[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
What causes an external URL logo to not display? I was given code for a logo for Museum of Computer Art to display on my art site. It shows that my site has been critically reviewed and selected by MOCA as a distinguished computer art site. So I'd really like to display this logo graphic, like an

[wdvltalk] RE: random text generator spam?

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
To update and expand my understanding of spam/malicious code techniques and how to guard against them, please explain this oddity. By using preview panel mode in MSN Mail, I was able to safely preview, but not open, the following: [From:] Alanna [Subject:] Fwd: [Message:] spring OFFICE 2003 $80:

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
Rudy: What are you doing up so early? It's 4:23 AM here in Peoria, Illinois. What am I doing up so early? I sleep from 5AM to 11AM. Thanks for the assist. I'm so unskilled in code, I still don't know how to fix this tiny prob. you mean the forward slash after museum in the href should be

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread rudy
What are you doing up so early? It's 4:23 AM here in Peoria, Illinois. What am I doing up so early? I sleep from 5AM to 11AM. it's almost 6am now, here in toronto i sleep from 11pm to 5am you mean the forward slash after museum in the href should be deleted? yes How do I know if

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
rudy: I don't know how to put mocanet2.jpg in the root of my web server. Don't know what this means exactly. Other external URLs I just copy and paste and voila. I validated the site thru that w3 validator. Lots of invalid code. Most was from images uploaded by Hello/Picasa to blogger. I

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread rudy
I don't know how to put mocanet2.jpg in the root of my web server. Don't know what this means exactly. Other external URLs I just copy and paste and voila. where is that image supposed to reside, on your web server or moca's? Things are going from bad to worse. Ever happen to you? yes,

[wdvltalk] Holiday Shutdown

2004-10-25 Thread Peter MacGregor
I have closed my office now until Monday November 29th while my wife and I visit our son in Australia. If anyone urgently needs me, I will monitor emails via web-mail once a week while there. Peter MacGregor • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
rudy: that image, like all the external link images, resides on external site. it resides on MOCA site. Problems with MOCA site or server or whatever cable guy says it is? What happened to all that stuff on my template? I just got done manually entering all those (12) links again, what a

[wdvltalk] RE: slices blowing in the wind!

2004-10-25 Thread Trusz, Andrew
-Original Message- From: Joseph Harris Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] slices blowing in the wind! I have exhausted all my knowledge - and then some - trying to get this sliced graphic to sit together in the top corner of the site

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Ask them to provide you the correct url. That's all you really need is the correct path to the image location. Wouldn't exactly call it programming problem since one you have the correct url all you need to do is put it in like any other image link. When you get a link sent in email you might

[wdvltalk] RE: slices blowing in the wind!

2004-10-25 Thread Joseph Harris
Thanks Andrew, I did finally solve it, but am bemused by the effects of 'block'; I left out extraneous gifs which had behaved, but then sat between the slices (transparent so it took a long time to work it out.(more below) I have exhausted all my knowledge - and then some - trying to get

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread Jon Haworth
Steven (Andrea?), What causes an external URL logo to not display? Usually it's because the logo isn't present at the URL you're using (I think rudy may have sorted this out though) What HTML book should I buy as a handy reference for such problems? You should bookmark this page:

[wdvltalk] RE: random text generator spam?

2004-10-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's just the spammers trying to beat one of the more effective anti-spam measures--bayesian filters. Have a look at this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3247200.stm As for safe to preview, well, I don't consider *anything* safe to preview, so I keep my Preview Pane permanently

[wdvltalk] RE: random text generator spam?

2004-10-25 Thread rudy
These days, paranoia pays... obviously, spam pays more rudy • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

[wdvltalk] RE: random text generator spam?

2004-10-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah, and that is one of life's wonders; how in the hell are they making money? I mean, are there really cretins out there who think they can enhance their package with some batteries-included schlock bought from a complete stranger over the Internet? Does anyone really imagine that any

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
rudy: Thanks a lot. That code you gave me worked, though I'm so blurry, I had to correct it, typed it in wrong and was about to give up on that logo. The MOCA logo looks great on my site. I appreciate the fact that you came to my beleagured assistance and now one more problem bites the dust.

[wdvltalk] RE: external URL logo not displaying on blog

2004-10-25 Thread ANDREA STREIGHT
rudy: thanks again for your patience and help marc: right-o, will try to keep emails short I wanted to give a complete description of my problem, and I always relate to words. I forget that some problems must be seen, as well as described verbally. Sorry. Steven Streight Web Usability

[wdvltalk] Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
I am not good at javascript at all and have a client who uses a Perl shopping cart (not my choice but I'm stuck with it) The client prices an item by the thousands with a minimum order of 1,500 but once above that number you can order however you want. Here's my problem I have validation that the

[wdvltalk] Re: Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Stephen Caudill
I'm a fair hand at JS and this really doesn't sound like a job for it, given your constraints... plus I wince when I see critical functionality implemented through JavaScript. In any case, If the cart always rounds to two decimal places on the server side, there really isn't anything JavaScript

[wdvltalk] Re: Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
I agree that the constraints are crappy. What I am requested to do is to verify that the number is larger than 1500 then convert the quantity to 1.5 or whatever and pass the new quantity to the Perl script. For right now I've put instructions on the page to order in the number of thousands, aka

[wdvltalk] Re: Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Stephen Caudill
Okay... It sounds like you already wrote a script that does what you need, but I'll take a stab anyway. I'll assume the following HTML: form name='cart' id='cart' onsubmit='return stupidCartFunction(this);' input type='text' name='qty' id='qty' / ... ... input

[wdvltalk] Re: Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
I love the return. I have convinced my client that we don't try to validate and convert 1500 into. When I pointed out they weren't doing it on the other forms (I think the previous people knew even less than I do) So we are going with 1.5-2.999 in the pricing field and forgetting validation. When

[wdvltalk] Re: Javascript help

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
It was getting it to pass the proper quantity I was getting stuck and I think Stephen's script showed me where my error was but I'm back burnering it for now since my client looked at the other places on the site where pricing was in bulk and saw that they didn't have the validation there just

[wdvltalk] quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Joseph Harris
If I have www.blahdeblah.com (not real - do not click, repeat do not...) must the opening file be index.php (or index.html and so on) or will it pick up say: index-blah.php (or html or whatever) Or is there a way of getting it to pick up any file title by specifying it on the server... I

[wdvltalk] RE: quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Depends what you specify as the your default file name in your htaccess file. I've seen all sorts of start page names including home.htm, default.html, the ever popular index.html (with the server side language of choice using the same name just with the proper extension as well.) Cheryl D. Wise

[wdvltalk] RE: quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Joseph Harris
Cheryl, So if my .hta access folder reads: # -FrontPage- IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti* Limit GET POST order deny,allow deny from all allow from all /Limit Limit PUT DELETE order deny,allow deny from all /Limit AuthName smilepoetryweekly.com AuthUserFile

[wdvltalk] RE: quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Cheryl D Wise
I rarely configure an Apache server so I'm not the best one to ask. I always end up consulting the docs. Maybe someone else knows off the top of their head but I do remember it was easy enough to find in the Apache documentation when I set up my Mac. Everything I see there refers to FrontPage

[wdvltalk] RE: quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Mark Groen
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:09:03 +0100, Joseph Harris wrote: Cheryl, So if my .hta access folder reads: # -FrontPage- IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti* Limit GET POST order deny,allow deny from all allow from all /Limit Limit PUT DELETE order deny,allow

[wdvltalk] RE: quick index.php question

2004-10-25 Thread Joseph Harris
Mark, Thanks. I think that is clear to me. The reason for wanting it is, of course, to know which 'index' file belongs where.It's so easy to drop something in the wrong folder! Joseph On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:09:03 +0100, Joseph Harris wrote: Cheryl, So if my .hta access folder