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  1. in what respect do you need that text? On an action page?Do you need both the value and teh text when the form is posted?Is the value not in a database that you could look up.Could you do this:<option value="value,text">text</option>and then parse the value on the action page using cfloop indexing by the comma?
  2. OK, I'm not going to discredit anything that has already been mentioned, but much of it is subjective. I'll elaborate in a minute but first you have to make sure you understand the terminology you are using. I've done this before on this forum and would prefer people searched so I do not have to repeat myself, but Robert P, you've taken the time to carefully word your post and seem sincere in trying to figure this out - so, here I go . . . .Here is how it breaks down:a.) web graphic designerb.) web programmerc.) web designerSince I'm listing the links where I've shared this information before, I'll just cut to the chase. I'm self taught, I'm a senior web developer at a large non-profit. I make decent money and moonlight smaller contracts to supplement my income (car dealers city municipalities, bed & breakfast, etc.). I've always and only used Dreamweaver (code mode only), Photoshop, Flash, a Web Browser (now Firefox), and the popular databases. Again, to spare me the time, you can just hit the link in my signature to review my resume if you like.So, my point . . . Figure out which job you want and follow a plan accordingly:a.) web graphic designer = photoshop, flash, with an understanding of HTML ( so you kow how an image is going to have be cut up for HTML to code it)b.) web programmer = server side scripting language (coldfusion, asp, php, jsp), XHTML, CSS, XML, XSL, a database (ms sql, mysql, oracle - stay away from ams access)c.) web designer = a combination of both with more focus on design - as a designer (not graphic designer) your role is to understand and define EVERYTHING about the site. You basically build the functional and technical specifications - where the programmer and graphic designer implement them.Having said that and all the stuff in the links below - you have plenty of reading to get started on. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.Related Topics:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3718http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=7781http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2646http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2102http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=948
  3. Skemcin

    Las Vegas Trip

    I actually really like the Tribeca. I always new the look would grow on me and I want one even more now. But both vehicles are just a hair too small. I am 6'3'' and my standard vehicle test is to put both front seats all the way back. Then, I go sit in the back seats, if I am comfortable, then I can start to consider the car/truck. Otherwise, there is not enough room for me (number one) but more importantly, it is accurate measure that helps determine how easy it is for my kids to kick the back of my seat while I'm driving. Most of the time its not the kicking that I mind, its the dirt that kids track in that bothers me. Anyway, I did look at them, and they just don't have enough "livable" space. That looks likea rather nice 914. My uncle actually a 914 a while back. There is a slight chance he still has it, but I kind of doubt - this makes me want to call. What is cool about a Porsche is the you will find EVERY model they've ever made on a race track somewhere. You know you have quality engineering when every model is built with that mind set (yes including the Cayenne).
  4. There is a lot of your concept that is being lost in translation.It sounds like you are asking: when you plug a card into a computer, does it change something on the computer?You're second post seems to give an example, like, you go away from your computer and while you are gone someone puts something on your computer. You want to be able to see that something has happened while you were gone.Yes, this is possible. Most computers will log activity like that.
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    Domain Name

    HINT:Go to the homepage, there is a form that actually allows you to define criteria fro the amount of text that you need. Its pretty cool stuff and always works out.
  6. Design Mode has very limiting support for CSS. I love Dreamweaver and use it EVERY day, extensively. But I NEVER use Design Mode and I never will - for any editor for that matter. Since an internal Preview Window only interprets the code the way the software is programmed to, and not how an actual web browser would, you will always experience restrictions. I would strongly recommend getting used to the code (Code Mode) and move forward with having the page you are working on opened in your preferred browser. Since you should never be editing a live web page, there is no harm done working and saving code in Dreamweaver and then refreshing the file in your web browser - just have both applications open and flip back and forth between them. In short, there is no solution to your problem unless you want to make your web page as dumb as your average WYSIWYG editor's preview window.
  7. excellent advice lilyofthevalley, leaves nothing else to really be said - welcome to the forums - somehow I missed your first 11 posts.
  8. this is not how you make money online. If all you are trying to do is make money advertising, then get in that line of work. If you are going to build a site for "games" then that should be your focus - not lint in your pocket advertising revenue. Plus, if you had a good site then a lot of people would come there. IF a lot of people came to your site, then you wouldn't need cheap adsense programs to get advertisers, you could solicit your own and make real online advertising dollars.[wishing to self that the words "instant gratification" didn't exist]
  9. Skemcin

    Las Vegas Trip

    NICE.This is our third Subaru - LOVE them. With two kids and the wife wanting a third, I only wish Subaru would make a minivan!!!!omg - did I just say minivan? err thats ok, I have two porches . . . :-D
  10. Skemcin

    Las Vegas Trip

    Nice, my daily driver is a 02 Impreza Outback Sport. Both Porsches are the 924 model, here is one of them:Very fun to drive!!!
  11. Skemcin

    Domain Name

    My favorite place to get readable text to fill pages during development is . . . .....................http://www.lipsum.com
  12. Skemcin

    Las Vegas Trip

    Vegas is the Devil - stay away from the light - lolSeriously though, everyone I've ever spoken to says it was worth going once, but cared to not go back. Maybe its just my (and their) point in live (age, kids, careers) but I'm not interested in going. Too easy to spend money I know could be spent more wisely. Yes, I know, "have fun skemcin you hard a$$" - yeah yeah yeah. I've rather spend my hard earned money on running my 79 Porsche in an autocross than listen to some singer who's CD is on sale at walmart for $7.99:)
  13. glad you found a solution.:-)
  14. SHOW/HIDE script added.
  15. Sorry for not getting back to this, if it is still any help, here is the reply.For option D, where you run all your queries then use javascript . . . Lets say you have 7 queries that each list the respective countries on the various continents. In the first drop box, you would simply list all seven continents. Using javascript and the onchange function, you can determine which continent a user selected. Now, when the page loaded to begin with lets say you build a on row table with two columns. The left column is the drop box for the continents and the right column is the dynamic drop box that displays the respective country list for the selected continent. When the page loads, pre-build all your form optin groups - so you have 7 form option groups. Now, wrap each of them in a <div> that has a unique ID defined. Each <div> is then placed in that right column and each <div> is defined as such <div style="display:none;">. Use my show/hide function available in the javascript snippet forum and you can effectively show/hide each group of countries based on the continent you select.Let me know if this makes sense.
  16. Skemcin

    CF Book

    nope - I've not had the time to venture too far into new territory - once I get this one side job off my back, I can start "playing" again...
  17. Please do not post a question that is not directly related to resolving the original authors post. Start a new topic with a new post - please do not hijack another members post.Thanks.mgmt
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    my first site

    NoSo, if you put it in, definitely take it out.If you did not put it in, then it is likely being put there by your ISP to get that ad banner to appear.Use the code exmples provided in my previous post and first start with getting you code nice and clean. Every tag that opens should have one that closes (only a few expections to that rule). Likewise, any tag that closes, should have an opening tag associated with it.<strong> = opening bold tag</strong> = closing bold tagThe forward slash, "/", distinguishes your ending tag - basically says, "I'll done bolding, thanks!"Have them properly nested like so:<strong><em>Bold and Italic - correct<br></em></strong><strong><em>Bold and Italic - incorrect</strong></em><br>Get used to a good coding convention and you will establish good habits early on - making your learning much shorter.http://www.iribbit.net/i/_files/conventions.pdf
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    my first site

    It obvious, as dylan has stated, that there are going to be problems with the code even though it "looks" right. There are situations where code that looks as if it was intended to be right should be corrected and then there are situations where it it obvious the code was not written to do anything else but show something.For the former, go to town - rip the site about validation and code structure. For the latter, more sympathy and more help is more constructive. Having said that, I think this person has the information he/she needs to get going on the right track. Lets patiently wait for the next update to see if more assistance or more criticism is required.As for the: </object></layer></div></span></style></noscript></table></script></applet> that is often tacked on by "free" web hosting companies. Its a way of making sure the author of the page has closed all their tags so that when they automatically inject advertising script, it will be done as designed.
  20. a.) This will require a server-side scripting language like ColdFusion, ASP, or PHPb.) on the server, you create a temporary file - using a UUID or today's date and time to the millisecond.b.) When the form is submitted, you take the contents of the form field submitted and add it to the temp file you created.c.) Then, use a technique to refresh the browser window to load that file - i.e. <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;url=[yourfilename]">
  21. Skemcin

    my first site

    Tables, although not intended for this use, are commonly used to control the content of your site.For instance, they allow you to make two columns and then store stuff in each. For your site, you might put your navigation (Mustangs, Corvettes, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Oldsmobiles, Porsches) in a left column and then the pictures of the cars in the right.Like this:COOL CARS<br>Heres the best place for COOL CARS!<br>Here Is The Coolest Cars. <br><table><tr><td valign="top">Mustangs<br>Corvettes<br>Ferraris<br>Lamborghinis<br>Oldsmobiles<br>Porsches<br></td><td valign="top">[insert all your images here]</tr></table>Thank you for visiting my site<br> Do this on every page and your visitor will be able to navigate your site more freely - without having to use the back button and it gives some consistency.As far as validating, you will want to put the code I gave you and whatever you modify in between the body tags in this snippet of code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><title>Cool Cars</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body><!-- your code here --></body></html> This stuff tells the browser, or whatever else is looking at your site, what to expect. just basically pretexting.That should get you started.
  22. Skemcin

    Logo ideas

    take either a classic or modern mercedes and draw a single line outline around the car. Then remove some of the contours, like the back half of the tires, and portions of the undercarriage. If you have seen any of the Infiniti tv advertisements, they do this very nicely. My wife designed a logo for Corvette Collection:http://www.corvettecollection.com/files/cc-tshirt-front.jpg(this is on t-shirts, but not integrated into their site yet - no time just yet to do it)
  23. Skemcin

    Domain Name

    Check the Host and DNS Discussion here:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3770or this will get hijacked again.As for the design, I do like it, very clean and simple - great work.My only suggestion would be to make sure you utilize CSS Media Types in your style sheet. Many people will not be able to print a page out with that color combination - so keep that in mind.P.S. http://www.crystaltech.com
  24. Thanks for the post Prateek, but if you are not going to offer any constructive criticism, then don't bother posting (in any thread for that matter). So, please do expand on why you feel this template does not meet your standards. Offer some alternatives to its coding or suggest something that might help its design to be more appealing. Otherwise, bite your tongue.
  25. if your target audience in not interested, then there is little you can really do. The model for making money on adsense is very involved and requires a decent amount of work. You used to be able to throw them on your site and make a little cash. Now, its become so popular that its hard to make anything any more.Write a blog on why one should click your google ads - if you earn enough you will have a $50 gift card give away.lol
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