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Are you web/tech savvy enough?

Posted by ccRicers • 6/06/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: html, internet, programming, web design

I'm a web developer by trade, so I know about building websites with HTML and a few other languages. So how web savvy are you? Can you design web pages? Know the difference between HTML and XML? Tell me your level of expertise.

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6/06/08

thewriterspulse

I've been playing around with websites since I was, like...13 or so (So about nine years). I'm not professional by any means, though I did do an internship once that had me building a website for a very clueless client. That was a grind.

I'm proficient in XHTML and I can find my way around CSS. But it's not something I really focus on...just a hobby.

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6/06/08

thenibblers

ditto, what thewriterspulse said.

I can do my own customization of my website, but I could not have built it from scratch.

A much simpler one, maybe. Mine, now way!

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6/06/08

Svelmoe

I'm a programmer, so I do amongst other things program e-commerce pages, ordinary web pages, web services and similar stuff in .NET, AJAX, JavaScript et al.
Although my areas of expertise are databases and data modeling, automating catalogue production and the gritty functionality of data import/export. Back-end stuff.

So it is mainly functionality of the sites/services that I worry about, and then I let designers handle the CSS/HTML/XTHML stuff as I do not find those areas interesting, and couldn't put two colors together without them both being gray.
I do know enough HTML/XHTML etc to tell them apart and know enough CSS to float stuff around, but that is better left to the experts

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6/06/08

richrf

I had about 30 years of systems and database design background, before I retired. Now, I am developing my site at Links.com, so I have to up my knowledge. I am doing it slowly by concentrating on customizing Wordpress templates.

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6/06/08

voodooKobra

I'm coding an online RPG that uses XML psuedofiles stored in a TEXT entry on a MySQL database in PHP that will have a built-in scripting feature by generating, include()ing, and unlink()ing temporary .php files on the fly.

The only cookie will be a session ID and all the data that would normally be in a cookie will be stored in (surprise!) another XML psuedofile. If there is any data inconsistencies that aren't created by the server, it will immediately delete the session (and it does after 10 minutes of inactivity) and force the user to relogin (just to maintain data integrity).

If by some chance the password hash gets leaked out, I don't just MD5() my passwords

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1. 6/06/08
  
  voodooKobra
  
  And yes, I am slightly paranoid about hackers.
2. 6/06/08
  
  friedclyde
  
  wowie, i think i understood most of wat u said and it sounds like fun!
3. 6/06/08
  
  voodooKobra
  
  I hope it'll be as much fun to play the damn thing as it was for me to plan it out and code it . I'll let you know in a month or so.
6/06/08

JayNeely

comment removed due to link dropping.

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6/06/08

crkian

I struggle to write my name never mind anything else

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6/06/08

ccRicers

That's more quick replies than I thought. Normally when I browse through BlogCatalog I feel that I'm near the top of people that know a lot about making websites. I consider myself an expert in HTML/CSS and average in databases in more complex programming with other languages. One of my favorite forums is filled with people that really know their stuff, so sometimes it feels weird being here, a bigger fish in a small technology pond.

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6/06/08

newward

I too am a web developer - work on HTML, XML, PHP, and CSS - we also do database design in MySql or Access/ I like the design aspects more then programming - but my biz. parter is the programming guru.

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6/06/08

voodooKobra

www.kobrasrealm.net/kobra/ripenet-abusers.php

Someone tried to URL inject my website, so I made a script that automatically displays every attempt made in a convenient little textfile so I may report it to their internet service providers.

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27 days ago

tarahlynn

I'm a web designer and have been doing it professionally since 2005. It's been a good trade for me. I don't use anything to write my code for me. I write strict xhtml and css. I work with a friend of mine who writes php and javascript (among others) and with his help I've been incorporating both into my design and trying to learn javascript. I've also been doing a little bit of flash work though it's not my favorite. I finally settled in and gutted the basic design html for wordpress so I can finally incorporate it without having to think.

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