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FISH-EYE EFFECT NAVIGATION script added.by Prateek

SLIDING NAVIGATION script added.by Prateek

Hi,You can dump any scope:<cfdump var="#cgi#"><cfdump var="#cookie#"><cfdump var="#session#"><cfdump var="#form#"><cfdump var="#url#"><cfdump var="#server#"><cfdump var="#application#"><cfdump var="#request#"><cfdump var="#variables#"><cfdump var="#qryYourQueryName#">etc.But, I do not think any of those will return available datasources - those would have to be obtained from the ColdFusion Administrator - at least as far as I know.

All these answers are too vague and some are showing very little respect (croatiankid - don't give those type of answers again).Password protection should never be done using a client side scripting language (like javascript) if you want anything to be protected. Because that code is processed on the client side, it can easily be deciphered and broken. So, you have two options for protecting content:a.) use a server side scripting language like php, asp, or coldfusionb.) user server side authentication through the operating system and webserver.Unless you have access to the server itself, or the hosting provider has controls to configure your space, you will not be able to user server side authentication. Therefore, I'll give a quick overview to the server side scripting options.First, it doesn't matter which language you use, the principle is the same. You have login-form.cfm which is a form that asks the user to enter their username and password. That page uses the post method to send the information submitted to login-action.cfm (for instance). This page takes the information in the form scope (scope is where information is stored - form, cookie, session, url, etc.) and runs a query to a database. If the database finds a match, then you can label the user as logged in - otherwise it fails and you are not able to authenticate the user.That is the general process you must go through. No one is going to outright post your solution. The references to the tutorial are your place to start. Generally speaking, it is best to become familiar with storing information in a session. Information is a cookie is only good for the PC and browser the person is visiting on - and if you are in a public environment, you run the risk of the next user of the computer to have access to something they should not.Do some work on your own and come back with some specific questions - you will not get answers all over the map like you are now.

Its really not worth the effort.All I did was a global replacement for the "<" and ">" url encoded formats and I saw the code. I'm still concerned about the number of images - but understand why you are taking the approach you are taking.The end results looks liek the way you like.

You'll find this can go a ton of different directions.1.) I can see Option be working out for the most part, but I'd double your consultation fee (at least) even with your lack of experience - it will increase as you become more knowledgeable.2.) If you are going to assign a flat rate for a page, you might find folks abusing that - I've always preferred basing everything off an hourly rate - just that much easier. Cost per page start to make folks think in that mind set - you do not want a client to be restricting their ideas. Lets say I work at $100 and hour for a validated page - I could code 5 pages in an hour and offer the client practically a whole site (5 pages) which is far more attractive than 1 page. You're clients will be thinking in pages, not in the purpose.3.) I request half the total estimate up front, and the other half t go live. Other arrangements I've made are like a forth up front, another forth at first walk through, the third forth at user testing, and last forth at sign-off/go live.Hope that helps.

Sounds alot like, http://www.w3schools.com except adding the graphic design and multimedia stuff. Thats an awfully big challenge so good luck. A site like you describe would often seek the services of something like http://www.doubleclick.com/. There is a lot of information on this topic. You really are better off researching it on your own until you have a specific question.

I'm a big ColdFusion buff, only thing I really do. They use version 5 when version 7 is current and version 8 is around the bend (maybe next year). For beginning ColdFusion, that really makes no difference - more advanced techniques require CF7.The plans seem affordable and features seem nice. With these types of hosts, you have to look out for their support - is it true 24/7 and is it out sourced? You also need to be concerned about how many sites they put on a shared server. What always worries me about these companies that boast such awesome features (high bandwidth, lost of disk space, multiple server side scripting languages in one environment) is that opens up the likely hood of more intermittent problems.I prefer hosts that dedicate shared servers to one language and one configuration - you don't have to worry as much about environmental variables. At the host I use (http://www.crystaltech.com) I know there is not going to be php or asp sites on my ColdFusion server. There are some technical reasons why that is beneficial - but I'm not gonna bore folks with that (unless they ask). But my point is that if things go wrong on the box, the host has a harder time troubleshooting if they have to be knowledgeable of php, asp, and cfmx - because any one of them could have brought it down in any number of ways.I'd try them out - its the only way to find out - or lurk their discussion board - if they have one, mine does. You can really only ever know by trying. I've gone through four or five hosts before I found Crystal Tech - I don't see myself switching again - thats how happy I am there. The decision to move 20+ sites from those other providers was as easy as my decision to stay and recommend CrystalTech.

Mockups typically start as images - usually three different ideas are given to the client. Then, a proof of concept (more or less a template) is coded once the client selects the preferred design. The proof of concept would have a coded example of each template type - homepage, second level page, third level page, etc. Once those are signed off on, then the coding and programming is all that is left (using the existing templates of course).This approach keeps everything from interferring with each other. The design has no worry of how the code will end up. Of course, a good designer will know enough about the limitations of HTML layout and therefore the design won't be asking for the impossible. The HTML proof is coded with the confidence that very little will change in the design. With the templates signed off on, the programmers (often the same person/people) then have their box in which to write their applications.That is the perfect world scenario and most one or two man shops can do it that way. Obviously, there are challenges are more individuals as added to the mix.

if you want HTML brought in to a page as you mention, then a.) you would have to write your HTML in javascript form and then call the javascript using the <script> tag - as previously mentioned.Why do this? Well, if you do not have knowledge or access to server side scripting languages, then you can use this method to simulate server side includes.b.) you could write that HTML into a seperate file and use server side includes (SSI) which are explained in the ASP Tutorial in W3Schools - but it doesn't require ASP, HTM files can use them if the hosting provider has them enabled.Why Do This? Ideal for maintaining reused code as well as your sanity. Typically a site header, footer, and navigation are the first to put pulled into SSI files. Then you can get creative and code applications as includes so you can literally cut-n-paste a page together solely on includes.c.) you could write that HTML into a seperate file and use <iframes>. It is an internal frame that reserves a fixed space on a page to embed a file.Why Do This? This is best for external applications that you might not have any control over - like a google search account you might open for your site. The application runs in the frame while you still have control of the outer inteface. I've done this several times, most recently a photographer site that allows its clients to create a gallery that is pulled into their own site by calling a page on the photographers site via <iframe>I think you are leaning toward a server side include (SSI)

<script type="text/javascript" src="link.js">Your browser settings have javascript disabled - you will not be able to xxxx xx xxx xxxx</script> Problem solved place this in the <head> tag of any HTML 4.01 Transitional, HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.1 page and you are set.Make sure you validate your page before you put this in if you are going to check this for your self.There should be no reason why this doesn't work in FF, IE, NN, or Opera. I don't have time to check every example in every browser. But you guys have to remember to use the tag as it is defined to be used if you are going to worry about validation.

Didn't your mommy tell you ain't ain't a word?:)Your statement/question is confusing. Everyone knows I make a point to illustrate the difference between web site design and web site graphic design - do a search on it if you want the history. Anyway, if you are talking graphic design, then I think Life Is Binary will be posting appropriate links. However, if in "layout" you are speaking along the lines of site structure, organization, and flow, then you are talking more about site design or usability. Then a google search on "web site usability best practices" might yield some results.So which is it for the sake of clarification.

Remember that time is money. I do not think it would do any harm to show your mock along site the functional coded version we worked on. This, if nothing else, shows progress (ahead of schedule) and it might even satisfy him and not require anymore time. Something I learned along time ago that I admittedly still struggle with to this day is that you cannot get attached to the code your write or the design you create. This might present you the opportunity to finish early and not have too much invested in a project you already have no idea how you are getting paid. I just think with the situation as it is, you might consider showing everything you have to date and let the client decide whether you should move forward your way or their way. I even have in my contracts that the client can opt to pay a bonus if the project is completed x number of days ahead of schedule. Motivation for me to get it done, and not necessarily a requirement on the client's end, but it leaves a great impression and opens the window to suggestive sell other service to consume the surplus of time - i.e. emarketing campaign to announce the site - more cash.

1/2 the lesson that every developer needs to learn is that they are not a graphic designer. It seems you have come to grips with that reality - I know I have with mine. Which is why you are starting to learn the second half of that lesson - how do I become self-sufficient if I can't graphically design worth a crap. Over time, you will learn how to surf the web for free templates (as a few have already been provided) and then re-engineer it without its source code. You should be at the point where all you need is a visual beginning.So, I'm more or less saying you are really on your own. You will get replies to your specific question as you have here, but these folks are just taking stabs in the dark by referring you to designs to reference. Everyone of the ideas presented (already and in the future) are always going to originate from a perspective other than yours - any is really just a waste of that persons time. I just think you need to goto google.com and search/browse web templates until the proverbial light bulb goes off on top of your head. Simply put, every recommendation made here is not going to result in your final product, if it does, then it is not an accurate representation of your skills and abilities as a web developer and therefore your site will completely misrepresent you. Ok, I know I'm on my soap box again. But if you are going to be serious about this web development thing (and especially your "CMS" thing), then you need to GET serious. Coding something fast and hoping for the best is not serious. I know I am sounding harsh, and I do not mean to sounds like a big brother (ok maybe a little), but please, please put thought into this or this is only ever going to be a hobby that you aren't good at.

a.) http://andersmoen.hotserv.dk/new_design/too bland and little separation of content blocks. You have gone through the effort to make columns, but never visually define them. Something as little as a vertical line helps to containerize your content but adding blocks adn some color would not hurt either. Maybe something like this:http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3514b.) http://andersmoen.hotserv.dk/new/Happy Halloween! Your parent navigation looks like tab delimited text out of position. Some treatment should be added to set them apart from everything else. Again, in the white space, you'll need something to separate the content from the categories.Honestly, I really don't like either "design". They could be made useful, but I'm not impressed and would likely pass it over.P.S. with the navigation structure you have outlined, you've got a lot of content to write - how do you plan on keeping up with it while you market yourself, sell yourself, close deals, develop sites, launch sites, provide support, maintain client relations, yourself, sell yourself, close deals, develop sites, launch sites, provide support, maintain client relations, yourself, sell yourself, close deals, develop sites, launch sites, provide support, maintain client relations...

as do I, check your PM

Using a form with the get method (as pulpfiction points out) is one way, but creating the string in a link is another.Naturally, you know that without a web server the page is not processed. Therefore a server side scripting language can not do anything with that url query string. In fact, only javascript would be able to do anything with the query string values.Although I think your question has been answered, would you care to share a little more about what you are doing to better understand the application or context of your question?

Check into server side includes:http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_incfiles.aspIf your web server is a Windows machine, then SSI is likely to be turned on. Your HTML file can use this method to pull content in. This will allow you to get out of frames and avoid more headaches to come.

I've just got two things to add,a.) you mentioned concerns with IE - although I am not a fan of the browser, the issue you bring up is irrelevant to the browser - its all to do with the client download speeds - just to clarify that concern.b.) if you choose to preload and the images are not going to change that often, then i'd suggest adding a <meta> tag to tell the client to make sure the images are cached.<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="PUBLIC">More on <meta> tags FYRE:http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_meta.asp

Please try to take more helpful approach... It might also be the use of "checked" or "selected" as a form attribute. Make sure you are say checked="checked" and/or selected="selected". But I'm not sure if the page you are having this problem with is/has a form.SHORTTAG YES/NO is the feature which allows you to abbreviated form attributes - as the example I mention to check.

email me a jpg of your site mockup and I'll advise.jumpin@iribbit.net(i'll be up tonight)

we'd prefer searching w3schools.com first:http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

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Check to see if the Javascript Snippets I've posted here:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=9500has the solution you are looking for.

Well, I'm not sure I know the whole history. But if there was an old site, then I would put that up. If the old site was just a direct hit to your blog, then I'd just show that. Additionally, if you are going to develop on a live server - which is often times unavoidable - then create two folders on the root of the site - /d/ and /l/. Where "/d/" is a copy of your site for development and "/l/" is your live site. In the root of the site put a 301 redirect script that points to the "/l/" folder. When you're ready and all done, then you can copy your "/d/" folder contents to "/l/". This way, for whatever reasons, your development site can run of your live databases if you need to see that.So, I'd remove any page that your disclaimer is intended to cover. I think it is confusing to visitors right now - - is your blog serious? Any time you mix development content in a live environment, it discredits the real content since it can be assumed to be surrounded by garbage.my $0.02:)