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Get out your FTP program and have a look at the owner of that file, along with the permissions set on it. Whether or not you think you've done anything, check anyway. If every file in that folder is not inaccessible then the folder has most likely been changed, so check that. Check the owner is the same as all the other folders in your hosting account. If all this looks OK then take a backup of that folder, and make sure that is saved to your PC. Then delete the folder on your hosting account and reupload it. If that doesn't work then something is wrong with your account rather than with the files and their permissions.

On the average weekday I spend roughly 2 hours sat at a computer. About an hour and a half of that (half an hour at school, an hour at home) is spent doing school work. The remaining half an hour is devoted to my website, reading news, emails and currently a PHP project I have undertaken with a friend. At weekends I might spend 3 or 4 hours on the PC, but only if its not particularly nice outside. Its weird how most adults see instant message programs and forums as anti-social and not ways of communicating with eachother. I simply remind my parents that they spent their evenings on CB radios, and its the same sort of thing

If you are using Windows along with the latest version of Apache then you need to put your files into the following folder: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs As PHP has automatically detected and configured your Apache installation, no changes to the configuration files should be necessary. Make sure Apache is actually running before trying to load the files. You should have a system monitor on the taskbar next to the clock. It's a pink feather with a dot at the bottom. If the dot is red then Apache isn't running. You need to left click the feather, choose Apache 2.2 and then Start. The dot should turn green, signifying that Apache is up and running. Also, to make sure PHP picks them up, make sure the files have the .php extension, and the starting and ending PHP tags. Your example above is missing the closing ?> PHP tag.

Its not GMail sending you the spam, and they have no way to prevent people actually sending it in the first place. What spam I do receive to my GMail account is put into the spam folder automatically 99.9% of the time. Only 2 or 3 times have I had to manually mark something as spam, and never has it marked legitimate mail as spam.

Your site is very well designed - everything is easy to access, easy to read and very clear. The colours work quite well together and the size of the writing is OK (1280x1024 19" monitor). You pass W3C validation for the markup, which is good, although a few CSS errors are thrown out that you might want to look into. Otherwise, a very well designed and made site.

I have been using Kubuntu (same as Ubuntu but with KDE as the window manager) and I think it is much better than Windows. Having used every version of Windows since 3.1 it was such an eye opener to move to the world of Linux. The only problem I have is the last kernel upgrade won't correctly mount anything, and is now happily destroying my HDD Apart from that, its been great, and the fact that the vast majority of software is completely free with great community support beats Microsoft hands down.

When you buy a template from someone, be that a large corporation or a freelance graphic designer, you should be provided with all of the editable image files. There are certain 'standards' when it comes to the software used. Usually, the graphics will be in a PSD format - the format used by Adobe Photoshop. When a template is designed, the designer usually makes a mock web page in Photoshop, then performs a process called 'slicing' - cutting the overall image of the web page into smaller images to be used in the CSS.You should be able to use the template as it is provided to you. Example CSS and HTML pages should also be included. However, usually you will want header images, menus and other things edited. If you don't have the right software then you have to find someone who does have it to edit the images for you.Flash templates require the Adobe Flash Studio to edit them. Again, if you don't have the software then you can't edit the template. Most people will then go back to the site they got the template from and request they edit it - often at a very large cost.My advice would be to go to a local graphic designer and see if they will make a custom template for you. You will be able to pick and choose everything for the whole way through the process and discuss the template with a real person, face to face. However, it can be quite expensive, in which case you can be better off buying a template from the 'net and asking a friend with the right software to edit it for you.

If you want a comparison, you can get 1.5GB of space, 20GB bandwidth for ?4.40 per month, but that does not include a MySQL database, and features such as email accounts and subdomains are limited. If you want databases, that'll cost you ?7.92 per month (4GB space, 40GB bandwidth). Another comparison: 500MB of space, 5GB bandwidth with no PHP, MySQL, cPanel or anything like that, plus a limit of 35 email accounts for the price of ?4.69 per month (plus a ?10 setup fee). Considering US$3.33 is only ?1.69, thats a very good deal. Like you, I like to check out everyone when I buy anything, regardless of who I usually shop with or know. Recently, a good friend of mine was looking to buy some web hosting and I instantly recommended Xisto - Web Hosting as they are the cheapest I have ever seen. He may never use all of the features, but they are still cheapest, even providing all the features they do.

IE7 still refuses to follow standards, so lots of weird problems are created with code that should work, and does with any browser that is well written. If you provide us with details of the problem then it is likely that we can help you. Have a look around QuirksMode too, its a great resource for details about bugs and the weird things browsers do, and most importantly: how to get it to work as it should.

Life expectancy here in the UK has risen pretty much linearly over the last 40 years from 71 to 79 in 2004. If you extrapolate that graph out then in 80 years time we would all be living to around 93/94 years old. Somehow I think its unlikely. Yes we have advances in medicine and healthcare, but if the population increases at the same rate it has been then we will end up with massive overcrowding across the world, and therefore diseases and illnesses will spread far more easily and rapidly. Even if we did discover or invent some sort of way to make us live for eternity, despite how horrible this sounds, we would either have to never use it or start killing people. They would still have children, so the world population would increase at an alarming rate, with an effective death rate of 0. Plus, I don't think the body could physically cope with living longer without us having to take all sorts of pills or undergo loads of operations. Personally I'm happy with whatever time I end up with on the planet, and I'll just try and enjoy as much of it as I can.

The simplest way is to just tag LIMIT = X onto the end of your query, with X representing the number of rows you want to return. However, this will return them in the order they appear in the database. Normally you want to include a statement in the SQL command to order the data according to a set column. For the news example here, order them by descending for the date or time column, then limit the query to 3 results.

This is all due to the HDD change on the server. All we can do is sit tight and hope it will get fixed quickly. I am sure we are all happier with a few teething problems for a while rather than a complete hard disk failure.

I have been using Kubuntu 6.10 and just updated to the 7.04 Beta edition 2 days ago. I have had very few problems and I am very pleased with how the latest version has progressed in the way of hardware support. Now, such things as keyboard shortcut keys, WPA wireless encryption and other important things that were missing from a default Ubuntu install have now been added, and work perfectly. The ease with which software can be installed using Adept is an amazing change from the multistep install processes that Windows loves so much.The package manager for 5.10 is unlikely to work as Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) only supports versions for a set period of time. 5.10 was made a while ago and has likely fallen out of support. The package database will have been removed, therefore there is nothing for you to download. Try upgrading to 6.10LTS or wait until 7.04 comes out.

Nvu is considered to be quite good, and will run on virtually any system (Linux, Windows or Mac). Its completely free and relatively easy to use and get used to after using other WYSIWYG applications. You can download it and view screenshots on the link provided at the start. Due to some legal reasons no-one is willing to explain, the latest release is not on the Nvu site, and not under the Nvu name, but is available as KompoZer. Try it, give it a go! Its free, so you've nothing to lose

I love useless statistics, and its good to see that Bletchley is the fastest connection in Europe at the moment! 0% packet loss too Its quite clever the way they work the system and compile the statistics, updated every 5 minutes I believe. I can't see too many practical uses other than simply being inquisitive as to which parts of the world have a faster and more reliable net connection than you.

It is good to see that they are finally listening to people and agreeing that the vast majority of people out there are nice legitimate people. However, pirates and anyone who is quite computer savvy would pay less for the DRM protected music, and find some way to remove the DRM. I am still quite old fashioned when it comes to music. Despite how brilliant computers are, when it costs only ?1 more to walk into HMV and buy a physical, non-DRM, real CD compared to a download that could have all sorts of problems and be in a format you might not want, I walk into the shop every time. Downloading probably actually costs more, becuase if you follow good backup practice and burn all your music to CD (stupid DRM permitting), then put that in a case and store it somewhere, you are better off buying the real article.I suppose this is the same as Linux being preloaded on computers from Dell - its great that the public are finally being listened to, but its unlikely anything useful will ever happen, or last that long.

The file php.ini is set by the admins of the server, and you cannot change it. It affects everyone's hosting and contains all the settings to run PHP. Unfortunately you will not be able to get that issue fixed unless you host yourself or get a dedicated server. For the emails, are they using Hotmail, AOL or something like that? They often block automated registration emails. If a few users are getting emails, and some are not, then the issue most likely lies with the users SPAM filters and not with your configuration. Try signing up for a new account yourself using your hosting email account and see if the email arrives.Thats all I can help you with at the moment, but I will see if I can come up with anything for the other 3 issues.

I just wanna know where I can get one of those Google-branded Netgear routers they have in the picture It seems Google do spend a lot of time on their April Fool jokes, but it is good to see that major corporations can still have a laugh. Just wondering - how would a firewall work in the loo? Surely the water would put it out!

RSS is a great technology, and I personally make a good use of it every day. Opera is set up to download useful information from all sorts of site, and (configured correctly on both ends) saves everyone a lot of time and expensive bandwidth. RSS also just delivers exactly what you want it to, no junk, spam or advertising. However, e-mail will continue to thrive. Personal communications cannot be carried out via RSS feeds. Thats the same sort of thing as writing personal letters and then sending them by way of a full page advert in a national newspaper.

I have to agree with what truefusion has said. Some brushing to the left and right of the render would have added a little extra 'texture' and interest to the sides of the sig. I'm not so sure increasing the contrast would be such a good idea as there are already a few almost white areas and a few almost black areas. Changing the contrast might make those too strong, usless some brushing, a layer mask or levels are used instead. Also, the light blue glow around the top half of the render (not sure if you added it or it came with the render) looks slightly odd against the background. Replacing it with a different colour could work well.Overall I would give it a 6 out of 10.

I am also slightly confused, your title is completely different to the content. Taking the title first, there is no problem being a male cook at all. A large number of the famous chefs in the UK are men, and nobody thinks any less of them or anything like that. Most work incredibly hard and often have great difficulty in finding work or starting their own business. In schools everyone is now taught to cook regardless of their gender, and its vital to learn how to feed yourself properly. Taking your post: I have found the BBC website to be one of the best when searching for recipes by ingredients. You can also filter by vegitarian recipes, healthier recipes and very quick meals to prepare. They are also sorted by categories determined by the main ingredients, and if you watch BBC shows you can even filter them by the chef who devised them. Videos are also available for a few recipes.

I set a VOIP system up for a friend, and when we tested it, it worked perfectly. A few weeks later, however, they said that the system had stopped working completely - no-one could hear anything at either end when phoning people. It took me a while to figure it out, but the cause was their fax machine. It didn't stop calls coming in or going out, but did stop the actual voice from moving around. Unplugging it during a call allowed you to hear everything crystal clear. Plug it back in and everything went silent. It had all the filters and everything else attached, nothing wrong with the setup at all.Also, VOIP phones are very sensitive to interference, in my experience. Try not to use it near your PC, near a wireless router or any sort of large electrical appliance and see if that helps. If not, phone the company that made the phone who will more than likely have a troubleshooting sheet where they can simply read off what has caused the problem in the past. Finally, if you can get hold of a wired VOIP phone (assuming yours is wireless) or vice verca, see if that makes a difference.

Wikipedia has a good list of free games. Most are FPS but there are also a few other different sorts of games on there. America's Army is one of the most popular on the list. Just be prepared for quite a large download for each of these games.

It is a common misconception that Linux requires programming knowledge and involves loads of command line stuff. It doesn't. I have been using Kubuntu on my laptop for a few months now and it has been brilliant. As truefusion has already said, you can get a Live CD which allows you to try out Linux without affecting your system in any way. It boots from the CD and doesn't touch your system. If you choose to you click the Install icon on the desktop and follow a 6 step process (with a nice user interface) to install. If you look around the Kubuntu and Ubuntu sites you will find lots of useful information. If Ubuntu and Kubuntu are not for you, have a little look around Distrowatch. This site keeps track of just about every Linux distribution out there and provides lots of useful information. Look through for one you like the look of, or a name you like and just explore. Most communities concerning Linux are more than happy to help new users get started. If you want any more information then feel free to ask. I think I also have a video of the install on my laptop somewhere if you want to see what it is really like to install.

They are appearing for me at the moment, so I guess they are just being unreliable. Here they are on Photobucket: T-Shirt Example Red Mid Blue Orange Dark Blue Remember, if you want any changes made then I am happy to make them.