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www.m3com.com anyone know where I can find some sort of moving flash map, like that one. Some decent sized map, it doesn't have to be too big, I need to get one that has the lines, moving from state to state (country to country), random locations like that one.  My client wants that as a header.

I am not a server person, I went over every bit of online documentation I could find.  Tutorials, documentation, I am not a server expert, so I don't fully (barely), understand those things.  Since I am a programmer I pick them up after some time, that's how I got the first one working, but I am not getting any luck with the second one for some reason?

See I don't know much about virtual host, what I have came from studying it for 12 hours, I know very little about it.  If I wanted to setup www.myprimerolatino.com (which works) www.primerolatino.net and www.theprimerolatino.com how do I get them all working.

Sorry didn't see your response until just now.  I called godaddy.com his domain name registrars, he said they are all pointing to the same domain name servers, so tehy are pointed correctly, however nothing is coming up, I am confused, anymore advice?

still seeming to have a problem, can't seem to figure it out, any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks for all the advice, yes I originally intended it to be a framework.  However it was nothing close to a framework, and when I really saw a framework that's not what I wanted, (I am still studying frameworks maybe eventually it will be), but for now, it's programmers assistant.  As for all the comments, thanks, I will fix all of these up in the next few days, I am following reds advice for the next project or 2, and using cake php, then code ignitor to try them out, see how they go (or use them on some test sites), then when I come back to my programmers assistant, I will be fixing all the things you mentioned above, plus building some new stuff into it.

Still having problems, anybody?

I am having problems with the same thing, I got one to work, adn the other won't it has something to do with aliases, but I still can't figure out what, I have been playing with it all day.

ok the domain names are www.myprimerolatino.com www.theprimerolatino.com www.primerolatino.net They are all pointed to the www.vpsland.com hosting domain name servers After a lot of research, and a lot of work I finally came up with this NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/primerolatino ServerName www.myprimerolatino.com </VirtualHost> I also studied the difference between name based, and ip based virtual hosting, didn't pick up a lot but I understand the basics. Now when I go to www.myprimerolatino.com it works, it visits that folder, and comes up wiht that page, but everything I try for the other 2 don't work like <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/primerolatino ServerName www.theprimerolatino.com </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/primerolatino ServerName www.primerolatino.net </VirtualHost> Those come up and say the page cannot be found, what am I doing wrong on this part. I have been doing additional research for awhile, and found some stuff about server alias, and some other things, I tried a few of those, but didn't really have a deep understanding of how it works, how do I know get those other 2 url's to show up.

I went ahead and followed the advice on here earlier, I learnt some things from it * How to install wamp * The relationship between wamp and IIS (or the lack thereof) * How to configure wamp * A little bit of the internal workings of php/mysql/apache * How servers work on an OS * a few tip's and tricks here and there but in the end I fell back, and realized, I learnt some, let's leave it at that for this project I told him,t hat was all I could do, and he needs to get a server tech to do the rest(point domain name to the folder), get phpmyadmin in the url folder I went ahead and marked this whole project up, as for lessons learnt.  learnt some about server's, next time I have another project like it, I will step it up and notch, and try to expand on that knowledge, for now I am burnt out with servers for awhile. Atleast it's all taken care of, after he set's up the servers, I can start doing the website itself.

I know, I am trying to be less lazy lately.  If I have something I am having aproblem with, I am trying to do all the research I can, I searched for it, and marked it as solved, instead of getting people to do all the work, when I can find it myself. I am tryign to research things myself, without asking as many questions, then ask questions on what I can't find anything about, or what I don't understand.

Ok, after some studying, I found out some stuff about servers, not much. However I have differentiated IIS and apache (knowing the difference) I have installed apache, and created a folder under c:/wamp/www/primerolatino I have a few questions, I can't figure out and was looking for some advice. * I have 3 domain names pointing to the dns servers for vps land.  However how do I actually point the site's themselves over to the proper folder in apache. I need to get the three domain names over to that folder, so when someone goes to www.thewebsite.com it comes up to that folder on that server.  Is there a way to do this with/in wamp itself, or is there something I need to install externally to manage (handle) the domains, if so does anyone know of something that is free, with pretty decent instructions on how to run it, since I know next to nothing for do it yourself domain management. * I need to install phpmyadmin in the same folder as the website so I can visit it www.domainname.com/pma Can I  just move the phpmyadmin folder in apache, and have apache still remember all the settings and know where it is (I don't know a whole lot about software) I tried to get as many of these answers as I could by looking, these 2 I couldn't find, the rest I had, I found answers to.

I installed wamp on a windows server. IIS. Inside the server, when I spoke to web host tech support the told me to open up IIS Manager, click on websites folder, click on folder, and add a domain name to it (in order to get the domain names pointed to the proper servers) I also installed WAMP, on the server, so the folder for the website is c:/wamp/www/primerolatino The current question is what is hte relationship between the IIS manager, and wamp. Since I installed wamp, do I need to do it differently, or is IIS somehow related to, or controlling everything I installed for WAMP. A little confused about this one part, any help would be appreciated.

* A little bland, atleast some styling, and a basic stylesheet would help * Getting some mysql errors when doing it (even with some of the tables and db's you show) * The output is very messy, especially the top part, if you reformatted it, (show the column name first), then the rest of the data, with some form of organization, split up with horizontal rules also, or something to visually differentiate the information Other than that, I like it.

Whoa, that woudl be very nice.  It's something that isn't in constant development.  However it's something I Carry around from project to project, I am trying to make it better, and add to it, with each project, so I can release it each time.  A list of pluses and minuses would be a great way for me to fix it up, and add to it. I wnat it to be somethign that can be used to assist with everything.  So it's going to be like a system that has programs in it, like the current admin program.  I am wanting to add a few new programs into it, and see how it goes, but only ones I think are usefull in all situations.  Like I was thinking of a quick url management system, project managmant system (basic), contact management system.  However I am not sure how many people would or wouldn't need them, so I would have to make them optional, and start out turned "off" then show instructions on how to turn those extra features not everyone will need, back on as needed.  THanks for any advice steelman you may offer with that list.

I got the answer from red, mostly looking for inspiration, I found myself watching the first tutorials on codeigniter earlier. I will go aehad and download them to my server monday and build hte test blog, and some other stuff, and see if I can start getting into that method of doing things. Thank you for the advice.

Thank you very much.  Great advice, and good inspiration, that will be the very first thing I do, first thing monday morning when I start working again.

If you look at it from a technical standpoint it's understandable why so many people hate it. When you look at a website, you can tell right off, whether it was coded by hand, and wysiwyge that is decent, or frontpage. Frontpage allways stands out with web bot tags, and broken unvalidated code. When I first started my career, I thought I was cool because I could build web pages with frontpages, when I got into enlightenment, and began learning validation, clean code (still not great, but I am getting cleaner and cleaner as I learn more), then I gave up frontpage. XHtml can be memorized in half the time it takes to learn frontpage anyway, along with a good amount of css. It took me years to really, learn css, and I still struggle on some medium to advanced layouts. I average 1 day per layout, coding by hand, but it triples the good qualities of avoiding frontpage. I use dreamweaver, but hand code view, however I am recently thinking about trying a good editor with great syntax hihglighting and code completion. Frontpage however is going in the right direction as far as a program for people who know nothing about coding. In my opinion only, fi you never want to learn hand coding, there are only 2 competitors, frontpage and dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is more advanced, and harder to use, and harder to understand. However frontpage is more simply. IT's also known that 2003 was better than 2003, and 2004 will undoubtedly be better than frontpage 2003, but I still hate, and would never use frontpage nonetheless, and don't suggest it to anyone who wants a career in it. People who want a personal page, and don't have time to hire a developer, it's not a sin to use it, I just would personally never trust, or use it.

To the point, but an answer nonetheless  Thanks.

After all this time, I am revisiting some stuff.  This point caught my attention, it looks like I passed up a lot of countless advice. [quote]You're right by saying i'm a DIY sort of guy, mainly cos I just like to be in control and enjoy getting my hands dirty. But I never had anything that i'd remotely call a framework (more a collection of bits and pieces with no uniform naming conventions or structure) until I looked at CodeIgniter and CakePHP (@Ronald, but at busi too - take a look at codeigniter too. If you're using/learning cake, it's not too far off the beaten track - similar structure, etc. It's very simple to use, and whilst it stands in its own stead, I'd almost call it a 'Beginners introduction to Cake'). You need to know what you need and the way you prefer working before you can tackle a framework, otherwise you'll wind up having to make too many changes that would warrant a total rewrite - not just of the framework, but anything based on it as you move on. My framework now? Halfway between Cake and CodeIgniter (minus the bits I didnt like, plus the bits I did), coupled with a few little bits I liked after watching the Rails screencasts. Mine currently has NO ajax support, but that's cause I dont need it as a general thing, but take a look at prototype/scriptaculous JS libraries (easy to find via google, havent got links to hand) - they're what I like to use if necessary. As for waiting 20 versions to release it to the open source - dont bother. Get your idea together, work out your end goal and how you'd ultimately like it to work, and release it now. Maybe you'll get the little bit of help/input you need before you really make it too huge to do anything with. Cheers[/quote] That's what I did, I went ahead and released it, and called it personal program assistant. The thing I want is to just be able to share what I have with other people. I am thinking about a few things, all I want is * something I can pull around from project to project and help me handle web development better. I have an idea of lot's of programs I want to custom build over time, I just want a place to keep them together, and carry them around with me, and re-use as needed. What I wanted to ask below, may end up changing my entire career, I have really been getting into the idea of OOP lately, but I am still not sure about a few things. I have even gone so far as to start the process, I almost started rewriting some of my functions in OOP.  However I am currently scared about a few things, and wondernig about others In order, here are my concerns * If I do redo my entire program in object oriented programming.  Or atleast start to do it, like changing the way I handle variables, changing the way it works overall.  I am afraid (so many things I have heard about OOP), that it will work in only php 5, and not 4.  For instance the project management system I use, active collab is php 5.  Since I work on different stuff all the time, a lot of my clients are limited server's and only have access to php 4 at the highest version level.  What can I do when creating my assisitant (That I carry around and re-use), to make it helpful, powerful but still able to be supported by php 4-5, or should I go procedural as long as I need php 4 support as well. * I want to step everything up a step, I want to really start studying again, on the side from working, and start making things a lot better.  I have a dead version of my assistant right now, I am taking from project to project, while I completely overhaul, and basically completely rewrite my system itself itself.  I want to do a lot of things with my.  There are some things I want to do for sure before i re-release the new version * Build in an auto-installer, so it installs itself * redo all my functions, and variable handling to Object Oriented Programming * Create a config file for my admin program, and rewrite it to look better, and function better.  * Have the ability to where when I create a program, adn decide I will reuse it, I want to add it to my assistant, I want to be able to easily create an installer for each one.  So I can have 2 control panels.  The control panel for just my assistant, allows me to control everything related to the assistant itself through the panel. * I want to be able to for instance my current admin panel program inside the assistant, it creates an account for you, then allows you to be able to add/edit/delete admins right from the start.  I am building in a simple project manager, link manager, and contact manager.  However I want to be able to easily install the admin program when I build a new site that requires an admin panel, but be able to choose which of those features are on it, and which are not. So many things I want to do but I am trying to rush it. I just want to sit back, have fun, and redo my assistant like I want it.  I do however want it to retain support for php 4 and 5, as well as most if note very type of server, I will need to work with. This is the most important thing.

Does assembly have any bearing on Web related development (website, dynamic website construction)

Perfect.  thanks for all the help.

All advice was taken to heart, I am going to stop calling it a framework, and call it programmers assistant. It's an constantly in-development tool I am working on, to act as a website creation tool, to help developers take less time doing repetitive things they end up always having to do. Current features * Easy integration into new websites * easier control over certain variables * Easy to install admin program (programmers assistant has all the files to run the program) * simply documentation * Built in tiny_mce file's to allow you to have the editor readile available when you are ready to start doing editing for text areas (I am in the process of constructing my own editor over time,when the need arises * built in directory allowing you to easily hold all files in one simply to control structure I am working on some new features soon, and will be re-releasing version 2.5 shortly here for testing.

[quote]this is just my own opinion, and I might be totally...arcane (?) in my thoughts, so take it as a grain of salt:[/quote] Point taken [quote]Your logic is that since you service all 50 states, you wish to target local searches.  That seems peachy on the surface, but is it really?  If I go to google to search for something local, it's usually because I am looking to get some physical contact at some point in time.  I want to be able to physically go down to the store; I want to physically be able to meet up with the person/business, etc... that is the mindset I have, when doing local google searches. So when I google "georgia web developer," I am looking for a web developer who is close enough to me that I can physically stand in the same place with him(her) to collaborate on a project.  Maybe it's for security reasons. Maybe it's because I just work better face to face with people. Who knows. Who cares, the reason is irrelavent. So if I google "Georgia web developer," and your name pops up, and I give you a buzz and think you're the right candidate for the job, or even if I wish to interview you in person, and you say "well..I actually live over here in Montana.." then I will scratch my head and wonder why you are advertising yourself as a Georgia web developer.[/quote] This has brought to light some points I had not previously considered.  I will take the things you mentioned up there heavily, that alone is enough for me to refrain for my planned campaign of marketing to all states as I was local to each state.  For one that would be a big campaign, and for another I would end up running in difficulties along the lines you mentioned above. Point well taken. [quote]Now, I would understand that technically since a web developer does not have to necessarily be there in person to operate, and most web developers do projects all over the place because the internet's boundaries are not the same as the real world's boundaries, technically you weren't lying when you advertised yourself as a Georgia web developer. [/quote] You are right, technically it wouldn't be a lie, or false advertisement, but the point you made above, is if someone is hunting for someone local, they don't generally mean someone who will service there local area, but more of someone who IS local physically.  That point came across very well. [quote]But [IMO] as a customer, best case scenario is that I look at that as being a somewhat shady word game.  Kind of like when you see an ad on TV or in the newspaper and it offers some really great thing for a really low price and then you notice that tiny little * next to it that points to the footnotes where in really tiny print that they make really small because they don't want you to read, they have all sorts of conditions and stipulations that, while technically don't contradict their big shiny bold offer, are just plain shady. [/quote] For some reason the meaning of what you said in this one paragraph didn't make sense to me.  I understand what you mean about stipulations, adn conditions, and trying to avoid things that seem like false advertising, and fine print. I don't understand the relation to marketing locally, what exactly did that mean. [quote]To make a long story short: unless you were willing to travel to my locality to meet me in person, I would advise against giving the impression that you operate locally.  But that's just me.  I'm sure that lots of people have no such inhibitions.  And I'm sure that most, if not all, businesses have no such ethical restraint against using such tactics.  I'm sure most businesses would probably argue that they aren't technically being shady, and besides, you as the customer have not commited to anything, so it's not like you can't say 'nevermind, forget it,' and also they would argue that it gives them a chance to convince you that they are the right person/company for you, and that distance really isn't the issue you think it is.[/quote] That sounds true, it's best for me to make sure peolpe readily know my location at all times, so if they want a local developer only, they don't have to go through the hastle of talking with me 2-3 day's before they find out I am not waht they are looking for.  Thank you for the advice. [quote] I could easily turn this post into a very long essay about my thoughts on practices such as these, but I think my post is long winded enough.[/quote] If you had of chosen to write a long essay, it would have been just as educational as the short excerp.  Next time if you feel you want to, feel free. Good advice is hard to come by, the more the better.

So far, I have been studying, and working up some tactics of SEO for my site www.freelancebusinessman.com I have been talking with a marketer (advertiser), about getting a name change from freelancebusinessman to something else. We have been throwing out some ideas, but I wanted some advice on multiple things. These aren't questions on how to do things, but people's advice, or opinions, a few ask for things peolpe have gone through, if they think they work or not. I have recently gotten to number 1 in google for a search on "freelance businessman" this is good, but I am wanting to get better search results for other things, just need some keywords. I am thinking freelance web developer, and freelance web programmer, are already too heavily populated to be able to do anything substantial.  My ideas are below, I just want thoughts or opinions on these. 1. Get a new name for my business, something that really tells what I do, and about me, get a new layout, I have another (layout designer), working on some layouts for me for today & tomorrow.  But mroe advanced layouts, with more graphics, but I have to wait for him to get back to me, For now, I am thinking of a good/better name for my business.  I will still keep freelancebusinessman.com domain name too, and try to keep the search term freelance businessman up to the number 1 spot.  But I want to get another name, try to start seo'ing some other terms. 2. I am thinking of a tactic for seo on my site.  I was wondering the ethical implications of it, advice from people, if you've tried it and it worked, and whether or not it's against google policy or not.  Since I service, all states, I was thinking for a state by state, local approach.  Create a folder called states, have a specific page geared to each state, tehn just have the regular navigation ande verything pointing back to my site.  But not having all the states, linked to my main page.  THen submitting my state pages individually, so google would crawl back to my site, but get the search terms state specific.  I can create an advertisery page, and just change the state names for each other state.  Maybe even do some city specific to get more hits to specific cities.  Then look in for terms like (georgia as teh first exampl) Georgia web developer georgia web development georgia web designer georgia web coder georgia freelance businessman just more specific targetting so it's more likely to get number 1-10 on the search engines for the local searches, than contending for it worldwide.  Is this a good idea, or no.