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Well, not really 1. It ranges actually between fractions (at times) and 10, depending mostly on the section you're posting in and to a lesser extent, the length of the post.

MC, of course I was only talking about people who won't bother with learning in the first place. Those who are pressed in time or have special circumstances, naturally what I said doesn't apply to them. As well as people who have tried, but still certain areas remain ambigious to them.Well, thanks for the explanations anyway, I suppose you had some free time to kill. :-)

A brilliant idea, twitch. Absolutely brilliant. Two thumbs-up for that one.Actually, as far as IE7 and Microsoft in general are concerned, they don't worry so much about compliance with the W3C standards, including CSS. I haven't read anything about CSS support in IE7, but I wouldn't count on it too much. Plus, basic tests show that this bad boy is going to be devilishly vicious on system resources, so I don't suppose many will use it until Microsoft works it out.If you absolutely can't use attributes, then I believe there isn't a way to do what you want, except for going with twitch's idea.

Hello, ah_guan .. First of all, I think it's a great thing that you are thinking about this. You're smart enough to know that there's a difference between a Web desinger (or creator) and a Web master. The difference, like all the good folks who replied have already said, is that a Web master can see the big picture. He has to think about what a Website is meant to do and how it can do it, while a Web designer only has to figure out how to make it do it. It's not that one is better than the other, it's just that a Web master has more responsibility. But if I got your question right, I believe you want to know whether you, a beginner Web desinger can be a Web master, am I correct? If that's your question, then the answer is: Yes, of course you can. It's not that hard even, it just takes time. But you have to improve yourself as a Web designer first. You don't have to know everything about design, but you should keep learning until you feel you're starting to think about more than just design. When you start thinking about Search Engine Optimization, about graphic manipulation, about usability issues, and things like these, then congratulations, you are a Web master.

- "Say, can anyone tell me how to put my heading in, say, the center of a line?" - "I don't want a blue box thingy around my picture thingy that I have on my web page thingy .. whatcha think I should do, dude?" - "there's a thing called, like, a link. what's that? is it like an RJ or summin'?" Now, when I come across posts like that, I have to sit back for a minute, take a quick series of deep breathes, and call a friend to chain me to my chair so that I won't start a flame war. I'm sure everyone has run into posts like the ones above. Alright, perhaps not just like them, but you get the idea. What do you normally do? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for helping someone to learn a new thing. But when a person asks a question that's so annoyingly basic, I have to wonder about what that person knows about the subject. I wonder if it's worthwhile to answer that person at all, since he/she will most likely stumble on the very next step. I'm posting this in the Web Design section, since it's - perhaps - the easiest to learn. I mean, for all intents and purposes, if you learn about HTML, you can safely call yourself a Web Desinger, and even though many will not approve of it, you'll always find a purist or two who will stand by your side. But if you haven't taken such a simple step at learning such a brain-damagingly simple language, will you tell me, for the sake of all that's good and pure, how do you expect to build yourself a Website? Are you going to ask around until someone does it for you to put him/herself out of their misery? I'm sorry if I seem a tad too harsh, but I couldn't find easier words to descripe the subject. And I apologize for any and everyone who might think I'm talking about them, but please think about what I said. Before you ask about something that you know is too basic, then why don't you learn it first? Trust me, it's for your own benefit. Good luck!

ebbinger, the site is not a little slow; it's too insanely slow. I have a 1Mb DSL connection, and your site took more than 20 seconds to load, even though it contains only one graphic. Alright, it is a nice graphic actually, but still what do you want us to give our opinion about??? And miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG, I suppose you didn't get to see graphic, right? Believe me, I don't know what I was waiting for during those 20 seconds. I think I started wondering about my long lost cousin. Anyway, ebbinger, please think again about hosting your Website by yourself. Remember, net surfers today expect the highest quality with the highest speed; and the fraustrating thing is that they want them BOTH at the same time. Let us know when you add some content to your site, and I promise I'll give a better review. Good luck.

I'll be damned if I knew what Google is up to with all this. Is this really the same company that started out only a couple of years ago as a Search Engine? What's their plan exactly, over-throwing Microsoft?I have nothing against Google. I adore it, really, and I think it's made a tremendous difference in the digital world, both online and off. And normally, I'd wish it the best of luck in its endeavors. But unfortunately, I've grown so skeptical of those All-Encompassing companies and their market-monopolizing strategies that I've come to automatically question any company that shows the slightest intention of becoming one. Perhaps I've reading too much George Orwell, but isn't Google the closest thing to The Big Brother?!Anyway, great information, jedipi. Thanks.

That would be wonderful, m^e. Thanks a lot. :-)

Thanks a lot, PureHeart. Indeed, it does sound great . Actually, I posted the question earlier than should, because as soon as I subscribed at their forum and read a couple of posts, the answer was somewhat clear, but your post has assured me that I understood correctly. Thank you!

Hello, Razor Blade, I'm not sure, but I think the speed problem you're having is recent. It happened only after that incident you had, am I correct? If your PC has always been like this, then certainly you should consider the advice other contributors have given. But if it actually is a recent problem, maybe there's something else to do ... Normally, a "Missing File" message indicates either one of two things; a virus corrupting your existing files, or an interrupted installation of a certain piece of software. Naturally, in your case, there could be another reason, which is the incompatibility between your hardware and the Windows system you copied from another PC. Here's what I think you might want to try ... First, install a good anti-virus program and thoroughly scan your system. I personally recommend Avast! Home Edition, which is a very fast, very efficient program. Unfortunately, it cannot repair infected files unless it had been already installed before files are infected, and so, if you indeed had a virus, it'll only give you the option to delete the infected files. I suppose this will depend on your situation. Secondly, if you have all the drivers you need, perhaps you should consider installing a fresh Windows. Since there seems to be many problems with your current one, this may not be the worst of ideas. But again, you'll have to make a judgement call on this one. And as an asnwer to your first question, no, Windows is not misreading your processor. It's simply the way it reads it according to Intel's specifications. I hope all goes well. Good luck! :-)

It seems to be that HostBidder.com is the only free domain name provider with enough creditibility to register with. But I have a question, to which I couldn't find an answer, even though I looked far and wide in the Website. My question is this: when I register with HostBidder.com, what will the owner information be in the NIC database, mine or theirs? I mean, you domain name is practically the trademark of your site. You simply can't let another own your trademark, even if it means you'll get to use it for free. I wish someone can help out here; it'd be greatly appreciated. :-)

frames used to be a major nuisance for web designers interested in Search Engine Optimization, but not exactly in the way that first comes to mind .. when you design a page with, say, 4 frames, then when this pages loads, there are actually 4 pages loading, only one of them will contain your significant keyword. the SE can and does recognize that page and will index it and rank it accordingly. but if we assume that this page does get a #1 rank .. when a visitor clicks on the link at the search engine results page, it'll take him to that specific page only. meaning, the frames won't show. and since most frame designers use it as a navigational aid, the visitor will most likely get lost when the frames don't show. that's why SEs had, and still have, a problem with indexing and ranking framed pages appropriately. and as for the old HTML 3.2 tags such as bold, italics, typewriter, oblique, and the like, No, they don't have any effect, whether positive or negative on your page's ranking. they're only used by the browser itself. but here's a hint. if you know the title attribute, which is functional since the introduction of HTML 4.0 (or 4.1, I can't remember) then this one can actually help with your optimization. for example .. you're writing an H1 tag .. you can make it something like this .. <h1 title="mention a brief description of this heading and the following paragraph, making sure you include your keyword in it">the heading</h1> the title attribute can be used with most, if not all, tags, except those belonging to the <head></head> section.

alright then, organic, it's partition time. :-)the good thing about you setting up Linux later is that it will handle the Ext2 or Ext3 (which is the filesystem it most commonly uses, much like FAT and NTFS for windows) very flexibly. so let's do what you want now and set up one big fat 300GB partition.let's open the START menu. choose CONTROL PANEL. double click on ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS. double-click COMPUTER MANAGEMENT.now a window should be opened up. from the left pane, expand STORAGE and then click on DISK MANAGEMENT.you probably now will have to choose between a Basic and a Dynamic disk types. choose Basic. don't worry, you're not missing much here, Dynamic has to do with Windows Server 2003, RAID systems and the like.after that, it gets pretty easy. you'll see your current and your new HDDs. choose the new one. right-click and choose the appropriate command. remember to set it as a Primary partition. then choose the NTFS filesystem, and determine how much of the HDD space you'll allocate. I understand you want the whole 300GB as one partition, which should be fine.I suppose that's all. oh, and one other thing. if you'll set only one partition, I suggest that, before you set up Linux, do a defragmentation on your partition. normally, Linux will handle everything correctly, but it never hurts to be cautious, now, does it? :-)good luck

hello, szupieI meant the content theme, of course. you see, SEs start out by indexing your website, which is basically what the "robots" do. the next step is that your site is ran into a complex set of algorithms to analyze it for keywords. now, if an SE finds frequent use of words like "hawaii," "luxury hotels," "spa," and "beverages" for example, their relational databases will assume your site has a "vacations and hotels in hawaii."of course, these algorithms are not always 100% correct, but they're close enough. your job as a website designer is to make sure you're choosing the words that are searched for the most for your intended theme. naturally, this means you should carefully decide what your site's theme is.and the fact is, SEs build these databases mostly out of users' searches. when a searcher searches for "java" and is presented with sites which deal with both coffee and the programming language, the SE will take note of the user's choice and use it to decide later which is the most popular choice, and present it at a higher rank later.if you want to know anything else, or if I haven't made it clear enough, please let me know. :-)

To make your Website appear on the first page of Google and other engines will require some hard work. But if you're willing to do it, and do it right, then it won't be long until your site is recognized, and then you'll find it very easy to even make money out of it.There are many things you can do, and the people here have talked about a lot of them. I'll try to add one or two ... :-)1. Yes, META tags are essential, even if some SEs don't rely too much on them anymore. When your site appears on an SE, your META Description is usually the bold, highlighted, clickable link that shows first. You have to make this catchy to the searcher.2. In Search Engine Optimization, content is king. Search Engines run a business. Their business is to provide searcher for the most relevant, most informative sites. All their technology and strategy revolves around this objective. Admittedly, most still have trouble, and others very much suck at it, but still some of them like Google do an admirable job. So focus on content; make sure that when a human visits your site, they'll find what they came looking for. This way, you'll be doing the SEs a major favor, and trust me, it's in their best interest to pay you back. :-)3. Make every page of your site revolve around a single keyword. For example, if your website is about football, you can make a page about famous current players, famous old players, brasil, FIFA regulations, shirts colors, etc. Keywords don't have to be a single word like, ahem, "balls." It can be a phrase, say "world cup finals." The important thing here is that you should take your time choosing the phrases you think people interested in your website's theme will search for the most. Think both inside and outside the box.4. When you have found your valuable keywords, and made sure you didacted a separate page for each, use that keyword everywhere on the page. In your META tags, in your TITLE tags, in headings, in footings, and most certainly all over the page body. Don't over do it, though. Many SEs will penalize you for it.5. Link exchanging with other high-quality sites is a sure-fire way to increase your rank in Google, but not in many other SEs. But they're working on it, so don't take it lightly. Plus, let's face it, Google is currently the best and the most used SE, so please it, alright? :-)I'll be writing a complete SEO guide soon, hopefully. I hope you'll find it helpful.And good luck. :-)

I think that, with the current state of search engine optimization, we should let the SEs do the indexing themselves. Unless one knows exactly how every single SE works to index and rank their site, one will most likely hurt his ranking at one engine or another.I remember one time when Google used H1 and TITLE tags as a primary criteria for their ranking, while MSN had them at 4th and 6th. And right now, Google mainly uses a system called Vector Analysis, where they analyse the overall theme of your Website, and adjust your ranking accordingly. It's still work-in-progress, but Google partly uses it, while not many others do.So my point is, until SEs can reach a certain level of standardization, we should let each SE do what it likes most. Plus, it doesn't really take that much bandwidth, not more than any hungry visitor to your site would take.

Actually, bmx, you don't really *need* the screws for the HD to work. It's simply a safety major, so get them whenever you want.As for "CS," it means Cable Select. You see, when you connect your HD, you have basically 3 options, it can either be MASTER, SLAVE, or you let the computer decide depending on the current number and condition of HDs and CDs and DVDs present. Personally, I never resort to cable select, since I found it seriously varies from a computer, or even an operating system, to another. So just check the jumper on your original HD, if it's on MASTER, set the jumper on the new one to SLAVE, and vice versa. It'll help if you know a little bit about how to configure the motherboard setup, but it usually works fine.And about the low level format, I think all the new HDs come formatted already; all you need to do is to setup partitions, you know, like C and D, etc. It's pretty intuitive as well so you shouldn't have a problem, but if you need help, just let us know what operating system you're using (eg., Windows 98, Windows XP, Linux ..)Let us know how things go :-)

Is your USB built into the motherboard, elforeal? If so, and if the hit was strong enough, it might have done many things. Try these steps sequentially ...1. Open the case, and check for any fractures in the motherboard, and naturally focus around the USB area. If not, phew, one down.2. When a monitor won't switch on, it's usually either the RAM or the VGA card got disconnected. Try fixing them in place. The best way to do it is to take them out and push them in again.3. What do you mean your HDs don't get read? Do you mean you can hear the cylinders inside rolling, but don't hear that "tick" sound they make shortly after you turn your computer on? Sometimes, this happens when the RAM or the VGA aren't connected.Try these, and let me know what happens, ok? I hope I helped.

Well, if this incident is true, and I'll take Microscopic's word for it, then it's a blow to my field of work, and I love it. I'm a dentist, actually, and since the first year I went to dental school, they've been giving us chronological charts of the dates when teeth erupt and fall. Nothing wrong with that if they had admitted these were estimates. But noooo ... there are scientific facts and you have to believe it. Well, I think I'll try to get my hands on the video of the ceremony, and I'll show it to all those arrogant stone-heads. I don't think it's an impacted tooth, because at the woman's age of 125, it's a safe bet to assume she hasn't had any teeth left in her mouth for quite some time now. I can't think of a reason why an impacted tooth would wait so long to erupt. Well, actually I can think of one or two, but those are possible if she was 90, give or take. But 125? I doubt it. Anyway, another mystery. I don't try to solve those anymore; I just ponder and marvel.

Hello jedipi,Well, I wouldn't really worry much about that. Although, I'm mostly against Microsoft's policies regarding hardware support, or lack thereof, in general, I wouldn't say this is a completely bad decision.First of all, region encoding has become very beneficial, since DVD-ROMs are in much more use now all over the world. Plus, the drives that do support it aren't that expensive, that one would may favor buying an old one to a new one.Personally, I'd love it if the DVD industry came up with a better way to do things than region encoding. With the storage sizes of modern DVDs, one would think that's possible.Anyway, thanks for the informative post. :-)