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  1. FirefoxRocks
    Could you please give us a bit more information on your situation?If you are using a shoutbox service, please tell us which one and/or give a link. If you created your own shoutbox, please give us the link to the shoutbox PHP page.Also, the forum link may help us determine the problem. I know I am trying to implement a shoutbox into my site design, but a tad unsuccessful rightnow. It isn't a priority for me.After uploading files to public_html, you should create INCLUDES using PHP or ASP into your files. We don't have any information on files and such, so we can't help you too much right now.
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    As your title implies, you have trouble CREATING MySQL databases. As for that, please do it via cPanel, SQL queries and phpMyAdmin doesn't grant you permission to create databases.If you are having trouble accessing databases, please DELETE the user and recreate it. Any further problems will cause you to have to delete the entire database possibly. If that is NOT an option, I'm afraid I can't help you.
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    Everything can be improved.I know HotScripts is an excellent resource but depending on your needs, you may need to tweak the scripts a little other than your MySQL database names to get it working.I am not very good at PHP+MySQL, although I am learning from the W3Schools. I do grab scripts off of there occasionally.
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    Yes, the W3C has depreciated <iframe>s. Instead, please read my tutorial here at Xisto Tutorials. It involves switching to <object> because an HTML/XHTML page in another page is considered a foreign "object". Please make your pages with iframes XHTML 1.0 compliant because we are cleaning up the web here.
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    I know, just found that out sometime this week.I will be making a further tutorial that support HTTP_ACCEPT values for the header and ejecting out the correct output with XML processing line, DOCTYPE and also the HTML tag. The MIME type "application/xhtml+xml" will also be used if a Mozilla-derivative browser or Opera is being used. IE will use "text/html" and no XML encoding to avoid quirks mode.I will need to add some text of my own into the new tutorial because I do not want to plagiarize.
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    I already use that. Is there anyway you can make the XML processing instruction, DOCTYPE and HTML appear on separate lines in the View Source in the browser?The <head> element may be also added into the script, as it ALWAYS comes right after <html xmlns:"http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/">do also use another script to support XHTML even further. I'll put that in another post though.
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    You most likely have encountered a situation (as a web developer) where you have an iframe box and you are using valid XHTML Strict. Iframes are still valid in FRAMESET and TRANSITIONAL XHTML but it is best to use XHTML 1.0 Strict or XHTML 1.1 (application/xhtml-xml). A method for including iframes have been found. It doesn't use the <iframe> tag at all. Since tags are depreciated, new tags/CSS are to replace them (except DOM, which is a little off topic here). The <applet> and <iframe> tags were replaced by <object>. Yes, <object> is for inserting any foreign object into XHTML documents. Since IFRAMES include HTML/XHTML documents, the MIME type for the document is "text/html" or "application/xhtml+xml". We will assume the first one because it is compatible with ALL browsers including Internet Explorer. There is of course a way to serve the latter one to Mozilla-derivatives and Opera using PHP but I'll save that for another tutorial. So you have your MIME type, URL source and <object> tag. Put it together with like this: <object data="http://http://www.x-kings.com/public/banner/guild_short.php?name=XKingdom; type="text/html"></object> A little more detail: <object style="width:240px;height:70px" data="http://http://www.x-kings.com/public/banner/guild_short.php?name=XKingdom; type="text/html" standby="XKingdom Guild Information"></object> A variety of attributes work with the <object> tag. The elements are: align - Aligns the object. Use CSS instead. archive - The URL for archived versions. border - The border around the object. Use CSS instead. classid - Defines a ClassID in the registry. codebase - Defines where the code is for the object?? codetype - The MIME type for the code in the above 2 values?? data - The URL of the object (required). height - Height of object. Use CSS instead. hspace/vspace - Margins around the object. Use CSS instead. name - The name of the object if you are using it in JavaScript/VBScript or some other scripting language. standby - Text to display when loading type - The MIME type of the object (explained above). Required. width - Width of object. Use CSS instead. Red attributes are depreciated. They will NOT validate on HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Strict or XHTML 1.1.Purple attributes MAY be incompatible with browsers. From personal experience, adding those attributes will only render it in Internet Explorer. We don't want that to happen. All of these attributes + CSS is intended to replace all attributes of <iframe>. The only one I couldn't find easily was "scrolling" in <iframe>. Using CSS, the {overflow:scroll} thing works the same (haven't tested). This is my first tutorial, sorry if I was a bit unclear about things.
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    Multiple Antivirus and Firewall will NOT help. They can cause compatibility issues and will interfere with each other.Multiple anti-spyware software WILL help because sometimes one doesn't catch all of them. I once had up to 7 anti-spyware programs on my computer. I still have the installation files, just that they can't be installed because Shaw Secure won't allow me to.SpyBot S&D, Ad-Aware Personal Edition, Yahoo! Toolbar with Anti-Spy are all good software to use to defend yourself from spyware.
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    First of all, I SUPPORT this policy. This is because NO ONE should be making money off of in-game items (gold, weapons, etc). If this were to happen, it would be disastrous because it is easy to get in-game items and you could possibly make hundreds or even thousands just by playing games repeatedly.People should not be so desperate to BUY with real money in-game items. This means that people seriously are addicted and need mental help. Read news on forum for people who taken it to the extreme and died of video games.Also, a lot of game sites do BAN selling of in-game items. One for example is Neopets. Selling NeoPoints on eBay or elsewhere is a freezable offence. eBay needs to enforce proper policies to comply with these sites terms and conditions.This policy is excellent! I support it all the way! Go eBay!
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    You should definately learn to make your OWN shoutbox. It is quite easy actually. Go to W3Schools and learn some PHP and MySQL. Then you will create a MySQL database with a table called "shoutbox". I am still working on mine and it is rolling along quite nicely. Give it a try! It may not be feature-rich, but you will learn something.
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    FlashMyAdmin is going a little too far. Flash is not that common (in servers) and only user interface is going to be better.phpMyAdmin is an HTML based interpretation software therefore it is compatible with ALL browsers. This means that it is accessible wherever you log in and more people can use it. Also, lots of people are used to phpMyAdmin now.
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    Yes, the files are SUPPOSED to be attachments in emails. ;)A lot of people do not use GMail Drive because it is a violation of GMail Terms and Conditions and that it is slow and buggy. If you need extra storage space, why don't you use Avant Browser's offer of 2GB or something like that? Wherever you choose, make sure it is trustable and reputable so you don't lose your files. ;)Also, maybe you should buy a second hard drive or a bigger one. That would help but not during flood, fire or theft. So online storage is a better idea for non-personal files (security??).
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    I think I would rather brush my teeth properly twice daily instead of having nanorobots run around in my mouth.What if you swallowed one? Since they are designed to kill bacteria, you need bacteria to live, so you might get internal injuries and die.I think they could possibly be implemented in braces, if they were small enough. What would happen if people French kiss?
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    I think I know what you mean.Do you use Yahoo! Mail or GMail?My sent GMail goes into my Inbox in Mozilla Thunderbird.I haven't found a workaround for this problem. I don't send much email from the GMail interface so I don't get annoyed with this problem.Try sending mail in Thunderbird instead of the webmail interface. If you are already sending from Thunderbird, look it up in the MozillaZine Knowledge Base.
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    The Yahoo! Web Messenger uses a Java applet to connect to the service.The MSN Web Messenger freezes in Internet Explorer and Firefox so I don't know what it uses.With multi-IM programs like Trillian and IM2, I think that the IM services try to cut off service to them because they are not authorized programs using the protocol. I think unauthorized services will also be blocked. The best way is to get permission from Yahoo!
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    I find that Skype is the best VoIP client right now. At least the cheap Unlimited Calling Plan is cheap and quite good. My mom won't buy it though. Her first experiences with Skype were not that great.I'm trying InternetCalls.com. It looks good and actually the interface is like Windows Live Messenger, Skype and Yahoo! Messenger combined. :)If you read the disclaimer below, it says that it is limited to 5 hours a week. So it is only somewhat partially free, and not that great either. So I think I will uninstall the software.I still recommend Skype or AIM PhoneLine.
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    Why don't you create your spreadsheets in OpenOffice.org Calc instead? That would save a lot of time and you can still save them in XLS format. As you said, OpenOffice.org has the Export to PDF function. So you can access them in both Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org this way.
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    Yes, Drupal does support PostGreSQL 7.3+ and MySQL 5. Some modules might not fit in perfectly with PostGreSQL but you should be able to tweak them.I don't know too much about databases but what is the differences between PostGreSQL and MySQL? I personally prefer MySQL because that is the easiest and default database for servers and is most popular (from W3Schools).Apparently several popular companies use PostgreSQL, such as Skype, as shown on Wikipedia.
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    The Drupal website contains TONS of information about modifications of Drupal. Most importantly, it is open-source! So you can take it apart and do whatever you need to with it.I think I might be using Drupal on my website. However, I don't know what I will use it for. I haven't really come up with a reason to use CMS systems. Perhaps we should also share ideas here?
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    The link to download it is: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Xisto and Xisto need to upgrade the system in web hosting to support Drupal 5. I'm not sure if it will required a huge amount of work but it certainly sounds like a big job! I'm really not familiar with Drupal, PHP and MySQL. I think that this is a good system to use because of the extended range of functions and the ease of use. I'm surprised no one posted this yet here.
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    There are a few ways to do this.1. If you both have computers, you can use Windows Live Messenger or even the preferred voice communication software, Skype. Any instant messenger of VoIP will do. Just initiate a voice chat and make sure you have microphone and speakers.2. GMRS/FRS radios (also known as 2-Way Radios or walkie-talkies). These are efficient, cheap and don't require a license to use. They have a distance of up to 14 km, the common one is 5 km.3. Dual numbers on the telephone. You can call each other on the landline phone.Hope this works out good. Good luck.
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    I really like going through Windows Setup for Windows XP. Although I find that the timing for the Language options wizard is a bit off, I do find that the setup is entertaining, helpful and beneficial to non-experts.I really love going through the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screens (with the music and helpful question mark). I have even taken pictures of those screens with the digital camera (bit shaky).Yes, this could be good for installing on multiple computers. About that nLite thing, I only like the Windows 98 version, and I don't really recommend it.
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    I can't seem to figure out the key to access BIOS on the old computer. Dell gives it right away, the other one is a Compaq.Boot order is 1. Floppy 2. Hard Disk 3. CDSo I must use a floppy or something from DOS.
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    The problem is that the CD Drive only works in DOS and Windows. And I don't think I will be able to run a non-manufacturer's CD in MS-DOS mode. I need a graphical Linux that is on a floppy (1.44MB).
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    In the past week, I think I am a really experienced FDISK user. And I still need help. Goal: Install English Windows 98 from Compaq QuickRestore CD onto Hard Disk 2. Install Chinese Windows 98 on Hard Disk 1 from installation files kept in a certain partition. Install Linux on extended+logic partition on Hard Disk 2. MS-DOS needs to be present on primary partitions of both drives. Steps I took after friend installed Hard Disk 2: 1. Formatted primary partition on Hard Disk 1. Ran G:\setup.exe in MS-DOS and setup Chinese Windows 98. 2. Using Super FDISK, I hid all the partitions on Hard Disk 1. 3. Booted into Hard Disk 2 and found old documents, emails, programs and logs from the old owner of the hard disk. 4. Restarted after deleting documents and everything and found Explorer.exe to be corrupted. 5. Using the Windows 98 Startup Disk, ran EXT and extracted a fresh copy of Explorer.exe into the Windows directory of Hard Disk 2. 6. SYSTEM.INI edited to Shell=Winfile.exe instead of Shell=Explorer.exe. 7. As recommended by Microsoft, uninstall Internet Explorer as much as possible using its setup program. 8. Reversed step 6 and restarted computer. Explorer.exe was not found. 9. Did a Compaq QuickRestore from emergency CD. 10. After Windows loaded, I decided to boot into Chinese Windows 98. 11. Found out that Compaq QuickRestore OVERWRITTEN the hidden partitions on Hard Disk 1. Chinese Windows 98 was gone and Explorer.exe from Hard Disk 2 was still missing/corrupted. 12. Reformatted hard disk 1 and reinstalled Chinese Windows 98. **2 days later (today)** 13. Just to be safe, I used Super FDISK to hide partitions of Hard Disk 1 again. 14. Unplugged data cable of Hard Disk 1 and 2 and plugged Data Cable 0 (from Hard Disk 1) into Hard Disk 2. No data cable is connected to Hard Disk 1. 15. Formatted all partitions on Hard Disk 2. Partitioned into FAT16 (I don't like FAT32). 16. Ran Compaq QuickRestore and worked successfully. 17. Plugged data cable back into Hard Disk 1. Rebooted and can switch between Chinese and English Windows through a complicated process of hiding/unhiding/activating/scanning partitions using Super FDISK and Microsoft FDISK in MS-DOS. 18. Removed manufacturer's crap software off English Windows 98. Left nothing but Microsoft Money 99 OEM Edition. 19. Installed necessary components into Chinese Windows 98. Now, how do I put Linux on the Hard Disk 2? I already put the external case back on the computer and I don't want to take it off again. Don't worry, nothing valuable is on the disks so telling me to Format and FDISK is no problem at all. :) In total (incl. before my friend put Hard Disk 2 in), I have probably reinstalled Chinese Windows 98 at least 18 times and Compaq QuickRestored the hard disk at least 25 times.
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