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Hi, I recently started going back to my web design which I left a few years ago when I started my master. At that time I was a web designer working with Freehand, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop etc, My focus was interface design for computer applications, graphic design and mainly web design (only interface design and client side programming such as actionscripting for Flash), I tried to learn server side programming like .net C++, C # VB, ASP etc but found them so hard to catch up, as far as I never had enough time for both Graphic side (interface design) and programming, at the end I chose to stick to my interface design and leave server side programming to experts.Considering all these, that now I'm going back to my old habit, interface design for websites, want to know how market is for this right now?I know if you go for server-side and .net even though many are outsourced to India still there are opportunity but interface design which I mean the combination of Illustrat

http://www.massmediacc.com/clients/COH_7-17-09/COH_Newsletter.htmlMy client is saying there are issues when running this on a PC Internet Explorer. Not sure which version. But it looks good on my mac Firefox and Safari. My coding is not that great yet, so maybe I missed something. Also is there a way to have the three columns line up on a browsers? Right now everything is set to a fixed length. Should I change that? Thanks for everyones help!Michael

If I navigate to a specific forum, then do a search, it searches all forums. How do I search on the current forum only?

Hello,I was lucky enough to be gifted an unused copy of CS3.  I've installed installer 1 and 2 disks, and seem to have the complete program.  I'd like to install the "resources and extras" but these don't automatically install.  What is the best procedure for making use of resources on these disks?Thank you for any help!Pamelaviolet

By the way, I was logging in, and the thread does exist so it should have found the thread.So there's another error for you to add to the list (if you're bothering to keep one anymore, personally I'd have given up in despair by now), Adobe. Sorry...An unexpected error has occurredThe specified thread was not found.

OK.  AFter some digging and reading on the web and browsing around the forums, I've read that templates did come with CS2, but not with later products.  However, I've also read that templates DO come, you just have to know where to find them in windows (common files/adobe/yadayada), but they do not exist on my install.  They also don't exist on the resources and extras disks.Annoyingly, I have some lovely designs I did in my trial version of CS4, but of course I can't open those in CS3.WHYYYYYYY?Shouldn't the CS2 templates at least be available for download? (for the record, I've found a few shareware downloads, but they are not quite the spiffy, professional looking items I found in CS4 samples)Can anyone point me to a fix for this?(I apologize for cross-posting.  I posted this question in the design forums, but it looks like NO ONE answers questions over there).Pamela

Hi, I need a little help.I had to do an archive installation of my Mac, and unfortunatley, some of my CS3 Web Design Prenium programs lost some data, so i needed to re-install it.  So I insert the Install CD, After a little bit, it ejected the disk, then it asked me for the "Adobe CS3 Affter Effects Install Disk", which I do not own.  Then I pressed cancel, and the re-install failed.I submitted something to Adobe Customer Support, but they didn't help at all, just told me to call them and then pay the support fee (which I will not).The only reason why I think it's asking me for the AE CS3 Disk is because I did a trial of it a while back.So do I need to uninstall CS3 to get this working, or is there an alternative method to fixing this issue.Thank you.

Launching DW produces error: "XML parsing fatal error invalid document structure line 1"  DWCS4/en-US/configuration/worskspace/designer.xml" followed by "panel layout missing or can't be read"  then DW hangs.  I have CS4 student edition.  will a fresh install fix this problem.  Do I needto deactive the software if I am installing on the same computer.  can i just re-install DW or do I have to install the entire suite?

I've tried several times to report abuse in the PS Mac forum, and keep getting an "unexpected error".  Is anybody watching this forum, and how do I report abuse if the link doesn't work?Ken Kennedy

Hi,l want to draw corian shapes with adobe products,which is suitable for me,is photoshop is good for me,l want to say what is corian,corian is solid surface products,l want to watch corian picture to my customer,can you help me about this topic.corian

Hello,After I've logged in to Adobe, I'm encouraged to try the benefits of registration listed here:  http://www.adobecs3.com/register/benefits/?lang=en, but the items are not active links.I've checked to see if I AM registered properly and am advised that I am -- but can't seem to activate the downloads (which I'd like to use, especially the fonts).  Any assistance much appreciated!Thanks!Pamelaviolet

You're probably wading thigh-deep in all kinds of crap, but do you have time to do any adminning still? Few things could be fixed, like the link to a locked spam-report thread.

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/462026?tstart=0

This thread was locked but the forum transition from webex to jive unlocked it.It could be locked again to prevent further silliness...http://forums.adobe.com/thread/317236?tstart=0

Hope this is the right place for this....I've noticed there are 6-8 new programs running on windows startup after installing CS4 webdesign premium ?  Are all these necessary...or can I delete them from starting on windows startup...?...for instance one of these is Adobe Version Cue CS4 ?If I disable these new strtups...will it negativly affect CS 4 program operations...?Thanks, TR

Hi guys,There may be a simple answer to my problem, but I can't work out what has gone wrong . . .Okay, I start up DW and then click on the right hand pane to bring up the webpage I want to work on.The problem is that the webpage is not showing up as it used to, it was displaying as it would when uploaded to my website.It now displays (in design view) no background, images show up but not as on website and looks completely different as it did a couple of days ago.I've gone through all the various 'view' options but can't get back to the way DW displayed as before.Any help would be of great help.Thanks in anticipation,Andywww.sport-on-wheels.com

I have just spent an exceedingly frustrating half-hour trying to post a few lines of JS to help out an Indesign user. I originally tried via email; this worked, up to a point, except that some of the spaces used to format the code legibly appeared as HTML codes at the forum and in the email notification. I then tried to edit the post and could not get the edit box to show what I put there. I gave up and attached the code as a txt file.Does anyone have a foolproof method of posting code at the forum?Noel

@#$%&?!!!“What does one call the use of random non-alphabet  characters to indicate cursing? It’s a universally understood device, and is  applied in both graphic and textual settings. It is such a commonly accepted  staple that I assumed it must already be defined and described — but apparently  it’s not.”But it is! The term is grawlix, and it looks  to have been coined by Beetle Bailey cartoonist Mort Walker around 1964. Though  it’s yet to gain admission to the Oxford English Dictionary, OED Editor-at-Large  Jesse Sheidlower describes it as “undeniably useful, certainly a word, and one  that I’d love to see used more.”In case the link above doesn't work, use this:http://www.typography.com/ask/showBlog.php?blogID=122And before certain people jump on me for the relevance of this in a post in the "What's wrong with the forums?" forum it's just this... Most of you use these symbols instead of the actual words/alphabets. Just thought you'd be i

I compare Adobe now to what General Motors was for the last few decades.  GM was a large corporation that built quality cars for many years.  They even produced the Cadillac.  A name brand once known and respected all over the world.  It was not uncommon to hear; "This television is the Cadillac of televisions". Starting in the 1970's they started to let quality slide.  The fit and finish of their products obviously was not as good.  Reliability declined.  This drop in quality occurred while imported cars were gaining sales. GM's response during the 80's & 90's was to continue building cars that the doors and paint fell off.  Pouring money into advertizing seemed to be the answer to the people at the top.  Changing name plates became their strategy.  No real attempt was made to fix the problems, only to cover them up.  Customer complaints were ignored.  Repairs involved shortcuts. Now Adobe.  A highly respected compan

Look at the questions on the Photoshop forum. These are mostly questions from the new beginners with the same level of issues we used to have when we were just getting started. It's time for them to have at it on their own. They will work things out among themselves with Adobe Expert help.The warhorses that have been so helpful on the forums for the past decades are now gone to greener pastures. I'm joining that crowd, so thanks for the professional expertise and help through the years, plus a sense of humor that has meant a lot, plus an occasional aside.Best to All,Ken

I was a contributor, a corrector, a clarifier.I'd write 1,500 words explaining every possible angle on the simplest of topics, sometimes revealing tricks to people who have far more experience with Photoshop than I do. I exercised painstaking detail in choosing the proper terminology and phrasing when answering questions, and I'd test everything to make sure what I posted was correct. I was an obsessive re-editor of my posts if I noticed the wording was wrong, or didn't flow well. I'd craft screen shot composites so clean you couldn't tell they weren't monitor images that could occur natively. I added arrows, and numbering, and translucent, colored-box paragraph backgrounds for descriptors, colors chosen for the best clarity I could muster. I'd bodge together difficult GIF animations and QT Movies if it would help a user understand a concept more completely.I was a defender, a protector, an evangelist.I took it personally when newbies and spammers would come in and muck the place up. I

If it was, there would not be so many questions here at allIt took Adobe Illustrator about 5 Versions to even be near CompleteSomeday they will finish itBut for now we all have to suffer with Arcane Tedious Code Problems

Still getting 404 error when I click on the last post link. this happens inconsistently it really sucks though.Is this Jived up software ever going to get fixed or replaced? anytime soon.

I forgot that threads are extremely short lived in this forum, and the discussion that really began within an unrelated thread, here Pierre Courtejoie, "Shouldn't these links be removed as soon as possible?" #8, 27 Feb 2005 1:21 pm has already gone to the Archives, where it is in danger of going to the limbus in the near future. I still think that this is an important issue, and still wait to see any improvement in those forums showing that the messages by Pierre and myself on the subject have not fallen in a void. Although we both value and thank Neil Keller for his attempts to get some reaction in higher quarters, his attempts have unfortunately been a failure. It is pathetic to see pages in the forums in Spanish with templates that are written in a mixture of English and a very bad Spanish. It is even more pathetic that JC stopped more than a year ago feeling authorized to introduce any non trivial change to improve this situation. The worst part is however to feel that there i

Yep, I'm on another Adobe forum right now, clicking "Next" (both the top and bottom link), and clicking page "2".  They all do the same thing-- it scrolls to the top of the screen, and STAYS on page 1.Meanwhile, THIS forum works perfectly fine, both next and page links.Chrome 2.0.172.33"Google Chrome is up to date", it says. A simple page link should work.But even if it wasn't up to date, this inconsistent and seemingly random behavior of JiveJax (Jive's garbage implementation of Ajax) is completely buggy and not production worthy.  Not production worthy, even in a Dunkin Donuts web discussion forum.  Heck, even more irrelevant and useless--not production worthy of being used as forum software for Congress!So is this a new bug, or has it also been reported 50 times?  Funny that ever since I decided to stop ignoring weird stuff like this (page reloads tend to fix this stuff), posting bug reports instead (perhaps I should just say just posting here instead, since Adob