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  1. maxelcat

    form and mail relay

    Dear All I have a script that I have used on several websites that processes a simple form and then sends an email. It works fine. However, on my latest site I get this error PHP Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port"...
  2. maxelcat

    IE6 and odd menu

    Dear All Would value any pointers on this www.maxelcat.co.uk/ipc/index.html The left hand menu has a few links with white writing on a dark blue background. I want this only for the top home. Here's the code <div id="menu_block"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="menus" --> <dl id="menu">...
  3. maxelcat

    check on a mac please

    Could somebody please be so kind as to check out the menus on this page I am building. I know they work on win IE6/7, FF, NS and Opera. I need to know what happens with Mac safari Be gentle with me though........ Many thanks www.maxelcat.co.uk/ipc/version2/menu2.html PS been working on...
  4. maxelcat

    pop out menus - where to start

    Hi I have to design a vertical pop out menu. You can see the sort of thing I mean at www.maxelcat.co.uk/ipc/index.html I have used son of suckerfish. I thought I had it pretty well licked (oh foolish me). It wouldn't work properly - the menus got sticky - in IE7. There was a fix. SO I added...
  5. maxelcat

    menus changing colour

    Dear All This may be a silly question - you know, pressure of time meaning I can't see the wood for the trees but its got me stuck.... If you take a look at this site http://www.ipcmedia.com/ its to do with the links on the lhs. I have been asked to create something similar. I would really...
  6. maxelcat

    Search engine

    Dear all I am creating (I hope!) a 40-50 xhtml and css based intranet site for a company. There is nothing flashy or server sided - a simple site. I think a search facilty might be good though. I have searched the net and seen that there are different solutiosn. I think my client would prefer...
  7. maxelcat

    preloading iamges

    Hi I have created a slide show using jpegs that are about 50K-70Kb. I have put them into a separate file and then loaded them into a movieclip using the loadMovie method. It all works fine, except occasionally I get a little blip as one of the images is downloaded. I could put all the images...
  8. maxelcat

    Clearing the stage and starting again

    Hi I have a simple flash file that allows you to place a star on the stage wherever you press the mouse. Fine. You can then roll over a button and the whole lot disappears. What it wont do is then start placing more stars on the stage - kind of like starting again. What I thought was...
  9. maxelcat

    seekBar

    Hi I am making my own player. I want to add the above control. I can make stop and start buttons work using the code below (by pausing / playing the stream) , but I can't seem to get seekBar to work . What is the equvilent code please? Or maybe its a whole load more complicated. I have checked...
  10. maxelcat

    composing html email

    HI I have searched and found lots of useful artilces on how to compose html emails - using tables, css, absolute links and so on and on. My problem is more basic than that. I want to use DW8 to compose what will be a nice email(I hope!). How do I get that code into the body of an email? If I...
  11. maxelcat

    html newsletters

    Hi I want to send an html page email - I have read up and realise that is like coding some years ago - ie tables, etc However, what I can't seem to find is how to actually create the email itself. I have a little html page. I use outlook2000. Could somebody please tell me how I actually put...
  12. maxelcat

    shopping

    Hi Not sure if this is the right forum.... but... I want to put together a shopping cart on a site. I have some php and mysql but I don't really want to build it from scratch. I don't know where to start really? How do other developers put shopping carts in their sites??? Many thanks in...
  13. maxelcat

    url pointing - I think...

    Hi Not suire about the title! Anyway, I have a site maxelcat.co.uk on which is a page http://www.maxelcat.co.uk/school_intro.php i am putting together some stuff to send out and would like to put the link www.maxelcat.co.uk/schools to point to http://www.maxelcat.co.uk/school_intro.php How...
  14. maxelcat

    annoying little gap in IE7...

    Hi Here is the code for a very simple page. In FF and NS and Opera I get a dark blue banner right across the page with a small link-blue box directly underneath it with no gap. Perfect. IN IE I get a little gap between what would be the link block and the banner. I think I am probably missing...
  15. maxelcat

    Looking for more freelance work

    Dear All Been putting off this post for ages... You may even be able to guess what's coming... Had to leave my job of 15 years due to ill health about 1 year ago. I was in teaching, and haven't missed it for a microsecond. honest! I have spent the last year getting my head together, and...
  16. maxelcat

    help with menu please

    Hi I am trying to create a hozirontal menu. Between the words I want little, vertical, bars. I have been doing this by adding a border on the LHS of the element. (I don't know if this is the best way to achieve the effect.) When you roll over the menu items I would like the whole space...
  17. maxelcat

    Unreliable drop down`

    Hi I have had some reports from a user that there is an issue with a SF drop down menu that I am using. www.maxelcat.co.uk I have tested in opera, FF, IE6,7 and various NS. I can very occasionally get the effect in IE7 but not in anything else. If you click on "Services" or "Portfolio" the...
  18. maxelcat

    get rid of go button

    Hi all I have a select box that is used to pick a page to navigate to, done using php but I think its a html question... Anyway, it has a rather ugly little "Go" button next to it. I think I have seen forms that automaticfally submit as you click on your selection - is this onfocus??? How do...
  19. maxelcat

    Action Script 2

    Hi ya Can anybody recomment a book that will get me going on AS2 please? I don't really want to spend out on a CD based course type thing, just a book with lots of working scripts explained. I have searched amazon and there are lots to choose form! Thanks Edwrd "I love deadlines - I love...
  20. maxelcat

    putting swf files into dw8

    I am using studio 8. I am wanting to insert a .swf file into a section of a webpage index.html using DW8. I place the .swf into the root folder, where the index.html file is. I use the common-tasks->flash and select the .swf file. A gray placeholder appears. When I press run all is fine. When...

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