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Extremely slow loading for me, waitied for the first page to load (about 10 mins) then couldn't be bothered to wait anymore. Think you need a more reliable UK host. I am using broadband.

Yes it uses cookies to store what you have been looking at and when you visit a site that is run by the same ad network it displays these recently viewed items. Next seem to use it quite a lot, my girlfriend thought it was a sign from God when she saw the bag she had been looking at advertised...

Have you tried background-color:none;

http://www.joomla.org/

I would suggest Joomla, its free (although you would need to purchase web hosting) and you can bolt on functionality if and when needed. You can have different user access so teachers could post news/ photos for example but studnets couldn't. You can also have different sections for year groups...

Matty you definately need to use an .htaccess file to do this as search engines will pass your page rank to your new domain/ page as search engines don't like javascript directs. Create a blank file in notepad, add the line below and save as (make sure you choose 'save as type: All Files')...

All Flash webiste will have the meta data, Google and most other search engines do not use these in search results though (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/keywords-meta-tag-in-web-search/ < Works at Google as a software Engineer) and haven't for years The most important factor is the keywords...

Yes Flash is used by many websites for a range of functions by many top webistes and retailers. The difference is they design they design their site in HTML (or a programming language) add their content, images and text and use Flash as part of it when a function cannot be performed by a...

Flash sites aren't good. Don't get me wrong they look good, as this does but why do you get a website? Most people: 1. Get a webiste -> 2. Attract People to it -> 3. Get your work noticed/ attract customers/ make money The problem with a 'Flash' based site like yours is step 2. Search...

I started developing a photography locations website over a year ago (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=256236). I have been doing a few hours here and there when I have time (built from scratch) and is nearly at the point where I can start filling it up with locations...

You can have a page that refreshes content (without refreshing the browser), you don't need iFrames for this you should be looking at jQuery, such as http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/2009/02/26/jquery-auto-refresh-div-every-x-seconds/ Facebook uses this to update your friends feeds...

Thaks for correcting the link. Yeah HTML + CSS is a start but then as arad85 said you may need: PHP/ MySQL (to make the site more dynamic) Javascript/ Jquery (for sliders, menus, effects) Then you have to worry about testing it across different browsers. You need to work out is it...

First of all are you learning web design to make just 1 webiste? If so I wouldn't bother, it will take ages for you to learn the techniques needed. If my car was broke I wouldn't learn the ins and outs of an engine! Pay someone to create your vision or use the many free webiste builders on the...

Also read this article, best article on seo I have found ever, http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo