Re: [wdvltalk] Wordpress or do you know of a better blog

2006-01-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
Foall my blogs I use WordPress. Now it even has a good collection of blog themes. I started with Blogger, switched to MovableType and eventually settled down with Wordpress. Now I can even design my own themes with WordPress. For me the best thing is that it has been written with PHP. Amrit

Re: [wdvltalk] Question about image

2005-11-15 Thread Amrit Hallan
First the simple stuff: You can close the newly opened window by simply using this code: X (you wanted an X) Now, the second part is a bit complicated. You'll need to get the size of the image (either from the inventory or programmatically), and then use that info as parameters to the window

Re: [wdvltalk] no-repeat css woes

2005-11-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
You may find this link useful: http://www.aboutwebdesigning.com/2005/10/18/using-css-to-place-background-images Amrit http://www.aboutwebdesigning.com Jennifer Severn wrote: Hi everyone, I am having trouble with CSS for a non-repeating background. Surely this should work, inserted into the bod

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP question

2005-11-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
Ok, this is generally what I do if I have to work on a new website involving MySQL database: I get the password to the control panel from my client. The link in most of the cases is www.domain.com/cpanel, but it can be different too -- hardly matters. Once I'm logged in, I click on an icon tha

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP question

2005-11-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
If you are not doing some big database thing such as physically putting the dat and other files, you can simply manage your MySQL database (that is generally used with PHP-run websites) using phpmyadmin. This link you can find in the control panel (database section). Amrit http://www.aboutwebd

Re: [wdvltalk] Sending mails

2005-10-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
http://www.aboutwebdesigning.com Joseph Harris wrote: Amrit, Just a thought - Are there any doubles in the email addresses? Does your script check that? Joseph Joseph Harris toilet humor about the toilet http://www.Looperman-is-ready.com http://www.smilepoetryweekly.com (family friendly humour) From: &

[wdvltalk] Sending mails

2005-10-01 Thread Amrit Hallan
I'm using PHP to send emails from my one of my websites. The script uses a MySQL table to select the emails. Now, there are over 430 emails, but the scrips stops after 387. There is no error, I see the "Done" message at the bottom. I have tried increasing the script execution time but the probl

[wdvltalk] Installing ASP, JSP, CF

2005-08-08 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hi. I'm trying to setup a hosting server with a friend and he plans to install ASP (SunONE ASP), JSP and ColdFusion, and of course, PHP. Can they all be installed on the same server and is it going to be a resource crunch? Just for personal preference and to know the pulse of developers, if w

[wdvltalk] Accessing another pc desktop

2005-05-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hi. I would like to access the desktop of my another computer from my laptop. How can I do it using "Remote Desktop Connection"? Regards. Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsl

Re: [wdvltalk] php and checkboxes

2005-05-06 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hi Matt. Every recipe must be having a unique recipe ID (auto incremented) in your database table. So when you generate a list of recepies with the accompanying check boxes you can do like this: $result=mysql_query("select recipe_id, recipe_name from recipes"); echo ""; while($row=mysql_fetch_r

[wdvltalk] PHP: dates before 1970

2005-04-25 Thread Amrit Hallan
In PHP, when I try to process dates before 1970 I get an error. Is there a workaround? Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Sen

Re: [wdvltalk] .htaccess question

2005-04-25 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you Stephen. I have already used a the path variable...but anyway, since it works on the server, temporarily I've dumped all the files in a single directory and am accessing them from there. Regards. Amrit Stephen Caudill wrote: Amrit, I dug around in my .htaccess and I've got nothing of t

[wdvltalk] .htaccess question

2005-04-21 Thread Amrit Hallan
I have Apache setup on my machine. I view files by typing http://localhost. I need a file in http://localhost/aa to access a file in http://localhost in PHP like: I know how to setup the include path using ini_set('include_path', 'path'), but how do I do it in .htaccess file. I can set it up f

Re: [wdvltalk] Linux? Regarding Dreamweaver

2005-04-09 Thread Amrit Hallan
Deb, Peter, thanks for replying. Peter, cost is not an issue (for the first time in my life!) because the company for whom I have to do the work is funding the hardware/software cost :-). It's just that, I thought, if I'm not going to use a certain feature (like we can do in MS Office) why buy i

[wdvltalk] Regarding Dreamweaver

2005-04-09 Thread Amrit Hallan
I'm planning to purchase Dreamweaver. If some body knows, kindly let me know: [1] Since I'll be using it mostly for php coding, can I purchase only that part [the hand coding part] without the web designing features? [2] Does it have built-in FTP like HTML-Kit (I'm currently using HTML-Kit)? Th

Re: [wdvltalk] Managing different projects

2005-04-04 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you everybody...I'll check out all the links. Right now I'm using just a text file (EditPad Lite) to keep track of my projects. Previously I was using the Tasks feature of MS Outlook. Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMA

[wdvltalk] Managing different projects

2005-04-02 Thread Amrit Hallan
Off late I've been getting many projects simultaneously. Keeping track of them and their projects' status is becoming quite confusing. Is there some online tool that can help me manage projects, clients and their contacts, etc.? Thanks. Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM •

Re: [wdvltalk] How is this done?

2005-02-25 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you Sheila and Bj. This is how it worked. I first connected to my server using putty.exe. Then from there I gave sftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] command. It connected. Then I went to the appropriate folder, found the files where all the PHP files were stored, and gave the get *.php command. Then I u

Re: [wdvltalk] How is this done?

2005-02-25 Thread Amrit Hallan
oad files from there? > > > > Amrit > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Sheila Fenelon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] How is this done? > > >

Re: [wdvltalk] How is this done?

2005-02-24 Thread Amrit Hallan
wdvltalk] How is this done? > Amrit Hallan wrote: > > "A better solution might be for Amrit to find somewhere else he can ssh to > > with a static IP (i.e. a public web server he controls), and have Mark A add > > that IP to the accept list on his firewall. Then Amrit

[wdvltalk] How is this done?

2005-02-21 Thread Amrit Hallan
"A better solution might be for Amrit to find somewhere else he can ssh to with a static IP (i.e. a public web server he controls), and have Mark A add that IP to the accept list on his firewall. Then Amrit ssh's to his server, and then from his server to your server." How do I first SSH to my se

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Amrit Hallan
It comes blank. Amrit - Original Message - From: "Peter MacGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Site Check please > Can someone please check the following: > > http://www.smugglers-at-sompting.co.uk/clubs/clubs_index.shtml > > I've

Re: [wdvltalk] Next? [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-15 Thread Amrit Hallan
(only it's unix...) > > If you just wanted to download and upload files, what was wrong with ftp? > That is the usual way to upload and download files to and from a server. > Just try with a client like WS-FTP or CuteFTP and the ip, username and > password you already have. >

Re: [wdvltalk] Next? [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-14 Thread Amrit Hallan
or] here's a fairly authoritative list of the core *nix comands: http://www.ss64.com/bash/ beyond that, you'll need to specify a particular task you're trying to achieve, I believe. hth, Stephen On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:56:40 +0530, Amrit Hallan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[wdvltalk] Next? [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-14 Thread Amrit Hallan
Finally I was able to login. They had to register my IP address. Is there some link that can tell me what to do next? I just see a black screen. I have no idea why/how I'm using Putty. Will I see some files here? Thanks. Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltal

Re:[wdvltalk] Update [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-14 Thread Amrit Hallan
I think it is has either something to do with the IP or the port, as was mentioned in some earlier posts. They have asked for my IP address. I sent them. I'm awaiting their feedback now. Thank you for all the help. Amrit - Original Message - From: "Bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sund

Re: [wdvltalk] [wdvltalk]Further [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
st/x86/putty-0.56-installer.exe > > That's what I use and it does dandily for me. If that doesn't resolve > it, then you might double check the IP address you're attempting to > connect to. If that is correct as well, then it is a permissions issue > on the other end.

[wdvltalk] [wdvltalk]Further [ Using SSH ]

2005-02-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hi. I downloaded PUTTY.exe. When I try to open/connect using an IP address I get the following error: Network error: Connection reset by peer whereas it should ask for login and password. I have tried it by changing the "Keepalives" value but nothing happens. I'm using a DSL connection. First

Re: [wdvltalk] Using SSH

2005-02-10 Thread Amrit Hallan
pe you know what to do once you have your SSH Telnet connection... all > you get is a command line prompt. OK if you are an old Unix hand and > remember all those commands like pwd, mv, rm, chmod and such... :-))) > > - Original Message - > From: "Amrit Hallan" <

Re: [wdvltalk] Using SSH

2005-02-10 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hi Amrit, > > On Thu, February 10, 2005 10:09 am, Amrit Hallan said: > > I need to access a server using SSH. Till now I've only been accessing > > servers using FTP. Can I do it on Win XP and if yes, what software do I > > need to install. All I know is it works like T

[wdvltalk] Using SSH

2005-02-10 Thread Amrit Hallan
I need to access a server using SSH. Till now I've only been accessing servers using FTP. Can I do it on Win XP and if yes, what software do I need to install. All I know is it works like Telnet. Thanks in advance. Amrit • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Sen

Re: RE:[wdvltalk] blog description edit problem

2005-02-02 Thread Amrit Hallan
I would suggest you shift to WordPress [ http://www.wordpress.org ]. I recently started using it. It's very light and the best thing is, it is written in PHP. You can import your Blogger entries too. Here, recently I imported http://www.website-content-writer.com from Blogger to Wordpress. It took

Re: [wdvltalk] Fraud or over reaction?

2005-01-15 Thread Amrit Hallan
plate from let's say, http://www.templatemonster.com/? A client of mine wants me to purchase a PHPNuke template from there and many people must have bought the same template. I think this guy is over-reacting and needlessly harassing that contractor. -

Re: [wdvltalk] OT Paypal

2005-01-13 Thread Amrit Hallan
This is a fraud. They get your credit details like this. -- Amrit Hallan = Website Content Writer & Freelance Copywriter http://www.amrithallan.com/ah.asp?d=em = - Original Mes

Re: [wdvltalk] OFF TOPIC: Advertising / Afilliates

2005-01-12 Thread Amrit Hallan
sort of visitors will come to your website. If you're targeting a very narrow, focused group, you can charge more. > - Not to stray too far but is anyone using Google AdSense? I'm using at at http://www.bytesworth.com -- Amrit Hallan

[wdvltalk] MySQL/PHP date

2004-06-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
I created a date field in an already existing MySQL table with ALTER TABLE table_name ADD COLUMN session_date DATE; Then I inserted today's date into this column with $query="insert into table_name (group_id, session_date) values (1, " . date("m-d-Y", time()) . ")"; $result=mysq_query($query); ?>

[wdvltalk] OT - BIOS Problem

2004-05-31 Thread Amrit Hallan
My LAN card suddenly started acting weird and the person who maintains my computer said there might be a virus in the BIOS. Now he wants to change the entire mother board along with other things. I would appreciate if someone could tell me: [1] Can't BIOS be changed without changing the entire

[wdvltalk] Javascript

2004-04-24 Thread Amrit Hallan
How do we sort an associate array such as var name=new Array(); name["name1"]="City1"; name["name2"]="City2"; How do we sort this array by names? Thanks Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[wdvltalk] Re: PHP: 404 error handling

2004-04-23 Thread Amrit Hallan
Finally, this code did the trick for me: Error, not running as Apache module";} // get name of the requested page $request = rawurldecode($REQUEST_URI); if(get_cfg_var('magic_quotes_gpc')) $request = stripslashes($request); // check that this is not called directly if ($request == $PHP_SELF) { ec

[wdvltalk] Re: PHP: 404 error handling

2004-04-22 Thread Amrit Hallan
--- Original Message - From: "Amrit Hallan" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: April 22, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] PHP: 404 error handling I'm trying to write a custom 404 error handling script in PHP. The script, redirect.php, needs to know what wrong URL was entered

[wdvltalk] PHP: 404 error handling

2004-04-22 Thread Amrit Hallan
I'm trying to write a custom 404 error handling script in PHP. The script, redirect.php, needs to know what wrong URL was entered by the visitor. Neither $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] works nor $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] I have also tried $HTTP_SERVER_VARS for backward compatibility, but no result. Ho

[wdvltalk] SQL: Adding slashes

2004-04-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
How do we add records to an SQL table that contains forwarded slashes? It gives an error when i try to enter a URL. Thanks Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To:

[wdvltalk] Re: Handling XML output

2004-04-16 Thread Amrit Hallan
I was finally able to do it using the Snoopy.class.inc file. You can get it at http://snoopy.sourceforge.net/ Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com Bj wrote: - Original Message - From: "Amrit Hallan" But when the form is submitted, the result is an XML file of the form: v

[wdvltalk] Re: PHP: Selecting N number of records

2004-04-04 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you Bj :-). I think I have got the starter. Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com Bj wrote: - Original Message - From: "Amrit Hallan" When I show the result of a query, the entire result comes on the page, even if there are 100s of returned rows. How can I show the result

[wdvltalk] PHP: Selecting N number of records

2004-04-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
When I show the result of a query, the entire result comes on the page, even if there are 100s of returned rows. How can I show the result page-wise (for example, the footer of Google where you see 1 2 3 4 5 ...Next)? Is there some live code example available? I'm using PHP and MySQL. Thanks.

[wdvltalk] Re: PHP: Returning an array

2004-03-30 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you :-). Such things make one feel sometimes dumb and humble. Besides, they needlessly waste so much time :-(. Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com Sheila Fenelon wrote: You have some typos in your code 'lables' instead of 'labels'. This worked for me: "Baby Name", "gender"=>"Gender", "e

[wdvltalk] PHP: Returning an array

2004-03-30 Thread Amrit Hallan
I'm trying to initialize an array in a function like this: "Baby Name", "gender"=>"Gender", "ethnicity"=>"Ethnicity", "meaning"=>"Meaning"); return $labels; } ?> But when I use: the variable $labels1 does not have any value. How can get the values I want? Thanks. Amrit http://www.

[wdvltalk] XML...

2004-03-25 Thread Amrit Hallan
Are there some good learning resources for XML that demonstrate live examples? Thanks. Amrit http://www.bytesworth.com :-\ • 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 perso

[wdvltalk] Sites not accessible

2004-03-24 Thread Amrit Hallan
Two things have been happening ever since I've started using the DSL connection. I access the Internet in two ways: Directly dialing the DSL modem, and through my laptop that is connected to my PC by a cross cable. [] There are a few sites I cannot access at all even when I dial directly th

[wdvltalk] MySQL to XML

2004-03-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
My client wants to re-design is website and convert it into an XML site. His website uses a MySQL database (referring to 4 tables) and PHP to generate quote combinations. Can, should this database be converted into XML? Will it be able to convert complex queries? Thanks. Amrit ***

[wdvltalk] RE: CSS - Table question

2004-01-30 Thread Amrit Hallan
Is there a way in CSS where we can have a shadow behind a table? Amrit • 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] wit

[wdvltalk] Configuring a payment gateway

2004-01-12 Thread Amrit Hallan
An old client of mine has arranged with a bank (ICICI) to install a Java payment gateway on his website. He received a few files zipped together that he has to "install" on the server. As far as I could make out, he is using a third-party hosting service, so how does he install the files? Has someo

[wdvltalk] Re: Table with equal width cells

2004-01-09 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you John. Actually I'm "redesigning" my client's site and he has used fixed numbers such as wihch, I don't know...I wanted to avoid. Yes, I can do it in PHP, but as you mentioned, the browser resized the cell width according to the length of the text string. Thanks. Amrit - Original

[wdvltalk] Table with equal width cells

2004-01-09 Thread Amrit Hallan
I've been working with the tag for such a long time but haven't given it a thought. Can we create cells of equal width without mentioning the "width" attribute (even that doesn't seem to work sometimes). This I want so that no matter what's the number of tags I create, their width should be the s

[wdvltalk] Re: HomeSite --> Dreamweaver

2004-01-07 Thread Amrit Hallan
you wrote | I don't think Dreamwever offers a true you wrote | autocompletion (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you wrote | but has Auto Tag completion instead: you wrote | you wrote | Preferences => Code Hint => Auto Tag completion you wrote | checkbox. you wrote | you wrote | Will this a

[wdvltalk] RE: Mixing PHP/HTML

2004-01-05 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thanks for replying, everybody. The problem, finally is, the PHP doesn't like the command, so all the file extensions that support this line refuse to execute the php code. Similarly, when a file executes the php code, it refuses to obey the SSI commands. Is there a way out? I have searched on th

[wdvltalk] RE: Site Check Please

2004-01-05 Thread Amrit Hallan
A very soothing layout. Checked on both IE 6+ and Opera 7.10 -- looks the same. Initially I thought there was some problem with the navigation graphics because they blinked when I moved the cursor from one tab to another, but later on workedfine. Amrit you wrote | -Original Message- you

[wdvltalk] Mixing PHP/HTML

2004-01-05 Thread Amrit Hallan
In few servers, for instance my current server, I cannot run code that has both HTML and PHP in .php files. Either pure php works, or pure html works. I know the problem must be with the server because the same code works on another client's server. Do we have to mention somewhere how to access php

[wdvltalk] Testing Linux

2004-01-02 Thread Amrit Hallan
I plan to use Linux, on and off initially. Can I install it (onto another partition) without disturbing my current Windows XP settings. I don't want the current settings disturbed because I'm busy with work and don't want to spend time in re-tweaking the existing setting in order to do my current w

[wdvltalk] PC to Laptop

2003-11-07 Thread Amrit Hallan
I've got a new Toshiba laptop and I'm planning to move some files to it. They are too big to come on a floppy. Could there be a cable that I could attach both to the laptop and the PC and transfer files from my PC to my laptop without having to setup a network? Thanks. Amrit --- Outgoing mail

[wdvltalk] IE

2003-09-05 Thread Amrit Hallan
Some strange plugin has been on its own installed on my computer and attached to the Internet Explorer. My Google search bar has vanished. Some SurferBar.com shows up when I load IE with its toolbar and other stuff. How can I remove this buggy thing? Thanks. Amrit --- Outgoing mail is certifie

[wdvltalk] Re: Survey/Poll software

2003-08-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
I guess this has been a fundamental problem on the Net. Isn't it demeaning to ask someone to render services for free? I come across such clients almost on a daily basis. Now that I'm a bit "secure" I don't even talk to them. If I client doesn't want to pay on every hour spent on his or her project

[wdvltalk] RE: PHP Problem

2003-08-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
ssage- | From: Amrit Hallan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:00 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [wdvltalk] PHP Problem | | | Of late I've been facing this problem: I have been using a | new host (Linux). Whenever I try to load a .PHP file, my | browser (both

[wdvltalk] PHP Problem

2003-08-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
Of late I've been facing this problem: I have been using a new host (Linux). Whenever I try to load a .PHP file, my browser (both IE and NN) begins downloading the file instead of displaying it. For instance, when I load www.quality-writing.com/index.php, it shows me the download options (Gozilla)

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] How stupid do they think I am?

2003-07-30 Thread Amrit Hallan
I think I have been getting this for years now. If not more, then two years. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Low-cost Linux Web Hosting: http://www.bytesworth.com/webhosting

[wdvltalk] Thank you Re: Please check FLASH

2003-07-02 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you everybody -- the problem is solved. I had made the animation in Flash MX. All I had to do was, save the file as Flash 4. Now it is showing on all the browsers. Thanks again. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http

[wdvltalk] Please check FLASH

2003-07-02 Thread Amrit Hallan
At http://www.bytesworth.com/sm I have flash animation. Sadly, on some systems it is not showing (on mine, it is showing). Please let me know if you can see it. Thanks. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Low-cost

[wdvltalk] Writing a proposal

2003-06-19 Thread Amrit Hallan
I need to write a web site development proposal for a management institute (why they should hire me to make their web site?). Can I find some good proposal samples somewhere? Thank you. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http

[wdvltalk] Radio buttons

2003-05-29 Thread Amrit Hallan
I have the following radio button defined: Single Married But when I try to check the value using alert(document.frm1.R1.value); it shows "undefined". Am I defining the radio buttons right? TIA Amrit Hallan == Web Site Developm

[wdvltalk] Apache/PHP

2003-05-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
URL /admin.php. Apache/1.3.20 Server at 172.16.0.19 Port 80 = Do I have to change settings in httpd.conf, or php.ini? Thanks. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Low-cost Linux Web Hosting: http://www

[wdvltalk] Apache in WinXP

2003-04-06 Thread Amrit Hallan
How can I run Apache/PHP/MySQL in WinXP? Each time I have to go back to the partition that has Win98. Thanks. Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com

[wdvltalk] Re: How to install server for winxp?

2003-04-06 Thread Amrit Hallan
Zhao, Click on My Computer Then on Control Panel Then on Add or Remove Programs Then on Add/Remove Windows Components >From the given list, install Internet Information Service (IIS) Amrit Hallan == Web Site Development - h

[wdvltalk] Re: Sending an HTML email

2003-04-01 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you Jenny. Instinctively I had set the width to 500 pixels :-). Thanks again. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com

[wdvltalk] Sending an HTML email

2003-04-01 Thread Amrit Hallan
I intend to send an HTML email (a newsletter). The whole content has been created in an HTML page, hand-coded. Should I attach the file to the message, or copy the HTML source into the email? Thanks. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http

[wdvltalk] Refreshing Popup

2003-03-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
At http://www.nriba.com/adbiz1.asp, if you click on one of the "What's this?" links, a popup appears to show the description. The problem is, when the next "What's this?" is clicked, the new content comes, but the old is there too. Is there are a way to make the

[wdvltalk] Re: Dynamic drop-downs

2003-03-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you for all the help guys. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.463 / Virus Database: 262 - Release Date: 3/17/2003 • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto

[wdvltalk] RE: Dynamic drop-downs

2003-03-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you John. I found an example at 4guysfromrolla.com, but it's too complicated. I'll use a single drop-down, with the main categories concatenated as bracketed items. Thanks :-) Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Developm

[wdvltalk] Dynamic drop-downs

2003-03-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
I have two drop-down boxes taking values from two database tables (main categories and sub categories). The content of the second drop-down should dynamically changing according to the selection made in the first. Please help me if someone knows how to do it. I'm working in ASP. Thanks.

[wdvltalk] Re: MS SQL Database

2003-03-17 Thread Amrit Hallan
Yes David. I've been extensively using MySQL. After running "mysqld" and then "mysql" I have been able to run all SQL commands and I'm familiar with query commands. It's only that, in this case, where to give those commands? I have MySQL installed on my mac

[wdvltalk] Chat room

2003-03-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
In case a chat room feature is to be included in a web site, do we need a dedicated server, or can it be done on a normal server (shared)? Thanks Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing

[wdvltalk] Re: Site Check please

2002-12-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
Hello Benny. Animated heading. Slightly dark blue text over light blue background. Underlined text that is not hyperlinked. Sure-shot way to send visitors away. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and

[wdvltalk] Net usage stats

2002-11-22 Thread Amrit Hallan
I've been writing some articles. Where can I find figures like: At a given time, how many people are applying for jobs online, throughout the world, or At a given time, how many email messages are travelling to and fro. Thanks Amrit H

[wdvltalk] Re: [PHP] listing database values...

2002-10-17 Thread Amrit Hallan
set($row[$i])) { echo "NULL"; } else { echo $row[$i]; } echo ""; } echo ""; } echo ""; ?> Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing

[wdvltalk] Why like this

2002-10-09 Thread Amrit Hallan
What purpose do these complicated URLs solve? Thanks. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com ¤¤ WebDevE-Publica

[wdvltalk] Posititoning a Popup

2002-10-01 Thread Amrit Hallan
I want to open a tiny browser window at the extreme-right-top corner of the screen. Not knowing what size could a user be using, is there a general way of arriving at this position? Something like align=right and valign=top? But in the window.open() function. Thanks. Amrit Hallan

[wdvltalk] Re: Adding hours to current time in vbs.

2002-09-30 Thread Amrit Hallan
tion response.write timeAdd("h", 4) %> Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com ¤¤ WebDevE-Pub

[wdvltalk] FREE PHP host

2002-09-29 Thread Amrit Hallan
Is there some good PHP free host? When I looked on the Net (Google), strange results (for adult sites, etc.) came up. I need to test some PHP scripts there. Thanks. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting

[wdvltalk] Re: Which is faster

2002-09-28 Thread Amrit Hallan
Well, for the time being, I'm using Access. I just want to know which would be the faster way, not whether I should use Access or not :-) Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing -

[wdvltalk] Re: WEB PAGE NAMES: INDEX or PAGE NAME

2002-09-27 Thread Amrit Hallan
This is how I do. Every section has an index file, and then file0, file1, etc. Refer to http://www.bytesworth.com/learn/default.asp http://www.bytesworth.com/articles/default.asp Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http

[wdvltalk] Transparent FLASH

2002-09-24 Thread Amrit Hallan
Can we make transparent FLASH files so that the background of the page doesn't get covered? Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithalla

[wdvltalk] FP-XP Text-wrapping

2002-09-24 Thread Amrit Hallan
I want to try out FP-XP for hand-conding. The problem is, the text doesn't wrap when it reaches the end of the editing window. Can it be set? I'm using HomeSite, but I'm not happy with its indenting. Thanks. Amrit Hallan

[wdvltalk] Re: Flash tutorials

2002-09-23 Thread Amrit Hallan
Just found www.flashkit.com Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com ¤¤ WebDevE-Publication: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[wdvltalk] Flash tutorials

2002-09-23 Thread Amrit Hallan
I need to make a small, 140x150 flash banner but the book I've got is very confusing. Is there some site that tells me step-by-step how to make a simple flash banner? Thanks. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.byteswort

[wdvltalk] Re: Question on SQL Server Tables

2002-09-23 Thread Amrit Hallan
ot be accessed by other customers. Again, depends on the kind of database management schema you plan to follow, and what are your future plans. I prefer a single database provided the customer information can be standardized. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web

[wdvltalk] Re: Scripts/Graphics

2002-09-20 Thread Amrit Hallan
very browser since the > Ice Age just so Johnny Newbie can add a multi-tree navigation menu to his > site about his pet cat doesn't lend itself to streamlined HTML. > > A resource on *how* to make your site look like the pros, why and when to > implement advanced navigation (for exam

[wdvltalk] RE: [SPONSOR] When Has Making $100 Cash Ever Been This Easy?

2002-09-17 Thread Amrit Hallan
If it is WDVL then I see nothing wrong in it. After all they have to earn too. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com

[wdvltalk] RE: Columns with CSS

2002-09-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
These links look different in Netscape, and my client recently couldn't run my javascript in IE5 and Netscape 4.7 (both for Mac). Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing -

[wdvltalk] Columns with CSS

2002-09-11 Thread Amrit Hallan
Somebody wants me to create a web site in the newspaper format, using one or two columns. I can do it using tables, but I remember that can be done with CSS too. Does someone know how, or has someone done it in the list so that I can see the code? Thanks. Amrit Hallan

[wdvltalk] Re: Title in ASP

2002-09-06 Thread Amrit Hallan
Thank you Bj, Tom and Howard. As Tom said, I can use the extended SSI to know the name of the file. In ASP too, we can obtain the name of the file by using request.servervariables("URL"). So I thought of using this instead of the page title. Thank you again. Am

[wdvltalk] scr: Bytesworth

2002-09-03 Thread Amrit Hallan
but can it be made decent in Netscape? Thanks. Amrit Hallan ¤¤ Web Site Development - http://www.bytesworth.com Copywriting and Copy Editing - http://www.amrithallan.com ¤¤ WebDevE-Publicati

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