I need to do a bit of web design and I haven't done any since people were still using tables to position things. Point me to a good book and/or online tutorial to help me put together a relatively contemporary-looking site.
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posted by Joey Buttafoucault
on May 11, 2012 -
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I've been employed as a full-time web developer for a couple of years. However, I've been doing it as a student and a hobbyist for a lot longer. Which amount of time should I indicate on my resume as my official "length of experience"?
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posted by theraflu
on Apr 24, 2012 -
7 answers
Help me find a nice, Sci-Fi typeface that doesn't feel too modern
or too old fashioned
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posted by garius
on Apr 16, 2012 -
19 answers
Know any ungendered, artful, well designed, and relentlessly positive/upbeat websites?
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posted by jsturgill
on Apr 11, 2012 -
4 answers
South American or Eastern European web design and development firms for long-term outsourcing relationship?
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posted by mtstover
on Apr 6, 2012 -
1 answer
What do I need to learn in order to make fancy article layouts on the web?
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posted by Cortes
on Mar 11, 2012 -
9 answers
How do I go about getting a website designed without getting taken to the cleaners, as I know next to nothing about the process?
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posted by holdkris99
on Mar 8, 2012 -
10 answers
Does anyone have any tips for dealing with less savvy users of web-based WYSIWYG products like TinyMCE (which Wordpress uses) and/or improving the usability on the back-end? The best users I've worked with seem to universally use the HTML editor, while the rest fight with the visual editor to varying degrees of success.
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posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo
on Mar 7, 2012 -
4 answers
What's the best CMS for a busy church with a bunch of committees full of non-technical people?
Are there professional website maintenance companies that deal specifically with religious organizations?
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posted by odinsdream
on Mar 3, 2012 -
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I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
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I'm hoping to put together a relatively simple website on which to put various stories and essays my friends and I are writing. I'm aiming at imitating old journals and newspapers (
like this), fairly simple, mostly text. Do you guys know any great examples of this type of layout online that I could scope out, and if I wanted to start prototyping it myself relying as much as possible on CSS and javascript, what would be some resources I should consider?
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posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Feb 16, 2012 -
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I'm trying to make my image links in a div start at 0.8 opacity, and on hover, bump up to 1 opacity. This works fine - until I also introduce text links to the same div. Then, the 0.8 starting opacity applies to the text as well, making it look weird. Any way to make it apply to the image links only?
Thanks.
posted by kmccormi
on Feb 9, 2012 -
5 answers
Should I knuckle down and learn to use Magento, or is there a friendlier option that will do everything I need?
I am building an commerce site for a small business that needs to serve both the general public and their wholesale clientele. I've got some experience with several Wordpress-based ecommerce solutions, but am I going to find them limiting in the long run?
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posted by Magnakai
on Jan 17, 2012 -
8 answers
How do you moderate a beautiful kick-off meeting for a website redesign project? What questions do I ask our prospective client?
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posted by windbox
on Jan 13, 2012 -
8 answers
I'm looking for a forum where I can ask questions about networking, security, coding, operating systems, web design, etc. There are
many of these out there, but I'd like to find a
single community which covers all these topics more or less equally (so it isn't a Linux forum with a small section on BSD, or a coding forum with a small section on networking). I'd like it to be the sort of forum where users stay around for several years as they learn and contribute at different levels, with high literacy and education-to-spam levels. Could I have your recommendations please?
posted by westerly
on Dec 18, 2011 -
9 answers
How can I embed a .m3u file (so that a user can listen to the audio stream) in a website?
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posted by lobbyist
on Dec 1, 2011 -
1 answer
Can any web designers speak to what's up with the <marquee> tag? I want to use it in a tasteful, scrolling-credits-type way — is it even worth doing?
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posted by FreelanceBureaucrat
on Nov 30, 2011 -
6 answers
I'm building a blog-like site that will have lots of old stories about a particular rural area. I'll be adding lots of supplemental information about some of the places, people and things the author talks about, and I'm trying to decide how to display it.
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posted by nosila
on Nov 21, 2011 -
2 answers
Not exactly sure how to phrase this question, cause I don't know the lingo, but here goes. How do I make it so a browser automatically updates my web-page.
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posted by snwod
on Nov 6, 2011 -
7 answers
Anyone know how I can change the number of columns on an HTML table when it is viewed from a mobile browser? I want to display a 5 column table if the site is viewed from a desktop, but want the table to be just 1 column if viewed from a mobile device. Can this be done easily? I only know basic html.
posted by janetplanet
on Nov 5, 2011 -
8 answers
I need to add a caption to many user-submitted photos at once, and regularly. Best solution? Bonus: any way to automate that process with a tumblr blog? Dbl bonus: free?
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posted by skypieces
on Oct 18, 2011 -
1 answer
Twitter and Squarespace: How do I create a Squarespace sidebar widget that displays scrolling personal tweets (i.e. not general news and not links out to twitter)
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posted by lackutrol
on Oct 8, 2011 -
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I've been toying with the idea of starting a website that's sort of half forum, half store. I have a general understanding of how the web works, but I haven't done anything web design-ey for about ten years, and even then I was definitely quite amateur. What would I need to do to get going?
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posted by Scientist
on Oct 5, 2011 -
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I think my friend's small company might be getting ripped off. I need advice as to what is acceptable pricing for building and running a couple of websites.
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posted by bollockovnikov
on Sep 23, 2011 -
14 answers
I designed the website, installed a WYSIWYG editor for my client to update the text, and now the site looks terrible. What should I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 21, 2011 -
17 answers
I need to build a map on a webpage that acts pretty much just like google maps (zoomable, scrollable, pins that have popups (with hyperlinks) when clicked) but it's not a physical map. It'll look more like an org chart. Are there any javascript packages out there that do this?
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posted by nushustu
on Aug 19, 2011 -
4 answers
How to deal with unpaid and non-contracted design work showing up on the net? The work was created based on the promise of a contract coming in any day.
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posted by stthspl
on Aug 14, 2011 -
10 answers
Are there any good books/free online courses/tutorials for learning the basics of graphic design for web sites in particular?
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posted by mccarty.tim
on Jul 31, 2011 -
8 answers
I want to start a serious and large scale (for me, anyway) web project. Could you help me decide between CodeIgnitor and Symfony, as well as figure out tools/scripts/libraries/methods for some of the goals I have for the site?
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posted by jsturgill
on Jul 29, 2011 -
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I'm a solo UI designer for an ad agency & I'm looking for good website or blogs that'll inspire me to make cool & effective user interfaces. Individual websites are cool & all ,but what I'm really looking for are sites like
TheFWA or
SmashingMagazine that curate cool designs.
Bonus points for sites that look at e-commerce websites.
Fellow web designers: Where do you get inspiration?
posted by cuando
on Jul 20, 2011 -
6 answers
I (think I) am capable with HTML and CSS, but I've been asked to create an interactive, flowchart-based website and I'm not sure where to turn. (Similar to the specs described
here - No one answered this question.) --- What do I need to learn to make this happen? Any tips or suggestions would be welcome.
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posted by brackish.line
on Jun 24, 2011 -
6 answers
Can anyone recommend a good graphic design forum? Somewhere I can submit works-in-progress and get constructive feedback?
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posted by hamandcheese
on Jun 20, 2011 -
4 answers
Redesigning a website and need to explain to supervisors and other departments all the aspects of redesigning a site that is optimized to current best standards. Is there a map for that? (pls click for more details)
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posted by xicana63
on Jun 6, 2011 -
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I am looking for design inspiration for the recipe search engine that I'm working on. Specifically, how do I jazz up the recipe pages with graphics when I cannot use the original recipe text or dish photos? It has to be something generic to food/cooking.
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posted by Foci for Analysis
on Jun 4, 2011 -
14 answers
Are there any content management systems that easily support an educational game site where the main function is automatically awarding users visible badges for providing a correct answer to a prompt?
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posted by anonymous
on May 30, 2011 -
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WebDesignFilter: Help a print designer with some questions about web hosting and free client friendly CMS options and general web questions.
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posted by foxy
on May 10, 2011 -
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Website Design Guidance for a Beginner: I'm wanting to create a personal/professional website. The core of this website will contain a personal bio, extended resume, blog on a limited number of topics that interest me, and a few pictures. What route should I take to do this? (more info inside).
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posted by Paalen
on May 3, 2011 -
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