even stranger!

[zondrae]

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Further to my log in woes,  Ric, over the weekend I have had no trouble logging in. I see this morning that you have "tidied up" the member list. Now I can't get in through Firefox and am here by way of IEx again. As you said .. these computers are a mystery.

[Ric Raftis]

G'day Zondrae,

I really don't know what to suggest.  I have never had a single problem with Firefox except for some sites that have been written in Frontpage or only for IE.  This Forum is not one of them.  The backbone of the Forum is the phpBB Forum Software which is used on millions of sites worldwide.  PHP is open source language and in no way subscribes to being Microsoft exclusive, quite the opposite in fact.

I still haven't had a response to my post on the Firefox support forum (which incidentally uses the same software as this forum) and given the time lapse I doubt I will get one now.  Sometimes this happens.

[zondrae]

Ric,

also - when I can't log in the site doesn't show me any flags. ie new posts. I can see them once I log in through IE..

[Little Tent of Blue]

G'day Ric.
While you're on the subject of php I would like to try a test.
I have been trying to construct a hyperlink on another site that uses php.
It's a good job they love me over there because after a dozen tests I am still struggling.
I seem to be doing everything right so I got to wondering if the site format supports the following code. I've tryed it with BBC code both on and off. This then is the format and then I shall give it a try to link to the homepage of the BBC.
Are you genned up on this issue?
I comment on another site that insists all links are in HTML. It's not a problem achieving this because they have for want of a better description "hyperlink friendly" software. So here we go Blue.

<a href="newpage.html">Clickable Name or image</a>

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/.html">Click here for BBC<a/>

You might say why not just put the url in, but hyperlinking this way makes for a much tidier post  and you can maintain the flow of your text, as:

In further lectures Richard Dawkins said this on the subject.

"This" then becomes the hyperlink to the chosen article.

I have the feeling I'm telling you something you already know, if I am pray forgive.

Peace.
Little Tent.

[Little Tent of Blue]

Abject failure.
Why oh why oh why don't the SOB work?

[Little Tent of Blue]

I have the feeling I'm telling you something you already know, if I am pray forgive.

If I am, tell me what's amiss, please. I'm going bloody demented with it.

[Ric Raftis]

<a href="newpage.html">Clickable Name or image</a>

Only works on the same site and where all pages are in the same directory.  Preferable to use relative links if you can work with them, if not, then hard code and use the full url

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/.html">Click here for BBC<a/>

This link will not work because it has a full stop before html.  The link should not have /.html in it at all to go the BBC main page.  If you use .html after a / then there has to be a file name i.e. /blah.html



PHP pages are written in HTML.  The only difference is the extension on the file..... i.e.  blah.html or blah.php

The other difference is that a php page can execute certain php "programmes" from the server when activated by the user.  Quite often these are simple things to call a date or time function for example.

Links however are purely html and are constructed in the manner you describe.  A coding programme such as Dreamweaver can highlight code errors for you if it's set up correctly.  Most people however when frustrated over things not working are blind to the obvious.  Without seeing the page of code, I can't tell you exactly what the problem is but check to make sure you have http:// in front of the hyperlink, make sure the file name is absolutely correct and that the case is correct and lastly make sure your opening and closing inverted commas are in place.

I hope this helps and sorry for not answering sooner.

[dayleedot]

[Little Tent of Blue]

You Sir are a Star, :idea:  a commando, :shock:  a hero no less.  Thank you.

For what it's worth the format instructions were pasted directly from the web page. :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Middle of the night at the mo, will have a go when I'm sparkling. :lol:  :roll:

Peace. :wink:

[Ric Raftis]

You're welcome

[dayleedot]

[Little Tent of Blue]

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">Slash</a>

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">no Slash</a>

[Little Tent of Blue]

<a href="http://www.benandjerrys.com/">constructed by me</a>

<a href="http://www.benandjerrys.com">Yum, Ice Cream!</a>

Constructed by them.

[Little Tent of Blue]

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m44/oscardosc/Jifs%20Clips/alad.gif

"I LOVE TALKING ABOUT NOTHING, IT IS THE ONLY THING I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT"
 :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

Ric. The lower attempt in the previous post was pasted directley from (another) web page, the url in the example is boni fide, The pasted example don't have the oblique after the dot com as opposed to the upper which I copied from the address box. Here be the url of the site. What in the world am I doing Wrong?
Thanks.

http://www.websitebeginner.com/hyperlinks.shtml

[heyu]

Hey Ric and Blue metal tent

How come you people talk in Egyptian hieroglyphics ?  I am still trying to come to terms with programming my VCR and the damn things are already out of date !!


heyu