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Deno, check your PMs. I don't think the code they gave you has anything to do with the problem (the problem is not with the connection to the database) but before telling you to reopen the help desk ticket, I'll take a look at the problem myself.

Good luck Rob! Hope it goes well and let us know the results

Well, I guess you were right! window.resizeTo() is what you're looking for

I don't think there's a way to do what you want without opening a pop-up window - which I strongly discourage anyway. Actually, I'd advise you not to have that "entrance" page on your website. It may look neat the first time someone visits your site but the second time, the fun will be half replaced by frustration, since the visitor will have to wait ( = waste time, bandwidth and money) for the entrance page to load, click the logo on the center of the page and finally wait again for the main page to load up. Think about it: if people go to your website, it's because they are interested in the contents, not a splash entrance page.

That's something that needs to be custom made (or at least customized) because if you want to use a script made by someone else, it's almost impossible that the person who made the script used the same database table names, fields, etc. I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I come across something similar.

Rob, first of all, take a deep breath, calm down, meditate for a while if needed Now let's take this thing one step at a time. First of all, I think you should find out where the problem is coming from: Operating System or Hardware. I'm betting more on hardware than OS but then again, you never know. If you have the time and the patience, create a new partition on your HDD and install a different OS (e.g. if you use Windows, try Linux or *BSD). If it works under another OS, then it's probably a problem with the drivers. You mentioned your NIC using the same IRQ as your graphics card... if I'm not mistaken, that's not impossible to happen (can't remember for sure, though... it's been a couple of years since I took Computer Architecture on college). Still, it would be a good idea to remove the 3COM card, disable the onboard NIC and see what happens. If it works without any network stuff, it may still be a problem with the drivers so try to replace them. Another solution would be to force the IRQ using Windows' system configuration tools but you say it won't let you change the IRQ... I'm not sure about that, since I haven't been using Windows for a long long time but I think it's always possible to change that kind of thing. Sometimes it's disabled but if you check a "custom configuration" box (or something like that) it will let you configure it to your likings. Also, with one of the NICs enabled, check the device table that shows up when the computer is booting up. It should tell you which devices are using which IRQs. You can press the "Pause" key on your keyboard to pause the boot process and carefully look at the table. If the NIC and the graphics card aren't using the same IRQ, it means it's Windows that's changing them but it shouldn't. Am I making any sense? 'Cause I'm feeling a little dizzy and I'm not sure if I'm making any sense. Damned influenza, I feel the fever is getting back Well, off I go to bed.

Hi Deno. First of all, welcome to the family! I was about to say that the admin who set up the server forgot to compile PHP with MySQL support but from what you said, all other MySQL functions are working, right? If it said that you had invalid parameters or something like that, we could narrow the problem to some error on the script itself but if PHP says those are invalid functions... That's really strange... Could you please submit a help desk ticket so one of the admins can take a look at the situation? Let us know how it goes, OK? I'm curious about this one.

Seems pretty good news, Bill! Rock Sign

I can't see the "please wait" thingy you mentioned but I'd guess they do it with JavaScript. Here's some links I found with a Google search that may help you: http://www.webclass.ru/eng/Tutorials/JavaS..._preloader.html http://forums.devshed.com/archive/1/2002/9/3/43776 http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/...adimage_dev.htm

Hi Dave. First of all, sorry for taking so long to reply. My internet connection went down and only got back a couple of minutes ago. I moved your post to this section because it's about script instalation. Now, as to your questions, the administrator is TCH, not the account user (in this case, you). As for Jack's ultimate formmail script, here's the original thread: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...?showtopic=2912

Hi Ty. That's strange. Are you using a scripting language on that page? If so, are you using any functions to process special characters, like PHP's htmlspecialchars()? Also, are you specifying the correct character set on the HTML code?

If you're looking for an open-source solution, try searching http://freshmeat.net.

Didn't know about that. Guess I tried an older version. Well, in that case, forget what I said about the firewall and get it. Get both the firewall and the anti-virus. They're both very very nice products, especially being free

Bill, shouldn't that be 12.01.2004?

The anti-virus is pretty good, it updates its virus definitions almost every day, sometimes more than once a day. When I still used Windows, I started using EZ-Trust Anti-Virus when McAfee became a resource hog (I miss the good old McAfee DOS times ) and I liked it very much. It ran smoothly on the background and had a very small footprint on your system's memory. As for the firewall, I don't like it very much when compared to ZoneAlarm because it lacks the ability ZA has to allow/disallow programs to access the internet or local networks. Still, if you don't need that kind of funtionality, it's a pretty good firewall.

That's an odd one! Submit a help deks ticket so one of the admins can take a look at it.

Change the permissions with an FTP client. Some CPanels have problems with changing the permissions via the file manager. Hope it helps.

Hi falves. No, you don't need to do anything else, just change the DNS for the domain. By the way, bem vindo

Glad you made it About the Strict XHTML, give it a try. You'll probably have most problems with tables and invalid attributes, which you can replace by CSS. IMHO, it's a great learning experience, because you really must write correct code.

Hi blue. Try changing the line <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> into <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> The difference is the upper/lower-case ISO/iso.

Hey Jack, welcome back!

Darq, you can also install phpMyAdmin in your account and create a database user with a different login (as opposed to using your cpanel login to access the database). That way you can use the phpMyAdmin version you installed and provide the new user/pass you created to use with phpMyAdmin. You will still need to access the Manage MySQL tool in Cpanel if you want to create new databases but that's something you won't need to do regularly, so just set up the databases you need when you start working and then you won't need to touch the Manage MySQL stuff. I'd still recommend setting everything up locally in a development box. It's easier and faster to work with. Besides, if you mess things up, it won't be on the "live" webserver, meaning your site will still be OK and you can fix whatever you did wrong without any worries.

Well, if you're asking from a SEO point of view, I'm not sure. I think Scott is the best person to answer that for you. From a web-programming point of view, IMHO, using the short form has some advantages, because that way, if someday you decide to change your domain name, the links will still work. On the other hand, using the fully qualified URL (the second option) has the advantage that if for some reason you change the directory where the file containing the link resides, you won't need to adjust it as you would if you used the short form URL. So I guess in the end, it depends on these factors. You have to think about what you will be doing to your website in the future and decide which one to use based on that. So that's my opinion... but I think you were looking for an SEO point of view, right?

Well, I thought you had your site hosted here at TCH - every server has PHP installed and a lot of other goodies It's not free but $44 for a year of hosting, with the support quality and the amount of stuff you get, it's practically the same as free

Glad to help. Let us know how it goes