Computer Genius Required

[Badstench]

I need help from someone more savvy with what's going on than I am.

The Problem: Out of the blue, Microsoft security suite has been sending me messages as pop-ups alerting me to the invasion of maliscious programs (viruses?).

This freaked me out. I followed the advice of the security suite to download a malware removal program.... actually, I followed the advice as far as the window that told me I had to pay a certain amount for internet protection.

Troubleshooting: I ran a scan through the computer panel/ security settings. It came back and said nothing harmful was detected.

My pop-up blocker is on.

My firewall is activated.

The Problem Persists: Microsoft warnings keep popping up (accompanied by the horrible sound of fingernails dragged across a blackboard).

What I want: is to stop this happening. I'm not 100% sure the warnings aren't valid, but I have no indications that my computer really is infected except for these dang messages... which lead me to a demand for payment... which lead me to think this is a method of spamming... which is really pissing me off!

Anyone got any suggestions?

[Hastifer]

You may have your Messenger service turned on, and someone may be exploiting that.

When you hover your mouse over parts of the "popup" does the mouse pointer become a "hand" icon instead of an arrow?

If not, then we can go check the Messenger service. You'll want to turn it off.

Click Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services

Find Messenger in the list, and open it.

Click the Stop button. (if you're really mad at it you can do this repeatedly -stop stop stop) sorry couldn't resist.

THEN, in the "Startup type" box, choose "Disabled"

Click OK


Of course, if it is already disabled then you have another issue, but let's check this first...

[Badstench]

Everything went well until I got to the "services" list. I couldn't find anything that said, "messenger" or had "messenger" in the title. Could it be called something else?

I work through Alta Vista, by the way.

[thingirl]

Disclaimer: This might not be good advice. Dad is the computer whiz, not me. The following information is from memory of something he did.

If you have an anti virus/ scan program on your comp, run it and see if there is anything on your comp. If there is, do a google search on it and see if there's a free program to take it out.

[Oldschool]

First off let me say I'm not a computer genius, now that the disclaimer is out of the way.

I once had something similar - I was on the internet and a site I was on linked me to another that opened a window that advised me I had unwanted software (can't recall if it was termed spyware, malware, etc...) and I could download "their" software for a price to clean the system.

Here's where I messed up instead of closing out the whole browser I clicked cancel which often allows the scam to work. After that I kept getting a icon on my taskbar and the same "offer" every 5 minutes or so. The price for the software just unloads the crap they put on there.

At the time I did a bit of googling and that seemed to be a new type of attack then but that was some time ago.

This has been a long while ago but I can remember manually deleting everything I could find that was associated with it and then I went to a clean restore point which took care of it.

I'd run your virus protection and any other software you have like spyware programs first. If that doesn't do it go back to your last known clean restore point. I'm not familiar with Vista but XP automatically generates them and I'm guessing Vista does also. Manually deleting the programs can be risky and is probably overkill.

Good luck.

[racey]

Try using www.pcpitstop.com. You can set up an account for free. They have alot of different scans that they do. Virus/Malware scans are available. Let them scan and tell you what you have then google that result for a removal tool for that particular virus/malware.

[MrBlack]

Where is Young Ned when you need him :rolleyes:

[psychoadept]

I second the recommendation of pcpitstop.com. It helped me figure out what was wrong earlier this year when Dell @$%#ed up my laptop.

[Badstench]

Thanks everyone for your advice and help. The problem was exactly the same as described by Oldschool, so I opted for a system restore. That seems to have done the trick.

Thanks again.

[Oldschool]

Thanks everyone for your advice and help. The problem was exactly the same as described by Oldschool, so I opted for a system restore. That seems to have done the trick.

Thanks again.


Well then I must be a computer genius - NOT. :cool:

Actually glad to hear your system is back to normal by whatever "trick".

[Valiance]

Just be careful, I was a computer technician myself and specialized in computer viruses. The REALLY tricky ones will actually embed themselves in your system restore files. So once you system restore, you may still be restoring with the virus intact, just before it's done any damage. What you might want to do is system restore, then TURN OFF your system restore, run a virus scan on that point, and then turn the system restore back on. Turning off your system restore deletes all your old restore points, hence ensuring that nothing hiding in there got away from you. If it comes back, that's what I'd recommend.

My work computer got infected when someone plugged an unprotected and infected flash drive into it, and no matter how many times I deleted the virus, it kept coming back. Until I wiped out my system restore. After I did that and ran a scan, it never came back afterwards. I know, specifically, that Antivirus 360 (A rogue antivirus program that is actually a virus) embeds itself in your system restore files. Making it an absolute seething PAIN to get rid of.

Speaking of which, which antiviruses-antispywares do you have?

[Badstench]

Great advice, Valiance, and it's nice to know there's a computer technician "in da house". I haven't noticed any performance issues with my computer, so I'll not fiddle any further.

You may be a technician, but I'm the opposite; where computers are concerned, if I can muck anything up, I will. Something to do with Murphy's Law and Universal Truths.

************************************************** *****

But I have another request for help. (Scout? I see you've already posted a pic in the Fan Art thread, so you could probably help with this?)

In as few and simple terms as possible, how do I attach a pic to a post? (Just remember, I'm a computer Dummie, so talking to me like I'm 5 years old might be an advantage). And I'm too lazy too scroll through all the threads where I suspect this information might already be available.

I want to start a new thread in which the use of a few pics would be useful and important.

Cheers in advance.

[scout1idf]

But I have another request for help. (Scout? I see you've already posted a pic in the Fan Art thread, so you could probably help with this?)

In as few and simple terms as possible, how do I attach a pic to a post? (Just remember, I'm a computer Dummie, so talking to me like I'm 5 years old might be an advantage). And I'm too lazy too scroll through all the threads where I suspect this information might already be available.

I want to start a new thread in which the use of a few pics would be useful and important.

Cheers in advance.


See attachment..... I hope it helps.

[Badstench]

Ahahahahaha!

If Scout and Badstench were standing next to each other, Scout would be wearing the tee shirt that says, "I'm with stupid"!

And Badstench would be the one looking for the other person.

Thanks Scout... I literally ROFL'ed

[scout1idf]

No problem......

[Badstench]

Quite simply, I killed my laptop. I took it to a shop so I could get information from my hard drive. They downloaded my music library to a disc.

I put the disc in my new laptop and was rewarded by seeing a complete list of my "lost" CD's.

I want to transfer the lost CD's to my new laptop, Windows Media.

When I right click on the file, it asks me where I want to send the information to. It doesn't give me an option for Media player or Audio.

What am I missing?

[smv1973]

Quite simply, I killed my laptop. I took it to a shop so I could get information from my hard drive. They downloaded my music library to a disc.

I put the disc in my new laptop and was rewarded by seeing a complete list of my "lost" CD's.

I want to transfer the lost CD's to my new laptop, Windows Media.

When I right click on the file, it asks me where I want to send the information to. It doesn't give me an option for Media player or Audio.

What am I missing?

Did you make sure that your Media player has been activated and all the updates for it have been installed. I think there should be be a drop down option that will show other programs. I would open up your Media player and see what the file location is for your music library. You can that open that folder and transfer the music from your CD's to that folder. Once they are in the folder they will show up in your Media player. You may need to rip all the music from that CD onto your new computer. It all depends on the format they saved your music to the disc. I think they may of saved it as a file format so that will be a lot easier and time saving to transfer.

[scout1idf]

I was wondering if someone with programming experience could help me out. I've got a copy of my post from a programming forum that has not received a reply. I color coded the the matching elements to make it easier to find.

NOTE: This has been cut down from the original for the purpose of asking for help, but will still run as an example for trouble shooting purposes.

Spoiled to reduce size on the page......

I'll start by saying, I am very new to coding and I am trying to learn it on my own (books and internet, no schooling). With that said.......

I've been using the following code from "JavaScript a beginners guide" to make a page generator to speed up the repetitive process in a project.

The problem that I'm having is when it writes my link on the page.

In Frame1, I have to leave a space between the "<" and the "a href" or it turns everything that follows into the link and doesn't print the link like I intended. Then before I save the output to the proper file, I have to close the gap in the link for it to work.

{intended output to be printed: <a href="a_c_r_text input.html>}

What I need to know is, how do I get it to print the link instead of making everything after it the link?

Frame0
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var north_a="";
var north="";
var north_b="";
var south_a="";
var south="";
var south_b="";
var east_a="";
var east="";
var east_b="";
var west_a="";
var west="";
var west_b="";
//-->
</script>
</head>
</html>Frame1
<html>
<head>

<style type="text/css">
.body {
background-color: maroon;
background-position: center;
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
}

.form {
background-color: gray;
color: yellow;
font-size: 10pt;
font-weight: bolder;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-left: 5px;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 5px;
}

</style>

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function store_info()
{
top.left_side.north=document.f1.north.value;
top.left_side.north_a=document.f1.north_a.value;
top.left_side.north_b=document.f1.north_b.value;
top.left_side.south=document.f1.south.value;
top.left_side.south_a=document.f1.south_a.value;
top.left_side.south_b=document.f1.south_b.value;
top.left_side.east=document.f1.east.value;
top.left_side.east_a=document.f1.east_a.value;
top.left_side.east_b=document.f1.east_b.value;
top.left_side.west=document.f1.west.value;
top.left_side.west_a=document.f1.west_a.value;
top.left_side.west_b=document.f1.west_b.value;
self.location="last.html";
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body class="body">
<P>
<form name="f1" class="form">
North:<br /> <form action=""><select name="north_a"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='&lt; a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option></select> : <input type="text" name="north" size="5"> : <form action=""><select name="north_b"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='.html">'>".html>"</option></select><br />
<P>
South:<br /> <form action=""><select name="south_a"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='&lt; a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option></select> : <input type="text" name="south" size="5"> : <form action=""><select name="south_b"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='.html">'>".html>"</option></select><br />
<P>
East:<br /> <form action=""><select name="east_a"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='&lt; a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option></select> : <input type="text" name="east" size="5"> : <form action=""><select name="east_b"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='.html">'>".html>"</option></select><br />
<P>
West:<br /> <form action=""><select name="west_a"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='&lt; a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option></select> : <input type="text" name="west" size="5"> : <form action=""><select name="west_b"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='.html">'>".html>"</option></select><br />
<P>

<center><input type="button" value="continue" onclick="store_info();"></center>
<br>
</form>
</body>
</html>Last
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function print_info()
{
document.write(""+top.left_side.north_a+top.left_side.north+top.lef t_side.north_b+"North&lt;/a>&lt;br/>"+top.left_side.west_a+top.left_side.west+top.left_ side.west_b+"West</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"+top.left_side.east_a+top.left_side.east+top.left_ side.east_b+"East</a>&nbsp;<br />"+top.left_side.south_a+top.left_side.south+top.lef t_side.south_b+"South</a><br />");
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
print_info();
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>Frameset
<html>
<frameset cols="10,*">
<frame src="frame0.html" name="left_side">
<frame src="frame1.html" name="right_side">
</frameset>
</html>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[wetheril]

I'm not too familiar with the functions in Javascript, though the syntax makes some sort of quasi-sense to me, since I took a bit of C++ back in highschool. Is a_c_r_() a user defined function?

From what I know of html, isn't <a> an anchor tag (http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_a.asp)? You'd have to enclose the link you want between <a> and </a> like most HTML tags (with the exception of line and carriage breaks).

For example...

<a href="http://yourserver.com/yourlink.html>Your link text goes here</a>.
The text after this is not a link.

Would displays as:

Your link text goes here (http://yourserver.com/yourlink.html). The text after this is not a link.


Edit: I'm still not too clear on what a_c_r_() actually does. Does it create a custom url location that the page will link to (which is in the format of a form)?

[scout1idf]

I'm not too familiar with the functions in Javascript, though the syntax makes some sort of quasi-sense to me, since I took a bit of C++ back in highschool. Is a_c_r_() a user defined function?

From what I know of html, isn't <a> an anchor tag (http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_a.asp)? You'd have to enclose the link you want between <a> and </a> like most HTML tags (with the exception of line and carriage breaks).

For example...

<a href="http://yourserver.com/yourlink.html>Your link text goes here</a>.
The text after this is not a link.Would displays as:

Your link text goes here (http://yourserver.com/yourlink.html). The text after this is not a link.


Edit: I'm still not too clear on what a_c_r_() actually does. Does it create a custom url location that the page will link to (which is in the format of a form)?

I forgot to remove the () from my example after color coding.

The a_c_r_ is the file name along with the text input after they are combined. The a_c_r_ file has over 200 pages associated with it and the text input defines which page you go to.

My example should have been <a href="a_c_r_44.html">

The whole line would be <a href="a_c_r_44.html">North</a>.........

[Young Ned]

I've done a little Javascript, though I'm not an expert. I notice, though, that the North/South/East/West lines all have <form> tags at the beginning, but none of them have a </form> at the end. And there's another <form> in the middle of each of those lines, but those aren't closed off with </form> either. So I suspect either you left out the </form> tags, or the <form> tags in the middles of the lines were meant to be </form>.

In general, when using Javascript to generate HTML code, a good way is to build the HTML code by itself first, in an HTML file with no Javascript, so you can make sure the HTML works properly before you pull it apart and stick the pieces into your Javascript program.

[scout1idf]

......I notice, though, that the North/South/East/West lines all have <form> tags at the beginning, but none of them have a </form> at the end. And there's another <form> in the middle of each of those lines, but those aren't closed off with </form> either. So I suspect either you left out the </form> tags, or the <form> tags in the middles of the lines were meant to be </form>.......

Those are the form action tags to tell it what to do within the form.

<form name="f1" class="form">
North:<br />[COLOR="Magenta"]form action=""><select name="north_a"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='&lt; a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option></select> : <input type="text" name="north" size="5"> : <form action=""><select name="north_b"><option value="" selected="selected"></option><option value='.html">'>".html>"</option></select><br />
</form>

In this case the "form action" is a drop down select box. The actual form has 10 options in the first select box and only 1 in the second select box with a text input box in between. It would have been a select box also but I didn't see the point with over 200 different options to select (numbers only).

The current full version of this form has 34 drop down select boxes with over 200 total options and 22 text input boxes for various information.

The only thing that doesn't work properly is the document.write function for the selected link.

[Young Ned]

Hmm, okay. I haven't played around with forms too much, either.

What I need to know is, how do I get it to print the link instead of making everything after it the link?

That's the part that is making me (and probably Wetheril) think you've got some tag that's not closed properly. But perhaps the problem is not in the HTML code, but in the Javascript that's trying to produce it. I'll try to play around with it tomorrow...

[wetheril]

That's the part that is making me (and probably Wetheril) think you've got some tag that's not closed properly. But perhaps the problem is not in the HTML code, but in the Javascript that's trying to produce it. I'll try to play around with it tomorrow...

You hit the nail on the head, Young Ned. I don't know much about the Javascript that's generating the html code to comment on whether that is messing up the display of the tags. This is why I hate bug testing!

[scout1idf]

......This is why I hate bug testing!

Yea, and my error checker doesn't show that anything is wrong. Probably because it's not wrong "if" that's what you want it to do.

That makes it harder for someone that is just learning.

[Scarbrow]

What is your error checker, Scout?
If the problem lies within the Javascript, maybe Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/) can help you.

Sorry I don't have time (nor experience enough) to review the entire example. My hands are quite full now with the old forum's conversion.

[scout1idf]

What is your error checker, Scout?
If the problem lies within the Javascript, maybe Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/) can help you.

Sorry I don't have time (nor experience enough) to review the entire example. My hands are quite full now with the old forum's conversion.
I use both Fire Fox Error Console in the "Tools" and Firebug.

I'm starting to wonder if the Frames method of storing information doesn't work with links. It literally translates the link into a link instead of printing the HTML information.

(North instead of <a href="bla bla bla.html">North</a>)
I can use variables on the same page and it prints like I want....
<script language="javascript">
<!--

var a='&lt;a href="a_c_r_';
var c="2";
var d='.html">';

document.write(a+c+d+"hello&lt;/a>");
//-->
</script>

RESULT:

<a href="a_c_r_2.html">hello</a>

.....but that doesn't allow me to use my form, in it's current form, "hummmmm, IN IT'S CURRENT FORM, that's got me thinking, maybe time to experiment".

The example in the book only listed text strings as it asked you questions. (simple questionnaire asking your name and favorite food)

When you clicked the button the last time it printed the answers you gave on a new page.

Thanks for the help. If anyone wants to throw anymore ideas my way feel free.

[wetheril]

I use both Fire Fox Error Console in the "Tools" and Firebug.

I'm starting to wonder if the Frames method of storing information doesn't work with links. It literally translates the link into a link instead of printing the HTML information.

(North instead of <a href="bla bla bla.html">North</a>)

If you want HTML code to print as text, instead of as html, you could use <pre>your code here</pre> tags. I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

[scout1idf]

If you want HTML code to print as text, instead of as html, you could use <pre>your code here</pre> tags. I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.
Thanks, but It didn't work.

From the W3Schools.....
<pre>
Text in a pre element
is displayed in a fixed-width
font, and it preserves
both spaces and
line breaks
</pre>The actual quote left a wide space between "both" and "spaces" as an example. Since the <html>code option is turned off on the forum, it wouldn't show that in the quote.

[scout1idf]

For some reason if you put the "<" symbol or it's equivalents(&# 60; or & lt; ) in a drop-down select box, it doesn't print to the screen as intended.

Manually entering &# 60; or & lt; in a "text box" will make it print properly though ("<" still makes a link instead of printing it). So that's what I'll do until I can figure out how to do it automatically.

It should be easier than chasing down the gaps in lines of code and closing them after the fact.

If anyone knows or figures out the answer, please don't hesitate to post it here or PM me.....

Note: The symbols are shown expanded so they will display here.

[scout1idf]

Ok, I don't know why it works and at the moment I don't care (caring will be for tomorrow) but if you put "&amp;" in front of the "<" symbol, it will print the html code instead of making it a link.

<option value='&amp;&lt;a href="a_c_r_'>"&lt;a href="a_c_r_"</option>
Thanks to all of you that tried to help me with this problem.

///heads off to recode a bunch of lines///

[Young Ned]

Strange. I don't know why that would work, either.

[scout1idf]

Strange. I don't know why that would work, either.
I haven't taken the time to find out yet.

My book on php showed up today and I'm debating on downloading server software to my computer so I can work with it. Reading the download instructions has me a bit worried that I'll mess up my computer and I can not replace it if I do.

[scout1idf]

I'm going to hi-jack Badstench's thread again instead of starting another.....


I have been learning web page development kinda on my own (using internet and books) and I finally took the plunge with my OWN WEB SITE (http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net) (free host) last weekend.

I know how it looks in Firefox and IE8 (it looks like I want it to) as well as IE6 at work (it's terrible).

I was wondering how it looks in Google Chrome, Opera, IE7, etc.......

Most of the site only has it's basic structure that will change as I have time.

Currently the VIDEOS page is the most complete (just worked on it for a couple hours) but is far from finished. Unfortunately, as far as I know, the rounder corners are only visible in Fire Fox or at the least not visible in IE.

If someone would like to let me know how it looks in the other browsers, I would appreciate it.

I wouldn't mind your opinion on the site as well.

Thanks in advance.....

Scout

[Oldschool]

Scout love your video page and your selections. Reminds me of the saying - If it's too loud you're too old. :)

Also if I recall there's a forum profile option to list a home page or site. And I also seem to recall an option to link the Sryth referrals for Free ATs section with a small graphic or text link as well on web sites.

Done bookmarked it so I can check on your progress.

Nicely done.

[scout1idf]

Thanks and thanks for the reminder about the profile....

[Young Ned]

Nice job; it looks very clean and easy on the eyes. Just a couple of questions. The rounded corners only show up on the "Home" and "Videos" pages; the rest all have regular square corners. That's intentional, right?

And on the Videos page, the gray rectangle containing the words "Some of my favorite videos from YouTube...." has a scroll bar on the right; apparently the browser thinks the words are too large for the rectangle or something, possibly because the words are on two lines, which may have to do with my default font sizes. If you're not seeing that, my default serif font is Times New Roman, with a default size of 16; and my minimum font size is 12. I can send you a screen shot if necessary.

[thingirl]

Using FF 3.0.17 (ahh, maybe that's why I've been having trouble everywhere, using a really old version...), I see the same scroll bar at the top of the videos as Ned. Also, the videos page is the only one where I can actually see stuff, all the rest are blank. and, the "s" in videos and the "p" in pictures are overlapping. Probably b/c it's an old version. I'll see what it looks like in 3.5 in a bit (probably tomorrow).

[Oldschool]

Nice progress Scout as I just peeked in again and notice some changes. Either I don't have the scrolling problem mentioned or you fixed it. I can't recall if it was there or not on my earlier visit as when I seen you vid selections I was like a kid in a candy store.

Btw I'm running FF 3.6. Dunno if that matters or not but just in case it does.

Again nice progress.

[scout1idf]

Nice job; it looks very clean and easy on the eyes. Just a couple of questions. The rounded corners only show up on the "Home" and "Videos" pages; the rest all have regular square corners. That's intentional, right?

And on the Videos page, the gray rectangle containing the words "Some of my favorite videos from YouTube...." has a scroll bar on the right; apparently the browser thinks the words are too large for the rectangle or something, possibly because the words are on two lines, which may have to do with my default font sizes. If you're not seeing that, my default serif font is Times New Roman, with a default size of 16; and my minimum font size is 12. I can send you a screen shot if necessary.

Using FF 3.0.17 (ahh, maybe that's why I've been having trouble everywhere, using a really old version...), I see the same scroll bar at the top of the videos as Ned. Also, the videos page is the only one where I can actually see stuff, all the rest are blank. and, the "s" in videos and the "p" in pictures are overlapping. Probably b/c it's an old version. I'll see what it looks like in 3.5 in a bit (probably tomorrow).

Thanks for taking a look and for the positive feedback.

@Ned

The squared corners are intentional as far as I haven't got to them yet.

I have changed some of the font sizes slightly and moved the buttons closer to the left in hopes of removing the scroll bars.
-----------------

@Thingirl

All of the blocks on the other pages are still empty so you were seeing just what you should.

As far as the "s" and "p" overlapping, let me know if the change I made fixed the problem. I may have to move the first button almost completely to the left and spread them out a little.

-------------------------------------------------
I think the biggest problem with my layout looking good to me but not to others (as in the overlapping letters and unintentional scroll bars) is probably that I use a wide screen monitor (1024 X 768 screen res.)

I probably should use a smaller screen to develop the pages then see how it looks in my wide screen and find a happy medium.....


Thanks again......

[thingirl]

OK, I figured, but I wanted to say just in case.

The scroll bar isn't there anymore, but the words aren't centered in the box. As for the overlapping links, the letter aren't overlapping any more, but the spacing is kind of wierd.

[zmflavius]

My laptop displays nothing but gray boxes except on the video page...though I suspect that the fault is with my laptop, since this problem is everywhere for me.

[Oldschool]

I haven't checked since my last post but ZM Scout's site is still under construction so I'm guessing it's probably that and not your laptop.

[scout1idf]

I haven't checked since my last post but ZM Scout's site is still under construction so I'm guessing it's probably that and not your laptop.

Your correct Oldschool, most of the pages, except the videos page are only the frame work and need content added. So it's not your laptop ZM.


@Thingirl

What size/shape of monitor do you have (for the screen shot)?
I set my screen res from 800X600 all the way up to 1680X1050 and nothing changed except the addition of scroll bars to see the whole screen.

In your screen shot, as you said, the nav buttons were space weird and the "Some of my favorite videos from YouTube...." text went to 2 lines instead of 1.

Again I suspect my use of a wide screen monitor is to blame for the spacing issued in non-widescreen monitors.

[Young Ned]

I have changed some of the font sizes slightly and moved the buttons closer to the left in hopes of removing the scroll bars.
Worked for me -- no scroll bar now.

I think the biggest problem with my layout looking good to me but not to others (as in the overlapping letters and unintentional scroll bars) is probably that I use a wide screen monitor (1024 X 768 screen res.)

I probably should use a smaller screen to develop the pages then see how it looks in my wide screen and find a happy medium.....

Actually, my laptop has a wide screen too; my resolution is 1280x800. It actually came with an even higher resolution, but everything was too tiny to read so I lowered it. Even at this res, though, I had to bump up my browser font sizes to make things readable, which is probably what caused the scroll bar problem.

[scout1idf]

I never thought about individuals changing font sizes on their computers and how it could mess up a web page layout.

I just finished making changes to the code that should make everything move a little better with different res/screen shape, I HOPE......

I had to many individual element margins & container margins instead of using the margins on the container elements only. I 'think' that this way the elements inside of the containers will shift with screen size instead of overlapping or splitting into other rows (again, I HOPE)......

EDIT:
I never thought about individuals changing font sizes on their computers and how it could mess up a web page layout. I just upped the font size on my computer as Ned said he did and it made a mess. Stuff overlapped real bad like Thingirl described. I don't have a clue how to combat that problem so I guess I'll be reading some more.......

[scout1idf]

Sorry for the double post, but I thought you may want to see what I'm dealing with code wise...

Spoiled for size reasons.....

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="my first site" />
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,XML,JavaScript,videos,YouTube" />
<meta name="robots"content="index,follow" />


<title>Floating Points of Light</title>

<style type="text/css">.body{
background-image: url('../images/starry_night_3.gif');
}

a{
text-decoration: none;
}

a:link {
color: #FF0000;
}

a:visited {
color: #FF0000;
}

a:hover {
background-color: #cccc00;
}

a:active {
color: #FF0000;
}

.container{
width: 890px;
height: 1715px;
margin: 45px auto 45px auto;
}

.buttoncontainer{
width: 890px;
height: 35px;
}

.buttonbar{
width: 600px;
height: 35px;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
}

.titlecontainer{
width: 890px;
height: 40px;
}

.rowcontainer{
width: 890px;
height: 375px;
}

.rowcontainer2{
width: 890px;
height: 90px;
}

.rowcontainer3{
width: 890px;
height: 125px;
}

.spacer{
width: 890px;
height: 50px;
}

.button_1{
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 20pt;
font-weight: bolder;
color: #FF0000;
width: 120px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}

.button_2{
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 20pt;
font-weight: bolder;
color: #FF0000;
width: 120px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}

.header{
background-color: #999999;
width: 675px;
height: 105px;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 52pt;
font-weight: bolder;
font-style: italic;
color: #ffcc00;
text-align: center;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 100px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 100px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 50px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 100px;
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 100px;
}

.title{
background: #999999;
width: 600px;
height: 40px;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 20pt;
font-weight: bolder;
text-align: center;
color: #FF0000;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 100px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 100px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 50px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 100px;
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 100px;
}

.block_1 {
width: 435px;
height: 354px;
float: left;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 12pt;
font-weight: bolder;
text-align: justify;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
}

.block_2 {
width: 435px;
height: 354px;
float: right;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 12pt;
font-weight: bolder;
text-align: justify;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
}

.block_3 {
width: 435px;
height: 354px;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 12pt;
font-weight: bolder;
text-align: justify;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
}

.footer{
background-color: #999999;
width: 675px;
height: 65px;
font-family: toledo;
font-size: 12pt;
font-weight: bolder;
text-align: center;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 100px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 100px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 50px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 100px;
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 100px;
}

.font8{
font-size: 8pt;
}

.span {
background-color: #cccc00;
}
</style>

</head>

<body class="body">

<div class="container">

<div class="rowcontainer3"><div class="header">

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My Page<span class="font8">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by Dan...</span>

</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>


<div class="buttoncontainer">

<div class="buttonbar">

<div class="button_1">

<a href="floating_points_of_light_home.html">HOME</a>

</div>

<div class="button_2">

<a href="floating_points_of_light_info.html">INFO</a>

</div>

<div class="button_2">

<a href="floating_points_of_light_links.html">LINKS</a>

</div>

<div class="button_2">

<span class="span">VIDEOS</span>

</div>

<div class="button_2">

<a href="floating_points_of_light_pictures.html">PICTURES</a>

</div>

</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="titlecontainer">

<div class="title">

Some of my favorite videos from YouTube....

</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="rowcontainer">

<div class="block_1">

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/um1HG9Rb6Dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/um1HG9Rb6Dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

</div>

<div class="block_2">

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DxNh77kFKjM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DxNh77kFKjM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="rowcontainer">

<div class="block_3">

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y0ysyaFuUUk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y0ysyaFuUUk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>


</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="rowcontainer">

<div class="block_1">

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sO_QntXc-c4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sO_QntXc-c4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

</div>

<div class="block_2">

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xJqsFwIP0IY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xJqsFwIP0IY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

</div>

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="rowcontainer2">

<div class="footer">



</div>

</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>




This is only the video page......

[scout1idf]

Just a quick update.....

Some changes have been made, but most of them are stuck on my computer while the FTP server is down (since Wed morning). A major move is going on right now so I can't upload anything (just edit/delete) till they are finished.

From what the Admins have said, when they are done all of the sites should load a lot faster. I have already noticed a speed up so maybe (I hope) they are almost finished.


EDIT:

The server is finally back up. I just finished with some updates.....

EDIT 2:

Apparently there were still some issues with the server move since last nights updates were missing this morning.
Now the updates have been made....

[scout1idf]

I made some major updates to the video page if anyone wants to take a look... (http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net)

Got some good recipes in the info section as well.......


Edit:

I noticed that I just passed post #800......

[scout1idf]

I have made some more additions to the videos page as well as some small design changes.

As a side note:

If anyone notices things like file extensions (.html etc...) you'll notice that I changed to .php on the page address so hopefully soon I will be adding small program items to my pages.

I was planing to add a blog to my site but the only example code that I have, I found out after typing over half of it, isn't supported by my host.

That sure makes the fingers ache......

[Oldschool]

Nice additions Scout. I had your site bookmarked so I went to it and got an error not found message. But I went back to your original post and the link you put there and didn't have a problem. I bookmarked it and deleted the "old" one and it work's fine.

[scout1idf]

Because of the international reality of the Internet, I added a temperature converter to my site (under info).

Thinking mostly of my interactions with people from around the world, I thought it might help me understand when someone says its X deg Celsius where there at.

I hope it will help others, especially my friends here.

When time permits, I may try to make some other converters (distance, volume, etc.)

NOTE:
I added a few new music selections and re-arranged a little...

[thingirl]

Nice. That's awesome. Very useful.

[Doolipalally]

Because of the international reality of the Internet, I added a temperature converter to my site (under info).

Thinking mostly of my interactions with people from around the world, I thought it might help me understand when someone says its X deg Celsius where there at.

I hope it will help others, especially my friends here.


Thanks for that thought, Scout. I've never understood Fahrenheit!

[scout1idf]

My latest design changes are now up and running.

I think (as does my wife) that the darker theme is easier to read. I also added a "roundness" as well.

For users of Internet Explorer, some of the design features are not visible to you.

It seems that they still are not supporting round corners as well as the complete change of the text in the link buttons. (text is supposed to turn black and change font style)


EDIT: I don't know if the site is loading faster because of the time of night or because I just changed some of the design elements to PHP includes instead of having the code on the page.

I'll see tomorrow if its still faster or not.....

[thingirl]

Looks nice on my end (FF 3.6.3). I really like the text change. Repped.

[Scarbrow]

A few comments:

I'm not entirely possitive, but usually addresses like:
http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net/web%20page%20stuff/floating_file/floating_points_of_light_info.php

are shortened or hidden (I'm not sure how) on PHP sites. I guess it has something to do with not letting users see too much about how your site is organized.

The recipe box is cool :cool:

The Temperature Converter (http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net/web%20page%20stuff/special_pages/convert.php) is missing links to the home page and rest of the site. Also, modifying the source of the page is expected nowadays to be done dynamically with AJAX (in this case, just plain Javascript will do), what means users don't expect the page to reload, and might think they have inadvertently done something wrong. A better design would just take the value from the active box (the one user has the focus on) and quietly translate it on the other one, without the user needing to press some button first. Unless, of course, that design has been done to test your skills on another way to do it and not the "usual" way.

Keep working on it, Scout

[Young Ned]

Speaking of the temperature converter, I put in 98.6° F (normal human body temperature) and got 37° C as expected, but then I put in 37° C and got 98° F. Seems you're rounding all the temperatures to the nearest degree, which is confusing and sometimes downright misleading -- for example, it tells me that "101°F equals 38°C" but "38°C equals 100°F", which is a bit of a headscratcher...

I'd recommend showing one decimal point on the temperatures, and also putting a space between the degree symbol and the C or F, so you'd get output like "37.0° C equals 98.6° F".

Trivia: what's the one temperature that is the same in both Celsius and Fahrenheit?

[scout1idf]

Speaking of the temperature converter, I put in 98.6° F (normal human body temperature) and got 37° C as expected, but then I put in 37° C and got 98° F. Seems you're rounding all the temperatures to the nearest degree, which is confusing and sometimes downright misleading -- for example, it tells me that "101°F equals 38°C" but "38°C equals 100°F", which is a bit of a headscratcher...

I'd recommend showing one decimal point on the temperatures, and also putting a space between the degree symbol and the C or F, so you'd get output like "37.0° C equals 98.6° F".

I changed the spacing for the temperature, and you are right that it looks better.

I also changed the output so it shows decimal places. Problem is I don't know how to make it only 1 decimal place. abs() was the only thing I could find that gives me the decimal value and it gives the absolute value.

Got any ideas before I start my search again?

[texlaw1992]

In response to Ned's question, I think:

-40 C = = -40 F

[scout1idf]

I changed the spacing for the temperature, and you are right that it looks better.

I also changed the output so it shows decimal places. Problem is I don't know how to make it only 1 decimal place. abs() was the only thing I could find that gives me the decimal value and it gives the absolute value.

Got any ideas before I start my search again?

I had to change it back (no decimal). It wasn't working properly with abs(). It didn't seem to like negative numbers.

In response to Ned's question, I think:

-40 C = = -40 F

After fixing the converter, I see that you are correct.

[thingirl]

I had to change it back (no decimal). It wasn't working properly with abs(). It didn't seem to like negative numbers.

I don't speak Computer Programmer, but from a Math standpoint, I would guess that the reason abs() doesn't work is because the absolute value of any real number is > 0. In other words, it's positive, even if the number is negative.

[scout1idf]

I don't speak Computer Programmer, but from a Math standpoint, I would guess that the reason abs() doesn't work is because the absolute value of any real number is > 0. In other words, it's positive, even if the number is negative.
Thanks. I never gave that a thought.

Somewhere in my reading, I've seen how to make your results show with a decimal (1 or more places) but I've read 4 books, partially read 3 others, and have been to more web sites for programming than I can remember.

Hopefully I'll find the answer soon (if we (I) can ever get this D@#N painting finished)......

[texlaw1992]

If anyone's interested in how I calculated -40 C = -40 F:

X = 9/5 X + 32 (C -> F)

-4/5x = 32

x = -40

QED

[Young Ned]

Texlaw is correct! Have a rep, sir. I wouldn't have expected a lawyer to remember much algebra, as there's not much call for it in that line of work.

Somewhere in my reading, I've seen how to make your results show with a decimal (1 or more places) but I've read 4 books, partially read 3 others, and have been to more web sites for programming than I can remember.

Hopefully I'll find the answer soon (if we (I) can ever get this D@#N painting finished)......

I assume the temperature converter is programmed in PHP? Did a little web research, and it looks like you should be able to make sure your calculations come out in real numbers rather than integers by using the (float) syntax to "cast" your calculations into the floating-point (real) type and specifying decimal points on your numeric constants. I haven't programmed in PHP, but I think something like this would at least give you decimal points in the answers:

$cels = ((float) $fahr - 32.0) * 5.0 / 9.0

Don't have time right now to look up how to specify displaying only 1 decimal place, but that's not as important anyway.

[scout1idf]

The whole page looks like this (including my HTML)

<?php

$f=$c="";

if (isset($_POST['f'])) $f = sanitizeString($_POST['f']);
if (isset($_POST['c'])) $c = sanitizeString($_POST['c']);

if ($f != '')
{
$c = intval((5/9)*($f-32));
$out = "$f° F = $c° C";
}
elseif($c != '')
{
$f = intval(9/5*$c)+(32);
$out = "$c° C = $f° F";
}
else $out="";

echo <<<_END

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="my first site" />
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,XML,JavaScript,videos,YouTube" />
<meta name="robots"content="index,follow" />


<title>Floating Points of Light</title>


<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/style_sheet_floating_points_of_light.css">


</head>

<body class="body">

<!--*********************************************
* *
* Begin Container *
* *
********************************************//-->

<div class="container">

<!--*********************************************
* *
* Begin Converter *
* *
********************************************//-->


<div class="title2">

Temperature Converter

</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="rowcontainer_convert">


<form method="post" action="convert.php">
Fahrenheit<br /><input type="text" name="f" size="6" /><br /><br />
Celsius<br /><input type="text" name="c" size="6" /><br /><br />

<input type="submit" value="Convert Temperature" />
</form>



<div class="output">

$out

</div>

<br />
Input your temperature then click "Convert Temperature" button.

</div>

<!--*********************************************
* *
* End Converter *
* *
********************************************//-->

</div>

<!--*********************************************
* *
* End Container *
* *
********************************************//-->

</body>

</html>

_END;

function sanitizeString($var)
{
$var = stripslashes($var);
$var = htmlentities($var);
$var = strip_tags($var);
return $var;
}
?>

The book that I got it from actually had the math wrong for converting the temperatures. Makes me wonder how much other stuff they got wrong as well.....

[scout1idf]

I changed....


if ($f != '')
{
$c = intval((5/9)*($f-32));
$out = "$f° F = $c° C";
}
elseif($c != '')
{
$f = intval(9/5*$c)+(32);
$out = "$c° C = $f° F";
}
.....to.....

if ($f != '')
{
$c = floatval((5/9)*($f-32));
$out = "$f° F = $c° C";
}
elseif($c != '')
{
$f = floatval(9/5*$c)+(32);
$out = "$c° C = $f° F";
}
......and you get (for example)....

37* C = 98.6* F
Thank god for php.net.

I looked through my books last night and couldn't find what I was looking for. I Googled "intval" again and this time php.net came up first on the list.


EDIT:

I made some additional upgrades to the converter page. (following some of Scarbrow's suggestions. some I don't have a clue about, yet!)

For those who look at the code, please excuse the "Oldschool":rolleyes: table I added for the inputs. I'll clean that up with CSS when I have the time. For now, as long as it works.....

[Young Ned]

Great! Yes, as soon as I saw "intval" in your code I figured that's where the values were getting converted to integers, but you'd already fixed it in the next post. Good job. :D

[Oldschool]

For those who look at the code, please excuse the "Oldschool":rolleyes: table I added for the inputs.


Alright..... Finally something in this discussion I understand. ;)

Seriously to Scout and the others that can follow the discussion - impressive.

[thingirl]

Seriously to Scout and the others that can follow the discussion - impressive.

Ditto. I can't follow a word of the code. (The thing is, I'm thinking of getting my Dad to teach me some sort of programming course for an Elective. Maybe as early as next year.)

[spencer]

I see the code, my eyes glaze over, I forget where I was and then I am at the bottom of the thread...no problem :)

[scout1idf]

I've made quite a few updates recently. Mostly to the code and organization of the files.

I have also added a Guest Book for comments (not an easy task considering that the code I used was incorrect and didn't work without some research on my part and reconfiguring.)

A few comments:

I'm not entirely possitive, but usually addresses like:
http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net/web%20page%20stuff/floating_file/floating_points_of_light_info.php

are shortened or hidden (I'm not sure how) on PHP sites. I guess it has something to do with not letting users see too much about how your site is organized.


I asked about the shortened addresses and was told that it can be tricky and may be above my current skill level.

Sounds kinda like a challenge to me!

For the moment, I renamed files and reorganized my site (took many days to figure out the best way and a few more to redo all the links).

When I get some other site related project out of the way I'll look into the shortened PHP addresses.


The recipe box is cool :cool:

Thanks.

I just added a Chicken Alfredo Pizza the other day. LOVE IT!!!

The Temperature Converter (http://www.myfirstsite.zxq.net/web%20page%20stuff/special_pages/convert.php) is missing links to the home page and rest of the site. Also, modifying the source of the page is expected nowadays to be done dynamically with AJAX (in this case, just plain Javascript will do), what means users don't expect the page to reload, and might think they have inadvertently done something wrong. A better design would just take the value from the active box (the one user has the focus on) and quietly translate it on the other one, without the user needing to press some button first. Unless, of course, that design has been done to test your skills on another way to do it and not the "usual" way.

I've added links to this page along with the latest changes. Thanks for pointing out the need. (Actually I had been just hitting the back button on my mouse.)

AJAX......

I've only looked at it a little. I figured I better work on my PHP and JavaScript skills (mostly PHP) for now but AJAX does have some nice potential.

Thanks for your and everyone else's suggestions and support. Don't forget to stop by and sign the guest book.....

[Oldschool]

:pI know that AJAX has something to do with website programming but that's about it. Now that I fulfilled my on topic mod obligations.....

With all the other AJAX refereces - the cleaner, military ships, the mythological heroes, and so on...

I IMMEDIATELY thought of this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIVpMXHqlk) when I read it. :rolleyes:

"Dispatch war rocket Ajax....." Vintage 80's cheese at its finest.

Queen and Max Von Sydow.... Sweet!!!! :D

You may now resume your regularly scheduled programming.... :)

[Badstench]

Sory guys... I have to quote Spencer on this topic...
I see the code, my eyes glaze over
And from Oldschool:
You may now resume your regularly scheduled programming.

Yay!

0001000010111

(for those of you who don't get it... the above binary code has a specific meaning.)

[scout1idf]

0001000010111

(for those of you who don't get it... the above binary code has a specific meaning.)

If it was supposed to be your rep count, it should have been 1000010101.

If that wasn't it, I don't know.

[Oldschool]

I'm way in over my head but I'm guessing that is strictly binary and not L3375P34K (Leetspeak).

And for the record I had to use an online translator to get the above.

I found a binary to text translator but got an error message. Probably operator error, lol.

[scout1idf]

I'm way in over my head but I'm guessing that is strictly binary and not L3375P34K (Leetspeak).

And for the record I had to use an online translator to get the above.

I found a binary to text translator but got an error message. Probably operator error, lol.

I just used the calculator on the computer. Switched it to scientific, input the number after clicking binary then hit decimal again and it gave me the number. I couldn't remember how to translate it in my head..

[Oldschool]

Couldn't remember how to do it in my head, he says.......

There's just some threads I really oughta just read and move on. :rolleyes:

[zmflavius]

I just used the calculator on the computer. Switched it to scientific, input the number after clicking binary then hit decimal again and it gave me the number. I couldn't remember how to translate it in my head..

<so on and so forth...64/32/16/8/4/2/1

[scout1idf]

I need an opinion...


(edit: link removed now that the page is live.)
Is this useful? (it's only live through this link at the moment)

If so, is the output statement, (inches, feet, meters, etc....) phased ok, or could it be "said" in a better way?

Also, would a cubic calculator be useful?


Thanks in advance for your input.....

[Doolipalally]

Sorry, Scout, but the link wouldn't work for me.

[scout1idf]

Sorry, Scout, but the link wouldn't work for me.

(edit: link removed now that the page is live.)
I just tried it and it worked fine for me.

Last night I was having trouble with everything uploading slow so they might have been having problems and may have been when you tried.

[Doolipalally]

It's working for me now. Looks useful! Would have been really handy a few months back when I was buying carpet :)

[scout1idf]

It's working for me now. Looks useful! Would have been really handy a few months back when I was buying carpet :)

Thanks for the feed back and the Guest Book test.

I don't know what was going on last night, but almost every time I tried to upload a change, it took so long that the FTP timed out and I had to try again.

Some of the changes took up to 5 tries. Very annoying when you are ready to go to bed!

That's why I thought maybe they were still having problems when you tried.

[Doolipalally]

You're welcome - and thanks for the boost to 300 :)

It is annoying when things seize up like that. I had the same thing with a blog post recently - took me half an hour to write the post, and an hour to actually post it.

[scout1idf]

New additions to the "INFO" area.

[scout1idf]

Several updates for those who follow my progress.......

[scout1idf]

Check out my Guest Book for a new look.

Amazing what you can think of while you are setting up a machine at work....
*don't tell my boss though, he might expect more work.*;)

[thingirl]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice!!!!!!!

Done like a true Slytherin boy. Err, Srytherin' boy :).

(EDIT: OK, so my joke stinks worse than Judge Fury's handler, but still...)

[Dariel]

Slytherin is for pansies :rolleyes: Gryffindor all the way!:cool:

[thingirl]

Amen, Dariel. Although, I think I'd almost be in Ravenclaw.

But Slytherin sounds like Srytherin'. In fact, I've actually said "Sryth-er-in" instead of Slytherin several times. :rolleyes:

[Young Ned]

Check out my Guest Book for a new look.

The scrollwork is a nice touch. :)

[scout1idf]

The scrollwork is a nice touch. :)
Thanks.

I just wish it would load faster, I guess that's the price you pay for a free host......

[scout1idf]

If you like playing Sudoku puzzles, check out my info page for "Number Game".

At the moment, there are only 2 different game boards. They load randomly when you click on the 'Number Game' link. I thought a touch of randomness would be fun (we all love it so much here).



Edit:

Board #3 is up and ready to play. It's a little harder to do than the first 2...

[Young Ned]

Nicely done!

[scout1idf]

Nicely done!
Thanks Ned.


I just finished uploading more boards. There are now 2 easy, 2 medium and 1 hard.

I may make more later but for now I think that's enough......

[thingirl]

I suck at Sudoku. But the design itself is nice. :)

[scout1idf]

If any of you follow my progress blog, you know that I had trouble with spammer's on my guest book and had to shut it down.


It's now back up.

I don't know if I stopped them or not, but any links they post won't appear so it's a waste of time for them.

It seems a simple strip_tags() function takes care of that little annoyance.

But anyhow, it's back up.

Also, the recipe box has a new look. Nothing new in it, just a new look.

[scout1idf]

I need some volunteers to test out my Guest Book's new security against automated spammers.

Unfortunately, unless screen readers can see images without alternate text, any blind guests won't be able to sign. Adding the alt text for the image would probably defeat the purpose since the 'bots' read the text.

I'll let you know a head of time, the image seemed to load kinda slow for me, so it may take a second or two. I'm going to see if I can pre-loading them when I have the time.

****goes off looking for that script, "I know it's around here somewhere"****

****"There it is."*****