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Yes, they will see it. It doesn't depend on the search bots, since PHP is a server side language, and it deliveres HTML code - which they can easily read.

Take a look at this page for more information concerning positioning your sidebars with float:left and float:right properties: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ When you do so, you will need to add clear:both to your footer in order for it to be at the end of all the columns.

Ugh.. The way you created the layout is a bit confusing I am sure the problem can be easily solved if you used floats for the sidebar. This way, however, I cannot think of a solution.

I don't know how this program works, so I can't tell you exactly, but I do know that you probably won't need to use it. As it says in one description, it is a replacement for dealing with MySQL via the command line. However, at Xisto you can manage MySQL users and databases through cPanel, and the content of the databases through phpMyAdmin. Both are user-friendly and easy to use.

You have in the file attached with the first post, but the problem is (I believe) already solved

There are just two things that need to be fixed, both in the index.html file. First of all, let's take a look at the header. Over there, you load the JavaScript file that contains the necessary function. You used the following code: <script type="text/javascript" src="js/chrome.js"> However, this way, the text that goes after (including a big part of the HTML code) is inside the <script> tag and considered JavaScript. That's why you need to close the tag in the header: <script type="text/javascript" src="js/chrome.js"></script> OK, so we've got the whole page being displayed, but it's still not working. Why? Another JavaScript problem, except now it's about calling the function. After the menu, you did it like this: <!-- <script type="text/javascript">cssdropdown.startchrome("chromemenu");</script> --> As you probably know, <!-- and --> are used to indicate comments or code that will not be displayed/executed. By removing these, you get a fully functional menu <script type="text/javascript">cssdropdown.startchrome("chromemenu");</script> There is one more thing, though. I'm sure you didn't put those comments without a reason - yes they should be around there, but like this: <script type="text/javascript"><!--cssdropdown.startchrome("chromemenu");--></script> We have to do this in order to deal with browsers that don't support JavaScript. Be careful, the code must be just like this, with a new line for each element, otherwise it would again be a comment, if you put it like this: <script type="text/javascript"><!-- cssdropdown.startchrome("chromemenu"); --></script> Since the starting and ending point for the comment are alone and in separate lines, a JavaScript browser will ignore them because those are not JS commands. Older browsers will comment the JS function, because they don't recognize the <script> tags.

You might want to take a look at this discussion, since the topic started had a similar problem. The solution can be found here, thanks to vujsa.

Well.. I must say that I am (pleasantly) surprised that this many people think MySpace isn't a good example of a community - I though I was alone in this :)When I first bumped into MySpace (not so long ago, maybe one year), I immediately classified it as a badly developed web site. However, it has nothing to do with my dislike of similar "community" sites - I consider hi5 and Orkut much better, even though I am not a member.What I consider the greatest flaw, as some of you already pointed out, is the loading speed. Every single page takes ages to load with all the multimedia content and numerous users already browsing the site. Should that be an excuse? No. I am 100 per cent positive that a few really professional programmers could decrease the load on the servers at least a bit. And not to mention how a lot of people on MySpace have serious issues (no insult to any keen users ).But we can't overlook the fact that MySpace has an ENORMOUS database - people just love it. And not only them, but also companies, bands, celebrities, everybody's doing it Though I'm not sure why.. It must be addictive, like WoW

It's strange how both of you say that the Alt+Click combination isn't working any more, since it downloads the page for me, though without additional (image) files. Now, I don't know whether you are using version 2.0.0.1 (was there a 2.0.0.0?), but if you aren't, try updating Firefox. If that's not the case, I guess a re-install would be a good idea.

Now that you mention it, I can do Serbian translation, though I don't know why you would want to have it

And how about some more information on what you are woking on? Are you doing a complete site, or merely editing an already existing PHP script?

If he already wants to build a forum system from scratch, do not obstruct him It is always better to create something yourself than to use a pre-made option. What's more, if you take up this job seriously, along with other teammates, you ought to end up with something good.For example, a forum created this way would have only the features you need. Next, it would be hard to hack, since the code wouldn't be available publicly, as it is with free (and paid) forum systems. And finally, this kind of forum would be free; it would just take some time to make it. Who knows, you might even start selling it later on.

I wouldn't be so sure We, the "blue guys" might not be able to delete your account directly, but we can sure prevent you from posting by suspending your forum account

The forums themselves are a support desk Or, to be more precise, the Hosted Members Support forum is what you would use for any queries. But before you do so, be sure to check the Xisto FAQs, since they contain the answers to the most common questions - including this one.

As far as I can conclude, all three sites are part of the PartyInCollege network. If you take a look at the root forum pages, you will see that the first one has only a National Forum which also appear on the other two. However, the second and the third also have a Local Forum :)So, I think that these sites have similar purpose and a different audince - but because of the same purpose, there is also a part of the message board that is shard They probably use the same database...

I haven't really worked with WordPress plugins, but I have an idea how they work. If I am right, you are able to use template tags within plugin files. The good thing about these template tags is that you can at any time determine at which blog page (URL) you are. Therefore, you can easily check whether you are on a static page by using is_page(). So, this is what I would do: if (!is_page()) {// ICON DISPLAY CODE} This way you can also remove the Digg icon (or some other element) from any page. Check this list of Conditional Tags for more information.

If you are doing a site from scratch, this shouldn't be a problem, as you will know exactly what structure to use. However, redesigning one probably isn't worth the trouble. Anyway, this is how I would solve this problem - assuming that all your pages are PHP. In the page URL, there would always be a language attribute that determines which one to use. Let's say your site offers English, French and German. Therefore, the possible values would be lang=en, fr, de. If the value doesn't match any of these, or isn't set, the default language is used. All of this is a simple case command in PHP. As for the text elements you will be using, it would be best if you stored them in a separate PHP file for each language (for example, /lang/en.php). Since you have already figured out which language the visitor wants to use, you would just add the language file to your current page - include/require('lang/en.php'). Now you would have all the text elements available inside variables Of course, there are several downsides to this method. First, which is not so bad, you would have to add the language parameter to all the links. And second, it would be a lot harder to create content, as there would be now text in the code, only variables. But it sure is useful if you plan on adding more languages later on. By the way, I believe this is exactly how IPB works, so you might want to take a look ~edit~ Heh. vujsa beat me to it

Hey, Dhanesh, glad to see you are still posting Anyhow, we come to my review of the site. I'll start with the design, since it is the first thing someone will see when visiting Chaos Laboratory. It is simple, and a typical blog design. The titles are big enough, and so are the texts - some people like to use smaller fonts, which then makes it hard to read Unfortunately, there are (always) things that aren't quite right. For example, the huge Google ad at the top is really a fish out of the sea. I'm ok with ads, because bloggers have to make money too, but try using a smaller size and adding it somewhere else instead. Next, I remember you had a great and relaxing header image, but I can't seem to access it right now. Without it, the blog is messed up a bit. And the last thing is the favicon - some people might find it disturbing. I have no problems with it, but I don't think a nuclear explosion is a appropriate image to use Let's move on to organization. Your site is easy to navigate, because all the links are clearly marked. However, I am not quite sure if there is any use in putting DIGG links on static pages (About, Downloads, Stats). And now that I've mentioned those pages, I think you should include the sidebar there, too - I don't feel like going to the home page again Oh, and I am always glad to see a blog that is regularly updated, unlike my blogs Anyway, I am aware that you haven't created this template, but with a few customizations, it could turn out really well. And finally, the content! This is by far the best aspect of your web site. All the posts are professionally written, you aren't all over the place when it comes to topics, and people can really be informed by reading your site every now and then. To sum up: Design - 7.8 Organization - 8.6 Content - 9.7 (nothing is perfect ) Which gives us 8.7/10 Keep up the good work

I am sure you've all encountered drop-down (not to say drop-right) menus. While these may seem pretty hard to make, it is actually extremely easy. Actually, it can get rather hard when using JavaScript, but this tutorial will show you how to create good-looking "pop up" menus opening to the right with pure CSS. However, I must warn you that this tutorial is more for educational purposes, then for use in real web sites. Why? Simply because the following method won't work properly in Internet Explorer (how unexpected..). I am sure this might as well work with several (JavaScript) hacks, but that's not how W3C compliant browser should behave like, is it? On the other hand, the example works perfectly fine in Firefox, and that's the browser I suggest using for accomplishing this tutorial. Let's start, shall we? First, I will show you what HTML structure we will be using: <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 2</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 3</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 4</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 5</a></li> </ul> As you can see, here we have an unordered list, with five elements. Each of these elements is one level 1 link. Obviously, it means that this is the main part of the menu that will always be visible. Now, in order to have sub levels that appear when we hover a link, we shall insert another unordered list into the wanted link. <ul> <li> <a href="#">Level 1 | Link 1</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 2</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 3</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 2</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Level 1 | Link 3</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 2</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 4</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 5</a></li> </ul> Just a notice - we don't insert the new list between <a> </a> tags, but rather between <li> </li> tags. Anyhow, now we've added two sub menus, one (with 3 links) connected to the first link, and the other (with 2 links) connected to the third. Finally, we shall add another (third) level with 4 links, which will be connected to Link 2, Level 2. <ul> <li> <a href="#">Level 1 | Link 1</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 1</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Level 2 | Link 2</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 3 | Link 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 3 | Link 2</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 3 | Link 3</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 3 | Link 4</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 3</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 2</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Level 1 | Link 3</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 2 | Link 2</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 4</a></li> <li><a href="#">Level 1 | Link 5</a></li> </ul> I know the code might seem a bit confusing, but I can't indent it when using the HTML tag Now, copy this code into a HTML file, save it, and then open it. What did you get? Not what we need yet, but you can see the structure of the menu. Now that we have (almost) completed the HTML part, let's move on to the CSS part. We will start with defining some styles for the <ul> tag: ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 150px;} What do we have here? list-style: none removes the bulletins (you know, those dots and squares), margin and padding remove the indenting and width defines how much space (horizontally) the menu will take up. If you preview the page now, you will see all the links one below each other. Let's put these links into boxes/rectangles. li { border-top: 1px solid #dedede; border-left: 1px solid #dedede; border-right: 1px solid #dedede;}ul { border-bottom: 1px solid #dedede;}li a { display: block; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;}li a:hover { background-color: #f0f0f0;} In the li part we are "creating" the box. We haven't defined border-bottom because then we would have double borders (top + bottom), and we don't want that. That's why we have added it to the ul part. Moving on to the li a code. All but the first line is somewhat connected to how the link will look. By writing display: block, we have told the browser that the link (<a> </a>) will take up as much space as it can, therefore becoming a box with the border defined in the li code. Try previewing the page now, so you can see what part of the box is hyperlinked - yes, the whole box! Obviously, the li a:hover part determines what happens when we hover over a linked area So now we are finally getting something. Feel free to ignore those double border appearing at some places, this will be sorted out as soon as we hide those parts. And how are we going to do that? By using relative/absolute positioning. In short, this will help us position a sub menu according to its parent link. Very ease to accomplish, yet very powerful. Here's what we will be adding to the CSS code: li { position: relative;}li ul { display: none; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: 148px;}li:hover ul { display: block;} Now, this might be the hardest part to understand. The position: relative in the li code tells the browser that any elements "below" the li tag and with position: absolute should be positioned relatively to <li>. Without top and left, the cell and the child list would overlap. Since we want to move the child list right, we use left: 148px;, and top: -1px; because of the border. When you try it out, you will see what I am talking about. But wait, it's not working right! When we hover over the first link, we get two submenus, and we only want one. That is achieved by adding additional CSS attributes that tell the browser not to show the child of the child Practically, this is what we need: li:hover ul li ul { display: none; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: 148px;}li:hover ul li:hover ul { display: block;} So, when we are hovering over the main level item, it will remain hidden. But when we hover of the submenu item, it will be shown. You would need to add a modification of this every time you add a new submenu. And now everything is working! Finally, I said it once, but will say it again: this tutorial will just help you understand better how CSS works and what it can be used for. Don't use this on your own web sites, since you will put off visitors using Internet Explorer. If you have any more enquires concerning the code, feel free to ask me. Oh, and here is the complete CSS file ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 150px; border-bottom: 1px solid #dedede;}li { border-top: 1px solid #dedede; border-left: 1px solid #dedede; border-right: 1px solid #dedede; position: relative;}li a { display: block; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;}li a:hover { background-color: #f0f0f0;}li ul { display: none; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: 148px;}li:hover ul { display: block;}li:hover ul li ul { display: none; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: 148px;}li:hover ul li:hover ul { display: block;}

I'm not sure if Fantastico has the latest stable version (1.0.12), but if you are talking about Joomla! 1.5 Beta, I would strongly advise against using it. As the name itself says, it is still in beta, and therefore not secure/stable enough for any serious web site.

Well, the point is not for it to be obvious - you need to make it look as if those were real people talking. Use nicknames that sound normal, because that way no one will suspect. Also, I think logging in and out is a small price to pay for traffic. You log in with one account, post 5-6 messages and then log out. And in order for it not to be obvious, do something else, and then come back with another account an hour later.

Yes, Wordpress is the way to go if you really want a blog, but I'm not quite sure how useful it would be in your case. As Vyoma said, a CMS would be a better solution. However, in order to decide which one to use, you will have to spend some time trying them all. I would just like to add that Joomla is a CMS created from Mambo when a part of the Mambo developing team left. I believe it was because Mambo was about to become a paid CMS. That's why they created Joomla, which is now far better, has a greater community, is being developed constantly - and is free.

Phew, just wanted to let you know that I've finally found time to finish this tutorial. If you find any mistakes, please report them here I hope you find it useful.

Cute I really can't think of anything bad on this picture, because it is really well done. I like the colours, especially the shade of green used for the background. Heh, I also like the larva's eyes, they are quite interesting.Actually, the only thing that is a bit weird is the "hand" holding the larva - the angle somehow doesn't seem right - but it's just me

Oh, it is definitely not like the over here. You have unlimited freedom to use any FTP client, but you can also use the built-in File Manager, which sometimes makes it easier to manipulate files.