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jQuery can tackle many, if not most of the things people use Flash for. Notice I said "use Flash for". Flash is capable of a lot of really nifty stuff, but for some reason, people seem content to use it for everyday stuff that can be done with CSS or jQuery. Even Adobe has pretty much abandoned it.

It's Flash. I didn't even have to wait, and wait, and wait for the page to load to be able to tell you that. Which brings me to why you shouldn't use Flash. Aside from being difficult to index, a pain to implement, unavailable on iOS devices and outdated, it takes forever to load.

The problem is likely your path. Images loaded via CSS will be able to use relative addresses, so if you load a bg image in CSS, you can use images/image.png. Images loaded using the HTML <img> tag will require their full path, or you can use the template directory PHP to get there. It looks...

So, we should add yet another wrapper? Not to mention, it wouldn't work. It has nothing to do with what you wrap it in.

The main div is only going to take up the width of the window, regardless of the width of what it contains, because you didn't define an absolute width. At 100% width, it will always take up the width of its container, which in this case is the viewport. If I understand your issue correctly...

You're on the right track, but Spry isn't the way to go. Too much bloat, too much garbage code. We've seen way too many questions on this forum that start something like: "Help! My Spry menu..." Try this: http://www.webdesignforum.com/15191-css-only-dropdown-menu.html

I gotta say, you'd probably be better going with a service like odesk or elance to hire someone.

Phreadee, my good man, it's time you upgraded your old coding style to more... 2001-ish. Tables are the way of the future. Who in the hell needs to learn to code all that div nonsense anyway, when you can have Photoshop kick it right out for you? Get with it, bro. ;) @purity: I haven't...

I'm assuming you're trying to center the text of the individual links, and not the whole menu (I can't see the page, I'm on a gov't computer). If that's the case, your problem is that your li do not have a set width for the browser to center the text within. On another note, you could clean...

Hadn't seen that before. I'm a fan.

I have to say, you're probably best off just hiring someone. The problem is, WYSIWYGs don't really play nice with much of anything. They exist for one purpose: to let non-coders built static websites. You can find plugins for some of the higher end (read: not free) WYSIWYG editors to help you...

It could, but you're looking at major compatibility issues.

The majority of infographics could easily be done with just some creatively applied CSS. Consider going that route.

It isn't bad. It just looks very...dated. Also, the header image loads really slow. That said, I took a look at the "design" firm that is linked in the footer. They're using a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop type editor that any knucklehead can build with. Their designs and techniques are outdated, and...

I really like the design. It's clean and modern. My only critique is that the menu feels a bit subdued, and gets lost in the bolder elements of the design.

I'll give you $500 if you can work that into the spec.:D

You're completely right. I was just breaking down what it does specifically, plus why and how. I use it myself, on every single site I code.

Instead of getting on forums, where you have no idea if the answers you're getting are legit, why not just do the leg work and get a local designer to do an interview. It'll double as face time with someone in the industry, and won't come off as lazy.

All the Shiv does is create the HTML5 elements in the DOM using JavaScript so IE8 and below will recognize them as elements when CSS is applied. Most other browsers allow you to do this just by defining CSS values for them. For instance, you could define <chickenSandwich> in Chrome just by using...

Phreadee pretty much said it. The only thing I'd add is learn the box model, well. Also, gain a good understanding of float (and clearing it) as well as how positioning works. Between those and WYSIWYG, I'd say they cover 80-90% of the questions that come up.