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March 28, 2006 — Newsletter # 382
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March 28, 2006 — Newsletter # 382
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Easy Email
My cousin, and a few other folk over recent times, asked me for an opinion
of Google Mail. I thought I’d share a few thoughts in that regard with you
today. Though I’m talking about gmail (as Google calls it) I could be
talking about any of several similar free web mail services, except that Google
is the one that I have checked out and that I use for some of my mail, and it
has a feature that seems to distinguish it a bit from others.
of Google Mail. I thought I’d share a few thoughts in that regard with you
today. Though I’m talking about gmail (as Google calls it) I could be
talking about any of several similar free web mail services, except that Google
is the one that I have checked out and that I use for some of my mail, and it
has a feature that seems to distinguish it a bit from others.
To address that last feature first, Google mail is available by invitation
only. That’s right, you have to be invited to get an email account!
An existing Gmailer can send you an invitation to your current email
address. Of course, you can invite yourself, but the process involves your
cell phone (you send an invitation code to your phone via a txt.) The good
thing that this accomplishes is to slow down abusers who would create an
account, use it for malicious purposes and abandon it. This form of abuse
has caused more than a few corporations to block inbound mail from Hotmail, MSN,
Yahoo and the like.
only. That’s right, you have to be invited to get an email account!
An existing Gmailer can send you an invitation to your current email
address. Of course, you can invite yourself, but the process involves your
cell phone (you send an invitation code to your phone via a txt.) The good
thing that this accomplishes is to slow down abusers who would create an
account, use it for malicious purposes and abandon it. This form of abuse
has caused more than a few corporations to block inbound mail from Hotmail, MSN,
Yahoo and the like.
As to the other features — what can I say? Everything is
there!! You can receive mail to a variety of email addresses, including
the one you get from Google, send mail from a variety of addresses, including
automatically replying from the address to which an email was sent. You
can store all your contacts, integrate with you email client program (if you
should so choose) and, perhaps best of all, search through your old email using
Google style filters and searches rather than the more traditional sort and
search techniques (if you want to know the details, Google “Google Searching”,
if you just want to know the effect, try it!)
there!! You can receive mail to a variety of email addresses, including
the one you get from Google, send mail from a variety of addresses, including
automatically replying from the address to which an email was sent. You
can store all your contacts, integrate with you email client program (if you
should so choose) and, perhaps best of all, search through your old email using
Google style filters and searches rather than the more traditional sort and
search techniques (if you want to know the details, Google “Google Searching”,
if you just want to know the effect, try it!)
Google offers tons of storage space. This is a big deal because I
think that old email is a valuable historical record that should never be
discarded. Anything that would require me to lose old mail would be a bad
thing in my book. It has been said that disk space “is basically free now,
and it’s only getting cheaper!” which being so, would mean that it’s only
reasonable for these email services to offer lots of it for free. What
they hardly ever mention, and that seems to me, as a user, to be so critical, is
that they take on all the responsibility of protecting all my data from
loss. To me, that’s HUGE!
think that old email is a valuable historical record that should never be
discarded. Anything that would require me to lose old mail would be a bad
thing in my book. It has been said that disk space “is basically free now,
and it’s only getting cheaper!” which being so, would mean that it’s only
reasonable for these email services to offer lots of it for free. What
they hardly ever mention, and that seems to me, as a user, to be so critical, is
that they take on all the responsibility of protecting all my data from
loss. To me, that’s HUGE!
Obviously, I’m a fan of Google mail! I recommend it to all kinds of
people, including many small business people.
people, including many small business people.
On the down side….. a friend told me today that when he receives an
email from my gmail account it shows up in his email client as “from” my gmail
account rather than from the email address I wanted to show. If he
“Reply”s, the reply is addressed to the correct address. This is different
from, for example, Hotmail, and I will look into it and let you know what I
find. Watch this space!!
email from my gmail account it shows up in his email client as “from” my gmail
account rather than from the email address I wanted to show. If he
“Reply”s, the reply is addressed to the correct address. This is different
from, for example, Hotmail, and I will look into it and let you know what I
find. Watch this space!!
Thanks for reading!
– Vince Barnes
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paste to try out code examples, please remember to remove the periods.
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Q. Is there a way of adding
Powerpoint presentations into a website without the viewer having to download
the file?
Community.
The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Q. Is there a way of adding
Powerpoint presentations into a website without the viewer having to download
the file?
A. The user must have PowerPoint installed on their computer to be able to
view the presentation. There may be a PowerPoint viewer available but it still
needs to installed on the user’s computer. In PowerPoint 97 and up you can save
the presentation as HTML and it will create all of the buttons and navigation
for you as HTML. The downside is that it creates an enormous amount of files. I
am not sure if this will help but Microsoft offers the Microsoft. Producer for
PowerPoint 2002 Resource CD. This is an “add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint.
version 2002 that makes it easy to create media-rich presentations for the Web.”
The cost is only about $6. Here is the link: http://www.producerresourceCD.com
view the presentation. There may be a PowerPoint viewer available but it still
needs to installed on the user’s computer. In PowerPoint 97 and up you can save
the presentation as HTML and it will create all of the buttons and navigation
for you as HTML. The downside is that it creates an enormous amount of files. I
am not sure if this will help but Microsoft offers the Microsoft. Producer for
PowerPoint 2002 Resource CD. This is an “add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint.
version 2002 that makes it easy to create media-rich presentations for the Web.”
The cost is only about $6. Here is the link: http://www.producerresourceCD.com
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Q. I need a list of special
characters in HTML. Like the “a” with the two dots ontop of it, and the
copyright symbol… can you help me?
Community.
The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Q. I need a list of special
characters in HTML. Like the “a” with the two dots ontop of it, and the
copyright symbol… can you help me?
A. I don’t offhand know of a site with a list of the codes. However, if you
use Windows, you have an application called Character Map which is probably in
the accessories folder. It has the character codes. The HTML code is
&#[code];, like the code for the “a” with an umlaut (two dots) is
“ä”.
use Windows, you have an application called Character Map which is probably in
the accessories folder. It has the character codes. The HTML code is
&#[code];, like the code for the “a” with an umlaut (two dots) is
“ä”.
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The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Community.
The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Q. What is the html tag to prevent people from “lifting” my artwork
from my site?
from my site?
A. There is no such tag. There is no technical means to prevent copying
that can’t be gotten around. Nontechnically, there are a couple things you can
do. You can put a copyright notice in big letters across the picture so it can’t
be removed without ruining the picture. You can post just small versions and and
require viewers to contact you for permission to see the larger image. You can
have pages and images which aren’t linked to, so no one can find them without
you giving them the link.
that can’t be gotten around. Nontechnically, there are a couple things you can
do. You can put a copyright notice in big letters across the picture so it can’t
be removed without ruining the picture. You can post just small versions and and
require viewers to contact you for permission to see the larger image. You can
have pages and images which aren’t linked to, so no one can find them without
you giving them the link.
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The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Q. How do you set up a
forum?
A. Instead of creating one from scratch, you should look into the many free
forums available on the web. If your server supports Active Server Pages go to
http://www.aspin.com and do a search for
“forums”. If your server supports PHP, go to http://www.code4u.com and choose a site to
visit from there.
forums available on the web. If your server supports Active Server Pages go to
http://www.aspin.com and do a search for
“forums”. If your server supports PHP, go to http://www.code4u.com and choose a site to
visit from there.
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Q. I am looking for JavaScript
help in order to pre-select a option in a select field inside a form. I am
using server-side scripting (PHP) in order to provide the selected value.
A. You could use PHP to create your option tag and select the option you
want that way. I have a small Help Desk application written in PHP that I
have set up dropdowns to select the date. I have them default to the
current date. Here is an example of the dropdown for
the
month:
<.select name=”beg_req_month”>
<.?php
for($i=1;$i<.=12;$i++)
{
if($i==$prob_month)
{print “<.option value='” . $i . “‘ selected>” . $i
.
“<./option>n”;}
else
{print
“<.option value='” . $i . “‘>” . $i .
“<./option>n”;}
}
?>
<./select>
The variable
$prob_month is set to the current month in some previous code. For
Javascript to set the selected option you would use a statement like this (which
sets the first option tag to
selected):
document.form_name.select_name.options[0].selected=true
[Beware
of the period following the less than symbol in the “for” statement above —
this is one of the periods inserted as a part of the technique mentioned in the
note at the beginning of this section & does not belong in the code you
execute — Ed.]
want that way. I have a small Help Desk application written in PHP that I
have set up dropdowns to select the date. I have them default to the
current date. Here is an example of the dropdown for
the
month:
<.select name=”beg_req_month”>
<.?php
for($i=1;$i<.=12;$i++)
{
if($i==$prob_month)
{print “<.option value='” . $i . “‘ selected>” . $i
.
“<./option>n”;}
else
“<.option value='” . $i . “‘>” . $i .
“<./option>n”;}
}
?>
<./select>
The variable
$prob_month is set to the current month in some previous code. For
Javascript to set the selected option you would use a statement like this (which
sets the first option tag to
selected):
document.form_name.select_name.options[0].selected=true
[Beware
of the period following the less than symbol in the “for” statement above —
this is one of the periods inserted as a part of the technique mentioned in the
note at the beginning of this section & does not belong in the code you
execute — Ed.]
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Q. Q. I’m trying to set up an email form. How do I send form data to
an email address instead of a file? My email form just brings up outlook;
how do I get it to send email directly? When I get data to me email
address it is in an attachment with an “.att” extension — what is this and how
do I read it? How do I get my email form data to be formatted as text
instead of being full of stuff like
“1=on&2=on&3=Better+Management”?
an email address instead of a file? My email form just brings up outlook;
how do I get it to send email directly? When I get data to me email
address it is in an attachment with an “.att” extension — what is this and how
do I read it? How do I get my email form data to be formatted as text
instead of being full of stuff like
“1=on&2=on&3=Better+Management”?
A. To get rid of the .att extension (and formatting problems) add
enctype=”text/html to the form tag like so:
<.form action=”mailto:somebody@somewhere.com”
method=”post” enctype=”text/plain”>
NOTE, HOWEVER:
Version 6 (and
above) browsers do not support email forms (action=”mailto:… etc.) Instead, it
is necessary to use CGI scripts (PERL, CGI Shell Scripts, PHP etc.)
Alternatively, if your server supports FrontPage extensions, there is a “WebBot”
in FrontPage that automatically handles sending form data to an email address
(as an option to, or in addition to saving it to a file.) Also, take a look
at:
https://www.htmlgoodies.com/articles/emailforms1.html
and
https://www.htmlgoodies.com/articles/emailformphp.html
enctype=”text/html to the form tag like so:
<.form action=”mailto:somebody@somewhere.com”
method=”post” enctype=”text/plain”>
NOTE, HOWEVER:
Version 6 (and
above) browsers do not support email forms (action=”mailto:… etc.) Instead, it
is necessary to use CGI scripts (PERL, CGI Shell Scripts, PHP etc.)
Alternatively, if your server supports FrontPage extensions, there is a “WebBot”
in FrontPage that automatically handles sending form data to an email address
(as an option to, or in addition to saving it to a file.) Also, take a look
at:
https://www.htmlgoodies.com/articles/emailforms1.html
and
https://www.htmlgoodies.com/articles/emailformphp.html
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Q. I have link that is
targeted to open in a new browser window. I want to force the behaviour of
the new window but cannot find out how to do so. The behaviour I want to
force is as follows:
The browser window has no nav bar, address bar etc.; the
size of the browser window is dictated by me.
Community.
The answer was provided by one of our
Mentor Volunteers
Q. I have link that is
targeted to open in a new browser window. I want to force the behaviour of
the new window but cannot find out how to do so. The behaviour I want to
force is as follows:
The browser window has no nav bar, address bar etc.; the
size of the browser window is dictated by me.
A. This script opens a new window:
<.SCRIPT
LANGUAGE=”javascript”>
<.!–
window.open (‘titlepage.html’,
‘newwindow’, config=’height=100,
width=400, toolbar=no, menubar=no,
scrollbars=no, resizable=no,
location=no, directories=no,
status=no’)
–>
<./SCRIPT>
The first parameter is the file
that opens in the new window, the second is the name of the window, the third is
the configuration of the window like size, toolbars and such. “No” keeps them
off, and “yes” includes them.
<.SCRIPT
LANGUAGE=”javascript”>
<.!–
window.open (‘titlepage.html’,
‘newwindow’, config=’height=100,
width=400, toolbar=no, menubar=no,
scrollbars=no, resizable=no,
location=no, directories=no,
status=no’)
–>
<./SCRIPT>
The first parameter is the file
that opens in the new window, the second is the name of the window, the third is
the configuration of the window like size, toolbars and such. “No” keeps them
off, and “yes” includes them.
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Have you seen the discussion forums on the HTML Goodies website? It’s
a great place to get help from others who, just like you, are developing web
pages. Many different topics appear in the forum, and a new one will
appear if you create it! Here’s a sample of recent topics:
a great place to get help from others who, just like you, are developing web
pages. Many different topics appear in the forum, and a new one will
appear if you create it! Here’s a sample of recent topics:
Access a Select item inside a FORM:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=100786
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=100786
unit conversion script not working:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=99083
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=99083
validate form and redirect?:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=74403
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=74403
JS keep restarting all over again, like a refresh:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=100582
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=100582
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Skype, Kazaa Named in $4B RICO Lawsuit
[March 28, 2006] StreamCast asks
for $4 billion in lawsuit charging an ‘elaborate shell game.’
Read the
article:
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3594936
[March 28, 2006] StreamCast asks
for $4 billion in lawsuit charging an ‘elaborate shell game.’
Read the
article:
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3594936
Critics: Telecom Bill Guts Net Neutrality
[March 28, 2006] New draft
legislation belted as vehicle favoring telephone and cable companies.
Read
the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3594861
Linux Kernel Point Release Fixes Flaws
[March 28, 2006] A potential
vulnerability is quickly plugged as kernel developers issue the first point
release of the 2.6.16 kernel.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3594856
JBoss Gears Up For Messaging, Web Servers
[March 28, 2006] JBoss
steps up its bid to wrest control of the infrastructure software market from
IBM, BEA and Sun.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3594806
Google, Microsoft Sneak in New Search Gems
[March 28, 2006] The new
features debut as one company slips in and the other dominates the market.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3594896
Critics: Telecom Bill Guts Net Neutrality
[March 28, 2006] New draft
legislation belted as vehicle favoring telephone and cable companies.
Read
the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3594861
Keeping PHP From Prying Eyes
[March 28, 2006] Zend’s Safeguard beta
promises to keep your source code close to the vest.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3594731
PC Growth Declining, But Don’t Blame Vista
[March 27, 2006] Research
report sees growth in notebooks, but overall PC sales slowing.
Read the
article:
http://www.internetnews.com/stats/article.php/3594656
Microsoft Gains in Server Market
[March 27, 2006] The company took
the lead in Unix replacement last year, and it’s taking customers away from
Novell.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3594261
Memo to Microsoft: ‘If I Were You…’
[March 24, 2006] Analysts and
pundits take up the Vista Microsoft future and offer lessons learned from the
Vista/Office delay.
Read the article:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3594281
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Sorting Custom Paged Results
Last week I wrote an article on implementing custom paging in ASP.NET 2.0
aptly named Custom Paging in ASP.NET 2.0 with SQL Server 2005. In this article
we’ll see how to augment custom paging to include support for bi-directional
sorting of the results. Read on to learn more!
aptly named Custom Paging in ASP.NET 2.0 with SQL Server 2005. In this article
we’ll see how to augment custom paging to include support for bi-directional
sorting of the results. Read on to learn more!
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Database Sort with Arrows Sample Code
Based on user feedback, we’ve published an alternate version of our classic
database sorting sample with a cleaner and simpler looking header and arrows
which indicate the current sort order.
database sorting sample with a cleaner and simpler looking header and arrows
which indicate the current sort order.
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Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 GridView Control – Part 2
In the first part of this article series, Ziran Sun introduced one of the
new data-bound controls available in the .NET Framework version 2.0 — the
GridView. In this part, he’ll continue to examine this versatile control and
introduce you to some of its more powerful capabilities.
new data-bound controls available in the .NET Framework version 2.0 — the
GridView. In this part, he’ll continue to examine this versatile control and
introduce you to some of its more powerful capabilities.
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On this day in…..
1738 Parliament in England declared war on Spain; 1794 La Louvre art
gallery in Paris opened to the public; 1922 the first microfilm device was
introduced; 1854 Britain and France declared war on Russia; 1917 Turkish
authorities expelled the Jews from Tel-Aviv and Jaffa; 1930 Constantinople and
Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara; 1939 the Spanish Civil War
ended as Madrid fell to Francisco Franco; 1970 1,086 people were killed by a 7.3
earthquake in Gediz, Turkey; 1979 there was a major accident at Three Mile
Island nuclear reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania – no deaths, however;
gallery in Paris opened to the public; 1922 the first microfilm device was
introduced; 1854 Britain and France declared war on Russia; 1917 Turkish
authorities expelled the Jews from Tel-Aviv and Jaffa; 1930 Constantinople and
Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara; 1939 the Spanish Civil War
ended as Madrid fell to Francisco Franco; 1970 1,086 people were killed by a 7.3
earthquake in Gediz, Turkey; 1979 there was a major accident at Three Mile
Island nuclear reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania – no deaths, however;
Born today were: in 1902 English actress Dame Flora Robson; 1914 actor
Frank Lovejoy; 1921 English actor Dirk Bogarde; 1924 Iriah actor Freddie
Bartholomew; 1942 English musician Lewis B Hopkin (Brian Jones, Rolling Stones);
1944 actor Ken Howard; 1948 British musician John Evan (Jethro Tull); 1955
country singer Reba McEntire; 1963 Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King
Jr.;
Frank Lovejoy; 1921 English actor Dirk Bogarde; 1924 Iriah actor Freddie
Bartholomew; 1942 English musician Lewis B Hopkin (Brian Jones, Rolling Stones);
1944 actor Ken Howard; 1948 British musician John Evan (Jethro Tull); 1955
country singer Reba McEntire; 1963 Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King
Jr.;
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