I am designing a site for. Here is what Miss Sales Department wants to be changed:

1. Make the logo 50% larger and bright red
2. Make out slogan 30% larger, bright red, and SCROLLING
3. Make our phone number larger and flashing
4. The overall coloring is too dark- Make it all bright red

I think I'm going to scream.
Is there any documentation online proving that blindingly bright colors, blinking and scrolling text are just awful and ineffective?

x-posted to designrants

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/953109.html

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: html

Hello. Just out of curiosity, what would you charge to convert this site from flash to static html?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/953018.html

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: css

I've been working on getting a layout to work created entirely using CSS. I thought I had gotten it worked out, but yesterday, I was at someone's place that had a lower resolution on their computer (almost think it was 640x480) and the footer was displaying behind the columns of text instead of under it. I would really appreciate it if someone can take a look at what I have and give me pointers on how to do things a little different. (PS. Ignore that the logo is a little fuzzy - that will change).

http://www.activedigitalmedia.com/azzarello/



body {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #666666;
background-color: #F0F0F0;
margin: 0;
height: 80%;
}
h1 {
background-color: #000099;
background-image: url(../images/lft_title.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 14px;
padding-left: 25px;
}
#header {
background-image: url(../images/header.gif);
height: 205px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center top;
}
#navbarborder {
background-image: url(../images/shadow.gif);
height: 3px;
width: 749px;
}
#navbar ul li {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-weight: bold;
color: #0000CC;
}
#navbar {
text-align: center;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
width: 749px;
position: static;
}
#navbar ul {
margin: 0;
padding-top: 5px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
border-bottom: solid 1px #000000;
}
#navbar ul li a:link {
display: inline;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
padding-left: 5px;
}
#navbar ul li a:hover, #navbar ul li a:visited {
display: inline;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
padding-left: 5px;
color: #FF0000;
}
#content {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
width: 739px;
position: static;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
min-height: 75%;
height: 75%;
}
#column1 {
position: absolute;
top: 245px;
width: 225px;
text-align: justify;
border-right: dotted 1px #666666;
padding-right: 10px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
#column2 {
top: 245px;
margin-left: 245px;
width: 225px;
text-align: justify;
border-right: dotted 1px #666666;
padding-right: 10px;
position: absolute;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
#column3 {
position: absolute;
top: 245px;
width: 250px;
margin-left: 490px;
text-align: justify;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
#footer {
clear: both;
background-image: url(../images/footer.gif);
height: 60px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center bottom;
}
#copyright {
position: static;
margin: 0;
padding-top: 35px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
padding-left: 40px;
text-align: left;
width: 749px;
font-size: 9px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/952795.html

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

when browsing through a community i am a part of, i came across this link that was being poked fun at:

http://www.ric2005.com/

please, keep in mind, i don't want any political back and forth. honestly, i don't care what political association he belongs to. the thing is total crap.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/952545.html