Website design is the process of planning and creating websites that can be read/viewed by web browsers
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Site Structure - practices
I just started working for a company and they're asking me for ways to improve the overall site design. One of the things that keeps standing out to me is their extremely odd internal file structure ...
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What emails should I create for a web services company? [closed]
I am building a software and web services company and want to create different email account to use them in contacting my team, customers "which i do for them websites for example", users of the ...
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Top and bottom gradient using CSS
I have a background that has a top and bottom gradient and I want it to show on a container layer. The problem is the bottom gradient since it has to appear at the very end of the container div. Any ...
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Client asking for estimate to set up/ configure his server
I am building a web application for a client. I never set up a server using IIS. He needs me to configure the server to work with mySQL, php, and phpmyadmin. The server, is completely ...
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How to handle new domain names?
I have a new product which I'll call a pen ink reloader. I have a website using my products name, for example, www.inkywink.com which I want to have accessed by searches for keywords such as "pen ...
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What parts of JavaScript and jQuery are essential reading for Web Designers [closed]
As a web designer, how should I go about learning javascript and jquery? I would like to avoid duplicating my efforts and focus on whats important.
I am very much confused and need a place to start.
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Infrastructure to effectively set up experiements and learn from them
My website is in the early stages of creating our first product, a place on the web, where one can ask lawyers questions at a fraction of their normal costs.
I got inspired by this video, which is ...
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Accessible web design
Not sure if this question is a good fit for this forum, if not maybe some moderators can move it to StackOverflow.
Where should I be looking to make an accessible web site nowadays? I remember 10 ...
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Is Paypal the best solution for payment gateway for a website?
I have a realty website that needs a payment gateway for their property reservation. The reservation fee range from $500-$600 and about 5-6 people per month. I was wondering if Paypal is the best ...
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Where can I find graphic artists who can draw clean Windows 7/Mac style icons?
Not sure if this should be a community wiki, but I'd like to find some graphic artists who can create beautiful Windows 7 icons (for use on the web)... somewhat similar in style to the image below.
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What are the most popular sharing/subscribing services?
Almost every site now (including this one) has buttons to share the page or subscribe with specific web services like digg, google reader, delicious, etc. I've personally never clicked one (I always ...
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What Are Site-Wide Cookies?
Please help me by telling what is site-wide cookies in PHP. This question while reading an article. Please help. I will grateful to you.
Thanks
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What is the name of this kind of layout?
Please visit this site: http://www.visitheritage.com/
Can someone tell me in which category does that kind of website layout belong?
Or in other words, how you simply call it?
I notice that this ...
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Why my new web design increased in 20% my bounce rate?
I do need your help and opinions.
Last August, 1st, I have relaunched my website with a completely new design. As I have also moved it from Dreamweaver and .html format to Wordpress, the new website ...
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What should I do if I have 2 UI tabs with content that allows the user to access the same page?
I created an employee review application that has top-level stateful tabs just like the ones on this site. There is a tab called "My Employees" and a tab called "Employee Management" (used by HR ...
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is there a standard template for a website proposal
i am putting together a website for someone and i wanted to see if there is a standard template to use that includes:
pricing (by hour, page or project)
expected bug fixes
costs for hosting and ...
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Where can I find GPL licensed articles which I can use in a commercial project?
I'm designing some web templates, and I need to add some sample content in them, like articles and stuff. I was wondering where can I find such sample articles to include in the template demo? I dont ...
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What are examples of high-volume websites with fixed, proportional, fluid, and hybrid layouts?
For example, Amazon.com I believe would be an example of a hybrid-fluid-fixed.
Really have no idea what an example of a purely proportional layout would be.
Types of Webpage Layouts are, per ...
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Best books for web design & HCI
What are the best books you suggest me about:
web design
HCI for web applications / websites
thanks
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about domain name and website creation
ok this is a non-technical question and since stackoverflow is the best, i am asking here. I am planning on creating an online portfolio for myself, to use in my resume and to use for other personal ...
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Multilingual website avoiding duplicate content and right referral in SERP
I have a site with UGC in many languages. The translation I'm doing is for the titles so for each page I have multiple copies, one per language. I want to make sure
Search engines don't see this as ...
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Would it be possible to build a client portal on Squarespace6?
I'm helping a family member set up a site which will need to include a secure client portal, providing access to documents and a simple database. I have been encouraging them to go with a more ...
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What are the logistics in converting PSD to HTML, from the project managers standpoint?
I know this question so elementary, and I apologize in advance. Feel free to close it if it doesn't meet this sites criteria. I am managing my first web project, and am currently getting the PSDs ...
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Let tester directly click on web site to report bugs, similar to bugherd?
I'm doing website User Testing and want them to report issues by clicking on web site and type text into a comment box. Similar to diigo.com or bugherd.com
Bugherd is designed for this but it is ...
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Background image strategies for a curved background
How would you handle a background image for a web page with a curve like the one below? Normally, I take a thin image and repeat it along the x-axis, but the curve negates that strategy as one side is ...
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Highlighting Search Results [closed]
A website I've recently worked on has a fairly extensive product search. The search returns results from the company's affiliates as well as products that the company produces and sponsors.
A ...
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Create beautiful websites with “text free images”?
Most websites have images with text embedded into the images.
Shure, they look great, but when it comes to translation
into other languages, it immediately gets painful to maintain.
Are there any ...
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How should I layout my page if I only have a toolbar, but Menu? (as it typically is)
I'm building a web application that revolves mostly around a grid, a treeview, and a toolbar. There is also an autocomplete section at the top of the site.
Since I have never been trained in website ...
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in Web Design What format does Web Designer, Developer and Client prefer? Is it PSD, AI, EPS. or Firework's PNG [closed]
I would assume that the answer would be Photoshop PSD, But It would just be a biased opinion. What are your thoughts? I recently find illustrator to be fast in position stuff, at the same time my ...
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Website Duplication issue
We just launched our New site with lots of changes in design and content. After getting into my Cpanle i came to know that my website developing company have done this to my site.
The old site is ...
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Summary of usage policies for website integration of various social media networks? [closed]
To cut to the chase...
I look at Twitter's usage policy and see limitations on what can
and can't be done with their logo.
I also see examples of websites that use icons that have been
integrated ...
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Product application - is it a product or product variation
I'm dealing with a lot of vehicle specific products, and I've been trying to determine whether to convert the variants/fit option into individual products. I currently put the vehicle specific items ...
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Is it possible to code in such a way that Dreamweaver will display it same as the browser?
Some background: I work in an internet marketing firm. My manager and I were just talking, and he brought up that some of our clients have complained that my web pages don't display "correctly" in ...
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Disqus integration in website.. what is wrong? [closed]
I try to embed a disqus forum in a website I created. I used the exact code and instructions they give on the installation instructions. I just don't get it. Not much on Google either. Is something ...
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Best Option for Creating A Small Church Website
I've been asked to create a website for a very small church. Given the limited budget and lack of technical staff, what is the best option for building a site that is low-cost (or preferably free) ...
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How do I make sure the web developer I hire will not steal my idea?
So I have a great idea for a new website. However, not the time to develop it.
I would like to hire a person or company to design it for me.
What steps do I need to take, to protect my idea?
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Building a New Website
Let me begin by stating that I'm not a professional web designer. I need to create a website for a small company, owned by a friend. I want to make sure that whatever I do can be extended in the ...
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design website using header and footer template approach
I am trying to re-do my portfolio website since its a pain to maintain it. Everytime I have to add a new item to it, it just takes forever and kills me. I'd like to redesign in a way that makes the ...
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Website design using Responsive Approach or Mobile Site
I have been looking for mobile desktop website solution & I am confused with the information available on internet. In some case article talk about Responsive approach with the future but i am ...
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Using iframes is still considered bad?
Back in the early 2000's using (i)frames was a big no no for developers.
Although they made development easier, it was shunned in every circle and various reasons.
My question is, is it still advised ...
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Webpage for both tablet and PC
Can we develop webpages that will work on both tablet, say Android, and Desktops/PCs (here I'm looking at non flash based web pages). Since I was looking at Sencha, do we need to use both Sencha ...
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Why can't I download an image from this website?
I tried downloading the blue image in myheritage.com by right clicking. But somehow I always get the picture with parachute no matter where I right click in the blue area. I downloaded the complete ...
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How do I design a website without relying on images and photographs, but still be eyecatching? [closed]
I've recently been charged with my first professional gig as a web designer. I've made a few pages before, very basic pages, that were for student groups or nonprofit organizations. Those were free ...
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.pro domain as a web designer/professional
I am looking at getting a .pro domain for my portfolio page as a web designer. I realize that .pro domains are for licensed professionals such as lawyers, engineers, etc.
What kind of certifications ...
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Good free CSS Sprite for icons
I am working on a small project where I need some of the basic icons: edit, favorite, delete. You know them.
Now i can download them all seperate, and put them together in a sprite, but I was ...
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Right canonical pages for encylopedia-style site
I have a website that contains a lot of short (150 word) descriptions of key concepts. The concepts are organised hierarchically so a description of Cheese will be a subsection under the heading "Milk ...
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Please recommend an one stop popular website for inspirational web design interfaces/ design snippet
Please recommend an one stop popular website for inspirational web design interfaces/ design snippet.
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Is there webservice to sell layout?
I have some old layouts, and I would like to sell them, are there any popular online auctions service?
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Is there a way to limit the horizational flex of a fluid CSS layout?
Example:
Currently it does this: <-->
Want it to do this: <--|-|-->
Meaning the core never gets smaller than say 900px, but the core stretches on forever if it's bigger than 900px. Note, ...
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What's the best (fairest) way to select a web designer?
I've been a freelance developer for nearly a decade, but have no desire to do web design. Most of the projects I get are maintenance-type projects that require only minor tweaks to existing graphics, ...
