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Yep I do. But the problem with me is that it never last. So far I was not able to find a good host which can last more than 3 months. I use plog which is a great script. It have many features. Some use the online services like blogger. But having your own blog script running on your site is better since you can customize to suit you.

Did you see that the door at JK's site was open recently. There is an excerpt from HBP there. wow I'm now trying to guess who's that person mentioned there.

Thanks for your comments guys. This will surely help me to improve graphics. Thanks once again.Meanwhile that planet thing was a graphic which I embedded with multiple blends of layers.

Well there are some moves towards a more standards compliant world You can view those pages in any browser. Those "ie optimized" pages doesn't seem to have much effect on browsing experience. If there are enchancements they are mostly colored scrollbars and stuff like that. You can go without that. Meanwhile you know that somesites put annoying sidekicks like chromeless pages, clickety javascript (like those to stop you using the rightclick menu) and the fun is they work only in IE! You can overide all those nasty stuff by using a "decent" browser.

Learn C/C++ firstrewrite c/c++ code into php take php manual with you always. I think it's pretty easy to learn php as your first scripting language. Unlike others it has a "fun to code" type outcome and it's more friendly and easy to understand by looking at the code. C++ and Java all seems too complex and they are not easy to understand unless the coder left comments. Starting your coding career in php is a good idea. All you need is a guide and plenty of practice. Then you can shift to something like c++ or java.

Then you will have to get a book on learning php and attend a course. That's the best way to learn since you will get assistance from instructors and they will perform assignments. But when self learning (as I did) you will mostly have to rely on tutorial sites. First get a glimpse what php is through one of those tuts out there. I'll recomend http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp Next start to write a simple code, don't panic if it doesn't work as you intend it to be. Trial and error make the best programmers. I'll think adding the include function to a html/php page is the best first practical to get your hands on. Something like this. [/br]<?php[br]include("hello.php");[/br]?>[br] Next you may try something advanced.Try defining databases like this [/br]<?php[br][/br]$host = "localhost"; // database host[br]$user = "root"; // database username[/br]$pass = "blabla"; // database password[br]$db = "yourdb"; // database name[br][/br]?>[/br] Now you will be ready to write a simple news script. Try create a form and use a php script to process data and add to a database. Then another script to recall data. News scripts are the simplest scripts for beginners. Last time for blasting. You can write polls, email systems,rating systems or maybe forum scripts. As I said before the key is Trial and Error Well here are some more links. http://de1.php.net/tut.php the official one http://www.gimpster.com/wiki/PhpTutorial http://www.lycos.com/ http://www.hotscripts.com/category/scripts/php/tutorials-tips/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Here are the advanced stuff. You will find some great practical examples. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://www.webreference.com/programming/php/index.html

We know that php is a server side scripting language. So we will need a server with the php parser to parse/test our code.How are you doing that. Do you upload it to a server for testing or did you instal php and the server (apache) on your computer (localhost)

If you use dreamweaver then you can use it's codeview to make your scripts. But for simple editing of code, notepad is a better option. It loads faster than dreamweaver. The best way to start coding is handcoding using a text editor. I used notepad, but now I use Emeditor because I love it's syntax coloring. Not only for php, it offers syntax cloring to many others like java,jscript,perl,html,vbscript,c,c++ and so on. https://www.emeditor.com/ After you get a sufficient knowledge about coding in php then you can shift to a fully fleged editor like DZsoft's PHP editor which offers the ability to test code if you have php installed in your comp. No need to install apache server on your comp.

I agree about that.You shall see that most professional sites have a white background and they choose two contrasting colors to put up the site. eg: blue and yellow/green and brown. Dark sites will look great with some photoshop art. A gui with blue and white will perfectly match a black background. I've posted a link about color schemes above. Meanwhile proper color selection can give your site a personality blue- cool red- aggresive But as others have said, it always depend on what type of site are you going to create. But you will have to match up the theme with a suitable personality.

The best place you can get info about them is hotscripts.com http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I'll recommend you php-nuke if you seriously consider using a portal to churn a site. I don't like them because they can hinder your creativity. You will be always struck in a certain frame/template. The best way to get on is learn php and create some simple scripts to automate your site. Well you can get readymade scripts out there. It's no problem in using them. But I'll never use portals which seems like a "sol for all probs" My idea for a site is as such: A site with 4 or 5 pages or more depending on content. (I'll use xhtml and css) A forum (invision or phpbb, it's there in the cpanel) A gallery (another script) A news system (I can make that, but better ones are out there) That's all. It's simple if you know how to get things working. Portals just cram up unwanted features. Please feel free to comment on my ideas.

I'm using opera. It's supefast. Did those IE users know that they can't view the latest technologies of the webdesigning world. IE doesn't support latest standards. It's outdated and too slow in rendering pages. I bet most use IE becasue it came bundled free with windows or else they are lazy to try a better option. Opera if you can afford, or get Mozilla Firefox. 'tis the best you can get. Check this link to get an idea how Mozilla excels IE http://topgarciniacambogiareviews.com/

I agree about NVU. Did you know it's created using the gecko rendering engine which was used to create mozilla suite, firefox, thunderbird and others. Since this program WYSIWYG it's a milestone for open source. The best we had so far in open source is the Quanta HTML editor, which was not WYSIWYG

Well anybody who surf the net must have a firewall. I use the Zone alarm firewall. A firewall will help you keep trojans and viruses at bay. Even trojans infect your comp they can't send info out without your knowledge. There are very few common ports unless your comp is on a local network using ports to connect. Normally a comp will have the http (80,8080),ftp(21),email ports on. If any program tries to use some other unknown port then it may surely be a trojan. Do you use any p2p software. If so it maybe the prog which use other ports.

I think this article about color schemes will help you. Check it out. http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/14/colour_schem/ I may pefer blue with white and some dashes of yellow

I'll say it's a great piece of art if that background is also your work. I would like some color on that. Blue or green with transculent white text.Anyway nice job.

Custom error pages will give your site a profesional look unlike those plain white apache server error page. I had them in my oldsite using .htaccess. Cpanel makes the job easy. But I like to use .htaccess, since it gives more freedom. (you know redirects, busting hotlinkers) Does Xisto - Support .htaccess.

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Well JK had denied clearly that HBP is one of Voldemort or Harry.So I don't think it'll be Riddle (well that's Voldemort) There is more probability for the HBP to be Hagrid or Some member of the OoP (Lupin) Hagrid admits he is half blood. In GoF I think. Lupin is a werewolf, or maybe it's someone we still haven't met.

Fantasy and Science Fiction Fantasy came to my list after I read Harry Potter. That was a great series. Can't wait for the sixth.Science Fiction is my favorite type. Well from time travel to alien invasions they are facinating. Who doesn't like!

I agree that Tolkien is a great author. He has a imaginative and creative mind. But some times his works can get boring. Pagefulls of verses and boring descriptions. For people who have read action packed fantasy this will scare them out of fantasy z.z.z...zZ I like "HarryPotter" and Phillip Pullman's "His dark materials". The are great. No offense to Tolkien lovers. His works are the classics which inspired the modern fantasy