http://blog.rakemark.com Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:27:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.rakemark.com/2011/07/eek-the-ruler-in-microsoft-word-has-gone/ http://blog.rakemark.com/2011/07/eek-the-ruler-in-microsoft-word-has-gone/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:39:29 +0000 Sarah Brassington http://blog.rakemark.com/?p=1299 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Ok a real quick little article, may I just say this has absolutely nothing to do with Web Design but will be useful all the same. I have just had a client say that she has spent weeks struggling with writing word documents because the ruler at the side had disappeared and had to use [...]

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When I was writing my first web tips article on copy writing it started to get a bit long, so I decided to take my own advice and split it into two articles, so this is a bit like ‘Writing Compelling Web Copy – Part Deux’ (or part three if you count the five quick [...]

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 Earlier this year, we registered the name ‘rake mark’  for our family run website design business, established and registered as a limited company in 2006. As part of that process we needed to do some research into the legal bits and pieces associated with that registration. What Trade Mark Symbol Should I use? According [...]

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Over the years we have bought, transferred in and transferred away hundreds of domain names. While it is ridiculously simple, it does have to be done correctly and in a synchronised manner for a smooth successful transaction and this is often the downfall amongst the less experienced. About Domain Names A domain name is simply [...]

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Creating a metal effect in Photoshop is really popular; it creates a lovely effect (with plenty of variations) and is surprisingly simple to produce. Step 1 Create a new canvas – say 500 * 300, Res of 72, color mode: RGB Color then Click OK Step 2 From the top menu select File >> Fill. [...]

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We all know that Google is a search engine but not everyone knows that Google as a corporation has not only shown the world the power of brand, product and service but also offers us some of the most powerful tools in the web marketplace – for free. It was a stunning stroke of genius [...]

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I’m a web developer, not a salesman. My job is to ensure that any website code we write meets our strict quality guidelines and the thought of making the hard sell turns me to jelly. I don’t have the confidence or the chat to call myself a natural born salesman, I am a computer nerd [...]

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Most of us (those who show any interest in the web), if we are in the industry or not will have heard about or know of Cascading Style Sheets/CSS. Old Style coding was to style the page, on the page e.g. But as I am sure you can imagine, not only did this make the [...]

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Starting with the basics of all basics, what is a web page? A web page is a file that sits on what we call a web server and is read or rendered in a browser like Internet Explorer or Opera or whichever browser you prefer to use really but one thing remains consistent – they [...]

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