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CSS/Dreamweaver help
Date: 01/18/08
Keywords: browser, css, html, web
Hey everyone, this is my first post here. I'm redesigning my website, or I guess just trying to "upgrade" it. I'm going from all HTML to CSS/HTML, and I've run into a problem.
For some reason my external stylesheet isn't working. At least, it's not changing anything in the design view mode in dreamweaver. This is all i have on my style sheet so far. the sheet is named style.css:
/* CSS Document */
body,td,th { font-size: 12px; color: #999999; } body { background-color: #faf4da; background-image: url(newbackgrounds.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-position:center; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; }
So, it should show the bg color as well as the background image, right? this is what the code looks like in html:
<*head> <*meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <*meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
<*meta name="Keywords" content="Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, GWTW, Gone with the Wind, Pretty, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Waterloo Bridge, Classic Film, Photography, Vogue" />
<*meta name="Author" content="Kendra" /> <*meta name="Copyright" content="©2007 by Kendra. All rights reserved." />
<*link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.vivandlarry.com/css/style.css" type="text/css" /*> (this isn't actually bold, I just made it that way to point out where i linked the style sheet for the purpose of getting help on this question)
<*title>Viv and Larry {dot} com | a Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier Tribute | v2.0 | Anything Goes
Am I doing something wrong? I've been looking at other site's page sources, and it appears the same as what i posted above, so I'm confused as to why nothing is showing up on my site, even when i preview it in a browser, it's just a blank page.
any help would be appreciated. thanks!
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1354636.html
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have mercy
Date: 01/17/08
Keywords: web
A bit of code I worked on is giving me grief. The problem is in the padding: I can't figure out where it's coming from or how to get rid of it. I don't want such huge gaps between buttons and the next arrow.
div.process comes with 5px of padding, and when I set that to 0 only the actual buttons lose their padding, but I don't get rid of the padding all around each of the buttons. I have been looking at it too long maybe and someone else can easily spot what I'm missing. If anyone can spare a moment and fill me in on what's wrong - besides the fact that coding shouldn't be left to me - please do tell. Thanks!
[x-posted to webdev]
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1354373.html
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Holiday villa Sites....
Date: 01/15/08
Keywords: web
Right then I have a website I need to design for a villa in Barbados and looking for similar sites so i can get ideas of what kinds of things do to. I've never done a site like this. Its only gonna have 3 pages at most i think, splash page, information about the villa's rooms and facilities, bookings & rates page with contacts details. Supplied pictures are not so good, trying to talk my way into getting a free holiday to take them myself. They have already said that they wanted to have 360 degree views of the rooms which are interactive which i will have to go and photograph myself ;) anyone know of any other type of website as the one I'm describing and looking for inspiration too cross posted to: graphicdesign & webdesign
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Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1354196.html
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Help please: positioning and css
Date: 01/14/08
Keywords: php
I've found some great resources to help me abandon tables, such as this one. However, my current problem is that I have a page 800 pixels wide that is centered on the screen. I am working on a php file to insert that contains a banner with a logo, buttons, and a pull down menu. I have gotten all elements to work using divs except for the pull-down menu (in the samples there's just a text placeholder.). Here's what it looks like in IE and Firefox:
IE screen
Firefox screen
How do I get the pull-down menu section to be positioned the same in IE and Firefox? Basically, I want the position to be 0,0 relative to the lower right corner of the banner div. I've gotten it to be on the lower right corner of the entire screen which isn't what I want, and I can't position it absolutely because the page is centered and the position would change depending on how the screen is resized. I know the answer is probably staring me in the face but I can't find it, please help!
[x-posted]
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1353840.html
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MP3 serving suggestions.
Date: 01/11/08
Keywords: web
I need to set up a customer's website to serve out linked MP3s. IOW, one MP3 plays then triggers a second one to play. And multiple people need to be able to play the same ones at the same time, but not synchronously. I'm stumped as to what server/web package I should use to accomplish this. Any suggestions/recommendations? Also, is it possible to disable fast forwarding of the fist MP3?
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1353651.html
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reminder script for a windows box?
Date: 01/11/08
Keywords: google
Ive got a client that wants to provide a reminder service on their site.
Visitor sets up a birthday reminder Reminder is sent via email
Box is a windows box and I can not run cron (that I know of).
Anyone ever dealt with this? I googled for scripts but everything I could find were needing to run a cron.
Thanks
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1353451.html
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hit counters?
Date: 01/11/08
Keywords: php, css, html, web
i'm looking for a code/script or whatever that will allow me to use multiple different hit counters on the same page/through the entire website. (i want them to all count different links being clicked) i think i found something awhile back and it was php? i 'm not familiar with anything other than css and html. LOL i can do a little bit of other things with a tutorial or so form of instructions or help.
i also want it to be a text counter, where i can change the size and font. no images!! does anyone have any ideas or links?
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1353024.html
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Forms- meta question
Date: 01/10/08
Keywords: php, mysql, sql, spam
I'm curious what people here see as the current best practice for email forms.
Lately it seems that the standard Form2Mail cgi (Matt's scripts) that I've had in place for years, has started generating a lot of empty messages, or messages from "nobody@isp.com"... i'm interpreting this to mean that they are getting more attempted attacks from spammers. Or they stop working periodically (!)
What is the current preferred method of sending secure email from a form, without the mailto address being visible to spambots? I've seen more php out there these days- But it's hard to decide at face value if any of the purported free php things out there are any good.
At one bulk host, i tried the wizard to set up a php-MySQL "php form generator" (phpformgen.sourceforge.net) but that proved really difficult to set up and i never did get it working.
Suggestions? I'm looking for free, or cheap license for a bunch of different sites.
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1352817.html
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Forms...
Date: 01/10/08
Keywords: no keywords
I've never really used a form before and so... I'm kind of lost.
As it is now, the email that comes in looks like this: text=Joe+Shmoe&text=123+Down+Lane&text=Thecity&text=NY&text=12345&change=no&text=test%40foobar.com&info=corporate&info=program
I'd prefer the email to come in like this: Name: Joe Shmoe Address: 123 Down Lane etc...
Any help or suggestions would be awesome.
<form name="input" action="mailto:info@tallahasseehighlandgames.com" method="POST" style="padding-left:10px; font-size: 12px;"> Yes! Please add me to your mailing list!<br /> Name(s): <input name="text" name="fullname"><br /> Mailing Address: <input name="text" name="address"> City: <input name="text" name="city"><br />State: <input name="text" size="4" name="state"> Zip: <input name="text" size="10" name="zip"><br /> Is this an address change? <input type="radio" name="change" value="yes" />Yes <input type="radio" name="change" value="no" />No<br /> Email address: <input name="text" name="email"><br /> Please check all boxes of subjects you would like more information on:<br /> <input type="checkbox" name="info" value="sponsor" />Sponsorships <input type="checkbox" name="info" value="corporate" />Corporate Sponsorships<br /><input type="checkbox" name="info" value="program" />Program Advertising <input type="checkbox" name="info" value="fund" />Fund-Raising Events<br /> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> form>
Thanks all.
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1352687.html
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question on how to do this in adobe flash!!!
Date: 01/10/08
Keywords: no keywords
does anyone have the slightest clue as to how to make your pictures do this with arrow buttons. here is an example: http://www.brianyork.net/
if so pleeeeeease let me know via lj or stacitothemax@gmail.com or aim: funkytownsb that would rock my socks. :o)
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1352428.html
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Need help with IE Fix
Date: 01/09/08
Keywords: css, html
Hello all. I need some help getting a portion of my site to work in IE. I'm using a drop down menu with CSS. It looks great in Firefox, but in IE the middle section of the menu gets covered up by other content on the site. I've posted two images (Firefox and IE), and my CSS/HTML under the cut. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Menu in Firefox Menu in IE CSS for menu: #menu {position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 30px; background: transparent; width: 200px; height: 25px; z-index: 1;} ul {padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; margin: 0; list-style: none;} li {float: left; position: relative; width: 200px; line-height: 18px;} li ul {display: none; position: absolute; top: 1em; left: 0; background: #FEECFB; text-indent: 17px;} li > ul {top: auto; left: auto;} li:hover ul, li.over ul{ display: block;} li:hover, li.sfhover {background: #FD1CD5;} li a {font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;} li a:hover {color: #000000; background: #FD1CD5; width: 195px; text-decoration: none;} --------------------------------------------- HTML for menu: If anything else is needed just let me know and I'll post it. Thanks so much!!!
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1351765.html
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Website Crit.
Date: 01/09/08
Keywords: no keywords
Hey everyone -- I've hit the 95% part of this project and just don't know what to do next. Something feels... not right, but I can't put my thumb on what it might be or what I could do to fix it. If you have the time, could you please take a look and give me any constructive criticism you can?
Thanks in advance!
http://www.heartsdesiresoaps.com
xposted to design
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1351560.html
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Sexy Newness
Date: 01/09/08
Keywords: no keywords
PWL Studio New Site
So this is my new company site I'm working on. I think its shaping up to be pretty damn nice. I'm tweaking it still, and its a WIP, but we're getting close to the end. I'm super excited. Colors may be adjusted a tiny bit for readability, but I don't envision it changing by too much. Also the header image is going to end up being a flash file, we just haven't picked out clients yet.
Comments or thoughts?
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1351288.html
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illustrator distress
Date: 01/09/08
Keywords: no keywords
Is anyone running an older version of Illustrator (anything pre-CS)?? I'm asking because I've got a corrupt file that reportedly will open sporadically in older releases. The file isn't dangerous; the cause is using the scissors tool on brush strokes applied using a pressure-sensitive tablet. It's an obscure problem that a lot of people with tablets have run into with CS2. The image is extremely important to me :( If anyone can help me out with recovering it, I would -really- appreciate it!
Thanks guys!
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1350972.html
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Ethics Question
Date: 01/08/08
Keywords: web
So we build a website for this client, it has an admin tool that's so easy to use a monkey could update the site.
Despite paying a couple grand for this tool, She wants to hire us to keep it updated. We'd happily do it, and she COULD hire a 12-year-old at minimum wage to do it and they'd probably think it was generous.
I could see one of her friends going "They charged you $X,XXX for the site and now they're charging you to update it?!" or something. Granted WE can use the admin tool to update it, and that means it takes US virtually no time to do it.
There's something not quite right about this, its getting on my conscience. Help me out here.
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1350816.html
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Reliable paid webhosting?
Date: 01/08/08
Keywords: php, css, html, database, java, web, hosting
First of all, an apology. I'm sorry - I know that this has been asked a million times before, but things change very quickly in cyberspace and I have a rather desperate situation on my hands.
I've been placing clients with an absolutely awesome webhost/domain registrar for 10 years, a one-man operation with unparalleled customer service. He's now closing shop, and coincidentally, I'm also getting out of the webdesign business.
I have about a dozen clients that I need to transfer, with everything from 4 page to 100+ page websites. Some need to host multiple domains, others need space/bandwidth to support a lot of .mp3 and .pdf downloads, some need domain email, etc - all different situations. I've only got a few months to place these people and get them uploaded to a new site, on top of a new workload in another field.
I've been investigating hosting for over a month now, but am still undecided. Also, my clients are people with small budgets (non-mainstream authors, musicians, educational groups, etc) so while they can certainly pay their year of hosting upfront, as well as my time for moving them, moving to a webhost with an enormous set-up fee is simply out of the question.
None of my clients need php or database support or anything fancy; even the most complex site is done in basic CSS/HTML with some javascript. I'm about to get serious about GoDaddy.com - but I can't afford to make a mistake. Has anyone had any bad experiences with them? Can anyone recommend anyplace else? Any and all suggestions gratefully accepted. Thank you for your time!
EDITED TO ADD: Thank you!! I can't believe the responses I'm getting, and I really appreciate it more than I can say. I have mixed feelings about getting out of webdesign, which is not making this any easier. It really helps to have some clear, concise input. I've always admired the people in this community, and I still do. There is a tremendous amount of talent here, and I've learned so much, even though I was mostly a lurker with little to contribute.
Thank you again. ♥ ♥ ♥
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1350617.html
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web hosting for multiple domains?
Date: 01/08/08
Keywords: hosting
Does anyone know of any reasonable deals for hosting accounts that allow you to host more than one domain name?
(I'm launching another site and don't require a ton of extra disk space, but my current plan won't allow me to add an additional domain.)
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1350176.html
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I just wanted to update on my situation with Powweb
Date: 01/08/08
Keywords: php, mysql, sql, web, hosting
Powweb gave me my money back. I guess I was no longer worth the trouble. Bless them :o). I had given up on getting my money back. I was searching for class action lawsuits online to participate in and I posted bad reviews about them every time I came across a legitimate review site. I was always in good company with the exception of epinions where I was the first one to post an entry about them. No, I was not obsessed with them, but every day they did something that further aggravated and inconvenienced me. As you all know, I had decided to just keep the account because it was paid for and I didn't believe I'd get my money back anyway. No way they get to keep my money AND shut me down!
They also had a pending charge on my account for November of 2008 when the account would have expired, an auto renewal. I asked them to remove that charge from my account because there was no way I was going to renew anything with them. I made the request twice with no response. On the 3rd request, they closed the account with no warning and no notice. I simply went to sign into the account and got an error. So then I spent over an hour on chat where I told them that I had paid for the account and I wanted it on even though at this point, I was pointing my domain to my new webhost anyway and was in the process of transferring the domain. They said that I had requested that the account be closed it could not be reversed but I could sign up for a new account. I told them that I had not made that request and I explained that I had requested that the auto renewal be turned off. The account didn't expire until 11/08. It was like talking to a robot. She kept repeating the same thing. It was 90 minutes that I was on with her until I just finally got so sick of her that I just disconnected the chat and decided to release this struggle. It wasn't even worth the money. I realised at that point, that I just needed to let it go.
Please be clear that at this point, I am with another company. Unfortunately, Powweb still has their talons in my domain names. My new webhost has been trying to transfer the domain for about 2 weeks now and has been unsuccessful. The new host is telling me the process is taking a while because Powweb won't release their hold on my account. Powweb says this isn't the case. Even though checking with an independent source, I can see that Powweb really doesn't have my domain locked, for whatever reason the new host has been unable to complete the transfer. I don't know what's going on, but it's taking a while and I want my domain names completely moved because I really believe that Powweb is a sinking ship and they will be gone soon and when it's time to renew my domains, I don't want any problems. So I'm paying the cost to get my domains transferred to a different reseller. The whole thing has been a pain in the ass.
I really appreciate that Powweb returned my money, but make no mistake about it, until they fix the MySQL issue, they will still remain a 0 in a rating of 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest. Also, what I had to go through to get them to give me my money back is an outrage and at the least, I'd say I earned about $5 per hour of my total refund just in the time I spent first of all, trying to resolve this problem that they were never going to resolve for me and then the actual process of trying to get my money back. So they get no cookies, but I do like having my money back. It puts a period on the situation.
P.S. This guy sums up the issues with Powweb much better than I did. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4893525&highlight=powweb#post4893525
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1350017.html
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outlook 2007 issues with email design
Date: 01/06/08
Keywords: browser
I've coded an email newsletter and have tested in several email clients on both a mac and a pc and I finally got things looking nice. However, I don't have access to outlook 2007. Is there a cheap n' easy way to get a screenshot (something like www.browsershot.org) or will I have to pay a chunk of change to get a screenshot via various sites like www.litmusapp.com ($$$) or whatever is available through MailChimp or Campaign Monitor (about $10 test).
Anyone have any ideas?
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1349505.html
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Annoying problem with security cert
Date: 01/06/08
Keywords: php, browser, css, java, security
One of my sites has a Verisign certificate installed for HTTPS serving. HTTPS is configured and works fine, except for this problem.
Some pages have the proper lock & domain name in the lower right, other pages have a warning lock. Both pages are hosted with the same domain. Both pages are accessed via https://domain.net.
Secure https://domain.net/subfolder/index.php
"Contains unauthenticated content" https://domain.net/index.php
What I've done so far is to view source through my browser on the second page. Then I did alt-F and searched for http://. I found no instances of http:// on the page.
I also double clicked the lock on the second page, which brings up Firefox's Page Info window. On the Security tab there is a warning under Technical Details saying "Connection Partially Encrypted. Parts of the page you are viewing were not encrypted before being transmitted over the internet. Information sent over the Internet without encryption can be seen by other people in transit" On the Media tab several images are listed, all of which are served over https://.
There are two CSS and one Javascript includes on the second page - I confirmed that no http:// content is located in any of these.
Edit IE displays a secure lock on the second page:
What gives?
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1349310.html
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