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1951.

Solve : Using a database to complete tasks on the visitors system??

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another question, how can i use a database to complete a task on the visitors system? WITHOUT using a software already installed on their system.. SAY the visitor connects, and i wanted to create a FILE %systemroot%\file.txt .. any WAY of doing this?If the visitor had no software on their system that interacted with your website / web server the only way you'd be able to do something like this is to have them download a file. In the case of your example you'd probably WAN to create a batch file that helps to create the file and have the user download that file.
1952.

Solve : Navigation bar?

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Hi

How can I change the COLOUR of the navigation bar (the URL section)?

Thanks
ElizeNeed more info. What navigation bar? What do you mean by "URL section"? I attached a doc to show what I meant by the URL section. I WANT to make that section yellow.

[recovering disk space -- ATTACHMENT deleted by admin]I don't recall ever seeing such a feature. What makes you think that can be DONE? Can you POST a link to a site that does this?If you're talking about changing the color of the URL address field of the navigation bar....this is normally done by modifying the CSS of your website.

This way, when an individual visits your site, the field's color is adapted by the script you've implemented for your site.

As far as the specifics...this may be different based on the browser the user has installed while visiting your website.I originally moved this topic from web design because I got the wrong impression.
I'm now moving it back.
Sorry for the inconvenience.I went to that site on another computer, and saw that it wasn't there. I suppose that it is browser settings.

Thanks for your helpQuote from: Elize on July 05, 2008, 12:28:07 AM

I suppose that it is browser settings.

Not browser settings, just browser, i.e. which one and what version. In other words, some browsers will recognize it, others won't.I think there is a firefox Add-on that changes your URL Colour but I'm not sure.I dont use firefox anymore, but isn't the taskbar colour one of the things you can change by typing config:about ??about:config , i ment to say.. you could also read more here http://userstyles.org/styles/7962
1953.

Solve : Building my website - My Journey?

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In the past, I have spent many hours developing my own logo.

I am USING the logo, PLUS all the drafts to come up with a banner that is really cool.


Steps to get to my own logo....

I created the logo in a $10 scrapbooking program from Walmart, and used that in conjunction with a VERY old version of Power Point to create the mixed colors and light for the banner. So, now I have a nice logo and banner that I created myself.

Then I put it in another photo $10 program (a generic photo shop) I got from Wal-mart to make it into a JPEG.

BUT, because of the WAY I made it, it may not work well on my website, so this is where I am going to cheat a little, but I still saved myself some money.

I am paying a professional Logo person to take my logo and put the pro spin on it, PLUS make it web-site ready.

Here is the issue you may run into when putting something on your website that you created. If you don't know what you are doing, it could end up looking "streched" or it may not look the way you want it to.
Plus, it needs to be browser and modem speed friendly.

To get someone to prepare my logo for my website is $50.

Money and time spent - many hours on my logo - the EXPERIENCE was SO well worth it.

$50 getting the rough logo and getting it turned into something I can use on any website I want to.

*** You do not have to create your own logo. Templates come with great logos that are free. You can use these for as long as you wish, or until you can pay someone to get you a special logo. This is a cost you can incur later. BTW - If you get someone to create your logo from scratch, it will be more expensive. ****My head is hurting a little from trying to learn all the website stuff, so I am going to take a break and start applying for my other applications.

I am applying for a forum at simple machines, an account at Google adsense, and paypal for businesses. Are you also paying for server space then, as well as registering the domain name? If you plan to keep your site online for more then a few months it would probably be cheaper (in the long run) to set up your own server. (on the other hand, that is a whole new ball game- from web site building to hardware...)Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 30, 2008, 05:10:52 PM

If you plan to keep your site online for more then a few months it would probably be cheaper (in the long run) to set up your own server.
With good, reliable, web hosting plans available for as little as $4/mo., plans which are adequate for many small business sites, I say don't even give this idea a thought? Quote from: soybean on June 30, 2008, 10:01:00 PM
Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 30, 2008, 05:10:52 PM
If you plan to keep your site online for more then a few months it would probably be cheaper (in the long run) to set up your own server.
With good, reliable, web hosting plans available for as little as $4/mo., plans which are adequate for many small business sites, I say don't even give this idea a thought?

sorry I misread her posts- I thought she was paying in the ballpark of 80-90$ a month- almost as if they were renting here a server or something ANYWAY.
1954.

Solve : Private Message help?

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We recently had problems with the 1.1.5 upgrade.
We have un-intalled that back to 1.1.4. Reinstalled
the shop mod.

Since then members do not have a reply BUTTON on PMs.
Anyone shed some lights? Only admins have reply buttons
for PMS.

Have you checked the General Permissions to see if you've ALLOWED users to Read and/or SEND messages?

BTW...I 'm ASSUMING you're USING SMF?Quote from: Saviour on June 27, 2008, 10:38:21 AM

Have you checked the General Permissions to see if you've allowed users to Read and/or Send messages?

BTW...I 'm assuming you're using SMF?

Yes all permissions have been checked to allow users to have
those features. Yes we are using SMF.

Have you tried the SMF Forums? Quote from: Saviour on June 27, 2008, 11:00:36 AM
Have you tried the SMF Forums?

I always have a hard time with their support. They don't get
back to you.
1955.

Solve : Page shows as html?

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I have a page that usually SHOWS normally, but I get occasional complaint that visitors gets a view of the raw html instead of the normal page. Any ideas of what may cause this?

Thanks,

Jimmy
On the html page in question, did you add the extention type to the file? also make sure you are using the PROPER header

the top of your html page should look something like this

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Your Page Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>


and the end should look something like this
</BODY>
</HTML>


I had the same problem, and FOUND the SOLUTION to be one of those.. in my case the user with opera would see raw code because i dident add a header, but the user in internet explorer still did

1956.

Solve : Uploading files?

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Hi all,

I was hoping someone here could help me with something.

How would i GO about making a webpage that allowed you to upload things to a domain (Photobucket/Imageshack style)

What coding languages would i need, and how would i go about doing it?

Thanks in ADVANCE,

KamakTry a .php upload script, you can GOOGLE .php upload script

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1114_PHP-Image-upload-script.html << theres one for imagesYou would have to use PHP and SQL to upload them.
It would be a pretty long script. You would be better off to have your own server because you would be using a lot of disk space and you would need a lot of MONTHLY bandwith.

Link

1957.

Solve : Banner Logo?

Answer» OK I am WORKING on my website and I am able to change out the BANNER logo they automatically gave me, but I made my logo in Power Point.

It looks REALLY good, but How do I make it into something I can uplaod to the website as a banner logo?

Thank you!

Amanda

Is it part of a .pps/.ppt file as it stands now? If so, you should be able to save it as an image file (.jpg is a good choice). Then, code that image into your webpage(s) and UPLOAD it to your web server.Quote from: soybean on June 21, 2008, 01:13:08 PM
Is it part of a .pps/.ppt file as it stands now? If so, you should be able to save it as an image file (.jpg is a good choice). Then, code that image into your webpage(s) and upload it to your web server.

Cool I will try that and see how it goes.
1958.

Solve : html?

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How do i insert image using html,eventhough i have given the correct pathname?www.hostingsite.com/username/file.jpg"/>

Something like that?Actually i WANT to insert an image from c: or desktop,how do i do that?
Do i have to specify width and height according to the image?Actually I think you have to upload it onto the internet.

I'm not sure it's possible to link a picture on a website to the desktop.Hey thanks!!!!!
I saved my image in my HOMEPAGE FOLDER,and i got it !
Thanks for replying.No problem. Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on June 16, 2008, 09:10:32 AM

Actually I think you have to upload it onto the internet.

I'm not sure it's possible to link a picture on a website to the desktop.

Correct, you have to upload the image to the internet. You technically can use images directly from your hard drive, but you'll only be able to view them as localhost.Quote from: CBMatt on June 17, 2008, 01:43:44 AM
Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on June 16, 2008, 09:10:32 AM
Actually I think you have to upload it onto the internet.

I'm not sure it's possible to link a picture on a website to the desktop.

Correct, you have to upload the image to the internet. You technically can use images directly from your hard drive, but you'll only be able to view them as localhost.
Like if you SAVE webpages.width an height are used to resize the image if it orginaly not as big. Quote from: squall_01 on June 17, 2008, 04:36:58 AM
width an height are used to resize the image if it orginaly not as big.

...What?Quote from: squall_01 on June 17, 2008, 04:36:58 AM
width an height are used to resize the image if it orginaly not as big.
Using Width and Height attributes in HTML tags to make an image display larger in a browser than the underlying image is generally not a good technique. That will often cause degradation in image quality. The best approach is to resize the image to the ACTUAL size needed for a web page BEFORE using it on the web page.This is also true, but most of the time it works. For me it does.Yes, it works. I didn't say it doesn't work; I said it's bad technique. If you take a small image and force the browser to display the image in larger dimensions, this causes some image file formats to degrade in appearance. More often, what happens is that web developers take a large image and then shrink it on the web page via width and height attributes coded into the HTML. This forces everyone's browser to do the job that should have been done by the developer and it's simply a waste of bandwidth. It's simply unnecessary; there's no reason to force every website visitor's computer, which may be thousands of visitors, do the work (resizing the image) that should be done by the developer on one computer. On older/slower systems, this can have an impact on speed of web page rendering. And, for folks using dialup connections, it slows down web page loading.Yeah, I didnt mean really big though
1959.

Solve : Help me find better online photo Gallery?

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Hi all,

I have been searching for good PHOTO Gallery software for my web site....right now my hosting company offers "Gallery 2.x" and "Coppermine latest version"...I have paid for both of them but I don't like the way the work.....you need to know too much about editing .php file to move and transfer files, it's becoming very frustrating changing from on software to another......also i have considered using Flicker but that would not be on my own web site .....any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.


CheersCoffee Cup Software offers a flash photo gallery at a reasonable price. I have used it on a website I did for a customer...who has since taken on the responsibility of maintaining the site himself.

You can see the gallery on their site at this link: http://www.califon.org/gallery1.htm

You may want to choose the Summer photos...since there aren't too many of them...and the gallery will load quicker.

It is flash based, but does all you need it to do and is very customizable...you can even add music to the background...and tweak it so it conforms to your website.

Here's a link to the software: http://www.coffeecup.com/photo-gallery/

Other sites you may want to look into: SnapFiles.comThank you Saviour.

I toke your suggestion and bought a copy of the "Coffee_Cup_Gallery" ...I have about 1200 pictures so I put them all in 15 different Albums (mind you all the pictures are not with same resolution)....I have already found a software bug with menu button PLUS the fact that this software degrades so much.....after $40 and two hours of trying different I would give it a "1" in scale of 1 to 10.

Cheers Sorry to hear that...it has worked FINE for me...

Can you tell me what type of bug you experienced...and have you talked to CoffeeCup Support about the issue?

Like I said...I've had no issues with their software. Support has been great, as well.

I didn't mean that you should go right out and buy it...I had also included a link to SnapFiles.com, with some additional products. Wasn't there anything there you could have tried?No worries Saviour.

Yeah I have been in contact with Coffee cup support and we have sent few emails back and forth......still waiting to hear back from them.

My problem was with list of Album display....apparantley if you set the album thumbnail HORIZONTAL then that little icon that show you the list of album disappears ...hopefully they can fix that)

Cheers
Keep me POSTED...would love to hear if and when they resolve it...or have you decided on another photo gallery?

1960.

Solve : Forums / Websites?

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Hi all!

I am trying my best to build my own website. I will be very old when I finally get this monster to WORK.


How do I create a button on a website that leads to a forum link?

I have an experiment website, and an experiment forum, but I don't know how to link the forum to the forum buttom on the website.

HELP!!!

Anybody here build websites?

BTW - If BRONI or Quaxo reads this ... HI!!!

First of all you'll need a button image you'd like to use. This button image is usually uploaded to the images, or img directory of your website.

When making the link...you'll need to reference the image source in your link.

I have two buttons I want to create links to my site: button.png and button2.gif

The images are stored in my images directory of my website.

Here is the code to make the links:
Code: [Select]<a href="http://www.saviourpc.com"><img src="http://www.saviourpc.com/images/button.png"></a></img>
The above code produces this output:

Another example:
Code: [Select]<a href="http://www.saviourpc.com"><img src="http://www.saviourpc.com/images/button2.gif"></a></img>
The above code produces this output:

I hope this has ANSWERED your question...Quote from: Saviour on June 19, 2008, 12:57:59 AM

First of all you'll need a button image you'd like to use. This button image is usually uploaded to the images, or img directory of your website.

When making the link...you'll need to reference the image source in your link.

I have two buttons I want to create links to my site: button.png and button2.gif

The images are stored in my images directory of my website.

Here is the code to make the links:
Code: [Select]<a href="http://www.saviourpc.com"><img src="http://www.saviourpc.com/images/button.png"></a></img>
The above code produces this output:

Another example:
Code: [Select]<a href="http://www.saviourpc.com"><img src="http://www.saviourpc.com/images/button2.gif"></a></img>
The above code produces this output:

I hope this has answered your question...

YES, that helped alot! :-)
1961.

Solve : Please help me write a script that will clear out a pop3 mailbox?

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I have an email account LIST at bradpollina.com that gets thousands of emails a day that I don't want to even download, much less read. What I'd like to do is have a script uploaded to my hostgator.com WEBSITE where I could just go to the page and have it clean out the email box.

I went to http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/remove-or-delete-all-emails-message-from-a-pop3-server.html but I don't have SHELL access and I can't get their PHP script to work.

Could someone WRITE SOMETHING for me please? Just tell me where to put in my email username, password, and pop3 account info in the script and I'll take it from there.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Brad

1962.

Solve : onMouseOver and IE7 browser?

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The js event handler onMouseOver does not seem to work in the IE7 BROWSER.
I'm probably a day late and dollar short on this topic... but what can ANYBODY tell me about it? Is there any kind of work-around solution?

Thanks always!
Deehow are you scripting it?Nothing fancy. Generally LIKE this:


It did work in IE6, so I find it odd that it doesn't in version 7.

Deethat worked for me in ie7.... Well... Now I'm really confused.
Is there PERHAPS a setting in IE7 options that I missed?

Deetry it on someone else's computer.OK. The problem seems to be related to IE7s security structures. It doesn't seem to like anything in the HTML file that changes the windows status bar . I wonder where I go from here?

Deecheck out some of the scripts from www.dynamicdrive.com They have some scripts that do things with the status bar. You'll have to dissect it to find the status bar change. Thanks, I'll do that!

Dee

1963.

Solve : HTML Troubles With IE?

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In Firefox it looks great, however with IE being more strict and being new to HTML I am having troubles with my code.

FIREFOX



Internet Explorer


"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">


www.w3.org" />




Central Public School



body {
background-color: black;
}
p.c1 {text-align: center}








var d=new Date()

var weekday=new
Array("SUNDAY","MONDAY","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
var monthname=new
Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
document.write(weekday[d.getDay()] + " ")
document.write(monthname[d.getMonth()] + " ")
document.write(d.getDate() + ", " )
document.write(d.getFullYear())






















<img src="images/homenav3.gif" border="0" alt="home" />


<img src="images/aboutnav3.gif" border="0" alt="about" />


<img src="images/ourstaffnav3.gif" border="0" alt="our staff" />



<img src="images/eventsnav3.gif" border="0" alt="events" />


<img src="images/photogallerynav3.gif" border="0" alt="gallery" />


<img src="images/showcasenav3.gif" border="0" alt="showcase work" />


<img src="images/parentcouncilnav3.gif" border="0" alt="parent council" />


<img src="images/calendarnav3.gif" border="0" alt="school year calendar" />


<img src="images/linksnav3.gif" border="0" alt="external links" />








I suggest using table cells instead of


and eventually, you will want to learn css coding, which will give you much more control than SIMPLE tables will. Check out www.csszengarden.com & http://www.htmldog.com/ for examples of css.I second CSS. It gives you much more freedom. And it allows you to create different designs for the different BROWSERS, which is what you need for true (and proper) compatibility.Can someone help me with the code needed?I'm not going to do the whole thing, but here's the basic concept.

Code: [Select]<table>
<tr>
<td>
row 1 column 1
</td>
<td>
row 1 column 2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
row 2 column 1
</td>
<td>
row 2 column 2
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Thanks...I got it to work in IE early this morning....

          <img src="images/stafftrans.gif" width="124" height="140" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Meet the Staff" alt="Meet the Staff" /><img src="images/linkstrans.gif" width="180" height="159" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Links" alt="Links" /><img src="images/showcasetrans.gif" width="179" height="173" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Showcase" alt="Showcase" /><img src="images/parentcounciltrans.gif" width="127" height="158" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Parent Council" alt="parent council" />

 



<img src="images/capturedtrans.gif" width="124" height="124" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="photogallery" alt="Photo Gallery" /><img src="images/historytrans.gif" width="124" height="121" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Calendar" alt="School Year Calendar" /><img src="images/calendartrans.gif" width="199" height="188" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Calendar" alt="School Year Calendar" /><img src="images/eventstrans.gif" width="160" height="175" border="0" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="1" title="Upcoming Events" alt="Upcoming Events" />


 


 


 


 


 


 


 






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Thanks for your help
1964.

Solve : How to register?

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I have a question. If, to register a URL, you have to go through an online COMPANY, how do they register a URL?

Say I want to register www.myname.com.

Site "X" says I can do this with them.

But how do they do it?They buy it from the entity that administrates the TLD (Top-level domain) in question.
The different TLDs are administrated by various COMPANIES and non-profit organizations.
VeriSign is the administrator for the .com TLD for example.So say I wanted to buy it, how do I contact this VeriSign? Is it cheaper than going through one of the other ones?You can't without being a domain registrar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_registrars#Designated_registrarI read a few online ARTICLES about it, and I understand it a bit more now, so THATS good. Thanks

1965.

Solve : Java Script Problem?

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ok I made a little site...jsut trying to learn JS (Java Script) and made a little animation with PHOTOSHOP to go along with a dice game I made.....i have the animation start when u click on the hand in the main image....the dice are trown from the hand and land....this is all just GIF image animation....at the time the dice land in the animation..I want Java to spit out the 2 dice......and I have 6 diff. dice images hooked up on RANDOM # generator.....the problem is I cant seem to make the dice come out at the right time.....plus....I cant REPLACE the GIF image with a diffrent image, like one of the hand backing away.....it like wont allow me 2!!!!!

Ill post code asap....to show u waht Im talking about!!I don't know java personelly myself, but I do know someone who does. He can be found at http://z15.invisionfree.com/ISURA_Solutions

Just start a NEW thread under java

If not, I'm sure someone from this website can help...?

Good luck

1966.

Solve : Getting MSN emoticons onto Forum?

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Well as I've now became mod myself of our clan forum I would like to add the MSN emoticons to the forum but how do I get them?
I tried googling but then I end up with no moving lo quality stuff.
Is there any way that I can get them from my pc?
They are on it the only question is where.

Thanks in advance

Jonas I just took a screenshot of this one:



I haven't had any luck getting them any other way.MSN emoticons are copyrighted and if MSN FOUND out you were using their graphics on your website, you could get into pretty big trouble..... or they would ask you to take them down.It's only a stupid forum with only clan members. I don't think MS is going to search there.
Well I could search for some others.

BTW: Carbon When you screenshot them it's nice but they don't move. But it's a start.
As I'm a fair GUY I just went to the IF Forum itself and I Dloaded some leagal incons.
Still thanks for the help and info.

Jonas If you are using SMF (like this forum), just go to the smiley folder in the forum directory and create a new folder - name it something like msn. Then copy all the smileys into the folder.

You have to know how to change the forum template with php then though.Quote from: KPAC on June 18, 2008, 09:45:52 AM

If you are using SMF (like this forum), just go to the smiley folder in the forum directory and create a new folder - name it something like msn. Then copy all the smileys into the folder.

You have to know how to change the forum template with php then though.
OMG
Uhm I can add emoticans, the only problem was to get them.
But I have other incons now.

Jonas
1967.

Solve : Ways to block bot downloaders...?

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Hello all...

My friend has a music mix website which keeps getting hit with a load of bot downloaders (that download the entire content of the site) so currently he's shipping 1000gb a month of BANDWIDTH & fears that it won't be LONG before his hosting company catch wind & start trying to make him stop.

What he has implemented is for people to enter a username & password in order to download a mix.

Here's the site if you would like to see an example:

http://www.deephousesounds.net//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=28

His question is, do you think it's a good idea & also if there is a better alternative?

Thanks for your time & any advice...a bot could use a membership to do the same thing anyways, the only real method of stopping a bot is to use a generated image, i have a php script around to do just that .. ILL post it when i find itGreat thanks DIABLO!Firstly, thanks to neljan for posting this for me, on his suggestion I've signed up myself.

Secondly Diablo thanks for offering the script, I'm not sure CAPTCHA is going to be the best way for me to stop the bots, they've managed to break Google and MSN Captcha auth now and also I want to be able to stream the mixes and at the moment I use M3U files which as you probably know is just a link to an mp3 file, what I am thinking of doing is password protecting the directory so that when anyone clicks on the link they have to enter a user name and password before being able to play or download. Do you think that will stop CASUAL bot downloaders?

Thanks all
Ed

1968.

Solve : help me guys to put up a input/login tag plzzzzzzzzzz?

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hello!
i m new here
i facing a problem wid HTML,
i wanna put a login codes so that the user have to just put his ID, for example user enters- "sam"
so the page to be opened up should be "sam.html"
plzz GUYS help me ...
its now all up to u dudes.....................HELPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPP I dont think you can use HTML but you can use PHP to do it:

This is the form on the login page:
CODE: [Select]<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="page2.php" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="id" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

This is 'page2.php":
Code: [Select]<html>
<head>
<title><?PHPECHO$_POST["id"];?></title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

I think that should work.

1969.

Solve : Protect yourselves from some known vulnerabilitys?

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There are some exploits on forums worth mentioning and that is exactly what I am going to do.
I will let you know how people use them and how to patch it and protect yourselves.

Here are some exploits:
SQL injection
Buffer overflow
Javascript & HTML attacks

I'll run down them by order.

SQL Injection

SQL injection is a data editing language. You can use them to update, remove, add, gather, any kind of data.
There are plenty of simple SQL injections such as a password bypass.
A password bypass is a string that lets you log in as admin without the password.
for example.
Code: [Select]admin:' or 1=1--
password:' or 1=1--
admin:' or 'a'='a'#
you put that in the password box, you don't even need a user name.

Another sql injection is using the url box to find data and change it.
I don't have time or space to get into this, but just know that people can use the url box to gather information.

How do you know if a site a vulnerable?
with the password bypass like I showed you above you need to try it and if it works it is vulnerable.
For more advanced things you will look for a section in the url box that looks like "php?" The "?" is important.

The most common place for an sql injection to start is in a members list. click on a member and you'll see something like "user_id=1".

If all this is true, this site is vulnerable.

How do you fix it? Let me start with mentioning most of the places this works is only on a forum. It is run by php and has sql script in the source.
You can find patches for the sql script. It is a simple fix. just google for a patch for it and wahlah.

Buffer Overflow
Buffer overflow is a program that you run to overflow the login script so you can log in as admin.
normally for this to happen the ATTACKER knows a programming language or they have a program they FOUND on a site.

How do you stop this? Like most things you need to find a site with a vulnerability fix for this. Protecting yourself has a lot of searching involved. You need to learn about a new vulnerability and then search for a fix.

Javascript / HTML attacks

I bet you didnt know website scripting languages can be used to control your server from the out side.
Well lets use myspace as a example. In the old days myspace allowed html and javascript codes in a comment. People could use this to control the PERSONS myspace, they could change the background and make popup boxes to say things they wanted.

Another thing is guest books. Most guest books (especially old ones) allow javascript and html codes.

This is a very simple fix. (and no searching!)
Find the control panel over the posting part on the guest book or forum and disable javascript and html coding.

Well I tried to make this short and easy to read yet descriptive.

Hope you enjoy,
S_R_SIm really confused
But nice advice really.I'm sorry but I fail to see the point of this post.
The things you warn against have little or no merit for the average user.
Let me break down my critique by topic.

SQL Injection
Is a vulnerability type that affects SQL servers. SQL servers are often used as the backend for websites with dynamic content (like forums). The average user isn't running a SQL server.
Furthermore your advice for fixing SQL injection vulnerabilities is so generic this entire section could have been summed up with "Keep your website software patched and up to date!".

Buffer Overflow
Buffer overflow is not a program and it doesn't only affect login scripts. It is a type of vulnerability that stems from poor programming practices. It can manifest it self when software fails to properly validate the input it receives. This can, if successful, allow the attacker to replace part of the software code with his own code. More commonly buffer overflows make software crash. Actually buffer overflows doesn't even have to be malicious. This can happen under normal operating conditions when a piece of software receives input it wasn't designed to deal with. If the programmer haven't taken proper steps to deal with such a situation it can result in a buffer overflow.
Again your advice for protection is so generic it be summed up as "keep your software up to date!".

Javascript / HTML attacks
Again you tell the server's side of the story, not something that have any value for the average user.


You may find my critique harsh but don't get me wrong, I applaud you for wanting to educate people about security. I just think you've chosen the wrong subjects/angles to write about. Below I've taken two of your topics (I just can't make SQL user relevant) and suggested a few things you could write about to make it more user relevant.

Buffer Overflow
Why not talk about the fact that most software installed on a computer (including windows) can potentially be vulnerable to buffer overflows. Here you could talk about how to keep windows and software up to date. Here I would also mention Secunia's PSI that warn you if software you have installed have known security issues.
There is also security software that tries to prevent malicious software from taking over legitimate software (for example by buffer overflow). One example would be Comodo. If you have a recent processor and XP SP2 or newer you actually have some BUILT in protection against buffer overflows. This is called Data Execution Prevention.

Javascript / HTML attacks
Why not talk about the fact that most browser exploits today is delivered via javascript and how USERS can protect themselves against these exploits. For example you could mention the excellent NoScript plugin for Firefox that render most 0-day vulnerabilities for Firefox useless (if the plugin is active of course).
Yes, it is very confusing...but a good start to adding to one's awareness...

1970.

Solve : PHP Action Array?

Answer»

How do you use, or set up an action array like in this forum?
I want to use something like this: "help.php?id=blablabla".

Thanks for any help.it's easy to set one up. You can just create a link on the webpage with the "help.php?id=blablabla"
To retrieve it, use the $_REQUEST VARIABLE
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.request.php
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.phpCode: [Select] $actionArray = array(
'activate' => array('Register.php', 'Activate'),
'admin' => array('Admin.php', 'Admin'),
'announce' => array('Post.php', 'AnnounceTopic'),
'ban' => array('ManageBans.php', 'Ban'),
'boardrecount' => array('Admin.php', 'AdminBoardRecount'),
'buddy' => array('Subs-Members.php', 'BuddyListToggle'),
'calendar' => array('Calendar.php', 'CalendarMain'),
'cleanperms' => array('Admin.php', 'CleanupPermissions'),
'collapse' => array('Subs-Boards.php', 'CollapseCategory'),
// + about 50 more...
);

// Get the function and file to include - if it's not there, do the board index.
if (!isset($_REQUEST['action']) || !isset($actionArray[$_REQUEST['action']]))
{
// Catch the action with the theme?
if (!empty($settings['catch_action']))
{
require_once($sourcedir . '/Themes.php');
return 'WrapAction';
}

// Fall through to the board index then...
require_once($sourcedir . '/BoardIndex.php');
return 'BoardIndex';
}

// Otherwise, it was set - so let's go to that action.
require_once($sourcedir . '/' . $actionArray[$_REQUEST['action']][0]);
return $actionArray[$_REQUEST['action']][1];

This is the SMF code for the actions. I thought it might be complicated like that.Will you show me how to use this variable? I'm QUITE new to PHP.Here's an example. It may and it may not work, but it's the GENERAL idea. I recommend buying a book about php/mysql. That will help you a lot more than the common method of trying to wade through thousands of useless online tutorials.

Code: [Select] <?php
if($_REQUEST['urlvariable']=='page1')//entercodetogotopage1
elseif($_REQUEST['urlvariable']=='page2')//entercodetogotopage2
else//entercodetogotodefaultpage
?>
I was THINKING about buying a book but they're expensive - about €50, or about $80. That's in Ireland anyway - but everything is expensive here.

Thanks for your time and help.have you checked your LOCAL library? No I havent because I dont actually have a local library. I live in the country.

There is one in our nearest town, but its very small.

Just have to rely on CH....

1971.

Solve : How to prevent a flash movie from copying?

Answer»

Hi all you guys,

I have a problem that I have a website and I WANT to embed a flash movie on the main page(index page).

But I don't KNOW how to prevent it from copying, because When I tried to SAVE the web page then the flash movie is ALSO copied with it.

I have seen on many sites such as finances yahoo.com that you cannot COPY their flash movies.

Can anyone help me. Can anyone help in providing me the method.

I can use either html,php or asp.

I shall be very thankful to you.

thanks.

1972.

Solve : help needed about flash calculators?

Answer» HI everyone,

I have written several financial and other calculators in flash.

Now, I want to SELL them with full source code and COPYRIGHTS.

But, I don't know how to sell them

Can anyone help me .

Can anyone tell where and how to sell them

I SHALL be very thankful to you all.

thanks.
1973.

Solve : Why cant I find the link?????

Answer»

OK so i just went to this computer camp and learned how to make a webpage so i CAME home and started to make one but the day i started it my INTERNET wasn't working. after i got my internet working again i attempted to TRY and see if i could OPEN my webpage and i couldn't find it. i am currently going to menu bar and clicking file- open and going to the same spot i saved it to and i can't find please can someone help. Are you absolutely SURE that you actually saved the file?
If so, are you sure that you saved it in the folder you're searching?
And did you save it as an HTML file?

1974.

Solve : my computer wont open php!? help!?

Answer»

okay so im making a website and im trying to use PHP but whenever i try a pop up comes up. you can see that in the image below. how do i open php? ohh and i use windows vista. please help asap!

"vYou might need to set the correct mime type (text/html) for php files. You can do that in Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Options -> File TYPES. "Be more specific when you open php. Do you mean open a .php webpage? If yes, you need to be connected to a WEB server with php support. If you have your own web server, PLACE your webpage in the "htdocs" folder. Next open internet explorer or whatever you have and type "localhost/-your website name-".

If you haven't got your own web server try DOWNLOADING XAMPP from http://www.apachefriends.org/, which is a free downloadable web server with php support.

1975.

Solve : question about testing html?

Answer»

Hey, I'm just starting to use html, and I'm starting to GET the hang of it, but when I test the code on an internet page, there's added words before and after some of my text like "\par\par\par" or "\par\cf1\f1". I was wondering if someone knew what that meant?? or what I'm doing wrong with the codes?? Or if that will go away once I actually upload the page?? Because most everything else came out RIGHT like my fonts and the table I made, etc. It's just these strange extra half words, letters, and symbols in random places. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!how are you TESTING the page?I created the html document in WordPad and then I opened my internet browser to open the html file. I read somewhere that that's the easiest way to test the html page. Does that make SENSE? I'm sorry, it's hard to describe. Any help would be great. Thanks!! Try editing the html docs in notepad instead of wordpad. Wordpad ADDS all sorts of extra stuff to the document.
Thank you so much!!! That worked!! You don't know how frustrated I was and now it looks perfect. Seriously, thanks so much I also recommend using Notepad++ for html editing. It color codes all the tags and makes it easier too look at.
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/Notepad is the easy way to edit or test html pages. If you want to get better in html use notepad and save it as html extension. I do alot in html.

1976.

Solve : php and mysql, help im an idiot. :P?

Answer»

hi to all...

anyone here who can help me out with my problem. IM a newbie with php and mysql. i wanna create a database of poems, short stories and other literature. anyone who knows a script that maybe i can follow or modify. im not new to html just with php and database. hope to get reply. thanks...First step is to get a php/mysql book. It will MAKE your learning go so much faster than trying to find tutorials online. One that helped me is "PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner" by Andy Harris. I still USE it for reference.
yeah, i thought of doing such too.. but i dont have a budget. lolIs there a library anywhere near where you live?http://www.tizag.com/phpT/

One of the tutorials that got me started with PHP.

They also have a GOOD one on MySQL

1977.

Solve : the dratted "20%"?

Answer»

Hi

why does that dratted 20% APPEAR in between each word on a website title - and how do i FIX this.
using MO FrontPage 2003

thank you take out the spaces in your LINKS.... "%20" = spaceOr, if you want some separation between words on a website title, use the underscore character (_) between words instead of spaces. the underscore worked for me.

1978.

Solve : Anoying guy.?

Answer»

There is a guy on the forum of my clan that is imitating me.
He's posting as guest and abusing my name.
Is there anyway, me or a mod could trace his IP and ban him from the forum?

thanks in advance

Jonas Don't you think you'd be better off ASKING the forum's owner?

Or if you're the owner...
What platform is the forum?
Have you considered disabling guest posting?Jonas. Haven't seen you in a long time.Quote from: CBMatt on June 11, 2008, 04:08:21 AM

Don't you think you'd be better off asking the forum's owner?

Or if you're the owner...
What platform is the forum?
Have you considered disabling guest posting?
Well I'm not the owner but as Its a clan site I know the owner very well.
And he disabled the guest post and gave me the IP's, he could see them as mod.
So I traced them and we found out who did it. (A guy who got kicked from the Clan.)
As its a clan forum we can Identify everyone by locating the IP as we all know where they live.
Now he claims he didn't do it and he said someone else tricked him using a proxi server.
So my next question is: Can it be that someone used a poxi server to tweak his locating (e.g. he's being I germany and the poxi tells he's in ENGLAND when you locate it.) and when you Locate the IP you would end up somewhere else?

Jonas

BTW: Yeah as I'm in a gaming clan now on COD4 and we are in the TOP 10 most of my time goes to that. but its good to see that you guys are STILL here. And you're still very helpful!
Yes, it is possible that someone was using a proxy to disguise their actual IP.... but it is extremely unlikely that someone did that and the spoofed IP just happened to be the exact same as the guy that was banned. He's a tweaker.What country and ladder are you in jonas??

Im in Australia and we use PAM 4 cyber gamer mod for clan matches

we are 6th on our ladder.

it has 200 teams.

On topic:
So you're saying that it is impossible to change your locating by using a poxi?

Off topic:
We are playing on Console Gaming and we are placed 15th now as we had a BAD losing streak of 7 last week. But we will climb up again. Quote from: Jonas Wauters on June 13, 2008, 08:24:49 AM
On topic:
So you're saying that it is impossible to change your locating by using a poxi?

No, it's possible to change location using a proxy. What was said was it's not LIKELY this proxy had the exact same IP address as this other member who is claiming he didn't do it.to put it simple, the guy is lying about not doing it.
He's trying to say that while there are a billion IP addresses floating around the world, someone else hacked into the forum and used his IP address and location to take a jab at your clan. The odds of that are very small. Try one in a billion.interesting???
1979.

Solve : setting a page to be same on all computers?????

Answer»

Is there a way to keep the page the same size regardless of other computer users settings? What type of command would fix this for a web site?

On my computer page looks great, on some other computers the page gets really large and screws up the design and layout. Background IMAGE gets LARGER, and tables get out of align.

Any help would be great!

THANKSDo some research on css and then work on implementing that into your website.
CSS allows you have greater control and more capabilities with your webpages.

Here's some links to get you started:
www.csszengarden.com
http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/stylesheet_guide/
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss
Thanks for the help....

Im a little BEGINNER with this... is there any way you can show me an example of the command I would be using?How are you creating the webpages?
There really isn't a single command that will fix the problem. It's all about the way the html/css is set up.well im using dreamweaver, its nothing too FANCY or high tech,

just changes the size of the page on some computers when i view it to test it.Quote from: derekholland on March 24, 2008, 05:32:35 PM

well im using dreamweaver, its nothing too fancy or high tech,

Unfortunately, I don't know very much about using dreamweaver. My preferred method of web page creation is old hand-coded html. You COULD wait here for someone else to lend a hand, or see if there's any forums on Adobe's website for dreamweaver.The only way that I know of doing a fixed with site is with CSS.
1980.

Solve : apache questions?

Answer»
I'm trying to set up a remote circumventor on an apache server at exofire.net, its part of x10 hosting, how COULD i find the apache source? im using cpanel or FTP and the OPERATING system is windows, i'd also like to know how to go about WRITING a cgi proxy or a php proxy COMPATIBLE with java.

thanks
i guess what im asking is how can i inject source code into an apache server? or edit the apache source within apache?for what purpose?
1981.

Solve : Who Can Save Me?! Site Help PLEASE HURRY *UPDATED*?

Answer»

Still no luck with my link situation. This is a five minute JOB and I can't get my head around it! I am willing to give a hr's work for $40 if you can help me. I will supply you with the password to the website and the link I require. If you can do this...and fast please email me Corey at [emailprotected] asap to get the info and I PROMISE you will get the money! This will be a TWO way trust issue because you will have access to the site after this. Thanks I am trying to link www.isowall.ca to www.isowallrockwall.com I want when someone goes to isowall.ca they are taken to isowallrockwall.com There is a login on the isowall.ca site where the changes are to be made. But I have no clue how to get it done. I can not edit the "click to enter" page and do not know how to access the next page once in. Could you maybe post what the issue is? What are you trying to do?Can I ask a question?

Why did you register under a different username and post the same question we have already GIVEN you help with?

The fix is simple...

Log into your host's control panel at www.isowall.ca. Once you are there, go to "Redirects". You can setup a redirect so that anyone going to www.isowall.ca will be redirected to www.isowallrockwall.com. Simple as that...

Should take less than 2 minutes to accomplish.

I don't need the money...This is the same name I used for the first post...I just took it of to put this updated version on. You did give me help on this topic last week, which was much appreciated! I do not have access to my host for the isowall.ca This is an old site and the owners had a new on created. Now they find out that they don't own anything to do with the old site and all the players in the old site are givinig them the screws to help forward to the new site. I have limited access and know knowledge of the editor used in the site. It should still be a quick job for someone who knows what they are doing.Without access to the old site, or control of the DNS for the old sites name there is no forwarding that can be done from the old site to the new one.
If you have access to edit the old site (which would be exceedingly odd if you don't have access to add a redirect in the control panel) you can replace the old sites page with just a simple redirect statement. But again, If you don't have access to that site then there's nothing that can be done to redirect isowall.ca to isowallrockwall.com.

However...

The owners paid for the domain name, correct? Referring to www.isowall.ca...

Just have them login to to their domain name account...and point the name servers to the new host server.

Problem solved...

Once you pay for a domain name...it's yours to do with as you wish for whatever length of time you paid for. So if you registered a domain name for 1, 2, 3 years...etc., etc...it's yours for that period of time.

Like I said...just login to your domain name account...and change the name servers to point to the new host server(s) of www.isowallrockwall.com.From the sound of it the people in question made the mistake of letting their webhosting folk register the domain in that companies name or something and so don't actually have ownership of it. Which means they are SOL unless they pursue legal action of some kind, which may or may not succeed.

1982.

Solve : Centering Textareas?

Answer»

Hello!
Where will I have to type the <center></center> in the Textarea code below?

Quote

<TABLE width="500" style="border:2 solid #000099" bgcolor="#5CB3FF">

<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#000099"><FONT face="tahoma" color="000000"><FONT size="1">NEWS</FONT></FONT></TD>

</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="5CB3FF"><FONT face="tahoma" color="000000"><FONT size="1">
<TEXTAAREA rows="11" cols="57" style="background-color: #5cb3ff;" style="border:2 solid #5cb3ff">

14/03/08 - 19:08pm

Members page done! woop!
______________________
14/03/08 - 16:11pm

Getting Started page has now been finished and is linked through the navagation! Please dont join yet though :S
______________________
14/03/08 - 15:18pm

Just finished the Rules page! Link in navagation is now clickable ^^
______________________
13/03/08 - 16:49 pm

Home page has officially been finished! The other PAGES will now be under construction ^o^
_______________________
13/03/08 - 13:36 pm

New buttons have just been added, feel free to USE them!
_______________________
13/03/08 - 11:36 am

Exotica is just being created! It may take some time before it's finished
_______________________
</TEXTAAREA></FONT></FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

(Change highlighted)

Quote from: Leopard Gecko on March 28, 2008, 09:34:55 AM
Hello!
Where will I have to type the <center></center> in the Textarea code below?

Quote
<TABLE width="500" style="border:2 solid #000099" bgcolor="#5CB3FF">

<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#000099"><FONT face="tahoma" color="000000"><FONT size="1">NEWS</FONT></FONT></TD>

</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="5CB3FF"><FONT face="tahoma" color="000000"><FONT size="1">
<TEXTAAREA rows="11" cols="57" style="background-color: #5cb3ff;" style="border:2 solid #5cb3ff" ALIGN="center">

14/03/08 - 19:08pm

Members page done! woop!
______________________
14/03/08 - 16:11pm

Getting Started page has now been finished and is linked through the navagation! Please dont join yet though :S
______________________
14/03/08 - 15:18pm

Just finished the Rules page! Link in navagation is now clickable ^^
______________________
13/03/08 - 16:49 pm

Home page has officially been finished! The other pages will now be under construction ^o^
_______________________
13/03/08 - 13:36 pm

New buttons have just been added, feel free to use them!
_______________________
13/03/08 - 11:36 am

Exotica is just being created! It may take some time before it's finished
_______________________
</TEXTAAREA></FONT></FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>


1983.

Solve : finding deleted file in the computer?

Answer»

Hello Everybody

What is the way or the mechanism to find again the FILE I HAVE DELETED
Using SHIFT + DEL

Tam
and this is in the WEBDESIGN section because??Quote from: Tamnet on March 22, 2008, 10:21:30 AM

Hello Everybody

What is the way or the mechanism to find again the FILE I HAVE DELETED
Using SHIFT + DEL
No mechanism exist.
You will have try and see if the file can be recovered with file recovery software.
Try Recuva.Here's a couple of undelete utilities at Snapfiles freeware
1984.

Solve : How do I add photo gallery to a web page, in Front Page??

Answer»

How do I add a photo gallery file of recently completed works to a WEB page, in office FrontPage, either by adding another bullet point, or somewhere completely DIFFERENT on the page.

I have an idea you have to create a hyperlink, but it has been so long since I last did this, I CANT remember how to go about it anymore.
On your home page create a hyperlink:
Code: [Select]<a href="gallery.html">Visit our gallery</a>
Than create a NEW page where you insert the images, and call it "gallery.html".
Save it in the same directory as your home page, and that's it.Here's a good tutorial that might help for font page. In PARTICULAR the section on reducing photo's to thumbnails to increase the page download. You might want to add a Alt Tag to the photo's...

1985.

Solve : CSS?

Answer»

CSS allows TWO methods of accessing external CSS SCRIPT. What is different between two methods of accessing external CSS script?Did you copy that question from a test? It SOUNDS a lot like homework. In that CASE, try google and wikipedia.

1986.

Solve : WebDesign?

Answer»

Hello fellow computer people.
I am taking a course on Web Design using Dreamweaver on an Apple Computer.
I have a XP Window puter and am looking to purchase a program that won't break the bank. Has anyone used MAGIX. If you have is it easy to use??? I just WANT to create a personal Webpage with a few pictures and with sound?? Any suggestions out there that will give me guiding light???

ThanksMaybe not a suggestion you'd want to hear, but I suggest that you start learning HTML.
Do a google on "HTML tutorial" and you'll find thousands of good sites that will teach you the basics of good webdesign.

Once you learned the basics (HTML) it will be a lot easier to use programs such as Dreamweaver or Magix.You could use frontpage. It's a Microsoft program, and I don't think it's too expensive. They also make a front page express which is free, but has a lot of functionality taken out of it.
Tiny MCE is an opensource web page editor. I've not used it, but it is the most downloaded editor on sourceforge.
For more options, search for "wysiwyg html editors"

However, Astoria is right, for the best results, you should learn a bit of html. It's probably the easiest coding language to learn. Check out www.webmonkey.com for tutorials.You can start easily with a web editor like front page 2000 or the popular free NVU. Then maybe start by signing up with a free host (I did INITIALLY for trial purposes), e.g. Netfirms Basic from http://www.netfirms.com/ or the popular http://www.110mb.com/ MANY free hosts have their own free web editors.

Perhaps download and use a free template from one of many templates web sites, e.g. http://www.steves-templates.com/ then up load your site to your host (use a free FTP program to upload your site - e.g. core FTP). Then you can promote it in forums, search engines, directories, etc, if you want.

You could start with a blog as well, e.g. try the Google’s BLOGGER, or use the simple Google Page Creator (You need a GMAIL account) - easy to set up for a beginner.

Later on though as suggested above, it might pay to learn html/JavaScript/PHP etc, which allows more flexibility to design and modify your web site. Then maybe upgrade to a paid host and domain, which will possibly yield more features (scripting, bandwidth, increased storage space, email accounts, etc) and more ownership of your site...

http://www.nvu.com/ (free web editor)
http://www.coreftp.com/ (FTP)
http://www.absolutely-free-hosting.com/ (Free Hosts)
http://pages.google.com/-/about.html (About Google Page Creator)
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp (html tutorial)

Good day.

I am a newbie in terms of web designing, I'm just wondering what program is sooted for a beginner like me.

Hope to gain more info from you guys Thanks in advance..

1987.

Solve : Website creation?

Answer»
I am trying to start my own business and I want a website.

So, who or where do I turn? I don't have time to make one myself. How much does a good one normally cost? Not a plain one, but not a GREAT one, just a good one.


This is what I have thought about so far....BUT this is not all, and it is subject to change. I know I don't have everything here, so I know it will change.


I want to own my domain name .com

I want to control, and do, the changes and updates.

I don't want any automatic banner ads.

I want multi layer links and pages

I want people to have to register.

I want a FORUM

I want a shopping cart

I want posting to all the major search engines

I need web hosting

So, what do I do? :-)

Also, I have a domain name I have researched and I can't find it! YEAH!

I have also picked a few others just in case.

But, where do I go to register it?

No help? I'd love to help, but feel any reply within this thread may be considered as spam.

So...if you'd like me to give you some information...just send me a PM with your REQUEST...and I'll be more than happy to oblige.

There are two ways to go...free or paid.

While free websites are very pleasing (as far as COSTS go)...they really don't give you much when it comes to design possibilities. They also have a tendency to respond or perform sluggishly...since the server your free site is on is usually bombarded with those looking to do the same thing...start a site for nothing. These types of sites are also plagued with advertisements from the company providing you this free service.

Paid registration and hosting, on the otherhand...can be fairly inexpesive...depending on one's budget...and is the best way to go. You'll have greater design possibilities...and much more control of the content on your web pages...without all those banner advertisements.

A paid host will also provide you with a control panel to help you maintain your site...adding pages...viewing stats...adding email accounts, etc., etc.

Depending on the size of your site...you can have your site hosted for a very low monthly fee...usually under $10 (USD) a month.

Domain name registration is also very cheap...for as little as $10 per year, you can register your domain name, choosing from a number of registrars currently located on the Internet.

If creating a website is new to you...and you're not quite sure where to start or what to do...try Googling it...to see what you come up with.

My advice...have someone help you who knows what they're doing. This way...you have much more control over the design of your site. However, most web design companies will charge you an arm and a leg...so be warned.

More advice...
  • Register your domain name
  • Purchase a website template, you like, from a reputable website template company. This will save you the trouble of having to start from scratch. The site is pre-designed...and all you have to do is add your content using a good HTML editor.
  • Once you've designed your site, choose a web host and upload your files to their server.

That's pretty much all there is to it...and all this can be done relatively cheap.

Good luck with your new site...If you want a professional design you're going to pay several thousand dollars for the THINGS you want. Do a search for professional web design and see who's names came up. Back when I was in the web design business, I remember a site, www.bigmancreative.com, that looked pretty cool. They're still in business, you might want to get a quote from them. I don't really know much about them except for their website looks kinda cool and they have a nice porfolio.In addition to what michaewlewis has stated...you'll get more if you pay more, however...you may not necessarily have to pay THOUSANDS of dollars to get the website you want.

Website templates are far easier to use and modifying them are relatively simple, as I have stated before, using an HTML editor. Chances of running across another webiste using the same template are slim to none.

When you have decided who is going to host your site, they will usually provide you with a Control Panel, which may include additional items, such as a shopping cart, bulletin board, etc., etc.

Please visit the site previously mentioned by michaewlewis...check out their prices...you'll find templates the way to go.Quote from: NonTechyMom on January 25, 2008, 09:46:03 PM
Also, I have a domain name I have researched and I can't find it! YEAH!

I have also picked a few others just in case.

But, where do I go to register it?
I recommend godaddy.com to register your domain name. And, since you're probably also wondering where to find a good hosting service, I'll suggest http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/ Even their Starter Plan, at $4/mo., features shopping cart software. And, you can install a forum from their Control Panel; use the tool called Fantastico to do this.

I suspect that, if you pay a developer to develop your site, they may try to dictate what domain registrar and hosting service you use. Also, if you want to do certain updates yourself, you'll need the logon info (username, password) for the hosting service. Perhaps the developer will not want to give you that until you've paid them, but you will need it for future updates. So, be sure you have an understanding with the developer on this point. [I recall a forum discussion where a website owner could not log on to the web server because they never had it, only the paid developer had it, and the developer became unavailable and could no longer be contacted.] I wanted to say thank you all for your help...

I registered my name at register.com

I am hosted by Powweb.com

I have a designer / builder I am working hand in hand with who is using my "vision" and making it come to life.

I CONTROL everything - passwords etc...

And it really did not cost me an arm and leg. In fact mine was not the cheapest that I could find, but mine was willing to "baby" me and teach me how to make changes myself, and do other things.

It is working out!Glad to hear you have everything under control...

Best of luck to ya!Its good to hear that you already achieve your goal.. Congrats and good luck..
1988.

Solve : How do I make a downloadable link??

Answer»

I have File.mp3 on my webspace and would like to make a clickable link that automaticaly brings popup to download instead of just playing the file...

Thanks in adv.You will have to upload the mp3 file to another website and link it to your myspace.

For my files, I use File UpYours

For example, I would upload the mp3 file and then create the links.
Once that is done, you just post the link on the website.yea... the file is here already. but when you click the link it wants to play it in the browser....

I thought there was a way to link it so it would download to save other than right click the link and "save as"

edit: ehh... cant get the html to work here but its not the standard link I'm having PROBLEMS with.... When I click on the link it doesn't give the option to download but OPENS a new page and starts playing the clip in Quicktime...All you have to do is type:
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/levib/audio/New_song.MP3

or

Code: [Select][url=http://incolor.inetnebr.com/levib/audio/New_song.MP3]Song[/url]Song
when I click that link it just plays it for me... is there a way to make a link to download it not play?

edit: I know this is because Quicktime and many other programs default to play which make it confusing for people that might visit my page. KINDA hard to explain "ohh just right click save as blah blah blah"

I thought there was another code but I dont realy know html just from years back before there was this kind of problemHmmm....I'm not very sure.

When I click it, FIREFOX asks me if I want to download it. It might be your browser settings, I'm not sure.
Can't you right click and save-as?lmao!!! hehe, yes I can right click and "save as" I just need a sure fire way that when "someone else" clicks the link they WONT have the same dificulties since most browsers by default open .mp3 files not downloadLol, I'm sure they would know to Right Click and Save As...Unfortunatly I cannot assume that everyone is as computer literate as I am so I would like to make it as user friendly as possible..

btw, thanks for the help :p
What I'm looking for is a link with a "Forced Download" if possible.Forced Download? I'm not sure if that's possible...... If I were you, I would just tell them that they have to right click and save as if they are having trouble downloading.Hi. I find this post interesting, then it comes to my mind to try the things that you guys said, but it confuses me. Guys will you explain it a little bit clearer. so next time when i try doing this again ill surely get it right.
Thanks.. If you have a question, create a new post.

1989.

Solve : Javascript: no search results?

Answer»

Hi folks,

On my search form I have the following script in the head:
Code: [Select]<script language="JavaScript1.3" TYPE="text/javascript" src="jse_form.js">And in the body is the following:
Code: [Select]<form name="jse_Form" onsubmit="search_form(jse_Form);return false">
<input type="text" name="d">
<input type="button" value="Go" onclick="search_form(jse_Form)">
</form>
On the results page is the following script in the head:
Code: [Select]<script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript" src="jse_form.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript" src="jse_search.js"></script>And in the body:
Code: [Select]<!-- Find -->


<form name="jse_Form" onsubmit="search_form(jse_Form);return false">
<input type="text" name="d">
<input type="button" value="Go" onClick="search_form(jse_Form)">
</form>
<script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript">return_query()</script>


<!-- Mid -->

<script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript">num_jse()</script> page(s) found
<hr>
<p>
<script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript">
out_jse()
</script>
Which line could possibly be the cause of the script not being able to find any results from all pages of my website?

Thanks for any help, BurtonFor a start please show us 'jse_form.js' and 'jse_search.js' so we can review them.
Also, when you have an onclick attribute for a button, you don't need to have an onsubmit attribute in the form. Try this: (the same for the search page and the results page)

Code: [Select]<form name="jse_Form">
<input type="text" name="d">
<input type="button" value="Go" onclick="search_form(jse_Form);return false">
</form>
This is the "jse_search.js" file:

Code: [Select]
// ---------- script properties ----------

var include_num = 1;
var BOLD = 0;

// ---------- sites ----------


var s = new Array();

s[0] = "JSE^form.html^Enter JSE in the example above ...^open source, free, client side";
s[1] = "JSE DOCUMENTATION^doc.txt^JSE is a client-side local site search engine. WRITTEN entirely in JavaScript 1.3 it works with browsers from Netscape 4.7 to MICROSOFT Internet Explorer 6.0 ...^ faq, docs, instructions";


// ---------- end of script properties and sites ----------


var cookies = document.cookie;
var p = cookies.indexOf("d=");

if (p != -1) {
var st = p + 2;
var en = cookies.indexOf(";", st);
if (en == -1) {
en = cookies.length;
}
var d = cookies.substring(st, en);
d = unescape(d);
}
var OD = d;
var m = 0;
if (d.charAt(0) == '"' && d.charAt(d.length - 1) == '"') {
m = 1;
}

var r = new Array();
var co = 0;

if (m == 0) {
var woin = new Array();
var w = d.split(" ");
for (var a = 0; a < w.length; a++) {
woin[a] = 0;
if (w[a].charAt(0) == '-') {
woin[a] = 1;
}
}
for (var a = 0; a < w.length; a++) {
w[a] = w[a].replace(/^\-|^\+/gi, "");
}
a = 0;
for (var c = 0; c < s.length; c++) {
pa = 0;
nh = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < woin.length; i++) {
if (woin[i] == 0) {
nh++;
var pat = new RegExp(w[i], "i");
var rn = s[c].search(pat);
if (rn >= 0) {
pa++;
} else {
pa = 0;
}
}
if (woin[i] == 1) {
var pat = new RegExp(w[i], "i");
var rn = s[c].search(pat);
if (rn >= 0) {
pa = 0;
}
}
}
if (pa == nh) {
r[a] = s[c];
a++;
}
}
co = a;
}

if (m == 1) {
d = d.replace(/"/gi, "");
var a = 0;
var pat = new RegExp(d, "i");
for (var c = 0; c < s.length; c++) {
var rn = s[c].search(pat);
if (rn >= 0) {
r[a] = s[c];
a++;
}
}
co = a;

}


function return_query() {
document.jse_Form.d.value = od;
}

function num_jse() {
document.write(co);
}

function out_jse() {
if (co == 0) {
document.write('Your search did not match any documents.<p>Make sure all keywords are spelt correctly.<br>Try different or more general keywords.');
return;
}
for (var a = 0; a < r.length; a++) {
var os = r[a].split("^");
if (bold == 1 && m == 1) {
var br = "<b>" + d + "</b>";
os[2] = os[2].replace(pat, br);
}
if (include_num == 1) {
document.write(a + 1, '. <a href="', os[1], '">', os[0], '</a><br>', os[2], '<p>');
} else {
document.write('<a href="', os[1], '">', os[0], '</a><br>', os[2], '<p>');
}
}

}

And this the "jse_form.js" code:
Code: [Select]// ---------- script properties ----------


var results_location = "results.html";


// ---------- end of script properties ----------


function search_form(jse_Form) {
if (jse_Form.d.value.length > 0) {
document.cookie = "d=" + escape(jse_Form.d.value);
window.location = results_location;
}
}
Which section shows which parts of the website are being searched through? Maybe that is where the problem lies, as it isnt searching the site properly (just the page)?Quote from: burton on February 28, 2008, 04:53:48 AM

Which section shows which parts of the website are being searched through? Maybe that is where the problem lies, as it isnt searching the site properly (just the page)?
Could somebody else help please if kpac doesnt know Kpac doesnt seem to be around any more.... could somebody else please help
1990.

Solve : drop down menu in navigation?

Answer»

i want to USE dropdown menu in navigation BARR. like when i place the mouse cursor over the menus a drop down menus will appearAre you looking for PERMISSION? It's okay with me if you use one. You MIGHT find some templates if you google "html dropdown menu"Take a look at Layered Drop Down Menu.Thanks for the link. It came in handy.

1991.

Solve : Check out Cart Remove item?

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Im having a problem. I started a web site RECENTLY, but when some one buys something from me they pay thru the CART check out process. But the problem im having is i dont know how to make the item go away after its been paid for. Can anyone tell me how to make the item show a sold out over the item after someone has clicked the button to BUY it. I use paypal cart and checkout. I would like the picture to stay there but add a sold out over the picture. PLEASE help.You MIGHT want to check with paypal for help regarding this problem. Check their website for solutionsI had the same problem awhile back and I contacted Paypal and they helped me out.

1992.

Solve : Destroy htaccess (apache) session??

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Hello, does anyone know how to destroy a htaccess (apache) session? E.G. there are two USERS logged in and I want that ONE user isn't logged in anymore by destroy his session. I have no idea how you would change an apache session, perhaps anyone can help me please?

Contence htaccess:

INHOUD htaccess bestand:
AuthType Basic



require user blackberry

require user user2


How are you creating the sessions?
It's been a while SINCE I've done any real php programming, but there is a destroy function that will do what you want. look it up on www.php.net
(I'm not sure what the actual function name is, sorry)Quote from: michaewlewis on April 02, 2008, 09:20:42 AM

How are you creating the sessions?
It's been a while since I've done any real php programming, but there is a destroy function that will do what you want. look it up on www.php.net
(I'm not sure what the actual function name is, sorry)

There is a difference between php sessions and apache sessions. As FAR as I know there is no function to destroy an apache session, that's why I'm looking for an alternative methodUse PHP

session_destroy();
1993.

Solve : Images pushed down?

Answer»

Hello. I'm quite glad I found this forum. I have a basic UNDERSTANDING of HTML. I have a forum which has our logo on the center of the page at the top. There is tons of surrounding space for additional graphics/text, but every single time I try to add something, say, to the top left CORNER, it pushes down my logo even though they are nowhere near each other. I have no idea how to fix this, and I was hoping you all here could point me in the right direction. THANKS so much! Can you post the URL to your forum? What forum software are you using? Basically you have two options.
If you have no knowledge of CSS you could use a table, or, if you do know some CSS use that to position the images.I suspect his forum is something based entirely on forum software such as phpBB. IOW, it's not web PAGES developed by him. If this is correct, it's more complicated than applying CSS or tables to pages he developed.

We need more info from him/her.Hi again. Sorry for the delay in responding. This is a websitetoolbox forum. I am trying to get a better understanding of how tables work. I have the basics down, but that's about it. To give you an example of the code I'm trying to use:

test 
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/jelsea/banner-take-1.gif" width="550" height="94" ALT="The Incorruptibles">


The "test" text is where I would like to put an image. The empty cell I only put there so that there was a space between the text and my logo. The two would be scrunched together without it, and I need the logo to stay centered. There is also space to the right of my logo that I cannot seem to fill without screwing up the entire forum layout. Please FORGIVE me if the code is a mess. As I say, I'm terribly new to all this.

Also, is it possible to put iframe within a table cell? OK, let's take a look at this.

test http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/jelsea/banner-take-1.gif" width="550" height="94" ALT="The Incorruptibles">


Take out the two tags shown above with a line through them. So, you'll have:

border=1>
test http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/jelsea/banner-take-1.gif"
width="550" height="94" ALT="The Incorruptibles">


Note: I added the border attribute in the table tag, as shown in blue above. I think it helps, when working with tables, to show a border. If you don't want a border in your final product, just change the border value to 0.

Quote
Also, is it possible to put iframe within a table cell?
I've never done it but I believe it can be done. See this reference for info: http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_iframe.asp
1994.

Solve : java chat client in website?

Answer»

i want to PUT a online chat progm in my website.... so i need which one will be better for this purpose. is it possible to put a live video chat PROG in websites..Quote from: anupam498 on April 11, 2008, 01:15:48 AM

is it possible to put a live video chat prog in websites..

Yes. click herebut all these are software run on pc.. i want a prog which i can put on my website for online video/text chat with customersDo a little more searching. I'm pretty SURE you didn't look at all the search results I linked you to. There are over 77 million results.....
Also, it's rather difficult to HELP you unless you give all the DETAILS of what you want.i just want any prog(simple) which i can put in to my site where users can chat with site owner online( video and text)
1995.

Solve : I need a script so I can run a forum on my website.?

Answer»

I need a simple script, the type doesnt MATTER but i am BEST with html so Html is preferred... I want a simple, free, customizable script i can RUN on a server i am "renting"

Thanks
~Simitra.So, you basically want a web page, RIGHT? Since the content of web pages depends entirely on the objectives for the site, how do you THINK we can help you with this? We have no idea what you want to display with your web page.If you need a basic web page to work with and you are familiar with HTML you can do this your self with a editor. If you are not real HTML friendly you could use a canned package such as Dreamweaver.

1996.

Solve : Blogs vs Forums for Google Bots?

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I have been trying to find ways to increase my EXPOSURE to Google and other search engine bots.

I have read that the more you CHANGE your website the more the bots will see this and move you up the list.

Many websites use forums or blogs ot make sure there are lots of changes on their websites.

Right now I have decided to go with a forum because I have used forums more than blogs.

So, in everyone's opinion, which one is better for getting the page noticed more by the bots?


Also, I have seen sites that have both a forum and a blog. I don't like that at all, but I am willing to change my opinion if it makes my website move up the food chain.



Keeping in mind, I am sticking with the forum for now - because that is what I know, but am willing to change, or upgrade, in a year after everything settles down.Perhaps consider creating a blog, as there are now many avenues to promote blogs. I promote my blog, which is linked to some of my web sites, in such avenues. There are many blog/article directories (e.g. mybloglog, blogcatalog, blog explosion, blogengage, etc.) Also checkout entrecard (where you can drop a promotion CARD on other blogs).

UPDATING your blog with new and relevant content is also good for Google Bots, and you may even get subscribers (using feedburner), as happened to me...Try doing both. you've got nothing to lose if you do so.

1997.

Solve : CSS in Dreamweaver Problem?

Answer»

When I try to move my inline CSS to a new stylesheet, I get errors. The styles do not show up on the completed page. I've TRIED making the link to the stylesheet, but that doesn't work properly. I can't seem to get the option: "convert inline css to rule" to APPEAR after creating the stylesheet.

It can be extremely embarassing to have inline CSS on your page. LOL.

Thankspost the code you're using to link to the stylesheet. Is it located in the same directory?Yeah, I've tried that-- I've tried different configurations-- STILL I get problems. PERHAPS updates may take care of the problem?POST the code you're using to link to the stylesheet, as well as some of the code in the css file.OK I'll try that.

Thanks.

1998.

Solve : images?

Answer»

I would like to replace a marker with an image in an UNORDERED list.
Right now my list code looks like this.


    I would like to replace the square marker with an image. I believe the code to do this would be as follows.

      The image file is located in the same folder as the rest of my files for this web PAGE on my own computer.
      I can BRING up all of my other images with no problem, but when it comes to changing my markers to an image it does not want to take.
      Can some one help?
      Based on numerous HTML references, I believe you only have three choices with ul tags; they are disc, circle, and square.

      However, you can replace standard HTML bullets with graphic bullets by using tags. See this reference for more: http://www.web-source.net/html_graphic_bullets.htmyou could try this instead

      <dl>
      <dd><img src="bullet1.png"><font size="1">List1</font></dd>
      <dd><img src="bullet2.png"><font size="1">List2</font></dd>
      <dd><img src="bullet3.png"><font size="1">List3</font></dd>
      </dl>
      It's easy:

      for my MySpace site I use a list which lists my fav music. For the image I use a small .gif of a guitar.
      I uploaded this image to photobucket.com.

      and here's the code to do it:
      Code: [SELECT]ul.guitar (list-style-image: url(here the photobucket URL))

      and to use it:

      Code: [Select]<ul class="guitar">
      <li>item 1
      <li>item 2
      etc.
      </ul>

      simple

      here's the example:

1999.

Solve : Disable php mail() function?

Answer»

Hi

any ONE know how (if is possible) to disable php mail() function using .htaccess FILE?

Thanks
I can't give a direct ANSWER; I can only suggest you SEARCH for your answer among the references found here:
HTTP://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Disable+php+mail%28%29+function&btnG=Google+SearchIs it not possible to edit the conf file directly?
Thanks

2000.

Solve : php user authentication... plss help?

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hello guys.. this week i've been practicing how to create a system using php. but im stack in the area wherein you are going to authenticate username and password. can you help me guys to figure out how to solve my problem?

here is my code:

// we must never forget to start the session
session_start();

$host="localhost"; // Host name
$dbusername="root"; // Mysql username
$dbpassword=""; // Mysql password
$db_name="STUDENT"; // Database name
$tbl="account"; // Table name



// This connects to server and then SELECTS the members databse.

mysql_connect("$host", "$dbusername", "$dbpassword")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

$txt = 'Account Authentication';

$errorMessage = '';
if (isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password'])) {


$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

// check if the user id and password combination is correct
$sql = ("SELECT id, username, PASSWORD
FROM account
WHERE username = '".mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username'])."'");


$result = mysql_query($sql)
or die('Query failed. ' . mysql_error());

echo mysql_num_rows($result);

if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) {
// the user id and password match,
// set the session
$_SESSION['db_is_logged_in'] = true;

// after login we move to the main page
header('Location: main.php');
exit;

}
else {
$errorMessage = 'Username and Password not FOUND!';
}

}
?>





Account Authentication




















if ($errorMessage != '') {
?>


}
?>




Username
Password





Register[/url]





Quote
It seems that most of us don't know that much about php yet. You might find more help at www.phpbuilder.net They have a great forum for php/mysql help.Code: [Select]
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username']);
$password = $_POST['password'];

// check if the user id and password combination is correct

$sql = "SELECT * FROM account WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$password'";



Is the name for the password field PASSWORD or password?

Also, SINCE username and password are send over the internet, I recommend you encrypt both username and password when they sign up and login with MD5.
So on both your sign up form and login form you'd have:

Code: [Select]$username=MD5($_POST['username']);
$password=MD5($_POST['password']);

Quote from: Astoria on April 19, 2008, 03:45:24 PM


Is the name for the password field PASSWORD or password?


the name of the password field is password...