berty bassett

I've rectified the problem by putting the styles inline but its a curious one.

Hi, I've got a strange problem that i just can't seem to rectify. I got a basic table structure within a page and i've added a background color to a row. Viewing in ietester the background color displays in ie6 & ie8, but not ie7. I did a test with just the table on a test page and it displays fine, so there is something about the page or css that causing the problem but i just can't see anything obvious. Anyone seen anything like this before or have any suggestions. Regards Tony

Hi all, The client has an existing site but wants to follow development of a cms version. So i develop the cms within a folder on the existing server. But when the site is complete and ready to go live how do i then take the files out of the folder, if thats not a stupid question Does the hosting company do that, just a matter of copy and paste, will i have to get the files and then re-upload them (i chuffing hope not) and more importantly i'm thinking that the paths to the database will then not work as the root point has changed. Isn't learning a new way of doing things great cheers Tony

Ok, my client already has a site so do i build it in a folder on my server space and then transfer it across when its done. can it be done this way? or can i have it on their server and password protected like you say without effecting the operation of the current site? cheers Tony

Hi all, Having pondered moving on to cms for a while i've decided upon Concrete5. I have it installed and ready to go but was after some advice on the best way to develop a site. I'm going to develop locally but i also want the client to see what i'm doing. What i did before was create a folder on my server space and put the site here. But with cms i wasn't sure whether this would work with having to move it to its own server when finished and how much changing i would need to do. I don't want to develop in in the live environment so everyone can see. How do you do yours? Cheers Tony

Hi Welcome, I'm new to this too. I live near York, was medically discharged from the RAf a couple of years ago and took it up as a hobby more than anything. I learned html and css but i find it hard learning from books, someone giving tuition would be much better. I want to learn to produce php and cms websites next but keep putting it off. Techniques and coding move on so fast that its hard to keep up. Cheers Tony

Hi All, I have a website that is listing in Yahoo but not Google and i can't see why, this is the head of the index file: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Concept Designs & Interior Solutions Based in Surrey</title> <meta name="description" content="Concept Designs & Interior Solutions specialising in providing affordable Interior Design solutions for residential and commercial clients from concept to completion, professional service, competative fees based in surrey, Interior Design, Kitchen Design and Installation, Designing Bathrooms & Fittings, Lighting, soft furnishings, and much more . . ." /> <meta name="keywords" " /> <META name="y_key" content="fe5bb0bfc7560aab"> <link href="concept_design.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> I hope someone can help Regards Tony

Hi all, I converted to the Mac a few months ago and have yet to feel comfortable with the browser testing. I test safari and firefox and then upload files to a server then open up Vmware Fusion and use IEtest for IE6,7,8. I've found that IEtest doesn't display as it would if i were using the actual browser so i'm not completely confident with that. I find myself going on a laptop to view IE which is a real pain. Theres got to be an easier way, any Mac users kindly give their method of doing this. Or is this the price we pay for being superior Mac users Cheers Tony

Hi Christy, Something i learned the other day is that although IE6 cannot display PNG24 images it can display PNG8 images. Alternatively create a javascript file with the following and call it something like pngfix.js: var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE") var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1]) if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters)) { for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++) { var img = document.images var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase() if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG") { var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : "" var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : "" var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' " var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";" + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader" + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>" img.outerHTML = strNewHTML i = i-1 } } } refer to the file in the <head>: <!--[if IE]> <script defer type="text/javascript" src="pngfix.js"></script> <![endif]--> Be aware that this will not work if the PNG is a background image of a div only if embeded. Hope this is helpful Cheers Tony

Hi, IE6 is great isn't it? The best way i find around IE6 problems is to create an IE specific CSS file. Add this to the <head> of the document: <!--[if IE6]> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ieonly.css" /> <![endif]--> hope this helps cheers Tony

Hi, Your in the position i was in 6 months ago. I'd been a pc user for 20 years, but fed up with having to rebuild hard drives, windows crashes, having to constantly clean crap of the hard drive, the list goes on. Friends of mine are Mac users and have been laughing at me for years. My main concern was having to change to mac versions of my software, getting to know a new OS, creating websites etc etc. I took the plunge, and yes i havn't looked back, its chuffing brilliant, not had a single glitch. Yes i replaced a couple of software title i use the most and also bought Vmware Fusion which allows you to run windows programmes in a virtual enviroment, it works brilliantly. I use IEtest in the windows environment to test sites for explorer, its a slightly longer way of doing things but the benefits of the Mac far outway that. No problems with viruses, no need to clean the hard drive, system is quiet as a mouse, and the monitor is the best i've ever had. Only took a couple of days to get fluent with the OS differences. It feels horrible now when i have to use a pc. Hope this helps, they are right . . . you will not look back. Cheers Tony

Hi Everyone, Is it possible to SEO an XML driven Flash Website. Cheers Tony

Hi Kerstey, I use IE tester on my Mac and find it very useful. when i had a pc i used this http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE hope this helps. cheers tony

Hi craig, Very much appreciate you taking the time to give me your thoughts and to produce an image of suggested changes. I've very much taken on board everything you've said and will not only implement these for this project but also something to add to my thinking on future projects. Many Thanks Tony

Hi All, I'm in the concept stage of a site for a friend of mine's business. I really struggle with the design side of any project, if someone gave me a psd mock up i could code it but trying to decide on a layout and look really does my head in. I have this at the moment www.abimagery.co.uk/test/layout.htm but i'm not sure, i'm sure it will be functional just not particularly eyecatching. Any thoughts? Cheers Tony

Hi Chris, Well I never knew that. Brilliant info thank you. Cheers Tony

Hi Chris, I've only noticed this with PNG I use PNG24 Cheers Tony

Fret not i've figured it out. In case anyone else was wondering. It may seem obvious to some people but it won't work if the png image is set as a div background image only if embedded. Hope it helps someone Cheers Tony

Hi All, I have this script for using png graphics in IE6. Its referenced with <!--[if IE]> <script defer type="text/javascript" src="pngfix.js"></script> <![endif]--> The problem is that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't which i can't work out why. Can anyone shed some light on this or suggest a more reliable solution. I have to consider IE6 as the site is for a company. var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE") var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1]) if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters)) { for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++) { var img = document.images var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase() if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG") { var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : "" var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : "" var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' " var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";" + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader" + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>" img.outerHTML = strNewHTML i = i-1 } } } cheers tony

Hi Abeer, Have a look at www.availabilitybookingcalendar.com they may have something suitable. Cheers Tony

Thanks for the reply I will check it out Cheers Tony

Hi, I'm at the mock up stages of a site for someone. There are parts of the site he would like to update himself, course dates and content for example. I'm after some advice on the best way to achieve this. Do i create a cms site, therefore which is the best software to use. Or do i use xml files for the areas he wants change. Can you have mixed cms and normal html pages or does it have to be one or the other. Lots of questions i know but i need get it right at this stage before moving on. Cheers Tony

Hi JMC, Great information thank you. i'm still confused (no surprise there then :-) ) i'm probably not explaining myself very well I need to display the table within an existing xml file which has its own styling, so the php won't work or will it, i grasp the xslt use to style the table within an xml file, but i don't want to style the whole document with it just the table which is the bit that doesn't want to work. cheers tony

Hi Bocaj, Yes i have but i can't get it to work for some reason, i'm trying to input the table within an xml document rather than its own document if you see what i mean, i can display the data but having problems getting the data to be styled as i'm only targeting a portion of the xml document. does that make sense cheers tony

Hi, i have an xml page that i want to display a table of information on and style the table i just want to do it in the most effecient way. i don't understand xml parsee so i'm struggling (you have to start somewhere) i did a search on the net and tried unsuccessfully to get anything i found to work, i'm considering to just create an image of the table and be done with it but then i'd never learn how to do it. this is the page i want to display the table in: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <xmlObject> <contentWidth>800</contentWidth> <contentHeight>800</contentHeight> <contentBgColor>0x0c0c0c</contentBgColor> <contentBgOpacity>1</contentBgOpacity> <scrollBaseColor>0x2e2e2e</scrollBaseColor> <scrollerColor>0x656565</scrollerColor> <displayImages>true</displayImages> <displayHtmlArticles>true</displayHtmlArticles> <displaySlideShow>false</displaySlideShow> <!-- BACK BUTTON --> <image> <x>680</x> <y>16</y> <imageURL>site_images/backToArticles.png</imageURL> <includeLargeImage>false</includeLargeImage> <largeURL></largeURL> <includeVideo>false</includeVideo> <videoURL></videoURL> <videoWidth></videoWidth> <videoHeight></videoHeight> <includePageLink>true</includePageLink> <page>05</page><!-- back button can only go back to the page it came from--> </image> </xmlObject> any help appreciated cheers tony