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    CSS Question

    Wouldn't agree with this at all. In fact a general CSS guideline is: "Use generic selectors, and add specificity as you go along;" So generally *most* of the h1,h2 etc are going to use the same margins,padding throughout your website. Otherwise continuity in the design & layout is going to...
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    Best free email client

    Make sure its not automatically using IMAP as your server type. I know the last version of Thunderbird I setup had an issue with the 'auto' setup wizard. It's a known issue so google it. Essentially you may need to manually set your server type to pop3/smtp.
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    Best free email client

    I use this add-on to sync between Thunderbird > Google > Android Essentially your Google calendar is 'home' the and all others update and sync/to and from that. It works as you would expect with a change made anywhere appearing on all devices/machines etc.
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    Is there a point starting a freelance web design company during sixth form

    +1 for this. Good advice all round. I'd say it will be easier to offer your services to existing design companies out there.. or developers with no design skills etc. They'll also be a little more forgiving and understanding with regards to balancing work and Uni time too. As others have...
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    Favicons

    +1 for the browser caching! Also I find it easier to just upload a 16x16 png to: http://htmlkit.com/services/favicon/ Renaming BMP's I've found to be temperamental to exact format/software saved in etc.
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    Reliable Web Designer

    Not sure how much of our hearing sense people use whilst navigating websites but anyway... Your sort of right, although it's largely though as under 2sec... ie 200ms etc. Which is nothing to do with content and ALL about visual loook and layout. BUT and this is the big one - whatever that 1st...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    LOL - well we agree with each other - that's definitely my preferred definition of "knows their stuff" too! Nice new site btw... although I couldn't be bothered to click on all the home page reveal dots - do I win anything if I do?
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    Reliable Web Designer

    I meant poorly designed from the visual, end user perspective... Also you seem to be arguing for me here, my point is things need designing prior to -just- building! But there's a big differnce to the type of 'design' you talk about above and visual end user 'gloss' design I thought we were...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    Through human history most inventions out the block are delivered by engineers, (builders not dreamers) - however after the early stages the user interaction, refinements to userbility etc are then very much designer lead. We all interact on a visual level, with everything around us, every day...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    Their head designer quit a while back: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/23/douglas_bowman_quits_google/
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    Reliable Web Designer

    As already mentioned that wasn't your initial arguement at all. And also ANY site that is well coded, in semantic html should to a certain extent be totally re-skinable via css etc. Obviously the more complex the design the more work but that doesn't mean its not possible. And again just...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    That's due to basic logistics of building a web site/app more than anything. ie 2 coders can create a fully working site -no matter how poorly designed- on their own - immediately grabbing a userbase. All designers can do is nice screen shots that sit on their own computer that do nothing and go...
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    Website: Ballpark figures/opinions.

    £300 is the standard daily rate for a (good!) freelance designer/front end (css/html) developer. So again I doubt your getting a whole site designed and built to css/html in a day. 'On the cheap' isn't likely to give the same end product as 'quality' which is what the OP asked for. Surely a...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    Agree with Dan, I don't think anyone here posting from what has turned into a "design is great" camp ( :) ) have advocated a Photoshop export to tables/HTML website! Indeed if that was the case from the OP enquiry then no real coding is needed anyway! And as Dan says I would take the fact...
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    Reliable Web Designer

    I don't see anything in the opening post that indicates that the site 'design' didn't go through any planning or mock-up stages.. I guess only the OP knows that for sure. 'Visually stunning' is different from good effective design, neither Ebay or Amazon or indeed 99% of e-commerce stores need...
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