Posts by DaveSW

you could also consider php or server side includes if your server supports them. then you simply dump all the stuff above the content into one include, the stuff below in to another, and all the person editing a particular page sees is the stuff that's not related to your template.

there's a note somewhere about it on www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php

you could use frames, but it causes problems for search engines, problems with js menus, etc.

You could use an iframe but the same problems apply.

if you use a template then you solve all your problems but the page reloads every time you change page.

yes there are two. One is the horrible slice-it-up from PhotoShop school. The other is the bland W3 approved original styles moving swiftly towards graphic intensive design.

www.csszengarden.com

well this is actually a blog script in php by a mate that I've adapted to be simply a news section, so...

well it's for a friend. the blog is there but they haven't updated it... maybe I should jump on them a bit.

Ok thanks for the suggestion, we'll try it.

the regional categories are often easier to get into ;)
plus if you get a friendly editor you might get a link in their bookmarks.
ask nicely tho!

try start -> run
type msconfig
click the startup tab and copy out everything in there.

Have you tried using adaware, spybot, online virus scans etc?

if you are using a table then set the width to 100% and make sure none of the objects inside have large dimensions specified.
If you were using CSS you probably wouldn't be asking that question!

essentially my main concern is that when someone puts the company name into google, I want the company site to be first. So that's my primary objective. So I guess the keywords I really want to optimise for are the company name, which shouldn't be too competitive a marketplace.
Is there a free way to do this, or would I be better off running a small PPC campaign to get more page impressions?

I've just taken the link out of my signature to see if that helps. If anyone wants to look at the site please pm me or something and I'll send you a link.

Thanks for the response, and yeah it does only have a page rank of 1, so...

If you have a business site, is there an acceptable way to implement link swaps? e.g. it would look a bit odd to dump stray links to a directory or other site on there, and a links page would also look odd. Is there an accepted way to do it?

Also is posting (useful posts of course) on blog sites which have a high pr a good way of increasing my base authority level? The link back is then on the name you post in, and you don't have to link to them.

I recently built a website for a friend. If I search for the company name, then the site itself shows 3rd, below threads from forums which link to it. (the site itself is the second link in my sig under 'my sites' - I'm hoping this thread won't go to #1 as a search result for it...) The site itself has a higher page ranking than the threads. The site also has 2 listings on DMOZ, and a few other stray sites link to it. Do I just need to wait for google to update a few more times (it has reindexed since the last update, though the google directory hasn't), or have I done something that I'm being penalised for? The only thing I can think of that I have changed is I originally had accessibility 'skip links' options with a class of hide, so I removed them just in case, but surely google wouldn't penalise a site for being accessible? Or is there something else?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated,
Dave

ok thanks
:)

so that's why you were running round in circles trying to get more backlinks! ;) kidding
Mine was 5 and 4, now it's 3 on all top level pages, 2 on sub pages.

I've been looking at the google directory and it appears to be drawn directly from the DMOZ one. I have managed to get one of my sites listed in dmoz, but how frequently is google's version updated? the category I got listed in has 7 items in dmoz, but 4 in google.
Cheers
Dave

yes change it to

$headers = "From: $email"; #set the from address, or any other headers

and then add a field to your form named email.

well if it supports php you could try a friend of mine's script: http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php#mailer

it could also be a partly random filename

there is a way to make text only print versions on the fly using CSS.
See if this helps: http://dmxzone.com/ShowDetail.asp?NewsId=5955
(I'm a hand coder so I can't really help you directly)

Well first off you might as well post a hijackthis log so someone can eliminate the possibility of you having spyware/viruses... Other than that... are you sure you have the right address? e.g. with the www's if it needs them, etc?

Do you have any idea what this is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hmktauvn.exe ?

well really speaking you need a server side language such as php, which naturally GoDaddy probably don't offer you.
So you can either go the less reliable way of
<form action="mailto:me@mydomain.com" enctype="text/plain">
Your form in here
</form>

Or if you visit http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39991 then a friend of mine is for some reason offering to process peoples forms for free with his php server. No idea why. Anyway, it's the second post, 1st code block.

no problem - I'm glad you fixed it.
If you have any further box model problems then try my simple way of avoiding them:

Nest two elements, apply the width to the container, and then apply your padding/margins etc to the inner one. if you use a block level element like a div then the inner one will automatically take the width of the outer one, and correctly apply your margins.

Can you scan with Adaware and Spybot:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
Update them both before running them.

Then go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
and panda http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
and do both of the virus scans.

then post a new log.

Not sure if this relates to your problem but add padding: 0; to the html part of the css file.

Then you have a number of validation issues:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fold.bigblueball.com%2Fv3%2Ftest.htm
no doctype - http://www.webdevfaqs.com/html.php#doctype

marginwidth and marginheight in your body tag can come out once you have added the padding thing as above.

you can't have a p tag inside a span tag. p is block level, span is inline. span should be inside the p tag.

Then your CSS: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fold.bigblueball.com%2Fv3%2Fdefault.css&usermedium=all
You appear to have omitted your units on the last three lines of #banner

Also on #networkbar bottom-border should be border-bottom.

Then when you've got it all validating see if you still have any problems.

Yeah it seems to be based on Giant AntiSpyware's Solution. Still, I will admit it has detected things that Adaware and Spybot didn't. Actually, let me rephrase that: it detected things that adaware and spybot didn't detect before I installed Microsoft's solution!!

have you tested it yet or is it just the usual Microsoft Hype...

please ignore - I missed the fact there was a second page, and now I can't delete this!

Hey Crunchie - these merged threads are kinda confusing... ;)
'View backup list' should be on the first screen of hijackthis, or as Crunchie said you can do a system restore.

basically the above stuff is what should be on your system. A few of them aren't essential, but... it gets your machine back anyway.

Locate the 'view backup list' button and click it.
next tick the following entries and press restore:

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.sony.com/vaiopeople
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater.exe,
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\windows\googletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\windows\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Pop3trap.exe] "C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\PC-cillin 2000\Pop3trap.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WebTrapNT.exe] "C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\PC-cillin 2000\WebTrapNT.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [InstantAccess] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\Bin\INSTAN~1.EXE /h
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RegisterDropHandler] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\Bin\REGIST~1.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EM_EXEC] C:\PROGRA~1\Logitech\MOUSEW~1\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PestPatrol Control Center] C:\PROGRA~1\PESTPA~1\PPControl.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PPMemCheck] C:\PROGRA~1\PESTPA~1\PPMemCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CookiePatrol] C:\PROGRA~1\PESTPA~1\CookiePatrol.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [RegisterDropHandler] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\Bin\REGIST~1.EXE
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [PopUpStopperProfessional] "C:\PROGRA~1\PANICW~1\POP-UP~1\POPUPS~1.EXE"
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: HPAiODevice(hp psc 900 series) - 1.lnk = C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp psc 900 series\Bin\hpobrt07.exe
O4 - Global Startup: VAIO Action Setup (Server).lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: Real-time Monitor.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\windows\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\windows\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of …

Download and run the standalone version of CWshredder from http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Next get adaware http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
download it, update it and do a full system scan.

Then do the same for Spybot S & D, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html, then report back with a new hijackthis log.

instead of left you could use:
0px 0px (that's left then top I think)
middle/center (can't remember - check the spec if you want more info on that.)

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.html#propdef-background-position

it looks clean to me, but you still need to tick the R3 URLSearchHook entry.
Open Hijackthis, choose 'misc. tools', select 'delete a file on reboot' navigate to searchupgrader.exe file and select it. Then reboot and try to delete the folder.

Happy Christmas btw!

it is on my list... I think... In any case it's netster spyware that needs to go ;)

I think mounter.exe may be related to a Mustek digital camera - the description on the 04 entry corresponds to http://www.ciao.co.uk/Mustek_MDC_3000__5303302

You may wish to wait for someone else to confirm these instructions before you follow them.

Download and run the standalaone version of CWShredder: http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Next tick the following entries:
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00D6A7E7-4A97-456f-848A-3B75BF7554D7} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SearchUpgrader] D:\Program Files\Common files\SearchUpgrader\SearchUpgrader.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Instant Access] rundll32.exe EGCOMLIB_1031.dll,InstantAccess
O16 - DPF: {11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111123} - file://c:\Recycled\1.exe
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://software-dl.real.com/261ea77...ip/RdxIE601.cab
O19 - User stylesheet: (file missing)

Next reboot in safe mode by pressing f8 during bootup and delete the folder searchupgrader located in D:\Program Files\Common files\.

edit: empty recycle bin

Then reboot and post a new log.

Hey Casperjack what about:

O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'connwsp.dll' missing

That was the reason I didn't post the first time :)

Try this way:
<h1><img src="title.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="0" alt="Your title in here" /></h1>

Believe it or not adding ram requires a reactivation. :(
The windows that companies preinstall is OEM software - Microsoft is supposed to only activate this stuff once, though if you can provide a good explanation then in my experience they are very helpful and will reactivate it.
Personally I don't see why I should require permsission from Microsoft to add more RAM. I think that the reactivation would be better if it were only required when a number of components changed at once.

are the folder settings set to try to preview them in some way? e.g. if you leave it there for a while does it eventually complete what it wanted to do and display some sort of preview? other than that you might want to head over to the security forum and post a hijackthis log.

Well by no stretch of the imagination can you call them vague. Generally I would say that you should folow the guidelines, because they are what the browser authors will be reading, so having a common basis for design is a good thing. If your page validates well then chances are it will display in most browsers.
Generally speaking too, the guidelines are there for your own good. e.g. they say to use css for presentation. that actually makes your job easier, so IMO the guidelines are a good thing to follow. If you choose not to then that's your affair.

yeah some of the files it cleans, some it deletes...

the full code for that is:
<td style="background: #ffffff url(graphics.png) left no-repeat;"></td>
If you visit the property table on the w3 website they have a list: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/propidx.html click the individual items on the second column of the background property for samples and a full explanation.

You can omit whatever you want from those values (e.g. the color).

antivirus deletes the entire file... as a web developer this nearly wiped out all my files... So no, antivirus is not the solution ;)

Happily Merijn has sent me a program that solved my problem. However I would still ike to try and make this program. Do you have any suggestions as to what commands I need? At present my knowledge of java commands is limited to drawing circles and seeing if they collide... well, maybe a bit more than that.

Do you know where I could find some examples that look through a file and delete parts of it? I don't really know where to start...

Why would you need a table for rounded corners? The table is simply a means of producing a block level element on the page. A div is exactly the same in function, it just needs less code.

You are correct that the screen width problem can be negated by careful design. However, the may in 'may present problems' is dependant upon the user agent, not a random probability of sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Certain text only browsers ignore tabulated content completely. Others render your content reading left to right, which means the order is completely wrong if you have a table with a few columns/rows. A complex layout can be completely screwed up. And since google is like a text only browser, you should care.
The W3C was cited as evidence that CSS for layout was a fact, not an opinion. The real reasons why CSS is better are in the first link - centralised control over presentation, reduced code redundancies resulting in bandwidth savings, easier to edit source code, improved control over presentation of your content to older browsers and non-standard browsers (such as pda/mobile phone small screen devices)... etc.

yes but it's one <html> tag and the other is a </html> tag, so if I was searching for either string it would only appear once wouldn't it?

The virus always inserts a new block of code within <html> tags below the page content. I have a few example files in a passworded zip if you want to examine them in notepad? I can also change the file extensions to prevent them being executed if that helps?

edit: the body tag that is inserted also has a constant onload attribute, so yes I guess there is a sequence of things there.
Alternatively it could just delete from after the first </html> tag downwards, and that would always remove all the junk.

ps: the reason I have them in a zip is because I asked merijn and he said he'd see if he could help, and he wanted two samples of each file type in a zip.

I'd suggest CSS as well - that's the 'presentation' language, that will simplify everything you ever do with backgrounds, colors and layout.