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    301 Redirect Help!

    Rather than placing a redirect in the .htaccess you could put the redirect on an index page in the directory. <? Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" ); Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" ); ?> hope this helps
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    What do you think about stock photography?

    stock photos are great for companies with smaller budgets. rights-managed photos are expensive and can still be purchased by other companies. having a photographer do a custom shoot can be cumbersome - the cost of photographer, cost of talent, cost of location, etc. additionally, if your...
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    making a link open up to a different site

    not really understanding what your are trying to do. if it's on your own computer set a bookmark to the page you want to navigate to and click it.
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    Website help! (html and css invovled)

    hi jonni, to remove the rules around your links you need to set the border attribute to "0" as shown below. <a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" /></a> if you want to use the custom fonts i think your going to have to use images vs text for the nav for rounded corners...
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    Help Please with IE and Iframes

    not sure if this will help or not as you didn't mention if it displayed properly in IE7 but if you put this code in the header it will tell IE8 to emulate the IE7 rendering. <meta content="IE=EmulateIE7" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" /> let me know if it works. thanks.
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    Critique Help

    hi alina, i think your site has potential and you seem to have the skill to pull it off. i do think the logo could be a little stronger - paladin's were french warriors during middle-evil times correct? maybe, utilizing some imagery (fleur de lis?) that tied into french warriors, some bolder...
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    Please review my website look and seo wise

    hi jeffc, my first impression was that the site was really busy. between the flash animations, blinking buttons, and audio i was on sensory overload. i would try to simplify the page by focusing on only a few items and give the site a more cohesive feel. right now everything is very modular...
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    Need Ideas!

    i think you need more padding around the body copy. it also may not hurt to add info about the products he uses - if they have a name brand that people can identify they can infer that he uses quality products. also, does he have a pricing sheet - rather than listing all services a-la-carte...
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    Constructive critisism accepted

    hi soul2skin, these were just a few things i noticed at a quick glance. many of the images appeared to be lo-resolution with the exception of the 64bit host. i would either use higher-res images, create the images or purchase new images (maybe from istockphoto.com). also some of the sites...
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    SEO Companies

    hi treemonkey, this article is kinda long but it has some good information on SEO companies - how to hire them and the follow-up article gives you an idea of the cost involved. as for your questions - if you can find an honest white hat seo specialist and are patient then it can be worth it...
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    Website Design Grid Layout

    hi adamski, not sure if you are planning to use any type of advertisements on the site but it's usually a good idea to take into account standard banner ad sizes. Allowing enough space for one of these sizes can save you time in the future. Of course, if you aren't ever going to utilize any...
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    What is the best way to create your own website?

    I agree with darrenfox - if you're just starting out Wordpress will probably best. You can choose one of the free themes and apply it to your install quickly and easily. Thanks.
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    Which CMS Best Suits Me?

    hi gusruss, personally, I prefer expression engine over joomla for two reasons. number one is that the learning curve for implementing a custom design seemed much easier to me and two it's developed by a software company so there is a great support staff to answer questions and supply very...
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    Nightmare Weaver

    hi devin, sounds like the displays for the different browsers is the problem. not sure if you are using any css - but if you are you can specify a separate style sheet for each browser. that way all will display properly. there is a tutorial here. hope this helps.
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    Browser compatibility issues.

    You may want to rewrite a CSS style specifically for IE8. Here is a link that explains how to set-up the if statements so the page checks the browser and then selects the appropriate CSS style sheet. Let us know if this helps. Thanks.
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    Mac Problem

    I'm not sure that I understood the question correctly but it sounds like you are having trouble positioning the two divs side-by-side. If thats correct then remove your break tag and add the CSS>display>inline attribute to both divs. That should place them side-by-side. Thanks.
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    Html Code

    Check out this tutorial about using MP3 files in html -http://www.hypergurl.com/music.html. You could link to the file like this: <a href="yourmidname.mp3"><img src="yourImgPath.jpg" alt="InfoAboutTheImage" /></a> or you could embed the file with a small control panel: <embed...
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    IE alignment issues

    amoen, you probably need to set-up a style sheet specifically for IE8. Check out this link that shows how to use an if statement to identify the browser and choose the correct style sheet to fit the browser http://www.thesitewizard.com/css/excludecss.shtml. Hope this helps. Keep us posted...
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