Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread LMH
Any suggestions on this? I need to post in some of these forums and have no idea what to do since I can't contact the site admin. It would be helpful to know if this is a problem on the webpage or a problem with my browser/local settings. I have posted in these forums before with no issue, so

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread WLS
LMH wrote: Any suggestions on this? I need to post in some of these forums and have no idea what to do since I can't contact the site admin. It would be helpful to know if this is a problem on the webpage or a problem with my browser/local settings. I have posted in these forums before with no

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
WLS wrote: I wasn't aware the PHP had text color, bold, etc functions(?). I always thought that was HTML. But then again, it has been awhile since I played around with PHP. It doesn't. PHP can, of course, be made to output HTML, but that is a server-side process. Aside: the aforementioned

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread NoOp
On 10/20/2011 11:16 AM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: WLS wrote: I wasn't aware the PHP had text color, bold, etc functions(?). I always thought that was HTML. But then again, it has been awhile since I played around with PHP. It doesn't. PHP can, of course, be made to output HTML, but

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
NoOp wrote: Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Aside: the aforementioned link to unix.com/programming tries to redirect me: http://www.unix.com/advertisement.php ... Not very friendly. They require cookies. If you have cookies off you'll get the redirect loop. You're probably right. I think I

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread LMH
I accept session cookies from this site, which is a very reputable programming forum, possibly the top rated. Of course, I am going to log in, so a session cookie is anticipated. They have a short advertisement page that you are sent when you first go to the site. A banner ad from a supporter

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread NoOp
On 10/20/2011 06:38 PM, LMH wrote: I accept session cookies from this site, which is a very reputable programming forum, possibly the top rated. Of course, I am going to log in, so a session cookie is anticipated. They have a short advertisement page that you are sent when you first go to

Re: problems with some php web sites

2011-10-20 Thread LMH
The test I did was to clear my permission to accept session cookies and go to default. That means that SM asks me about every cookie. When I went to the site, I checked block and use for all cookies. After that, all I had to do is wait for the countdown to finish and I went to the forum. I

problems with some php web sites

2011-10-19 Thread LMH
Lately I have had a number of problems with websites and I have no way of telling if the issue is with the site or browser. With this forum, http://www.unix.com/programming/ I am able to log into my account, but when I go to a page to create a post, none of the php tools work (text color,