[Making a proposal]

Proposals can be hard at first. Over time, it will get easier. I would say make your best estimate and then multiply it by 3. Seriously. When you're new you tend to underestimate the amount of time required. As you go, log your time for each project and you'll be able to estimate it a lot more accurately before too long.

[WEB 2.0 rules and guidelines?]

Web 2.0 is an evolving entity, and more of a mindset than something you can define by rules and such. The main definition is interactive and more like a program than a static web page from the early 90's.

[Does google index ajax-based websites?]

In my opinion, there are two main issues to bear in mind when Search Engine Optimizing AJAX:

 

• Problem #1: Lack of content and navigational links on initial page load. This is a problem because the initial HTML page load is all the search engine spiders will see. Search engine spiders do not read JavaScript. Period.
   
  
• Problem #2: Lack of unique URL's for search engines to index. AJAX makes it easy to serve all your content on one page, just like Flash. Unfortunately, search engines need unique URL's.
  

 

However, each of these problems has a solution. 

 

• Solution to Prob #1: The initial load of the page definitely needs to contain valid HTML content and navigation.
  
• Solution to Prob #2: You need to think like a search engine spider when creating the structure of an AJAX site. Make sure that they can get to a unique page with valid, quality content. You can still have dynamic pages, but you may want to consider using URL rewrites to create unique Search Engine Friendly URL's.
  

 

If you're interested, here's more info on AJAX SEO.

[[SOLVED] www.]

Very easy my friend. Simple add this to the beginning of your .htaccess:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

If you need more help, please let me know. Also you may want to check out this .htaccess reference.

[Self Taught Or Educated In PHP]

Self taught.

Let's be honest, they don't teach you THAT much in college. (Even though I DID go to college.)  :D

[Assembly language]

Just checking, but this is still a [i][b]PHP[/b][/i] forum, right? So we're talking about Assembly language......why?  (said with friendly sarcasm)

;)

[man or woman?]

I am man. (Beating chest in a Tarzan-like manner.)

[$_GET not working properly]

Have you tried adding a / before "index.php?user=$1"?

 

Also you're typing in hxxp://www.yourdomain.com/Ryan (hxxp = http) and it's still coming out wrong?

[[SOLVED] Paypal integration]

Depends on what method you are using from paypal.

If you are just using their cart buttons then you can just have them make the buttons from their acct.

 

If you are using web payments pro its a little more involved.

 

Here's more info from PayPal on Website Payments Standard: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_wp-standard-overview-outside

 

and Website Payments Pro: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_wp-pro-overview-outside

[Dealing with HTTP variables while register_globals is on]

$var = $_GET['passedVarName'];

 

and remember before using it in any type of sql to use mysql_real_escape_string();

 

also remember that you may want to convert all < to < to avoid javascript injection.

 

Exactly - I agree with frost110.

[Javascript/Ajax issue]

Question: Are you wanting to make the page dynamic on the server side?