Date: 03/01/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web, google

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way is a web site I find very informative and I thought I would share it with the group. Everyone should read this website from top to bottom before ever posting on any forum (technical or not), before dashing off a emails, or bothering someone by IM.

Here is example of the wonderful wisdom imparted by this website:

There is an ancient and hallowed tradition: if you get a reply that reads “RTFM”, the person who sent it thinks you should have Read The Fucking Manual. He or she is almost certainly right. Go read it.

RTFM has a younger relative. If you get a reply that reads “STFW”, the person who sent it thinks you should have Searched The Fucking Web. He or she is almost certainly right. Go search it. (The milder version of this is when you are told “Google is your friend!”)

In Web forums, you may also be told to search the forum archives. In fact, someone may even be so kind as to provide a pointer to the previous thread where this problem was solved. But do not rely on this consideration; do your archive-searching before asking.

Often, the person telling you to do a search has the manual or the web page with the information you need open, and is looking at it as he or she types. These replies mean that he thinks (a) the information you need is easy to find, and (b) you will learn more if you seek out the information than if you have it spoon-fed to you.

You shouldn't be offended by this; by hacker standards, your respondent is showing you a rough kind of respect simply by not ignoring you. You should instead be thankful for this grandmotherly kindness.

This website should be a primmer and required for anyone using the intarwebs! Don't Thank me, just RTFA!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/887346.html

Date: 03/01/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, software, database, asp, jsp, web, microsoft

Has anyone here ever used FileMaker Pro (http://www.filemaker.com/)? I have one client who is starting up a Pilates studio and she's looking at http://www.pilatessoftware.com for her internal management. She would also like to have the website interact with it (ie. have members log in and register for classes, etc.) It seems that the network ready version of the Get Physical (pilatessoftware.com) uses FileMaker as it's underlying database. The FileMaker site has the following:

ODBC/JDBC source
Exchange data with other applications via the ODBC/JDBC source support in FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. For example, you can replicate FileMaker information to other database products, use other reporting tools with FileMaker data, or build JSP or ASP websites based on FileMaker data, using popular tools such as Lasso Studio, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Adobe GoLive CS, and Microsoft FrontPage.

So it seems that I can get the info from the program but does anyone know if I'd be able to send info back to it? or is it a one-way channel?

x-posted to webdesign, php

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/302360.html

Date: 03/02/06 (Security)    Keywords: browser, security, web

Security update fixes 20 vulnerabilities, including a high-profile flaw in the Safari Web browser and Mail client.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6044945.html

Date: 03/01/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Having a difficult time uploading a website from Dreamweaver...

Does anyone have any tips that might be useful?

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1074294.html

Date: 03/01/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

So I've been using Movable Type on a website's blog and installed a plugin called statwatch which lets me see how many hits it gets, where it's linked from, and so on. Now on the activity log. i get tons and tons of these messages. it isn't doing anything bad as far as i'm aware except being amazingly obnoxious. I redownloaded this bigpapi thing that runs a ton of plugins and uploaded it, but it still get this same message. what do i have to fix so this thing shuts up?

Plugin error: /blog-mt1/plugins/_BigPAPI.pl Global symbol "$cache_dir" requires explicit package name at /blog-mt1/plugins/_BigPAPI.pl line 116. Global symbol "$cache_dir" requires explicit package name at /blog-mt1/plugins/_BigPAPI.pl line 116. Compilati

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1074063.html

Date: 03/01/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, software, database, asp, jsp, web, microsoft

Has anyone here ever used FileMaker Pro (http://www.filemaker.com/)? I have one client who is starting up a Pilates studio and she's looking at http://www.pilatessoftware.com for her internal management. She would also like to have the website interact with it (ie. have members log in and register for classes, etc.) It seems that the network ready version of the Get Physical (pilatessoftware.com) uses FileMaker as it's underlying database. The FileMaker site has the following:

ODBC/JDBC source
Exchange data with other applications via the ODBC/JDBC source support in FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. For example, you can replicate FileMaker information to other database products, use other reporting tools with FileMaker data, or build JSP or ASP websites based on FileMaker data, using popular tools such as Lasso Studio, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Adobe GoLive CS, and Microsoft FrontPage.

So it seems that I can get the info from the program but does anyone know if I'd be able to send info back to it? or is it a one-way channel?

x-posted to webdev, php

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1073667.html

Date: 03/01/06 (HTML Help)    Keywords: html, web

I have a website for my yarn spinning business, and I think it looks ok. I was hoping some of you HTML gurus could check it out and offer a suggestion on where to go from here. I like the fancy websites I see, with the cool animated intros and such, but I have no idea how this is made, or how to learn it. I know I'm ignorant, but I don't know anyone who's into this stuff. Help!
http://www.softspotyarns.com

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/htmlhelp/2268098.html

Date: 03/01/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: software, database, asp, jsp, web, microsoft

Has anyone here ever used FileMaker Pro (http://www.filemaker.com/)? I have one client who is starting up a Pilates studio and she's looking at http://www.pilatessoftware.com for her internal management. She would also like to have the website interact with it (ie. have members log in and register for classes, etc.) It seems that the network ready version of the Get Physical (pilatessoftware.com) uses FileMaker as it's underlying database. The FileMaker site has the following:

ODBC/JDBC source
Exchange data with other applications via the ODBC/JDBC source support in FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. For example, you can replicate FileMaker information to other database products, use other reporting tools with FileMaker data, or build JSP or ASP websites based on FileMaker data, using popular tools such as Lasso Studio, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Adobe GoLive CS, and Microsoft FrontPage.

So it seems that I can get the info from the program but does anyone know if I'd be able to send info back to it? or is it a one-way channel?

x-posted to webdesign, webdev

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/420815.html

Date: 03/02/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: web

I am building out a site in dreamweaver 8. I've made my top nav, side nav and footer nav into seperate library files. the look fine, however, when I update a library file (changing link text or path), the changes are there in the code when I save the file. It asks me if I want to update the other files that are using this library file and I say yes. I the log as it goes through and looks at all the pages, but it makes no updates anywhere. I made the library files correctly, they're atatched correctly and the code in all the pages that call the library files looks right too. When I made library files I saved them as library files - I believe the ext is .lib or something like that. Should I be saving them as something else? what am I doing wrong?

I posted this to the web design forum, but got absolutely no response from anyone at all. Does anyone here have any ideas?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/302945.html

Date: 03/02/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

I am codiong out a site in dreamweaver 8. I've made my top nav, side nav and footer nav into seperate library files. the look fine, however, when I update a library file (changing link text or path), the changes are there in the code when I save the file. It asks me if I want to update the other files that are using this library file and I say yes. I the log as it goes through and looks at all the pages, but it makes no updates anywhere. I made the library files correctly, they're atatched correctly and the code in all the pages that call the library files looks right too. When I made library files I saved them as library files - I believe the ext is .lib or something like that. Should I be saving them as something else? what am I doing wrong?


Should I post this in the webdev community as well?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1074447.html

Date: 03/03/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, web

Okay, I just broke down and bought a 60GB iPod. I've installed the software and am going to start playing.

Anyone have any pointers to web sites that will give me the skinny on what I can do, where I can get video, how I can convert some AVI files that I have (home videos) into a format so I can send 'em to my iPod, how I can get podcasts automatically downloaded, that kind of stuff?

Also, I hear that there's no API for this thing. I'd sure like to write an application that can make it work as a tethered store for my Nikon D70 while I shoot. Anyone know if there will ever be an API?

Much thanks in advance. It's all about the cool toys! :-)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/887913.html

Date: 03/02/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web, ebay

With ratings systems on eBay and Amazon contributing to those sites' growth, iKarma wants to let any Web site follow suit.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6045265.html

Date: 03/03/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, web, yahoo

yesterday, after the Y!SB version of Movable Type refused to properly work with a non-their-version of bigPAPI (which i needed for a stat-tracking plugin to work) i was advised to install bbclone instead.

this, too, doesn't work because yahoo doesn't let people upload .htaccess .htlock .anythingwithadotinfrontofit files.

doing some more research, i found awstats, which doesn't require hidden files, uses the log files generated by Y!SB already (so that's what they were there for, i says), and doesn't require me to tear my hair out.

being oblivious to perl and consoles and so on also made me have to find this thread (http://coderforums.com/showthread.php?t=17248) which explains how to configure everything without knowing how to code.

so uploaded all the stuff, ran the program, everything worked great.

and by that i mean everything worked great on day one (sorta like the movable type plugin).

now, when i try to update awstats and get the information for today, i get this message:

Error: Couldn't open server log file "/logs/access.log" : Permission denied

Setup ('/cgi-bin/awstats.www.websitewithheld.com.conf' file, web server or permissions) may be wrong.
Check config file, permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' directory).

and i'm confused as hell because i didn't change anything! same stuff as yesterday! at most, the log file may have started anew (I think it saves the old log file and then generates a new one per day), but still what's the deal here?

i really really hate Y!SB more and more every day and i'm not web-savvy enough to know what the hell it keeps doing to screw me over.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1074932.html

Date: 03/03/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: programming, web

Hello all, I am totally new to this, but have recently bought my own webspace and am wanting to start an invision power board forum. The problem is, I am clueless and do not know how to do a thing! I had initially had some help offered, but am not sure that help is still available now as I decided to get the license for the newest version rather than mess around with an older, free version. I would be wanting a shoutbox integrated into the forum and any useful mods available for download. I also only have a half done frontpage,so it is a bit of a nightmare and a major disappointment to me. I know some basics for the admin, just no programming or skinning stuff.

Is there anyone who would be willing to help me out with this project, which is very important to me? I would be forever grateful. If not, no worries. Thanks.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/303608.html

Date: 03/04/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, web

Weee! Zend released a preview version of their PHP framework:
http://framework.zend.com/download

Basically it's Zend's effort to stop PHP developers from reinventing the wheel for every new application they start. There's a little bit of Ruby-on-Rails-like functionality, with the Zend_Controller and Zend_View classes, and other neat classes to help with Ajax, Web Services, PDFs, input filtering, etc. It's designed to play nice with your existing classes, letting you include what you need and leave out the rest.

I haven't tried working with it yet because there's a lot of info to absorb but the code looks pretty solid. Anyone try it out for real yet?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/421494.html

Date: 03/06/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

Pencilmation has some funny movies with stick figures. My favorite one is enter the pen. Best friends forever is a grim story for Barney-and-friends types. The site also features innovative web navigation with Flash. I find Flash based websites abhorrent. I will make an exception for this one. Enjoy!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/pencil-animation-movies/

Date: 03/07/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, html, web

Hello, I guess I'll preface my question by stating that I'm as newbie as is gets with PHP. I'm going to type what I'm looking to do below and hopefully I'll be able to funnel my search towards an answer. Thanks so much ahead of time for any help any of you can give me.

I currently write and keep a blog on and about the Boston Red Sox (SawxBlog.com) and through doing this blog I had an idea. I'd like to create and improve on a site that's similar to the below site:

http://redsox.feedster.com/

Basically what I'd like to do is subscribe to every and all Red Sox blogs and feeds (with permission of course) and have them come up linkable, with a only few sentences showing from the post, much like the feedster example above and baseballblogs one below. I'm looking to add a lot more blogs, as well as make the overall appearance more "eye pleasing" along with some original content. Another site that sort of does this is http://baseballblogs.org/.

From doing a lot of random internet research it seems like the best way for me to accomplish this is via PHP. I found this site that was helpful (to a point) in introducing me to the possibilities of this. 'Option 3' seemed to make the most sense to me, however it still left a lot of questions of mine unanswered.

What I'm wondering is this:
- Is PHP the best way for me to make this site?
- Are there any specific tutorials/sites that would be a good resource for me?

I have a background in web design and multimedia with basic HTML as my only real coding background (aside from Action Scripting).

Thanks so much again for any help you're able to give, and sorry this was so long!

Cheers, Derek

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/422408.html

Date: 03/06/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, web, hosting

I am so sorry - I know that people have posted several times about how is best for webhosting, but I didn't write it down or book mark it when people gave suggestions.

I need to find a hosting company that provides good support, is reliable, supports .php and is priced reasonably. Any suggestions?

Again I apologize for the repetition.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/304552.html

Date: 03/06/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, web, hosting, shopping

I'm a programmer who has recently been pushed into a position of web designer where I work. I'm designing a very small site for a customer of ours, and they would like the ability to accept orders online. They wanted a simple form that would email orders to them. I knew I could easily program such a thing, but told them that email is not secure for collecting credit card information, and that they would most likely need some sort of shopping cart software. The company which they purchased hosting through offers a shopping cart program for $9 a month. Otherwise I can try to implement some free shopping cart software.

My question is this: Is there any way to do secure ordering the way they want without a shopping cart? They don't want to use PayPal, or any other service that costs them money per sale. They simply want a form to come to them listing the order and the credit card info, which they can then process themselves. If not, then can anyone suggest some good free shopping carts that are simple to implement (I imagine they'll want to update on their own once the site is live)? I apologize if my questions seem naive. Like I said, I am new to web design.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1075783.html

Date: 03/06/06 (Apache)    Keywords: php, web, apache

My config:
Apache_2.0.55-Openssl_0.9.8a-Win32.zip (hunter's build)
--using mod_ssl.dll
--using PHP5.1.2
WinXP

Error:
[warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request. : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.

More:
after (supposedly) getting ssl going, i tried accessing my site with http://website.com:443. that worked fine, but didn't initiate ssl stuff. i'd try https://......, i'd get server not found, or error -12281 from firefox. these wouldn't generate any problems in error.log, and server startup would only generate an sslcache complaint. did some research, i guess -DSSL (or lack thereof) was to blame, so i #'d out & . now the server won't start at all and throws that error. i'm guessing it's something wrong with my virtual host setup (i'm not using any virtual hosts outside of SSL config) but i'm not getting it. any ideas?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/apache/30569.html