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james.davis

  • Feedback and suggestions

    WCMiller, thank you for the suggestions. I have applied them. I moved the skyline and content area up to remove some of the whitespace. I also toned the shadow down on the submenu. The orange band on the menu is the active state, and the blue bo…
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  • Applying CSS to across multiple browsers

    Here is an article at Smashing Magazine that may steer you in the right direction. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04 ... ive-ideas/
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  • His background is perfect!

    Glad I could be of some help. I cannot speak for everyone but I put the "id" on the body to specify the current page for my menu. This is totally of the topic of this post... I know. Some people put the class=current on the actual menu …
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  • [Solved] Nav Bar Breaks in Firefox, but not in safari...

    I am no CSS expert. I just looked at the #NavBarContainer in both pages and compared. I tested this with Firebug and it rendered like you wanted. On the broken page you have this: Products On the unbroken page you have this: Pr…
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  • His background is perfect!

    I actually just used this technique on my current project. I have had many headaches over the past few days. Just keep plugging away. The times I get stuck is where I learn the most. I sorry I couldn't provide any added value, I myself am n…
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  • [Solved] Overflow Property

    Fellas, Thanks for your help but I was able to figure it out. It was my z-index. I had to remove it from my #mainContent and place it on the #wrapper. Once I did this my scroll bar appeared. I learned alot playing with this issues over the past…
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  • His background is perfect!

    Here is Chris' example on full backgrounds. http://css-tricks.com/perfect-full-page ... und-image/
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  • [Solved] Overflow Property

    Chris, at first I tried it my way and it did not work, so I used the code exactly how Chris has it. Falken, the suggestion you gave still did not work. I need the width on the .article though because I do not want it to span the width on the page.…
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  • Please Critique Logo Concept

    Yea, that would be the biggest problem with it. Normally logos aren't that complicated. They should be easy enough to recognize at any size.[/quote] Thanks I realize that now. That great part for me was to take this idea I had in my head and …
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  • Please Critique Logo Concept

    I was trying to take the letter "Z" and incorporate it into a calculator. I just noticed that when I shrink it down that it is very hard to read. You really can't tell what it is.
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  • Please Critique Site Draft

    AlCapone, Thanks but I agree. I am not feeling the logo now. I am trying to get my concept from my head to Photoshop. I am trying to draw a calculator, and have the letter Z take buttons... 7, 8, 9, 5, 3, 2, 1 while still showing it somehow. My…
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  • Site Opinion

    Thanks guys for the input. LOL... Ashton that is too funny. Here is the site that created the template: http://www.allwebco-templates.com. Here is what I submitted. Maybe I you guys can rip it apart and then I can go back to the drawing board…
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  • Design expert? Need your help on new portfolio site!

    I really like your design. I am not sure how you feel about IE6 support, as I only use it because it is required at work. When I view it I see to gray border around all the png images you have. Other than that, it looks great!
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  • Newsletter Help

    Just in case anyone else is looking for the same type system I found this link: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/b ... -plus-tut/
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  • Background repeat under float div

    Thanks alot I appreciate your help.
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  • Background repeat under float div

    http://www.gbs-ncnw.org/downloads/default.html
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  • Web Site Color Scheme

    Thanks everyone for your input. I am going to take the day and review all the articles you guys posted. I will post again once I made some changes. By then I should have learned some new techniques to apply.
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  • Web Site Color Scheme

    Good morning. I talked with my brother last night and he wanted a wrench added to his logo, so I made that change last night. I also made the background a dark blue and the content box a light blue. I am still learning about the colors play togeth…
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  • Web Site Color Scheme

    Thanks for the input. I am going to play with the color wheel tonight. I will post tomorrow and see if made some progress.
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  • IE7 Bug

    Lesson learned. I just got home and tested it on IE. For some reason IE reset everything on the reset style sheet except for the ul. At least that is all I have had problems with so far. I apologize I made the thread as an IE7 bug but it is actu…
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  • IE7 Bug

    My apologies wasn't trying to be an annoyance. I thought it might be easier if you saw my code as well in case I did make a mistake. I am new to forum etiquette and I have learned what not to do here. Thank you for your assistance, I appreci…
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  • IE7 Bug

    Here is the CSS from my page (http://www.cartel-auto.com) as well: body {font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small; color: #000000; background-color: #d2d8d9;} p, li {font-size: 14px;} h6 {font-size: 16px;} h5 {font-size: 18px;} h4 {font-size: …
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  • IE7 Bug

    html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, f…
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  • Site Feedback (Change #3)

    Thanks for the flash link. I will check that out this evening. I forgot about the footer and will be working on that this evening. I am free to do whatever I want. The problem is I don't have much design experience. I honestly prefer the c…
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  • Site Almost Complete

    Thanks guys for your input it is greatly appreciated. Sometimes I think that this web designing thing is maybe too much! - I believe I fxed the Announcements issue. I extended my page wrap. - The purple text is not my choice. That is what the c…
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  • New Site

    Thanks everyone for your input. I will go back to the drawing board and come up with a new concept.
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  • CMS?

    I started watching part one of the series. I apologize now if this is answered in a later serious. Does this mean I have to recreate my whole site? In the beginning Chris tour down his old site. I do not want to do this. I just thought I could …
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  • Redesign again

    I really like the layout and color scheme of the new site. It looks great! The Portfolio page broke in IE6 though. I included a screen capture so you could see.
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  • Feedback Please

    I updated the header yet again... please give some feedback. Thanks!
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  • Submenu Help

    Chris thanks I used the link you referenced above. I am stuck again though and I am not sure what I a doing wrong. The submenu appears now but I cannot get it to fall below the main menu. The site: http://www.nucm.org My CSS for the menu: /*…
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