Date: 01/15/07     Keywords: web

Hi everyone!! I'm designing a website in DreamWeaver for a friend of mine for his band. Is there a calendar that he can enter himself for his band schedule? Instead of having me to updated it for him. 
Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1208216.html

Date: 01/14/07     Keywords: css, html

Hey all,

I'm working on my online portfolio and want to do it using CSS. I've been teaching myself and have run into a problem with borders on divs.

The following is what I want the image to look like: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/araja/troubleshoot.jpg
The red arrows point to the two borders I want to appear on the page, and how they appear.

However, when I apply the border properties to the document (you can view the page here: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/araja/trial.html), I'm applying it to the "info" div and the "newstuff" div in the CSS. The "info" div with an applied border creates a horizontal border that extends to the left beneath the "leftcol" div; the "newstuff" div with an applied border refuses to show the border. Where am I going wrong?

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1207949.html

Date: 01/13/07     Keywords: no keywords

What are some good site review sites? I'd like to get some feedback on a site I did...

Thanks,
Chris

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1207613.html

Date: 01/10/07     Keywords: templates, html

Since I'm most accustomed to hand-coding but am using Dreamweaver today cause I'm in a hurry, I've run into a problem with templates. I've applied the template to all documents, but I find that the links don't work because the links refer back to the template which is inside the Templates folder. For instance, something that links to an item under images will say "../images/pic.jpg" because that's how the template finds it, but once I apply the template to, say, the index.html page, the link still says "../images/pic.jpg" which it can't find because the index.html page is NOT within the Templates folder.

Is there some function I'm missing? Should I have just handcoded it my darn self? Big hurry. Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1207509.html

Date: 01/10/07     Keywords: no keywords

Sorry for an easy beginner's question.

I've added the following code to :



I'm sure the file logoco.ico is in the same folder as index.htm
It's 16*16 pixels

I works ok in Mozilla, but doesn't work in IE7.

Could anybody please help?

Thank you so much in advance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1207235.html

Date: 01/09/07     Keywords: google

Greets folks, messing around with iFrames and while I'm sure the answer is quite simple, Google and I can't seem to find it. Anyways, here's the plan:



I have a list of links and I wish for these links to load within the iFrame.

Ideas?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1206573.html

Date: 01/09/07     Keywords: web

I am doing a website for a friend, and since I am still learning as I go, I decided to make the page in photoshop. There are lots of flourishes and masking going on, so it was definitely the easiest way to go for me. Now... what is the best way to slice this and take it into Dreamweaver? It's not really a conventional square format... the logo/menu at the top is a pretty complex photoshop illustration with many flourishes, so I am not at all sure how to slice it. I want it to have the fastest loading time possible, obviously. It only involves 3 colors if that helps. I have the heading and footer, connected by a large blank area for text. The text area, though currently blank, does have a rough texture, so a Dreamweaver solid color won't do. I also plan on tiling a background in Dreamweaver, so the part is not an issue. This page also involves transparencies I would like to preserve. I'm just wondering what the best strategy is and what order to do everything, also keeping it easy to change things if needed down the road. Thanks in advance for the help!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1206297.html

Date: 01/09/07     Keywords: css, java

I'm working on a set of CSS drop-down menus using the Unordered List method, but getting some interesting results with Firefox that I'd like to resolve. I've not yet begun to test in MSIE, although I have implemented a javascript found in an aListApart article so in theory the menus should at least drop down. My issue, however, is with how Firefox renders list item backgrounds by the width of the list item and not the width of the list. Observe:

Any idea how I can make Firefox render this like Safari does? The site in question is JadeCrate.com, and its css is controlled by this stylesheet. Everything so far has been written by hand. Thank you very much for any help you can provide.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1206180.html

Date: 01/08/07     Keywords: php, asp, security, web

Hey folks, I originally poster here concerning a Faculty/Staff site where I would have multiple pages and such.

Well, after speaking with our IT guy, (it's a bass ackwards process by the way, I'm the webmaster, but I have to give the IT guy all my files so he can upload them.) he says that we have no SSI/A available due to... more or less 'analness.' The school I work for is more than paranoid about net security and etc etc etc. So, that rules out PHP/ASP/anything really because they simply refuse to support it. So any suggestions from this point?

To reiterate:
About 70ish faculty and staff pages, each member having his own page. The design and layout remain the same except for an image and copy.

Thanks all.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1205987.html

Date: 01/08/07     Keywords: no keywords

I'm trying to find a good SWF-to-FLV converter. I've been googling for the last few weeks and haven't turned up a good one.

I tried using SUPER, which is a misnomer because the program really sucked and had very unpredictable and unreliable results, and also GeoVid Flash-to-Video Encoder, which threw a lot of errors and behaved strangely as well.

Originally, we thought we could export AVI or MPEG directly from Flash, and then convert those to FLVs, but the Quicktime converter doesn't like anything newer than Flash 5 and the AVI converter doesn't handle photos or certain effects very well.

Your thoughts/suggestions are much appreciated.

(crossposted to all_too_swf)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1205574.html

Date: 01/08/07     Keywords: php, mysql, blogging, sql

I need some help. I am working on my layout for my site. However, when I add the "blogging" tool that I am using with PHP the whole layout becomes wacked and out of order, I can't seem to figure it out.

http://www.silence-stars.net/ (correct way)

That is my site, its fine now, but if add the "blog" to the site, it becomes wacked.

http://www.silence-stars.net/test.php

Maybe I need another pair of eyes, maybe one of you can help me decipher where my problem is.

But all in all, I need some critique on my site, what are your opinions?

Edit
Blogging tool is Cutenews. My site doesn't support MySQL so I can't use wordpress, or anything like it.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1205140.html

Date: 01/07/07     Keywords: no keywords

i just redesigned mine as i'm going to post into it every day as a new years resolution



any thoughts?

and if anybody here has a photoblog and wants to trade links lemme know

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1204950.html

Date: 01/07/07     Keywords: no keywords

I'm trying to decide if the SiteGrinder photoshop plug-in is worth getting. Has anyone here used it? What other automation tools do you use to help steamline converting your design ideas into working pages?

I've been grinding away learning how to build, am doing the time available

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1204583.html

Date: 01/05/07     Keywords: software

For the first time in my life I'm doing site management via FTP. Is there a good freeware program (for the PC) that will let me find & replace a section of code in all files across multiple directories? It's either this or manually changing hundreds of files. If at all possible I'd like it to be a good general site management tool, but for today the find & replace feature is more important than the all-around software.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1204015.html

Date: 01/05/07     Keywords: no keywords

Got a little problem that I need some help with:

I work on a PC, my partner works on a Mac. I've got a form that works fine in IE an Firefox on the PC, but on the Mac it only shows up in IE, not in Firefox or Safari.

Anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1203853.html

Date: 01/05/07     Keywords: php, mysql, html, database, sql, web

Hoping somebody here can help me..

I'm going through the book PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson. I'm currently working through Chapter 26 (for those of you that have read it), Building User Authentication and Personalization. I've gotten through it pretty good so far, but am having some trouble with actually authenticating the user logins. My site is set up at http://test.aacapartsandsupplies.com. My problem is, whenever I click the login button, I always go to the member.php page.. even if I didn't put any login information in. It doesn't throw back any errors saying "you must be logged in to view this page", etc. Even if I do login, and I try to logout from member.php, it throws back the exception "you were not logged in, and so have not been logged out." I have registered some test users, and this happens on every login I've created.

I'm not exactly sure where the problem lies. I'm wondering if anyone has read this book and might be able to help me out. Even if you haven't read it and know more about PHP/MySQL than I do, I'd appreciate any kind of help. Posting the code for the two files where I *think* the problem lies.


< ?php

// include function files for this application
require_once('tokens_fns.php');
session_start();

//create short variable names
$username = $_POST['username'];
$passwd = $_POST['passwd'];

if ($username && $passwd)
// they have just tried logging in
{
try
{
login($username, $passwd);
// if they are in the database register the user id
$_SESSION['valid_user'] = $username;
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
// unsuccessful login
do_html_header('Problem:');
echo 'You could not be logged in.
You must be logged in to view this page.';
do_html_footer();
exit;
}
}

do_html_header('');

display_user_menu('');

check_valid_user('');

?>

< div id="right">
< div id="title">
< h1>Welcome to your AACA Locker < ?php $_POST['username'] ?>
< /div>

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Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1203673.html

Date: 01/05/07     Keywords: html

Hi guys! I'm looking for a decent HTML text editing program for Mac OS X. I use EditPlus on Windows and was wondering if there was anything comparable (preferably freeware/shareware).

Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. =)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1203434.html

Date: 01/04/07     Keywords: templates, web, hosting

Hi guys,

I've had my friend's website (the Book Brothel - a book reviews site, very cool) hosted on Netrillium for the past three years.

Last year, Movable Type exploded. I don't have internet at home and couldn't really do anything in the way of fixing it. I asked for help from Netrillium, because googling the problem led me to believe it was the result of a change on their end which messed up my install. They tried a little, said it was fixed, I said it wasn't, they ignored me for a year (not that I was e-mailing daily.. but still.) My long-suffering friend trudged bravely on with her half-working install.

The last straw has come, though: as she approached her space limit, the MT install was garbled again. We asked for a backup. We asked to be moved to a higher plan. They said 'we'll look for a backup and let you know' over a week ago. Since then, the domain renewal came up, I missed it due to work holidays, and they never sent me any sort of notice. The domain (bookbrothel.com) is not currently ours.

I am, understandably I hope, fed up with Netrillium. I think that the owner, Ermina, is a saint, but she hires idiots. My long-winded question is this: where do I go?

I am getting the internet at home within a week, so I will be able to keep my own eye on my next Movable Type (or possibly Textpattern) installation, so support needs to be polite and quick, but they don't have to hold my hand. All I want is responses to my queries!

I want a place which will register a domain for roughly $10US or under, and give me ~200MB of disk space, 300 would be better. I've just been away from the design world for so long I have lost touch with hosting companies, registrars and all its related ilk.

I'm pretty sad about my Netrillium breakup. I used to have a reseller account, hosted all sorts of freebie templates, design collectives... *sigh*

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1202920.html

Date: 01/04/07     Keywords: software, css, google

Hi all.. I've tried Google but I can't seem to find anything useful so I'm turning to you.

My company's server has a bunch of built in features, such as Easy Blog Builder Version 1.0 but their help files are anything but helpful.

I've never actually used this blog software before other than to find out it does indeed use css and yes I can modify it *L*

Basically I need to learn how to customize the crap out of this (if it is even possible). I would turn to something like WordPress or Blogger, but my boss would rather I try and get this working first.

If anybody has any links, or knows anything about this, it would be greatly appreciated!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1202553.html

Date: 01/04/07     Keywords: web

Hey folks, thought I would ask about this here because another webmonkey might have come across the same situation before...

I've been handed a huge pile of image files to make a web gallery of. They're all in totally inappropriate formats, resolutions, and bytesizes but I can easily take care of all that. What appears to be less trivial, at least to me, is renaming them for more efficient use online. They all have long descriptive names with mixed case, special characters, and yes - spaces.

Now, under OSX or any unix-like OS I would have no trouble with this, but at work I'm trapped in a combination of Windows XP and Windows 2003. The built-in renaming feature of Explorer can only use a naming scheme that includes parentheses and spaces, so that's out as an option. Before I just start randomly downloading stuff, I was wondering - does anyone here have a good recommendation for a freeware (not naggy shareware) tool that runs on Windows for batch renaming files?

Thanks in advance!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1202278.html