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Sorry guys...been too busy to check forums in a day or two! The problem I was having with seeing certain files/graphics and not others had to do with the settings for the Dreamweaver Testing Server. I made folders for each of my sites inside the phpDev /www folder. Remote testing server settings for DreamweaverMX then had to be: Testing Server Folder: Url Prefix: (MMD being the site folder I created) Links and image source tags then worked fine and no changes need to be made to my remote folder setup. I just started making too many changes without proper, patient troubleshooting first!!! I am now completely happy with phpDev!!! I spent so much time uploading files to preview minor changes that it was pathetic. Now my only problem is forgetting to startup Apache. If that's the only one I have for a while, I'll sure be happy!!!!!! Thanks for all the help and great advice!!!

I'm wondering if maybe something is getting lost in the upload process. I don't use FP...so I'm reaching with this suggestion. Maybe it will spark some other thoughts.

**EDIT** Nevermind...I got it working. I have no idea what I did that I hadn't already tried a thousand times...but it's working!!! woooot okay...I got phpDev installed last night, and I even got it to work for previewing my site pages...for the most part. I put my site in the phpdev/www folder in its own subdirectory. So, locally, the site is located at c:\phpdev\www\I AM A SPAMMER. I will also be making this change on my TCH server (site at public_html/I AM A SPAMMER). I've managed to get everything to work except the following: 1. Images located in my header and footer files show up fine...images in the body of pages located in subdirectories do not show up when I preview the page from DWMX. Example: 2. It doesn't load the rollover images for my navbar. 3. Links do not work when I'm previewing a page. I'm sure I just have something all screwed up. Installing phpDev was a snap...but instructions from that point were sparce. And I know NOTHING about Apache!! So, maybe I just have some tweaking to do??? Thanks!!

Thanks, Dennis. I'll give it a looking into later today!! I'm sure I'll have more questions...

...I'm wondering how hard it would be to install PHP on my computer. Reason? I would like to be able to review my website as I'm building it without being connected to the internet. Also...I'm sure I waste tons of my bandwidth. Is installing PHP the best direction...or is there another way to preview PHP files from my computer? Thanks!

Dave, If you haven't made any progress yet, feel free to email me one of your files that hasn't been optimized and I'll see what I can come up with, then tell you what I did. I don't know if I can come up with anything or not, but I do a lot of image optimization...so, maybe. Crop one of your docs in half so that the email isn't quite so big and give me three or four days. I'll send you a PM with a different address than what is registered here. Tracy

Thanks for the help and the info!!

No, I can't find that it gives a port number... I can tell you that according to ZoneAlarm, the pings are originating from all over the U.S. I don't know how accurate their WHOIS maps are, though.

Yes I'm on dialup...and I use Earthlink. But why are they constantly pinging my computer? Isn't 5 times in a minute a bit excessive?

When I log into Cpanel...it shows me logged in from DNS When I look at my ZoneAlarm logs...I have literally 100s of source DNS entries that are very similar to that above, trying to access my computer up to 5 times a minute. Here's one example: They do vary from this...but they all have the same format. Also, the source and destination IP entries are similar. Sounds to me like I could have a virus...yet my virus definitions are up to date and I just ran AVG this morning! I know that when I used to access Cpanel, it showed a simple IP. I did change ISPs recently. Can anyone shed any light on this for me? Thanks, Tracy

woooot ...laughing as I remember exactly how I felt... I believe that % does mean wildcard...but...well...I don't know how all that stuff works. I'm pretty sure I had to do the same thing that you just did! Glad you got it fixed. Sometimes just talking (or writing) through something helps fix the problem! Tracy

Rocket-Rob... A while back I was in your shoes! I too thought the problem was with TCH. I was wrong. Give us a chance in the forum to figure out your problem. You are correct about DW configurations for database connections and ftp...they do suck. The problem is trying to figure out what info will allow DW to talk to the particular host you use. The information is likely to change with a different host. Thus, the info you would use with the current host where your database sits will likely be quite different from the info you need to make it work with TCH. If you would like some specific help, email or PM me and I will give it my best shot. I got my connections to work...we should be able to get yours to work as well. Hang in there!

Hi... I worked through a similar problem a while back...it took me about 2 weeks!! One quick suggestion...in your Testing Server information...in the bottom box where you list the URL prefix, make sure /public_html does NOT follow your website address. Also, in your connection...try using 66.11.163.212 instead of localhost. I'm not sure if that IP is specific to my server...or if it's a general TCH IP. Let me know if any of that works, and if not, I'll look into it a little further. Tracy

Awesome, Jim! Thanks a bunch!!

I'm using the below code to provide a handy alternative for returning to the previous page. It works fine in IE6, but doesn't do so well in Mozilla. For some reason I have to click my "Go Back" link twice to get it to go back. Any ideas out there as to why? ><td height="68" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1);return true;" class="highlightText">Go Back!</a></td> Thanks

Nevermind...I fixed it. Mozilla didn't like that there was no "align" attribute. That's all it needed. Man...sometimes I really wish these browsers could communicate a little bit better!! woooot

I FIXED IT...SEE "FIX" BELOW! Hi All...I'm having a problem with one of my new website pages. I probably couldn't even begin to list all I've done to fix it...but I'll give a quick rundown. Problem is...in the right hand column of THIS PAGE I have a mix of text and images. All works fine in both IE6 and Mozilla until I put the very last image in. It goes at the bottom of the text (right column). Once I put that last image in, Mozilla stretches my table all out of whack. IE shows it correctly...use that to see what it is supposed to look like. If I remove the image, the page presents perfectly. Here are a few facts: Image width is the same as the table cell width (I tried a smaller image and had the same problem). Height and width attributes are assigned appropriately to the img tag. Tried putting image inside <p> tags with the text... Tried putting image outside <p> tags... Tried putting image in it's own set of <p> tags... Tried <div> tags... Tried putting a break tag before the image... Table is not set as a percentage, so it should not stretch. I can't think of what else I have tried...I just know that "IT'S KILLIN' ME"!!!!! Please show me the light...

Just an FYI...This stops people from linking to the file, or directly calling the file in the address bar, but it does not stop people from "getting" anything. Whenever your page opens in a browser, all your images and your CSS files go into the computer's "Temporary Files" folder. Another way to get all the files for a page is to simply go to "Save Page As..." in the File menu and it's all there. There may be ways, some complicated and some simple, to "hide" things from people who would try to steal your files, but there is normally nothing you can do if someone is determined to steal something from your website.

Thanks all...I had just about decided to use a null value for the navigation bar alt attributes. I do care about the compliance issue...just because I figure if I am going to do something, I'm going to work in the direction of doing it the best I can. I do have text links at the bottom of the page...that makes me feel a little better about it! Anyway...thanks for all the info!! Tracy

Borfast...Thank you for the clarification...had I actually thought about it a little longer before typing last night...I would have called it an attribute! And I agree with you about understanding. If you don't know it by the right thing, it makes it kind of hard to understand it the right way. I did not know the differences between "title" and "alt". Thanks for that explanation! My question now is...can I do anything about the tooltip popping up in IE? It is interfering with my navigation bar for the many people who use IE. Is there a way to make it go away quicker or something like that? There is no need for a tooltip on my navigation bar. It's just annoying. Scott...I'm not sure how to use that css alt tags link. Maybe it's just because I haven't had my coffee, but I don't understand. I'll come back in a while and look again, but if you have any quick clarification, that'd be great. Sorry... Thanks to you both, Tracy

I'm just wondering...is it possible to control how long the little "alt tag box" pops- up for when someone mouse's over an image that has an alt tag defined? Second...is it possible to define a style with CSS for the "target" attribute? For example...I'd like any "target" attribute with a value of "_blank" to open a new browser window with the background color of my choice. I'll be working on this one, but thought I'd ask since I needed to post the other question anyway! Thanks, Tracy

Thanks, Guys! I will put some more work into it and see what happens. The tag editor wasn't something I knew anything about before today. I changed a couple of things...will have to see tomorrow if it makes a difference. Tracy ...off to Dreamland!

I have finally gotten very used to writing html code, although I'm not a genious at it yet. So, I build a basic page with everything where I want it, and then I go into DW and clean up the code. Occasionally, DW puts an absurd amount of white space between, say, the end of some text and the closing tags that go with it...for no good reason. Sometimes, I fix it only to have DW rewrite it with all that space again. I know that there is no purpose design purpose for this empty space... ...can someone explain to me why DW does this? And...can I make it stop??? Thanks much, Tracy

Yes...welcome aboard. I browsed through your site as well and really like the way you've designed it. Gives me ideas for my re-re-redesign that hasn't started yet!!! Great work...you've joined a great family! Tracy

W3 Schools is also a great place to learn. They have tutorials on everything from basic html to server-side scripting. The only thing I don't like about the site is the lack of a search function when I can't quite remember where to find something. Good luck, Tracy