JonnoTheDev

It can be spoofed. There is no real sure fire way. That is why we use proxies.

LOL. Google it.

Did you make games for the Atari 2600?

What is incorrect is that the variable $bus_date has no value. It has never been initialised anywhere.

I really haven't got a clue what you are on about with pins, etc. If there is a bad connection then this is obviously your issue. The AC should plug straight into the back of the laptop, correct? If you get a light on the laptop then you have power, all good. This will also charge the battery when it is connected into the laptop. You should also get a light or a different colour light i.e. red when the battery is charging. If the battery is not properly connected it will not charge. If the battery is not connected your laptop would not work without the AC power. If this is a new laptop then get it sent back to Toshiba.

Its not going to be the battery if you have got a replacement. Get a new AC cable.

Funily enough the function is called date(). http://php.net/date print date("F d, Y", strtotime($this_date));

Security holes? Is there any random Javascript thats been injected into your site? Check the HTML - view source. Any random crap been posted into your database? Check the records. Has your hosting account been compromised? Are you on a cheap shared server?

Its great. I think there are many more videos available around streaming sites than the ones just listed on YouTube. The NES Powerglove episode has to be my favourite. A friend of mine had one and it was balls!

The DNS update may take a while to propegate through to your ISP. So some people may see the site, others won't. If the DNS hasn't propegated you can always try viewing through a proxy for the time being. Go to https://www.megaproxy.com/freesurf/ and type the url in.

To take credit card payments directly on your site you need to have a certain type of account with the payment provider. For instance, Paypal requires that you have a business account. You will need to get approval for this i.e credit checks, background information, yada, yada, yada... Now the API from Paypal to take payment directly on your site is part of the Website Payments Pro package (i'll let you read up on that) and is called Direct Payment. So, you will need to read all the documentation on integration and get the SDK once you have been approved by Paypal. It will be the same process for all payment providers. ePDQ, Worldpay, Google Checkout. They all have their own API'S. As stated you will need to make sure that when a user enters credit card data on your site the page uses https:// This is achieved by adding an SSL certificate to your server for the domain you are hosting the website on. Your host should help you with this.

Remember bashing buttons on your Nintendo Entertainment System or your Sega Master System. If you're as old as I am you may remember the Atari 2600 and will have owned a Commodore 64. Well, i've just discovered this series of game reviews for those systems, it's fantastic. Enjoy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Angry_Video_Game_Nerd_episodes

It doesnt work in IE. Not aligned properly and disappears when you hover over sub items.

mmm, yeah. I think this is since they changed privacy settings. people have left their profiles on public view. never used to see profiles indexed.

The new style Paypal developer network is quite new so it could well be or as it states they have just opened it up to the community rather than just for bespoke systems like accounting software that needs the functionality to work with Paypal. However, I fuckin hate Paypal. Their documents are tedious, the support for development kits is non-existent and they change stuff without making you aware so your whole system goes tits up.

Yes, you better check that you have the correct type of Paypal account to use this API. There are various API's for different types of users.

LOL ArseBolloxMyFaceSpaceTwatter

Bollox, just thought of them this minute aswell.

Traffic does not have a direct relation to search engine rankings. How much traffic do you think Facebook gets per day? Are their pages indexed on a search engine, no! The data is hidden to engines. However for your average website the higher the ranking under a keyphrase the more potential traffic. Alexa ranking is not a good measurable. As SemiApocalyptic stated, how do sites achieve this ranking. If it requires 3rd party software like their toolbar, then it is an even worse measurable. The be all and end all is Google, whether you use Google or not. If a site ranks higher than yours under a keyphrase on Google, it will get more traffic. Alexa is a baby search engine in comparison and must get a miniscule market share.

Short names stick i.e Twitter Facebook MySpace Why not use a portmanteau. This is basically 2 or more words mashed together to form a new word. Take a look at some of these and come up with your own. http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/portmant.htm

Not entirely true. IPN (Instant Payment Notification) is used with Paypal Standard Payments. It is used to make an HTTP request to a target once a payment has been made (whether successful or not). This is used lets say if you had an e-commerce store, when a user goes to Paypal to pay for an item a background request is sent to your web server indicating the status of the payment. This allows you to process the order within your own system, i.e. record in the database that a payment has been made, etc. This gets rid of the classic Paypal issue where a user must return to your website to process an order correctly. In terms of making payments to other paypal accounts the IPN is not for this. However Paypal do have the Adaptive Payments API allowing you to make payments to various sources. You may want to check this out https://www.x.com/community/ppx/adaptive_payments Or, you could simply contact your Paypal account manager and ask them.

Yeah, sounds like a business line used for web hosting etc. Obviously the best option is a dedicated incoming fibre line but not sure on your budget, can be expensive.

Why not look at sites around the web to give you ideas, what you like, dont like, etc. Don't copy them direct but take ideas from one, maybe the navigation and use the font in another and the colours in another, etc. Make sure the graphics fit in with the colours you choose and be sure to make the navigation user friendly. You want to make it stand out to a user. It seems like you have started without any clear direction. What you have created cannot be critiqued, its just a blank template.

Shared hosting is generally crap, but you get what you pay for. With cheaper hosting expect lots of downtime. I would never put a complex site created for a client on a shared server. A small static site however, yes. If you are used to the interface on a shared server i.e cPanel then there is no reason not to have the same software installed on your dedicated server i.e WHM/cPanel. This may be a good choice if you are new to Linux server administration. Most hosts will offer managed servers so if something goes wrong or you need help then you get it. If you don't opt for a managed server then it is left upto you to update the software, install whatever you need, configure the server, etc.

Yeah, thats what we've done. You get a fibre pipe with huge upstream which blows out any home broadband connection, although the bandwidth is what you pay for.