Ninjakreborn

I would guess that email validation (Verifying user's email address) removes the need for a captcha, as a bot can't validate an email as well, and everything can it.

Some kind of artificial intelligence bot that people can talk to, and get automated help. Like it reads there post, and then responds with an answer based on some of the keywords used in the psot, I saw something I was installing (chatroom), that had that, just wondering, not a bad consideration.

He is right, little to no people donate so you can't complain when something is done to make money better. I am going to donate as much as I can as soon as I get financially well and in my own place. But a DEDICATED server, in exchange for some ads, that really never get in the way anyway (I would know my post count is double yours, and I never had a problem, neither do many other people) If you want a fix to your table, then put a huge chunk of space like this at the top of each post that has a table Then have your table right here, problem solved and the table will always be below the ad, or just take a photo of it, and include it as an attachment, either way 2 extra seconds of work, for otherwise free help.  Not a bad tradeoff.

Before I even look at other opinions on here (I started just giving my opinion, then looking at the bottom for there opinion and commenting.  First what I think at first glance * Nothing holding everything together, no borders, no lines, just looks like a green canvas, with everything splattered on it. * Way to much space at the top to advertisement, heavily detracts from the site, the height of it should atleast be halved, it feels like I am being eaten by advertisements, then the bottom part, if it wasn't for advertisements that big, would look considerably better (with some borders, and alignment) * I like the font but the link font annoys me * 2 search boxes, 1 at the top, 1 at the bottom doing the same thing on each and every page get's annoying. * page is seriously jumpy everytime it loads (Due to nothing there to "hold" it together) * It could use a lot of work but overall you have the setup for somethin substantial (with a new layout, new link font, some glue to hold everything together, and top advertisement reduction, kill that stupid double search. Based on the opinions below, it looks like some people like the font some don't, so it's worth a thought.

I think the following * The photo of that lady looks dumb, she looks like she has kneck problems. Maybe that's part of the style of the site (personal opinion obviously) * Functionality is amazing, especially that instant photo editing ability * Navigation (original view) looks a little broken (not exactly the way you probably wanted it to look * Again that image on the homepage annoys me.  It's not just the image, but I see the same one three time so it get's me aggravated, everytime I hit the homepage, not a good emotion to stir up. * It's done in tables, that really sucks * if it was done in css, validated, and the annoying image (atleast 3 time's) changed or the other 2 taken out, I would love everything about it Good job

In an old form I was working on, (before I converted to CSS forms too), I had a tables based form. A huge one, there are 2 date fields I have the label in one cell, the input in another, I need the dates to show like [  ]/[  ]/[    ] So they can fill them out, the first is restricted to 2 letters, the second is restricted to 2 letters, and hte third is restricted to 4 letters. However when I am doing the code like this. [code]<tr> <td><label for="datefilled1">Today's Date:<span class="small">(mm/dd/yyyy)</span></label></td> <td><input name="datefilled1" id="datefilled1" maxlength="2" size="1" type="text" />/<input name="datefilled2" id="datefilled2" maxlength="2" size="1" type="text" />/<input name="datefilled3" id="datefilled3" maxlength="4" size="2" type="text" /></td> </tr> [/code] I know I should have done it using CSS/XHTML in the first place  But at the time I have tripled my css abilities since then, to now do forms, with better style using css. Unfortunatlely, I can't convert this form over, the markup on both of the forms i created is horrible.  Only 2 forms, but 1 spans 4 pages, huge form, with LOTS of data going through it 1 spans 2 pages, with fair amount of data going through it, all on a password protected backend, for a company I can't reveal the url too. The thing I need to figure out though, is what to do about this. THe markup is horrible, it was awhile back, I have one stylesheet, about 4 pages for form 1, and 2 for form 2, and the css is HORRIBLE, like [code]/* Joyel Puryear / Master Configuration System        The Freelance Businessman http://www.freelancebusinessman.com Copyright Joyel Puryear 2006 &copy;Master Framework Global CSS file, used with the master framework */ /* Specific File Information */ /* Since this system was pretty basic to start all the styling's are in one sheet. What happen's below, each page is marked with the appropriate pages. */ /* The original front end pages are for the login, and some for the first page of the specific event's form */ #admin { text-align: center; background-color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; } #adminlogo { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; height: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000; clear: both; } #adminlogo p { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 10px; } #frontenddiv { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; height: 170px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; padding-top: 20px; } #login { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; height: 170px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; padding-top: 20px; } /* form for home.php */ #frontendform { text-align: center; background-color: #999999; } #frontendformlogo { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; height: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000; clear: both; } #frontendformlogo p { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 10px; } #frontendformdiv { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; height: 300px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; padding-top: 10px; } #frontendformdiv input, #frontendformdiv select { float: left; } /* styles for home2.php */ #frontendformdiv2 { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 600px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; padding-top: 10px; } #frontendformdiv2 input, #frontendformdiv2 select { float: left; } /* home3.php styles This specific page also need's a different height/width, so I have set it up so it can be done so */ #frontendformdiv3 { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 450px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; padding-top: 10px; } #frontendformdiv3logo { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 450px; height: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000; clear: both; } #frontendformdiv3logo p { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 10px; } /* End specific style's for incidentandaccidentform3.php */ /* Standard Styles */ .small { font-size: 9px; } .smaller { font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } #required { font-size: 9px; font-style: italic; } /* To align the table of data in the processor for event accident form */ #eventformprocessor { margin-left: inherit; margin-right: inherit; } #eventformprocessor .leftcol { text-align: left; } #eventformprocessor .rightcol { text-align: left; } /* End table data alignment */[/code] All of that for just 2 forms, a password protected from and, and seperate password protected backend, both with the same layout. THe hard part was actually setting up the huge amount of checkboxes For now however, I have to get the dates to display like that, but currently they are doing [  ]//   [  ]     [    ] Instead of the other way I needed, any advice would be greatly appreacted.  I tried floating them, and everything. Maintaining this site is going to be a nightmare, but re-writing the whole thing would be even worse.

I have the software Flash Chat, I am trying to integrate it, into my system so it does an auto-login when they click to go to the chatroom (I still have to do this for the forum he is using, as well as the shopping cart) Everythign is working, except when the chatroom function is called, it does absolutely nothing but doesn't show the chatroom, any advice? I am having a problem integrating it into my website. When they register for the site, I populate the user info for the chatroom automatically there with [CODE] $sqlchat = "INSERT INTO totalchat_users (username, pw, nickname, fname, lname, gender, email, comments, validated) VALUES ('$emailaddress', '$password', '$chatusername', '$firstname', '$lastname', '$gender', '$emailaddress', 'comments here', '$validated');"; mysql_query($sqlchat);[/CODE] That completely handles populating that table. Then on another page, when they click the link, I created a temp file called gateway.php (The gateway between the site and the chatroom to prevent them having to login. On this page I put the following (relevant code) [CODE]<?php // Note 3: Some notes on what is going on here // The bottom is my standard auth checking script, inside of that is various bits of // modified code pulled from some of the main files from the flash chat archive.  These are meant // to automatically authenticate the user and provide a link to allow them direct access into the // chat room, without having to relog into the website if ($_SESSION['userinfo']['logged'] == "yes") { // main part 1if you are logged into the site, display date // following inclusion is required, it contains all of flash chats functions, to be used // to help me authenticate login automatically. require_once($docroot . "/chats/inc/common.php"); // rewrote to match path $params = array(); // starts parameter array // below set's parameters to pass to flashchat // get data from db to pass to parameters $selectchat = "SELECT username, password, room FROM userinformation WHERE id = '$_SESSION[userinfo][id]';"; $querychat = mysql_query($selectchat); if ($rowchat = mysql_fetch_array($querychat)) { $params = array_merge($params, array( 'login' => $rowchat['username'], 'password' =>$rowchat['password'], 'lang'  => $_REQUEST['lang'], 'room'  => $_REQUEST['room'] )); // starts flash chat, with the above parameters custom built in echo flashChatTag('50%', '50%', $params); // end flashchat script to perform integration }else { echo "Problem compiling information for chatroom.<br />"; echo "Critical Error: Possible Hack Attempt.<br />"; } }else { // main part 2: If not logged in at all, then display error, they must login first echo "You must be Logged Into an account to get into the chatroom.<br />"; } // Finish standard layout below here, no matter what the choice ?>[/CODE] This is meant to check if they are logged into my site, then recover data from db, pass it to the parameter's, and from there I then call the function. Well most of it works, but the chatroom itself When I finally call the function, it comes up with a blank screen, well it shows my layout, but the whole area the chatroom is suppose to be comes up blank, is there a step I am missing?

Not sure now, spent like 2 hours on the phone arguing with him about it. Still looking up viable options, I told him the downfalls of using flash for navigation, and he wants me to pursue other options, I am awaiting his current response.

I don't know much about curl yet, so you probably want to take his advice.

FInally got it uploaded via binary ftp, fireftp is there when I need to do binary from now on. I will try to install it tonight when I start wokring, hopefully it'll all work.

http://www.tufat.com/download.php That was why the damn thing wasn't working. I have to transfer the file's in Binary format.  I never have dealt with this, what do I need to do. Is there a way to transfer data binary in dreamweaver, or do I need another ftp program, if so which one (I know the whole list in ftp in the sticky), but does any of those 100% do binary FTP as well.

I hate chatrooms with a passion. My last current option (the total chatrooms, fell thruogh. I spent 20 minutes installing it, session, and mysql errors all over hte place. I had to manually go in and build the database myself then default admin wouldn't work, had to manually create that. Then it's broken to hell, broken layout, broken functionality, logging me out of the thing every 2 minutes. On top of that I can't create user's, on top of that, for some reason mysql itself keeps throwing me some strange error about session headers already sent (PHP itself, or mysql is sending me this error).  This is been one really, really, really bad day.

If you could that would be great, my last active option is the one on sweet php, if that one doesn't work, I feel as if I have scoured 10% of the chatrooms on hte internet (not ones on "hidden" websites that I couldn't find, but all the first 5-10 pages on google, source forge, and hotscripts.

There really is nothing. I am confused. I went through every result off of source forge, chat, ajax, php/mysql, everyone I could find.  None of them worked, or they had errors, or they just didn't fit. I tried everyone on google I can find, there has to be someone here, who used a solid chat program at some point.

Thanks I am looking at that now, that was really appreciated.

No, I was specifically looking for that, now that I am starting into OOP, I didn't see anything about that, the meeting is what the most information is at.

[quote]Like the above comments, I'm not a fan of the GOTO style, either; however, I must say, from an error handling perspective, I am rather excited about being able to break foo depending on different actions or errors that the code is presented with.[/quote] Yes that is going to be good. You can have a loop at the top, and have it cycle through some actions, then break it to the part of code, that it relates to.  Then cycle it again, and have it break back up to the otp, I can already come up with some good uses for that.

;D I never had experience specifically with GOTO, I know it's a way a lot of the older programmers use to have to program in other languages.  I have heard that it is used heavily in other languages too Does it have anything to do with OOP?

[quote]@businessman: I have a hard time believing that Barand is a supporter of "goto" style programming...[/quote] http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,122040.0.html [quote] In response to question 9 I have to say that I prefer "spaghetti code". The best instruction ever is the GOTO statement. From within a for-loop or a while-loop, or, for that matter within a function, you can (in Basic anyway) jump to any part of your program. This gives great flexibility and freedom of movement to the programmer and the lack of GOTO in PHP is, for me, a grave oversight and I am really tempted to go back to VB.[/quote]

http://www.sweetphp.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Script_Preview&script=6 Sorry i must have read it wrong it's just flash, php/mysql.

Well the one I payed for so far, was suppose to use ajax/flash, with a php/mysql backend.  The only thing is it didn't redirect me, it was only 10 dollars, totalchat or something, he had other stuff on there, but I don't know flash well enough to put something together.  So I thought about going third party, everything free sucked so I had to look at something that costs money, hopefully if anyone has a suggestion too, that would help,because I never know if there support email will ever get back to me or not.

Yes, right now, I was looking at one that was done in flash.  However when I paid the page didn't redirect, I had to email him, that one will hopefully do it. I tried finding flash based ones, because I don't know flash itself, but now I know a little amount of actionscript incase, if I needed to make modifications.  I also have a flash designer if I need him, but for right now, I don't know anything but general theories about java, and don't have anyone on call for that. Flash based chatrooms then is what I am looking for, do you know of any one's, (not speculation), but are there any you have actually, or anyone, has actually used before.

Thank you for the new link, I am going to go play around awhile, thanks again.

When do you think they are going to do the official release date.  Of when it's actually going to be available for download, as soon as it is, when I get a dedicated server, I am going to get it, so I can start beta testing it.

Does anyone have advice on a good chat program made in PHP. I googled all day yesterday, tried a few, but they didn't work.  Installation areas, no documentation.  Some of them would have required hours of repair to get working since they weren't being mantained.  Then I tried sourceforge, and went through 3-4 but nothing fit, or barely worked. I need a simple php based chat program, but still some advanced capabilities, even if I have to mod a few of them in.  I need to be able to track, and record the conversations, have people be able to search conversations, among other things.  Any advice would be appreciated, this came from lack of looking, I checked google, sourceforge, hot scripts, I haven't ran into anything substantial. If you google php chat rooms, the first is phpopenchat, I tired it, busted up installation, and lot's of problems, not worth the time to fix all it's problems.  Any advice is appreciated.