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 | This code connects to a database. Do you mean just replacing the table with a dropdown? echo '<html><body><select>'; while ($i < mysqli_field_count($link)) { $meta = mysqli_fetch_field_direct($result, $i); echo '<option>' . $meta->name . '</option>'; $i = $i + 1; } echo '</select></html>';  |
 | Use social media ... Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your articles for free. Once you learn which articles tend to go more viral than others, you will begin to recognize which articles are worth paying to promote on Facebook.  |
 | Ah, FusionChart! I'm a big fan. That's what we use for DaniWeb member profiles as well as the stats features on Dazah. As Andris pointed out, the bug is in chartdata.xml |
 | Why not send them an email where they need to click a link to verify their email address? You want to verify theri phone number? I'm unfortunately not sure of any services that do that for free. A lot of services do it ... I'm just not sure of any …  |
 | Google AdWords is the platform in which business owners and advertisers can pay to advertise their products or services. Their ads show up on Google search results and/or on Google partner sites. Google AdSense is the platform in which website publishers can be paid to display ads on their websites, …  |
 | I think yes, they will. I've been spending most of my time living in Silicon Valley lately, so I see Google driverless cars on the road quite often around Mountain View. I see them navigate road construction, traffic jams, etc. More than that, though, I think that driverless cars will …  |
 | Sorry, another mod deleted this thread as spam, I guess because he didn't realize who Danny is ... Moving it to the SEO forum for proper discussion. And, yes, I know who Danny Sullivan is ;) He even won me a stuffed dog at an SEO festival years and years …  |
| | What do you mean "you do SEO all the time"? What exactly do you do? You should do all of the above ... use social sites, submit to article syndication services, etc. It is a slow, time-consuming process. However, one that can pay off big time. It just takes a … |
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| | To tell bots (such as Googlebot) and other spiders and crawlers what parts of your site to avoid. |
 | Goodness, it's not *that* complicated!! * Click the Contribute link to start a new thread (e.g. https://www.daniweb.com/programming/4/contribute) * Click the link right below the header that says "You are starting a Discussion Thread. Need to do something else instead?" * Use the dropdown to select Code Snippet instead of Discussion … |
 | It won't help you to get indexed any quicker but it will help you to help Google understand the content and context of your app ages. It can also be used to build breadcrumb navigation in the google results, etc. |
 | It depends on the product or service you want to promote. I have had really great successes with Google AdWords when it comes to promoting DaniWeb, and really terrible results with Facebook. On the contrary, when promoting the DaniPad by DaniWeb coworking space, which is a local brick'n'mortar shared office … |
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 | Re: SEO techniques Create little [comedic] skits that have the capability of going viral or getting people sharing them. Post them to social networks like Facebook and Twitter to gain backlinks.  |
 | You guys should check out DaniWeb's parent site, https://www.dazah.com , to connect with other people with similar interests. |
 | If you block him on Dazah, his quality score will decrease. Newbies can't send PMs on the DaniWeb platform, but they can on Dazah. (You won't get DaniWeb notifications though.) |
 | Use WordPress. Use a shared hosting company that offers preconfigured WordPress installations.  |
| | They're both free. Why not do as much as you can with every free venue available to you? |
 | We are an English-only community. Can you please post your question in English so that we can help you? Thanks! |
 | Re: Is DW alive? > Personally, I found the old forum layout easier to work/navigate with, so after the switch I didn't visit that often anymore. Which old forum layout? We have always changed every 2 years. We have gone through at least 3 iterations since our traffic was destroyed. |
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 | You're attempting to go through the OAuth flow (Facebook login, Google+ login, etc.) from a website that has not been authorized. How did you end up at this link? What were you trying to do?  |
| | I was attempting to store chat logs in a MySQL database where the message field is utf8_general_ci However, when it came across an emoji, it would choke, and the message field would only include text up to the emoji character. I changed the message field to be utf8mb4_general_ci, which seemed …  |
| | Has anyone had a positive experience with the new AdSense auto ads? They say they use machine learning to find the optimal placement for ads on your page, but they don't show any examples. How much faith can/should I put in their placement AI? |
| | What do you think of the new GWT interface?? Seems to me as if they released it too prematurely. Half the features don't work and the sidebar navigation literally just says Coming Soon.  |
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 | This is happening because we trim leading and trailing whitespace from the entire snippet. I'll go ahead and change this so it's no longer the case. If it ends up being abused (as it was in the past), then I'll revert it back. |
 | Sybase => [url="http://www.sybase.com/products/databaseservers/"]http://www.sybase.com/products/databaseservers/[/url] |
| | > Their threads may have disappeared but their names (often the name is spam) and their 1-800-BUYSPAM messages were still visible on the front page post-ban. This bug was corrected. Banned members no longer show up as "... Joined the Community" in the activity stream. > Test for 1-800 phone … |
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 | I replied to you via PM, but for anyone else who should come across this thread, I'll repeat myself. There is nothing else you should need for Dazah app to work apart from the installation instructions on Github. The instructions specify importing our audience, but you can alternatively create your … |
| | Re: Cross-Posting Yes, it only refers to posting the same question on DaniWeb. Posting the same question on different forums is not against the rules, but it *is* considered a bit rude. I mentioned this a little bit ago, but it's akin to having a question in real life and posing it … |
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 | > Don't let unregistered post or vote. Or, atleast don't let them vote. (This'll attract them to register). Unregistered users currently cannot vote or post, and have not been able to for the past 15 years. > Make it easy to signup. Signup with their facebook, twitter, gmail, etc. accs. …  |
| | Re: Porpose of seo What do you mean using keywords? As in meta tags? AdWords? Optimizing for specific queries? In what way do you mean using keywords?  |
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| | I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro running the latest version of OS X Sierra 10.12.6 Ever since I got it, I've been having a problem connecting it to external displays. Firstly, there is the 32" 4K Seiki Pro, connected via a USB-C cable. Most times when the Mac goes … |
| | Has anyone played around with the AdSense ad balance setting? Notice any changes or improvements? |
| | Was the statue located in the same region in which a favorite town pasttime is to hold incredibly elaborate Civil War reenactments? |
 | Therre are some really popular Password Managers on the market these days. A lot of people choose to use them to manage all of their passwords in one place. One of the features is that they generate on your behalf some really cryptic paswords that aren't realistically typed in manually. …  |
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| | I just noticed yesterday that FB Messenger ate my asterisks. Today, I just noticed that it was actually parsing my asterisks into bold! And it parses Markdown's syntax for italics too! I swear this is new. Try sending someone a message with Facebook and you can do: `*bold* or _italics_` … |
 | Hi there John! You should be able to reply to my PM in the platform. Or, from the Contact Us page at the bottom of the site, you can find my email address. Talk to you soon! |
| | I was up working on SEO until 5 am last night, and now it's 4:30 and I'm coding away. Does anyone have any good tips to help with insomnia? I tend to work late into the evenings, and I get such an adrenaline rush from coding (I'm a nerd, I …  |
| | When you go to the page to create a new thread (https://www.daniweb.com/community/contribute/4) it says at the top "You are starting a Discussion Thread. Need to do something else instead?" If you click that link you can change it to contributing a Code Snippet. If this feature is not yet available … |
 | Did Windows Update run and screw up the drivers? |
 | 2-3X net profit as a valuation sounds reasonable. Does your site have any proprietary technology? How much money does your site make? A $75K valuation would mean you take home $3000/mo after all expenses. |
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