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After looking for "the best" book to learn web page development a few months ago, this book came highly recommended:
Amazon.com: HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide): Elizabeth Castro: Books
I bought it, but haven't delved into it much. Nate, good buy...besides basic hands-on experience? From what I gathered, it is a fantastic primer. Would love to hear your thoughts.
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04-26-08, 12:01 AM
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Books are a handy resource because they'll take you from A-Z and they are well thought out. What doesn't work well is mixing two books with different methodologies, because you'll start to skip to different topics and think you know a bunch about the language, but you'll gloss over key details that make life so much easier.
I've owned two programming books in my life; I bought an O'Reilly php & mysql book back in 2000. Read most of it on a road trip while programming on a laptop with local AMP install. I also owned a c++ book with some assembly background, but I skimmed it and decided to just dive into c++ rather than read the book (didn't help that it was over 1400 pages)
I would go and thumb through the book at your local bookstore before you buy it. I've seen some really creatively laid out books that look like they'd be fantastic to learn from. I bought my boss in NC a PHP/MySQL book that I actually wanted to read just because the authors were so funny. He hasn't read much of it though  (good for me, that's job security  )
The most important things to learn are XHTML, CSS, javascript + XML = AJAX [those three are what you use on the client side], php/ruby[my brother is banking big time on the ruby revolution going on right now]/asp/etc, mysql, and optionally server configuration.
If you can get a handle of all of those, you can develop almost anything you can dream up. It helps that learning one of the server side languages will teach you the fundamentals needed for most programming.
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-26-08, 10:02 AM
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Actually my website problems are easy..............how should I create a cool website to put my photography on?
I suck 
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There are many ready to roll photo gallery options out there,
Lightbox is a popular option:
Lightbox 2
You have to consider if / how you want to protect your images / whether you plan on selling them, etc etc. Really, if you put them on the web, there is no absolute way to stop a determined person from downloading them.
But you can make sure they aren't print quality, and have your name watermarked on them, so you at least credit, and a lot of times, ppl downloading and circulating your images on the web can drive up sales.
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04-26-08, 10:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumper
Not sure who on here would be the best to ask, but we are looking for a complete revamp of our site. Need some good help, and we are definitely willing to pay. I need something that we can adjust and alter/update as needed ourselves. I just dont have the HTML skills to build up the front end, nor the time to do it. Handling the back end data, checkout, database stuff I can do.
Any leads or help would be appreciated. Looking to get it done quick....as in now. Let me know if any of you can help us out.
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I'd like to help, but I'm kinda booked right now, so I don't think I could provide the kind of turnaround time you're looking for.
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04-26-08, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by NaterGator
 Did you in fact install it? Filter them with the word login and see if it comes up. If not you may want to upgrade each part of the jfusion modules/plugins to the newest versions since installing just the login module from the new version may be risky.
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OK I downloaded just that module, and tried to install it, but I got the following error:
Module Install: Another module is already using directory: "/home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/modules/mod_jfusionlogin"
This is the description for it:
"This is the optional JFusion login module. The only difference between this module and the standard Joomla module, is the forgot password and register URL links."
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04-26-08, 11:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62
OK I downloaded just that module, and tried to install it, but I got the following error:
Module Install: Another module is already using directory: "/home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/modules/mod_jfusionlogin"
This is the description for it:
"This is the optional JFusion login module. The only difference between this module and the standard Joomla module, is the forgot password and register URL links."
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 That is weird. I see no harm in using the Joomla module then; the less JFusion stuff used the better
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Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by fsusteve
What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-26-08, 06:26 PM
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Here's something new for mud members:
Once again if you are using Firefox, go and get the greasemonkey extension (google it, it's the #1 result) and once you have it installed click here:
http://www.nate-online.com/youtube_parser.user.js
This will install a script which will automatically find links that point to youtube videos as you browse threads on 'MUD and it will cleanly embed them in place of the link (it will also lookup the title [yes, even 18+ titles]) in a little table. It will also warn you if it finds more than 10 youtube videos in the thread and give you the option to only load the first 10 or let you load them all.
The end result is that you don't have to click away from 'Mud to check out youtube videos, even if the other person didn't use/doesn't know how to use the [youtube] tags.
Enjoy
Edit: I thought an example would be nice. When viewing this post, here is a side-by-side comparison with/without the script. (coming right after I GIMP the pictures together  )
YouTube - Top Gear: Killing a Toyota Part 1
Edit2: here ya go
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Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 11:02 AM
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Quote:
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 That is weird. I see no harm in using the Joomla module then; the less JFusion stuff used the better 
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Seems to be working now, but not like it's supposed to.
It's supposed to automatically pull in users as they register for the message boards. As it is, I have to regularly go in and sync them.
Kind of a pain, but I guess it'll do until I find a better solution.
BTW nate, you are now a SuperAdmin on my Joomla
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04-28-08, 12:38 PM
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ok NOW I have a major problem on the site.
If you try to select anything from the User Menu (you have to be logged in to see it), you get a blank page with this error:
No input file specified.
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04-28-08, 02:55 PM
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Poseidon, look at me
Join Date: Oct 2006
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/me looks
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Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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Reason: Wrong thread....
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04-28-08, 03:26 PM
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Quote:
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Thanks, that would be highly useful... if JFusion hadn't blocked my ability to login
I get:
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* Could not create a new user because of an email conflict with userid:67 plugin_username:natergator email:[my email addy]
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Which I've had on my test-bed before and fixed with some manual fudging in the database.
Is it possible for you to just make a new joomla user that is an Admin and pm me the info?
I'm pretty sure the problem is something with your apache setup; it's definitely caused by the SEO options in global configurations, but it should work on a properly setup server.
Is this server hosted on a shared box?
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 03:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NaterGator
Is it possible for you to just make a new joomla user that is an Admin and pm me the info?
I'm pretty sure the problem is something with your apache setup; it's definitely caused by the SEO options in global configurations, but it should work on a properly setup server.
Is this server hosted on a shared box?
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Is it OK if I delete your acct and set it up anew? I find they link just fine if I create the acct on the forum, and then import the info into Joomla.
Yes it's shared. It's on GoDaddy.
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04-28-08, 03:57 PM
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Whatever it takes
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Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 04:10 PM
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OK try it now!
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04-28-08, 04:30 PM
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Ok, you need to rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess and I'm pretty sure it will work.
Your host seems to have a funky setup for their cgi
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by fsusteve
What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 04:35 PM
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Ok, you need to rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess and I'm pretty sure it will work.
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404ed
Do you also get this?
Warning: Missing argument 4 for createforumcookie() in /home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_jfusion/plugins/smf/admin_forum.php on line 122
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Poseidon, look at me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62
404ed
Do you also get this?
Warning: Missing argument 4 for createforumcookie() in /home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_jfusion/plugins/smf/admin_forum.php on line 122
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That's cause you've gotta FTP or SSH in and rename the file "htaccess.txt" (see here: http://www.cactus4wheelers.com/joomla/htaccess.txt) to ".htaccess"
I didn't get the warning about cookies either
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by fsusteve
What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 04:56 PM
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Quote:
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I did.
I just looked on the server side and it is .htaccess
it did something, cuz before I got "No input file selected" and now I get "page not found"
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04-28-08, 05:05 PM
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 Clear your cache? It's working for me now
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by fsusteve
What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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04-28-08, 05:21 PM
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works for me too! Thanks again Nate - you rock!!
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Quote:
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 What do those emails say specifically?
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vBulletin Database Error.
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:
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HDJ-80 1HD-T not stock at all ! Marilu
FZJ-80 1FZ-FE ready to Play ( wife rig ! )
Join us at our local Panamá Off Road Forum
Quote:
Originally Posted by crushers
if you are achieveing the max boost then it isn't the boost that is going to kill your engine... it is your right foot.
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05-15-08, 10:20 AM
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Bump in case anyone else needs anything now that I'm back from Philadelphia.
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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05-15-08, 11:58 AM
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Bump in case anyone else needs anything now that I'm back from Philadelphia.
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[warning] Junk will be needing mucho help in the near future [/warning]
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alas does not work with Minefleld 3.0pre but I guess it isn't technically considered 'fireox' per se.
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I'm coming from this thread ..
http://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-se...ml#post3413267
I'm triying to push my luck  in my tiny local off road forum making some new things with OpenX .. but seems my knoweledge are not enought to make it function in my forum vBulletin BTW .. just I'm not much related with the code issue and not sure where to start ..
I can't found a tutorial about it anywhere ..
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Quote:
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if you are achieveing the max boost then it isn't the boost that is going to kill your engine... it is your right foot.
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06-18-08, 10:03 PM
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Cool, whats the link to your offroad forum? It should be a simple thing to add in.
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'96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc 
Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by fsusteve
What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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06-19-08, 01:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NaterGator
Johnny, the biggest leap you can make is to begin using tables for layout and CSS for formatting.
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Booo, tables are great for.....tables.
CSS is your friend. CSS can handle layout, style and type. If everything is done in CSS correctly, all you need HTML to do is make some header and footer includes (templates) and then the actual HTML will be the text/images that changes from page to page.
Nator you are awesome for providing this kind of service to peeps here on MUD. LAMP is my life but I am not a Linux person per se. I am a MACAHOLIC and hate the Winblows world.
When applicable I can help folks out with design challenges and CSS mark up here on the forum.
Two sites I just finished (design/layout/text is 100% CSS):
Michelle Kaufmann and E L E M E N T _ T E C H N I C A
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86 FJ60, 180k (Rizzabella)- just bought it
97 LX450, 227k, non-locked. Expedition vehicle in progress. Auto-up mod, Coolant mod, Garage door mod, Jumper Cables, Dual batteries, Power Distribution 1, 2, 3, 4, Switch mod, Slee harness, Coolant/windshield sensor mod, CDL & 7-pin mod, Dog mod, Drillbit mod, IPOR'd, Yellowbox'd, Scion'd, Trans gauge mod, MAF'd, JDM fan'd, kid seat mod, Factory rack removed 
Mark's Off-Road for all 40,45,60 parts
ふざけんなよ!
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Forum Lifer
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BTW if you want two really great sources for CSS I HIGHLY recommend:
A List Apart: A List Apart
and
SimpleBits
Get Dan Cedarholm's books on CSS, these are by far the best CSS books I have read and these are what made me the man I am today
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84 FJ60, 256k (Rumpleshank)- suckiest day of my life, WagonGear'd, cleaned, fixed, carb'd, OME lift'd, U-bolts flip'd, Remflex'd and now waiting for a new motor
86 FJ60, 180k (Rizzabella)- just bought it
97 LX450, 227k, non-locked. Expedition vehicle in progress. Auto-up mod, Coolant mod, Garage door mod, Jumper Cables, Dual batteries, Power Distribution 1, 2, 3, 4, Switch mod, Slee harness, Coolant/windshield sensor mod, CDL & 7-pin mod, Dog mod, Drillbit mod, IPOR'd, Yellowbox'd, Scion'd, Trans gauge mod, MAF'd, JDM fan'd, kid seat mod, Factory rack removed 
Mark's Off-Road for all 40,45,60 parts
ふざけんなよ!
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If you catch me eating dog of any kind, send lawyers, guns and money, cause the shit has hit the fan.
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