sirgalphan

thx for the site, but i was hoping someone would be able to make the code for me, or tell me how to do it. i know a bit of html, but i dont have an editor like frontpage of dreamweaver, which makes it hard to do some of this. if someone who does have a program would help out, it would be much appreciated.

what is smf, where do i get it, and do i need my own site (with hosting and ssl) to run it?

i'm making a website, and i have a set of forums that are seperate from it. i want to have a custom login page, and i need a script that will do it from my website to my forums.

i found this code at an invisionfree site, but its not exactly what i need.

<form style='display:inline' action="http://z1.invisionfree.com/boardname/index.php?act=Login&CODE=01&CookieDate=1; method="post"><div align='right'><strong>Quick Log In</strong>
<input type="text" class="forminput" size="10" name="UserName" onfocus="this.value=''" value="User Name" />
<input type='password' class='forminput' size='10' name='PassWord' onfocus="this.value=''" value='ibfrules' />
<input type='submit' class='forminput' value='Go' />
</div>
</form><br />

i want a form that has imgs for buttons, specifically a rollover img, that when you click on it, it changes to another img, then you can type text over that img. as an example, for alot of online java rpgs, when you click login, it asks for username and pass. i want something sort of like that (since my site is rpg themed). any help?

i have an invisionfree forum, and i'm curious if there's a way to create a custom login page, with like custom buttons, texts, and the arrangement of it. i dont just want to use what invisionfree has, i want a better login page, any ideas?

the form i had in mind (havent worked on it lately) just has text areas and a submit button. if you could make it so it could be emailed (as an attachment perhaps) that would be awesome. and different spreadsheet per form is what i had in mind. thx.

thanks mc, i appreciate it.

I looked but couldn't find a sub-forum for topics relating to cgi-bins, so I figured I'd put this here.Lets say I create a form for people to fill out, and I tell it to submit it to the cgi-bin that is a part of my free hosting package. When I receive the information, is there some way that I could have it put into a spreadsheet, say Excel, so that I could view it easily? I'm designing a website for my youth pastor, and it would make things much more simple if he could receive info (such as registration for conferences and retreats) in a spreadsheet format. I'm curious if there is a way to do this (outside of editing the cgi-bin itself).This relates to the hosting somewhat, because I want to know not only if it can be done, but if the cgi-bin that I have access to as a part of my free hosting is capable of somehow handling this... Thanks.

That helps, thanks. One other question: if i wanted to upload all of my files into public html, then I would simply put the ftp host directory as /public_html/ correct?If there is a guide on what all of the different folders mean, and how I can use them, I would appreciate someone pointing out where it is... Thanks again.

Ok, first off you should know that I only started learning how to do HTML, even though I'm progressing very quickly. One problem I've run into, is that I don't know how to access my site. I can login to it, and I can upload my files via Dreamweaver's FPT, but then I run into a problem. Say my site is sdesert.astahost.com and i upload the files from my computer RuneDesert/index.htm. What is the address of my index? I'm really confused about this... and I feel really stupid that I can't figure out something that is so simple.

There's alot of good browsers out there, and I agree that a web designer should try hard to make it compatable with as many as possible. But if it came down to having to choose between browsers, I'd probably go with IE, since its more widely used and supported...

I use Dreamweaver some, mostly I use it to do something I can't figure out, then I view and repeat the code. Its a great learning process.

Lol... I guess then that everyone agrees with him? All though I'm really curious why he posted like that??? Oh well, it makes life interesting.

Since we're on the subject of menus, I have a question of my own. Is there some way I create a menu that could be saved as some type of file, so all I have to do is link my sites to my menu? One of the problems I constantly run into, is that I'm adding or taking away from my site, and its a pain to go back through all my pages and change the menus. If there was some way I could just link to a premade menu, and edit that, it would save me quite a bit of time...

I believe it only works for IE, notice how it has an 'if' asking for MIE?

.swf's work better than flash... They don't slow it down as much, atleast not for me. But mostly I'd stay away from sounds, unless you have a "skip" link of some kind.

That's a really useful list... Maybe a mod should sticky it? If you go to freewebspace.net you can search for free hosting...

Frontpage is evil... I use Dreamweaver MX and notepad. I think that whatever you use, you should always examine the code and learn how to raw code it into notepad, just for the sake of learning how to do it the hard way...

Mmm, well said aapollo. Its like comparing apples and oranges... Yet I'd have to agree that php is preferable for some things( js being 'evil').

Dreamweaver is a good site to learn how to do alot of neat things with html, and its alot easier than trying to google it. I mostly use dreamweaver as a means of finding out how to do neat stuff (examine code). As for inspiration... Surely you have some sort of hobby that you are interested in? Cars, sports, friends, there has to be something.

Sites that use alot of flash are cool, but only if you have a high-speed connection or alot of time on your hands. However, I think having a lot of flash on your site tends to make it "busy" and less professional. Having a flash menu is a good way to make a site interactive somewhat, but having alot of it really can bring a site down...

I think that php is probably going to be more popular just because it is used more widely. I don't know a whole lot of it, but it seems very easy to learn, and there's alot more information easily available on php than asp.