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[!--quoteo(post=362183:date=Apr 6 2006, 12:31 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 6 2006, 12:31 PM) [snapback]362183[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] It sure is quiet here on this Discussion board this week. Anyways, here are my few more comments: The borders around your images are too thick. A 1px light grey boarder (same on all the sides) may be best. On the home page - the image looks out of place. There is a TON of padding on the top and V.LITTLE on the left. In My Opinion (IMO) the padding on the top should be the same on the left. This is the same idea on the portfolio page. The padding on the top is WAY MORE than on the left. Also the BTH Ltd portfolio has a very thick dark border around this picture. The blog is good, and the faded inverted comma looks good. I still think you need more styling on the top (red area) and on the left (green) and the bottom. Perhaps a 3d background image with x-direction on it or something. -steve [/quote] hi steve once again some great points. i'm not gonna be able to do much for the next day or two so if you don't see any changes, it's not because i've ignored them, as i pretty much agree totally with ALL of the above mentioned points. thanks again! (ps yeah you're right, it is quiet. oh well, at least youre here to help things along!) cheers Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361980:date=Apr 5 2006, 05:18 PM:name=smithaa02)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(smithaa02 @ Apr 5 2006, 05:18 PM) [snapback]361980[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] I need to find all id's inserted into a collection of html files and am wondering how to do it. For example, my files may contain: <a href='/display.php?id=[b]44[/b]'>link 1</a> ...html stuff... <a href='/display.php?id=[b]1101[/b]'>link 1</a> ...html stuff... <a href='/display.php?id=[b]999[/b]'>link 1</a>etc... What I would hope to get as a result would be 44,1101,999. I use the key [i]display\.php\?id=([^"]+)"[/i] with ereg(), but I only get the first result. How would I get all the id's for each html file? [/quote] have you tried 'preg_match_all' ?

well you've probably noticed i've got well distracted with this. sod the work for today hehe.... [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 1. The white division lines between your Navigation buttons - Lovely. 2. The dark blue and green line (1 px thick) on the left and bottom of the white content area - Lovely, [b]I think you need to do more of this - giving the areas & divs proper definition.[/b] [/quote]both were purely accidental, especially the first whilst i was trying to fix something. i wasn't 100% so i left them, so looks like they're there to stay now... [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 3. The blog - The background " looks nice - however dont over kill on it. I seen your earlier blog - with 5 entries and the " background was a bit too much. Perhaps a tone down in the grey (make it lighter) would be better. [/quote]the background i think looks ok, but you're right, the problem is finding a colour that sits as 'lightly' as possible compared to the background, just like the '@' sign at the bottom right of the white content area. i can't seem to find a nice balance here without them contrasting too much [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 4. The colours of the 1px lines in the contact form now look out of place on the nice coloured div & background. [/quote]i've (temporarily) changed them to grey to match some of the other parts. [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 5. The image on your Home page immediately make your site look better - it draws focus and attention. However as with the images on your porfolio - I think that all your images need proper placement and definition. It would be nice if you had a special div for images with a nice border (v.v. light grey, or perhaps a darker right and bottom line - giving shadow effect - I think you are at this as we speak) [/quote]yeah i've been playing around with shadow effects like on my boxes, but sometimes with the images they're so so subtle that they're almost not worth having. [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 6. Ya - your images in the portfolio need tidying up. The padding on the right etc. needs to be fine tuned. [/quote]not quite sure what you mean here. [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 7. use proper styled bullets in the About Me. [/quote]on to it. [!--quoteo(post=361974:date=Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 04:54 PM) [snapback]361974[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 8. Yes - Your content is "out-styling" your website (colours etc) a little IMO. [/quote]i'm struggling on this one, if i'm honest. cheers! Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361912:date=Apr 5 2006, 01:05 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 01:05 PM) [snapback]361912[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Looking good. The different colours on a:hover for the menu - are different and sort of nice. Im glad to see you made it a little wider - does look better. Your portfolio page - looks nice with the divs and background colours. - One thing tho - The content (divs and layout) of that page looks nicer that the webpage itself. So the Divs with the borders and light haze of a background look cool. Its just that you dont want to "outstyle" your website with the content (not the actual pictures- the styles used in the content). Get the idea? - Same on the Contact Page. Perhaps a better matching of colours would be better. -steve [/quote] hi thanks again steve. i've actually done a bit of a sweep through website critique looking at other people's homepages and a few stood out a little. AndyB - lots of content, well styled and thorough. and obsidian/jcombs as they're more 'personal' sites incorporating their web design into it. to be honest, i've had a think about taking my own site further and decided that i'd probably prefer to have a more 'personal' site along their lines. i think the hover colours on the nav kind of make things there a little less bland. in terms of: [!--quoteo(post=361912:date=Apr 5 2006, 01:05 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 5 2006, 01:05 PM) [snapback]361912[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] One thing tho - The content (divs and layout) of that page looks nicer that the webpage itself. So the Divs with the borders and light haze of a background look cool. Its just that you dont want to "outstyle" your website with the content (not the actual pictures- the styles used in the content). Get the idea? - Same on the Contact Page. Perhaps a better matching of colours would be better. [/quote] do you mean that it's 'outstyling' the outer content (ie the header/sides, etc) ? if so, do you have an suggestions? don't suppose you noticed the large '@' symbol on the content's background did you? knocked it up in Fireworks and i reckon it looks kinda nice. i may try something for the top left (in the red/green crossover area) to see if that makes things a bit better. otherwise, i'm pretty much finishing a blog/news part to go in there so hopefully will have things done and dusted by end of the day... Cheers Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361895:date=Apr 5 2006, 10:52 AM:name=Akira)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Akira @ Apr 5 2006, 10:52 AM) [snapback]361895[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] I have some code ( see under the code output) which I put in a seperate file, now i want to include the generated image on my main page. But somehow when i include the file, it gives only the pure text image instead of the jpg image :| First i thought it might be the Header("Content-Type: image/jpeg"); , but that wasn;t the problem. So how can i include this image in a normal way ? please advise I have some code ( see under ) which I put in a seperate file, now i want to include the generated image on my main page. But somehow when i include the file, it gives only the pure text image instead of the jpg image :| First i thought it might be the Header("Content-Type: image/jpeg"); , but that wasn;t the problem. So how can i include this image in a normal way ? please adive [code] Imagejpeg($finalimage); Imagedestroy($finalimage); Imagedestroy($thermImage); Imagedestroy($thermbarImage); [/code] [/quote] if the seperate file is purely responsible for drawing/outputting the image, then you need to include the file using <img> tags (like a normal picture) and NOT via an 'include' statement. if you do the latter, the headers won't be sent properly/at all as you'll have already displayed content on your page. hope that helps

[!--quoteo(post=361891:date=Apr 5 2006, 10:08 AM:name=grounded)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(grounded @ Apr 5 2006, 10:08 AM) [snapback]361891[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Hi, I'm looking to create a script which does the same thing as on this page [a href=\"http://www.i-yo.com/en/card.php?card_family_id=5\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.i-yo.com/en/card.php?card_family_id=5[/a] where by typing in the form on preview it appears on the card. As you will probably be aware by the question i am a bit of a newbie to this side of stuff and have had no luck googling for it so if anyone can help me out, I'd be really grateful! Michelle [/quote] the basics, if you're planning to do it in php, are here: [a href=\"http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.imagestring.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.imagestring.php[/a] the GD library is the only way i know in php to knock up graphics dynamically and should do what you're after. cheers Mark

1, please don't double post. posting the same topic in two different forums (here and php help) is annoying (and against the board rules). 2, you'll need to give a bit more details on your problem. what problem? what error?

[!--quoteo(post=361763:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM:name=roseplant)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(roseplant @ Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]361763[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Perhaps you might make the current page's nav link a different colour to the mouseover link. It just doesn't look great when you mouseover the link next to the one currently selected. [/quote] you're right and i'll have a play around with colours at some point today [!--quoteo(post=361763:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM:name=roseplant)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(roseplant @ Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]361763[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] ...The page looks very narrow to me... ...This is almost unnoticable, but as you are perfecting your CSS you might be interested to know that the nav bar is 1px smaller in height than the blue box to the left of it. ...The inputted text textarea in the Contact page is too small, and in a different font to the rest of the form.... [/quote] i've added an extra 150px to the width and the problem with the 1px difference was i had a problem with the nav that left a hairline under it so shifted up the main page to 'cover' it until i worked it out. i've fixed it now so it should be fine. i've also sorted out the fonts - seems that textarea needed an '!important' for it to take note of the font. [!--quoteo(post=361763:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM:name=roseplant)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(roseplant @ Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]361763[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] ...if you resize the window smaller than the borders of the textarea, you can't see the scrollbars of the textarea and the page itself has no scrollbars... [/quote] i had a line in my css that removed the scrollbars from the main window, as they were appearing but unnecessary. i've changed it to normal so hopefully you can see what i mean...(on IE, anyway) [!--quoteo(post=361763:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM:name=roseplant)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(roseplant @ Apr 4 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]361763[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] As has been said before, it looks too simple - fine for a static brochure site for a museum or whatever, but for a design site I'd expect to see what the designer is capable of when he is pushed to the limit if you know what I mean. [/quote] to be honest, i never really planned to do a site for web work - it was more of an CSS/XHTML + Anti-Table exercise as i've not done a layout without tables before. i'm actually considering something more along the lines of [b][a href=\"http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83161\" target=\"_blank\"]obsidian's[/a][/b] site in terms of it being more 'interpersonal'. who knows... thanks for your help though, it's been helpful! Cheers Mark

see this line? [code]             ."Inquiring About: ".$inquiring."\n" [/code] well its the last line in a load of lines that builds up your $mailContent variable, only it's not terminated by a semicolon (;) and tries to run into the next lot of code. add a semicolon at the end of the line i mentioned above and see what you get then. [b]edit:[/b] infact i noticed you have the above line twice in your code. both are likely to cause problems as both are missing semi colons at the end. Cheers Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361711:date=Apr 4 2006, 09:21 PM:name=cmgmyr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(cmgmyr @ Apr 4 2006, 09:21 PM) [snapback]361711[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Local: 4.4.0 Server: 4.3.10 Thanks, -Chris [/quote] looking at your code and at the post by [b]Barand[/b], I think he's hit the nail on the head. Have you tried what he suggested? Lose the @sort line (for the purpose of testing) and see what happens.

[!--quoteo(post=361708:date=Apr 4 2006, 09:17 PM:name=Dan R.)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Dan R. @ Apr 4 2006, 09:17 PM) [snapback]361708[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] ...did you edit that or was it just Mark who started all this 1/10 = 15% nonsense ;) [/quote] lol well i would have loved to have used pythagoras theorem or some celsius/farenheight mathematical black hole to solve the problem, but i thought i'd just stick to the question that was asked in the first place ;) hey, if someone wants a percentage to start at 15 and end at 35, who am i to argue?

[!--quoteo(post=361682:date=Apr 4 2006, 08:42 PM:name=aaarrrggh)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(aaarrrggh @ Apr 4 2006, 08:42 PM) [snapback]361682[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] ...Is that because this now becomes the most 'flexible' column, if you know what I mean? Like... any available empty space is allocated to this column first because there's no explicit 'width' property defined?... [/quote] basically, you got it in one. yep :)

[!--quoteo(post=361654:date=Apr 4 2006, 07:47 PM:name=aaarrrggh)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(aaarrrggh @ Apr 4 2006, 07:47 PM) [snapback]361654[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Just out of interest, would using <TD width="x"> restrict the size of the table even when data comes through php that is too big for the table cell? Is there anyway to stop it from resizing? [/quote] to an extent. holding a table column to a width would normally cause the info in the cells to continue on a new line, but depends. if i was setting up a league table personally, i would change your code by removing the 'width' property from your football team name column but leaving the rest alone. you've set the width of the table to 420 or something and yet all your column widths don't add up to much more than 200. removing the width property from the largest column (ie, the team name) will at least prevent other problems in the future.

this is a HTML question so nothing to do with your PHP, but in a nutshell, you're drawing a different table for each footy team. if you drew one table and just used PHP to cycle through and draw the <tr>'s instead of the full <tables>, then you'll have a much better looking table: [code] <table>    <tr>       <td></td>       <td></td>    </tr>    <tr>       <td></td>       <td></td>    </tr> </table> [/code] instead of what you have right now: [code] <table>    <tr>       <td></td>       <td></td>    </tr> </table> <table>    <tr>       <td></td>       <td></td>    </tr> </table> [/code]

[!--quoteo(post=361632:date=Apr 4 2006, 06:59 PM:name=jesirose)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(jesirose @ Apr 4 2006, 06:59 PM) [snapback]361632[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] So if I want only between 15-35, I could do: $percent = ($a/$b)*20; and add 15% right? [/quote] yes. just watch the order things are calculated in though: [code] $percent = (( $a / $b ) * 20) + 15; [/code]

assuming that your examples are not shown with the results you expect, then: [code] $percent = ($a/$b)*20; [/code] would give you a "percentage" with 20 as the top value, as the normal way to work out percent is: [code] $percent = ($pizza_slice_size/$pizza_full_size)*100; [/code]

Hi i'd hazard a guess that this is purely a math question rather than php at all, but i can't see any way that $a=1 and $b=10 could ever create 15%, even by using 35 instead of 100 to work out the percentage?... maybe you could elaborate a bit more? Cheers Mark

hi steve, thanks for your comments again! [!--quoteo(post=361597:date=Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]361597[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 1. The background gradient (now rotated 180) is not long enough. There is a gap at the bottom of my screen. With your gradient upside down - your background colour is the same as with your horizontal nav - is this what you wanted? [/quote]not what i wanted at all - i guess i forgot about the higher resolutions for a minute...i've (hopefully) sorted it now. [!--quoteo(post=361597:date=Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]361597[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 2. The & sign should be done using the proper notation in xhtml on the About Us page. 3. The whole "This site is ......" Xhtml 1.0 Strict should do fine. [/quote]whoops. sorted [!--quoteo(post=361597:date=Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]361597[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 4. The green scroll bars are a little too green. Lighten them up or change colour. [/quote]on to it. for some reason, the green in the scrollbars comes out differently to the same shade of green elsewhere... [!--quoteo(post=361597:date=Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]361597[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] 5. Your portfolio is layed out better as alternating. I still wouldnt mind seeing some alternating row colours for each site. (each site would have a lightly coloured background) [/quote]yeah i'm still considering the ideas. i like the idea of a backshadowed panel for each item, but don't wanna put all the work in if it's not what i want for definite. [!--quoteo(post=361597:date=Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]361597[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] One question - I really like your "Inside" site in your portfolio. I have to create an Information Portal, and would like to base it on something. Did yourselves make it from scratch or sit it ontop of a CMS? Have you got a larger screen grab/ old demo site? I too am battling with usability - this is the hardest to do. Any help/ ideas would be greatly appreciated -cheers. [/quote]the 'Inside' package was written from scratch, starting about a year ago for our own use but has recently (over the last 2 weeks) had a total facelift to turn it into something marketable. it's based on my web control panel (plesk/virtuozzo) which i believe is based on the look/feel of windows XP. i'll drop you a PM. otherwise, thanks for your comments! Cheers Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361570:date=Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM) [snapback]361570[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Here is the screengrab of your website in Opera: [a href=\"http://kartbuilding.net/misc/mark.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"]http://kartbuilding.net/misc/mark.jpg[/a] That background (website) is a WordPress template you know!? - so im sure that graident would be ok to use. Im not sure whether that gradient fits in totally - but it does make it look a little more "cool" etc. Making gradient backgrounds are super easy to do - the one golden rule however is to use .png to avoid the squares of pixles/colours. [/quote] i checked out this site and it said 'not for commercial use' but like you say they're quite easy to do. i just wanted to see if your idea would work first of all - i think you were spot on with that one, so i'll prob knock up a grad of my own and put it on there soon. thanks! [!--quoteo(post=361570:date=Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM) [snapback]361570[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] The portfolio page looks good with content - perhaps it would be better if you put in coloured bordered divs around your seperate websites. [/quote] yeah possibly panels with slight dropshadow with curved edges....i don't know. i'll have a play around with it. [!--quoteo(post=361570:date=Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM) [snapback]361570[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Oh ya - [b]Your header graphic looks WAY better.[/b] The crash and burn heading image could do with more padding on the right IMO. ... Your Navigation Text is a little small. Perhaps Small Capitals would be nice, or a different font. [/quote] done. [!--quoteo(post=361570:date=Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 03:31 PM) [snapback]361570[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] As on your portfolio page - Id say you might have to look at styling the scroll bar - however this doesnt work in firefox - maybe, not sure, but your site with its colour scheme could do with a styled scroll bar. Oh ya - Im sure you will anyways - style your <a href's> [/quote] yeah you're right - what do you think of them now? seriously, thanks for your help. not only do the little things change it drastically for the better, but they're also sometimes the hardest to figure out without an outsiders eyes.

Hi steve, thanks for your thoughts! There's still a long way to go for me on this one, even though it's possibly the 'simplest' site i've written, as i'm going full out to keep it XHTML Strict and without tables (even though I'm really missing those!!!). [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Well, ober Im sure will point out that in Opera - your opacity etc. doesnt work and the colours are MUCH darker. [/quote] lol i was thinkin that when looking at how to employ cross-browser transparency. The only way I can figure that it'd work on Opera is via the use of images for the transparent sections, but as of yet i'm not sure. I'm curious to see what it actually looks like... and ober (or anyone else on Opera) if you have any alternative workarounds for transparency, please let me know. [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] There is a hairline blue line underneath your horizontal nav. [/quote] [b]edit:[/b] i cheated by shifting the content div up a pixel, at least until i find out why it was doing it in the first place [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] The text at the top - crash and burn, only works in Firefox - not in IE or Opera - so maybe - ordinary text would do fine.......speaking of which -> The title text for a website - In my opinion, is best as a graphic to have anti-aliased text etc. [/quote] [b]edit:[/b] i changed it from being text to an image using a similar colour as if opacity was in effect. [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] As you are using a horizontal nav - I will be interested in seeing what you put in the green area. [/quote] to be honest, i hadn't planned on putting anything there at all. maybe i could do with making it a touch narrower tho... [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] On a last note - as this is going to be your "design website" - Im currently finding, that design websites tend to be graphic intense with very styled Nav's and bells and whistles. Your site is nice and simple with colours etc. - Im just wondering how you are going to make it a showcase for your "design" stuff. Also - Perhaps your background (dark grey) would be nicer with a gradient fill? Perhaps something like: [a href=\"http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/\" target=\"_blank\"]http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/[/a] (wordpress) - Im not sure. [/quote] me too lol but i'm going to concentrate on getting the main aspects of layout sorted and then introduce the 'bells and whistles'. it'll still be quite a simple site once finished but you're right. [b]edit:[/b] i downloaded the background grad image from his 'themes' downloads. let me know what you think and I'll either try and get something similar or drop him a line to use it permanently... [!--quoteo(post=361529:date=Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 4 2006, 11:34 AM) [snapback]361529[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Also - perhaps your website could be a little larger. A website for 800X 600 would be nicer. Yours seems a little small. [/quote] tis at 600px wide at the moment - perhaps i'll look at increasing that if the content i'm putting into the site needs more space. anyway - thanks for your time and help!!

[!--quoteo(post=360980:date=Apr 2 2006, 10:36 PM:name=l3lade)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(l3lade @ Apr 2 2006, 10:36 PM) [snapback]360980[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] also. can i do this in dreamweaver? [/quote] yes but if you're not bothered whether it's you who does the coding or not, get phpnuke or mambo and get the included forums and shoutbox.

one more thing - aimed at the mods more than anything - there's a pinned topic in PHP Help: "DO YOU HAVE PHP SESSION PROBLEMS?". as this covers all/most of the main stuff to do with Header errors too, can the name be changed to something like: DO YOU HAVE PHP SESSION/HEADER PROBLEMS? cos there's swarms of posts now appearing about 'headers already sent' etc. not to mention the excuse 'oh, i didn't see it' when asking about header errors. ok so the board guidlines say something like 'ignorance is not a defence' (as well as 'search for a topic before you post') but it still happens all the time, and moreso recently...

Hi all For some reason, after finding myself with a little free time, I decided to try something I've never tried before. A SITE WITH NO TABLES!!! The site will eventually be my 'web design' site, as i'm getting a fair bit of work but have nowhere to show other potential clients what i've done in the past now that i've got a handful of projects under my belt. I want to finish off and get 100% happy with the template and CSS before I get on with adding the content, so for now there are no pictures and loads of the Lorum Ipsum garble, but looking for feedback on: 1, the colour scheme 2, the layout/style I'm pretty chuffed that, not only is it the first site i've ever done with no tables, but also the first site that validates (XHTML Strict). The only thing I'm having trouble validating is the CSS (possibly due to using Opacity???) Anyhow - let me know what you think so far! [a href=\"http://www.crashandburn.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.crashandburn.co.uk[/a] [b]edit[/b]:BTW, if anyone knows why my 'crash and burn' title at the top hops around when viewed in IE6 (i t looks how it's supposed to in FF1.5) then please let me know [b]edit 2[/b]: also, before anyone comments, i 'borrowed' the nav CSS from wildteen's post on 'branching out' site critique, mainly for quick implementation but also cos i've never used <li> and <ul> for nav before - tables only! :) otherwise, everything else was done from scratch by me. Cheers Mark

[!--quoteo(post=361310:date=Apr 3 2006, 08:21 PM:name=Masna)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Masna @ Apr 3 2006, 08:21 PM) [snapback]361310[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Anyone have any final comments? [/quote] yes. the F11 key on the Mac is also a godsend too sometimes. Especially when saving links/images from a browser. Just click and hold the mouse over a link or image. Press the F11 key without letting the mouse button go. As if by magic - everything shifts out the way nicely to drop it down. You may have also noticed the pre-installed webserver with PHP. And a million other little bits that are just too many to mention here...Enjoy. M$ Vista is gonna have to be REALLY special to beat some of the OSX tricks.

the javascript 'alert'/confirm/prompt functions all cause this to happen even if the window is minimized. only problem is that it can often depend on the user's setup (browser, O/S, etc)