sergRamalli

Hi Bud,
 
I'm no pro at Gmaps but quite a bit of experience. Recently made a map for businesses within X distance of a given point. It's a mixture of MySQL & PHP for the main results array which is then added as a Javascript array although it's going to be converted to json for production version.
 
I went for Google Maps Clustering as in my project you can end up with 100+ businesses in a 3 mile circle.
 
My advice would be to get stuck in and play with the mapping on a basic html page (not in the main template) and get it working. Things to watch for is global setting on generic responsive image sizes (max-width: 100%), to counteract simply add at the end of you css the following for each map canvas;
 
#map-canvas img { max-width: none !important; } Otherwise the map controls and pins go all squiffy.

maybe php file isnt in the right directory
 
i.e it could be include "../bah.php"
 
or from what you said from the quote, you might of added an extra " or ' where there shouldn't be one before the php include
 
but without any of the code, how can we debug?

Javascript. In very, very simple terms they're binding the content of the text area to window.location.hash, then using the url to deliver the output.

If you open your browsers web console you can try it yourself..

Enter: window.location.hash = 'Your_name' [return] and your url should update to /#Your_name

Good luck is all I'm going to say!

Yes, start with the php documentation and try out the apis, probably starting here.
 
For my current project I actually need dates earlier than 1000AD, which is the earliest date mysql allows in its DATE type. Using an integer value, in the format of YYYYMMDD - for example 20130609 representing today - allows accurate date comparison, and I can go back as far as I want to year zero.
 
For time values I store the time as seconds. I have two functions, secondsToTime and timeToSeconds, which are fairly simple to write.
 
The last place I worked (a very large financial software company) followed this practice in general, so that's where I picked it up. If you want to support more sophisticated functionality, it may be better to leverage an existing api, for example if you need to support timezones, daylight savings (which differs by country) - this gets painful very quickly!
 
However most of the time it's faster and simpler to store these two things as separate integers, and manage them on your own.

If you want to run before you walk follow the link below, i still havn't found anyone who explains better than adam, online and for free.
 
But as its been pointed out, if your asking this question your not ready.
 
http://www.developphp.com/list_php_video.php#How_to_Build_a_Social_Network_Website

You still asking a huge question, i went through this last year when i first started studying php and programming... Simple truth its not that easy
 
You have alot of studying to do before you make a dynamic site that makes use of a get variable.
 
1) You have to design and connect correctly to a database
 
2) you have to create the webpage
 
3) you have to create the right form or on submit button that leads to "that page"
 
4) "that page" has to call the on the database with a (for example) while function, that calls an array if certain if and if else (or case or else conditions) are meant
to ensure the user is who they say they are
 
5) "that page" calls on the get (the get function you mentioned is on of five methods i am aware of that will call the user information (get, post, session, cookies, sql call..)
 
6) The information from the get (or whatever) then renders information from the database (or file or folder) that you put into "that page" and that renders a dynamic page
 
 
 
This is a simplified brief of what happens... Very simple and there are errors in what i say, so i could explain it to someone who needs to walk before they run
I know what i am talking about i was where you were a year ago

Good stuff i like it!!
 
but Personally i think there is a mismatch between the footer and the header.. its not framing the content correctly has it draws the attention away from the content

http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=11 Try the tut from 44 onwards,
 
or from the beginning if need be

I have just completed my first site using skeleton as I did not want all the features which came with foundation or bootstrap.
 
I am still learning about responsive web design but a framework/boiler plate/grid system in my opinion is useful to make responsive websites.
 
I found lots of tutorials about the different frameworks and I feel that it is important for you to get a better understanding of CSS as I found that using a framework where I was used to coding my own layouts has lead me to have to override some of the default style sheet.
 
If you want to use a framework you should have clear goals about what you are trying to achieve. I used skeleton as 4li4s recommended it to me as a lightweight framework which has minimal styling.
 
It is definitely the way to go about learning Responsive web design. If you have minimal knowledge of css I would advise you go for a framework which has a large user base for support as I have learned a lot from the documentation of the different frameworks.

Don't know if this will be useful to you, but here you go nonetheless: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/998245/how-can-i-detect-if-flash-is-installed-and-if-not-display-a-hidden-div-that-inf

for some reason every now and again the pages loads like the photo that should be attached....
 
if you go to my page at www.nas-systems.net (maybe click refresh cause it happened to you too) you see how it supposed to be
 
 
someone told me that its just a server issue.. and thats its the server not loading correct every time ..
 
i find that it only happens the first time you open the browsers and then every now and again.. is it a server issue or something else??

It happens to me too. Try adding a width to your header, see if that fixes the issue:
 
header { float: left; width: 100%; } Or just take off the float altogether, not sure it's needed:
 
header { width: 100%; }

More posts like this thanks!!

Defo going to work through this!

Ok maybe not as powerful as Drupal, WP ect. But by watching these two tutorials you will learn how to ad an admin backend to your own custom HTML website with WYSIWYG and image upload. All you need is a few lines of PHP and a free (open source)
JavaScript library. In the videos I’ll explain every step in the process, so even beginners can follow along.
 
Part 1:
 

 
Part 2:
 

 
I'm a strong believer in not reposting the same content. So If you like the videos, keep this post alive with comments questions etc

Firstly, I cant even imagine what kind of person dreams of going into database administration! Dont get me wrong, the world needs them and each to their own but my god that sounds like a mind numbingly boring existence. All be it one that can pay well.
 
Having said that, I do have friends who have chosen that path and everyone I know who is a dba has done the MCDBA certification - google it I cant post links yet.
 
Now this is obviously going to teach you SQL but its going to concentrate on MSSQL databases and maybe MS Access. To be honest once you know one database system it wont be huge step to work on others and learn the differences between them.
Databases are all pretty similar at the end of the day.
 
I appreciate that the above course/certification costs money and takes time, so in the mean time if you want to get your head into it, just download a copy of virtualbox and a copy of ubuntu. install ubuntu on the vb. and then set up a mysql database and start playing around with it. (Google is your friend - if your not sure on this, but you can also come back here and ask if you get stuck)
 
As for getting some data to play with, Just search for an sql dump or sql export, lots of people post links to them online for various reasons.
 
W3C Schools is a good place to start if you dont know any SQL, it might also be worth learning some of one of the .net languages or php so that you can do something with your data and get your head around how developers will interact with the databases you dream of administrating.

I'm currently looking to take my database design to the next level so i have enlisted myself in a database design course.
 
This is all well and good, but good data mining practices isnt really part of this course.

I like to take this aspect to the next level, data mining i mean.


Can anyone recommend any resources that would help my become a intermediate in this? Books, sites, web courses, youtube blog anything really.
 
Preferably using php and mysql
 
Thanks peeps.

It's like people trying to interpret the bible....

Seo seems to be getting more confusing the more i learn about it

I checked two of your post and one cant tell where your at in terms of web-design, so hard to help you.
But what your asking is using php, mysql and html.

If im right that in assuming your a beginner then i recommend you go right to the beginning.
or use a program like drupal and learning how to use that
(or some other thing like it).

Learn
1) html
http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=43
 
2) Dreamweaver
 
Im sure there something online that can help you with this.
But keep it basic cause if you follow upto end of 4) you should know how to use dreamweaver or a simple code editor by then.
 
3) Css and basic photoshop
 
http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=40
 
Also try and Then Learn about good design practices!! and keep always improving your css. its important in bring everything into a nice package
 
 
There is a good discussion here about which books to read about design and i have to recommend you do. (I havnt but i should of from day one)
 
http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/topic/4812-list-of-recommended-web-design-and-development-books/
 
 
4) PHP basic mysql.
 
http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=11
 
 
google search: php adam khoury
 
And google search the php academy.
 
 
You should now be able to build a form easily.
 
5) javascript
 
This book should help.
 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596517742/?tag=stackoverfl08-20
 
 

What sort of tutorials are you looking for? Photo Manipulation? Special Effects? Web Design? Typography?
 
This is my personal favourite: http://www.photoshoplady.com/highest-rated-photoshop-tutorials/

You don't have to stick with one, by learning one you will have a good base to learn any. Rails is not a language but a framework for Ruby, you can compare it with Codeigniter or Symfony, not with PHP. I would say PHP is a good start because learning it will give you plenty of choices to choose frameworks and CMSs.
 
On the browser side, you should have a solid base on HTML, CSS and Javascript, and on concepts such as web standards, semantic HTML, progressive enhancement or behavioral separation. From these, I predict that the most difficult will be to dominate javascript. Make sure that you really understand it before starting to use a framework like jQuery.

Handy Links for Web Designers & Developers
 
The following are links that I have come across over the years, and links submitted by other forum members. All of the products, services or tutorials featured on these websites are FREE!
 
Note: This list is by no means exhaustive, and will be updated periodically.
 
Accessibility Validation
 

Accessibility Color Wheel

HiSoftware Cynthia Says

Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser

WebAim WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool)
 
FTP Clients And Servers
 

Cyberduck FTP Client (Mac OS X)

FileZilla FTP Client (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)

FileZilla FTP Server (Windows)


PureFTPd FTP Server (Linux, Mac OS X)
 
Graphics Editors
 

GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Package (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Inkscape - SVG Vector Graphics Editor (Linux, Mac, Windows)
 
HTML Editors
 

Bluefish Editor (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Notepad++ (Windows)

TextWrangler (Mac)
 
Javascript Frameworks
 

jQuery

MooTools

Scriptaculous
 
Local AMP (Apache/MySQL/PHP) Web Servers
 

LAMP - Linux AMP Web Server (CentOS - Debian - SUSE - Ubunutu)

MAMP - Mac AMP Web Server (Mac OS X)

WAMP - Windows AMP Web Server (Windows)

XAMP - ApacheFriends.org Web Server (Linux - Mac OS X - Solaris - Windows)
 
Reference
 

MySQL Official Documentation

PHP Official Documentation
 
Tutorial Sites
 
CSS Tricks (CSS) gotoandlearn.com (Adobe Flash) kirupa.com (Adobe Flash) Learning jQuery (jQuery) Nettuts+ (web development) Photoshop Lady (Adobe Photoshop) Psdtuts+ (Adobe Photoshop) screencasters.heathenx.org (Inkscape) Smashing Magazine (various)

The Tech Labs (Adobe Flash)

Tizag (web design and development)

Tutorialized (Adobe Flash and Adobe Photoshop)

tutvid.com (most Adobe applications)

Vectortuts+ (Adobe Illustrator)

W3Schools (web design and development)

WDF (various)

Web Designer Depot (various)
 
Web Design Tools
 

Animated AJAX Preloader GIF Generator

CSS Menu Generator

CSS Menu Maker

Diagonal Stripes Background Generator

EM Calculator

FavIcon Generator

Gradient Image Generator

HTML Color Codes

Javascript Email Address Encoder

"Lorem Ipsum" Text Generator

Online Image Optimizer


Readability Test Tool
Web Development Tools
 
HTML to ASP Converter HTML to PHP Converter

Javascript Code Obfuscator

Javascript Code Validator

Ethan Marcotte's book helps. Man's an awesomely talented writer.

I believe the negative business practices that people mention (from what is listed on forums) is a few things:
They have been accused of spamming email lists
Fake reviews when so many negative ones were posted on review sites to try and make them seem better
A lot of people do not like their advertising; i.e. just put a half naked girl in and that is it
How the CEO acts around sensitive issues such as shooting animals and filming it to show everyone (there was huge protests and a lot of social media protests over this)

There is a few for you from what we know off. If you search around for them on sites like WebHostingTalk etc you will see they are in no ones good books.

Colour is something that can help make or break a design but sometimes it is hard to know what colour is best, so here are a few links to places that could help you out
 
For an article on colour theory check out:
 
http://www.worqx.com/color/index.htm
 
 
For help with creating your colour palette there are many colour scheme makers out there, here are some of them:
Adobe Colour CC
Colour Blender
Colour Contrast Check
Colour Lovers
Coolors
Paletton Color Palette
 
 
Contrast checkers
Colour Contrast Checker
Test Contrast for Dark Themes for Firefox
Color Contrast Checker for Chrome
 
 
A site showcasing the power that colours can have on a site (recommended by sunwukung, thank you)
Strange Fruits
 
 
Colour Blindness checkers:
Toptotal (can enter a URL)
http://www.vischeck.com/
 
 
 
If you think I have missed something off the list then send me a PM and I will add it