ELATED: Webmasters' Lounge http://www.elated.com/ This is a place to meet up and chat about anything you like! If your topic doesn't fit any of the other Forums, post it here. en-us Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:34:23 GMT Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:34:23 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ELATED.com feeder Re: elated.com forums software? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560/#post23232 From: chrishirst


You didn't actually ask for recommendations, your post was more about the Elated setup.

SO, instead of WordPress "plugin" use a app that is designed as a forum

If your hosting has Softaculous or Fantastico try SMF.

I run a (A work in progress at logicalley.co.uk ) forum on SMF, and one on Joomla! with Kunena as the discussion forum at webmaster-talk.eu.

FluxBB is pretty good as a starting point

PHPBB has more holes that a swiss cheese, and VBulletin 4 is an overpriced, somewhat unstable resource hog,

Setting up and running a forum is really outside the scope of a forum post, if you want more tips on forum management ask for them. But word it so we KNOW what you need to know. and I'm sure you'll find out that vague question are the bane of a forum owner/admin/moderator's life.

Take a read at theadminzone.com (TAZ) as well.

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]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:39:38 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560#post23232 Re: elated.com forums software? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560/#post23231 From: Richard_Paul


OK (-faq quote:
"Where did you get your forum software from, and can I have a copy?
We wrote the software ourselves, and it's not available to the public. Sorry!")
All top secret?!
Your reply is brutally short but does answer my post and I presume as you do not elaborate that you do not want to or cannot help me discuss setting up forum software.
I do not need a copy of your software, I just wanted to get advice and discuss how to build a site forum. I'll keep looking elsewhere then...

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]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:32:09 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560#post23231 Re: elated.com forums software? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560/#post23230 From: chrishirst


http://www.elated.com/faq/


Last one.

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]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:20:10 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560#post23230 Re: Mobile Website Detection http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5561/#post23229 From: chrishirst


Check the browser useragent string for a known mobile device footprint and redirect if it matches.

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]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:17:38 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5561#post23229 Mobile Website Detection http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5561/#post23228 From: eman


I recently read where a credit union website system can detect that you are coming from a web enabled smartphone and automatically redirect you to their mobile site. In other words they automatically display their mobile website instead of their computer website on a smartphone. How is this possible? Thanks

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]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:20:47 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5561#post23228 elated.com forums software? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560/#post23219 From: Richard_Paul


Hi
I'm new here & on first impression I like the look of the forums here on site & wondered how they are made? I see no sign of bbPress or BuddyPress here-so are they a custom design or what?

I have tried adding bbPress &/or BuddyPress forums to my own WordPress website & found them to be a real pain to implement (my site runs my custom theme). I have quickly looked at adding php alternatives & other WP plugins (Vanilla) but sadly I have lost lots of enthusiasm for adding a forum due to my bad experiences with bbPress & WordPress. Are there any tutorials about forums on site here (I did a quick search but didn't find anything relevant).

However if anyone can explain the software for the forums here I would be grateful to consider a similar implementation for my sites. I look forward to helpful replies-thanks

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]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:34:27 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5560#post23219 Re: Security Expert advice please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5550/#post23147 From: chrishirst


A weak point?

Yep, as always, the users.

Using salts and hashing will protect the passwords from being revealed if the database is attacked and make an automated attack on the login URL difficult.

But it is of little use for attacks on the form if the users are allowed to use "weak" passwords.

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]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:48:00 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5550#post23147 Security Expert advice please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5550/#post23145 From: csturner


I am building a cms with php, javascript, mysql, ect. I am doing this mostly for fun and learning. But, as a fan of Steve Gibson, I am trying to keep things very secure. And I advocate, T.N.O. So here's my question.

Case scenario:
A new user creates an account. In that account, we store a hash of their password which is salted twice. Salted once with a hash used for all users stored on the server. The second salt is created by hashing with another salt the time and date of the creation of their account. This second salt is stored in the database with the user login.

So now, each time the user logs in, their information is salted and hashed using sha512 with a universal salt<known to the server>, and a unique salt<known to the DB>, and checked against the values stored in the database.

Question: Do you see a weak point in this algorithm?

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]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:48:28 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5550#post23145 Re: Width of your website http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507/#post23030 From: simon


I'm increasingly moving to 1140px or similar, but only when I'm using a fluid, responsive grid. The 1140 grid system is a good place to start:

http://cssgrid.net

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]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:52:56 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507#post23030 Re: Width of your website http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507/#post23029 From: simon


I'm increasingly moving to 1140px or similar, but only when I'm using a fluid, responsive grid. The 1140 grid system is a good place to start:

http://cssgrid.net

Simon

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]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:52:55 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507#post23029 Re: Width of your website http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507/#post22962 From: chrishirst


I stick to ~980 px for fixed width layouts as there are more 1024x768 screen displays around than there ever was in pre XP days.

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]]> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:25:41 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507#post22962 Width of your website http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507/#post22939 From: adamos


What are your standards for the width of your website nowadays? 960 px or more?

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]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:30:20 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5507#post22939 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22809 From: tinalouise50


Matt you are brilliant! That worked like a treat. Had no idea about the browser window height thing!!

I cannot thank you enough for your help.

Have a great weekend.

Tina

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]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 11:37:15 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22809 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22807 From: matt


@tinalouise50: I'm guessing you're using a browser window that isn't very tall, causing the scrollbar to appear when the menu appears? This will cause the page to move to the left to accommodate the scrollbar. This is expected behaviour.

To avoid the jump, set a height on your wrapper div so that it's at least as tall as the slideshow + logo + menu. This will ensure that the content height doesn't change once the menu is shown, and the scrollbar won't suddenly appear when the menu reveals.

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]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 09:51:44 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22807 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22786 From: tinalouise50


Hi Matt,

Thanks for getting back to me.

You can look at the page at:

http://www.nailandrockett.com/new/ALL%20HTML/index.html

I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks so much

Tina

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]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 06:34:06 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22786 Re: I am trying to go from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5481/#post22783 From: chrishirst


USB keyboard then I guess.

Is the BIOS set for "Legacy USB Devices" or whatever your BIOS calls it?

Is the DVD a genuine bootable one?

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]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 12:10:47 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5481#post22783 I am trying to go from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5481/#post22782 From: xarzu


I am trying to go from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7.


The 32 bit Vista was installed by mistake. My system can handle a 64 bit OS. Now I have finally found the time to upgrade. But the 64 bit intallation DVD can't be read from my OS. Any Advice?


I have tried setting up my CMOS so that I can boot from the DVD but I have run into some issues. First of all, when I look at my keyboard during the boot procedure, I noticed that the little light which indicates that one row of buttons are to be used for F1 - F12 keys, the little green led light goes on and off. Sometimes, during the boot process, it is on, sometimes it is off.


The CMOS procedure tells me I can hit F12 and set the boot order. I can hit F12 but when I go into that menu, I notice my keyboard is dead. The CPU does not accept any commands from me. So I need to power off and power on and try again.



The CMOS procedure tells me I can hit DEL and that launches the whole CMOS utility. There I can set the boot order so that the DVD is run first. But when I save and exit, I notice my keyboard is dead again. This time, the screen is showing things being set and loaded and I am prompted to hit any key to show I am sure that I want to boot from the DVD. I hit the Y key and I hit the spacebar, but it becomes clear that my input is ignored since my keyboard is being ignored. And the ol' Vista OS is loaded.


Please advise. Is there any way to set things up in the VISTA OS to force a boot from the DVD? I guess I can load the OS in save mode and format the C drive, but if I do that I might risk having a dead computer since the CMOS does not seem to be trusting enough to boot from the DVD drive even if you tell it to.

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]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 04:23:08 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5481#post22782 Re: Minted! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479/#post22769 From: matt


@chrishirst: That would be nice - competition is good. I think most non-techy users are only comfortable using what they're used to (i.e. Windows), so for those users it can't hurt to make a distro that looks as familiar and user-friendly as possible!

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]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 10:15:05 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479#post22769 Re: Rotating Banner Rendering Issue http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5468/#post22756 From: chrishirst


Works for so I can only assume you found the problem.

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]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:04:30 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5468#post22756 Re: Minted! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479/#post22755 From: chrishirst


Maybe not amonst the Linux "die hards" because their attitude is very often "Why do we need a GUI in the first place" but I'm sure it will gain some some fans in the users looking for viable Windows replacement.

Once the "geeky element" or requirement is removed from a LInux distro it should start to make a mark with more than the techy users.

I've had a few friends and relatives who have bought laptops and netbooks with Fedora or Ubuntu installed with KDE, and from their reactions you would think it was a piece of alien technogy that needed Daniel Jackson to decipher the language and Samantha Carter to figure out what it does.

With LXDE/Mint looking a bit more user friendly (even without the Teletubbies hill ) more people should be able to get up and running with Linux from scratch, the userbase should start to grow and put a real dent in Microsoft's market dominance.

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]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:58:43 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479#post22755 Re: Minted! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479/#post22748 From: matt


That does look pretty swish! Is it likely to supplant GNOME or KDE at some point do you think?

I fondly remember my Atari 520STFM and 1040STE (before their power supplies blew up!).

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]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:11:27 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479#post22748 Minted! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479/#post22744 From: chrishirst


With Linux that is!


Has anybody been playing with the newer versions of Linux Mint especially with the LXDE (Lightweight Desktop Environment) http://lxde.org/ ?

I've got it on a Dell 910 Netbook (1g RAM, 16Gb SSD) and on an ~10 year old Desktop machine.

I'd say for ease of installation, speed and a user friendly GUI, it's about as close to a Windows beating OS as anything I've seen has done yet.

Usually I stay away from Linux with GUIs, as GNOME and KDE always looked and felt 'clunky', bit like GEM used to be on the Atari ST so I stuck to SSH/command Line on Centos, which fine for managing servers.

But I'll definitely be 'flying a flag' for Mint now.

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]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:26:20 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5479#post22744 Rotating Banner Rendering Issue http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5468/#post22692 From: eman


My, rotating banner shows in IE and Firefox but not in Safari. When I built the website the banner showed fined in all browsers but for some reason it does not show at all in Safari now. Please advise how this can be corrected. Thanks

This is the link.

[URL="http://www.jenkinscreativedesigns.com/index.html"]http://www.jenkinscreativedesigns.com/[/URL]

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]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:15:36 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5468#post22692 Re: Why Do Designers Use Macs? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4786/#post22599 From: knj836


I'm a designer and developer and I use Mac for personal, Windows for work (because I have to).

I do prefer Mac over Windows but I don't think everyone who feels like I do should be tossed in the Mac snob bin. (Why isn't there a Windows snob bin?) Windows came to the forefront first and still owns the majority of the market so there's that. I like my Mac because my work flow is more efficient, and oh ya no viruses. No tinkering with Norton or Kapersky pop ups all day while I'm working on a design.

Most everyone I know who hates on Mac has never truly given it a chance. I admit when I first made the switch I was out of sorts for a week, but after that no looking back. If you or someone you know is a Mac hater there IS hope. Besides, your PC will most likely crash by the time you get back from the Apple store anyways ; )

[Edited by knj836 on 28-Mar-12 12:50]

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]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:18:47 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4786#post22599 Re: Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22587 From: chrishirst


Keeping it simple is one thing, however you can take simplicity a little too far

-> http://webmaster-talk.eu/en/component/kunena/website-design/3128-design-simplicity

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]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:19:54 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22587 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22585 From: matt


Hi Tina,

You need to upload your page to a public web server so that we can see it. Don't forget to upload your CSS file(s) and any images too.

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]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:21:19 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22585 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22578 From: tinalouise50


Matt sorry just thought of this. I do not have any reset in their yet, but I don't think that would make a huge difference. As I said I am really new at this and struggling through but keen to improve!

Thanks so much

Tina

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]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:23:36 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22578 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22577 From: tinalouise50


Hi Matt,

Thanks so much for getting back to me!

When I test the page in safari here is the link:

file:///Users/Nail/Desktop/Nail-Rockett/TMPMDJE7H.htm

I am not sure whether you can see this so I will also try repasting using the code button.

I would sooooo appreciate it if you could help me out with this!

Tina


Code:
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[code]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<link href="CSS/OpenNR-2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen">

<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/jquery.cycle.all.latest.js"></script>

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#slideshow').cycle({ timeout:6000
});

		fx: 'fade' // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
	$('#NR-small').hide().fadeIn(3000);
	
	$('#cost-tit').hide().delay(2000).fadeIn(2000).delay(2000).fadeOut(1000)
	
	$( init );
	function init() {
  $('#Nav-Menu').hide()
  $('#Nav-Menu').delay(8000).fadeIn(3000);



	
	}

});

	
	
  
 </script>
  








</head>


<body>


<div id="wrapper">

<div id="slideshow">

<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/beauty and fashion-3.jpg"/>
<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/good landscape xerox NR.jpg"/>
<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/seb couple with dressformNR.jpg"/>

</div> 
 
 <div id="NR-small"> 
<img src="IMAGES/ A -NR BW good 154.jpg"/>
</div>



<div id="cost-tit">
<img src="IMAGES/cost title 1.jpg"/>
</div>
<!--start of menu-->

<div id="Nav-Menu">

<ul>
<li><a href="showreels.html">SHOW REELS</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->







<ul>
<li><a href="biography.html">BIOGRAPHY</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#CV/Resume.html">CV/RESUME</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#Portfolio.html">PORTFOLIO</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->




<ul>
<li><a href="#blog.html">BLOG</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#Contact.html">CONTACT</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul>  <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->


</div>





</div>
</body>
</html>
 

and here is the CSS

@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

body     { background-color:#000000;  }

#wrapper { width:900px; background-color:#000000 ;margin:auto;padding-top:30px;


		   

}

#NR-small {width:184; height:87px; text-align:center; margin-top:35px;  }



#cost-tit { text-align:center;margin:29px;}


#slideshow { width:525px;  margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;}

h1 { color:#CC66CC;}






<!--CLASS TAGS-->
.book-pics { margin-too: 50px;}

#Nav-Menu { margin-top:30px;
			padding:0px;
			}
			
#Nav-Menu ul { margin:0;
			   padding:0;
			   line-height:30px;}
			
#Nav-Menu li { margin:0;
			   padding:0;
			   list-style:none;
			   float:left;
			   position:relative;
			   background-color:#000;}
			   
#Nav-Menu ul li a { text-align:center;
					font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
					text-decoration:none;
					font-weight:100;
					height:30px;
					width:150px;
					display:block;
					color:#FFF;
					
}

#Nav-Menu ul ul{ position:absolute;
				 visibility:hidden;
				 top:30px;
				
}
#Nav-Menu ul li:hover ul { visibility:visible;}



#Nav-Menu li:hover { background-color:#000;}   

#Nav-Menu li:hover ul li a:hover { background-color:#0000;
								    color:#FF0000; }  

#Nav-Menu a:hover { color:#FF0000;     }      

.clearFloat { clear:both;
			  margin:0
			  padding:0}   

a.menu-titles:hover {color:#FF0000;}
/*****************end menu css*********************/



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[/code]


Code:
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[code]

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[/code]

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]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:21:09 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22577 Re: Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22575 From: matt


@tinalouise50: Please use the <> (code) button when pasting code.

Please post the URL of the page with the problem, otherwise I can't easily test it.

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]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:47:00 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22575 Re: Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22560 From: chrishirst


It was meant to read "the same gripe about accessibility", regarding designers/developers who make absolutely no provision for accessibility on their pages.

Joomla has improved significantly in ver 2.5 though Drupal seems to be sticking to their reasonably confusing 'UI'

If you are building a profile/vanity site to show off your talents, skill, knowledge etc. then fine, use all the bells and whistles at your disposal, but something just shouldn't be used on commercial websites.

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]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:56:36 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22560 Help my opening page jumps and I think it is a jquery conflict http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443/#post22555 From: tinalouise50


Hello All,

Please could someone lend me a helping hand as I am going crazy with this. I have set up my opening page and it is pretty simple but that is what I want. Unfortunately the .hide.delay.fadeIn is working great on one level and then the last line causes the page to jerk slightly just before the menu reaveals. My old web designer has my remote site details so it is not up just local. Here is the code.

Html/jquiery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<link href="CSS/OpenNR-2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen">

<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/jquery.cycle.all.latest.js"></script>

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#slideshow').cycle({ timeout:6000
});

fx: 'fade' // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
$('#NR-small').hide().fadeIn(3000);

$('#cost-tit').hide().delay(2000).fadeIn(2000).delay(2000).fadeOut(1000)

$( init );
function init() {
$('#Nav-Menu').hide()
$('#Nav-Menu').delay(8000).fadeIn(3000);




}

});




</script>









</head>


<body>


<div id="wrapper">

<div id="slideshow">

<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/beauty and fashion-3.jpg"/>
<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/good landscape xerox NR.jpg"/>
<img class="pics" src="IMAGES/seb couple with dressformNR.jpg"/>

</div>

<div id="NR-small">
<img src="IMAGES/ A -NR BW good 154.jpg"/>
</div>



<div id="cost-tit">
<img src="IMAGES/cost title 1.jpg"/>
</div>
<!--start of menu-->

<div id="Nav-Menu">

<ul>
<li><a href="#">SHOW REELS</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->







<ul>
<li><a href="#">BIOGRAPHY</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#">CV/RESUME</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#">PORTFOLIO</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->




<ul>
<li><a href="#">BLOG</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->



<ul>
<li><a href="#">CONTACT</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</ul> <!--End inner UL-->
</li> <!--End main UL-->
</ul> <!--End of unordered list-->


</div>





</div>
</body>
</html>



And here is the CSS:

@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

body { background-color:#000000; }

#wrapper { width:900px; background-color:#000000 ;margin:auto;padding-top:30px;




}

#NR-small {width:184; height:87px; text-align:center; margin-top:35px; }



#cost-tit { text-align:center;margin:29px;}


#slideshow { width:525px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;}

h1 { color:#CC66CC;}






<!--CLASS TAGS-->
.book-pics { margin-too: 50px;}

#Nav-Menu { margin-top:30px;
padding:0px;
}

#Nav-Menu ul { margin:0;
padding:0;
line-height:30px;}

#Nav-Menu li { margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
float:left;
position:relative;
background-color:#000;}

#Nav-Menu ul li a { text-align:center;
font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:100;
height:30px;
width:150px;
display:block;
color:#FFF;

}

#Nav-Menu ul ul{ position:absolute;
visibility:hidden;
top:30px;

}
#Nav-Menu ul li:hover ul { visibility:visible;}



#Nav-Menu li:hover { background-color:#000;}

#Nav-Menu li:hover ul li a:hover { background-color:#0000;
color:#FF0000; }

#Nav-Menu a:hover { color:#FF0000; }

.clearFloat { clear:both;
margin:0
padding:0}

a.menu-titles:hover {color:#FF0000;}
/*****************end mnu css*********************/




It is a work in progress but the jquery jerking thing has to be sorted before I can move forward. Also this works great in all browsers except IE. Any ideas.

I would so so appreciate any help as I am a real novice and so want to learn.

Many many thanks in advance.

Tina

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]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:26:47 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5443#post22555 Re: Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22547 From: simon


@chris What's your gripe about mobile accessibility?

Joomla's backend is pretty rancid I think. A classic of "coders trying to polish". It's better than many though. I don't know about Drupal. Is it any different?

I fear also I may be guilty of your extras in almost all ways, apart from the noise on hover thing, which is totally abhorrent.

Simon

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]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:41:59 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22547 Re: Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22545 From: chrishirst


Oh! And not a design fad but,


CAPTCHAs when you are already logged in to site and just want to pay for the item!!!

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]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:35:16 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22545 Re: Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22544 From: chrishirst


1: - Absolutely! I have the same conversation with my designer son every time he sends clients a "screenshot" rather than something they can "play with", fine if you want a layout or colour scheme approved, but not much to demonstrate functionality.

2: - I have the gripe about accessibility.

3:- Yep! Keep it simple 'cos' most users stupid and it it isn't blindingly obvious they will miss it.

4: Yep! Websites designed by accountants.

5: Does that include Joomla 1.5 and any version of Drupal?

What trends do I hope die a horrible death?

The "Web2.0" fad, finally!

Animation for no other reason than, "Because I can"

"Websites" that consist on one page and several "screens" that "float" in to view!

Clicks, pops and other assorted noises when you hover over a link.

Fussy Backgrounds that could rival a Jackson Pollock painting.

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.
http://webmaster-talk.eu/

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]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:33:00 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22544 Five Web Aberrations to Which We Should Say Goodbye in 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433/#post22503 From: simon


In the Elated Extra this week, I listed 5 pet peeves in web design trends that I'd like to see disappear:

1. Static mockups
2. Non-mobile optimised sites
3. Complexity
4. Organising sites by how your organisation is structured
5. Ugly back-ends for web apps

What trends do you hate most in web design and development these days? Post your thoughts below!

Simon

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]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:59:11 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5433#post22503 Re: Photo Gallery http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5417/#post22394 From: matt


@eman: Looks like Nivo Slider: http://nivo.dev7studios.com/

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]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:08:31 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5417#post22394 Photo Gallery http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5417/#post22361 From: eman


Can someone please let me know where I can find a photo gallery like in the link below. If you click on this link, then click on the Photos link you will see the photo gallery that I need. I don't need the whole website template they are selling. Thanks


http://www.i3dthemes.com/demos/2088_black-white_construction/?pvt=dreamweaver-templates

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]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:31:11 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5417#post22361 Re: Rotating Banner http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402/#post22338 From: matt


@jacknet: Sure, I believe there are many WP themes out there that use sliders.

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]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:03:08 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402#post22338 Re: Rotating Banner http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402/#post22318 From: jacknet


Matt - could a slider be added to the header of a WordPress theme?

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]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:07:16 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402#post22318 Re: Rotating Banner http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402/#post22286 From: matt


@eman: Yes, there are tons of these scripts out there, usually known as sliders. This particular one appears to use bxSlider:

http://bxslider.com/

At a guess, they've used the slider's onBeforeSlide and onAfterSlide events to change the CSS opacity on the current and prev/next slides to create the "faded out" effect.

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]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:15:45 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402#post22286 Rotating Banner http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402/#post22268 From: eman


Does anyone know how this rotating banner on this link below was created or where I could get information online of how to create a banner like this? I know there are many banner styles out there but I want to see how this one was done. Thanks

http://www.waketech.edu/

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]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:42:41 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5402#post22268 Re: Form accessibility problem I need Some Help Please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5377/#post22047 From: matt


@pastor: Your first link is a 404.

Your form needs an "action" attribute that tells the form where to send the data to, eg:


Code:
--------------------
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="processForm.php">
--------------------


You then need a form processing script (eg processForm.php) that reads the form values and emails them. You can write this script yourself, or find plenty at http://www.hotscripts.com/category/scripts/php/scripts-programs/form-processors/ .

You might also want to try this:

http://www.elated.com/articles/slick-ajax-contact-form-jquery-php/

Cheers,
Matt

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]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:23:37 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5377#post22047 Form accessibility problem I need Some Help Please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5377/#post22028 From: pastor


I am new in web design, I have designed a site with Forms on it using Frontpage Web editor but the form is giving error report and one of the form is not giving any report at all but it is not equally working. The two site can be found in the link below:

http://www.nigeriabusinessmap.com/ORDER%20FORM.htm

http://www.nigeriabusinessmap.com/Singles_Subscription_form.htm

I want to know what to do to make it work and I will also want to attach an invoice respond to the first form and I will want the form result sent to an email address.

Thanks for your help.
Pastor Mike

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]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:42:45 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5377#post22028 Re: Wishing everyone all the best for 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5363/#post22011 From: matt


Thanks Stanley! And the same to you. Sorry for the delay in replying - I'm currently having a well-earned rest for a few weeks so I am slowly catching up on the forums!

All the best,
Matt

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]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:44:00 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5363#post22011 Wishing everyone all the best for 2012 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5363/#post21954 From: Stanley


To Matt and the team, and everyone else who's got all elated about finding Elated I wish you joyful festivities and all the very best for a happy, safe, and prosperous 2012.

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]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:36:44 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5363#post21954 Re: Current pricing trends for ecommerce sites ? http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5301/#post21707 From: waterworks


This is an excellent topic. In the USA, prices have come down over the years, but ad agencies still charge very much. For instance, a friend of mine recently got a proposal from a smallish agency for a Magento eCommerce website. For initial setup and installation of Magento, custom template design and 5 basic (nothing special) products was going to cost $6,600. That was on the east coast. I know agencies on the west coast that charge just as much or more for something similar. The sad thing is, most small and medium ad agencies have let go their web designers because of lack of jobs. So they are just upcharging and then outsourcing the projects anyway overseas.

Increasingly in the US, web projects are getting outsourced overseas which is tough, because it's quite expensive to live in California and New York, so drastically dropping rates makes it very tough. But sites like getacoder.com and similar have made it much easier to find reputable people overseas.

But for small individual designers here in California, the rates seem to be in the $2,500 - $4,000 for ecommerce, again, depending all the variables, level of complexity, etc.

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]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:12:19 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5301#post21707 Re: Direct Link Question http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325/#post21687 From: mauco


@Matt: Thanks for the update

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]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:53:11 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325#post21687 Re: Direct Link Question http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325/#post21684 From: matt


@eman @mauco: The more usual way to do such links with HTML4/5 is to use the id attribute, like this:


Code:
--------------------
<a href="#executive">Executive Assistant</a>

Place loads of text here

<h2 id="executive">Executive Assistant</h2>
--------------------


It's cleaner too, since you don't need that extra 'a' element in the page.

Cheers!
Matt

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]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:40:44 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325#post21684 Re: Direct Link Question http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325/#post21673 From: mauco



Code:
--------------------
<a href="#executive">Executive Assistant</a>

Place loads of text here

<a name="executive">Executive Assistant</a>
--------------------


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]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:03:03 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325#post21673 Direct Link Question http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325/#post21670 From: eman


How can I create a link to go directly to a specific section of a webpage. For example if you click below and click on one of the Positions link such as Executive assistant/Office Manager it takes you to the Executive assistant section of the page. How is this done? Thanks

http://littlegreensoftware.com/careers/

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]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:22:38 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5325#post21670