There are lot of open source cms nowadays, everyone has iys own favourite i guess :P
Ill prefer wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org)for ur case, its so simple and easy, even for them who have zero...

Ya joomla its table less now, and its already using mod rewrite, so i think its fully optimize. Just give it a try 2bu

u can run joomla in localhost, using AppServ (http://www.appservnetwork.com/) . U can create custom template for joomla but u need to learn it first, there are lot of free joomla templates nowaday u...

I think if we make website for clients, we must test it in different browser.
I usually use ie6 and firefox to test it until it work well in that 2 browser.

yeah i think no browser perfect,
but i think firefox id better right now

Hi all web designer did music give u influence in creating a design ?? if it did, what music is the most suit for you ??

usually it written using javascript, i've use OPEN CUBE (http://opencube.com/) menu, i think its nice, but u need to remove some script to make it working for free :P

u can search it in google...

hi emestman, try using open source engine like wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org) you can download and use it for free. U just need to follow the instruction to install it in your server.

first u need to make a default value for total character ( example $c = 100 depend on your layout )
then u can check total character in your output with php,

$total = strlen($your_output);...

try http://www.flickr.com
you'll find a lot of picture there

Try ultraedit 32, but i dont know if its free
[link (http://www.ultraedit.com)]
it help me a lot to organize my code.