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    DIV question

    Lightbox is so simple to use if you just follow their quick instructions. I use it on just about every site that I have done (except flash sites) and the client is always very impressed.
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    Google Friend Connect

    Okay, so I was offered a gig adding "Google Friend Connect" to a website. Google Friend Connect basically generates code for you to paste into html documents. The code is usually some type of widget (like a poll or a sign-in page). It's easy enough to do with static html sites, but will I be...
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    Has Anyone Ever Dealt With Either Of These Schools?

    use lynda.com I learn so much so quickly from that website. It's dirt cheap as well.
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    FTP Client Software

    Good idea. My thread where I asked which web hosting company everyone used had so many replies, it became a good reference for comparing hosting companies.
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    Strange blue outline around table in Firefox

    Okay, if you aren't using any css, try this, <img src="whatever.jpg" border="0">
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    Flash degree sign?

    They usually have character codes. For example, on OSX, ALT + 0 will give me a º symbol. Here is a list of character codes for Windows: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html and here is a list for OSX...
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    FTP Client Software

    I use Cyberduck, which is mac-only but really great.
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    Strange blue outline around table in Firefox

    in your css, img { border-style: none; }
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    TONS of pictures, need help!

    Are you familiar with Joomla? If so, you can use the extension "Very Simple Image Gallery". If not, I would use this, http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/ -Lou
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    Late Payments from Clients ?

    The sub-domain idea always works well. But sometimes they want to keep making changes while its still on your sub-domain, and eventually you want to scream "Arghh! Please be satisfied so that i can have my space to myself!" lol. I had this one client stop answering my phone calls and e-mails...
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    check boxes in flash contact form to email

    sure. It would be easier if you told me what the check boxes are meant to do. That way I can post some code. Something like: if (checked_on == false) { //send this informaiton } else { //send this other information } It just depends on what the check boxes are supposed...
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    check boxes in flash contact form to email

    for check boxes, here is what I would do. create movie clips that, at frame 1, contain an unchecked box. then at frame two, they have a checked box. turn their buttonmode to true like this. check1.buttonMode = true; if clicked, call an event that triggers the movieclip to stop at...
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    furthering a web design education

    You'd be surprised how easy it is to bump up those programming skills. It's not rocket science. In many ways, the job a a programmer is very easy. Good luck to you! And as damien has said, don't be afraid to ask questions. The internet is the greatest learning resource ever.
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    text/jpg problem in dreamweaver

    The guy above me has it right. Pictures aren't really worth anything for search engines anyway. "A picture is worth a thousand words" -- Try telling that to a search engine.
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    The "position" attribute

    Do be honest, it just sometimes doesn't work when using absolute values for divs.
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    Help with image maps?

    Try changing your opening html tag to this: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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    Error in file source web address when previewing pages from Dreamweaver CS3

    I strongly doubt it will be a problem when your website goes live, but that is weird. I always felt there was something strange about dreamweaver launching browsers for previews.
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    Help with flash image

    I think it would be a great challenge for you to do this without flash. I'd actually be really impressed if you can do this without flash.
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    flash help

    Would it be possible to divide the text into a few dynamic text fields, apply individual formatting properties to each one, and then align them vertically to look as if they are all on the same line?
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    easy way to change text

    I would look into Adobe Contribute. It does cost money, unless you find a free source (which you probably can do).
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