Below is a web design glossary of the most commonly used terms and their meanings. If you would like to suggest more please use the comments area.

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What are Dreamweaver commands?
Adobe Dreamweaver commands can perform almost any kind of edit to a user’s current document, other open documents, or any HTML document on a local drive. Commands can insert, remove, or rearrange HTML tags and attributes, comments, and text.

Commands are HTML files. The body section of a command file can contain an HTML form that accepts options for the command (for example, how a table should be sorted and by which column). The head section of a command file contains JavaScript functions that process form input from the body section and control what edits are made to the user’s document.

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If you use Dreamweaver a lot you’ll inevitably have to paste content in from Word or direct from your email client from time to time. UPDATE: Following requests for the tool to remove multiple empty lines in the code as well we have updated the command to do that.

Annoyingly, when you paste text in directly to Dreamweaver from either it adds multiple consecutive white spaces. In does this in multiple places and the white spacing can vary in amounts between 2 and 7 spaces each time.

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There might come a time when you want to free up space on your Gmail account but keep a copy of the emails for future reference and this guide will show you how.

This is a follow on post for people who are using Windows Live Mail as their IMAP client for gmail.

I like to keep copies of all my emails regardless of age but Gmail has a storage limit so it means having to clear it out regularly. There are some great 3rd party services you can use to back your mail up and store it online but accessing older emails is never really an urgent task so I use the cheaper and simpler method of just backing them up to a local machine which can be accessed as and when needed.

Just to restate in case you’re skimming this. This is not a solution for storing your old emails online to access from multiple locations. It’s just a great way of keeping a local copy of the emails and freeing up valuable space in your Gmail account.

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Last year, in addition to setting up 2 annual scholarships and 2 annual awards worth £1000 for Angus College, we started our annual DJCAD Web Design & SEO Competition.

The competition is aimed at helping graduates launch their freelance careers or businesses.

The 2011 winner was Aime Bene, a textile and surface pattern designer. She received a logo design and business cards, a custom Facebook fan page, training and a custom website with a full content management system so she can update it herself easily.

This years prize is worth more than £2500 and entries close on Friday 30th March 2012.

Below are all the details about the competition but please get in touch using the comments at the bottom of the page if you have any questions.

The Process | Why We Do It | How We Judge | Who Can Enter | What You Win | How to Enter

The Process

Just answer 10 simple questions about yourself (see How To Enter below). We then shortlist 3 applicants who are invited to interviews with us before we choose a winner.

Why We Do It

As a company we like to ‘give back’ in a number of ways. One of them is to help graduates and young entrepreneurs launch their freelance careers and businesses.

Whilst we hope everyone who’s applying for jobs after they graduate the best of luck, this competition is intended to help support a graduate launch a business or their career as a freelance artist rather than use it as a portfolio site to find permanent employment.

Whilst helping a graduate secure a job would still be a worthy cause those embarking on a freelance career or setting up in business have so much to do to get started that we feel we can be so much more help to them in the long run.

How We Judge

This competition is not about us judging which artist has the ‘best’ work. We know we’re not qualified to do that.

The process is intended to help us find a locally trained artist who:

• Is passionate and committed to their idea/work/project/business longterm
• Will consciously make the best use of the prize they receive from us
• Will benefit the most from what we have to offer in terms of our services

Applicants will be shortlisted based on their: ambition, passion, originality, attitude, commitment, business plan and how much we think we can help support their plans.

Obviously how much our team members like the persons work itself will play a part in the decision making as we want to get behind work we beleive in but it’s not the most important factor for us. The person is.

Who Can Enter

Any undergraduates or postgraduate who will finish their final course at Duncan of Jordanstone this year can apply.

The only stipulation is that applicants must be committed in attempting to start up their own business or work on a freelance basis aftter their graduation. Existing businesses or freelancers who already graduated this year (2012) may apply.

What You Win

The winner will be able to choose any combination of the following services up to the value of the award (£2500):

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We would like to wish all of our clients a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

Thank you all for choosing us for your web design and seo needs throughout 2011 and we look forward to working with you and your teams and supporting your businesses again in 2012.

Pictured: One of our clients, CSP Today, below enjoying a small thank you from us – a yummy Thorntons Chocolate Xmas Hamper!

If you’re a web designer then you’ve probably at some point had a client who wants to be able to update just a section of their static website, such as their prices page, themselves.

If the client doesn’t have the budget or requirement for a full CMS, but that prices page that will keep changing is a dealbreaker, than using Google Docs is a great way to enable them to update the content.

Google Docs is easy to use, secure, free and updateable from anywhere. They might already have a login for it and be familiar with the interface!

It’s not ideal for updating content which is heavily text based with lots of formatting and images spaced throughout it! It does work very well for multi column lists such as prices or updating individual items.

Here’s a step by step guide on how to use Google Docs as a CMS using a Google Docs Spreadsheet:

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There’s a huge amount of content on the internet surrounding the world’s most popular CMS and sometimes it can be hard for beginners to know where to start and which WordPress resources are up to date, reliable and trustworthy.

There are always new resources popping up so even the seasoned WordPress developers might discover a few gems in the lists below which ONLY INCLUDES THE BEST WORDPRESS RESOURCES.

This WordPress resource list will be kept up to date. If you want to suggest any or let us know of any changes you think should be made please use the comments.

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With so much new information available online to consume each day, especially in an industry such as web design, it’s easy to forget there are other great ways to keep up to date with what’s going on.

Web design conferences are a great way of finding out about new & upcoming technology, being exposed to new web design trends and exploring new web design techniques you might not have been aware of. It also gives you the chance to hear it all first hand from industry experts instead of re-hashed versions. on 3rd party blogs.

Face to face networking is also more effective and valuable than doing so over the phone, email or from behind your computer and you’re likely to make new friends and contacts as well as expose your brand to others in your industry.

There are some great web design conferences coming up across the UK throughout 2012 which we’ve listed below as well as a few from Ireland as it’s so close and the line up so attractive.

If you know of any you would like added then feel free to mention them in the comments for consideration.

Which ones are you going to and why?

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Hit Reach are proud to be speaking at the Dundee Web Standards November meet up.

The event is being held at the Braes in Dundee from 7pm-11pm.

Tickets are FREE but very limited so book your space right now to avoid missing out!

Jamie is going to be talking all about WordPress which should hopefully interest developers, designers and end users alike given it’s widespread application and appeal.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the session:

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