[wdvltalk] [OT] Making a .doc table from an Excel spreadsheet?

2005-04-11 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi all... I've got an xls file. in there are 4 columns.. busines unit / question / response / notes I'm trying (and thought it'd be easy) to simply export that data to a word doc, ina table perhaps, so it'll look nicer than excel, but be just as clear? Is there an easy way to do that... I'm stum

RE: [wdvltalk] breadcrumb problem

2005-04-08 Thread Tristan . Pretty
I did for a site a last 3 pages visited breadcrumb wize... worked quite well... if you're using PHP that is! Put this in an include, and append it to each page... Then use the breacrumb variables in your breadcrumb area? $_SESSION[breadcrumb3] = "$_SESSION[breadcrumb2]"; $_SESSION[breadcrumb2

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP/MySQL - find a value in entire table...

2005-04-07 Thread Tristan . Pretty
All so obvious now...! Nope, you're both right... As it happens, I've decided to take an offer of redundancy that was made months ago, and I'm off, so all this is gonna sit on a shelf for a while... but I've learnt something, and that's what's important... Tris... David Precious <[EMAIL PRO

[wdvltalk] PHP/MySQL - find a value in entire table...

2005-04-06 Thread Tristan . Pretty
I need to search an entire table for a value, and then report back what field it was found in... how on earth do I do that? I've a list of departments, as field names. whenever a user interacts with that Dpet, I wanna add thier id No to the appropriate field. so I'll be left with a table that loo

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] CV help?

2005-03-23 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Gotcha... With that in mind, I made a change to my 'current position'... = Web consultant Many pages were poorly optimized when I started, they had several errors, and lacked any time saving functionality (having all repeatable content as includes etc) I spent my first few week

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] CV help?

2005-03-23 Thread Tristan . Pretty
That's great advise...! I see your point totally, and would ahve never really thought of that myself Must learn to promote myself better..!!! David Blakey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 23/03/2005 05:39 Please respond to wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com cc Subject Re: [wdvltalk

[wdvltalk] [OT] CV help?

2005-03-22 Thread Tristan . Pretty
I'm a fairly confident PHP/MySQL developer... I know that I've not yet met a chanllenge I couldn't do (with some trial and error). So I'm working on my CV, and I'm very bad at technical 'bigging up myself'. I've built CMS's, admin tools, download capture and reporting systems that talk to e

[wdvltalk] PHP and Join... (need a nudge)

2005-03-08 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi all, long time no post... I've rebuilt a download tracking system my company uses. I built the original, and thought that a restructure would be a doddle! Ooops! ;-) Anyhoo... I used to capture each download in it's own row, replicating user data each time. (Eg: if a user downloaded 5 files, I

[wdvltalk] Selling a domain name...?

2004-10-18 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Anyone got any advice...? It looks like we will be selling http://www.infinity.com We've had a few enquiries over the years, but wanna make sure it goes to the right person, and for the right price. My boss reckons jsut use Ebay Is there a better way? Tris... **

[wdvltalk] RE: Web hosting for dummies...

2004-10-07 Thread Tristan . Pretty
How odd??? Here it is again... === Hi there, I need to advise a work mate on web hosting, how it works, and stuff like that. I tried to explain it to her, but she said that something ot read would be most helpful... Anyhone know of any good places to direct a complete newbie, to help du

[wdvltalk] Web hosting for dummies...

2004-10-07 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi there, I need to advise a work mate on web hosting, how it works, and stuff like that. I tried to explain it to her, but she said that something ot read would be most helpful... Anyhone know of any good places to direct a complete newbie, to help dumb down the whole process...? Tris... ***

[wdvltalk] W3C - are they serious?

2004-09-21 Thread Tristan . Pretty
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beertastic.co.uk&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29 Hi there... I've jsut been put forward for a job, provided I quickly clean up hte code on ym home page to ensure that no errors are being kick up... So, I clea

[wdvltalk] SQL '!=' ???

2004-07-20 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi there... I'm trying to select all records from a MySQL database, and exclude those from certain countries... I've posted a copy of an SQL statement I've got that I'm using in PHPMyADMIN. And as you can see, I've said not to pick Argentina, but there it is??? What first year mistake am I making

[wdvltalk] SEO - Ongoing...

2004-06-24 Thread Tristan . Pretty
I've done loads of research on this, and wrote a report to my boss... She just pointed out that the sites I was learing from were over a year old, several years in some cases... Does anyone know of an up to dte set of instructions that will cover modern search engine requirements? I know I've as

[wdvltalk] Re: Web hosts...

2004-06-24 Thread Tristan . Pretty
US based to be honest... It's a Co in New York. THey're fed up with UK hosts.. ooops ;-) Any US specific ideas? I'll check out the others that you guys suggested.. CHEERS!!! Stephen Caudill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/06/2004 19:50:58: > Tris, > > looking for a UK host, right? You migh

[wdvltalk] Re: Auto responder problem with list

2004-06-23 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Argh.. I just got the same thing?!!??? Bummer... Anything I need to do? "Cheryl D. Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/06/2004 03:29:04: > Good news, thanks for a quick response. Wish every place I dealt with would > fix problems so promptly. > > > Cheryl D. Wise > Certified Professional W

[wdvltalk] Web hosts...

2004-06-23 Thread Tristan . Pretty
One of my freelance sites, has requested that we move hosts... They're currently with ehosting (formerly zenithtech). What with the Mancester outage, and really bad email delays, they're not happy bunnies... So, I'm tasked with offering them potential replacements. I use beamhost.co.uk for my 9-

[wdvltalk] Search engine help...

2004-05-25 Thread Tristan . Pretty
My boss has asked me to create a report on our current search engine status (the easy bit) and ideas to enhance our placement (the hard bit) I know about: META tags ALT tags not repeating key words too often But what she really wants is a dumbed down version of this: http://www.risk.sungard.com/

[wdvltalk] Re: First freelance job...

2004-05-17 Thread Tristan . Pretty
for a bar, it's for a bar (probable what I meant) Cheers, good advice...! Meeting tonight, and I've done a rough mockup... Beers maybe on the way!!! ;-) "rudy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17/05/2004 11:37 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [wdvltalk] Re: First fr

[wdvltalk] RE: Stupid JavaSCript...

2004-05-14 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Cheers Linden However, my error relates to the 'if' statement.. it says that: document.searchform.select1 is null ...? But it clearly isn't??? "Linden, Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13/05/2004 18:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [wdvltalk] RE: Stupid

[wdvltalk] linking to files...

2004-04-28 Thread Tristan . Pretty
We've a problem on our site... we have several pdf's for download. On different computers, we have differnt results when people click on the link... 1. the user automatically downloads the pdf and opens it in the browser window 2. The user gets an open/save/cancel dialog box 2a, Open causes acrob

[wdvltalk] [OT] - Saving excel as Plain text, but nicely formatted...

2004-04-22 Thread Tristan . Pretty
http://www.ibm.com/investor/3q02/3q02earnings.phtml You see the table at teh bottm? It's plain table at teh bottom, we wanna save an excel spreadsheet in a pretty format such as this. IBM use the PRE tag, to keep things in place. CAny ideas? *

[wdvltalk] RE: [OT] Home networking help...

2004-04-21 Thread Tristan . Pretty
> I'm not sure I understand the reason for having a wired and wireless together unless it is a computer that is typically mobile (laptop, etc.). I stream media from two computers, and the wireless is too slow to do so... "Linden, Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 20/04/2004 16:00 Please respond to [E

[wdvltalk] [OT] Home networking help...

2004-04-20 Thread Tristan . Pretty
A big thanks to everyone who helped me out with ym dual network problem... I now have a new problem... My situation... I have a wireless connection with 5 computers. Router - 10.0.1.138 A - Apple Mac - 10.0.1.10 B - Apple Mac - 10.0.1.12 C - PC - XP Pro - 10.0.1.20 D - PC - W2K - 10.0.1.32

[wdvltalk] Imbedded forms...?

2004-03-04 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Can one embed forms? I have a master form and with in it, a few others.. EG: SUBMIT5 SUBMIT1 SUBMIT2 SUBMIT3 SUBMIT4 If I hit sumbit buttons 1-3, only the appropriate form msut submit, but hitting either button 4 or 5, I want teh master for to submit... But I'm running into probs.. any i

[wdvltalk] Re: Cheap Web Hosting?

2004-02-20 Thread Tristan . Pretty
http://www.ehosting.com I use these guys.. Â5 a month, so I dunno what that is in US $...? But they're great...! "jmwcruiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 20/02/2004 16:44 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [wdvltalk] Cheap Web Hosting? Hello group- A convers

[wdvltalk] [OT] Embedding fonts in pdf's

2004-02-17 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi all... We've got a PDF we've sent to the printers... However, we've been asked to re-supply it, with the fonts embedded..? I have no clue about that, and don't have time to read the manual... anyone know how to do this? tris... (Will go and look in the manual now anyway ;-) ) **

[wdvltalk] Re: php

2004-02-13 Thread Tristan . Pretty
$Query = "Insert into $TableName (id, name, date) values ('', 'number three', '2004-12-02')"; loose all references to id making... $Query = "Insert into $TableName (name, date) values ('number three', '2004-12-02')"; My first thought was that you're forcing a blank into the id field... Try

[wdvltalk] Re: HTML Emailing

2004-02-13 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Are you familiar with PHP, or ASP? They can help you... I can help you with PHP, if you like... I'm sure there's an ASP bod out there on this list.. "Hoenig, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13/02/2004 15:29 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [wdvltalk] HTML Emai

[wdvltalk] [OT] - Back again...!

2004-02-06 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Hi all... 2 years ago, I moved departments within my company (I'm still here, but that's another story) Anyhoo, at taht point, I lost all ability to talk to this list.. Linda couldn't explain it, and the E-mail 'guru' here couldn't explain it Anyhoo, I've tried every few months to re-subscri

[wdvltalk] Apache, .htaccess & mod_auth_mysql

2002-10-22 Thread tristan . pretty
So... For about 6 weeks, I've been struggling to get this all workign correctly. A mate at work has helped me install mod_auth_mysql ok, but I cannot get my .htaccess files to talk to my database yet. I've read, and re-read several tutorials, but cannot get enough info to configure my server corre

[wdvltalk] [OT] Test...

2002-09-11 Thread Tristan . Pretty
Oh my! For those of you who know me from a few years back, I've been trying to regain access to this list after an extended absense. Well, I checked my WDVL folder today and I had a few days worth of mails... Am I getting through at last??? *sob* *

[wdvltalk] Re: FormMail... (From TRIS)

2002-08-19 Thread Tristan . Pretty
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