Posts by autocrat

Cheers for the reply... managed to fix it about 2 minutes after posting... the example I had went....

<? php phpinfo(); ?>

where as it should have been without the spaces....

<?php phpinfo();?>

Typical!
The amount of times I unistalled all of it.... and that was the problem! STUPID GUIDE that I was following... I have sent an E-mail, and th ebugger hasn't replied!

Still, thank you for helping!

Hi folks....

OK, I'm attempting to learn several extras to go towrds web programming... and have come to the conclussion the best way to learn it all is to fiddle.... the best way to fiddle is at home...securely....so

I am trying to set my PC up as a server... Apache, Php and MySQL....
Setting up the apache was a cinch.... have had days of trouble geting php to be recognised... yet after a day out sparring with a Gracie, I come back and have got the initial part right.. APACHE recognises php now.... yet I can't get phpinfo.php to run... no details at all!

All I get is...
"Parse error: parse error in c:\web\www\phpinfo.php on line 1"

So, any ideas as to my problem?
Could it be the php.ini file... the instructions have told me it's all set.... yet I can't help feeling I should have changed atleast the roots etc.!

Don't want to fiddle with it as I might break it... and have to do it all again!

Any help would be great!

Great... that brings me up to the point I'm at with the Forum.... I can't getting the sodding apache/php/mysql install right on my machine... I follow the instructions... and get errors!

Oh well........ still..... if I can figure that out.... I can turn the main area into a call up section depending upon what the viewer selects, (call function)... great..... any ideas how I can do that from a folding out JS menu?

You see, this is the problem I'm having..... it seems that I have to learn just about everything to so something simple! Having C&P Code or software to generate code for you isn't going to cut it.... you have to KNOW what is being done so that you can make it all fit! Wonderful!
Oh well, I'm going to try the install again! (This time I'll ignore the instructions and do it on the fly! LOL)

so, even though I have a nice little JS menu, I still need to place txt based Ahfrefs on each page?

That sucks! Still, I suppose I could just cut and paste the code to the bottom of each page! Thats a saod though, as I have about 30+ pages!

I suppose thats a good point!
It just makes doing certain things difficult, or impossible!

Then again, there's quite a few things that the web languages have done that seem odd..... or should I say that the browsers have had done!
I don't understand why they have all the differences in browsers... if the language has defined settings, I believe the browsers should be forced to utilise these.... not do so if they wish!
Thats the hardest part of WSD, the flaming browser differences!

isn't that basically the same as having the details go into a DB and having php call it.... I think you can do the same thing with JS as well ?

Is there a difference?

As to the site.... it's a martia art site for my club... basic at the mo', only about 28-30 pages.... yet going to add a members area/forum, increase the page content etc..... should be around 50 pages at the end.... with any luck!

If I can have the main content easily swappable, then it means I can let them get on with coming up with content whilst I work on being creative with the visual side of the site and maintaining it instead of updating it!

cheers... just not sure really... can't stand bland, yet hate some of the graphics intense sights I've seen..... I just feel a good banner/header that looks pretty sets the stage, then the content does the work.... having the same content on a bland site just isn't as affective!

NOTE: Try XAT.COM.... I had problems making certain pics smaller for the web using Jasc/Macromedia..... the XAT optimzer works wonders!

hmmm.... reason why is simple... I don't want to be the only bugger sorting the website out! If I can make it a little more easier for people to alter the contents, update things etc.... great! All they have to do is figure the content of each page..... then give it to me and I can dump it in.... rather than them telling me, then me do all the work etc.....

Another advantage is that it meanst the front end only has to load once!

As for the DIV's... not sure.... would it make a difference if the site has in excess of 30 pages? (I am thinking it would slow the page loading up just a tad! LOL)

damn... thought that would be a problem.... no doc type! AS soon as you put that it, it breaks!

Why for they not permit % height... they permit % width! ?

DAMN... thats not right.............

Sorry... less complicated!

TRY THIS... I just did, and it worked!

You have table 1 - Wheel Chair Locations.
You Have an ID field - Autonumber
You have a Chair Number Field - Number
You have a Location Field - Text

You have table 2 - Locations List
You hae an ID field - Autonumber
You have Locations Field - Txt

THEN you link table 1 and table 2.. linking the Location fields!

Now you enter your data into the tables... in Table 1 (chair location) you enter each chair number, but leave the location blank!)... in table 2 (location list) you enter the locations you want to list.

Now you generate a form based on table 1 (chair locations). In design mode, select the field Locations.... then go to the menu FORMAT, select CHANGE TO, and selsect COMBO BOX. In the properties panel, you need to go to the DATA TAB, ensure ROW SOURCE = T/Q, ROW SOURCE = LOCATIONS, BOUND COLOUMN = 2, LIMIT TO LIST = YES, then you need to switch to the FORMAT TAB and ensure that the COLOUMN COUNT = 2 and COLOUMN WIDTHS = 0cd;2cm

This means that people can select a chair by the record indicators at the bottom, (record 1 = chair 1 etc.), then allocate the relevant location using the dropdown box!

Hope that works!

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OK... not to sure on this.......

You have table 1
...... CHAIRS..... Chair ID (Autonumber), Chair details (anything you like)

You have table 2
...... LOCATIONS.... Location ID (autonumber), Location details (anything you like)

You create a 3rd table
Cross check.... Location ID and Chair ID (both = number)

THEN you link table 1 and table 2 up with table 3 (make sense?)
Then you create a querry based on Table 1 & 2..... make the querry a create table querry or something.... ?

Now create forms for Table 1 and table 2..... must make it so that new records cannot be entered... only current records can be editted... this means that people can look up the chair number they are taking, and enter where it will be going!

now, when people run the querry, they can see the latest results ???

Of the top of my head... that should be right! No promises though!

Does that make sense to anyone?

Further more... how the hell am I supposed to keep the user details?
Is it possible to keep that hidden on the page and transfer as you go from screen to screen, or do I need to generate cookies etc.?

So, does this look about right for starting with the Forum/message side of things?

*******************************************
FORUM TABLE
Forum ID (auto-sequential increase)
Forum Title (txt)
Forum Description (txt)
*******************************************

*******************************************
CATEGORY TABLE
Category ID (auto-sequential increase)
Forum ID (carried from Forum)
Category Title (txt)
Category Description (txt)
*******************************************

*******************************************
TOPIC TABLE
Topic ID (auto-sequential increase)
Category ID (carried from Category)
Forum ID (carried from Category)
Topic Title (txt)
Topic Description (txt)
*******************************************

*******************************************
POST TABLE
Post ID (auto-sequential increase)
Topic ID (carried from Topic)
Category ID (carried from Topic)
Forum ID (carried from Topic)
Post Title (txt)
Post Message (txt)
User Details (carried from the User Table – after logon?)
*******************************************

So by this, it should go…..

F1
C1 (f1)
T1 (f1 c1)
P1 (f1 c1 t1)
P2 (f1 c1 t1)
P3 (f1 c1 t1)
P4 (f1 c1 t1)
T2 (f1 c1)
P1 (f1 c1 t2)
P2 (f1 c1 t2)
P2 (f1 c1 t2)
C2 (f1)
T1 (f1 c2)
P1 (f1 c2 t1)
P2 (f1 c2 t1)
T2 (f1 c2)
P1 (f1 c2 t2)
P2 (f1 c2 t2)

Hi all,

I've been looking at forums, I've got my hands on phpBB... (it was free!)... yet not sure about it... does alot of things I don't need.... and is a pig to alter the layout, styles etc. (my being useless with php is the main cause for this!).

So, any ideas as to how to go about creating the backend for a forum, and a simple way of visully designing the front end for it?

I have php applications, mysql stuff as well as access.

PLEASE remember - I'm a little dim, so go easy on me !

OK folks.... struggling with this one!

You create a table, set the propeties so that t is 100% etc.... you place images in the outer cells, so you are forming a ring of out cells around the central/9th one.
Now, if you set the images to stretch as well, then view it in i.e... theres a problem.... the width is perfect... the height isn't!

Now, I think I have found away round this... just can't find where I put the page with my notes and an example on...... so does anyone else haveany ideas how to fix this, whether it breaks the code rules, whether other browsers have this issue etc.

Is it possible to have a main page, with all the usual junk placed upon it, have a pretty looking and funky effect menu, yet have the links only change the main content area without loading another page, opening a new window etc. ?

Would I be using frames... and are they acceptable or not to most browsers?
Should it be databased driven... if so, how do I connect a JS menu to the php calling functions?

any idea?

Hi all,

At present, I have a rather bland WS, simple, clean, black text, white BG, little logo in TL corner etc.... main doy section and banner at top are expandable with page.... JS folding menu etc..... yet I'm not best p[leased... I prefer mor egraphical sites... buttons, flowing forms, obvious distinctions bentween navigation, banner and logo etc.....

Yet I'm not sure what people prefer... any ideas as to what the current trends are?

OK, I'm new here, and to the whole web site stuff..... and more than a little confused about the placing on search engines, how to get listed, the time it takes, robots.txt, and how to be ranked higher etc.

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I have text on my site, I have meta tags - kw, Des and title, I have figured away of having coresponding text so that it rates higher due to content.... yet I have a javascript menu system... so no txt links as navagation, nor do I link outside of my site, nor want to!

So how do I alter things to improve my placement?
It seems a little unfair if you don't use txt links or link to other sites that you get penalised for this.... is there an alternative?

Further, what is the robots.txt, and how can I get it to stop listing parts of my site, (such as a forum?).

Any info would be appreciated!

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