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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel YouTube channel?
« on: March 25, 2008, 10:32:14 AM »
Looks like they added those videos only yesterday.
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General Discussion / Re: Have A Website?
« on: March 24, 2008, 10:27:22 AM »Don;t like GoDaddy.Me either. I don't trust them. Their site is terrible and they use sex to sell their products. Something is not right there. My company uses them for some reason.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: March 21, 2008, 03:30:51 PM »Hey, I'll have you know the folks at TWCC had theirs going much earlier than we did. Talk about not having lives.Yah, I recall a few times when people fought over who was going to start the PBS or FP thread.
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General Discussion / Re: Have A Website?
« on: March 18, 2008, 10:33:00 AM »Same here. I asked him once, but he never answered.Yeah, i've had dozens of websites over the years. Also, Why Do You Capitalize Every Single Word?That's the same thing i'm wondering
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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Music store
« on: March 17, 2008, 03:43:29 PM »Thats got nothing to do with it. There's no Javascript involved.Oops! I was thinking of the first method I tried to incorporate Amazon links into my store.
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TWC Today News / Re: Anyone here knowledeable in HTML/XHTML/CSS?
« on: March 17, 2008, 10:50:59 AM »
Following HTML coding standards and making sure your site validates is mainly about accessibility (making sure the browser displays your website the way you intended it to be). The W3C sets standards to help you out so that no matter what the visitor's setup is (OS, browser, monitor size, etc), it will display properly.
Basically, your browser takes the doctype listed in the page's HTML and displays the page based on the standards set in that doctype. If the code is poorly written, then the page might not display properly. If no doctype is specfied, (I believe) it guesses based on the rest of the html.
With personal sites, it doesn't really matter. But for large, heavily trafficked sites like weather.com, it's very important. Not sure why weather.com doesn't have a correct doctype statement. But then again, Google doesn't even have a doctype (let alone a correct one), and there's no excuse for that.
Basically, your browser takes the doctype listed in the page's HTML and displays the page based on the standards set in that doctype. If the code is poorly written, then the page might not display properly. If no doctype is specfied, (I believe) it guesses based on the rest of the html.
With personal sites, it doesn't really matter. But for large, heavily trafficked sites like weather.com, it's very important. Not sure why weather.com doesn't have a correct doctype statement. But then again, Google doesn't even have a doctype (let alone a correct one), and there's no excuse for that.
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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Music store
« on: March 17, 2008, 10:35:21 AM »
Gil, do you have JavaScript disabled? If so, that's why you're seeing blank pages. 
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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC reaches more viewers than any other network!
« on: March 13, 2008, 03:34:14 PM »
When I saw the title, I was like "yah right," but then Gary mentioned that it was "any other NEWS network." That's more believable. 
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General Discussion / Re: Taxes
« on: March 12, 2008, 10:36:35 AM »
If you get stuck, make sure you tell the box you're stuck. 
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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples
« on: March 11, 2008, 10:55:05 AM »I said they were languages, didn't I?
Not that I can see here...
No Krishnan, programming knowledge is not necessary. The main web design languages (PHP, HTML, XML, Javascript) are not programming languages, but rather scripting or markup languages, which are much simpler.
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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples
« on: March 10, 2008, 03:42:12 PM »
Not to be nit-picky Gary, but PHP and JavaScript are languages. Basically a syntax is called a language when it contains elements common to other languages like loops, conditions, variables, and so on.
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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples
« on: March 10, 2008, 10:37:31 AM »You don't want to worry about making a browser that renders on ALL browsers and PC's, nor do you only want to make a site that renders on only the most popular. You want to make a site that will render on as many different setups as possible.Another good point. I came across some site posted on the emulator forum that required (not recommended, but required) you to have IE7 to view the site (not just one page, but the ENTIRE site). Needless to say, I lost interest in what the site had to offer pretty quickly. BTW (and completely unrelated), I also know Coldfusion.
I suggest you look for books on web usability and SEO (search engine optimization) at the library. I currently have several, and all are excellent sources of information.
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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples
« on: March 10, 2008, 10:35:46 AM »Computer programming is required fior webmaster people to create websitesNot necessarily. You can make a website in HTML.
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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples
« on: March 09, 2008, 10:15:52 PM »
My thoughts...
Stop worrying about making a site that renders perfectly on all browsers. It's not possible. You should only care about the most popular browser's on PCs. Those being IE 6, 7 and FF 2.0.
If you want to make a site for each browser and/or operating system, almost any web language can detect a person's browser type, operating system, etc.
Like Gary said, a splash page is a big no no. People are already at your site, why do they need to enter again?
PHP was the first language I learned. I now know how to program scripts in VB and C# (ASP.NET), ASP, JSP, Perl, and Java Servlets. I can definitely say PHP is the easiest to learn. Which is why my entire site is written in PHP (b/c it takes less time to write code that works). But then again PHP IS a programming language. And if it's your first, it will take a while for you to learn it. If it helps, I learned PHP from the book "PHP Fast & Easy Web Development." IMO, the Dummy series books are terrible. I mean, how are a bunch unfunny cartoons suppose to help me learn something?
Having more than one site can be confusing, but not always. My friend Alex has about ten different sites under the aaroads.com domain. People don't seem to mind. Yet I once considered splitting my site into two different domains (one for current stuff and another for classic stuff) and people went crazy. Go figure.
Stop worrying about making a site that renders perfectly on all browsers. It's not possible. You should only care about the most popular browser's on PCs. Those being IE 6, 7 and FF 2.0.
If you want to make a site for each browser and/or operating system, almost any web language can detect a person's browser type, operating system, etc.
Like Gary said, a splash page is a big no no. People are already at your site, why do they need to enter again?
PHP was the first language I learned. I now know how to program scripts in VB and C# (ASP.NET), ASP, JSP, Perl, and Java Servlets. I can definitely say PHP is the easiest to learn. Which is why my entire site is written in PHP (b/c it takes less time to write code that works). But then again PHP IS a programming language. And if it's your first, it will take a while for you to learn it. If it helps, I learned PHP from the book "PHP Fast & Easy Web Development." IMO, the Dummy series books are terrible. I mean, how are a bunch unfunny cartoons suppose to help me learn something?
Having more than one site can be confusing, but not always. My friend Alex has about ten different sites under the aaroads.com domain. People don't seem to mind. Yet I once considered splitting my site into two different domains (one for current stuff and another for classic stuff) and people went crazy. Go figure.