D.Slatk

You could do it manually... Just delete the files through ftp or which method you like. Then get rid of the mysql databases through cpanel...

Much thanks for the recommendations! I got PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guides by Larry Ullnam. The three biggest reasons were because it's for php 4 (not 5, since, well, these servers and many others don't support 5), since it's about both php and mysql and for incorporating them into your website, and also the fact that he has his own website which he responds to posts personally each day! So far, gotten through first three chapters. ^^

Ah thanks both. I'll be going to barns and noble today. *crosses fingers*

Sam's Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, third edition **Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 Hours: *PHP and MySQL For Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide ***MySQL/PHP Database Applications Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL PHP and MySQL Web Development *Leaning for this one most... I read the reviews I could find and they all said it was real good. ^^ **This one should be good if for whatever reason the first one doesn't seem to be ***And this one,I'd get after learning the language from one of the first two probably. I'm more interested in nailing the language first and then going into the CMS. Thanks for the links guys! Got some excellent resources there. Will have a lot to browse for at Banrs and Noble (I'm hoping that their online catalog is also in their store, it makes no mention of whether or not it is on the website). Thanks for the link Don, also I found this good site as well! http://www.fetchbook.info/ Sort of a pricegrabber.com for books. Still open to suggestions by the way.

Yeah, I've found some nice tutorials. I am more interested in books at the moment, because I can read iit in the car, family room, at school, and that sort of thing. Found sams teach yourself php in 24 hours through amazon. ^^ Though they don't have the best selection seeing they don't carry the third edition right now. as for this topic, I'm trying to find which books have been helpful to the people here, in terms of being able to compare books and stuff. Also, kind of want to be "sure" about which books I want to buy, since I don't get much money. Talk about 5 dollars a week for allowance!

Hm, which edition are you referring to? Right now I'm looking at two of the Sams books: Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours (3rd edition, newest) : http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...672326191&itm=1 Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 Hours: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...672318040&itm=3

Do any of you have suggestions? I am trying to learn php, I've gotten as far as creating my own email page from scratch which checks if the form was filled, checked if all the fields have information, and sends the user's IP and browser. I'd like to be able to learn how to use it with mysql though, and would like to find a book on learning php. The one I have seen and liked is this one: Sam's Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours. However this and many other books are for PHP 5. From what I can see the servers use PHP 4, and I don't know if that book is very good for my case because of that. So, what books have helped you guys?

Ah, thank you both very much. Also, is there any substitute for making a page open in a new window with the target="_blank" (or target="new", or someting, I don't remember what the other way to do it is since I only use the first way)? If not, I'll use javascript, but there must be some way around this...

Okay...I decided to try and go for xhtml strict, and now I need to know how to center tables with CSS. I can center content (text) but not the physical tables. Stupid strict filtering stuff and it not allowing you to use the align="center" attribute. And I refuse to use <center>. For whatever means. I don't like that tag. You can see my attempt at at trying to align this calendar here: http://biology.talonz.com/examplecalendar.php The code I used was, put simply, like this: >Inside the page: <div class="center"><table><tr><td>Content</td></tr></table></divide> The css for center: .center {text-align: center;}

Ah, grats on getting it working! Glad I could be of help!

Thanks for your help Robert, I changed it but the problem was that the <p> tag was giving me trouble. It was repositioning my text about 5px below the top the data cell. Once I took the <p> out, then it'd just back up to it's proper spot. So for now I'm just using <br>'s. Might be easier later anyways when I plan to turn this into a php-managed site. I am not trying to make this a full css website to say. I am not that good but this website I need something I have a solid understanding of. ^^ I'm trying to incorporate the css into it so it'll be quicker to edit the colors and such. I'm saving a site like that for another time.

Most likely you need to enable "Passive FTP" mode. Lets test it in dreamweaver (because I know where it is in dreamweaver anyways ), and if it still doesn't work in dreamweaver then that's probably not the problem. To turn passive ftp mode on: Open up the window which lets you edit your site details/information/etc. Just click next until you reach the part where it asks you for your ftp details. On the top, there should be two tabs. There is the tab you are in, and an unselected tab called "Advanced." Click advanced. Then look a little downwards. Check the "Use Passive Mode" or something to that nature. Click OK. Then try to connect. Does that fix it? If so you'll need to find how to enable passive ftp for your other programs that don't have it enabled. I know after a couple of nights after getting my site here I had to turn on passive ftp in dreamweaver and html kit because I was getting that error. ^^

Since we're on the topic of css and such...can somebody answer a quick question? I'me making this site: http://biology.talonz.com/ As you can see, on the body where the content go, there is a margin at the top of it? I can't figure out what's causing this and how to turn it off. :\ It's xhtml/php by the way... Also, is there any way to adjust cell spacing by means of css? Edit: It seems that by taking off the paragraph tags from the first paragraph, it fixes the problem. I've never noticed that before... Bah... I don't want to do that though. *thinks*

When you guys say css version, is it possible to create dropdown menus from css? Or are you just talking about a:hover/etc... where you get a slight visual from the menu?

I too like my javascript menu, and ran into this error. Luckily I was able to find a way around this. Basically this tests whether or note your browser uses a netscape engine (or something like that?) and depending on if it does or doesn't, it'll position itself accordingly. Here you go: >if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {150, // menu_width 10, // left_position 82.5, // top_position} else {150, // menu_width 10, // left_position 82.5, // top_position} Firefox falls under the first set of numbers, under netscape. Change those numbers to where it looks well in firefox. The second set of numbers is for every other browser. Change that to something that looks well in IE or whichever browser you are using. If you want to be more specific, you can change the "else" to "else if {}" for multiple browsers, and then do the else {} for anything that doesn't fit in the if's or else if's. I'm sorry but I'm not sure where a list of browser types is available, but I'm sure you can find one on the internet or experiment yourself. Hope this helps!

Oh...herm...when I preview it with the program, it has the scrollbars. I just uploaded it and the whole thing looks very different. Thanks for your help, that did fix the problem! You can see what it looks like here: http://www.talonz.com/about/email.php Still need to adjust the sizes of some things. ^^

Hello all! I'm having my first try at making a form with php to send me emails, and I've run into an inconvenience. I can't seem to find out how to make the horizontal bar disappear so that the inputer's text wraps around to the next line. So, my question is, how do you get rid of the horizontal scrollbar. Also, I'd like to keep the vertical bar as grayed out.