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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Web Designing and Web Development Combination Experts | 10/17/2011 |
| Q: We observe that there are experts in Web Designing Software viz. Adobe Photo shop, Flash, Action ... A: Prashant, The disconnect is that it is very hard for people to have the proclivity to be good at ... | |
| linking to another page's anchor | 8/10/2011 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I'd like to create a link/anchor to another page's anchor The best example can be ... A: When designing a web page, many times you may want to create a link from one section of a web page ... | |
| Music contest website | 2/26/2011 |
| Q: I was about to attempt to create a site using WordPress by watching tutorials (I'm totally web ... A: Dave, A developer who is familiar with building e-commerce websites should be educated in all the ... | |
| Music contest website | 2/25/2011 |
| Q: I was about to attempt to create a site using WordPress by watching tutorials (I'm totally web ... A: Hey Dave, Nice animated GIFs. If I were you, I would scrap Wordpress and hire someone to build this ... | |
| wordpress html editor | 11/8/2010 |
| Q: I hate the html editor that comes with wordpress. The type is small and there are no blank lines or ... A: MS, for editing the code on individual pages or posts, you are kind of stuck with the wordpress ... | |
| Is it necessary for a PHP programmer to learn CSS? | 10/22/2010 |
| Q: Though it is always a plus point to have knowledge of multiple technologies, but due to ... A: Rohit, That really depends on what part of the development cycle you will be involved in with the ... | |
| Send me e-mail with infos on an form | 10/13/2010 |
| Q: I want to know how to make a page send me an e-mail with infos that the user inputed on the page ... A: PHP allows you to send e-mails directly from a script. The PHP mail() Function The PHP mail() ... | |
| How to generate reports on a website | 6/18/2010 |
| Q: I'm creating a website and I would like it to generate some reports mainly informing me on the ... A: May, Installing an already made PHP script isn't really building it yourself. Analytics plug-ins ... | |
| Creating A Website | 5/24/2010 |
| Q: I want to create a popurls-like site (http://popurls.com). I can't find a free script to do that. ... A: Hey Metin, To create something like popurls you have a couple options. There is no free script to ... | |
| Interview with a Web Designer | 5/23/2010 |
| Q: I have to interview a Web Designer for a school project. I do not know anyone personally who is ... A: Hey Spencer, I am glad to help. 1. Was this an area that you were always interested in, or was ... | |
| Wordpress Uploads | 5/4/2010 |
| Q: I have audio files in a structure and I was hoping to upload and use them in a blog. It seems that ... A: Michael, The easiest way to organize your file uploads in wordpress is by uploading the files ... | |
| wordpress upgrade fails | 5/3/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I tried to upgrade my Wordpress (2.8) using the Automatic Wordpress Plugin But when I ... A: Jay, I would recommend checking your config files again for any changes or errors. One issue may be ... | |
| lightbox2 | 4/27/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I was wondering if you were familiar with the 'lightbox2' plugin If yes, how could I ... A: Jay, the wordpress verion of Lightbox-2 can't do it due to its coding structure. There are other ... | |
| lightbox2 | 4/27/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I was wondering if you were familiar with the 'lightbox2' plugin If yes, how could I ... A: Jay, How are you using the lightbox2 plugin? as straight javascript? in wordpress? in joomla? ... | |
| 1. my website is www.meritagebistro.com i did it will coffeecup visual designer. i think it is too graphic intense | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: 1. my website is www.meritagebistro.com i did it will coffeecup visual designer. i think it is too ... A: Some restaurant and general website design tips: - either no flash or very little flash. no flash ... | |
| vertical align center | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I want to center a container (div) vertically in the middle. The container has a ... A: Jay, is your css for background-image, use width=100% That will make the image take up the ... | |
| 1. my website is www.meritagebistro.com i did it will coffeecup visual designer. i think it is too graphic intense | 4/17/2010 |
| Q: 1. my website is www.meritagebistro.com i did it will coffeecup visual designer. i think it is too ... A: Hey Marv, a lot of your questions relate to a Joomla install, so here is a link to an install video: ... | |
| Setting up a website | 4/11/2010 |
| Q: I want to set up an order-taking website for print orders, where the price is immediately given as ... A: Tim, To set up a gateway that you can accept cc payments through, you will need dedicated hosting ... | |
| page isnt redirecting properly.... | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I've created a page in wordpress. I copied and pasted the permalink into one of the ... A: Jay, Most likely the error is coming from the way you have everything set up on your local host ... | |
| links to custom php files in wordpress | 4/7/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I'd like to add a link to another custom made php file inside my index.php file I ... A: Jay, Here are some links that thoroughly describe the theme development process. ... | |
| links to custom php files in wordpress | 4/7/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I'd like to add a link to another custom made php file inside my index.php file I ... A: Jay, Sorry I didn't clarify. The index.php that lives in the root directory (thats the directory ... | |
| links to custom php files in wordpress | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I'd like to add a link to another custom made php file inside my index.php file I ... A: Jay, to fix this you will need to add php code into your html hyperlink code. The code you want is: ... | |
| vertical popup menus | 4/1/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillett I'm creating a website in wordpress and I'd like to create a vertical menu in such a ... A: Jay, Hopefully you realize you are working with PHP as well when you work with wordpress, otherwise ... | |
| Web development | 3/30/2010 |
| Q: I am interested in learning more about web development from the ground up so that I can manage a web ... A: Hey Paul, I'll break it down a little more for you: MySQL is the database coding that allows you ... | |
| Web development | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: I am interested in learning more about web development from the ground up so that I can manage a web ... A: Paul, Welcome! Looking at grocerywiz.com, it looks to be built using ASP.NET which is a microsoft ... | |
| wordpress index.php and single.php files | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: Drew Gillet I'd like to know the differences and the purposes of the index.php and single.php ... A: Jay, index.php is used as the main template for a wordpress site. It dictates what is shown on the ... | |
| Wordpress blog ... | 3/6/2010 |
| Q: . Can you help me install OpenEmm on my wordpress blog? OpenEmm is an open source email marketing ... A: OpenEmm looks like a good email marketing platform. Unfortunately because no one has made a ... | |
| Re: Hi | 2/1/2010 |
| Q: Hey I am new and want to launch a website which can provide information and move from one page to ... A: Naz, To build a website from scratch, you will need to learn HTML and CSS. Those are the basic ... | |
| help please | 11/13/2009 |
| Q: I am highly interested in the website lightngo.com how do I copy this site and make one like it, I ... A: Tim. Light N Go is built on Zen Cart, http://www.zen-cart.com/. the theme is black, #000 and grey, ... | |
| refresh code for an external page | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: I wanted to see if you could help me with an issue, I am trying to connect an outside page back to ... A: Amanda, The code you want is: <a href="javascript:location.reload();">Refresh the page</a> This ... | |
| joomla PHP | 10/25/2009 |
| Q: Joomla may be a good choice to make a dating site. Is it possible to open and work with joomla ... A: If you want to make a dating site, you will need something more robust than joomla. aside from this, ... | |
| Download music from homepage | 10/12/2009 |
| Q: I am moving my homepage (www.geocities.com/hoami2) which I created a long time ago and lost the ... A: Sy, The only way to access the files you added to your Free Geocities site is by using the admin ... | |
| i want to become a web designer | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: I want to be able to do website design. i currently have no ability in this regard but i want to ... A: Roy, To be any kind of good web designer, you need to be aware of current design trends, be able to ... | |
| Building a successful Links Page | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: Drew: I have a telecommunications website that i just launched and I want to incorporate a Links ... A: Dave, I assume you are making a links page to make backlinks and increase your PageRank for Google ... | |
| Bluevoda | 7/29/2009 |
| Q: after I've designed my pages using bluevoda can i publish them onto other hosts other than bluevoda ... A: Ahmad, I'm not sure how bluevoda does their business as I have never interacted with them before, ... | |
| Web Design | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: What do you consider to be the best web designing software in terms of visual interface, and ... A: For something that builds pages really well, That would be you. The most important part of a ... | |
| The donation-system | 6/9/2009 |
| Q: Does it actually work for online-business or is it just an idealistic dream? im working on an ... A: Monica, Donation systems can work for online businesses, but obviously there has to be more to it ... | |
| Quick Question | 6/8/2009 |
| Q: I am going through some older books of mine and I came across: "Just Java 2 4th ed Co. 1999" ... A: Skyler, Your books are still usable, but not for long. HTML 4.1 is the current standard, but HTML 5 ... | |
| Web Design | 6/2/2009 |
| Q: What do you consider to be the best web designing software in terms of visual interface, and ... A: James, Dreamweaver is the best WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor available. If you are ... | |
| Web Design | 5/30/2009 |
| Q: What do you consider to be the best web designing software in terms of visual interface, and ... A: James, In regards to your first question, the best all-in-one web designing software in my opinion ... | |
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Answers by Expert:
Drew Gillett
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
I can answer questions pertaining to Wordpress, Joomla, PHP, HTML, CSS, SEO, and similar platforms. I can also help in consulting on online marketing, online system setup, and choices in program management.
Experience
I have operated a web design company since 2005 in Seattle WA and have taught numerous clients how to use their online presence, as well as mentored students in these areas.
Organizations
AIGA
Education/Credentials
Washington State University
Brainbench Certified (Web Development, Web Design)
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