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I do of course know what it does and how it works, but I never felt inclined to use it. The child combinator (>) and the adjacent sibling combinator (+) for example are very useful (the child combinator is imo far more useful than the default-ish descendant combinator).

I sorta suspect they have just thrown the general sibling combinator into the mix, because it's fairly easy to implement. Or maybe just for the sake of completeness. Every other one-way relationship of nodes was already covered.

I can only think of some silly hacks and workarounds. I.e. cases where you cannot change the markup. But I can't think of an engineered/intentional scenario; something you created with that combinator in mind.

I need an internship this summer in order to graduate. What is the best way to get an internship? Is it mostly about who you know, or is there a good website I can got to? I would love to be able to travel, preferably Europe, but is this feasible for an American without to much experience? Does anyone have any good resources, advice or contacts relating to that? I would love to hear any advice, or offers crosses fingers, that you guys have.

Edit: I guess I should be a little more specific about stuff. I am majoring in Design with an emphasis on Web. Right now I am ok with HTML/CSS, I know a little about Flash, enough to make banners and stuff with buttons, and I am taking a class with After Effects. I also have a tiny bit of programming knowledge (with python), but really only enough to hack things together, not really create to much. I would eventually like to get into UI design for web or software. I would like to intern somewhere where I can see interaction with clients and experience the workflow of making a website from beginning to end.

This question stems from my past and soon to be on going job hunt for a web designer job in Maryland.

As I have been looking around CareerBuilder, Craigslist, and Monster I notice a lot of companies put in skill requirements that, in my mind, belong to a web developer and aren't necessary to fulfill the job of a web designer.

An example would be requiring the web designer be proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and PHP. To me, the HTML and CSS are the only critical skills. JavaScript, while yes it has benefits to aid the designer in creating a site, is something I believe falls in the realm of Developer along with AJAX and PHP.

Another example is when they try to lump print design knowledge into which is required. I understand that a lot of graphic designers have used their knowledge and become very good web designers, but that doesn't mean all web designers have a proficient working knowledge of print concepts.

For me, a web designer should have a strong grasp of HTML and CSS along with understanding concepts like web standards, usability, accessibility, and cross browser compatibility. They should also be proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver. In my mind having knowledge of Fireworks is optional because you can design websites in both and to me it really depends what you have learned on.

So I am curious: Is my idea of a web designer outdated and/or wrong or as companies trying to thrust design and development duties on one person to save a buck and calling them a Web Designer? What do you think are the necessary skills a web designer needs to have?

tl;dr: What skills should a person have to be consider a web designer?

http://www.moonbeamsjewelry.com/index.html

I made this website a while ago, and I admit that I really had no idea what I was doing as far as HTML and CSS. It looks acceptable to my mom and her friends, but I feel like that there is a LOT of room for improvement. Look at the site, code, whatever. Any feedback would be wonderful.

Hey webbit... I really hate Flash, but my employer is asking me to take on a small project (I estimated 3 hours) of pre-populating a zip-code in some sleezy assed banners. Is this even possible? Can I pass some geo-ip variable to the flash file? I am terrified and lost.

I'm really not into this flash stuff. I thought some of you might have some experience or an idea of what someone could do... Thanks for any ideas!

I had inquired for more in-depth information about the project and the client simply sent me an email containing another developer's lengthy discovery documents and a formal proposal with price.

I don't even know what to think. Either they are trying to control the cost or are completely unhappy with the proposal amount. It could also just show that they are lazy and don't want to prepare their own requirements for the project.

I've been working through Dreamweaver tutorials online with an idea to update my mum's business website. I've used Dreamweaver very basicaly before and am proficient with PS, (4 months helping redesign a family friends business website from the ground up... and making tons of PDF's with graphs - 1000's. GAH!).

I intend to use my mums website as a project to get me up and running with web design, as I have a desire to be location independent... making cheap web sites for people I meet when I travel, seems a great and "not too out of reach" way for me to fund that lifestyle.

The few questions I have are as follows.

• 1# All the sites I like and ultimately wish to make are, basically, Flash. Can an entire website be contained in a Flash design? And then you just drop that onto a blank dreamweaver page?

• 2# Fireworks! What is it and do I need it? I've read a few pages and I'm still non the wiser.

• 3# With regard to making beautiful but simple Flash sites (a few buttons that "do" things, a gallery to display pictures) am I shooting for the moon? Is that University education level stuff and I should just stick with good 'ol dreamweaver basics? If not, does anyone know any good Flash tutorial sites they would recommend?

Well, thanks for reading and I hope some of you can spare the time to answer my lame questions!

Bye!

I am just starting out in web design and I'd like to distribute a flyer to small businesses to get new clients and spread the word. Since this is a small town, there are many small businesses and my local competition is quite mute.

My website is very friendly and simple and I would like to reflect the same thing in my flyer. I don't want to come off as an arrogant d-bag.

What should I put in there? I was thinking of exploiting this

I want to place a different photo in the same spot on each page of a five-page website. The CSS is coded for #home-photo, #servicesphoto, #aboutphoto, etc. And there are corresponding <div> tags in the html for each page's photo. Unfortunately, only the home page photo will display. Any ideas? Thank you.

p0stal showed me the error of my ways. Thanks so much.

I've started freelancing recently and I need a way to keep up with the various tasks I'm doing. The simpler the better; what I'm really looking for is something that's not annoying to use, since otherwise I'll probably eventually stop using it.

Self-hosted or not, doesn't matter. Any suggestions?

EDIT: So far the comments have been relatively full-featured bug tracking systems. I'm looking for something really really stripped down, which I'm having trouble finding. Does such a thing exist?

I have a lot of little tasks I need done, so I'm looking for someone who wants a bit of extra cash but someone who gets stuff done on time.

Entry level stuff, but you have to know your way around HTML/CSS (passing knowledge of PHP is really useful too). PM me the following:

• Your email
• Your age
• Skype username (Skype is kind of a must)
• Your location
• Examples of your work if any
• General background and quick summary of what you're doing generally
• If you have a smartphone or whatever, so you can respond to me quickly in general

And any other useful info.

A major advantage of getting work from me is that I will be teaching you how to take full advantage of using Wordpress templates in design, so this isn't dead end stuff by any measure!

Cheers!

As a freelancer, I have enough clients under my belt that I have a somewhat steady stream of clients who need very quick (< 1hr), simple stuff done to their website (content updates, small tweaks, etc). These requests are annoying to me, especially when I'm trying to focus on a bigger job (like launching a new site), and I'd like to have a budding web-designer/developer who's willing to do these updates, learn a thing or two along the way, for entry-level pay ($15 - $30/hr)

What's a good way to find someone trustworthy? Craigslist? Freelance-finder websites?

EDIT: I am PMing who've replied people here, but I do still wonder where, other than reddit, one can find people..