MarkAbrams

Wow, lots of opinions on Flash. I have some comments.SEO: Search engines index text - so you have to create meta tags of the content you want to be indexed.HTML or Flash: There are many things that you cannot do in HTML that can be done in Flash. Advanced Dynamic features is where Flash excels. As far as file size, use the right tool for the right job. A hammer is not the best tool for every job :-) Also, a flash reader is a free plugin and unless you are running an ancient browser this is already included in the browser or can be installed.I use Flash for dynamic feature that I cannot do in HTML and Java or DHTML.One example is delivering compressed video in a webpage. Check out this Flash site http://www.richardtosti.com and this page with 25 (2 to 3) minute Flash Seminar Clip videos that can all be played at the same time. http://www.richardtosti.com/seminar_excerpts.html This was my first experiment with Flash and I like it.Also if you look and the meta tags for the key words - this site indexes very high in the search engine rankings. try "peak performance seminar" in google. SEO is all about proper indexing and Flash's object files SWF are not indexable text. So do a litt HW and build your key words in meta tags and invisable layers.

For JavaScript, I like: Thompson Course Technologies, Web Warrior Series, JavaScript by Dan Gosselin. This book will take you step by step from intro to Dynamic HTML and Database connectivity with ASP.NET with lots of explanation and working examples.

The code closest to the tag or object will rule. You can center a table on the page and then through cell properties or css: left, cent or right justify the content of the cell.

Eric,Thank you. I will check out the tutorial.What I am looking for is an editor that formats layout with the div tags - as Dreamweaver does not work properly with div tags and relative position.Its close but its no where near WUSIWYG

I am trying to create a tableless page layout using only div tags with relative positioning. As per http://www.csscreator.comDreamweaver's WYSIWYG editor chokes on the layout. However the final page looks great in the browser. Is there a fix for the DW editor? Is there a better way to do this ? I do not want to use absolute positioning for this application. TIAMark

Hi All,I am experimenting with client sided swapping of linked CSS files to achieve a user customisable display by activating and deactivating external stylesheets with JS. My problem is that the page works fine in FireFox and Opra. However, IE, loads the first display correctly but will not change the background color past the closing of a body tag.Short pages have the selected color and the default background color after the last HTML tag when the style sheet is changed by the script. This is a problem in IE only and selecting a page refresh will correct this. Opra, and FireFox do not require the refresh to display properly.Other than forcing a refresh as a work around does anyone have any comments?TIA.Mark

I am interested in recommendations on software or a guide on streaming a webcam to my IP. I have seen Linksys and a few others that stream video to their site or a private IP for a few users that are several hundred dollars and require a special server. I would like to build applications with unto several independent feeds using XHTML if practical.TIA