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you need a $ sign infront of captchas so it is $captchas. also you need to properly end CaptchasDotNet ('demo', 'secret'); if it requires more parameters then do so but I don't know the full signature o f that function.

I think a blog type of a website will just not work for this type of website. Visitors need to be able to easily navigate and find what they are looking for. I think you need to organize your clocks into a gallery type or at least a directory type of listing all on one page. Thumb nail views would help. The way its organized now I cannot see the clock until I view the "Post" in full. Other wise all I see a textual description of it. The fact that I never liked them (Blogs) and I have only gone there to read them if I really needed to read article from there. They are good for articles but for any other type of media I don't know. I still think you need a custom website with layout and structure to properly present your clocks. Maybe try another CMS like joomla or something else that supports a gallery?

Apache is just a web server application. What you want is a webserver with PHP module included to run php so I would suggest you go the easy route and install "wamp" http://www.wampserver.com/en/ or xampp for OS X if you happen to be using that. They are quick installers and provides almost everything a common web developer needs to start building without worrying about the long process of installing them manually.

I think you should change the title to "Trying to be a ninja" because real ninjas don't use harnesses. They probably do it holding a weapon(s) too, carry tool's and ninja stars etc. They probably don't have a crowd cheering them on calling them ninja lol. Bruce lee was a legend....Yes I'm a hater I think its in my nature sometimes I cant hold it back

That is great you have a number 1 ranking page. Great job so far. I remember you doing a few re design's of the website over the years but too be honest visually they were not that impressive. I think it would be best to find a professional designer to give it a real professional look or you can find a better looking template that the current one.I will outline what I think is not working (This is probably due to the template you are using).1. The content width for your site is too narrow. Your google ads are cut off on the end.2. no clear indication of location. only the title really gives a hint to where you are and where you've just clicked. You sort of have to read the page title and look at the content to try and guess where you are and where you want to go next. I think your template is missing a header location and you need to group news updates and clocks separately. They seem all mixed.3. The whole idea of calender dates for site entries I'm not used to. Why would I be interested in that particular date? does it mean something to me? I would rather just view list of updates by news or clocks uploaded.4. I would suggest you use the top navigation where "Home" and "About" is for all your main pages. add clocks and news there. then use the vertical left column for sub menus of that page. Overall every thing looks jumbled up and not so professional so I hope you can see it from my point of view. You don't need links on the left column all the time sometimes its best just to have as little content as you can.Edit: Oh yeah since your a number 1 ranking page you need a logo to help brand your site. People will better remember you if you have a professional looking logo. Logo > theme > design

I agree its annoying because I frequently am viewing the most recent topics being discussed and find that either the last poster has not contributed in my opinion to the discussion in any way other then reviving a dead thread for the sake of posting. Even responding to a thread with little value has the same effect. Don't get me wrong when I say this but I think you Echo_of_thunder have done this your self making you a hypocrite. If I'm wrong then I take it back please don't take any offense to it. I just like to say things up front no sugar coating it. I think we all have done it in the past but heck who is keeping count? No I will not state what particular post was it that you or anyone else responded too and did not contribute anything. I think its just all a matter of opinion and what someone may think is a good reply isn't to others. Just like you can take this reply of mine to mean anything. Me personally I find it annoying when others talk about topics that I don't think they have any expertise in but who am I to say they cant discuss it? I hope you get my point if not then what ever I wont stress.

Never heard of it but Ajax is just JavaScript so any browser that supports JavaScript would support Ajax no?

I had a quick look and your table version uses styles in the table tag attributes itself. The reason I wanted CSS classes is so I can reuse them else where. I will have a further look and decide on what version I will go with but at the moment I have somehow managed to mess up my site template so I am frantically trying to correct it right now.Thank you again for your help.

Thanks for spotting that jlhaslip, Also for the example link as well. There are obviously many ways to do it and I'm not sure what is easier to create and maintain but I will stick with my version for now. It is weird that I have to explicitly apply margins and paddings to zero to my left and right columns. I would think they would be passed down from the table selector. I did not create a document type for the page so could that be why margins and padding doesn't get inherited automatically by the child elements?

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I cant seem to figure out why I get spacing down the left column of this table . Any help appreciated like always

I've used it back in the days when I first started out with digital imaging. I did not get to use it extensively though so I can not say how good it was. It is different in some ways and also similar to photoshop in other ways. I think how ever photoshop is the better option since its more widely used and a lot more material is available out there when you need to find out something new. I'm also going to say it probably has more features but thats just my assumption based on how many tools photoshop has you can do many things in different ways.

Thats your problem you can customize html and css but shout box generally requires server side scripting (I could be wrong) so you need access to files and folders. Get hosted here at trap 17 and setup a properly forum where you have more control. You say you can change HTML CSS and Macros. Can you add file?

Look out its KillaBear lol

If rapid board doe's not let you customize your forum then you will have to move on to using one that supports customization and lets you add a shout box. I am not familiar with whats out there so hopefully someone else can suggest a free forum for you.

would if($_POST[submit]){ still work? I would think you need quotes like 'submit' or "submit" no?

Just a question concerning how its structured. You've used an unordered list for the containers of Div's. Does this help in keeping them displayed inline? I am having trouble trying to find a way to center them. I have tried to apply text-align: center for the container div "slideArea" but still no effect. I can live with not being able to center them nicely but it would be nicer looking centered you can see it at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Thanks again for the excellent code truefusion. This seems to work perfectly on its own but as I try and integrate it into my existing site it reports function undefined errors under firebug. This could be of course my own fault but I've tried including the jquery file in the header and also just in the body before the acutual slide show begins. I am beginning to suspect it may have something to do with my other included .js files in the header conflicting? I have an idea I will try remove them and see how it goes. example of problem and one working fine at this stage. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ update 9.19pm NZL Time 24/01/2009 I have checked and taken some screen shoots to confirm that does appear to be conflicts with the 3 scripts <script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"js/prototype.js\"></script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects,builder\"></script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"js/lightbox.js\"></script> When I comment these out there is no error and the page functions fine. Now I'm at a loss at to what to do right at this time. Any ideas welcome ^^ update 11.10pm NZL Time 24/01/2009 fixed js conflicted. change functions prev, next to prevItem, nextItem (conflict with next function somewhere). jQuery.noConflict();

Most if not all laptop graphics card are fixed onto the mother board? If that is the case and your graphics card is gone then a new laptop would be the more logical option to take. If your lucky and its just your LCD screen then maybe you can verify that it actually boots up by connecting an external monitor to your laptop if it supports that?

Thanks for the link jlhaslip. Unfortunately that is not exactly what I'm after. I need the outer most containing Div to be dynamic in width. The items inside them will be thumb nails and maybe also text including descriptions.

Does anyone know how to create this? 1. The Div will be a fix height.2. The Div will be auto expanding with a minimum width of 600px3. The Div will show items depending on the amount of width available. The other requirements like navigating buttons are not as important as the expanding and changing amount of items being displayed at this stage. I will try and get those done once the first 3 requirements are meet.Any links or suggestions on how to go about this appreciated.CheersSone

Haha funny story there. I asked my friend and she told me that is indeed her relative so its more likely a bug since they are on their friends list but I cannot see or look them up.

I just noticed theres like some guy going around and being able to post on other peoples walls without having a legitimate username. Has anyone else come across this?

whats if($_POST[submit]) ? submit is not even declared in your code.

Hey all, has anyone noticed that when you go to view new topics some of the views count is not right? This isn't a big issue but its something I've noticed a lot. Its the same in firefox 3 and safari. I've attached a image to show what I mean. You have replies to topcis but the view count is still 0. Is this just a setting where the forum is setup not to update views as often just to save on overhead on the servers?

Just google for ASP.Net and Visual Basic tutorials. I personally hate the syntax of Visual Basic so I went with ASP.Net and C#. Basically you can combine ASP.Net Controls and what ever else you have available to you (VB or C# and what ever else is there) to build your web applications. Remember though the controls are only there to help you develop faster and all code generated in its final form is just plain HTML. All your logic code is either in VB.net or C# and they link to the controls etc. Depending on what you want to work with look up tutorials on that. http://ww17.startvbdotnet.com/