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any open source social networking website should do (dolphin, dzoic, etc)

Actually castrol, I was addressing Tech Pros who was saying that the main thing is that a task get done, or achieved. I only tacked on that it is not enough just to get the job achieved but to do so in the most efficient way possible.

I haven't actually looked at the book yet though I should very soon.

Thanks,

Me neither. Maybe it is time to switch from IE to FF, if you haven't done so already?

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and what does this "youngest" prefix to your name(s) accomplish? House? Car? Money in your account? Or is this just another chest-thumping thing?

as efficiently as possible

Tech Pros, your code go even compile so?

When was the book published? Either way, this goes to confirm that I have been saying for a while - you can't know it all. It is possible that the guy isn't aware that rounded corners can be achieved in css/javascript.

For me, it's anything that keeps me away from using images.

hmmmm,

Should I move this post to the recycle bin?


Let me go ponder some more. Hmmmmm.

Apology - sign of "mash-o-ree-tee"

obinna,

did u or someone you know do that bauchi site?  Regardless, I am curious as to why what we see with respect to "trials" wouldn't be hosted on a staging server (or different directory) then uploaded to the main site once it is done.  For me and perhaps others, the trial is a turn off.  I probably won't be checking on the status ever again.

A site that is on the main url should be at least 99% complete with no "under construction", "trial", "revamp" or whatever phrase you want to use, at all.

That is still a lot of money and for how many years do they want to keep charging that same amount?

1) Tis Nigeria where price-fixing is the norm
2) No competition

cool, but the fact remains that wether it was 10 years ago or yesterday, he still owes u 100K, wicked code or not

As long as you have fine-tuned your money-collection process, it's all good but again, that doesn't take awy from the fact that even if you have forgiven him or stopped pursuing, he still owes you 100K.

teemy,

I was just about to blast you for not having a "read me" file when I saw it in the zip 

You might want to consider modifying this line of the read me file:
<form method="post" action="yourdomain, /, /mmex.php">

For those who copy and paste, they might end of confused.  I would rather you write:
<form method="post" action="www.yourdomaingoeshere.com/path to form file (including directory)/mmex.php">

or something like that.  Then you could even give an example like so:
<form method="post" action="www.yourdomaingoeshere.com/contact-us/mmex.php">

Also, looking at the FORM tag, I see no javascript call for front end validation. Validating on the front end first goes a long way in reducing server load and not having frustrated users, especially those with slow connections.

But as they say, that's just me 

But he still owes you 100K

The days of job security are over. You should use good software development practices ALL the time. With respect to your situation, what you do to remedy it is a better way to collect your money and not writing obfuscated code.

- No contact form
- Missing content on certain pages
- Words not spelled correctly
- Use of text where you currently have images. For example, "Resellers" is split into 3 image slices

Well, IMHO, that particular code is hard to read. Sure you can combine 20 lines of code into one but what happens if someone else is in charge of maintenance. Even if that isn't the case, if you are like me, when you return to code you have written long time ago, you say to yourself, "what kind of igbo was i smoking when I decided to write that?"

I use ternary operators but I go only 1 level deep.

Uhhhmmm,

Your site isn't coming up.

Lesson of the day:
Always test before you post

So many choices.

I think the best thing to do is check what major sites are using and go from there. Maybe you check at least 20 sites and keep score. I guess it all depends on how much money you have to get started.

Beer and coders? I guess you haven't watched the movie. Drunken coding is an art mastered by a lucky few

Having said that, why start in January to advertise something that won't happen till August? I think it is too early for that. A lot could happen b/w now and then. May or June would have been better, IMHO.

Good luck!

How can you call yourself a pro when you lack the basics of being one - maturity and patience? Without these, you can not impart knowledge to the young ones coming up in an efficient way.

A pro is someone who has been in the game for a long time, constantly stays up to date and practices what I call "disciplined coding". A pro is someone who will take extra time to get it done right the first time, rather than cut corners in the name of expedience.

dhtml,

That is some wicked code. It is a sure way to scare off the uninitiated

Also, www.dynamicdrive.com

The LINK tag goes in the HEAD section. Where does the CSS file reside? Maybe you should use absolute pathing (/css/stylesheet.css). Besides, if you are trying to use inline or page style sheets, you really shouldn't.

Post a link to the site in question. Also, if you haven't already, get the web developer toolkit plugin for firefox as well as firebug and believe me, your life will be much easier. I guarantee it, or your money back (even though you haven't paid me anything )

Yep,

I firmly believe in never re-inventing the wheel. Having said that, as dhtml rightly said (and in fact, I am doing it as we speak), always analyze the underlying code and change things out, for fun, so you have a better understanding.

what's the worse that could happen? You totally mess up the code. Then again, you can always re-download it from source.

Good luck!

dhtml,

I think that if you start your ajax tutorial with a "hello world" type thing, it won't be as intimidating to ppl as you may think

Start off with "hello world" then a db example where you show how to insert and select data from a db and display via ajax. Don't even bother going to the more complex stuff (caching, history, etc) until you get a feel for how you are doing, courtesy of response from viewers.

Good luck!

Have you tried calling them and/or chatting with them live on their site?

but you never know what vast panoramas a different perspective on a topic holds

Exactly! Maybe I have been performing a task with 5 lines of code but the author does his, and for good reason, with 2

dhtml,

if u look at the url in the addres bar, u will notice a " ' " after the last character. get rid of that, and u r in hog heaven

I got my copy though from the TOC, it seems it is covering topics I already know, not to say that learning from a different perspective isn't a good thing

thanks castrol!

sure.

your first form on page one wd look like so:
<form name="input" action="html_form_submit.php" method="get">

note watz in the "action" attribute. On the html_form_submit.php page, you then present another form.

To capture fields from page 1, you use hidden fields or if u want, session vars.

Make sense? If not, let's take it offline and talk mroe via YIM

Oops! Sorry.

Yes, you can do both. What I would probably do is instead of posting back to "self", in the action atrribute, you put the name of say, "page2.php". Then on that page, first thing you do, assuming all the fields validate (where necessary), you send mail using the mail() fxn, to your email address, then proceed to gathering information for page 2.

Make sense?