Thank you both very much for your replies :) I also found this: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/jon_campbell20070525.php3
and I'm going to have to buy the book! I suspect I'll end up going "uh, is that all?" Better safe than sorry, eh? Thanks again, Cherry On Jun 16, 4:58 pm, Pyrolupus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you already run through the stuff at jQuery Ajax Tutorials[1]? I > thought that Akash Mehta's article[2] looked like a pretty good > sampling with lots of step-by-step stuff. Older version of jQuery, > but pretty much all still applicable. > > [1]http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials#Ajax > [2]http://www.sitepoint.com/article/ajax-jquery > > ~Pyro > > On Jun 16, 10:12 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm embarrassed. I used to cheerfully mix PHP with Javascript, but now > > I don't understand the terminology! I see the advantages of > > 'asynchronous' data exchange and I would like some of that .... but I > > can't for the life of me understand what to do!! > > > Does anybody know where to find a REALLY SIMPLE, step-by-step > > explanation? > > > Supposing I eventually get to grips with this, has anybody (Mike > > Alsup!) written a REALLY simple explanation of the Taconite plugin, as > > that's where I'm heading? > > > Thank you [blushes] > > Cherry.