RE: [wdvltalk] Zone Alarm question

2005-09-18 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I use ZoneAlarm Security Suite and before I upgraded to it I used Pro, good program with regular updates and less overhead than Nortons similar software packages ( much, much, much less overhead - bloody Norton is like a 500 lb giant telling a 300lb little guy what to do!). I have not had any real

Re: [wdvltalk] Thunderbird spam (over)kill?

2005-09-13 Thread Galatek Webmaster
The easiest way is to make sure that anyone you are corresponding with that is legit is in your address book. Thunderbird uses Bayesian methodology ( it think ) to try and be smart about determining what is junk, usually missing headers or information like a from address that doesnt match the

[wdvltalk] Site check / design opinion

2005-09-12 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Hello all, im working on a new style for my consulting site and I was hopeing some of you could take a look at the working copy and let me know what you think about the look, feel and navigatability of it as it stands. the url is : http://www.c-omputersolutions.com/new/ Thanks in advance for

Re: [wdvltalk] Re-post the CBS doesn't work

2005-09-07 Thread Galatek Webmaster
nihao the problem could be on CBS' end of the situation, they might have a server configuration problem, or possibly a corrupt RM stream ( or an outdated one ). It is also possible that they upgraded to a different version of Reals' software that maybe your player cannot support - first step is to

[wdvltalk] Perl DBI question

2005-08-30 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I am hoping that someone out there can save me some hair and frustration with this problem I am creating a custom shopping cart application for a client using Perl and MySQL to keep track of user sessions and shopping cart information, the script checks to see if a cart exists for the user

Re: [wdvltalk] Drop down buggy in IE

2005-08-25 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I might be wrong but i think you need to set the z-index for the drop down menu to 2 or higher ( depending on the layer your text will be on ), this way IE knows that the drop down menu is on a different level and should show it on top of the text Portman wrote: Hi all, I put a drop down

[wdvltalk] PHP::Session Perl Module

2005-08-24 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Has anyone out there used the perl module PHP::Session to share sessions between PHP and Perl? if so, have you had any errors with it? I keep having a problem with the browser session not being carried over from PHP to perl without specifying the SID explicitly in the coded links • The

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: I've an unrecognised drive with Windows XP

2005-08-23 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Did you install XP over 2K? Sometimes older drivers remain setup for the old OS even when trying to reinstall them on the new OS - the best way I have found is to install the new OS on a clean drive and install the hardware from that point. Usualliy that works just great for me - of course it

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] spam menace from Korea

2005-08-17 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I sharpened my programming teeth in MS-DOS and TANDY DOS with GW-BASIC ( god have mercy and protect me from bloddy line numbers and AUTONUM commands ). I also learned C++ ( the very old and not so lamented Borland C++ ) on DOS 6.22 ( boy was that an advance huh? the wonderful MS antivirus that

Re: [wdvltalk] Photoshop layers and Flash - Possible?

2005-08-12 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Todd - I am still in the process of learning flash myself ( I want to do a somewhat similar project ) and looked up some tutorials - ive listed them below, Hope that they help http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/new_media/bitmap_import_in_flash_mx

Re: [wdvltalk] Photoshop layers and Flash - Possible?

2005-08-12 Thread Galatek Webmaster
what I'm after. Thanks a lot - I really appreciate it! Todd -Original Message- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:09 AM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Photoshop layers and Flash - Possible? Todd - I am still

[wdvltalk] MySQL irritation - mysql_num_rows returns blank string

2005-08-05 Thread Galatek Webmaster
whatsoever. I have tried debugging by putting dynamic comments in the code, but the value output by mysql_num_rows is always a blank space. Any help on this before i go completely nuts is appreciated much in advance. Charles R King Galatek Webmaster • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM

Re: [wdvltalk] MySQL irritation - mysql_num_rows returns blank string

2005-08-05 Thread Galatek Webmaster
be if ($numrows == 0) { comparison, rather than assignment. - Stephen On 8/5/05, Galatek Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all ( at least I hope it is getting somewhere, my last few emails disappeared) Got an irritating little problem that is starting to drive me up the wall, I am making

Fixed - Re: [wdvltalk] MySQL irritation - mysql_num_rows returns blank string

2005-08-05 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Fixed the problem .. ended up being a typo in the code execution, didnt catch it right away. Thanks anyway Stephen Galatek Webmaster wrote: Thanks but ive tried that and it displays the message about no items in that category snippet src=original message if I use ($numrows == 0

Re: [wdvltalk] CSS behaviors?

2005-08-05 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Matt Warden wrote: On 8/5/05, T-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: display:hidden or visibility:hidden? Sorry, I meant display:none; • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface

Re: [wdvltalk] CSS behaviors?

2005-08-05 Thread Galatek Webmaster
visibility: hidden; works as well Matt Warden wrote: On 8/5/05, T-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: display:hidden or visibility:hidden? Sorry, I meant display:none; • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or

Re: [wdvltalk] Thunderbird crashed

2005-08-04 Thread Galatek Webmaster
try going to your thunderbird profile directory for thunderbird ( most likely located at: c:\Documents and Settings\USER NAME\Application Data\thunderbird\Profiles\ each profile is given its own directory, if you see 2 directories that means that thunderbird created a new profile for you open

[wdvltalk] Perl/php - md5_file equivalent of this function?

2005-08-03 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I am looknig for a perl equivalent / instructions on making a perl version of the PHP md5_file to calculate MD5 checksums for files as they are uploaded to a customers website. I am writing and administration backend for the customer, and am using perl for most of the script operations. The

[wdvltalk] Perl/php - md5_file equivalent of this function?

2005-08-01 Thread Galatek Webmaster
I am looknig for a perl equivalent / instructions on making a perl version of the PHP md5_file to calculate MD5 checksums for files as they are uploaded to a customers website. I am writing and administration backend for the customer, and am using perl for most of the script operations. The

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-29 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Hoo boy, sounds like a winner of a hosting company ( good thing email cannot display dripping sarcasm ). It sounds like the easiest way to avoid getting an ulcer over this would be to convince the client to change hosts ( i know i know, more headaches ). I have no idea why any hosting company

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-29 Thread Galatek Webmaster
if this was the first time I had viewed the page and it was cached but it seems to happen every time. Any ideas? Riva Galatek Webmaster wrote . . . /snip • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-28 Thread Galatek Webmaster
What company is this site hosted with? it sounds like they have some serious problems with their perl installation. If you use the CGI library, then you can just print 'print $query-header;' which prints out a perl compatible html header. also, do you have access to an SSH command line? if

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-28 Thread Galatek Webmaster
perl module paths are the paths where perl looks for the add on modules and functions for scripts ( ie CGI.pm is located most probably in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3 ) these really only affect you if you use custom modules, or if, for some reason, your perl installation was not compiled

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-28 Thread Galatek Webmaster
? TIA, Riva Galatek Webmaster wrote: perl module paths are the paths where perl looks for the add on modules and functions for scripts ( ie CGI.pm is located most probably in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3 ) these really only affect you if you use custom modules, or if, for some reason, your perl

Re: [wdvltalk] Perl error on server

2005-07-27 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Is this script running as a cron or through the command line? If not then you need to set the content type declaration - i.e. #!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; $query = new CGI; print $query-header; print Hello World; #ship.cgi ( or instead of using CGI use [ the CGI library is a standard part of

Re: [wdvltalk] Multisite Hosting on IIS

2005-07-06 Thread Galatek Webmaster
First setup a new website on IIS ( i.e. other than Default Website) by right clicking the computer name under the IIS folder, and select new give the website a name and then follow the instructions on the website given to you by Stephen. That should work Andrew Lau wrote: Now the two

[wdvltalk] Sharing session information between PHP and Perl

2005-06-30 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Hello all, got a quick question here that has been giving me a headache: Is there a quick way of sharing session information between PHP and Perl? I.E. information set with the PHP $_SESSION and session_start() entries I have a mainly PHP based website with Perl as a background for logging in

Re: [wdvltalk] Help with web page

2005-06-28 Thread Galatek Webmaster
just from a brief look at the code, it looks like it has to do with how you declare the tables and rows, you print the menu cell after the content cells; the best way ( in my opinion ) would be to have the menu be a nested table inside the lefthand cell, and the body taking up the right hand

Re: [wdvltalk] Help with web page

2005-06-28 Thread Galatek Webmaster
to work with? Mine is as follows: !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd; Thanks, Todd -Original Message- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:45 AM To: wdvltalk

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP: determine if a directory is empty

2005-06-09 Thread Galatek Webmaster
just add a line to check for an empty string in $file and break the loop after printing the message you want to print. i.e. $continue = true; /* Set a BOOLEAN variable to keep the loop going as long as there are files */ if ($handle = opendir('./ssgi/')) { while (false !== ($file =

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP: determine if a directory is empty

2005-06-09 Thread Galatek Webmaster
don't plan on deleting the directory when no files are present. Will this test still work even if the directory exists but is empty? Thanks, Perry Gerenday Webmaster / Visual Communications Visteon, Nashville Glass Plant 615.350.7656 -Original Message- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto

Re: [wdvltalk] perl and linux,apache web server experts

2004-11-21 Thread Galatek Webmaster
One way you could do it is by using the perls string replace function to find any tag openings and replace them with something innocent like an asterisk (*) - this is a good way to stop HTML from being used to crash the guest book. syntax could be something like this --when the for is being

[wdvltalk] [SCR] http://mockup.eurosourceantiques.com/

2004-10-21 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Id like some opinions and browser compatibility checks on this site if at all possible. I am updating my clients website, and he wants it to be more modular with a minority of scrollbars (only internal table scroll bars). I have made the script check the browser type (ie, Netscape, etc) and

[wdvltalk] Re: Again SCR: http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/

2003-12-20 Thread Galatek Webmaster
/ Charles, I tried to access your site again (the first time the images did not show up), and I get this: http://www.c-omputersolutions.com/ Sorry, Website is down for maintainance Contact Webmaster with any questions Jan Galatek Webmaster wrote: That is odd, all of the pictures are up

[wdvltalk] RE: Again SCR: http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/

2003-12-20 Thread Galatek Webmaster
- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 21 December 2003 6:42 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Again SCR: http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/ That is odd, all of the pictures are up, and on every other computer I check with it shows the photos. I had

[wdvltalk] Re: Again SCR: http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/

2003-12-20 Thread Galatek Webmaster
://www.pspug.org/edu/edu.shtml http://www.pspug.org/edu/slp/assign.shtml http://www.pspug.org/edu/slp/slpparticipants.htm - Original Message - From: Galatek Webmaster To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 9:42 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] Again SCR: http://eurosource.c

[wdvltalk] SCR: http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/

2003-12-19 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Hello all, I would like a check on http://eurosource.c-omputersolutions.com/ for ease of use and load times as well as aesthetic appeal. This is a site for a client of mine and its still under development, I want to replace a lot of lines of code with a simple mysql database but for now this is

[wdvltalk] RE: OT:Redirecting in IE

2003-12-11 Thread Galatek Webmaster
It sounds like your browser has been hijacked by something you downloaded or that was downloaded onto your computer by a site you visited. Your best bet is to run an anti-ad program like AdAware or SpyBot Search and Destroy. Charles R King C-omputerSolutions.com Phone: (860)567-5248 Fax:

[wdvltalk] RE: PHP coding

2003-11-27 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Replace define ('TEXT_INFORMATION','it's cold.') with define('TEXT_INFORMATION','it\'s cold.') when you put the apostrophe in, PHP reads it as an end to the string you want to display, using the backslash tells PHP to display the character following as a literal character, without parsing it as

[wdvltalk] RE: Anyone wanna test a content management system for me?

2003-11-15 Thread Galatek Webmaster
IE 6.02 SP 2, WinXP Pro SP 1, Norton Firewall, NAT Router Don't know if the site is down now for some reason but I don't get anything but a blank screen when I visit the site. -Original Message- From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003

[wdvltalk] Using DB in web site

2003-11-12 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Greetings, I want to implement a database background for my website to hold user identities for custom pages, news headlines [for the site], and other things. I know PHP, some Perl and MySQL but the problem is that the hosting provider I have currently does not support MySQL in the package that I

[wdvltalk] RE: AV concern

2003-09-26 Thread Galatek Webmaster
you can still get the virus data files and everything by downloading the manual DAT and update files from their website. Norton is a little annoying but it does allow that option. go to the Symantec home page, click on downloads, then Download Virus Definitions, then Intelligent updater since you

[wdvltalk] RE: Suggestion needed.

2003-09-26 Thread Galatek Webmaster
all you should need is a router, NIC cards, and cable. The router i use acts as the gatway discarding the need to use one PC as the gateway, it automatically is configured to act as a DHCP server and NAT, as well as having the ability to open internal network connections to the outside world.

[wdvltalk] RE: Linux Lovers - Read this!

2003-09-26 Thread Galatek Webmaster
i was under the belief/[knowledge] that you could obtain Mandrake, Redhat, Gentoo, or other linuxes for free anyway if you didnt mind not getting the tech support or product cds and manuals.. hmm.. sounds like a more cost effective plan to me -Original Message- From: Cyberspace Publishing

[wdvltalk] RE: site review/coments

2003-09-24 Thread Galatek Webmaster
of that space at the botom of the copyright kinda makes it look off as well. Galatek Webmaster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] site review/coments hi, please check the site

[wdvltalk] RE: URL rewriting (was: overlib tooltips)

2003-09-21 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Apache runs on windows servers as well, i am using a Win XP Pro based system as my web server and it is running Apache 2.0. but if the server isnt actually in your control then you could try asking the sys admin about implementing PHP for the answer you received previously or about a different way

[wdvltalk] RE: Kinda Silly Really: Setting up mail server behind Cable Modem/Router

2003-09-15 Thread Galatek Webmaster
you aren't using NAT. Just open port 110. J.R. Pitts http://www.wjponline.com -Original Message- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Kinda Silly Really: Setting up mail server behind Cable

[wdvltalk] Kinda Silly Really: Setting up mail server behind Cable Modem/Router

2003-09-14 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Hi all, I am trying to work out setting up a Mail Server while connecting to the internet through a router and cable modem. The outgoing mail system works fine but no incoming mail can be received (Port 110 blocked by ISP maybe? or router? i dont know). I am using Apache Web server with JAMES for

[wdvltalk] RE: Windows XP editions

2003-09-10 Thread Galatek Webmaster
The reason the seller probably said that is that it has partial truth. Many vendors have Backup CDs sent out with their computers, these CDs contain everything needed for the operating system to work immediately, but the usual downfall is that the drivers are customized to the hardware of that

[wdvltalk] RE: Windows XP editions

2003-09-10 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Safer probably.. but not cheaper. You should shop around looking for used versions that aren't OEM. Good Luck Charles R King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galatek Incorporated/Wanderers Haven -Original Message- From: Tim Burgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:45 PM

[wdvltalk] Re: CSS Problem

2003-09-04 Thread Galatek Webmaster
: [wdvltalk] Re: CSS Problem Galatek Webmaster wrote: Ok guys, ive got an annoying issue. CSS based I guess. Im putting my site http://www.galatekinc.com/ to a major revision, and while testing it I noticed that a small menu I have on the left hand side has a problem. When the cursor goes over

[wdvltalk] RE: SoBig again!!

2003-09-02 Thread Galatek Webmaster
Ive been getting between 15-20 hits a day from the dang sobig virus. The first break I had came this Friday, but as soon as Monday night hit it came back. Maybe it took a break for labor day weekend huh? Symantec's Security Response Website (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/) said that it will

[wdvltalk] RE: SCR: http://www.granary.ie/new/index.asp

2003-08-30 Thread Galatek Webmaster
The site looks ok from the outset, but maybe a few minor cosmetic changes can make it look better. Have you thought about using DHTML for drop-down information on the shows? That way the user does not have to scroll all of the way down the page to see the last items? Or link to another content