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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd March 2013, 01:00 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 935
Posted By Mattds
Re: How do you make your living?

Freelance web developer, and template creator. Moving more towards flipping sites and top end HTML5 templates:D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd March 2013, 08:25 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,133
Posted By Mattds
Re: To All The Guys With Websites

I have always coded my own websites from scratch, HTML/PHP/CSS. Although in the last few months i have setup some simple Wordpress sites for clients that want an easy to use CMS.

I still don't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th February 2013, 07:46 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 10,493
Posted By Mattds
Re: 968 positive reviews, 0 negative = FAKE fiverr claims.

I think this depends on how many gigs you have completed. I have a 100% record on fiverr but have only completed around 10 gigs. I am sure there will be some difficult customers at some point.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th February 2013, 06:36 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,721
Posted By Mattds
Re: A Simple Piece Of Paper Can Make You More Money?

Oh man i probably have a dozen pieces of paper scattered around my desk, I need to re organize and stick to maybe one or two lists.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th February 2013, 06:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 647
Posted By Mattds
Re: How Much Is Your Time Worth?

As a freelancer time management is a very important part of my working day. And without managing my time it would be extremely difficult to know how much to charge my clients.

Although i often...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2013, 01:10 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 638
Posted By Mattds
Re: It's IMPOSSIBLE to not make money...

A similar thing happened to me but it was for a PSD template I made about 4 years ago. It was hosted on a free, un-finnished Weebly website. I gave up on the site and forgot to take it down. After...
Forum: Mind Warriors 20th February 2013, 08:29 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,375
Posted By Mattds
Re: Just keep going, no matter what happens.

This story touched a nerve with me. As a child/teen i suffered from extreme social anxiety. Dropped out of school and become very insular. It was in those troubled years i became fascinated with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2013, 08:19 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,567
Posted By Mattds
Re: One Page Website Cost

Spot on! When i get a call from a new client i try to get as much info on what they want and then go away and come back with a price.

A recent example of this is two sites i completed last year....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2013, 08:13 AM
Replies: 537
Views: 80,402
Posted By Mattds
Re: All-In-One: Free Software You Can't Live Without

I am lucky that i got a lot of my software when i was a student so i got a lot of it cheaper than the retail price(I even got Dreamweaver for free).

For my web design work:

Dreamweaver - When i...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2013, 08:30 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 4,292
Posted By Mattds
Re: 2 Years and Counting for NOTHING!

Hi hotpr,

When i first started working online, I tried every angle I could to earn money, the problem was that i didn't focus on just one aspect of working online. Instead i was running around...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th February 2013, 09:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 350
Posted By Mattds
External Blog or Onsite?

Hi,

I am currently building a website for a client and he wants a blog attached to it. I am building this site with PHP and would be able to create a custom blog for this purpose. However instead...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2013, 09:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 712
Posted By Mattds
Re: Turning my Facebook page into a website

Hi, This sounds like an easy job for most web developers. So pick you developer carefully and if i was you i would pay a little bit extra for ongoing support. As a developer myself i have converted...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st January 2013, 09:41 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,181
Posted By Mattds
Re: A Neat Little Tactic That Earned Me $2000 Last Month...

Fantastic strategy, as a freelance web designer i think this could well work for me too.

I'll give it a try :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th January 2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 909
Posted By Mattds
Re: Free Simple HTML Editor Recommendation

Notepad ++ for windows and text wrangler on mac. I used to run Ubuntu and used Blue Fish on that.

Also Aptana Studio is good:)
Forum: Website Design 29th January 2013, 03:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 515
Posted By Mattds
Re: Help with inserting a logo

I personally like to use a <h1> tag on my websites for the logo/sitename, so i think i get what you mean.

I do this by inserting my logo as an image and using the h1 tag for my site title e.g.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th January 2013, 03:00 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 524
Posted By Mattds
Re: What Should I Do Now?

Some very useful comments here, thank you all for the feed-back, I will spend a few days thinking about all the advice and let you know what i decide to do

Thanks again,

Matt
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th January 2013, 09:41 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 524
Posted By Mattds
What Should I Do Now?

Hi, Everyone

OK so I'm at a little bit of a crossroads at the moment and would like a bit of advice on what to do next.

I am a freelance website developer/designer and i would like to find a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th January 2013, 04:38 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,352
Posted By Mattds
Re: Is Paypal's Payment System Down?

PayPal are so annoying at times. Luckily i don't use them often.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th January 2013, 01:18 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 419
Posted By Mattds
Re: New to marketing, willing to work at it, any advice?

It may be an old cliche, but my biggest bit of advice would be to just do it and don't be afraid to fail.

It took me a while to earn money when i first started my business, and i would often...
Forum: Website Design 11th December 2012, 05:32 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 920
Posted By Mattds
Re: I want to create wordpress themes!

Wordpress themes are quite similar to a traditional HTML/CSS website, except that they use PHP to glue the different aspects of the website together. For example the header and main content parts of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st November 2012, 08:43 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 512
Posted By Mattds
What Information is Important When Buying a Website

Ok so i have an idea to sell some of my websites and domain names, via my own website. The thing is i'm not sure what information i should provide about the domain/website to the customer.
...
Forum: Website Design 20th July 2012, 10:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 450
Posted By Mattds
Re: 404 Not Found

If you are setting up your site locally on your machine then only you will be able to see it. Unless you have setup your machine to be a web server.

This is a whole new kettle of fish and is...
Forum: Website Design 20th July 2012, 02:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 474
Posted By Mattds
Re: Help, google says my site is in Chinese

Hi, 'm not sure if this wil help but here goes..

Instert the language met tag between your website head tags. This should tell Google what language your website is. Also a revisit-after tag will...
Forum: Website Design 13th July 2012, 09:11 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 593
Posted By Mattds
Re: Copy Write Photos

I like to use this website (http://www.sxc.hu/) for free images
Forum: Website Design 13th July 2012, 09:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 441
Posted By Mattds
Re: Website Design

Here you go (http://bit.ly/LUJJnD)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2012, 09:00 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,077
Posted By Mattds
Re: Why Is It So Hard To Find a Great Designer at a Great Price??

As a developer i get a couple of e-mails a day from people wanting me to 'Become A Partner', this is nearly always a one way deal as most people don't want to pay a fair price for my services. It's...
Forum: Website Design 2nd July 2012, 01:14 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 790
Posted By Mattds
Re: My Button can't be clicked on Internet Explorer

No problemo :)
Forum: Programming 2nd July 2012, 12:49 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 3,735
Posted By Mattds
Re: I want to learn programming

If you want to become a programmer then it will take a lot of time and effort. First of all try to decide what you want to program, For example website apps or maybe iPhone apps.

Then see which...
Forum: Programming 2nd July 2012, 12:40 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 3,847
Posted By Mattds
Re: who is the best? php vs asp?

PHP is open source so is obviusly more popular because of this. Although the langauges use a similar syntax and performance wise theres not much if any difference.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd July 2012, 12:30 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,303
Posted By Mattds
Re: Having a white board helps?!?!

Yep a really great idea, I need one too! been looking around for a decent one for a while, i might just try craiglist :)
Forum: Website Design 2nd July 2012, 12:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,014
Posted By Mattds
Re: I need your advice about my website design and content?

Very nice my friend. I think your site is definetely on trend, Well done!
Forum: Website Design 2nd July 2012, 12:04 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,426
Posted By Mattds
Re: Web Design Tools

Ok, if you are hand coding your website then it shouldn't matter what tool you use. For example notepad is fine. However if you spend a lot of time coding then a tool that offers highlighting, code...
Forum: Website Design 2nd July 2012, 11:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 790
Posted By Mattds
Re: My Button can't be clicked on Internet Explorer

ok iv had a good look at your code and i have fixed it like this

<div style="padding: 5px; border: 4px double rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Myriad Pro; font-size:...
Forum: Website Design 2nd July 2012, 11:31 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 790
Posted By Mattds
Re: My Button can't be clicked on Internet Explorer

I have had a similar problem. I solved this by adding a positive z-index to the element in your css

.some { background-color: #002c3f; z-index: 50;}
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2012, 12:15 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,665
Posted By Mattds
Re: Should I dump Wordpress and Build A Large Website Using Static HTML?

This is still a really great way of making your static website easier to manage. I use php includes all the time, although i can see why wordpress in so popular, (updating and creating sites quickly)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th June 2012, 04:57 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,882
Posted By Mattds
Re: Anyone getting traffic and sales from free classified ads sites?

From a freelancing point of view, I have had a few jobs from Gumtree, although i do recieve a lot a spam from people on there aswell.

I've not had much luck with craigslist though.. maybe it's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th June 2012, 04:52 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 2,568
Posted By Mattds
Re: Who do you use to buy domain names?

I use Domain Express, great customer service and fair prices. I don't mind paying a bit extra knowing that if i have a problem they are quick to respond
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2012, 10:23 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 522
Posted By Mattds
Re: How much to have a sales page made for you?

It would depend on what you need, e.g. contact form, sliders, copy, whether you already have hosting and a domain name.

For a simple website (HTML/CSS) with maybe a simple contact form it would...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2012, 10:00 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,108
Posted By Mattds
Re: How much time do you spend on the internet in a day?

I spend probably 10 to 12 hours at my PC, studying, coding and designing but only spend half that time on the internet. I suppose it depends what i need to get done in the day.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2012, 02:43 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,224
Posted By Mattds
Re: Paypal vs. Moneybookers

This is so true. Unfortunately Paypal have a global monopoly in this are which i think is wrong. They limited my account on the pretext of not liking one of my domain names!

It seems they can do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th June 2012, 02:38 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,281
Posted By Mattds
Re: so i won a bid on freelancer,and just want some advice

Try calling the number on the website. See if they actually are who they say they are.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th June 2012, 02:33 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,281
Posted By Mattds
Re: so i won a bid on freelancer,and just want some advice

Wow check the grammar, this seems fishy to me!
Forum: Website Design 15th June 2012, 04:09 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 895
Posted By Mattds
Re: Your Feedback Is My Pride

When i say your website looks old fasioned i mean it reminds me of the mid 90s, when websites were more basic, only used websafe colours and had very little styling.

From a web designers point of...
Forum: Website Design 13th June 2012, 01:36 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,951
Posted By Mattds
Re: how to insert pdf into html

On a standard HTML website, you can put a link to your PDF in your source code. When clicked this allows you to read/download the pdf.

Just insert the link like this:

<a...
Forum: Website Design 13th June 2012, 12:07 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 895
Posted By Mattds
Re: Your Feedback Is My Pride

You site looks very old fashioned. Try learning about HTML and CSS. Even with a basic knowledge of these you will be able to see where you went wrong.

Dont be disheartened though, its all about...
Forum: Website Design 31st May 2012, 03:16 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,143
Posted By Mattds
Re: Favorite Fonts for Websites? Font Sizes?

I'll vote for Trebuchet MS as well, also Tahoma font is nice
Forum: Website Design 30th May 2012, 03:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 330
Posted By Mattds
Re: Web Dev/Design Blog and Info Sites

Here is one of my favorites (http://webdesignerwall.com/)

:)
Forum: Website Design 30th May 2012, 12:06 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 776
Posted By Mattds
Re: web development

First off there is already some great advice here so i cant really add much more about what skills you should learn. What advice i can offer (from experience) is to take one language at a time.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th May 2012, 07:33 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 2,814
Posted By Mattds
Re: Is IM a hobby/part time or a Real Business to you?

I work part of the time building websites for other people and the rest of my time is spent building websites for myself, affiliate marketing etc. :o
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2012, 07:49 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 656
Posted By Mattds
Re: Whats your favorite domain provider ?

Domain Express for me, used them for years and have had no problems. Great customer service as well
Forum: Website Design 12th April 2012, 04:08 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,011
Posted By Mattds
Re: Resources to Learn Web Design

To learn about web design for what you need shouldn't take too long but to become preficient at anything, expect to spend a good chunk of your time studying and implementing what you have learnt.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2012, 03:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,150
Posted By Mattds
Re: Open-source HTML Editor for Windows?

Aptana Studio is a good one, although it has quite a steep learning curve
Forum: Website Design 30th January 2012, 10:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 442
Posted By Mattds
Re: Would you buy this kind of web template for $5

Thanks for that, yeah i sort of thought my footer would do that, but just thought I'd get it out there to see if there is a market for this stuff.
Forum: Website Design 30th January 2012, 09:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 442
Posted By Mattds
Post Would you buy this kind of web template for $5

Hi all,

At the moment I am looking to create some web templates for Fiverr and others if the opportunity presents itself. What I need to know is do you think I would get any customers with this...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th December 2011, 12:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By Mattds
Re: What I Don't Like About Google Chrome

I've also notice this with chrome and firefox is a little "buggy" at the moment.

Whats opera like?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th December 2011, 12:07 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 468
Posted By Mattds
Re: 70 years and counting

My Grandfather was a medic in ww2 and was stationed in Egypt and then in Italy. Some of the things he saw and had to deal with out there would make your toe nails curl.

He never talked much about...
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