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First, try adding quotation marks and get into the habit of doing this throughout your work: <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="12;URL=./index.php#1"> (that might not make a difference but worth getting used to)Second, it is the browser that is porgrammed to not retain unsubmitted form information on a refresh - (side note) that is one of the things I like about Firefox. So, the only way to get around that is to remove the <meta> function and translate that into a javascript form submit script that is triggered by a javascript countdown script. Then, have the page load the text that was in the field.Now, if this is problem because your text is the message being typed for the chat. And you are tryingt o refresh the chat without loosing a partial message . . . then your problem is not the code, its the fundemental approach you are taking. Do not combine them on one page. Load a page (lets say its a popup window) for the chat application. The chat application is run on frames - the top (bigger) one is the messages that are being chatted and the lower (smaller) is the one for the user to type the message. This allows you to refresh you chat dialog as often as you like with out interupting the messager.Hope this is accurate - I realize it is based on a number of assumptions - please forgive me if I'm way off on your structure/design

are you interested in understanding its complete definition (as far as what is is and what/how it is used) or are you looking for purchasing/set up instructions? (or both)

yeah, a database is going to be a requirement, even if you want the application to be transparent.you'll need a table with at least these columns:rdr_key - unique identifierrdr_subdomain - the domain prefix you assign to the redirect (or they choose and you dup check)rdr_longurl - the url that gets populated in the main content framehmmm, this can be done in a few hours with cold fusion, hmmmm . . . .

A couple more things:a.) if you figure out a way to do this all in SQL2005, please let me know - it will be handy informationb.) you might take a deeper look at the RSS feed and find out if their publish date is recreated when the feed is requested or is true to the last update.. If it is the latter, then I would suggest creating a page that checks that date with the last date in the DB to save you the processing time and effort of perofrming all your inserts/updates.I'll post back if I thin of anything else.

I would imagine that you would have to, at the very least, create some sort of scheduled task to load the page and create an SQL script in insert/update your database from the XML/RSS.I know MS SQL 2005 can parse XML directly, but I am not sure if that alone can trigger the request for the file/feed. If it could - then its all in the DB server. If not, then you'd have to create an ASP page to request the XML/RSS, parse it into a query, then insert/update conditioned accordingly.In conditioning, I mean, are you going to write the ASP to only get today's RSS dated information and then only run the scheduled task once a day? Or, are you going to run the scheuled task multiple times a day and truncate your table each time.With the first, you get the benefit of historical data - regardless of your source including it but then only get updates once a day (bad if updates are frequent). With the second, you get the benefits of the most updated information (depending on the frequency of the scheduled task) but your constantly truncating and inserting an entire feed and only ever retaining what is supplied in the feed - no historical information.Hope that helps.Oh, and by the way - WELCOME!

lol - I hate when I do that!!!!

(link removed)First, the last thing you should ever do is solicite members from one forum to join yours.Second, this is not "Field of Dreams" the "build it and they will come" philosphy is a dream. Any website launch requires some sort of marketing. Search engine optimization, conventional marketing, or grass roots marketing. Blatant requests to "sign up" serve no purpose and have no relevence.Do you know how many members here play that game?Have you done any research as to where you might find people interested in a forum on the topic?Since its an internet multiperson game, drop your name while playing or use your domain name as your character name. Do something, anything other than just signing in to any forum you know and asking for their members to join.Your forums are just a month old - give it a chance. Websites take up to 3 months to get a respectable position in search engine results.I've got two words of advice:Marketing and PatientsP.S. Aside from that, one of our rules here is no advertising.

I think it looks great.Two things I can only mention:a.) if you are going to play with php, have you made your navigation menus into SSI files (that is server side includes). This way you do not have to go to every page to change your navigation - you may already be doing, you can't necessarily tell from a rendered page unless its commented accordingly.b.) You might want to play with the header graphic - the yellow font is a little hard to read on the blue/fading to wite(sky) backdrop. It might only need a very subtle drop shadow - I dunno, just a thought to play with it to see if you can mke it stick out a little more - give the page some depth.Again, great job all around. Source code is neat - and thats a plus in my book. If I had to find anything else, I'd recommend using a couple indents to help isolate certain blocks fo your code - just so that they are not all running against your gutter - just another thought.re: http://iribbit.net/i/_files/gma-sitemap.htm

not really - there are so many that it depends on what you are after and how much money you can spend.I heard good and bad things about:http://paperthin.com/

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp

I'm a little worried about introducing religion into this off topic discussion. I don't see a problem continuing it, lets just distance ourselves from that aspect of the universe and its discussion.Having said that, I've always been laughed at whenever I've suggested that a galaxy is nothing more than an atom. So we, as people, are just a bundle of galaxies walking amongst a bunch of other bundles of galaxies. Hows that for a rediculous theory?

I think you are on the right track. Design for 800 and make it look good if it expands and if you program it to.Most restuarant sites can actually be programmed to not expand - lets face it, there is only so much you can say about a restuarant. So they tend to be pretty simply sites that can be programmed to stay 800x600 - done properly, it might even look more professional that way.

Here are some posts to review:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=5336http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=7781http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3718These might give you some more insight.

first, I owe a few folks an apology. I've been real busy and been meaning to deal with this issue for some time.holmedwa04, the concern with your signature started with me. Jonas has graciously taken an opportunity to address the issue, as well as a couple members. As it has been pointed out, your signature is often longer than your posts (and that is not necessarily a good or bad thing). The amount of scrolling one must do to get past your posts is one issue I have contention with. The second, is the group of links that you have that advertise sites very similar to w3schools. I understand that they may have supporting or different detailed information, but we have a no advertising rule that we would like to see honored. The links we generally feel are signature worthy might be your personal site (which should be mentioned in your profile anyway - as you have) or one of a browser preference or something like that.Now, we could simply log in to our admin panel and put a character restriction on the signatures, but we are not the type of moderators to be that strict. Before your change, your signature was something like 856 characters - now it is 729. The amount of space you create, the links you have and the image you have are irrelevant - the image in your signature says nothing more that your avatar.Lets try to get that down to 300 characters - thanks.

please go to myspace for help in this matter. if you have a specific HTML related question, please post the code here with a question. If you are not at that point yet, then I'd advise you to take the html tutorial.

1024x768 is the current acceptable standard for the "general" public. you should always review your historical site statistics to discover what the majority of your users view your site in. If its a first launch, then you might want to make a liquid 800x600 unless you have a good idea (based on target market demographics) that you visitors are going to be more up to date - then you can start off higher.

I need a little help coming up with some "pre-qualifying" questions to ask a client why they want a discussion board. There are a few folks in my meetings that want it and a few that do not see the purpose. I, can see both sides of the debate and I know in my next meeting both sides are going to look at me and say "what would you suggest?"So, before I get put on the spot, I'd like to compile a few questions that will challenge the group to make the decision for themselves - I'd prefer not getting pinned with the success or failure but I want to give sound advice - this is a non-profit organization serving medical professionals. So, here is what I started with (now experiencing a light drizzle instead of a brainstorm).a.) Why are you considering a discussion board? (check boxes) establish a sense of community, reduce emails, draw traffic, provide service (support), 'cuz its cool/in, etc.b.) how many people is this targeted to?c.) is there any evidence (polls) that indicate a desire for a discussion board?d.) public or private, or both with limited subset of access?e.) who will admin/moderate/facilitate?f.) what is the common ground or basis of the discussion board?g.) how will this contribute to the organization's mission/goal?Thats all I have so far. Any additions would be much appreciated. Again, I am looking to establish a questionaire that will have the right questions so that the answers give me a "yes" or "no" recommendation.Thanks in advance.

Ok, I understand what you mean completely now.First, the CMS. There are tons of CMS applications. I build a very simply, albeit cheesey, one several years ago that I still sell from time to time to real cheap people I run into. Its Cold Fusion based and works pretty well, but I sell it as a last resort to folks who need something quick and dirty. As fro a recommendation, I can't really give one. The best thing to do is to simply come up with a list of features that you need. If you have no idea what you need, then sit down with the client (or ust yourself) and draw a wish list of things you wish you could do. Don't be shy, most of what you might think is not possible is already being done - I've seen this with many clients (holding back their ideas because they think its impossbile). After that, you will need to figure out which hosting service you want to use to ensure that the CMS system will work - mainly just that the hosting service runs the same scripting language and database the CMS system is coded in.As for payment - I wasn't sure you were talking about a shopping cart (and you're not), so this is easy. I live in Chicago (full time employed here) and I have clients I manage on the side from when I used to live the Washington DC. For established clients, we discuss the work - I offer a quote - they say yes - I develop - They approve - Its goes live - I send a bill - they pay me with a check. For new clients its very similar only that I ask for half the money before development can begin.I do this in confidence because I have FTP access to their site - so i can shut it down temporarily if i need (if I do not get paid in a reasonable amount of time and diplomacy has failed).Hope this helps - let me know if you need more information.

hi and welcome to the forums. you have a lot of very good questions, so for the sake of over explaining them, I'll offer some general information and then you can ask meto elaborate as needed.a.) Could anyone tell me about CMS and how it works?CMS stands for Content Management System (for those who do not know). Basically its a web application that allows a user/administrator to log onto a website and enter/upload content for a website. There are plenty of variations - ones that literally run off of one page (simple) and ones that actually create and allow you to manage a static web page (complex). The CMS system is a combination of server side scripting pages (asp, php, cold fusion) that interact with a database (sql, mysql, oracle) which is where all the content is stored. Images and other documents (pdf, doc, ppt, zip) are usually uploaded and stored in a folder and then tracked in the database as references or assets that can be related to content by using the administration tool.b.) Is it possible to have one where its uploaded to the webspace then the site can be updated via a webpage?Yes. In fact, that is pretty much the only way to have it done. Many CMS systems are purchased then downloaded to your local machine. Then you unzip and upload the files to your hosting service. Instructions should be included to guide you through creating the database and connecting to it. Finally, there is typically some other configuration needed that related to you domain name, email, and actusly physical location of files on the hosted server.c.) How I can set up a payment method for my website?Depends on what you are talking about. If you want a shopping cart, then you will need to buy one just as you bought a CMS system. Same concept, admin tools to set up products and prices and you buy/download the product then upload and configure with the same consideration as CMS. Be sure to check to see if the one you buy has a variety of payment gateway modules - so you are not locked into one.d.) Also how can I set up an automatic email when someone would purchase something?This is just a feature that is typically included in the shopping cart. So make sure you look for it when shopping.e.) how do I go about making the payment secure?Your hosting service most likely has a shared SSL certifcate for you to use. So if your domain name is w3schools.com then your shared SSL url mght be https://shared101.hostingcompany.com/w3schoolsThey make one url and then set up virtual folders for each hosting account they have. Then your pages should have something coded to ensure that the page is only loaded in SSL environment.f.) if all you need is a single page payment and not a full blwn shopping cart, then you need to find or learn the programming for that. Its a form that loads in SSL and posts to a database. (basically).

just for the sake of clarification:relative path:../folder/file.cfm./file.cfm../../folder/file.cfmabsolute path:/folder/file.cfmhttp://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

Yeah, your ISP seems pretty small. I doubt you live on Avgust Str., but obviously somewhere in here:http://get.info.bg/visit/maps/Detailed_Map_Plovdiv.pngYou're probably paying 576 euro for your internet connection. I'm not gonna reveal your address but lets just say that, if you wanted to, you could walk to the futball stadium on the west side of the city.

I have issue with the way things are right now and I am working with connection I have to influence a change. I see no reason why this information should be public knowledge. The registrar should make money from the folks that want to see it. I think you information should be hidden by default. Then, anyone who wants to see it has to pay $10. But you can pay $10 to make it private even from that.But yes, I can see all your information just as you can see mine. I know there is a Spurr Brothers Farms Ltd down the road from you and your east off of road 360 between 221 and 101. In fact, your kitchen window is cracked open right now, you might want to lock it.

Well, I think I understand what you are after. So, I take a stab:If you want your presentation to be a fixed size, no matter what the monitor screen resolution is set to, then you simply need to change this: <table border="1" align="left" bordercolor="#000000" width="10%"> to <table border="1" align="left" bordercolor="#000000" width="300"> By defining to be 10% it iwll change because 10% 800 is less than 10% of 1024.

your welcome - the invoice is in the mail:)