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  • text-indent: -9999px = bad seo?

    Hmmm.. Yea, okay. Well, thanks for the response. Your solutions are the same output as text-indent: -9999px... The idea isn't trying to fool google... noone can do that, not for long atleast. The idea is to FOLLOW their rules, because they s…
    Comment by milehighdesigner March 2010 permalink
  • Getting my name out there

    Then go for it! There are always exceptions to the general outcome of things... So, if you work hard and surround yourself with correct information and good resources, you've got a great shot. Best of luck!
    Comment by milehighdesigner January 2010 permalink
  • Are CSS Menus black hat?

    Whoever told you this may have been trying to say, or I hope atleast, that putting additional content to bolster your search rank then put a display:none on it, is considered "black hat." I.e... I want people to check out a site on.. blac…
    Comment by milehighdesigner January 2010 permalink
  • Getting my name out there

    Here's a few tips: a) make sure you have your own website that best displays your ability. b) make a small presentation\introductory packet on you and your business and services. c) go to door to door, only to people who can actually benefit f…
    Comment by milehighdesigner January 2010 permalink
  • Finding a good code editor for windows... really.

    Doc... Have you configured DW somehow to not be so slow when interacting with FTP? This is my biggest problem with it. Not only that, you don't have complete freedom with the FTP. Sure, you can work remotely on the FTP setup, but if u want s…
    Comment by milehighdesigner December 2009 permalink
  • Should I use a CMS

    Always use a CMS... preferably Wordpress! Its great for a site with literally one page, or a site with a zillion. Thanks to the plugins, you can easily add in elements, that would otherwise take you quite a while to conjure. Not only that, but as…
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Anyone use E Text Editor?

    I use e-text editor. But like Rob, I don't use "auto-close" the tag... In fact, I'm not sure if it has it or not. I used to use Dreamweaver (code view only of course) and I'm never going back. In fact, I want to use Cod…
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Best solution for a Wordpress Ecommerce site?

    Hey Luminated, I too am starting a project with wp e-commerce. We should help each other out if the other needs... So far, I've discovered that you don't need to purhcase the gold cart, just for the grid view? that can be accomplished b…
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Frameworks

    Well, you'd do the same with these frameworks.. as each of the three mentioned above, Hybrid, Thematic, and Carrington, all have "bare-bone" themes to start with. Here's my thoughts after I was able to spend a couple hours away …
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Frameworks

    Well, the word "frameworks" can be vastly interpreted... Starkers can technically be called a framework because its something to build around a pre-existing "frame." And I have quite a bit of experience working with Starkers...…
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Frameworks

    I guess because I can't quite harness the awesome power that is a framework, I don't understand and can't see the full potential\reason to use one. I'm using Hybrid now on my company's redesign, and I'm just make my ow…
    Comment by milehighdesigner November 2009 permalink
  • Methods of adding multi plugins for wp?

    Plugin Central! amazing.
    Comment by milehighdesigner October 2009 permalink
  • Anyone try these 3 eCommerce solutions?

    Sorry for my brief and akward posts... left arm is in a sling for the next 6 weeks... :\ I guess I need to do some more research into all three... While I like the idea of foxycart's "add into a site..." the site i'm going to b…
    Comment by milehighdesigner October 2009 permalink
  • Photographer's website redesign

    Hi guys, Thanks for the feedback (sorry, I had a few things to take care of that kept me away from the forums for a little). Now that you mention it, it does seem a little scary\overdone on the link hovers, especially because that glow really isnt…
    Comment by milehighdesigner August 2009 permalink
  • Music Player - In a popup.. or..?

    After thinking more, only problem with popup is that many users have popups disabled, and I don't want to have a link that says "CLicK hEr3 for MuZik!!!!" I think i have the solution, I'll post it here later if its working as in…
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Music Player - In a popup.. or..?

    I may of found something after more scrounging over the interwebz, autoresume... its featured atleast on the XSPF player.
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Feedback on this new design

    Don't get discouraged.. It's always good to try things out of the box, you never know, you may create the next box. Imagine the first guy who said "I'm going to think out of the box and make a website that looks like a birds-eye…
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Website\Blog Disclaimers?

    Sounds right Ikthius, but because we're discussing legal matters and not just something as simple as validation, I'm slightly uneasy about it. Doc, what you're saying is making sense as well, but what about other images, lets say a m…
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Do you like or dislike???

    I'm on a laptop, 800px height... When it scrolls down, it isn't displaying everything, so for instance, your portfolio images are hugging the bottom of my browser and I had to scroll down to see the rest of the images\scroll to top link.
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • First post, first site!

    Welcome to CSS-Tricks Forums... We're a happy, fun bunch of nerds here. Anyone who denies this claim is a happy, fun and lying nerd. Anyhow, I'd think about brushing up the header a little.. Start with maybe a gradient layer mask on the …
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Better HTML editor view for Wordpress?

    Okay then, so how in Wordpress could you control all the different "modules" that you want to appear at different parts on the pages like other CMSs then? Code the sidebar to not really be a sidebar and just another div somewhere?
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Better HTML editor view for Wordpress?

    That could work I suppose... Just thought that with all the awesome plugins for wordpress, there would of been something like that out already...
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Better HTML editor view for Wordpress?

    Well I'm trying to use WP as a type of CMS... You see, basically inserting the content through the source part and just using the php includes. Am I dumb for doing this? I understand templates, but how many is realistic to have?
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Real Estate Site (redesign)

    Yea, the shadow on the smaller headers is just a stroke outline actually... I thought so the same, but that is a result of settling I suppose. Well, I wanted the search bar to be on every page, and I ended up sticking it in the footer.... I should …
    Comment by milehighdesigner June 2009 permalink
  • Modx CMS... What do you think?

    Then, to add insult to injury, I was told in a forum that "that is the beauty of open source" as I now had the opportunity to bring the plugin up to date for the community. Amen. I was told something similar once... If I KNEW how to upda…
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink
  • Kompozer (or others) VS Dreamweaver

    Personally, my suggestion is this... If you're getting into web design, mess around for a little with a WYSIWYG "What You See Is What You Get" and see how it works... its obviously the most visual you'll find when making edits.…
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink
  • Site redesign...

    Thanks... Yea, I know what you mean. That is actually there for a reason, for rotating quotes to appear on each page, and then there was some other talk about using that as a constant "recent news" container, but we'll see. But you…
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink
  • Modx CMS... What do you think?

    Wow! How true! ;) I'm looking into ModX a little... Thing is, these days I don't have time to try something out for hours, to find out I don't like it. :
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink
  • Modx CMS... What do you think?

    250 bucks per a website? What's so amazing about Expression Engine?
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink
  • buy to let mortgage site, i need your reviews please

    Looking decent... On the banner under the logo\header, i'd take a closer look at the gradient on the left side... It's not the same with the background, so it kind of looks a little funny. Also, the middle col at the 3 columns, I'd m…
    Comment by milehighdesigner May 2009 permalink