Derleek
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Hey guys, At times i have difficulty trying to figure out how to word my questions... I find it hard to ask a question without coming off like I'm asking for you guys to code for me. I am not interested in just copy/pasting code into mine and praying it works. I prefer to see an example that is at least similar to what I'm attempting. I am in the works of creating my own web-design company and actually NEED to know this stuff. I know its all about the language. I have trouble browsing the net for exactly what I need because I'm not sure how to look for it. Ex: I need to find a way to scale a background image to fit whatever would fill up the screen of a user's resolution. Now I can't exactly type that into google and get any relevant results. Anything I find doesn't fit my specific needs (namely:The background picture of this site needs to be scaled without distortion, to whatever the user's resolution is). I mean what do I do here, i can't/don't want to just ask for someone to build this for me. I am just not sure how to approach this... I learn very well from example, but i hate it when I feel like i'm begging for people to do my work for me. **I suppose in most cases I do make several attempts at the situation before asking for help... but for this specific case I do not have any clue how to do this
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check it out.... www.mooforum.net it looks pretty good. although the user base isn't HUGE... its growing.
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yup that is what i meant drezard. I missed the little syntax thing "$class1->var1" not "$class1->$var1" I'll have to look into the specifics of OOP in php i guess....
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Ok, i'm actually familiar with some OOP (i have some history with C++). So $class1->$var1 = 10; basically means; set $var1 to 10 in $class1?
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So i run into this code every once and a while when i'm trying to find some example code or something: $var1->$var2 Now what exactly does this represent?
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Agreed. I don't exactly feel comfortable having people pay me to learn how to make a good website. Although i'm not new to programming, just web programming. I don't feel i'm TOO far off from establishing some kind of hourly rate, but I think I will stick with a flat estimate for now. The internet is a horrid environment for programming, but it sure as hell pays well.
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well i go to school, which fortunately enough doesn't cost me anything. But beyond that, My rent is $600 a month and I probably have about $700 or $800 in monthly expenses. I also am about $2500 in debt.
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I suppose the real question is. How much, as a medium level web-developer, can i get away with charging through an hourly rate? I mean I really have no clue.
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1) yeah ur right. that's just how my friends say it. 2) smart ass... 3) 2 is actually a compliment, i thoroughly enjoy a good smart ass. 4) why don't you derlict my balls?
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So I am just wondering how much you guys charge for your services? basically i'm wondering if I am undercharging for my services. Ex: fringe charged $950 for this. features include: -mass mailer (not added until we switch it to her own host) -apointment page (sends e-mails to their main e-mail acount w/ appointment info... once again not complete) -six pages of content -One flash animation -personalized pictures taken at their hair salon -SEO (google and what not... once again not complete) -custom design Did i not charge enough or is this pretty right on? Now keep in mind, I am new to the web-programming world. I do not have an extreme amount of experience, but i have a few clients under my belt. This being considered, i do not have a large portfolio to back up what Me and my partners can do. couple basic questions on pricing: 1)How do you charge? by the hour, or estimate a total for a project. 2)Do you charge on a per-page/feature basis? 3) Do you have a solid system/structure for pricing? (its always interesting when i go to a client and am like 'uhhh... a thousand bucks? durrr') All things being said, I am shooting for around $1000 for each estimate I do (i've personally just been coming up with estimates on a per-project basis... no hourly stuff)
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derleek my balls please! ;) zoolander. real life nick name!
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i'm sure the rest of the web-design community isn't either it'd be nice though... we can all dream! lol
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is IE8 going to be more up to date as far as standards are concerned? anyone know?
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thanks
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So i have a question about CSS images and the url('img/location') command. Ok lets say we have a directory 'root'. Now in the root directory we have a folder called 'css' with a style.css file, a folder 'images' (duh, with all the images in it ), and an index.html file. So we have: root/index.html root/images/img.jpg root/css/style.css In order to use an image as a background for <div id='image'></div> in the background: url('img/directory') command, does the syntax go url('root/images/img.jpg') or url('images/img.jpg')
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oh lord.... IE8. when does it come out? :'( does any one know why microSUCK refuses to be standard compliant?
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you rock my world obsidian
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Ok, so i'm figuring out xml. Pretty simple and straight forward. I have a couple conceptual questions though. 1) Is XML a more feature rich implementation of html (i mean what is xml really used for...)? 2) Namespace attributes. Whats the deal with them? I mean i understand the syntax and all... but doesn't having more then one root element make the xml invalid? I might just be confused. I've been using the tizag.com tutorial. here is the namespace tutorial i'm confused on. Basically i'm just looking for a summary of what i can use XML for. -thanks
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yeah i just downloaded coda, and love it!
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yeah, i figured as much. I was just wondering
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yeah, textMate rocks my world!! i've heard a lot about coda too, it seems more feature rich. I was using aptana but it got all buggy with me so i ditched it.
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Just curious if any one else is developing on a mac, like myself. I recently received a macbook pro in a business deal and naturally started using it... for coding I was skeptical about switching to mac for coding purposes, first of all the IDE i was used to wasn't compatible. second, i wasn't sure if i would run into an development issue's. Another quick question: Are there any big problems with developing on a mac? if so, how major?
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I was just wondering if this has been suggested? I find myself sifting through half-useful forums to get info on flash. I figure at least someone on php freaks has to be a flash guru just a thought. i think it might make a good addition
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So i'm gathering that unless I am using an image as a background i should stay away from CSS image replacement? i'll give an example: I want to replace a simple text menu with some fancy pancy text. do i use the <img> tag or replace it with CSS?
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I'm looking to stream-line my web development. After about six months of getting my web-design company up and running with my friend. He has decided to back out and do some other things. I noticed that we were to say the least un-efficient. So i'm curious if you guru's out there have some kind of formula or guide or process that you stick to. Here is what I imagine would be a good structure: 1)conceptual stage: What we have been doing is going to a customer, saying "hey, what do you want out of your website?" after they realise they don't know what they want... we guide them. 2)design stage: Design their site. Duh . this includes any revisions or what have you. 3)plug-ins: Plug in any features they want (e-mailing systems, content management... etc). 4)Finalization: Go over the tiny details and what not. (font and little junk like that). I mean this is all good in theory but certain, mainly customer related, problems seem to slow us down a lot. how the F*#$ do you guys get your customer's to pick a damned font style... hahhaha