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Hi guys I have bought a VPS for the business as a test to see about moving away from reseller hosting and I have a question regarding Plesk. Basically as a web developer I use a piece of software called 4D Site Designer which uses perl to deliver all sorts of CMS and site logic. The software requires certain attributes on the hosting area namely the following: "Ask your hosting company to allow all files stored in /cgi-bin/SITENAME/SISite/data folder and its sub-folders to be delivered as files (and not executed). No script files are stored in this folder. " This is only needed to speed up the site and they work fine without the changes as described. I have looked in Plesk at a way of doing this and I can't see anything obvious. I know it is more than just CHMODing the particular folder. I have looked at .HTACCESS files but can't find anything obvious that way (as I say I am new to this side of things. Please help! You are my last best hope. Thanks Lloyd

Thanks for taking the time to have a look guys. Pointandstare Erm! I think so, though I'm not sure what you are asking? The site sits on a CMS written in perl. Hence it runs from the cgi-bin. Thanks, a copy and paste error there. Sorted now though (using the cms, it was darn quick and no republish!) Your right, have fixed it (and some other things) and will show in the next publish. It will then validate properly according to w3 standards. Helen Your right, will look into adding that. Thanks again for the comments

Hi guys If you have a moment, could you have a look at my updated company website at let me know what you like and what you think might be improved. My Website is here Many thanks

Thanks guys. What a faff!! Easy option is the bg image but I am disappointed it is this way. Oh well, on to the next project ;-)

Thanks bluedreamer, I had thought of that but it seems like a cop out as I must be able to make a DIV expand to fit the whole height governed by an adjacent DIV. When needs must in the end, but does anybody have any ideas on using css to get this to work?

Thanks Pat, but putting the border on the right side of the left DIV leaves me with the same problem when the content doesn't force the DIV to expand as much as the right div. The right DIV is usually the longest so the problem is only obvious on one or two pages. Either side I end up with the same problem.

Hi Guys I have rebuilt my home site only I keep coming across the same problem. I have a DIV with a left border BUT the site is content managed, so if the left content is longer than the right content, the left border of the right content stops before the footer. It might be easier to see what I mean by going here. I have tried to set "height: 100%" but it does nothing. I can set the min-height, but this is a messy fix which may break depending on the content on the page. Any help would be greatfully accepted.

Hey Keywolf Thanks for the prompt review Good call. I had listed this (what seems like a decade ago) but it seemed to drop off the radar. Sorry if I am a bit of a pedant here but in what way do you not see the font working other than the colour? Are you refering to the news box on the left here? Could you specify for me which sections please? (bare in mind I am messing with the content and trying to make it uniform at the moment so I may have addressed the area you were looking at. I think I am going to change the link font attributes anyway as I was unsure of them to start with) In what way do you mean? Thanks again for looking and helping out. Kind regards Lloyd

Hi Guys Here is a little project I have been working on in my spare time (lol!) for a while now. http://www.psychom.co.uk It is a free community site for psychotherapists to find local practice partners within the uk (I am a qualified hypnotherapist, life coach and so on). It started as a "I wonder if I can" and turned into "this is a good idea" so the design outline got a little confused during the transition and I have spent a lot of time rebuilding from the ground up. I have done all the work myself so have become a bit snow blind recently as I ramp up for public release and I would be gratefull for some constructive comments and general beta testing. The site is sitting on a CMS system which is built on templates, formats and code output. This being the case the site currently doesn't validate and I am sure 90% of that is for the following reasons: The site started as HTML/Tables and I changed to XHTML/CSS There is legacy content in HTML which needs to be changed. There are legacy formats in HTML which need to be changed There is legacy code ouputting HTML which need to be changed My next task is to clean out the legacy content ect and convert it (sounds like fun eh!). As far as I can tell everything works in IE7 and Firefox and as soon as I have cleaned the legacy items I will be addressing anything that doesn't work in IE6 down. Once registered and logged in there is an error reporting page to log anything you find and I would be grateful if you logged errors there as well as it will be easier for me to collate and make a sensible bug fix program. So go grab the index page and rip the site apart for me Thanks in advance Lloyd P.S. If the content changes while you are looking, I am addressing different versions as we speak. But if you have any good ideas for any of it I am always happy for the help.

Hi Guys I am having trouble feeding the Week Planner (from dhtmlgoodies) my generated xml feed. The package comes with a php xml generator which the main script reads and works with. If I try and feed it a simple, static xml (which I think is emulating the xml structure correctly) the script shows no data at all?? I am trying to get that far before generating my own xml feed from my own dynamic source! My data is here The data generated by php here but when I browse the file directly I get an XML error and I can't see the resultant xml structure. Any help would be great! The php code generating the xml is below: www<? echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?>'; /* Input to this file: $_GET['year']; $_GET['month']; $_GET['day']; */ $startOfWeek = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",mktime(0,0,0,$_GET['month'],$_GET['day'],$_GET['year'])); $endOfWeek = strtotime($startOfWeek."+1 WEEK"); // You will typically make a db query like this: /* $res = mysql_query("select * from weekSchedule where eventStartDate>='$startOfWeek' and eventEndDate<'$endOfWeek'"); while($inf = mysql_fetch_array($res)){ ?> <item> <id><? echo $inf["ID"]; ?></id> <description><? echo $inf["description"]; ?></description> <eventStartDate><? echo gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',strtotime($inf["eventStartDate"])) . ' GMT'; ?></eventStartDate> <eventEndDate><? echo gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',strtotime($inf["eventEndDate"])) . ' GMT'; ?></eventEndDate> <bgColorCode><? echo $inf["bgColorCode"]; ?></bgColorCode> </item> <? } */ /******************************************************************************** ***** * * The code below is just an example used for the demo * ******************************************************************************** ******/ $week1 = date("2006-02-13 00:00:00"); $week2 = date("2006-02-20 00:00:00"); $week3 = date("2006-02-27 00:00:00"); $week4 = date("2006-03-06 00:00:00"); $week5 = date("2006-03-13 00:00:00"); if($startOfWeek>=$week1 && $startOfWeek<$week2){ ?> <item> <id>1</id> <description>Lunch</description> <eventStartDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:30 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>2</id> <description>Working with my project which is quite exciting.</description> <eventStartDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:30 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFF00</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>3</id> <description>Meeting with clients</description> <eventStartDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFF00</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>4</id> <description>Create requirement specification for the new project</description> <eventStartDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#EEEEEE</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>6</id> <description>Reading an exiting book</description> <eventStartDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#EEEEEE</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>7</id> <description>Playing chess</description> <eventStartDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>8</id> <description>Watch TV and do nothing</description> <eventStartDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>9</id> <description>Ouch!!! Dentist appointment</description> <eventStartDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <? } if($startOfWeek>=$week2 && $startOfWeek<$week3){ ?> <item> <id>11</id> <description>Lunch</description> <eventStartDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:30 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>12</id> <description>Working with my project which is quite exciting.</description> <eventStartDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:30 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFF00</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>13</id> <description>Meeting with clients</description> <eventStartDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFF00</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>14</id> <description>Create requirement specification for the new project</description> <eventStartDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#EEEEEE</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>16</id> <description>Reading an exiting book</description> <eventStartDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:30 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#EEEEEE</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>17</id> <description>Dinner appointment</description> <eventStartDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <item> <id>18</id> <description>Playing board games</description> <eventStartDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:00 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:30 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <? } if($startOfWeek>=$week4 && $startOfWeek<$week5){ ?> <item> <id>11</id> <description>Lunch with some of my friends from school</description> <eventStartDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:30 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <? } if($startOfWeek>=$week3 && $startOfWeek<$week4){ ?> <item> <id>11</id> <description>Taking some time off to just do fun stuff.</description> <eventStartDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:30 GMT</eventStartDate> <eventEndDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:00 GMT</eventEndDate> <bgColorCode>#FFFFFF</bgColorCode> </item> <? } ?> I am not very conversant with PHP unfortunately and would also like to know where the $_GET statement is expecting to receive the parameters from. Would this be the session or the URL? Thanks in advance

Hi guys The other thing to use to check your site are the tools provided by http://www.websiteoptimization.com/ this will supply a whole host of info regarding your file sizes, speeds for download and http requests etc. I have the web developer extension for firefox which gives you easy access to this and w3 validation etc as well as a whole host of other tools, and I find it an invaluable tool for developing. That along with firebug and I'm set. Lloyd

Hi guys I am looking to create partnerships with web designers who prefer to design websites and have good functionality created by someone else. I have come into web through the print industry via web to print and digital print applications. I used to work for a company which provided photobook creation software for themselves and third parties, which is where I cut my teeth. I am now looking to make my own cash hence browsing web design forums. I basically like to create dynamic content, cms, e-commerce etc websites/applications and I am looking for business buddies to work with. I can, but am not very interested in, design websites but I prefer to do the back end stuff which I find a lot more fun. So I am looking for partners who love to design but not do the backend coding type stuff to generate more business opportunities to share. To see something I have done before check out www.mothercarepix.com, especially the dynamic, cms flash photobook, or www.clickonprint.com which is a cms flash website. Alternativley check out my own website at www.dynamicwebrenovations.co.uk where you can see examples of some of the things I like to do. If you would like to know more or are really interested in getting something together then PM me and I would love to here from you.

Hi Rachael I am playing with the div sizes to try and get it to work properly but that throws out ie, it should be ranged right as it is when you view it in ie. Thanks

Doh! top man, my bad. The site is a freebie trying to combat the middle-wage spread engulfing our leafy country side, so I chopped old code into it hence the lack of validation on those lines, I do need to tidy it up. I have however place the xhtml page used as a template for the cms site without that code here; http://www.dynamicwebrenovations.co.uk/test/basicpage.html which validates nicely yet still exhibits the unknown left justification in firefox? Any ideas?

Hi guys here is the site www.chelmsfordnag.co.uk/cgi-bin/nag/index.html When browsed in ie it works fine but, if browsed in firefox the login and menu divs align left? I am sure it is something simple but I am new to CSS (this was my first foray outside tables) and darn it can be annoying ;-) Many thanks in anticipation. Lloyd