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Ha looks like you got a few then Harry :) Everyone gets 1 invite to give away when they join. More go out periodically and if you can't find one just fill in the form. If you enjoy the site be sure to leave comments and click the "love" button! I'm looking for features to make the site more...

Thanks man, yeah at the moment it's just me. It seems to be growing very fast so I'll see how it evolves and what features are requested and go from there. The first big hurdle is cleared though! @davewill ha no worries :) Invites are just a way to scale slowly and drum up a bit of interest...

Hi guys, I've recently launched a new site called LoveDsgn. I think you'll like it! And I'd be grateful for feedback and ideas. Visit LoveDsgn What makes this different from other ‘social portfolio’ websites is that LoveDsgn actively encourages constructive feedback. The focus is on...

Some favourite product/packaging deign blogs: Lovely Package® . The leading source for the very best that package design has to offer. Minimalissimo and for a specific piece: THE PLAY COALITION

Best thing to do is print out different font sizes (tiled together on A4 if necessary) then stick them on the wall and stand back.

Hi Emma, Looks like you're using an older version of SWF Object, head over to swfobject - Project Hosting on Google Code and you can do this with 2.2: <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars = { other_swf: "http://www. mysite.com/other.swf", other_flv...

Saw this great article earlier that explains the whole DNS thing, very good read!An Engineer's Guide to DNS (Yahoo! Developer Network Blog)

When you change name servers for a domain it takes a little while to propagate around the Internet. If it doesn't work in one browser at home, it ain't going to work in another because your ISP has not update their DNS info. If it worked at work, then your works ISP updated quicker! Browser...

Website design is more than just applying graphic design principles onto a web sized PSD. A good website design is two things, the visual aesthetics (look and feel), and the interactivity/usability/navigation. If you don't know HTML/CSS I'd imagine it's very difficult to make design decisions...

Why not add some keyboard navigation? For example ammunitiongroup.com. Perhaps you could also use overflow:hidden to hide the browsers scrollbar and design your own glossy little number within the page. I wonder what "usability experts" say about horizontal navigation? Bit of a taboo around...

As a web designer you should really have an idea of how websites are built. Especially how HTML/CSS works and importantly - how your design is going to be interpreted into these principles. There is nothing that makes a developer more angry than a designer who tosses over a PSD as says "I dunno...

Fairly ambiguous question so I'll provide an over-engineered (untested) solution: <img src="/images/logo.gif" id="logo" alt="logo" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">...

If you haven't seen the Google webmaster videos they're very informative and give you some insight into Google search.

I would be very careful with what fonts you use. You can convert any font ready to use with @font-face (see font squirrel) or Cufon (see here) but unless you have a license for web-embedding this is illegal - so do it at your own risk! Most fonts are not provided with the right licenses yet so...

Linotype font manager for Mac, there is nothing better and it's free last time I checked. For Windows Extensive Suitcase is the best of a terrible bunch. It's a good idea to manage fonts so that you can turn them on/off easily. Having a lot of fonts in your system Fonts folder will really...