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Hey, don't mean to be picky, uses the word "develop" twice. How about: The breaks up the use of the word "design" and then eliminates the repetitive use of "develop"(this is on the homepage by the way)

For FireFox I would also recommend Chris Pederick's Web Developer extension - tons of useful stuff there.I agree with jlhaslip in that validation is something to definitely strive for but it can be trumped by a clients need for function or design.You might want to get someone familiar with English grammer to review your site. Almost every page I hit has some incorrect syntax or uses of words , and bad grammer or word choice.For example, on:http://www.innovateidea.com/seo-innovateidea.html "talented IT peoples" doesn't read very well and in the sentence following that, you change from "we" to "I" which quickly demonstrates that you are a one man show posing as a group of people. As a moonlighting freelancer, I understand why you might want to do this. But, there are ways to right content to avoid the use of "we" and "I" that allows you to express the same point.

nice - I prefer international format too - but us Americans are spoiled bullies - its our way or its our way.

correct on on the CFM - cold fusion markup language.I also have CDML as well in that list.Anyway, the person hired would be dealing with medical professionals who will have few technical skills and very limited experience. Basically, if i went to your house with my laptop and plugged you monitor into my laptop, you would be asking me (while I google something) "oh so my computer is on the internet right now, can anybody get the stuff off my computer?"Most the persons work will be a combination of online support and offline problem research with respect to accessing and using the 13+ websites we have (online journals to online education courses - a wide mix of functionality). That is if a member calls up and says "I can't do this or that but I have to go right now, I need get back in at 5pm" then this person will have to take the limited information and recreate the problem locally and then figure out what is wrong so that it can be reported back the member. Granted, 90% of this is user error - or if I could be as to be so bold to call out my own employer's faulty web design, then I'd do that - cuz its horrible. So that is also part of the problem here - someone who can look past a bad design (unlike me) and rationalize the methodology to the end user to make them understand why they need to go through this hoop or that hoop to do what they want. The only interaction with a programmer would be in the offline problem research - so there is a mix of being able to talk dumb to members but talk smart with programmers.You can trust a surgeon to fix your heart, just don't let them touch your computer.

welcome - you're sure to find alot of help with almost any question you pose.thanks for joining the community.

Here is a position that I am part of the team that interviews candidates: I am going to administer a 5 to 10 minute quiz. Any suggestions for questions to ask would be interesting to hear.Here is an example of one of the questions I am asking (of an beginnger skill level)Identify these abbreviations:cssjsasphtmlxhtmldhtmlcfmxmlxslphpsqlurlsslhttpftpipdnsdsnI have a few intermediate and advanced questions too but I thought I'd pole this community to see I've overlooked something or if there are some questions simply better that those I came up with.The person filling this position is going to be dealing with not necessarily complex problems, but with a collection of integrated sites that is used by the less than savy internet user. So the questions I am asking are a combination of seeing just how technical the person is as well as seeing how they approach a problem.An example of the latter:A member calls and says they type mydomain.com into the internet and the site doesn't come up, but it used to all the time. You asked them to go to google.com to verify their internet connection and even by doing a search. You ask them to type myotherdomain.com in the browser and try from their and everything checks out fine. What could be done (short of going to the person's office) to get them to see mydomain.com? (this is an advanced skill level)Thanks in advance.P.S. If anyone wants to know the answer to the second one, send me a PM.

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whew, thank you for the reply. I don't feel alone in the world anymore. I do mean that sincerely, too. I take the exact approach you layout and feel the same way you do. The few times I've tried to post that opinion (in other forums) I've gotten a variety of criticism - hence my disclaimer. Tables, as unfortunate as some may feel, is more likely to render consistently in browsers than elaborate CSS - at least as long as IE is around.(uh-oh, I just opened a can of worms on that one too - disclaimer - use pinned browser discussion to rip me there please)

good resource - alot of ColdFusion work there.:-)Yeah those fuzzy lines need to be very clear - this is where big brother might begin to monitor your network activity a little closer. When I got to this point with one of my previous employers, I reduced my hours to part-time since I started out with a few bigger clients - plus she only focused on non-profit and had no interest in for-profit ventures - so that fuzzy line was easily defined.

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You'll have to scroll down a little but here is the FAQs on it:http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/index.htmlI like that it only allows access to the browser "Internet Options" through the Control Panel - most importantly, it prompts you when a change to critical registry keys is attempted.

I've posted several snippets here already:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=9500

I can feel your pain. When I started 10+ years ago I had NO where to start except the library - no online discussion forum, no continuing education course to enroll in - nothing. For me, there was no pressure to find a happy medium - I just had ot make things work. Acknowledging that times have changed, I've still come to take the pressure to validate with a grain of salt. As much as I would LOVE to make sure all my sites and pages validate, my clients do not see the importance in justifying the time to do so. So, if it is easier for me to use tables and some CSS, then my client is happier. I know I don't code junk so I'm not giving them garbage - I'm just giving them well format, well rendered, HTML and CSS that is "close enough". Mind you, I am very particular and I do strive for perfection, but if I see a job, application, or page beginning to snowball, I give up and do it the way I am certain will produce the desired outcome - css, tables, validation or not.As for programming language - I too had my first hesitations with asp and php - which is why I loved ColdFusion when I discovered it. A tag based server side language capable of doing everything asp and php could do but with a much much shorter learning curve since it is tag base - its like an expanded set of HTML tags. Now that the developer license is free and it is easy to install with any web server - its the best time to learn it. Yeah, yeah yeah, some will say stay far away - but ask them how much they know about ColdFusion and they will not have much to say. There are just as many hosts as the others and the jobs are out there if you look. In fact, a Cold Fusion job is more secure than any asp or php job right now.Anyway, this is like learning to play golf - you don't learn on the golf course, you learn on the driving range. When I managed a course out east, I saw too many folks trying to learn golf on the course - you play golf on the course, you learn on the driving range. So, find your driving range, most developers (i.e. just as aspnetguy did with his freshly launched site) use their personal site for this and then apply every solid skill they have to their jobs.I'm not sure if this really has helped much, but just don't worry about the pressure - when it comes down to it all the developers in the world can give you a raft of $hit cuz your site doesn't validate, but if it is making your client millions of dollars, you're not gonna get fired.(waiting for the reply that tells me this is a horrible approach and that it only holds the pursuit of standard compliant websites back)

sweet - congrats - now its marketing time.check your local governments - see if they use external vendors to maintain their websites. I got a local gig that guarentees me 3hrs a month of work. Perfect for getting some local visibility and padding the bank account for some relatively easy work. I know you might be aspiring to do bigger and better jobs - but getting a few shoe-ins is always a good thing - plus you get to focus on the customer relationship more.Anyway, might be time to invest in your local paper or something like that. Find a few local small businesses and offer an introductory rate fro an email campaign. Or, if you need a paint job for your car, offer to trade services . . . sure this is nothing new for you but now you've got a site that can help you go in that direction.Great work!

My set up is the same, except I don't use AdAware I enable S&D's Tea Timer application. In any case, I've been just as fortunate (knock on wood) as aspnetguy.I think Grisoft's approach is to let the client software go for free, but charge for (and subsequently make more money with) the server software that protects an entire network of clients. Using the free client as a base of "xxxx number of installs" as just one aspect of credibility. I like that approach - esp. since the client stuff is free.

are you pasting your code into the validator or are you entering the URL to the page?I kicked my self in the arse all night one time with this same problem. I had forgotten that I had debugging turned on and that extra information in the footer killed my validation.(just a thought)

is this being used in a be based application?If so, I'd get out of Access and build this in MySQL or MSSQL.As for the question, a server side scripting language (if this is web based) would be able to do it as would a stored procedure in either of the two databases I mentioned.

Here are my comments on the site as it looks today - since some changes seem to have been made since my last post.a.) I do not understand at all why the first main thing I see (outside the whitespace surrounding your logo) is a banner that links to another play game website - especially one that would be considered competition.b.) as quickly mentioned already, there is a lot of whitespace around your logo and it pushes content down the page and below the fold. If you got rid of the direct competitor banner, pushed yours to the side a little, then moved the adwords banner next to your logo you would get Most Played Games, New Games, Driving Games, Sport Games above the fold - that would be a huge usability benefit.c.) I skipped over the parent navigation completely - never saw it - it blends in too much with the backgroundd.) your links also do not contrast enough with the background color they appear one.) the lack of any CSS worries me as does the excessive use of tables and the bgcolor attribute abuse.Sorry, I hate to be brutally honest, there is alot that even this old school HTML'er wouldn't do in this code. There is a lot of work to do to make this site close to being manageable to maintain - let alone appealing to visit.

Here is my $.02For SEO, you should do a little more with your titles and add your <meta> tags - keywords and description unique to each page. Your titles are more effective if you start them with keywords. For example, this would get a better ranking than what you currently have:<title>Portfolio - Web Page Design and Development - Justin Bezanson</title>For the sake of word-smithing, unless you have a print and web portfolio, the use of the word "online" to describe your portfolio is sort of redundant.On your portfolio page, I've always prefered the rollover concept that you use to have the more vibrant image be shown on the mouse over - not the toned down image. I often grey scale the image and have the mouseover be in color. This way the image is still crisp and clean with whatever detail might be lost with any other filter.Nice job on the <h1> and <h2> manipulation.:-)I'm not sure if there is something you can do in place of the "quote" on the portfolio page. It looks like you are using the same form and posting method on the contact us page. Maybe the impression mentioned earlier is a good idea - change it to testimonial and have a customer give you a nice quote to support the visual presentation. I just think it is inherit to go to the contact page if someone wanted a quote - if not, mentioning it somewhere with a link might be just as effective. Right now, I have no idea if you are a likeable guy!:)I really can't find anything else to pick apart - I think yo';ve done an excellent job. I'll send you $2 in paypal - go have a beer on me.

thanks for stopping by. you've find a vast amount of help from the members and the site tutorialswelcome!

yes, permission is the first thing you need. It is not legal to use another site's image without their permission. As far as referencing it, the other site would tend to dictate it - but if they don't then you could use the "alt" tag or (like referencing corporate logos) you can disclaim it in your footer.

(see your PM)

Cookies and frames are a weird combination. IE, for instance, treats every window (frame or new browser instance) as a separate window until it has gone to each specific site. So a cookie in the iframe, unless physically written, may not become available immediately. Most other browsers should not have an issue with this. Obviously, you will not be able to read another site's cookie unless your web browser as third party cookie sharing turned on for those sites - so cookies can only be read by the domain which created them.But your explanation is a little vague - how and why are cookies being used and what exactly do you want to happen. Can you share some links so that we can understand a little more just how it is pieced together?

You've mentioned using your <title> tag and the <meta> keyword and descriptions. Make sure they are unique to each page - you can have some common keywords, but each page should have additional ones that reflect the content on that page. The description should be unique as well.Other things that help is to have an <h1> on every page (only have one and use CSS to make it look and behave as you wish). Follow that with a few <h2> tags and search engines will place appropriate emphasis on your content. Be sure your HTML is well formated and your using it to the fullest extend. All you <a> tags shuld use the "title" attribute and images should have height, width, and alt attributes defined.Lastly, your search engine ranking is something you never stop maintaining. You should submit your site every month and make an effort to have your site linked to from as many respectable sources as possible. Stay away from web rings where you just point to any random (or maybe not so random) site - they can actually hurt you. A good link to your site is one that points the user there for a reason. Search Engines are like Word-of-Mouth advertising - they are reference based. So press release, news paper sites, industry directories, chamber of commerce, and related businesses are good places to find ways to get your web addresses linked to in their content.Although the design of your site is very nice and professional - I wish Avileax would have considered having a little more text on the site's pages so that search engines would have a little more to work with (I mean look at their site: http://www.avileax.com/) - errrr hypocrites (see how they worked in links to their interior pages in their homepage text) - they look like they know what they are doing, wonder why they sold you short. And the number of nested tables is a little old school, but is a moot point now that you are launched. The site looks like it will do everything you need it to do so stay on top of conventional advertising and remember that the internet is global, so your keywords and content should try to localized. Don't just say "wedding favors" say "wedding favors, orange county ca, Irvine ca" etc.I imagine that you already might be doing this, but bridal shows are great opportunities to market your site - remember, you are marketing your site as well as your business - make them work together. Rotating online special offers are a good thing. Since weddings take time to plan, people will likely visit your site more than once as they narrow down their choices for companies and then for products. So make sure something changes often - provide an incentive for visitors to return. In your industry, you might even offer tips and tricks to event decor - offer YOUR unique perspective on favors or whatever so that you give visitors new ideas and therefore reasons to solicite your services.I know I got off track a little - I just had a wave of thought . . . .:)P.S. Did they hook you up with a Froogle Feed?http://www.google.com/base/help/sellongoogle.html

I really like where you are going with this - great work.I like the color combination header tags and the map on the contact us page is well done also.The only thing I can pick on is that the index.html page has two <h1> tags. There should only really ever be one <h1> tag. You could assign the <h1> and the <h2> tags the same CSS attributes to make it look the way you want it while not breaking nay SEO best practices. So, just one <h1> per page but has many other <h2> tags as you like.Excellent work.- is it only me or do those little grey drop boxes need a sound element - like the sound the doors made on Star Trekhttp://www.stdimension.org/MediaLib/effect...n/dooropen1.wav(lol)