Bj and Sheila, You were both right. Both problems were straight from the tutorial - being a trusting soul I was looking typing errors or excess astigmatism! Not till I tested both together did the error line disappear and the browser page come up as it should. (my next problem is sorting out a password for mysql; I shall do this on my own, I hope)
John, I would have followed your idea next. Thanks Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph, Smile Poet" > > > -----Notice: Undefined variable: meta in > > Period and equals ".=" is shorthand code for "equals its present value plus > what I am adding here" > > So this line: > $meta .= "<title>$this->sitename - ". > is shorthand for: > $meta = $meta . "<title..." > > and if $meta doesn't already have any value, you will get exactly this error > > In other words, either $meta has to be defined as something before you try > to use it in that line, or else the first time, you should be using "=" on > its own and not ".=" > > > > > ____ . 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 words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ • 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 words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
