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Who? Oh well...happy birthday!!

You can only use the validator when its uploaded....I believe Dreamweaver has a validation feature, but I don't use DW. Im still looking for a proper downloadable validation program

Cross-browser compatibility is one of the biggest challenges involved in using CSS, my advice is to simply take it one step at a time and check everything you type in all browsers. If something doesn't work, try something else before moving on to the next part of your site. It makes it much easier than trying to fix everything at the end, however the benefits of CSS FAR outweigh the difficulties with browsers.

The simplest,<?phpecho "Hello World";?>must be saved with a php extension.<?php = defines the start of PHP code?> = ends the PHP codeAnything inside is rendered as PHP coding. The 'echo' command simply outputs text.

Uh..no not really Just keep practicing, making new pages etc, and try and understand what everything does. After that you can move onto more complicated languages.

No no, I know that, im saying hes asking for people to email him the answer for his question (how to create a form)(I think)...so other people who may have the same question won't be able to know the answer if we just give him the answer. Displaying it publicly is best

First off, one of the points of using a forum is info is readily available. So people post answers, and if someone has a similar problem they know the answer, so e-mailing isn't a good option.What you need is a serverside language, PHP or ASP or one of the obscure ones which I wouldn't recommend. Search Hotscripts for a pre-built one.

XAMPP can be good (so I hear), but its not as easily used, and not as good a learning experience as setting it up yourself (d/ling and editing httpd.conf etc).Check your library for a book on it, I searched for weeks for an online tutorial and didn't find one, got a book and it worked simple.

Use PHP for it, MySQL can be used to store the entries, and PHP can display them (with timestamps etc). Making a blog would be a good milestone for PHP learning...as well as building a CMS and online game, all three would teach you valuable things. Blog first of course :)If you're new to PHP, start smaller still, maybe a few forms to test out, then move on. Or just use an already made site like http://www.blogger.com

http://www.hypergurl.com/snowmaker.htmlThat one uses Javascript instead. Snowy enough for you?

ummmmm i THINK

<?php$connect = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'pword');?>

Thats only if you have say Apache and PHP and MySQL installed on your machine.

Yes...im pretty sure you could...but I don't know if it would only need JS or also PHP....but yes it would be possible, judging by the source code on the tryit pages

Hmm I need to look into marketing once I get my site up hehe. Welcome to the forums, we're small at the moment but of course hope to grow in the future

If you're doing what I think you are..which I doubt, is to get people to fill it in then you can print it off?If so, PHP will be your friend.

isn't that the same effect as mine? Position:relative and 10px top and left is the same as margin-left and margin-top:10px, no? Can't remember.

I know in Invisionfree that changing the theme is simply a matter of editing the CSS, making changes and observing their effects is one way of skinning an IF forum. Not sure on phpBB, but yeah, theres plenty of sites around with simple tuts to skin them.Back to the original question, you will most definately need a Server-Side language...and a database. Elements of JS can come into it.

Most likely PHP and MySQL...not 100% sure however.

Well, instead of us all sitting here and complaining, we CAN make it a lot easier and write them ourselves! Im sure they'd be happy to host it on W3Schools.

So basically do you mean like how a webpage is transmitted etc? That could be interesting background work. Perhaps some written tutorials and walkthroughs on hosting etc? Who knows.

Well coding for forums, you'll most likely need a server-side language with a database, and most use MySQL with PHP. PHP to create the things such as registering, posting and messaging, MySQL to hold all the info.You can also use HTML for the basic layout of the site, and CSS for the extras, such as colours or fonts or whatever. Creating a good forum is hard though, maybe start with something smaller if this is the first PHP you're experiencing. If not, go for it!

Im pretty sure absolute positioning takes it out of the normal flow of the page into a world of its own. Try changing the div.2 to:

div.2 {margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;width:10px;height:50px;background-color:#fff;}

And see if that works.

So this is wat we say is best order of the langs:Html (I say Xhtml, but that is for later use), Css, JavaScript, Php, MySql

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I skipped JS, might learn it later, I just didn't see the relevance at first.Also, yes, even though I do know a fair bit of HTML now, I use HTMLGate for the syntax highlighting, also makes it easier to see errors.

Yep, .php for me, easy and im still learning it

None! Must learn it sometime in the future of course..

It may look daunting at first, but after you've learned some, after about a month, it basically becomes second nature (except for a few tricky bits )