Eric

I'm just saying, if you work with wood for a living, you don't *need* to know how to build a house.Now, if you're going to build a house, then you need to know how to work with wood.Same thing I was saying, you don't *need* programming skills to write small scripts. You NEED scripting skills to write small scripts.Just like you need to know how to work with wood if you want to build a small bird feeder, but you do NOT need to know how to build a house to build a small bird feeder.Now, if I seemed upset eariler in my reply, it's because you said I was "insulting" all programmers when it was VERY obvious that I was NOT.

Dude I said USUALLY, don't get uptight with me. That is how it's defined on OTHER websites. Take a chill pill and if you're going to get all defensive with me, then get it with everyone else in this great big world that have defined it like that on THOUSANDS of websites.There's a difference between "scripting skills" and "programming skills" so just chill the heck out.What I meant was, you usually don't need to know how to PROGRAM applications if all you're going to do is insert a small SCRIPT somewhere.Don't tell me you're THAT obtuse to think I was insulting anyone.Your post just insulted my intellegence and everyone elses that reads it.

Doesn't ColdFusion cost money?I don't know why so many people like it if it's not free http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/

IE doesn't currently support XHTML 1.1 O_oYou must be using it incorrectly (with a content type of text/html)XHTML 1.1 is only truely valid (remember the validator has limitations and even if it says it's valid, doesn't always mean it is) way to send XHTML 1.1 documents is with application/xhtml+xml

You mean the difference between Scripting Languages and Programming Langagues?The main difference is that Scripting Languages are light-weight striped-down versions of Programming Languages. Usually you don't need any Programming skills to use Scripting Languages.

You can open it with Notepad, or another text editor.Also, you can buy a domain name and have it link to your IP

Remove the <a> tag?Then it's no longer a link, it's just plan textI really don't get what you mean by "a link that is not a link".Either it's a link or it isn't O_o

I think I'm doing this DTD correctly, but it's not validating (keeps saying I'm not allows to have <person> in it's location) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?><!DOCTYPE family [ <!ELEMENT family (person,name,yearborn,######)> <!ELEMENT person (name,yearborn,######)> <!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT yearborn (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT ###### (#PCDATA)>]><family> <person> <name>***</name> <yearborn>***</yearborn> <######>***</######> </person> <person> <name>***</name> <yearborn>***</yearborn> <######>***</######> </person> <person> <name>***</name> <yearborn>***</yearborn> <######>***</######> </person> <person> <name>***</name> <yearborn>***</yearborn> <######>***</######> </person> <person> <name>***</name> <yearborn>***</yearborn> <######>***</######> </person></family> (I removed the actual data with "***" for this post)Your stupid word filter changed one of the words. It means "Gender". Some people are so childish, whoever added that word which is HARMLESS and means GENDER to the word filter. It's like your mind is stuck in 2nd grade!

yeah it works, thanks.

W3.org says "DTD" stands for Document Type DeclarationBut on this page W3Schools calls it a Document Type Definition

C:\Uniform Server\diskw\wwwAssuming you saved the folder in [C]If you saved it to your desktop then it would beC:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Desktop\Uniform Server\diskw\wwwBascally, whereever you saved it, look in diskw -> wwwAdd content to the "www" folderAlso, if you want others to access the server, open up the .htaccess file that comes with it and either comment out, or delete completly these lines:Order Deny,AllowDeny from allAllow from 127.0.0.1That's automatcally added to prevent others from access the server, so comment them out to allow others to access it.

w3schoolsNow you wouldn't know that was a link unless you mouse-overed it.Different color, underline, bold, whateverHyperlinks *should* look different from basic text in posts.

Then download UniServerSimple, all-in-one server.PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc.

Well all I know is that Google did it for their blog feed xml pages, using css. The page source showed no .xsl files linked to it.If XML linked to a CSS file is good enough for Google then.......The only reason I used CSS is because Google used it when I checked their page souce for their XML pages. Don't shoot the messenger, I was just coping what I saw used elsewhere :)Also, I said I was playing around with doing an XML page, I'm not making one on a professional level to be used in real-life documents, so why should it matter how if I'm using CSS or XSL?You play with something first, THEN you do it right :)Who cares "xslt is the future", doesn't bother me.

In the meantime, you could get a basic Google Search box.Check this page out http://www.google.com/searchcode.html

Then they should get rid of their SQL tutorial and others that aren't technically "scripting" languages.

I wasn't sure if to post it here (XSLT) or in the XML forum.Since it has to do with style sheet for XML, I figured it was best posted here.****I'm playing around with XML and a style sheet for it, how do I break lines in the XML? I know it would be something in the style sheet, since XML doesn't display date, it just describes it But I'm not sure how to display line breaks using style sheet?Here are the two files I'm using:test.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?><?xml-stylesheet href="xmlstyle.css" type="text/css"?><xml> <title>This is a XML document</title> <date>January 13, 2006</date> <text> This is the text in this document. <br/> <br/> This is where I write stuff </text></xml> xmlstyle.css text { color: yellow; background-color: red; font-size: 25px;}date { border: 2px solid #000;}title { font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;}convertLineBreaks { display:none;}br { /* I don't know what to put here */} When I view the page, it is all displayed on one line. But the contents of <text> is supposed to be on multiple lines.

True, but when you think about it, there isn't anything on W3Schools that isn't covered other places (X)HTML -> w3.orgPHP -> php.netASP -> asp.netAnd I could list others, but why bother :)W3Schools is like "one-stop shopping" you don't have to go to different sites to read info about something :(So why should .htaccess be any different?

Everything in this world cost money :)I have a small personal server set up on my computer, and all I use it for is to test new webdesigns before I upload them to a external webhost I pay monthly.Why pay someone when I could host my own site? Well the cost of a high electric bill running my computer 24/7 so others would have access. The chance of the computer crashing and my site being down for hours, or even days other problems For my sites, I'd rather have big companies host them for me.

rename index.html to index.phpUnless you use .htaccess to tell .html pages to excute php code, you'll have to make your page index.php Then, and only then will the PHP be excuted on the server.If you'd rather allow .html pages to excute PHP then create a .htaccess file and put this in it, then upload it to your webspaceRewriteEngine OnAddType application/x-httpd-php .htmlYou'll have to make sure that your host allows you to use .htaccess fileNow to answer your "require" vs. "include" questionIf you include a file and for whatever reason it doesn't load, has an error on it, or doesn't exist then you'll get "warnings" on your site but it will STILL load the rest of the site.If you require a file and the above happens (doesn't load, etc.) then NOTHING on the page will loadBy the way, why add <head> and all those other tags in your footer file?when you require/include it, you'll just end up with duplicate <head> etc. tags.The file you which to require/include should just have the basic code you want added.Out of everything in your footer file, this is all that should be there: <table border="0" width="38%" height="7%"><tr> <td><p align="center"><a href="http://www.jtpennington.com">Home</a> | <a href="http://jtpennington.com/webmail/">Webmail Login</a> | <!For Temporary Use, Use Journal... Make this better later.><a href="http://jtpennington.com/journal/?page_id=2">About Me</a> | <a href="http://www.jtpennington.com/contact_me.html">Contact Me</a></p></td></tr></table>

Apache is a good start. It's the most used server software.Then if you want to use server-side scripts, like PHP then you have to download that from php.net and install it.Same thing if you're planning on using a database like MySQLAnd if you'll probably going to want to register a domain name so you don't have to use your IP address to access your site.Also, if you buy a backup system at a your local store that would be a good idea, just incase your computer frys you'll have backups of your server files.

Macromedia Flash will turn a Flash movie into an animated .gifI'm not 100% sure, but I don't think .png can be animated.To make animated .gif images, you can use most photo editors, like:Adobe Photoshop ElementsAdobe ImageReady CSMacromedia FlashGIMPMicrosoft GIF AnimatorAnd a bunch of others.

To host websites, I think you need to get a resellers plan at a webhost.It considerably more expensive than a regular plan.That is, unless you have your own server and can host sites on it. This would also depend on your ISP, some will prevent you from running your own server by blocking ports to it.

I was looking through the DOM Tutorial and realize something when I look at the examples.DOM is just a fancy word someone made up to mean "It's just JavaScript"I was just wondering what the point of "DOM" is, or even having a "DOM" section if all it is, is some JavaScript. Why not just have it all in a JavaScript section?

Wow that's interesting, Doesn't seem to effect me using Firefox 1.5 but a couple of months ago when I had Firefox 1.0.7 codebox crashed my browser.