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  1. Hey guys, I need help developing a captcha for my new project. This is where I got so far: http://www.cservers.eu/captcha/ Now I want to distort the image a bit, how would I go around to do that? Thanks in advance, Carlos Lage
  2. Hello everyone, I'm running a webserver under Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.3.10-16 I had an .htaccess with some redirection rules and I deleted it, but those redirection rules are still in effect! Test it your self: http://www.swissdomainregistration.com/web-development/ http://www.swissdomainregistration.com/web-development.php Can someone help me fix this? I don't want to actually delete those rules, but before I deleted the file I tried to add new rules and they weren't working, so now I'm trying to find out why even if I deleted the .htaccess file it's still under effect so I can find out how to add the new rules. I hope I'm not being too confusing hehe. Thanks in advance, Carlos Lage
  3. I'm currently using apache 2.0 in my server and I want to make a mod_rewrite rule so that anything that goes to /articles/stuff is redirected to articles.php?codename=stuff but I'm having a hard time. This is my htaccess file: [code]RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/articles/([^/.]+)/?$ /articles.php?codename=$1  [L] RewriteRule ^/([^/\.]+)/?$ $1.php [L][/code] Can someone point me to the right way? :D
  4. Hello everyone, I've been programming in PHP for around 3 years now, but so far I never needed to make an installation script (everything I made was for internal use, so I just made the dbs manually and edited the files by hand). Now the time has come for my first commercial project (to be sold in bulk that is) and I need to develop an installation script. So I was wondering how would you guys advise me to make one. I want it to be as simple as possible, so I was thinking about something in these lines: -Ask user for ftp data for auto chmoding, if no data is given, tell the user which files to chmod. - not a lot of questions here -Ask user for db data - should I make it so it creates the DB and tables automaticly? Or force the user to create the db him self (seeing many hosting companies force people to create the dbs manually, not giving permissions to the user created usernames to do that) -Ask user for super admin user data. - not many questions here. Also, how would I go into creating the tables? My only table creation experience is with phpMyAdmin. Should I just export the structure of my current tables and use that? Looking forward to comments and suggestions. Thanks in advance, Carlos Lage
  5. Ok, I changed the gradient and I think it's much better now :)
  6. What color should I use then? And I fixed the wording to "99% Uptime Guaranteed". That's what should've been there in the first place.
  7. [!--quoteo(post=374723:date=May 17 2006, 06:05 PM:name=ober)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(ober @ May 17 2006, 06:05 PM) [snapback]374723[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] I actually think the gradiant isn't bad. It's better than plain black, you have to give him that. And Jeff, I'm not sure who you're hosted through (I think you host yourself, so whatever), but I don't know of a single host that claims 100% uptime. That's NEVER going to be true. If I ever saw a host that claimed 100% uptime, I wouldn't go with them because they're bunch of goddamn liars. [/quote] Exactly. 100% uptime? Impossible. But 99% means I can have the servers down 4 days a year. Which gives me time to make backups, update software, fix network / hardware problems. I dont plan to use those 4 days per year but 99% is as close as any uptime will get to 100% And ober, what should I do with the gradient, what should I change in it? And the front page? Should I just start making one again from scratch?
  8. I fixed some the stuff, added a gradient. What do you think?
  9. [!--quoteo(post=374617:date=May 17 2006, 12:15 PM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ May 17 2006, 12:15 PM) [snapback]374617[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] A big improvement. However - your index page doesnt look great. That blue + dividing up the areas looks cat IMO. I also think you should NUMBER your packages. I.E. Need a Domain = 3 Premium Hosting = 1 etc. etc. I think it would help to differentiate your packages and offers etc. - again just looking a little more professional and official. On that + dividing area - it seems that the padding is messed up or something. Your other pages are fine - its just your index page is a poor show/ attraction. Also - the colour of your headings is the same as your a href's - Id like it different. Your order page - "Swiss Domain Registration Order Wizard" (http://www.swissdomainregistration.com/modernbill/order/checkout.php) looking for all the information - its a tad messy and unorganised IMO. Your error detection form (if fields are empty) is poor - no red and a ton of text. I also note your For Fraud Prevention purposes: you dont get my real IP - only my proxy server which is little good IMO. Please note also - We dont have Zip Codes in Ireland. You have them compulsory!! You dont use SSL? It would be nice to see and cost nothing IMO. Actually - do you offer SSL in your packages? - I cant see it jumping out. I only see PayPal - can I not pay with credit card? If not - I would NOT go with ye. I know paypal is easy and ok - but its hassle. Anyhoo -- keep working. -steve [/quote] As I said before, I don't control the checkout order. I'm using Mordernbill and it's somewhat rigid in relation to edits. Or at least for me, I'm not very familiar with it's code. I'd have to study it. And the paypal thingy. You can pay by credit card through paypal. And I don't use anything else because paypal is useable by everyone wtih a credit card and they handle fraud problems and other stuff for me. When I rented modernbill, I thought it was the best software around for billing. It's quite good but it's not perfect. And I don't use SSL nor offer SSL as of yet. I didn't install the SSL stuff in my dedicated server yet. I got it working so far with no problems, and if it ain't broke don't fix it :P Maybe in a near future. But then I'd have to use a shared certificate for all the sites. I'll fix the index page tho.
  10. I did all that except the changes to the logo as I don't understand what you mean. What do you think I should do with the logo? Your previous messages was somewhat confusing in that part.
  11. I have some control on what appears before (the header) and on what appears after (the footer) the order form. All I can do is fix the bread in the sandwich (template+form+template). The bread is fine, it's the filling that needs fixing. And I'm not familiar on where or what I should edit in modernbill for that. Edit: Ok, I made a lot of changes. Please tell me what you think now (not changes to the order form [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /] )
  12. [!--quoteo(post=374404:date=May 16 2006, 08:47 PM:name=redbullmarky)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(redbullmarky @ May 16 2006, 08:47 PM) [snapback]374404[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] why? no point in stopping half way. make it all validate, otherwise the claims count for toffee. also gives the impression (considering you're proud enough to point it out with your use of XHTML/CSS logos in your footer) that you've thrown the rest of the site together. especially as the first page that dont validate is the page that is the actual order page. my opinion on the XHMTML/CSS logos to show off validation is - sitewide, either use them or dont. if one single page dont validate, dont use them logos anywhere. 1, blue. the shades of blue you have are ok (ie, not to glary) but they're used in the wrong ways. i can't even put my finger on why, otherwise i'd tell you. try this tho. see your tables on your pricing page? just for the sake of trying, make the table/cell borders white instead of blue (leaving the cell background colours the same for now), or at least try and add some sort of 3d 'raised' border. 2, pill buttons, or anything that slightly resemble pill buttons, have one place - and that's in the same category as comic sans and animated gif's. obviously IMHO of course, but i dont like your learn more buttons at all. even a simple: Learn More >>> link would be better than the buttons you have. 3, the pictures (photos) you have do a big favour to the pages that have them. only problem is their size. for the WxH they are, the filesize is a little bit excessive. 4, just try - for the sake of trying - drop your font size down a touch. whilst i hate tiny fonts, i hate big fonts too as both look cheap. 10/11px is good for most content (excluding headings, etc) 5, your ticks/crosses on your hosting page could do with being a bit sharper. they seem half blurry and half jagged. a 3D image in amongst a jungle of non-3d stuff can appear visually unnatural. 6, contact pages with a simple form, etc is a 5 minute job to implement and a 5 minute job to make sure it validates the entry and works. in the 10 minutes i've been typing, and the several hours of replying to criticism, it's still a bunch of mailto's. if you're a good coder and a weak designer (like me) then stick to what you know. going all glitzy with gradients and pill buttons etc looks bad unless you really know what you're doing. none of my sites i've posted here have come off favourably every time, but the fact that i've not crossed the line into 'design' (because i dont do a good job with it) has held me steady and allowed me to put out sites that are quite presentable. good luck, and hope that helps! Cheers Mark [/quote] As I SAID, I'm going to change the learn more buttons, leave them alone :P And about the XHTML validation. I didn't do the Modernbill orderform and I don't like poking around scripts I'm not familiar with so I decided to leave Modernbill intact (as it controls many aspects of the order form. I can only change the "headers" and "footers" of the template. Not the actual order form. For that I'd have to change more coding than I'm willing to. Specially just to validate in W3C. I made my website according to the standards, but the Modernbill programmers didn't build their software according to the standards. I'm not going to fix it for them. My part in complying to the rules is done. All that I did for the website validates. The order form, a part of Modernbill doesn't. Tough luck. And I removed the syntax validation logo from the order page (most of the css is mine, so it's valid, the part the modernbill devs made throws warnings tho).
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