Re: [wdvltalk] [SCR] http://www.helpmeimadad.com/

2007-05-29 Thread William Stewart
Hi Matthew, Because your forte is development and not design, I would use a CMS like Joomla and purchase a template. While I don't typically recommend Joomla, it will let you setup a forum that is seamless with the rest of the site as well as setup more features than any one of us would ever need

[wdvltalk] [OT] Wordpress Development job

2007-02-20 Thread William Stewart
Hi everyone, I know this is slightly off-topic, but I wanted to give you fine folks a chance at a Wordpress development project I need done. I have designed a WordPress theme and created an XHTML/CSS compliant mockup. All I need is someone to plug in the WordPress PHP and install approximately 5

[wdvltalk] Easy shopping cart?

2006-12-12 Thread William Stewart
Hey guys and gals, I have a client that wants to create an online store where she sells products to ship. I need something easy to manage and fully customizable without being a pain to my non-programmer brain. Any ideas? Thanks! Will Stewart -- Stewart and Company www.stewartandcompany.net _

Re: [wdvltalk] What font are they using?

2006-12-12 Thread William Stewart
Amrit, Try http://www.identifont.com/ to answer a few questions that will help narrow what it could be. Or try my favorite, http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ Take a screenshot of the font and then upload the image (of the font only, not the whole page) on the site and it will tell you exactly

Re: [wdvltalk] Word problem

2006-07-22 Thread William Stewart
I've had the problem before, but it was a glitch. I restarted Word and voila! Fixed. Will -- www.williamstewart.org On 7/22/06 10:34 PM, "Portman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My husband is finishing up a dissertation and we noticed on a few pages > that Word repeats the last l

Re: [wdvltalk] Splash page?

2006-05-05 Thread William Stewart
Two words: Heck no. Will Stewart -- Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (304) 550-2687 On 5/4/06 3:53 PM, "Portman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am redesigning a website and it cu

Re: [wdvltalk] Wordpress or do you know of a better blog

2006-01-19 Thread William Stewart
Hi Joseph, I use Wordpress (www.williamstewart.org) and absolutely love it. Will On 1/19/06 3:00 AM, "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will have, soon, to set up a blog on one site and later on another one or > two. > > I would like these to be connected in some way, and possibly

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-09 Thread William Stewart
*cough* www.apple.com Going away now... Will On 1/9/06 3:47 PM, "Portman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My sister has always been getting cheap, junky computers and I finally > convinced her to buy a Dell. She did and is now having endless > problems. She installed SBC DSL and whe

[wdvltalk] Web dev blog

2005-08-19 Thread William Stewart
I'm looking to start a web development blog with multiple authors. Most of the geniuses I know are here :) so I am turning to you to see if there is anyone who is interested. I have been with this list for eight years or more and have learned so much from it. With the help of many of you (especi

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] spam menace from Korea

2005-08-13 Thread William Stewart
AND Use Mac. http://www.apple.com/switch/ *Ducks and runs* Will On 8/13/05 5:22 PM, "michael ensor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Want to be secure: don't use Outlook! Don't allow ActiveX to run on your > machine > whilst surfing! > and > Be very paranoid... • The WDVL Dis

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] spam menace from Korea

2005-08-13 Thread William Stewart
Not sure about the spam, but I know what the danger of work and taxes is: If you work, you got to pay taxes! Will On 8/13/05 7:18 AM, "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wanted to check and warn of a nasty listtle spamming that almost > fooled me (who said: 'not that hard'?). >

Re: [wdvltalk] text editor for apple OS

2005-07-13 Thread William Stewart
I use iScroll 2 to add two button functionality to my laptop. http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ Any time you press the trackpad button with two fingers on the trackpad, it right-clicks. Plus, it adds the two finger scrolling functionality that is in the newer Apple laptops. Will

Re: [wdvltalk] text editor for apple OS

2005-07-12 Thread William Stewart
The delete key is beside the right-click button! Will On 7/11/05 8:28 PM, "Cheryl D Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't you love that PowerBook keyboard, who's bright idea was it not to have > a functional delete key on it anyway I want to know. Especially since the > backspace key is labe

Re: [wdvltalk] text editor for apple OS

2005-07-11 Thread William Stewart
The delete key for mac is FN+delete. Will On 7/11/05 2:47 PM, "Steve Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Stephen; > >> Welcome. It's nice over here ;) > > I must admit I am glad that i switched, though I still can't figure > out how the ctrl-c and ctrl-v equivalents, etc. etc. I als

Re: [wdvltalk] web design feedback

2005-06-21 Thread William Stewart
White. On 6/21/05 2:50 AM, "Inas Hamam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am working on a redesign for the inside pages of our university web > site...We have narrowed the choices down to two designs but now choosing > one over the other is proving to be difficult so I figure it's

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Movable Type programmer/developer job

2005-06-14 Thread William Stewart
m - Next Class Session Starts June 26, 2005 > Office: 713-353-0139 > > -Original Message- > From: William Stewart > > I'm not in particular. In fact, I pretty much hate every CMS I have ever > used. MT just seems the lesser of the evils out there a

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Movable Type programmer/developer job

2005-06-13 Thread William Stewart
ne 26, 2005 > Office: 713-353-0139 > > -Original Message- > From: William Stewart > > Apologies in advance for the off-topic post. I just wanted to give anyone > on the list an opportunity to work on this project. In deference to others, > please reply to me off-

[wdvltalk] [OT] Movable Type programmer/developer job

2005-06-13 Thread William Stewart
Apologies in advance for the off-topic post. I just wanted to give anyone on the list an opportunity to work on this project. In deference to others, please reply to me off-list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I have a new project I need a quote for. I am starting a political commentary blog/site with a c

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP woes

2005-06-11 Thread William Stewart
Thanks Dave for your help! I'll try it. Will On 6/11/05 1:43 PM, "David Precious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> Somedays I really wonder why I'm in this business. Today is one of those >> days! Hopefully someone knows the answer to my problem: >> >> I'm trying to use PHP with Mo

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP woes

2005-06-09 Thread William Stewart
I assume they are. I haven't set the permissions in particular for either file. Thanks for your help! Will On 6/9/05 3:42 PM, "Sheila Fenelon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Stewart wrote: >> Somedays I really wonder why I'm in this business. Today

[wdvltalk] PHP woes

2005-06-09 Thread William Stewart
Somedays I really wonder why I'm in this business. Today is one of those days! Hopefully someone knows the answer to my problem: I'm trying to use PHP with MovableType, but my pages give me a 500 error whenever it is in this location: http://www.cityuponahill.com/articles/archive/june/the_spiri

Re: [wdvltalk] Cheap laptop

2005-06-07 Thread William Stewart
Just bought a laptop on eBay and had a great experience. I have purchased thousands of dollars of equipment over the years and haven't had a problemyet. :) You just need to make sure the seller has good feedback. Will -- Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart

[wdvltalk] Whitelist

2005-06-07 Thread William Stewart
mx-avoceta.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id > 1dFEmv2rJ3Nl34k0 > for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:43:23 -0400 (EDT) > User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.0.0.040405 > Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:42:28 -0400 > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] domain names > From: William S

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] domain names

2005-06-07 Thread William Stewart
I prefer reliable domain purchaser: www.directnic.com. It's $15/domain (US). Will -- Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (304) 550-2687 On 6/7/05 8:29 AM, "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [wdvltalk] css two column layout

2005-05-26 Thread William Stewart
There are many out there who say tables are only for data and if you use it for formatting you are a talentless hack. While CSS certainly has advantages in flexibility and is fun to work with, it is a huge headache to get it reasonably similar in every browser. I have compared the size of pages m

Re: [wdvltalk] Website review - ALSO NEW QUESTION

2005-05-24 Thread William Stewart
alking about the printer. Any ideas on what to do now? > > TIA, > Riva > > William Stewart wrote: > >> As weird as it sounds, try not putting a password in and just click "OK." >> >> If that doesn't work, let me know. >> >> Will &g

Re: [wdvltalk] Website review - ALSO NEW QUESTION

2005-05-24 Thread William Stewart
computer used to start but she can't go anywhere from > there. Any ideas? > > Riva > > William Stewart wrote: > >> Looks like it restarted in "Safe Mode." To get it to restart normally: >> >> 1. Restart the computer. >> 2. As the compu

Re: [wdvltalk] Website review - ALSO NEW QUESTION

2005-05-24 Thread William Stewart
Looks like it restarted in "Safe Mode." To get it to restart normally: 1. Restart the computer. 2. As the computer restarts, press and hold down the F8 key until the Windows 98/Me Startup menu appears. 3. In the Startup menu, select Normal mode from the startup menu, and then press Enter. More

Re: [wdvltalk] Website review

2005-05-23 Thread William Stewart
ing CSS and I > am not sure how to get the box with the text the same size as the menu > taking into account the different screen res. people might have. Any ideas? > > Riva > > William Stewart wrote: > >> Riva, >> >> The design looks okay. It could use a few

Re: [wdvltalk] Website review

2005-05-23 Thread William Stewart
Riva, The design looks okay. It could use a few things to help it though. I recommend making the box that contains the text no wider than the menu. That will help it look less disjointed. Alternatively, put everything into one white box. You also may want to consider making the shadow of the s

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-05-17 Thread William Stewart
The ultimate solution can be found at www.apple.com! *ducks and runs* A very satisfied 17" Powerbook owner, Will -- Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (304) 550-2687 • The WDVL Discussion

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Hello Again!

2005-05-05 Thread William Stewart
Matt! Welcome back buddy. Your insight (as well as your irreverent humor and light-hearted off-topic comments) are sorely missed. Will On 5/4/05 9:55 AM, "Stephen Caudill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome back, Matt :) > > Sorry to hear they're microsoftening you, but good to have you ba

RE: [wdvltalk] AdobeMacromedia

2005-04-19 Thread William Stewart
I usually have Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and TopStyle Pro all open at the same time. Each program has its niche. I hope Adobe realizes that. Clarification: I know TopStyle Pro is not owned by Adobe or Macromedia, but I just can't leave one of the greatest programs in the wo

RE: RE:[wdvltalk] what makes a web or blog succeed?

2005-01-29 Thread William Stewart
Okay, I'm bored with this discussion. You have argued it over and over again until the subject has died of exhaustion. Allow me to have the final word (hint, hint) on what content is: Content means a condition where someone doesn't like sleeping outdoors. If you break down the word structure it

RE: [wdvltalk] what makes a web/blog site succeed?

2005-01-27 Thread William Stewart
For my blog (some gratuitous advertising here: http://www.williamstewart.org ), I take the philosophy that there are quite possibly other people out there like me. So, I write for me and others like me read and enjoy. There are several basic elements that are necessary to make it work: 1) Writ

RE: [wdvltalk] Styling

2005-01-15 Thread William Stewart
Cool tip, Michael. Thanks! I had run into the problem of Firefox not styling HR's correctly. This looks like it will make it all go away...the problem, that is. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [wdvltalk] learning PHP

2005-01-14 Thread William Stewart
www.phpfreaks.com They have a *great* book that I highly recommend. It's perfect for beginners: http://www.phpfreaks.com/book.php HTH, Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 B

RE: [wdvltalk] Maybe not it will be easier to test pages on a Mac

2005-01-11 Thread William Stewart
This was predicted to arrive. Glad to see they've gotten their prices down to a "PC level." I'm about to buy a 17" Powerbook...I'll let you know, Stephen, how it goes. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [wdvltalk] OFF TOPIC: Advertising / Affiliates

2005-01-11 Thread William Stewart
Hey Todd, I'll take a stab at replying to this. >From what I understand, site owners provide their potential ad clients statistics about their site proving that the site receives an X number of hits. Based on what the X is, the cost per click is calculated. The ad client then purchases Y clicks

RE: [wdvltalk] Reliable Hosting

2005-01-06 Thread William Stewart
Icdsoft.net 1and1.com HTH, Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 -Original Message- From: Pablo Oliva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thurs

RE: [wdvltalk] testing

2005-01-06 Thread William Stewart
I think you had the Christmas/New Years/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/Generic Holiday virus. It infects your computer around the end of the year and keeps emails from arriving at your inbox. Don't worry though, unlike Klez, it goes away after 2 weeks. HTH, Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Des

RE: [wdvltalk] Firefox reload problems

2004-12-29 Thread William Stewart
Portman, Using all Flash is definitely a bad idea. Using aqua (or a close cousin) for the background is a worse one. You're close to a solution. Just edit your flash file to only have the header, "Astor & Black, Custom Clothiers" and have that fade in. Let the other text just be text. As for

RE: [wdvltalk] [Seriously OT] Mac or PC?

2004-12-15 Thread William Stewart
ound for testing but outside of servers or possibly a medic center pc I'm moving to just laptops or tablets at home or work. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer Microsoft FrontPage MVP http://wiserways.com -Original Message----- From: William Stewart Thanks everyone

RE: [wdvltalk] [Seriously OT] Mac or PC?

2004-12-15 Thread William Stewart
Thanks everyone for the advice! Is there issues with OSX? I thought Mac were more stable than PCs. They were when I used one (but that was pre XP and OSX). Looks like I'll stay with the ol' PC. You have to admit though, Mac is cooler. :) Cheryl, you have hooked me on slates! I plan on gettin

[wdvltalk] [Seriously OT] Mac or PC?

2004-12-15 Thread William Stewart
At the risk of wresting King OT's title away from him, here's an off topic question: I am at a point where most of my graphics software is old and I'm about to do a major upgrade of my Macromedia and Adobe products (pray for my wallet!). All my old, outdated software is PC, but I have been thinki

RE: [wdvltalk] SCR: lf.mechavox.com

2004-12-08 Thread William Stewart
I agree with you, Ross. CSS is so much cleaner and easier. I made the jump from tables to CSS (with the help of TopStyle Pro) and I haven't looked back. Kudos to Stephen for doing it right. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandco

RE: [wdvltalk] SCR: lf.mechavox.com

2004-12-07 Thread William Stewart
Stephen, Congratulations on a solid design. Everything worked like it was supposed to and it looks great. Let's just hope that the client likes it! :) - XP - IE6 - 1024x768 - 56k Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net

RE: [wdvltalk] certain sites slow?

2004-12-07 Thread William Stewart
Rudy, You may need to reconfig your DLG. That, as I'm sure EVERYONE knows requires you to enter XNCONFIG and edit the calibration settings of the Enviromental Internet Humidifier (EIM). Once you do that, the QPMT may need to be checked. Of course you know how to do that, I'm sure. If you, for

RE: [wdvltalk] How?

2004-12-01 Thread William Stewart
Zhao, I crown you King of Off Topicness. You shall hence forth be called "King Ot." All Hail King Ot! :) Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 --

RE: [wdvltalk] clipbd.exe?

2004-11-19 Thread William Stewart
Hi Shileng, Are you wanting to capture an image of the screen? If so, look no further than your keyboard. There should be a button beside the F12 key that says "Prt Scr" (it says that on mine, at least). Press it, then go to your image editing program and paste. HTH, Will Professional Graphic

RE: [wdvltalk] Easy PHP Problem

2004-11-18 Thread William Stewart
Stephen, I tested your hat's solution and it worked! Not that I doubted you or anything... Thanks so much! Rudy, I'm having trouble finding a PHP hat: http://search.ebay.com/php-hat_W0QQfromZR8QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQsosortp ropertyZ1 http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=php%20hat&hl=en&lr=&sa

[wdvltalk] Easy PHP Problem

2004-11-18 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I'm up a proverbial creek without a proverbial paddle and need a proverbial helping hand. I use a little PHP template system that goes something like this [the code has been simplified to illustrate the point, so don't fuss at me Rudy because it doesn't have a doctype! :) ]: TEM

RE: [wdvltalk] FW: I'm back...

2004-11-12 Thread William Stewart
Welcome back Tim! You were definitely missed. I hope everything works out with your move. Having moved three years ago with my family from Louisiana to West Virginia, I know exactly how you feel. We are still trying to acclimate! Yeah, I know, I'm not doing a good job encouraging you, am I? F

RE: [wdvltalk] Design comparison

2004-11-11 Thread William Stewart
> that's not true, just add another tab > http://www.dack.com/web/amazon.html Heehee! Once again, Rudy, you solved my problem! :) Will • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newslette

RE: [wdvltalk] Design comparison

2004-11-10 Thread William Stewart
Thanks everyone so much for your input. It seems as though the consensus is that #2's layout is too cold and that Latin should not be used (thanks rudy). The columns for both layouts will be filled with internal promotional information (recent updates, latest news, etc.). I absolutely hate the t

[wdvltalk] Design comparison

2004-11-10 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I was wondering if you could compare these two sites and let me know which design you like better: [1] http://gospel903.com/newsite/template.php [2] http://gospel903.com/new/layout.html I design #1 a couple months back, but now that I start working with it, I hate it. I just

[wdvltalk] [OT] Programming Job Revisited

2004-10-21 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I know this is off-topic, but I wanted to give some of you programmers the opportunity to bid on a project for my client. Because this is off-topic, please reply to my email account to keep this off the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sent this email in May and got a few responses. M

[wdvltalk] RE: Photoshop Tutorial

2004-10-17 Thread William Stewart
I know a fantastic one: http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/24.html HTH, Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 -Original Message- From:

[wdvltalk] Re: Calling all PHP gurus

2004-10-16 Thread William Stewart
BJ, Thanks for the reply. Sometimes I want to have text, sometimes I want to include a file. Your option has me stuck just including the file all the time Is there a way to have the option of both? Thanks! Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company

[wdvltalk] Re: Calling all PHP gurus

2004-10-16 Thread William Stewart
Thanks Joseph for the reply. Are you saying that I should do the following: $thing = include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. '/if folder/if folder/filename.php'; Thanks again, Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewart

[wdvltalk] RE: Web hosting for dummies...

2004-10-08 Thread William Stewart
> > ? > !! :) • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the bod

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Cost effective design software

2004-10-01 Thread William Stewart
Thanks, everyone for your help. I forwarded your recommendations to my client. If you think of anything else, let me know. Of course, if he really wants the job done right he could use me! I'll make sure I press that point. ;) Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP)

[wdvltalk] [OT] Cost effective design software

2004-09-30 Thread William Stewart (mobile)
Hello list, I have a client that is looking for some design software that is less expensive than Illustrator, but like Illustrator. He needs it to make bulletins, brochures and things like that. He tried Publisher but didn't like it. He works for a Church and money is not overly abundant. I

[wdvltalk] RE: font meets font in css

2004-09-20 Thread William Stewart
e which might be, for example, red, italic, underline, depending on your needs, and wrap your emphasized text in a with that classname. HTH. Cheers, Scott Original Message - From: "William Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September

[wdvltalk] RE: font meets font in css

2004-09-20 Thread William Stewart
The font tag is deprecated. Ixnay the ontfay agtay. Rather, declare the font specifications in the tag. For special text changes, wrap the poem text in a (or with whatever naturally wraps it in the code) and declare your changes there. Clear as mud? Thought so. Will Professional Graphics

[wdvltalk] OT: domain name, familywebdesign.com

2004-09-14 Thread William Stewart
I purchased the domain name familywebdesign.com last year and have decided to let it expire. I just wanted to give everyone a notice in case you want to purchase it once I lose the name. It will expire September 18. Sincerely, Will Stewart Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BC

[wdvltalk] RE: CSS boxes etc

2004-09-14 Thread William Stewart
Joseph, Also google for "css columns." That will help you get a foundational understanding of how css does layouts. I try to shy away from absolute positioning as much as I can. Check out: http://www.simplebits.com He has some wonderful CSS designs and tutorials (although many are advanced). H

[wdvltalk] RE: Cracked DVD

2004-09-13 Thread William Stewart
Don't try taping it. That could possibly make the DVD unbalanced and then mess up your player if it wobbles. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 -

[wdvltalk] Re: Best FREE online tutorial?

2004-08-25 Thread William Stewart
Adding to Stephen's list (I may have a few duplicates): http://blo.gs (This is a site that will help you keep track of the blogs you frequent) http://www.bryanbell.com http://www.airbagindustries.com http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/sandbox/weblog http://www.meyerweb.com/ http://www.blakems.com/ htt

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] www.kearys.ie

2004-08-23 Thread William Stewart
I said: Your menu seems a little clunky with all those cells and shims. You may want to get a slimmer, more beautiful version using css and unordered lists. Jac replied: the learning curve for css and tableless layouts would be too steep and too time consuming at the moment so I'll suffer on wit

[wdvltalk] [OT] Tablet PCs

2004-08-23 Thread William Stewart
Cheryl said: I never got the hang of drawing tablets. Something about the disconnect between my hands and the screen. Drawing on my tablet pc on the other hand is wonderful. I can use it just like a sketch pad since the image takes shape under my pen not a couple of feet away on an external monito

[wdvltalk] RE: Drawing

2004-08-23 Thread William Stewart
Jan, I use the Intuos2 9x12: http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/9x12.cfm It is well worth the money, believe me. I consider it a must have for any serious designer. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED

[wdvltalk] RE: best HTML book/online tute

2004-08-23 Thread William Stewart
Stephen, I started as a stark beginner with Molly Holzschlag's book "Using HTML 4, Special Edition" published by Que. I love it and use it to this day. Fantastic book. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTEC

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] www.kearys.ie

2004-08-21 Thread William Stewart
Great design, as usual! A few extremely minute critiques: It looks like you have a broken image link in the middle of your grey horizontal bar. If I'm not mistaken, that's a shim that ain't shimming. You used tables. Tsk, tsk. :) I throw in my vote that the looping flash is annoying. I woul

[wdvltalk] RE: CSS woes

2004-08-13 Thread William Stewart
riginal Message----- From: William Stewart Hi gang, I'm coding a template for a client, but am having problems with a few things in my CSS. Your help is appreciated! http://stewartandcompany.net/clients/calebco/layout.php Problem 1: A black border is supposed to extend from top to bottom o

[wdvltalk] Re: CSS center

2004-08-06 Thread William Stewart
Thanks Howard and Stephen! As always, you came through. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • T

[wdvltalk] CSS center

2004-08-06 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I am working on a site that has a fixed-width design aligned in the middle (horizontally) of the screen. I am doing this tableless and in XHTML 1.0 Transitional - that's always a recipe for long nights trying to get it to work. Herein, lieth the problem. To center the design in

[wdvltalk] RE:SCR:www.vaspersthegrate.blogspot.com

2004-08-05 Thread William Stewart
Yes! I can get messages now! ;-P Now to the issue at hand - or at screen. Steven, its hard to read the text because the green is too dark. Lighten it up a little bit and tone down the purple while you are at it. :) Other than that...three thumbs up - I can do that because I'm special. HTH

[wdvltalk] Are you all there?

2004-08-05 Thread William Stewart
Is the list still up? I haven't got a message for several days. Will Professional Graphics Artist Certified Web Designer (BCIP) Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM

[wdvltalk] RE: Web hosts...

2004-06-23 Thread William Stewart
Icdsoft.net -- I just love 'em Will Professional Graphics Artist Stewart and Company -- www.stewartandcompany.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- W: 304.550.2687 Rt. 1 Box 364 Buffalo, WV 25033 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1

[wdvltalk] Article: One Magic Rule of Web Design

2004-06-08 Thread William Stewart
Hi List, Here is yet another article outlining some of the "rules" that have been advanced on web design. The author does a good job of separating the fact from fiction with his thesis being that there is only one sure rule. Excerpt: "One of the keys to building a successful Web site is to unde

[wdvltalk] RE: SharePoint as an intranet

2004-06-03 Thread William Stewart
Hi Tim, I have a buddy whose business right now is instructional classes in Sharepoint. He may be able to answer some of your questions. Email me off list if you are interested in his contact info. HTH, Will Stewart -Original Message- From: Furry, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: T

[wdvltalk] [OT] Price bid for programmers

2004-05-25 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I know this is off-topic, but I wanted to give some of you programmers the opportunity to bid on a project for my client. Because this is off-topic, please reply to my email account to keep this off the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My client is Gospel90.3 (www.gospel903.com). They ar

[wdvltalk] RE: SCR: http://www.turtle.ie/test/index.htm

2004-04-22 Thread William Stewart
As usual, a great job! I think the blue for the main content is nice and tasteful; unfortunately it clashes with your header. The turtle logo has more green in it (change to the same blue or to a complimentary color like tan) and it fades into a darker blue than the rest of the webpage. To make

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-21 Thread William Stewart
Hi Rudy, Thanks for taking the time to check out the site. I shall carry those 8 letters of praise forever in my heart. :) I agree. The 3 column layout is crowded...I'm still searching for alternatives. I wanted the index page to be somewhat text heavy to increase search engine rankings (versu

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-20 Thread William Stewart
Thanks Deb, Cheryl and Janet...I'll make the contrast of the fonts better and see about increasing their size. If I may ask, what setting do you have your fonts on? Small, Normal, Large? Thanks again! Will -Original Message- From: Cheryl D. Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-20 Thread William Stewart
Thanks, Joseph, for the help! These are all very good suggestions. Will -Original Message- From: Smile-Poet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net Will, It looks nice, but for

[wdvltalk] SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-19 Thread William Stewart
Hello everyone, I would appreciate it if you would take the time to check out my new site design: http://www.stewartandcompany.net I have put a lot of energy into making it as user-friendly as possible with redundant links and putting things exactly where they "should be." I welcome your comment

[wdvltalk] Re: Php fatal error

2004-04-16 Thread William Stewart
: Php fatal error - Original Message - From: "William Stewart" Phew, hard to follow all that... still I'll try: > echo $meta->metadata($ptitle); It's possible it's choking on $ptitle, as I can't see that you've defined that anywhere, even as the

[wdvltalk] Php fatal error

2004-04-16 Thread William Stewart
Hi guys, I have reviewed this code over and over and can't figure out why I'm getting a fatal error. If a fresh set of eyes could look at it, I would be very happy. Thanks! Will Error: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/stewarta/www/www/me

[wdvltalk] RE: XML...

2004-03-25 Thread William Stewart
Hi Amrit, Check out: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp They have live examples and also let you mess with the code to see what happens. HTH, Will -Original Message- From: Amrit Hallan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subjec

[wdvltalk] RE: Self-employed designer or employee?

2004-03-22 Thread William Stewart
't realize that until our health is gone. regards, Jan William Stewart wrote: > Sorry for the lateness of reply...I'm just getting around to reading old > mail. > > I'm a self-employed graphics artist and legislative aide to a State > Senator in West Virginia.

[wdvltalk] RE: Self-employed designer or employee?

2004-03-21 Thread William Stewart
Sorry for the lateness of reply...I'm just getting around to reading old mail. I'm a self-employed graphics artist and legislative aide to a State Senator in West Virginia. I had a scare a couple days ago...I thought I was having a heart attack (and I'm in my 20s). The pressure gets pretty int

[wdvltalk] PHP question

2004-03-06 Thread William Stewart
Hi Gang, Here's another noob question about PHP. I have a variable: $subcontent = ""; that I want to define as an include of a .txt file. In other words, I want something like: $subcontent = "include("text.txt")"; Is it possible to do? Is it possible for me to understand? Thanks for all th

[wdvltalk] RE: Joke: Why people can't find work in U.S. Economy

2004-02-28 Thread William Stewart
I don't get it, Erik. Look at the following. It's funny and accurate: http://www.rightoons.com/colinhayes2.shtml Sorry for the off-topic post, but I couldn't let that one go. Will -Original Message- From: Computer Perceptions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 200

[wdvltalk] PHP question concerning folders

2004-02-19 Thread William Stewart
Hi all, Well I'm finally seriously learning PHP and so far (*fingers crossed*) it's been great! I am trying to dynamically include a file based on what folder the file that is calling it is in. For instance: The file www.whatever.com/abc/index.php would include the file: www.whatever.com/templa

[wdvltalk] RE: Anyone Using Top Site?

2004-02-09 Thread William Stewart
ce -Original Message- From: William Stewart I have used Top Style for a couple months now and wonder how I ever survived without it! If you have the chance, replace Dreamweaver and you won't regret it. Those uber programmers such as MOU and rudy swear by notepad (or it's multiple

[wdvltalk] RE: Anyone Using Top Site?

2004-02-08 Thread William Stewart
Janet, I have used Top Style for a couple months now and wonder how I ever survived without it! If you have the chance, replace Dreamweaver and you won't regret it. Those uber programmers such as MOU and rudy swear by notepad (or it's multiple surrogates), but average-joe programmers like me nee

[wdvltalk] Antivirus recommendations and Panda Antivirus Platinum

2004-01-31 Thread William Stewart
While we are on the subject of computer security, does anyone know how credible Panda Antivirus Platinum is? How do they compare with Norton and McAfee? Or, is there anyone better? I have Norton but it seems like it slows down my computer. Thanks, Will • The WDVL Discussion List from WDV

[wdvltalk] Re: SyberArmor?

2004-01-31 Thread William Stewart
Ah Rudy, I love it. Part time programming genius, part time stand up comic. (Or where you sitting down when you typed it?) No matter, it was funny. Will -Original Message- From: rudy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

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