Date: 04/04/07 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html, web

I want some computer based way to track celebrity names, photos, and connecting the films and shows I learn they're names in. Notepad and Access and Excel are insufficient and clumbsy for my needs.
What I truely envision is a web app like Facebook. It would allow me to make each individual connection myself. I don't simply want a pinboard in my room which I stick magazine cutouts to. That's completely not my lifestyle, having no magazines, and am very much zenning one with my computer. Surely others must have managing all the actor connections as they read them. It won't flow right as a mere list in notepad. I want some structure that does all the linking for me. Like facebook, but without the need to return friendships or any of that. Just some simple starting point that begins empty. Hey-, What Can I Say? I like computers. The problem is if I simply make my own cumbersome HTML webpage on my own harddrive from scratch, with or without my Dreamweaver webpage making program, I don't want to just link to IMDb profiles. There, it's prefilled with all 100 different movies I never heard of before. I need to start blank, and fill in, connect the dots, like facebook. But for celebrities. In other words, simple. Not with a thousand functions to overwhelm me, like a robust HTML editing program.

Help me, computerusers.

Does such a site exist?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/htmlhelp/2393145.html

Date: 04/04/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: cms, blogging, web, hosting

hello again designer pals

i have redesigned my website. not just any redesign - i implemented wordpress as a CMS this time. it is very exciting. now, i can add and remove work from my portfolio much more easily. i am hosting all of my images at flickr, to increase traffic to both my flickr account and to my portfolio site. each portfolio piece is a wordpress "page" - which are as easy to manage as blog posts. and on that note, the site also includes a blog now. i don't plan on using it for true blogging, but for any major news updates and periodic photo displays. all of my content is managed dynamically through wordpress and it really wasn't that hard to put together. i think using wordpress as a CMS shows a certain amount of web dev credibility so that was my main motivation for using it, but it is truly way more convenient.

the visual design is not as bold as the site i currently have up, but i find it to be unobtrusive and a little moody in a good way. i have yet to feel the need to create a logo for myself so the header is very simple. i might swap out the background image randomly each time the page loads, but that will probably be too distracting. a better idea would be to change the background image once a month or so.

i'm looking for any kind of feedback - and please be as honest as possible. i'm trying to find a job in amsterdam which is what prompted this overhaul . . .

this is my current site: http://www.jessicamullen.com

this is the new wordpress site: http://www.jessicamullen.com/cms

compare and contrast? love or hate? thank you everyone.

xposted to graphicdesign

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1241177.html

Date: 04/04/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: programming, css, html, java, web

hello again buddies. thanks for the class feedback. and now a new question:

i design websites and i create them with CSS, HTML, javascript, a little server side, a little flash, etc.
that makes me a web developer right? i don't really understand if there are formal definitions for "web designer", "web developer", or "web programmer". i'm just working on my website and i don't know if i should say "HTML and CSS programming" or "HTML and CSS development". i think development sounds better. but does development imply information architecture too? i don't always do that . . . does it make sense to say "Flash programming" and "CSS development"?

thoughts?

also, i always say i use HTML, not XHTML, when in reality i am using XHTML. does this matter?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1240994.html

Date: 04/04/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: browser, css, web

Up until now I've always used tables to build my websites, but have decided it's time to move on and learn css. All seems fairly straightforward so far, but I've found something which it seems difficult to do so I thought I'd enquire!

When I've made tables-based pages I've always centred my table, so you get the same size layout on any monitor, with the background left and right filled in with whatever colour my background was. And that was always fine. But looking at css, I can't seem to find a similar straightforward way to do the same thing? And what methods there are seem to not work on this browser or that browser which makes it quite awkward? Is this right? Do I just need to change my way of designing and either justify to the left or make everything stretch to fit monitors (which I don't really like doing)?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/399583.html

Date: 04/05/07 (SQL Server)    Keywords: asp, sql, web

I'm building a web application that will use Reporting Services as a reporting tool.

The question I have is this: I have a report that shows projects by various categories (which are parameters to the report). How do I set the Reporting Services parameters without creating my own drop-lists on the aspx page? In the Report Viewer control, I can enter the option "ReportViewer1.ShowParameterPrompts = true;" but I then run the code and change a parameter, it just posts back and doesn't change the parameter's value (like it does from the report server). Am I missing something, or will I have to code drop-boxes for the parameters?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Cross-posted to sqlserver and csharp

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/sqlserver/57483.html

Date: 04/05/07 (C Sharp)    Keywords: asp, sql, web

I'm building a web application that will use Reporting Services as a reporting tool.

The question I have is this: I have a report that shows projects by various categories (which are parameters to the report). How do I set the Reporting Services parameters without creating my own drop-lists on the aspx page? In the Report Viewer control, I can enter the option "ReportViewer1.ShowParameterPrompts = true;" but I then run the code and change a parameter, it just posts back and doesn't change the parameter's value (like it does from the report server). Am I missing something, or will I have to code drop-boxes for the parameters?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Cross-posted to sqlserver and csharp

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/83125.html

Date: 04/05/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: css, web

Hi folks,

I'm relatively new to web design (dreaded words) and am having a problem with white #ffffff disappearing from a div tag withdefined box a #whtbkgd tag on z-layer 1. There are div tag defined objects above it on z-layers 2-10.

The body style

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1241408.html

Date: 04/07/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web, hosting

Many of us have seen and even used a lot of those ultra cheap web hosting companies that offer so many megabytes of storage and so many gigs of traffic per-month. I don't design sites too often, but when I do, such hosting companies are fine for my clients, who tend to use the domains merely as advertising platforms and digital brochures.

Recently, I have received a client who requires a little more than that, and I need to be sure the host I pair her with can handle more than the usual "forgotten planet" traffic. Server space for images will be required, and she may or may not offer occasional streaming videos. In the event you're wondering, this project is related to 'adult entertainment,' but it's not a porn site.

I will have little problem with building the code for this client, but hosting speed and reliability is an important factor, obviously. This is somewhat new territory for me.

So, my question: considering the above requirements, I was wondering if any users here might know of a hosting company that would be more reliable than the average "here's my cat's website" grade provider. I'm trying to keep the costs low but optimize the most performance I can. Services like Bluehost or Lunar Pages and so on seem affordable enough, but can they provide a site that can load fast and reliably and handle a medium amount of traffic?

Your opinions, shared experiences or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1242042.html

Date: 04/07/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: browser, web

Having just found this comm, I have to say thank god! I hate joining to post in different for help ):

that said, I have a really wierd problem when using IE Explorer. I just installed the latest version for IE not too long ago, but this was happening with the older version aswell.

The problem is that when I'm typing in a web url and don't include the "www." an error will occur with the internet browser and all my windows will close.

example, if I was trying to vist livejournal I couldn't type "livejournal.com" I'd have to type out the full "www.livejournal.com," otherwise an error would occur.

Not the biggest, most damaging problem out there but still annoying none-the-less.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/765791.html

Date: 04/08/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: java, web

Okay. So I use Geocities as my website builder.
Something's obviously gone wrong, here's the problem:

I have two accounts: one is the username of 'trademillenium' which is used for the main page of my website: front page, contact page etc.
The other username is 'fizzypineapple' which I use for my Cliques and fanlistings page as well as for posting website stamps (those plaques you get when you apply at a Livejournal community and they tell you which movie character you're most like, etc).
Click 'Open' on Pagebuilder, there comes up the options of going to either the cliques page, the stamps page, and here's the problem: my main front page on the 'trademillenium' account (remember that I'm logged in on the 'fizzypineapple' account.)
Now, clicking to open the 'Cliques/fanlistings' page, this box comes up constantly and won't allow me onto the page:
'Error loading: /cliquesfanlistings.page
java.io.EOFException

What does this mean, and how can I fix it?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/766398.html

Date: 04/08/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, sql, web

I have a client that may need to have a text message interface with their website. What would type of system would we need to receive and send  text message in a format that I can work with in php/mysql etc

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/559576.html

Date: 04/09/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser, web

"Webtops" that bring multiple applications into a single browser take another stab at the fabled Web operating system.
Images: Making the desktop fit in a browser

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6174111.html

Date: 04/09/07 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: web, google

I'm working on an analytics system for Ajax applications - a modular component that would help web 2.0 site owners track what users are doing on their sites. Something like Google Analytics, but for Ajax sites.

I'd love to hear what you guys think - my early plans are here:

ajaxmetrics.com

Also, let me know if you'd like to contribute - I'd love to work in a tandem.

Cheers,
Alex

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/javascript/131382.html

Date: 04/12/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: web, linux

nVidia provides linux drivers from its website. Unfortunately it doesn’t work with recent kernels. The installation script fails in multiple ways. After much googling and with tons of diverse advices I found the simple solution. BTW: By default nv driver is installed for nVidia cards which provides very poor graphics performance even for non-gaming usage. Also [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-nvidia-graphics-driver-on-fedora-core-6-linux-in-5-simple-steps/

Date: 04/12/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web

Legislation requires "harmful to minors" Web pages to be tagged so kids can beware, but a wealth of constitutional problems loom.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6175549.html

Date: 04/13/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: html, web

does anybody know why this works but gives me a 500 internal service error?

$html = replaceArrStrs($html, "", "", 1, $html_body);
$email = replaceArrStrs($email, "", "", 1, $email_body);
$headers = 'Bcc: jamie@mailinator.com';

// create strings from the template arrays
$html = join("", $html);
$email = join("", $email);

// if the submission fails, print an error msg
if(!mail($to, $subject, $email, $headers, "From: $from")) {
echo "Error: Your mail was not sent. Contact the webmaster for help.";

// and terminate the script
exit();
}

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/560291.html

Date: 04/12/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, web

Hello folks, any quick suggestions on how you can track user IP addresses to your site? I am fiddling with some simple PHP code that currently tells the user what his IP address is, but I want it to I guess forward that on to me...

Also bit thanks to sexfest for helping me out with displaying flash to users with flash or an image otherwise. That swfobject code worked, and I'm no expert.

xposted to webdesign

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/401012.html

Date: 04/13/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, web

does anybody know why this works but gives me a 500 internal service error?

$html = replaceArrStrs($html, "", "", 1, $html_body);
$email = replaceArrStrs($email, "", "", 1, $email_body);
$headers = 'Bcc: jamie@mailinator.com';

// create strings from the template arrays
$html = join("", $html);
$email = join("", $email);

// if the submission fails, print an error msg
if(!mail($to, $subject, $email, $headers, "From: $from")) {
echo "Error: Your mail was not sent. Contact the webmaster for help.";

// and terminate the script
exit();
}

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1243730.html

Date: 04/13/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web

I have a question.

My DSL provider says that I can set up 5 DHCP connections. Now, why would anyone want to set up 5 different connections to the same phone line? It's not like I could use it to download faster or something, so what do people use multiple DHCPs / IPs for? Maybe webserver? Firewall box? Extra addresses just in case they get banned from a site for sucking it down too quickly? What?

Okay so that was more than "a" question.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1060123.html

Date: 04/13/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: html, web

does anybody know why this works but gives me a 500 internal service error?

$html = replaceArrStrs($html, "", "", 1, $html_body);
$email = replaceArrStrs($email, "", "", 1, $email_body);
$headers = 'Bcc: jamie@mailinator.com';

// create strings from the template arrays
$html = join("", $html);
$email = join("", $email);

// if the submission fails, print an error msg
if(!mail($to, $subject, $email, $headers, "From: $from")) {
echo "Error: Your mail was not sent. Contact the webmaster for help.";

// and terminate the script
exit();
}

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1059600.html