[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Andrew, Go ahead and try it. Worse comes to worse you uninstall, reboot and do a new clean install if you screw it up. That's why you learn on your own system. If running XP (whatever version) create a restore point before you begin and if necessary you can go back to that point after you uninstal

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear all, i just keep reading your tread and learn from your talking. this is something that i've been wanting to do but afraid screw up my cpu. thanks all regards, andrew lau mail2web - Check your email from the web at h

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Don't think it will work for what she wants. If she's using FP it requires the ASP to be written with Vbscript. Point is sort of moot anyway because FrontPage ASP calls components installed as part of the FrontPage Server Extensions and the Apache version only run on non-Microsoft operating syste

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Joseph, Smile-Poet
Cheryl, It comes up with <% response.write "Hello World" So I imagine that means it is not set up for asp.A bit of googling suggests it might not be easy to add asp to the Easy set up, though there seems to be an apache/asp combination at Apache::ASP Apache::ASP provides an Active Serv

[wdvltalk] First lawsuits under the Can Spam Act

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Yahoo, Microsoft, America Online and Earthlink filed a series of lawsuits in the United States yesterday in a bid to crack down on unsolicited e-mails, or spam. http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040311/SPAM11// Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
You can always use the traditional: <% response.write "Hello World" Save on a page with a .asp extension. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -Original Message- From: Joseph, Smile-Poet I

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
No, with the minor exception of Apache ASP but that support perl script only and not vbscript or jscrpt so for all practical purposes it does not. It supports PHP. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Joseph-- Sorry I am not sure. From the searching I have been doing, it doesn't look like it supports ASP. :-( This is getting more and more complicated all the time. I guess I will go back to my old method (publishing the pages to my production server and viewing them there). It is cumbersome-- b

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread David Barnes
I think to run asp on an apache server, you have to add a third party program like chilesoft ASP to handle asp type things, I'm in class right now, so I can't google for it but you should be able to find out more with a simple google search for asp using an apache server. sorry i can't provide

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Joseph, Smile-Poet
Janet, I'm here for a little while. Is there something similar to 'php info' I could put in the browser to test for it? I know it recognises the <% %> tags, but I know no more than that. Josseph > > Thanks Joseph- > > Do you know if it supports ASP? > > Janet > > > - Original Mes

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Thanks Joseph- Do you know if it supports ASP? Janet - Original Message - From: "Joseph, Smile Poet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:12 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server? > Janet, > > I'm late into this, but Easyphp1-7 sets up

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread Jan
Hi Jim Re: National Home Awards I really like your site. I think the large amount of white and white space makes it look very clean, neat, and professional. I did check some of the links and they work well. I will admit that our Navigation method is different, but not so unusual that it won't wor

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Joseph, Smile Poet
Janet, I'm late into this, but Easyphp1-7 sets up Apache, mysql and php in one virtually unaided; I've put it on Xp home and it seems to work as well as on W98. I don't know if the form of Apache will serve what you want, but I'm sure it is worth a look. www.easyphp.org Joseph Chacha Joe For

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Drew-- If I read German! Ha! I just finished a four week German for Travelers class and couldn't get past how to pronounce the *ich* sound! I think I think I will be able to write server applications before I ever learn enough German to read the tutorials. :-) Thanks for the other links--I wil

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Trusz, Andrew
-Original Message- From: jmwcruiser [ Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server? Thanks John - Sounds like I need to set aside some time to get Apache going. If I can get Apache working, then I won't need to upgrade to XP Pro

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Yes -- the integration was a big attraction. But it only works (the preview part) when you have the site on a local server-- not a remote. I spent some time in the TopStyle newsgroup and that is the verdict from tech support. I had it set up to use TS for the CSS editor in FrontPage. That part work

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Unfortunately, the preview pane does not reflect the linked style sheet. I only get an error message when trying to preview in browser. Not sure why it won't preview in the browser-- it does for my other FP sites. I will need to research this. Thanks Janet - Original Message - From: "Ch

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread the PuterBug
At 06:49 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote: Would appreciate some feedback and an allround check of a new site that I've just finished. Very nice, Jim =) I like the design particularly the outline effect. Simple but classy. Never saw anyone use that kind of nav before. Interesting thought. It looks c

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
BTW, did you know you can integrate TopStyle into FrontPage so that when you save your CSS file in TopStyle the updates are recognized and added to the FP Style dropdown box (one on the left of the format menu that defaults to "normal") to make it easier to use CSS on your pages? There are instruc

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
To preview CSS correctly in FrontPage you need to either use the Preview tab or use "preview in browser" from the file menu. The design or "normal" window uses an older rendering engine. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECT

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
It is harder for someone who does not understand servers to configure Apache than it is IIS. It can be done even by someone with no server experience if you read the docs. There are some installs available that will preconfigure some of the most common settings for you but if you are going to go th

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Thanks John - Sounds like I need to set aside some time to get Apache going. If I can get Apache working, then I won't need to upgrade to XP Pro as there is nothing else I need -- at least that I know of at the moment. Maybe this would be more of a permanent solution that I originally thought. Th

[wdvltalk] RE: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
If you don't need to test asp you can install Apache on Windows XP Home. Otherwise you will need to bite the bullet and upgrade. If you want to test PHP & MySQL there are even some packages you can download that will install all and configure all three to work together at one time. Otherwise you ca

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread john . f . hughes
Janet I have apache on Window 98 and it works a dream. The caveat being I don't know how happy it is on later versions of windows. As far as you're concerned the only thing you need working straight away is server side includes. These may or may not be already enabled, but if not you can edit th

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Well this really all started when I tried the demo version of TopStyle. I like the program but it requires a local web server to preview the documents. One thing led to another and . . . well you know how it goes. Why is it things escalate so much? Even at home-- I start to clean the light switche

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Yes, I do have a copy Apache for Windows but in doing some Google searching it seemed there were many issues cropping up on configuring it. I have this fear I will install Apache and all sorts of problems will start popping up and I will be worse off than I am now. At least now-- although my method

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread Scott Glasgow
There are a number of suggestions available; a Google on the subject should turn up several. However, you should note that it is not necessary to have a local server to test either CSS or javascript, both of which are basically client-side. Also, depending upon your tool of choice, you may not need

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread john . f . hughes
Janet, Have you tried Apache for Windows. It's pretty easy to install and you can be up and running in no time. And it's free. Once you have it you can extend your server knowledge at you ease. John.

[wdvltalk] Simple Web Server?

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
Hello- I am hoping one of you fine folks will be able to help me out. The situation: I run on a Window XP Home PC and do not have a local web server. Up until recently this has been only a moderate inconvenience-- I just post the test pages on my hosted server in a test area. This is not the best

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread jmwcruiser
I agree with the other comments -- the splash screen adds no value to the viewer and the pulldown navigation makes it difficult for the viewer to understand what is in the site ( you have to keep using a scrollbar-- and remembering the topics). The copy should be rewritten-- using the *reverse pyra

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread Scott Glasgow
What he said. Plus, I also noticed that IE's small image toolbar pops up in the interstices between paragraphs of your copy. Not good. When you rework, consider slicing the image and not using it as a background for the entire page. Cheers, Scott - Original Message - From: "rudy" <[EMAIL

[wdvltalk] Re: javascript: changing src attribute at load time

2004-03-11 Thread Scott Glasgow
Thank you, Bj! As it happens, that's exactly the approach I ended up with. I had tried it a bit earlier (before my query), but got bad results due to a misplaced single quote. While continuing to experiment with different approaches, I completely rewrote the statement and it worked fine. I went bac

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread rudy
> www.nationalhomeawards.com bad - splash page bad - horizontal scrollbar bad - copy on the home page is terminally boring and full of marketing gobbledegook BAD BAD BAD -- navigation broken if javascript is off that's when i left i am so sorry it wasn't a more positive experience rudy

[wdvltalk] Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread James Jarvis
Hi Guys, Would appreciate some feedback and an allround check of a new site that I've just finished. Many thanks Jim www.nationalhomeawards.com • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL

[wdvltalk] Re: Creating a password protected directory

2004-03-11 Thread Tech Support / Webmaster
Hi Deb, That looks like a good little utility. Thanks for linking me to it (and the other sites)! And thanks to everyone else who responded. You've made this morning much easier than yesterday. ;-) Ali - Original Message - From: "the PuterBug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED