Date: 07/26/05 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: php, mysql, html, sql, web, microsoft, google

Windows XP SP2
MySQL Version -- 4.1.13
PHP Version -- 5.0.4
Web Server -- IIS 6.0
Dreamweaver MX 6.1
Frustration Level -- Through the ROOF!!!


Last I posted, I was having troubles with permissions. Well, to resolve that little issue I re-install MySQl. Admin permissions are now accessible.

PROBLEM: I am unable to connect to my test server through Dreamweaver MX. I was getting the oh so helpful error message: "An unidentified error has occurred." I changed some permissions (I don't know which ones at this moment) and then I was getting the error message "HTML error code 403 forbidden". Now, I'm back to "An unidentified error has occurred." It's got to be a permissions issue but for the life of me I can't figure out which ones. I am also having an issue viewing "http://localhost/" without having to enter a password. I can view other pages on localhost just not the root. I'm sure that has something to do with my test server issue. I have gone through the MySQL manual online and offline. I scoured microsoft.com and msdn for help with the Windows permissions. I have googled all there is to google and I want to google NO MORE. I did find an article reguarding my helpful "An unidentified error has occurred" message (link - technote).

It said to install 6.1 updater for Dreamweaver MX, so I did and no change. I re-ployed the connection scripts and no change. I stopped and restarted the services and nothing. I meticulously inspected all folders that need to be accessible for the server and whatever else needs them, and no dice. I found this technote (Technote), useless. I have pretty much done everything that flipping article said and any other articles that I have found and of course no change.

So there inlays my dilemma. Where do I go from here????

*off to scream*

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mysql/64173.html

Date: 07/26/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: php, mysql, html, sql, web, microsoft, google

To anyone here who is familiar with MySQL or can put me on the right path to resolving this:

Windows XP SP2
MySQL Version -- 4.1.13
PHP Version -- 5.0.4
Web Server -- IIS 6.0
Dreamweaver MX 6.1
Frustration Level -- Through the ROOF!!!

PROBLEM: I am unable to connect to my test server through Dreamweaver MX. I was getting the oh so helpful error message: "An unidentified error has occurred." I changed some permissions (I don't know which ones at this moment) and then I was getting the error message "HTML error code 403 forbidden". Now, I'm back to "An unidentified error has occurred." It's got to be a permissions issue but for the life of me I can't figure out which ones. I am also having an issue viewing "http://localhost/" without having to enter a password. I can view other pages on localhost just not the root. I'm sure that has something to do with my test server issue. I have gone through the MySQL manual online and offline. I scoured microsoft.com and msdn for help with the Windows permissions. I have googled all there is to google and I want to google NO MORE. I did find an article reguarding my helpful "An unidentified error has occurred" message (link - technote).

It said to install 6.1 updater for Dreamweaver MX, so I did and no change. I re-ployed the connection scripts and no change. I stopped and restarted the services and nothing. I meticulously inspected all folders that need to be accessible for the server and whatever else needs them, and no dice. I found this technote (Technote), useless. I have pretty much done everything that flipping article said and any other articles that I have found and of course no change.

So there inlays my dilemma. Where do I go from here????

*off to scream*

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/736061.html

Date: 07/26/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, html, java, web

Hello all. I just redesigned my website in PHP and I have to mention that PHP is awesome.

So now I'm asking you all to test my site... (give it a refresh just in case). Let me know what works and what doesn't... such as:

- Does the style switching work? Can you navigate without losing the style?
- Does it look bad with Javascript disabled? btw, all the javascript will be gone really soon, as soon as I can rewrite the scripts in PHP.
- Is there anything that doesn't work right?
- Is anyone interested in finding out how some of this is done? I'll probably make a tutorial soon, since you can't just view the source to see the php.

Also, I have a really important question... how do you guys deal with page cache? I change stuff really often and I don't want anything to get cached, but the meta tags "expire" and "no-cache" don't eliminate caching entirely. IE has a bug where it will cache stuff it sees after the meta tags, and there is a hack to prevent that, but the hack is not xhtml compliant... what I am looking for is a fully xhtml compliant technique.

Thanks in advance!

posted to webdesign and webdev

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/938001.html

Date: 07/29/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html

Hi
I am taking an HTML hand-coding class and we are working on PCs at school and using notepad and a simple HTML editor that shows it in colors so you can make sure your code is correct. Does anyone know of a good editor like that for macs? I know 97% of the world's population uses pc's so I should code on pcs... so you can skip the lecture. I just want to practice on my powerbook so I'd love to download a (preferably freeware or shareware at least) program for that. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
kira

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/940985.html

Date: 07/29/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, html

Right,

I've got a gallery on a simple site I made for a friends band (apologies in advance if the red is overwhelming)

http://fourworldtheory.com/gallery.php
It does it's job BUT when you click on a thumbnail the scroll bar jumps back to the beginning (I know this is because the page re-loads)Which is quite annoying.

I've been playing with this gallery
http://fourworldtheory.com/scroll_gallery.html
And it doesn't jump BUT I have to put all the images in the html first, which is very time consuming etc when there's so many images.

Does anyone know if I can combine the two as it were?
Have the php script load the images, then have the gallery that doesn't jump back to the beginning?

Posted this in php as well.

(I'm at work so I can't get into the raw pages to put the php code in here just yet, I'll post it later if that would help)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/227659.html

Date: 07/29/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, html, web

Right,

I've got a gallery on a simple site I made for a friends band (apologies in advance if the red is overwhelming)

http://fourworldtheory.com/gallery.php
It does it's job BUT when you click on a thumbnail the scroll bar jumps back to the beginning (I know this is because the page re-loads)Which is quite annoying.

I've been playing with this gallery
http://fourworldtheory.com/scroll_gallery.html
And it doesn't jump BUT I have to put all the images in the html first, which is very time consuming etc when there's so many images.

Does anyone know if I can combine the two as it were?
Have the php script load the images, then have the gallery that doesn't jump back to the beginning?

Posted this in webdev as well.

$d = opendir("/home/james/sites/fourworldtheory.com/images/pictures_of_us/thumbs/");
while(false !== ($f = readdir($d))) {
if($f == "." || $f == "..") continue;
print("\t . str_replace("50", "lg", $f) . "\"> alt=\"\"/>\n");
}
?>

Click to enlarge

theory.com/images/$_GET[img]")){
print("");
}?>



Note: a friend helped me with the php, still very much a beginner myself

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/326225.html

Date: 07/31/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: php, programming, software, css, html, xml, database, asp, sql, java, security, web

A few weeks ago, I asked about programming languages and which I should learn, and your reaction had me thinking that I could have offered more info about what I hoped to do with computers. My request was so vague that I can see why you found it difficult to reply. Perhaps this time I'll do better. To make things easier, I'm providing a list of what I want to do, and I ask you if you know what languages or applications I should consider in order to fulfill my technological goals. I'd like to: build web pages provide internet security for large & small clients make computer games build my own OS from scratch (a big task, I know) create, edit, download, and manipulate multi-media images and files develop application software build and manage my own server develop databases get a general feel for everything else, in case I ever need it So my current list of stuff I wish to learn now includes: Java Java Script Perl C, C+, & C++ PHP SQL CSS HTML XML Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Flash & Dreamweaver .Net (VB.net, ASP.net, C#) CGI If you know anything about the above, feel free to post: What are each of the above used for? How did it come out? Are any of them similar or used for similar tasks? Etc., etc., etc. Finally, I was told to learn some Assembly language, but unless I am mistaken, I think I learned that already. If someone could give me a rundown on what it is, I could be sure if its what I think it is. I think I learned 8086 in my day (came with a card, too), so all I have to do is review it I think. Your help and suggestions are welcome and I thank you in advance for your time.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/740093.html

Date: 08/01/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, css, html, java, web

Hi,
Sorry this is probably a rather dumb question but...
So I've been doing web design for quite some time now, using the basic design languages, html,css,dhtml,php,java. But I think I've kind of come up with an idea finally, a good idea, for a hopefully profitable website!
But one of the problems is, I need to be able to have users who can sign up and create their own accounts, such as signing up on LJ or Deviantart and getting your own page.
But I'm not exactly sure how to start creating such a thing. What language do I need to learn in order to accomplish that? so they'd have their accounts on a sub domain in essance. www.webpage.com/username
I've thought about using phpnuke or a forum based site but it just wouldn't work for my idea. I like Deviantart's setup. I would need something similiar to what they've got.
Thanks for reading my dumb question, I hope someone knows what I need.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/942600.html

Date: 08/02/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, hosting

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Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/944236.html

Date: 08/03/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, database, web, yahoo

Hello, I am a long-time lurker to this community and have always found the advice given to other quite helpful in my webmastering/design endevors. I work for a local newspaper running their website, and have a small issue that I could really use some helpful advice on.
Any fingers pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated!


The newspaper website I run is looking to do some major much-needed updating, and implementing a "Top Jobs" database option is one of them. Much in the light of larger websites like Yahoo Hot Jobs, and even smaller newspaper websites such as Lawrence-Journal World (Kansas), we are looking to have some kind of rotating script/database that will pull randomly from our uploaded employment classifieds and display links to these ads on several pages of the website (in the designated "Top Jobs" display box that will be created and placed on these pages).

I am really lost on even how to begin this project, as it was most recently presented to me that this Top Jobs section should include ALL of the employment ads posted (which can number over 300 at times), and rotate them on a normal basis so that each one has airtime, several times a day. Doing all of this by hand would take DAYS!

What I believe we need is a server side internal database with a perl script written that would automatically pull these ads off the .shtml pages created for the employment classifieds. If you have any info on how to go about obtaining this, or know any information on how to even go about doing this (assuming I am incorrect)....please let me know!

I would be very greatful!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/945510.html

Date: 08/04/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, browser, html, web, google

Hi Folks:

Mozilla was born as a grass-roots organization to design a product using the brainpower by thousands of users around the globe. It was not organized as a profit-oriented organization. Ever since its appearance in the spotlight at the end of last year, its star product Firefox, has enjoyed a tremendous acceptance in the browser community. Every month, Firefox has gradually gaining ground at the browser behemoth Internet Explorer. To date, the free software has been downloaded more than 75 million times and its market share is estimated to be approaching 10 percent.

In an effort to attend a new wave of users and its recent relationship with Google, Mozilla has organized a subsidiary under the name of Mozilla Corp. Mozilla Corp. will work mainly on developing and delivering free software products such as the Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail program. The foundation will manage projects, set policies and organize relationships among developers.

The new business will be based in Mountain View, as is the foundation. It is expected to have about 30 employees, compared with three or four at the foundation, Baker said. Its software will remain free.

Frank Hecker, director of policy for the Mozilla Foundation, said the for-profit arm will give the project more options. Already, Google Inc. (GOOG) pays Mozilla an unspecified amount to ship Firefox with a version of Google's search engine as the default home page.

Is something sniffing in the air? Is Mozilla preparing itself to enter the commercial field based on its success with Firefox? Who knows? Let's keep our radars active.

For more information, you can click on the following web-link:

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050803/D8BOF6M00.html

Cheers,

Omar.-

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/302541.html

Date: 08/03/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, java, google

Having a brain freeze, sorry.

I'm trying to make it so that a parent window opens a new child window (full size, no pop up shennanigans!) and then closes itself - the parent is a snap to fit, and the child would be a full size because they've moved to a new section of the site.

so far, my code looks thusly :


< a href="javascript:window.open('http://pagehere.html', ' '); window.opener.close( );" >

which, as you might guess since I'm asking you guys...isn't working. and everything I google is telling me that I can't close the parent window...any suggestions?

ETA : Sorry, I keep forgetting they invalidated the < pre> code on LJ.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/946347.html

Date: 08/04/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, browser, html, web

c/n News.com reported yesterday August 3rd., that the IT industry has reacted positively to the Mozilla Foundation's decision to create a commercial subsidiary that will be responsible for the development and distribution of its open-source products.

James Governor, an analyst at RedMonk, praised this move and said it is likely to increase the use of Mozilla's open-source products, such as the Firefox browser, by businesses.

"I think it's a reasonably significant step. If Mozilla wants to do business with corporate entities, it needs to be a corporate entity--corporations want to do business with corporations," said Governor. "Almost all open-source organizations that are successful have some commercial organization around them."

However, everything is not a patch of roses. There are some worried faces among Firefox and Thunderbird users. David Hallowell, Mozilla contributor, was quick to say that any concerns that the organization may change the software's licences conditions are unfounded.

"I'm sure some people will be worried for the future of the Mozilla source code, but there is nothing to worry about in this case. The code is published under an open license with a huge number of contributors who would all have to give consent for the license to be changed," Hallowell said. Though some in the open-source community may have ideological issues with Mozilla's commercial move, RedMonk's Governor expects few will be critical. "I don't think many open-source geeks will hold up their hands in horror that Mozilla is going commercial," he said.

The Mozilla foundation has been fast to design a web page for Mozilla Corporation under the URL http://www.mozilla.com. To calm the choppy waters, Mozilla published yesterday a thorough explanation of the strategic move and a well written Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) concerning main issues.

If you are interested in following this exciting financial event, kindly click the following links:

1. Corporate Mozilla Gets Thumbs-Up From Industry: http://news.com.com/Corporate+Mozilla+gets+thumbs-up+from+industry/2100-1032_3-5817655.html?tag=nefd.top

2. Mozilla Foundation Announces Creation of Mozilla Corporation:
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=7085

3. Mozilla Foundation Reorganization (FAQ):
http://www.mozilla.org/reorganization/

Enjoy your reading,

Cheers,

Omar.-

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/302658.html

Date: 08/06/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html

I have a question concerning embedded sound links( Specifically Wav Format), such as a viewer comes to your site and when they hover their mouse over the link, it should automatically have the sound before clicking it.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? and if You do, could someone help me with this by showing me how it's done, by making the html up for me and explaining it to me. Thanks, I'd be very grateful for your help.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2096310.html

Date: 08/07/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: programming, html

How much do you think this site cost to design and develop? In other words, what might you charge and how long do you think it would take? Please estimate with the assumption that the programming for the apps (job search, registration, application, etc.) was already done. All the designer was responsible for was creating the look and feel, and developing the HTML around the code blocks for the apps.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/231988.html

Date: 08/07/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html

I have a graphic, with a set up text box in the graphic, for my user info. Now, here's the hard part. I need an HTML code, or whatever to make it so I can actually have text in that box and also have it scroll. So whenever I want, I can edit it, just like my normal info, and not have to make a whole new graphic because I typed it all in on the graphic.

And here's the graphic, in case you want to see for judgement or whatnot.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2096855.html

Date: 08/07/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: programming, html

How much do you think this site cost to design and develop? In other words, what might you charge and how long do you think it would take? Please estimate with the assumption that the programming for the apps (job search, registration, application, etc.) was already done. All the designer was responsible for was creating the look and feel, and developing the HTML around the code blocks for the apps.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/949776.html

Date: 08/08/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html

Hi all :) I have an HTML page with an i-frame on it and I would like to link to an anchor point within the file displayed in it from a seperate HTML page. Is this possible?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2098571.html

Date: 08/09/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, html, web, tracker

I have tried to get BBClone to work with our (.shtml-page format based) website, and it's proving more and more frustrating than productive. It will be perfect once our redesign is complete and PHP is integrated...but for now, I can't seem to get it working properly.

Our server has a full-on web tracker program already installed for most tracking needs, but I am in need of a simple program that can track and count hits for a "Top 10 visited stories" feature we need to run & update weekly.

If anyone has experience in a newspaper/journalism website formats with a program/counter like I am needing...info or help would be much appreciated!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/951346.html

Date: 08/09/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html, asp

Could you guys please help explain to me how you position a TABLE on a page?
I totally can position a div layer, a frame, and everything else, but how do you position a table, by setting the specific margins?

What I want to do is.
I want a table to the left with an image to the right
an image to the left and a table to the right
and vice versa, all the way down the page.
But I can't figure out how to manipulate the tables so that they go down the page, and so that I can set the specific left and right margins.

HELP! Please, this is driving me insane.
I mostly need to understand how position is defined in tables.
I hateee tables.

Edit:
http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1LIG1RD1RD35Q2J1KQ73DJEC4M
I uploaded the html file. Could someone please tell me why I can't get the second column of tables with the image to align at the top?
I want to move the right side up. I can't find the error in my coding.
help please!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2101654.html