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Coppermine is nice, but if you are looking for simple, have a look at SPGM. There is nothing to set-up or a need for a database. Just upload SPGM and put some pictures and their thumbnails in your "gal" folder and you are up and running. If you have any questions about setting up SPGM, feel free to ask. Although there isn't really anything to set-up. You can even add streaming video support to SPGM with SPGM-Vid found here.

It appears the problem is that IE is "rendering" the "Frequently Asked Questions" tag into two lines, and only showing the top line which is "Frequently Asked". Either shorten the "Frequently Asked Questions" tag or remove the "width" in "topnav ul li" in the CSS section.

I am not sure how you did your update, so it is hard to tell. Assuming you are using the same "config.php" as before, then the forum should be pointed to your old database. If you replaced your "config.php" you just need to r point it to your old database. All the "update" script will do is update your forum's database to whatever new fields may have been added in the latest update. I do remember that there was a change to how phpBB handles the Admin Control Panel a release or two ago. I am pretty sure there was an update to the database at that time.

Just download the full version from phpBB's website.

I worked for a small company as the Engineering Manager and IT/Resident Computer guy. Since we were small, about 15 employees and our site is pretty basic, the hosting package that was included with or Boardband ISP was perfect. They decided, without as much as a warning decided to stop hosting. I was desperate for a new host. Posted on a forum I used to frequent, and one of the members told me about TCH. I did some comparison I can't remember what site I used and couldn't believe what I could get with TCH for the money. I signed up for year on the silver package. About I month later, the site owner of another forum I visit decided to close the forum. He asked if someone was interested to host the forum, to let him know and he would provide the forum back-up file. I had been thinking of signing myself up with a hosting company and get off my ISP's hosting site. So I decided to sign myself up with TCH and host the forum. I have since renewed both hostings for another year. I have referred a few efreinds to TCH for hosting. For the price/what you get, TCH is great!

BTW, if you want your site to validate XHTML Strict, use the following. ><br style="clear:both" />

Unfortunately of the "five" streaming video types that I am aware of (Windows Media Player, QuickTime, Real, Nullsoft and Flash), they all require some sort of plug-in installed on the computer of the visitor of your site. The other thing you need to keep in mind is that you should use both "OBJECT" and "EMBED" tags. Some browsers (Firefox for one) support only "EMBED" while others prefer "OBJECT". Here is a sample of what it should look like for "Windows Media Player." ><object id="MediaPlayer" classid="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows® Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject" width="320" height="304"> <param name="url" value="vid/Sample_videos/mpsample.wmv"> <param name="AutoStart" value="true"> <param name="EnableTracker" value="false"> <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="vid/Sample_videos/mpsample.wmv" width=320 height=284 autostart=1 showcontrols=1> </embed> </object> One of the most difficult video types to stream is Real, mainly because if you want to provide a control panel, you need to do a separate stream for it and the video. It would look something like this. ><table> <tr> <td> <OBJECT ID=RVOCX CLASSID="clsid:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11cf-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA" HEIGHT=180 WIDTH=320> <PARAM NAME="controls" VALUE="ImageWindow"> <PARAM NAME=nologo VALUE=true> <PARAM NAME="console" VALUE="video"> <PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="true"> <EMBED TYPE="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" CONSOLE="video" CONTROLS="ImageWindow" HEIGHT=180 WIDTH=320 NOLOGO="TRUE" AUTOSTART="true"> </EMBED> </OBJECT> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <OBJECT ID=RVOCX CLASSID="clsid:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11cf-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=30> <PARAM NAME="controls" VALUE="ControlPanel"> <PARAM NAME="console" VALUE="video"> <PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="src" VALUE="vid/Sample_videos/real.rm"> <EMBED SRC="vid/Sample_videos/real.rm" TYPE="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" CONSOLE="video" CONTROLS="ControlPanel" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=30 AUTOSTART=true NOJAVA="true"> </EMBED> </OBJECT> </td> </tr> </table> You probably shouldn't stream video, if it is a large file, automatically unless it is truly needed. Not everyone has a broadband connection and not everyone will want to wait for a video to load when entering your site. Of the "five" types I mentioned, probably your best bet would be Flash. It is more widely excepted as a streaming type/site enhancement.

I was just going to suggest SpellBound, good thing I read this thread to the end! Edit: I always liked the "AutoFill" feature of the Google Toolbar!

To add to all the other good points on upgrading phpBB, Acyd Burn (the author of the Attachment MOD) normally releases "Manual" upgrade instructions. If you have allot of MODs installed, this is the best way to go. Just download his file, follow his instructions and run the update script.

Thanks, that fixed a problem I was having too!

Thanks everyone for the congratulations. As for the problem centering the menu, I have that worked out. I had the "div" inside a table. Once I moved it outside the table, everything centered in IE and Firefox.

I have found a solution to this problem by using PHP. It is pretty simple to do, just some basic PHP knowledge is required. Here is the basic look. >if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'PPC') ) { <Pocket PC Page Information Here> } else { <Other Page Information Here> }

I haven't tried using a "div" yet, I'll defiantly give it a try. It might take me a few days, until I can get back into it. My wife and I just added our second child to our family this week. Great, I get one kid out of diapers and here is another one!

I'm sure they will screw IE7 up too. BTW, here is a list of some of the IE and CSS bugs.

I guess I did leave myself open for that one. Thanks, that works for Firefox just not IE. When is IE ever going to properly support CSS? I guess I'll just have to find a IE solution for that too. Thanks, although I borrowed the concept from here.

I am in the process of replacing my site's navigation menu. I have decided to go with a Horizontal Cascading Menu using CSS. It appears to be working in both Firefox and IE fine, the problem is I can't figure out how to center it? Although this is a work in progress and I am not finished working out all my layout issues, here is a link to what I have so far: New Menu. Thanks for any suggestions you might have.

I didn't think it was, I was hoping more then anything.

Yes, that is why I was hoping for some sort of solution on the mail server side. Somehow appending the email message.

I'm not sure if this is the correct section but I have a question. In addition to my personal web site, TCH host's my company's web site also. I would like to include a "Confidentially" statement on all outgoing mail. Rather then going to each individual computer and adding it to a signature, is there an easy way to add it automatically to all outgoing mail?

Well, there is always that!

Trust me, I understand the potential problem editing posts beyond a certain time. It leaves allot to the author to make the determination to best course of action (whether to edit or post again). Sometimes the author of the post may want to delete/edit an entry post as a retraction, sorry you can't. I "actively" post on 5 or 6 other forums (including my own forum) and I have never ran into not being able edit my own posts until now.

Now why would that be the case? What if someone posted something that they later discover an error in. They can't make the correction? What if someone wants to add a thought to an existing post, adding a new post might not make the most sense, they can't? That makes no sense to me.

Since I couldn't find the a place to post TCH forum related issues, I figured this might have to do. Now it might be the fact that I this is the only forum I visit that uses this software, so I might have missed hoe to do it. How do I edit my own posts? Edit: Ok, I can edit my posts in this forum. Why can't I edit them in "Scripting Talk" and "HTML and CSS"? I am sure there are more, those are the only I found so far.

Well, with the site that Don gave me, it got me going. The book I ordered was no help, only since I haven't received it yet. Here is the query I needed (the names have been changed to protect the innocent). >$sql = "SELECT s.table_row, COUNT(s2.shout_id) AS table_row_number FROM ".SQLTABLE." s, ".SQLTABLE." s2 WHERE s2.table_row >= ".$somenumber." AND s.table_row = ".$somenumber." GROUP BY s.table_row ORDER BY s2.table_row DESC"; Thanks again for all the help. This was fun, I can't wait until I get the book I ordered and I can learn to unlock the potential for using PHP & MySQL.

I'll probably fail that test too.