Derleek

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

check it out.... www.mooforum.net it looks pretty good. although the user base isn't HUGE... its growing.

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....

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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)

derleek my balls please! ;) zoolander. real life nick name!

i'm sure the rest of the web-design community isn't either it'd be nice though... we can all dream! lol

is IE8 going to be more up to date as far as standards are concerned? anyone know?

thanks

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')

oh lord.... IE8. when does it come out? :'( does any one know why microSUCK refuses to be standard compliant?

you rock my world obsidian

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

yeah i just downloaded coda, and love it!

yeah, i figured as much. I was just wondering

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.

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?

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

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?

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