Date: 07/23/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web, yahoo

Webmasters flood chat boards with complaints as Yahoo tweaks search index, algorithm.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Yahoo+search+update+gets+mixed+reviews/2100-9588_22-5800732.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 07/23/05 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: software, asp, web, hosting

I had this conversation with FastHosts. Clearly they are either refusing to acknowledge my problem or I am being a bit thick. Please help me someone. I have included the conversation below, with my questions and responses in bold:

Here is an odd problem. When I run my ASP.Net on any server it works. When I run it on my fasthost server everything works except session variables do not persist across pages. Please resolve! It is probably an IIS setting that I can-not set programmatically.

Can you provide further information, including full replication steps on how we can see the fact that the session variables are being lost.

http://www.damn-them.com/login.aspx

username = tester@pcarney.me.uk
password = fish
then click "click here to submit details".

It sets the session variable "level" to 1 everywhere else but on fasthosts, which means that the page redirects to nothing I can use on your server. As I've said, It is MOST probably an IIS setting that I cannot change programmatically. Please resolve as this call should NOT be closed.

The domain is incorrectly configured, as the path to the site appears to be C:\Inetpub\wwwroot which is incorrect on our servers. This should be e:\domains\d\damn-them.com\user\htdocs

Please configure it correctly such that I might use session variables. It is after all a standard feature of ASP.

The problem is with your scripts - please re-configure them.

I do not use that anywhere in my scripts, compile or otherwise. Please give me access to the domain mapping so I might set it myself.

I have no idea unfortunately. I did take a look at the web.config file but couldn't see anything in there, I would advise you to contact the devel-opers of the software.

Here is the debug information:

Row handle is invalid.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Row handle is in-valid.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[OleDbException (0x80040e04): Row handle is invalid.]
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.ProcessResults(Int32 hr) +63
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetRowDataFromHandle() +105
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.FindValueBinding(Int32 index) +34
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.PeekValueBinding(Int32 index) +16
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetValue(Int32 ordinal) +40
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.get_Item(String name) +20
damn_them.CDataHandler.DoGetValue(String pQueryString, String pField-Name) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CDataHandler.vb:90
damn_them.CRoutines.IsValidLogin(String ptxtRequestEmail, String ptxtPassword) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CQueries.vb:26
damn_them.login.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\login.aspx.vb:53
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +108
Sys-tem.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +57
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sour-ceControl, String eventArgument) +18
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +1292

The path to your web folder is e:\domains\d\damn-them.com\user\htdocs. I would recommend you rebuild your application as this is clearly a scripting error.

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ is the path on the server it was build and it is pro-duced in line with the DLL and symbol debugging code. It does NOT pertain to physical files. I would like someone else to check my IIS settings please.

Unfortunately, IIS settings on the Shared Hosting servers are set up correctly, and cannot be changed. The path within your .Net Application will need to be updated if it is to be used on the Fasthosts servers.

I remain wholly unconvinced considering that the debug information re-ports symbolic debugging information at the time of compilation. Is there anyone there who actually knows about ASP.Net 1.1 and the necessary configuration for IIS?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/itprofessionals/15789.html

Date: 07/23/05 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: software, asp, web, hosting

I had this conversation with FastHosts. Clearly they are either refusing to acknowledge my problem or I am being a bit thick. Please help me someone. I have included the conversation below, with my questions and responses in bold:

Here is an odd problem. When I run my ASP.Net on any server it works. When I run it on my fasthost server everything works except session variables do not persist across pages. Please resolve! It is probably an IIS setting that I can-not set programmatically.

Can you provide further information, including full replication steps on how we can see the fact that the session variables are being lost.

http://www.damn-them.com/login.aspx

username = tester@pcarney.me.uk
password = fish
then click "click here to submit details".

It sets the session variable "level" to 1 everywhere else but on fasthosts, which means that the page redirects to nothing I can use on your server. As I've said, It is MOST probably an IIS setting that I cannot change programmatically. Please resolve as this call should NOT be closed.

The domain is incorrectly configured, as the path to the site appears to be C:\Inetpub\wwwroot which is incorrect on our servers. This should be e:\domains\d\damn-them.com\user\htdocs

Please configure it correctly such that I might use session variables. It is after all a standard feature of ASP.

The problem is with your scripts - please re-configure them.

I do not use that anywhere in my scripts, compile or otherwise. Please give me access to the domain mapping so I might set it myself.

I have no idea unfortunately. I did take a look at the web.config file but couldn't see anything in there, I would advise you to contact the devel-opers of the software.

Here is the debug information:

Row handle is invalid.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Row handle is in-valid.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[OleDbException (0x80040e04): Row handle is invalid.]
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.ProcessResults(Int32 hr) +63
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetRowDataFromHandle() +105
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.FindValueBinding(Int32 index) +34
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.PeekValueBinding(Int32 index) +16
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetValue(Int32 ordinal) +40
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.get_Item(String name) +20
damn_them.CDataHandler.DoGetValue(String pQueryString, String pField-Name) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CDataHandler.vb:90
damn_them.CRoutines.IsValidLogin(String ptxtRequestEmail, String ptxtPassword) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CQueries.vb:26
damn_them.login.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\login.aspx.vb:53
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +108
Sys-tem.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +57
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sour-ceControl, String eventArgument) +18
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +1292

The path to your web folder is e:\domains\d\damn-them.com\user\htdocs. I would recommend you rebuild your application as this is clearly a scripting error.

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ is the path on the server it was build and it is pro-duced in line with the DLL and symbol debugging code. It does NOT pertain to physical files. I would like someone else to check my IIS settings please.

Unfortunately, IIS settings on the Shared Hosting servers are set up correctly, and cannot be changed. The path within your .Net Application will need to be updated if it is to be used on the Fasthosts servers.

I remain wholly unconvinced considering that the debug information re-ports symbolic debugging information at the time of compilation. Is there anyone there who actually knows about ASP.Net 1.1 and the necessary configuration for IIS?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/37853.html

Date: 07/23/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

A very basic question, but it would be very helpful if someone could help me out.
Can anyone here suggest a good online course on Web Design? Maybe with a fee that's not too hefty?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/936876.html

Date: 07/23/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, web, yahoo

Hi,

I'm currently looking for a web designer for my new business website. I'm looking for a relatively simple website, probably only html. I might also eventually be looking for a programmer, but for now I'm only looking for web design.

My email address is moodyaardvark@yahoo.com. If you're interested, please email me there saying so, along with the URLs of a few websites you've worked on. I will then email you more information, along with most of the content for that website. Once you receive all the information, and that I've answered the questions that you may have, please send me a quote of the approximate time and cost.

Thank you! I'm looking forward to working with you (whoever you are)!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/936469.html

Date: 07/24/05 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: mysql, sql, web

**Before asking this, I did go to the normal help sites (mysql.com...) and also scoured the web for other info. Way to complicated.


I need some help specifically for the process of setting user permissions running on XP. I'm trying to create DB's and tables and in some places I'm getting "Access Denied" errors. If anyone could point me in the right direction (i.e. your personal knowledge, a website like MySQL for Dummies..) would be much appreciated.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mysql/63395.html

Date: 07/25/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: asp, web

I use dreamweaver to create my web pages, but I prefer coding by hand over creating nasty mark up so I only use the coding aspect of the program. I like how it color codes the text and displays the line numbers on the left side. Does anyone know about a good free text editor that does these two things? I would just like to use something that is smaller and faster.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/937639.html

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 (Algorithms)    Keywords: web

I'm trying to help a friend in the electrical engineering field out. Their application needs to compute a minimum spanning tree with arbitrary limits on the degree of particular nodes. Plus they insist on certain edges being a part of the solution. I've looked around on the web a bit, sounds like it's an NP problem. If I'm wrong, do let me know! So... any good thoughts on heuristics etc?

My thought was a backtracking algorithm based on Kruskal's (the greedy one), with pruning. Basically you go from shortest to longest. At any edge that could be part of the solution (not create a loop or overload a node), you decide whether to use it. If you say yes all the way, it's effectively Kruskal's, but with the limitations I mentioned. If you remove the degree limitation it *is* Kruskal's.

Anyway, the pruning would be based on estimating the minimum cost of a total solution given the choices you've already made. One way of doing this would be to multiply the number of remaining edges you need by the cost of the current edge, and add on the existing solution vector. If it's greater than your best so far, backtrack.

Oh yeah, any idea how you'd get a tight minimum and maximum limit on the solution cost? A minimum would be Kruskal's without restriction. A maximum... nothing obvious comes to mind. Obviously ANY solution is a maximum, but a tight limit would make for better pruning.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/algorithms/61283.html

Date: 07/26/05 (Security)    Keywords: web, spyware

Photo album and blog sites are among the free services increasingly being used to spread spyware and other pests, Websense says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Attackers+lurk+on+photo+sites%2C+firm+warns/2100-1009_22-5803863.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

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 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web

Upon startup the internet worm protection says there is an error. After a few minutes the error is gone. I followed the procedure on the symantec website which instructed me to turn off worm protection, restart, turn it back on. This did not seem to fix the problem.

is it really a problem? can it be fixed? Norton has pathetic tech support.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/736321.html

Date: 07/26/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Hi all!

I am currently making a website which is a holder for some educational pages. For that I am looking for some good tree-style navigation gadget coming to the left of my text pages. Can you recommend some good (and free!) code for that?

Thank you!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/937847.html

Date: 07/26/05 (Software)    Keywords: web

Upon startup the internet worm protection says there is an error. After a few minutes the error is gone. I followed the procedure on the symantec website which instructed me to turn off worm protection, restart, turn it back on. This did not seem to fix the problem.

is it really a problem? can it be fixed? Norton has pathetic tech support.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/software/54691.html

Date: 07/26/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, programming, software, database, sql, postgresql, web

Having recruited a small army to help me code, I've been trying to sort out a distributed development system. The only problem with this is the fact that I can't find a system that caters for what I need, and building one from scratch is a minor ballache (not to mention was taking far too long - that was my original tactic).

Basically, I need web software that does the following: Bug tracking, project and task management, static content, project and general discussion, SCM/version control (CVS/SVN preferably, SVN looks nicer, either can be installed as needed).

In real terms, I need something to be able to hand out documentation on the web, throw projects up that people can choose to take on, a bug tracking system (for obvious reasons), somewhere to talk about the projects and in general, and manage code. We've looked at GForge - it's nice, but requires PostgreSQL, and I don't have time to rewrite it into ADODB. Combining that with a wiki (or something similar) plus discussion board would probably fit it beautifully, but again, it'd also mean rewriting the login systems and integrating them - which would be a pain in the neck for two seperate database systems. Tried TUTOS, but it's unrefined, and missing many of the things we need - it's more resource and personnel planning. Flyspray is good for tracking bugs, and MediaWiki is good for static code. phpBB of course is an excellent piece of forum software. But none of them actually fit together. Writing a system to combine them is possible, but expensive in terms of time, as I said earlier.

I can't find anything that seems to fit the bill. I could write one, but it takes far too long, especially with a one-man programming team.

Is there anything that anyone knows of out there that may fit the bill? Either that, or it's going to be a long few days coding for me :-/

(X-posted to my own journal, and a couple of communities.)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/325046.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: 07/26/05 (Security)    Keywords: web

Certification program puts seal of approval on Web sites that adhere to e-mail guidelines designed to squelch junk mail.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Truste+aims+to+guard+surfers+from+spam/2100-1009_22-5805136.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 07/27/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: web

yeah i want a layout like http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=skankinrevolt
except i wondering if there is codes to remove the archive,website,and whatever other links
and just have the userinfo and friends.
also if theirs a code to remove "link" link from the entry boxes.also have the side module on right instead of left...

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2081654.html

Date: 07/27/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: templates, web

I have spent sufficienttime fixing the problem someone else did to my lovely templates, except for this one odd positioning problem. IE does what I want it to look like (horror of all horror) but Mozilla (win 1.7.8) does not. Its rather odd.
Page in question:
http://operator.net-tech.us/website-devel/MayanPigments/
Color backgrounds there for debugging

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/226152.html

Date: 07/27/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: templates, web

I have spent sufficienttime fixing the problem someone else did to my lovely templates, except for this one odd positioning problem. IE does what I want it to look like (horror of all horror) but Mozilla (win 1.7.8) does not. Its rather odd.
Page in question:
http://operator.net-tech.us/website-devel/MayanPigments/
Color backgrounds there for debugging

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/939311.html