Recent content by psymonj

Thanks for the reply Twist... I'm assured that it's all in working order - buying anything second hand is always going to involve taking a risk though! I know it was recently serviced and had the memory replaced, the 250gb drive replaced and a new DVD writer fitted so I guess that leaves the...

I've been looking into getting a Mac system for some time; I ventured in a few years ago with a iMac G3 (the table-lamp model). I have the offer of a, seemingly, cheap Apple setup: a Power Mac Dual G5 tower with 3GB RAM and a total of 750GB storage. A new dual-layer DVD burner has just been...

Hi all, I'm looking for a virtual desktop application for Windows (using XP currently). I know that there are a number of apps out there in the big wide world but I am after something that, if exists, will allow me to fool my laptop into thinking that it has a second screen and, thus, a second...

Thanks again jpadie... Reggy looks just like what I am after - thanks given again! Thanks Greg, I've been looking in Smultron. I think Aptana is going to do everything I want it to but it's nice to have an alternative to play with. Well, that's me done I think. Almost everything else I use...

Cool - while on the subject.... Happen to know of any decent apps for writing/testing regular expressions? I know that a decent coder 'should' know their expressions, but it's nice to have a workbench to test on before starting hours of beard stroking... The head honcho here already has a Mac...

Thanks jpadie, I'd downloaded Aptana before but for some reason, never looked at it. I've just had a quick look (on Windows) and it seems to do just what I want. Thanks a lot! Simon Clements-Hawes http://www.ridgeberry.com

Hi there folks... Right, I've been using Windows for years and as such, am very used to it. Recently, I switched to Linux at home and have adjusted fairly well to the applications I use regularly. Now, my works are switching from Windows to Mac-based systems. I'm not opposed to using Mac, I'm...

If I were you, I'd go with either Xampp or Wamp. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html http://www.wampserver.com/en/ Personally, I use Xampp (it does what I want it to with no fuss). It'll install Apache, PHP and MySQL to your system and set you up with a full test web server in...

Yeah, not sure where I was going with that sessions think, might have had a few too many tangible glasses of wine... Simon Clements-Hawes http://www.ridgeberry.com

Are you sure you want ot do it on IP ?, for example if I worled for IBM and used your site I would probabbly present to you the same IP address as the guy next to me or even in New york. Could you try something around a cookie ?" I was thinking along those lines too. Cookie might not be the...

How can I modify the script to prevent access to the webpage if the visitor has already visited 20 times in the previous 24 hours? If you are recording the number of visits they have made then you can run something like the following.... IF($user_Count>=20){ header("location...

>> On the same topic how do you cope with users pasting from MSW even when overwriting the editor code it could sometimes get messy. I wrote a PHP routine to handle the text users might paste from the evil that is Word. I don't want all that bulky (and often wrong) code polluting my work. It...

create presentation layers for specific browsers > Devices maybe, all code should degrade well regardless of the language used (IMO) If coded properly, you shouldn't need to create a seperate version specifically for disabled viewers. I recall it has some syntax to support things like...

At least there is someone else in the real-world that feels the same! I found this article out and am forwarding it to my client. http://lutt.se/blog/2006/08/13/why-template-engines-like-smarty-sucks-in-php.html I can't justify the time to learn how to handle smarty properly. Do it in proper...

Does anyone here use Smarty PHP template engine? If so, does it actually save you any time? I've been tasked with a project that used Smarty and I can't say that I find it very intuitive, easy or time saving. This may be largely due to my inexperience with the syntax but from what I can see...