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    I am designing a site, but my client wants to edit it

    Why not design those elements in Flash, and leave the "regular" content there for him to edit? The whole website doesn't necessarily have to be in Flash.
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    noob needs more help

    Give it a try without the quotes, like this: body {background-image: url(matrix.jpeg)}
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    Invoice software

    Microsoft Office Accounting Express. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx It's amazingly powerful for being free - I've used it before, but moved to Quickbooks as my company expanded.
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    Please Help Me

    Visit a photoshop tutorials website such as this: http://photoshoptutorials.ws/ There you can find the basic skills needed to design graphics for a website.
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    Sitemaps needed

    Here's a nice quick online solution - No coding necessary: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
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    Search Engine Optimization Basics

    Thanks for that correction; I described it that way in the sense that these techniques will give you better chances of a higher listing, not simply getting indexed.
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    window, Linux or Mac?

    I used PCs for about 4 years, then tried out a Macbook and am now completely addicted. Excellent for web design =)
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    Easiest way of changing text on site

    Here you go; this solution has worked for me many times. It lets you edit pages you specify from within any web browser, secured by a password. No notepad or FTP needed to make updates; only to initially install the little engine (it's fairly simple). Link and Description...
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    Web Design Pricing

    I've experimented with several methods of pricing for my design over the years, and I've found that customers generally find one single price more comforting than an indefinite hourly rate. I have three different sticker prices at my website, with the option of requesting custom packages if the...
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    Search Engine Optimization Basics

    Here is a brief article I wrote for the web designer's blog at http://ctmstudios.net/blog.php Thanks for reading, and I wish you the best with your SEO. You don't need to hire an SEO professional to get your new website listed in the search engines. There are several basic techniques you...
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    Home Page review

    I absolutely love the clean, simple layout; and you made the colors work nicely with it. Perfect that navigation, and you'll have quite an eye-catching site. Great work!
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    A Few Design Q's

    You're welcome; I recommend http://coppermine-gallery.net/ Just set it up with its own database, then link to it from your website however you would like (set it up in a subdirectory, like www.yoursite.com/gallery, then create a link on your website pointing to /gallery)
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    My New Website

    It is highly looked down upon to put keywords by themselves in the middle of your web page, especially in large green font. I know you are trying to get traffic with them, but it is just as easy to get traffic by incorporating your keywords into the body of the page as it is to put them alone...
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    A Few Design Q's

    Have you considered a third-party web gallery? There are many of them, and will do a much better job at what you want them to than if you would design it yourself. Track your site's search engine progress with Google Analytics. http://www.google.com/analytics/
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    HTML Help

    I believe you want to use % for your width properties instead of px. More details here: http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_dim_width.asp As far as being compatible in IE; there is really no "shortcut" method to making it work in a certain browser. You should make a habit of testing your sites...
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