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Yeah I was already kinda thinking the wax at work wasn't suitable although someone at work has tried it and said it works but I wouldn't want to release bisphenol a into the air indoors. I've been browsing through some of the topics and plan to read around quite a bit more. Luckily I've got loads of spare time with my job so I'll be reading up when I'm not managine websites and playing Battlefield 2.

Photoshop IS the industry standard. I've been using Photoshop since version 3 and wouldn't use anything else. As VerticallyEnhanced pointed out, there is Photoshop Elements. This is a cut-down version of Photoshop. I can't answer what exactly has been taken out as I don't know but some of the image modes aren't there, the "serious" ways of manipulating color have been removed as have some of the more advanced features. Basically, the chances of needing to use anything that has been removed is extremely slim so Elements is definitely worth looking at. As for learning how to use it, yes, it is a very complex application and time is needed to get to know it properly as is with anything. Just learn what you need to know and don't go reading through a book from cover to cover following various tutorials. I made this mistake when learning Flash CS3 and I got to the middle and thought "what was all that about?"

Amazing candles - I want to dig the coffee beans out and chew on them! I'm thinking you used a template - can you take your email address off and use a contact form somehow? Years ago before the days of "bots" using "mailto:" was perfectly OK but now because of these little asties contact forms are the way to go plus it adds that little extra something. http://www.mycontactform.com

OK that's sorted that then! I'll walk into town sometime when I'm not working and see if I can find anywhere that sells wax

Where I work we make patterns using wax which are the first of many stages to make blades for aircraft engines and turbines. We use various types of wax from very brittle green wax, soft blue, softer red, hard purple and others. I noticed on one of the boxes after a delivery the wax contains "Bisphenol A" and was labelled as an irritant. Now, I don't want to make any candles for indoor use, only for outside in the open air during the evenings. I plan to make a bucket-sized candle with a large wick that would throw a fair amount of localised light. What I'd like to know is are there any additives available that can be added to deter insects and would I have to add anything else to help the burning process like paraffin?

Hi Jokerjen, This is my first post, just got my membership approved In my spare time I make websites (mainly friends, friends of friends and myself) and I have a few comments if I may. First the images. If you want a nice clean thin border around some of the images then add this into the HEAD part of the pages: <style type="text/css"> img.boxed {border: 1px #000000 solid;} </style> 1px: The size of the border (1px=1 pixel) #000000: Black - change this to what you want to use (ie. #ff0000=red, #00ff00=green, #0000ff=blue) solid: solid line (also dotted, dashed) Then on the IMG tags, add the following: class="boxed" Example: <img src="images/somepicture.gif" alt="some picture" class="boxed" /> (EDIT: Just noticed you're using an external style sheet so you can add that middle line inside it) I noticed with your HTML you're using a complete URL pointing to the images - there's no need to add "http://heavenlyscentsations.ca/" in each IMG tag as this only forces the browser to load the images from the server every time the page is accessed. This means that a lot of viewers will eat away at your bandwidth and could account why others are reporting the images take a while to load. For me being in the UK they do take some time. The carousel. Nice effect but it does move a little too fast not really giving people enough time to look at the pictures properly plus I'd say it is a little on the large side. I'm not sure what size monitor you're using but I'm using 1280x1024 and it fills quite a large portion of my browser. Menu buttons. Down the left they're quite large and although they do look nice, users have to scroll up and down the page looking for what they want to access. Contact details. You've got your email address on plain view on the home page even though the link points to your contact page. Not a great idea because bots trawl websites picking out email addresses and you will receive a lot of unwanted spam. If you really must have your email address made public, create a small GIF image instead and display that. You've also got no check on the contact page to stop bots auto-completing the form and sending you spam. Same with the guestbook. Under Construction - try and avoid using this phrase and ones similar as search engines penalise sites containing this and reduce the site ratings. -Ivan.