> My problem is elsewhere. > > I have never written a line of HTML, have never > written commands to access, upload, download, > FTP, anything to or from the Internet. I have 40 years > of programming expertise, and I don't know where > to start off writing code for my Internet sites, or how > to put them in place (I have detailed plans for 3 sites > and nowhere to go as yet !). I feel that using Rev code > inside HTML code could be an enormous benefit to me. > > I have just lashed out $500 for an On-Rev access, > feeling in my bones that it was the right thing to do > ....... and I don't even know where to start .....
Hi Francis, Firstly, you can use the On-Rev web hosting service without knowing any html. You do have to be able to create a web site, but if you use iWeb or some similar program, that can be easily done. Then you need to upload this site to the On-Rev servers. Your introductory email from On-Rev has info on the settings needed for this - you can do it through the cPanel web interface, or get iWeb to do it for you, or use an FTP program like CyberDuck. BUT..... you are not going to get the most out of on-rev unless you learn some simple HTML. It's great feature is in allowing you to alter or create html on the fly using Revolution scripting. As an example, go to this page: <http://troz.on-rev.com/test.irev> It's not very exciting, but it does some maths as well as reporting various system parameters. Now go to this page: <http://troz.on-rev.com/script.irev?file=test.irev> This shows the script of the irev file that generates the first page. The data you see on the first page is NOT contained in the script, but the script contains Rev commands to get the data with the html tags to display it in the required format. The ability to mix & match the HTML with the Rev scripting gives incredible power and flexibility. I am still only scratching the surface of what can be done. So I recommend that you read Mark's engine notes and follow his examples <http://samples.on-rev.com/irev-engine-notes.txt>. You can do this using the On-Rev application. Then I suggest going to <http://www.w3schools.com/> and learning the basics of HTML. I dislike using forums, but the on-rev forum is very helpful and lots of people are posting examples, so join in and ask questions. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
