Re: [wdvltalk] New list created

2009-03-17 Thread Riva Portman
Thanks for doing this David. All the best Rudy. Riva On 3/17/2009 10:27 AM, r937 wrote: Just to let you know, I've created the new list. thanks david, it's nice to see someone take this on just to let you know, i will not be joining to all the friends i've made on wdvltalk over the years

Re: [wdvltalk] WDVLTalk list closing NOT

2009-03-16 Thread Riva Portman
Yes, me too. I appreciate all the efforts to keep this list going. Riva On 3/16/2009 3:07 PM, K.F. Wu wrote: Hi Dave, Count me in for whatever 'List' name everybody comes to agree. Thanks for your take-over service. KoaFar • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

Re: [wdvltalk] WDVLTalk list closing - Personal note

2009-03-02 Thread Riva Portman
Hi Linda, Thank you for all that you have done. I will really miss this list and everyone on it. Best of luck everyone! Riva On 3/2/2009 3:54 PM, Linda Cole wrote: Hi Gang, I just wanted to say I've enjoyed working with you all over the years and I'm going to miss you. Best of luck in

Re: [wdvltalk] Help please! Domain forwarding problem

2009-02-25 Thread Riva Portman
Yes, thanks! Riva On 2/25/2009 12:37 PM, Todd Richards wrote: Hi Riva - I'm assuming you got this fixed? It seems to be working ok on my end. Todd • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:subscribe-wdvlt...@intm-dl.sparklist.com

Re: [wdvltalk] Help please! Domain forwarding problem

2009-02-25 Thread Riva Portman
Don't worry - we'll get you later. ;-) Riva On 2/25/2009 1:32 PM, Todd Richards wrote: Great - no need for me to offer ALL of my wisdom then! ;) Todd • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:subscribe-wdvlt...@intm-dl.sparklist.com

[wdvltalk] Help please! Domain forwarding problem

2009-02-23 Thread Riva Portman
Hi all, I have a new client. I got new hosting for her and am finding that the forwarding of her domain is not working. The main website is headofclassinc.com (that's the domain on the hosting account). The second website is cherieinc.com, which is supposed to be forwarded to

Re: [wdvltalk] Help please! Domain forwarding problem

2009-02-23 Thread Riva Portman
Thanks for the reply Matt. I'm not sure I follow - the domain forwarding at resell.biz is set to http://www.headofclassinc.com/cherie. I figured that if headofclassinc.com (another domain they have at resell.biz) is forwarded correctly, then headofclassinc.com/cherie would also be. Where

Re: [wdvltalk] Help please! Domain forwarding problem

2009-02-23 Thread Riva Portman
Hmm. I'll try - do you mean a screenshot? On 2/23/2009 2:56 PM, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Quoting Riva Portman rrp...@roadrunner.com: Thanks for the reply Matt. I'm not sure I follow - the domain forwarding at resell.biz is set to http://www.headofclassinc.com/cherie. I figured

Re: [wdvltalk] MySQL Query doing my head in!

2008-12-18 Thread Riva Portman
Can you post a list of the results? Riva On 12/18/2008 8:10 AM, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Hi All, Can someone please explain why the following query returns a number of search results for each article instead of a single copy of each article that matches? SELECT DISTINCT

Re: [wdvltalk] Fw: PHP - failure to pic up logo image in MediaWiki script

2008-11-10 Thread Riva Portman
The only thing I can think of - and I have little knowledge of this - is that you have a space in the url: a style=background-image: url(http://www.controlyourdebtcrisis.co.uk/debtwiki/images/archive/*debtwiki logo*.gif); href=/debtwiki/index.php/Main_Page title=Visit the Main Page [z]

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread Portman
I seem to remember someone saying that if you redirect a url and use masking, the real url won't show - is this true? (And an option?) Riva On 10/20/2008 8:49 AM, steve miller wrote: OK. Thanks for the thoughts. steve • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk,

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Issues with PHP arrays

2008-10-17 Thread Portman
Hi, It has been too quiet on here for too long! :-) Can you send a little more code? Maybe a few lines before and after this and the print command code? Riva On 10/17/2008 9:42 AM, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Hi all, It's been too quiet on this list for too long, so here's one to

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] vacation

2008-10-03 Thread Portman
Have a great time Linda. Riva On 10/3/2008 5:19 PM, Linda Cole wrote: Hey Gang, I'm leaving on vacation in the morning. I've set my account to 'no mail' so hopefully you won't be tormented by auto responders from me while I'm away. Be good while I'm gone! g Linda • The WDVL

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Browser woe -- so what's new?

2008-09-18 Thread Portman
and a few h variants - which is pretty minimal. I am between websites at the moment, though I am planning one as quickly as I can make it. Which is why I'm quite alarmed by this problem which just shouldn't be there. Is it possible that it is because it's localhost? Joseph From: Portman

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Browser woe -- so what's new?

2008-09-16 Thread Portman
Do you have it up online where we can look at it in action? Riva On 9/16/2008 7:52 AM, joseph harris wrote: First Hi Zack! I'm a beginner since I joined which was a while back ;-)... And Hi Franni in particular; nice to see you posting. Can someone remind me why this .html file is OK in

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Introductions

2008-09-12 Thread Portman
Welcome to the group, Zach. :-) Riva On 9/12/2008 9:54 AM, Zachary Kent wrote: Greetings. I wanted to introduce myself to the group, as I am new here. I am a web developer in Vermont. I am currently working for a PHP development shop that has an in-house CMS. I am starting a new job in a

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] Introductions

2008-09-12 Thread Portman
I'm in the US. :-) I don't know how many people are on the list - anyone? Riva On 9/12/2008 2:49 PM, Zachary Kent wrote: Thanks Peter. Does anyone know how many users there are on this list? My wife just joined a mailing list for lawyers and there are thousands of active readers. It

Re: [Bulk] Re:[wdvltalk] JavaScript/CSS question

2008-09-03 Thread Portman
Thanks Ross/MOU and Tim. I will give it a try. Riva On 9/3/2008 10:11 AM, Furry, Tim wrote: Riva, I'd agree with MOU - you're making things too complicated. Set your menu items up to be block display and let the browser handle the movement for the form. Use JS to control just the

[wdvltalk] JavaScript/CSS question

2008-09-02 Thread Portman
Hi all, I was wondering if it is possible to find out the value of a css property (using JavaScript) and then change it? For example, I have a form under a drop down menu. The client wants the form to move down as the menu expands. I made the drop down menu using jQuery and I have figured

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] Some help please - javascript and css

2008-08-14 Thread Portman
, Drew Trusz wrote: On 8/13/08, Portman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Drew, Thank you for the reply and the feedback. The only page that I coded is that one that I gave a link to - the rest are the old pages. I will read through your e-mail again when I am a little more awake!! Thanks, Riva

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Creating a list of entries to submit in a form

2008-08-14 Thread Portman
Do you have a page we can look at? Riva On 8/14/2008 3:48 PM, Ross Clutterbuck wrote: Me again I'll tell you something, my brain has gone totally blank and I can't figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. In my qualifications project thingy, I have all my course units data stored in my

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] Some help please - javascript and css

2008-08-13 Thread Portman
Hi Drew, Thank you for the reply and the feedback. The only page that I coded is that one that I gave a link to - the rest are the old pages. I will read through your e-mail again when I am a little more awake!! Thanks, Riva On 8/13/2008 9:01 AM, Drew Trusz wrote: Browsers used: IE6,

[wdvltalk] Some help please - javascript and css

2008-08-12 Thread Portman
Hi all, I did a website for someone but find two persistent problems that I cannot figure out. One is on the drop down menu on the left side - it is a Slashdot-type menu, but the menu items that don't have sub items still drop a little when clicked on. Second is the errors I get (in IE). I

Re: [wdvltalk] What's wrong?

2008-05-30 Thread Portman
My boss had that problem a while ago. I will see if I can find the solution. BTW, is it in certain programs? Riva On 5/28/2008 1:57 PM, Zhao wrote: Hello all: My PC can't copy and paste again. When I do the 'copy' and 'paste' it always 'paste' 'hello!' I don't know what virus

Re: [wdvltalk] What's wrong?

2008-05-30 Thread Portman
Two solutions that I found: 1. Restart 2. Look in Task Manager if you have rdpclip.exe. If yes, shut it down and see if that helps. Riva On 5/30/2008 12:33 PM, Portman wrote: My boss had that problem a while ago. I will see if I can find the solution. BTW, is it in certain programs? Riva

[wdvltalk] ASP question - follow up

2008-05-26 Thread Portman
Thank you all for the advice/info earlier on this. Update: the person gave me information to log on to his computer using LogMeIn.com. I am then using a program called M.O.M. (Mail Order Manager.) Has anyone used this? If so, how do I get the pages to update on the website? I am also supposed

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
Every time I sent an e-mail to the list last night, I got three in return - one from a company saying that my e-mail is not on their whitelist, one from some guy who is out of the office (or something like that) and one from the list Riva On 5/22/2008 4:47 AM, David Precious wrote:

RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
Hi Cheryl, Thanks for the reply. I did look at all the files mentioned in the head section, but nothing had what I was looking for. The head section says this: %on error resume next% % session(showdept)=cstr(Request.QueryString(dept)) if len(trim(session(showdept))) = 0 then

Re: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
The CreateXMLobject.asp file says: % Set objDoc = Server.CreateObject(Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0) % Riva On 5/22/2008 9:54 AM, Robert Hoenig wrote: What's in the CreateXMLobject.asp? Are there XML files you can look at?? Otherwise it looks like it might all be in that momdata folder...

Re: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
All I can find is this: objDoc.loadxml(xmlstring) What does this mean? Riva On 5/22/2008 10:21 AM, Linden, Todd wrote: It appears that it is indeed using an XML file as a data source. Look for a line that 'gets' the data. It should look like objDOC.load(MyData.xml) - Todd • The

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
I can't find xmlstring in the global.asa file anywhere, but do see this: session(datapath)=E:\wwwroot\bodymodmatrix\momdata\ The momdata folder is the one I can't access Riva On 5/22/2008 10:34 AM, Linden, Todd wrote: In your global.asa file there should be a string constant for

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
Nope. Nothing in either of those... Riva On 5/22/2008 10:42 AM, Linden, Todd wrote: Have you looked in these two files to find xmlstring? !--#INCLUDE FILE = include/momapp.asp -- !--#INCLUDE FILE = CreateXmlObject.asp -- I'd guess it'd have to be in one of them. - Todd • The WDVL

Re: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-22 Thread Portman
()) There is an object called sitelink that has some methods like READ_METATAG there. Is that in one of the include files? - Todd -Original Message- From: Portman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:45 AM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE

[wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
I have a new site to work on and it is written in ASP. I am having trouble finding the file where the information is pulled from - can anyone help? TIA, Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web

Re: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
: http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10009317 -Original Message- From: Portman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:03 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there? I have a new site to work on and it is written in ASP. I am having trouble finding

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
I can't tell. I didn't see a global.asa file, but then again I wasn't looking. How do I tell? On 5/21/2008 10:38 PM, Hoenig, Robert wrote: Is there a global.asa in the root of the site? Or is it pulling from a database table?? • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
I am working in an FTP program - I will have a look. Okay - I see the global.asa file, but I don't see where I can edit the variables. There is a folder called momdata that I cannot access - do you think that contains the info? On 5/21/2008 10:48 PM, Hoenig, Robert wrote: In the same file

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
I can open the global.asa file. What should I be looking for? On 5/21/2008 11:00 PM, Hoenig, Robert wrote: Can you open that file? Momdata is most likely Microsoft monitoring... • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
This is one part: Full Listing of Tattoo Supplies. How would I get into that momdata folder? I tried changing the permissions, but it wouldn't work. On 5/21/2008 11:20 PM, Robert Hoenig wrote: Hmm. It looks like you might need access into that momdata folder. It probably contains the data

Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Any ASP gurus out there?

2008-05-21 Thread Portman
Okay. Thank you for the help. Riva On 5/21/2008 11:28 PM, Robert Hoenig wrote: Is the site hosted by an external hosting company? You would probably need to talk to the admin of the hosting company... • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email

Re: [Bulk] [wdvltalk] Web developer, or a REAL web developer?

2008-03-21 Thread Portman
Boy, can I relate to this I still have a hard time charging for my services, but have learned my lesson when it comes to I'll pay you later when I make money pitches. I have found a good way around this is to say something like,I'd love to help you, but I am swamped right now. I would be

Re: [Bulk] RE: [wdvltalk] Template site question

2008-03-15 Thread Portman
Thanks Todd. I appreciate the reply. (I normally don't work from templates either, but this client wanted a template.) Riva On 3/15/2008 5:13 PM, Todd Richards wrote: HI Riva - I have purchased from Templatemonster.com before and had no problems. As Franni mentioned, the code is usually

[wdvltalk] Template site question

2008-03-14 Thread Portman
Hi all, Been kinda quiet on this list lately. A quick question - has anyone bought a template from webtemplatebiz.com? I have a potential client who wants to buy one but got nervous when they didn't recognize the payment system and it asked for a lot of unusual information. Any advice would

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] Template site question

2008-03-14 Thread Portman
Hi Franni, I went out of town in January and, when I came back, had to check to see if I had unsubscribed from the list - it was so quiet. :-) Thanks for the response on the template site. I heard that webtemplatebiz.com, icetemplates.com and templatemonster.com were all connected somehow,

Re: [wdvltalk] Regular Expressions in PHP

2007-10-25 Thread Portman
I am not that familiar with PHP, but try using [0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9] HTH, Riva Ross Clutterbuck wrote: Hi all After many years of head-scratching trying to get to grips with Regular Expressions, I've come to a point in a project where I must utilise their power but I'm hitting brick walls

Re: [wdvltalk] Back up advice

2007-10-23 Thread Portman
Thank you Todd. Riva Todd Richards wrote: Hi Riva - I have had good luck with Maxtor and Western Digital. Even some of the no name brands are actually running brand name drives. NewEgg.com has a Western Digital 250GB drive for about $80.00 (includes US shipping). That should give you

Re: [wdvltalk] Problem with Images:Html

2007-10-23 Thread Portman
Hmm. Have you tried putting a / before the Ramimages/pic3.jpeg? For example: img src=/Ramimages/pic3.jpeg / or img src=../Ramimages/pic3.jpeg / Riva minky arora wrote: I am still working on my local machine.That makes sense though.I checked the paths.They are good.Here is the little

Re: [wdvltalk] Problem with Images:Html

2007-10-22 Thread Portman
Can you send a link? It would help to be able to look at the page. minky arora wrote: I forgot to mention., the image icon is very much there, but no image comes up.. Thanks. On 10/22/07, minky arora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Team, I am stuck with a strange problem.I have some images

Re: [wdvltalk] Problem with Images:Html

2007-10-22 Thread Portman
Can you maybe post a little code? minky arora wrote: Thanks Cheryl, I already tried that.No luck.I will send you guys a link to the file tomm.The server is down at the moment. Can you think of any other suggestions in the interim? -M • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM •

Re: [wdvltalk] Need a logo: pushpins (with both states)

2007-09-06 Thread Portman
Did you try http://www.sxc.hu/? Hust search for thumb tacs. I don't know if you will find two states, but you could always take one and edit the shadow a little in a graphics program. HTH, Riva Jon Hughes wrote: I have searched far and wide, and have yet to come even close to finding what I

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: icons not showing in tray

2007-06-06 Thread Portman
Hi Deb, Did you try clicking on Customize and see if something is messed up there? HTH, Riva PBC Web Design wrote: Hi, My Mom has a weird thing going on with her XP computer. Suddenly for an unknown reason all the icons in her try have disappeared. I've hunted and hunted to find a fix.

[wdvltalk] Information sent in a link

2007-05-31 Thread Portman
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to include some kind of information in a link that a person clicks from an e-mail to populate a form field? Thanks, Riva P.S. Nice to see some activity on the list again. • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

Re: [wdvltalk] Information sent in a link

2007-05-31 Thread Portman
Thanks Matt. I think it is PHP. Riva Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Riva, First of all, which technology are you using? PHP, ASP or some other technology? If you're using PHP, you could have a link in the email as follows:

Re: [wdvltalk] Information sent in a link

2007-05-31 Thread Portman
Hi Deb, Thanks for the reply. Riva PBC Web Design wrote: Hi Riva, Hop on over to Hotscripts or some of the other script sites ... you might find something there and I'm guessing it would be a js that you need. I don't know of anything personally, though. I think I'd search on email, and

[wdvltalk] Word page numbering problem

2007-05-03 Thread Portman
Hi all, I have a strange problem. I am sending someone the bibliography of a dissertation that is pretty big. I separated it from the rest of the text and started the page numbers at 156 (which is what it was on the original document). The person I am sending it to tells me that it is

Re: [wdvltalk] Hosting question

2007-03-30 Thread Portman
Thank you Matthew! Riva Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Of course - but remember it's not a rush-job. Charge by the hour, and then if it takes you 48 hours straight to do the job before the deadline, then you get paid for the work you have done. If you can, use a templating system to speed

[wdvltalk] Hosting question

2007-03-29 Thread Portman
Hi all, A potential client of mine is looking at hosting plans for her website. I recommended the economy plan to start at godaddy.com. The thing is, she was asked to be on TV and is expecting a lot of people to visit her website after the appearance. (The site is not up yet, but we will put

Re: [wdvltalk] OT - I need some symbols

2007-03-19 Thread Portman
Hi Peter, I don't know where you can find them, but I found a free little program that allows you to take screenshots and drop them in a document, etc. I use it all the time. It is called ScreenHunter (http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm). HTH, Riva Peter MacGregor

Re: [wdvltalk] OT Communications problems

2007-03-12 Thread Portman
Are you using DSL? I had a similar problem and called my DSL provider. The solution is to (with me anyway) log in to your modem again. (It was something like going to 192.168.0.1 and entering my username and password again. Hope this helps. Riva Peter MacGregor wrote: Since lunchtime today

Re: [wdvltalk] OT Communications problems

2007-03-12 Thread Portman
Glad it got sorted out. What is Telehouse, by the way? Riva Peter MacGregor wrote: Yes I am. After sending my email tot he group I shut down the machine entirely (it's usually on 24/7) and that seems to have cured things. However, my son is IT manager for a company in the City of London and

[wdvltalk] Word autocomplete not working

2007-03-06 Thread Portman
Hi all, I have a strange problem that I have been looking for solutions to the whole day. In MS Word (2003), when I type a date in, Word used to complete it for me with a tooltip that said March 06, 2007 press Enter to complete - or something like that. Now I find that it is not working. I

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] WordPress 2.1.1 security vulnerability - upgrade now!

2007-03-03 Thread Portman
Thank you Dave. My boss just started a blog on WordPress and I think she is using 2.1.1. I will look into it immediately. Riva David Precious wrote: Hi all, Just in case anyone else here recently installed WordPress 2.1.1 within the last week or so - you need to upgrade immediately.

Re: [wdvltalk] Fw: your email message

2007-02-22 Thread Portman
Yes. Very similar ones. Riva Linda Cole wrote: Hi Gang, Is anyone else getting these messages (below) when they post to the list? Thanks, Linda • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface

[wdvltalk] Which language to use?

2007-02-20 Thread Portman
Hi all, Been kinda quiet on this list lately - is everyone still out there? I am starting to write a program for a client of mine. They want to be able to configure options, etc. for catering events (i.e. linens, bar, venue, etc.) Each option has a different effect on the price. Any ideas as

Re: [wdvltalk] Which language to use?

2007-02-20 Thread Portman
Thanks Matt. Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: PHP's fairly easy to pick up if you know Perl/C style syntax, it integrates really well with MySQL and Postgres Databases too. Check out the following sites: www.php.net www.devshed.com www.mysql.org There's loads of others out there for

Re: [wdvltalk] Which language to use?

2007-02-20 Thread Portman
Thank you Joseph and David. :-) Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change

[wdvltalk] Popularity of keywords

2007-02-08 Thread Portman
Hi all, I was wondering if there is a way to see which keywords would be most popular for a new client's domain name. I seem to remember someone somewhere telling me something about a website where you can put in the keywords you are thinking of and they tell you how popular they are - any

Re: [wdvltalk] Popularity of keywords

2007-02-08 Thread Portman
Thanks Deb. PBC Web Design wrote: At 09:18 AM 2/8/2007, you wrote: I was wondering if there is a way to see which keywords would be most popular for a new client's domain name. I seem to remember someone somewhere telling me something about a website where you can put in the keywords you are

[wdvltalk] Picture question

2007-01-30 Thread Portman
Hi all, A client of mine is doing a promo and asked me to get the digital part ready for her. They want 1 - 3 pictures in jpeg format, 5 x 7 x 300dpi. I chose pictures, resized them to 5 x 7 inches and 300 dpi but got a message that they were very contrasty and pixelated - any ideas as to

Re: [wdvltalk] Picture question

2007-01-30 Thread Portman
Thank you! I appreciate the help. Riva Ross Clutterbuck wrote: If the images are pixelated it's more than likely you've had to scale up the images to get them that big - what was your original source? Digital cameras don't shoot as big as 5 x 7 300dpi so you've pretty much doubled (or even

Re: [wdvltalk] verification emails

2007-01-30 Thread Portman
Is that the ranworth.co.uk e-mail? If so, yes. I have been getting those. Riva Linda Cole wrote: Hi Gang, I've set Peter's account to get mail; is anyone getting the verification emails when you post to the list? Thanks, Linda • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To

Re: [wdvltalk] Picture question

2007-01-30 Thread Portman
Okay. I posted the pics online here: http://www.starqualitydesigns.com/testpics.htm. I put the actual sized pictures below with smaller versions on top so you can see what I am aiming for. I realize that I need to clean up the background in them but any other feedback would be appreciated.

[wdvltalk] Weird link problem

2007-01-17 Thread Portman
://www.starqualitydesigns.com/portman - it is in the very early stages, doesn't work properly in FF and will probably look totally different in the end, but that is it so far. Thanks, Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [wdvltalk] Weird link problem

2007-01-17 Thread Portman
Thanks JC. I haven't coded that yet, but thanks for pointing it out. I will get on it a.s.a.p. Riva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Riva: Formatting on first link is fine. Code seems to be ok also. Maybe it's just a display bug with whatever editor you are using (DW or any other WYSIWYG editor).

Re: [wdvltalk] Weird link problem

2007-01-17 Thread Portman
Thanks Deb. PBC Web Design wrote: It looks the same here in FF and IE6 as the other links. I do think I'd do away w/that busy lined background, though. The nav needs to move up some as well. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com • The WDVL Discussion List from

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-17 Thread Portman
I think that applies to most things in life . . . :-) Conyers, Dwayne wrote: I think the K.I.S.S. principle applies... avoiding redundancy. • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface

Re: [wdvltalk] PHP, 8 digit string, to 8 item array..

2007-01-16 Thread Portman
I don't know PHP very well, but in Perl you could use matching and read one number at a time. Is there a similar feature in PHP? Riva Tris wrote: I wanna take an Int (eg: 48392034) and make an array: $myArray[0] = 4; $myArray[1] = 8; $myArray[2] = 3; $myArray[3] = 9; $myArray[4] = 2;

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-16 Thread Portman
Thanks Deb. PBC Web Design wrote: Sounds to me like they might mean For the Vegetarian or perhaps Vegetarian Alternatives or Alternative Menu Selections or Gourmet Vegetarian or Vegetarian Diner/Dining or The Vegetarian Gourmet ... that's my understanding of an alternative menu when people

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-16 Thread Portman
Thanks for the reply Matt. I missed this e-mail originally and only saw it now. Riva Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Something along the lines of Fresh Delivery, Special Delivery, Fast and Fresh? This reminds me of an Italian Catering company I used to see driving around in Cheltenham.

[wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-09 Thread Portman
Hi all, My client has different menus on their website. One of the menus is for a meal you can order ahead of time to be delivered to you at a function/dinner/meeting where you cannot eat their food for whatever reason. What I need is a nice way of saying that. The other menus are called

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-09 Thread Portman
That sounds good. The thing they want to avoid is people thinking that the food is frozen/prepackaged or that they can just swing by on their way to work to pick one up. These are made fresh for each person/function. Can we tweak that in any way to reflect that? Thanks for the reply. Riva Bj

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-09 Thread Portman
Thanks. That's a good idea. Any other ideas? Riva Bj wrote: Maybe 'Personal Chef Menu' then... • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/

Re: [wdvltalk] Menu wording question

2007-01-09 Thread Portman
Thanks Linda. Those are good too. They don't reflect though that it is take out - I am drawing a blank with this. Riva Linda Cole wrote: How about: Custom Orders Health Menu Health Choice Specialty Menu or a combination of the above: Custom Health Menu Custom Specialty Menu Specialty Health

Re: [wdvltalk] CSS/FOUC question and font question

2007-01-05 Thread Portman
Thanks Drew. Riva Drew Trusz wrote: Looked at it with FF 2.01, IE6 or Opera 9.02. Opera is very unhappy with your fruit table image. In fact it is so unhappy the image is shoved up and mostly out of the view port. Having a top margin of -120px on this image means something isn't right. That

[wdvltalk] CSS/FOUC question and font question

2007-01-04 Thread Portman
Hi all, I put together a new website and I have the FOUC issue. I tried all known fixes for it but I still see it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? The url is http://www.starqualitydesigns.com/contempo. Yes, the site still needs a lot of work . . . Also, the client does not

Re: [wdvltalk] FF table padding?

2007-01-03 Thread Portman
Hi Tris, I took a look at this page but cannot figure it out. What I did do on the top is to add bgcolor=#00273b - that seemed to help, but it looks as though the bottom section has a table cell that has the white background and the graphic in it. Maybe you could just make the table cell the

[wdvltalk] Program to save stories

2007-01-02 Thread Portman
Hi all, Happy new year. My boss is starting a new website where she wants people to be able to submit stories. I suggested that she just has them e-mailed to her so she can edit, etc. but she wants some kind of program that will accept the stories automatically. (It is a series of boxes with

Re: [wdvltalk] Program to save stories

2007-01-02 Thread Portman
Thanks Amrit. I will look into those. Riva Amrit wrote: Hi Riva. There are many content management systems available, and some of them free, that your client can easily use to publish the stories. Some of such CMSs are: http://www.opensourcecms.com/ http://www.opencms.org/

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Mom's Win XP screensaver not working

2006-12-27 Thread Portman
Hi Deb, Is it possible that there is a background program that stops the screensaver from running? I notice with mine sometimes that it starts and then switches itself off because something started or changed, etc. Just an idea. Riva PBC Web Design wrote: Hi, My Mom is having issues

Re: [wdvltalk] Opinion on what to do on a website

2006-12-21 Thread Portman
Thanks for the reply Drew. I was thinking of a calendar because they wanted to be able to update the website themselves (something idiot-proof) but then started talking about what people would prefer. I appreciate the feedback. Riva Drew Trusz wrote: Interesting question. Anything like a

[wdvltalk] Something funny . . .

2006-12-21 Thread Portman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbqpgnIsGU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bPMwAHdJCg Enjoy! Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface

[wdvltalk] Opinion on what to do on a website

2006-12-20 Thread Portman
Hi all, This list has been kinda quiet lately - I hope it is because people are off doing holiday stuff . . . I am working on a site for a restaurant. They are not always open for dinner because they do a lot of catering. I suggested that they put a calendar on their site showing which days

Re: [wdvltalk] Outlook question - UPDATE

2006-12-16 Thread Portman
Maybe when I am ready to quit . . . . :-) David Precious wrote: Tell her it's an email, not a website, and to forget the ugly formatting/pictures/worthless bloat and just use text? :) • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL

[wdvltalk] Giveaway of the Day

2006-12-13 Thread Portman
Someone on another group sent me this link and I thought others would like it too. I have downloaded some great programs from here. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/smartwhois/?activate :-) Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To:

Re: [wdvltalk] Quick question

2006-12-12 Thread Portman
Thanks Drew. I did manage to figure it out. Riva Drew Trusz wrote: Usually the sql administrative transparently manages the database connections. You provide the user name and password and the tool takes care of the rest so that you never need to know the name of the sql server. The sql server

Re: [wdvltalk] Easy shopping cart?

2006-12-12 Thread Portman
Hi Will, What kind of options are you looking for? Different sizes per product, for example . . . Fully customizable can mean different things depending on what you want. Riva William Stewart wrote: Hey guys and gals, I have a client that wants to create an online store where she sells

Re: [wdvltalk] Calendar for web page

2006-12-11 Thread Portman
Thanks Tom. I will check it out. Riva Cyberspace Publishing wrote: Riva, I'm CCing this to you in case this fails to get to the list again, but a good one I've used in the past is WebCal. You can get it from... http://bulldog.tzo.org/webcal/webcal.html Cheers, Tom Fosson • The WDVL

[wdvltalk] Link in plain text e-mail

2006-12-11 Thread Portman
Hi all, How does a person get a link into a plain text e-mail? I am assuming that it was set up probably as a plain version of HTML so that it looks like text because a true text e-mail would not have any links in it, correct? Thanks, Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM •

Re: [wdvltalk] Link in plain text e-mail

2006-12-11 Thread Portman
Thanks Tris. Riva Tris wrote: Many clients interpret links that are full 'http://www.site.comn/link.html' etc So just ake sure all links are ful and correct.. you cannot use the A tag.. :-( � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To:

Re: [wdvltalk] Outlook question - UPDATE

2006-12-11 Thread Portman
Update: I changed the preferences to rich text and my boss says now that she can paste in a screenshot but cannot add a picture. (She likes putting her signature at the bottom of her e-mails with a picture and links to her site.) Any ideas anyone? Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from

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