Display from Home Windows 98

Richard, when I access the site from work everything is fine, but when I access the site from home on my old PC running window98 (I know it's out of date, they don't even make virus to attack it anymore ) the Topics background gets all mucked up. At first it looks ok, reminds me of the old green and white printer paper. But as soon as I do anything it start to double and triple up. Making it hard to read! Any ideas here? Please don't say get a new PC.

download Firefox and install it. See if that works with this site....on your machine.

I run it on my Windows 98, works great!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Which browser and version are you using?

This forum uses CSS for the layout instead of tables and CSS support/compatibility can be an issue with older browsers.

I'm using Localnet.com to get access to the internet from home. Is that what your asking?
what should I check on my PC?
Be kind here , I'm a mainframe guy!

JiminBucks wrote:I'm using Localnet.com to get access to the internet from home. Is that what your asking?
what should I check on my PC?
Be kind here , I'm a mainframe guy!

No, it's probably your internet browser. You're most likely using something like Internet Explorer 4.0 as a web browser. It may not have the updates needed to view some web pages. The easiest thing to do is to go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and download a copy of Firefox. Install it and run it. I'd bet you'll be able to get to the site just fine with that.

Switch to Firefox, I did and never looked back.

Thanks Av8er, I uploaded FireFox and that fixed it. Now I can log in from home and join the late night fun!

NP...I'm pleased to be able to contribute on here. I do computer stuff for a living so feel free to ask me...if I don't know the answer, I know someone who does.

Me too Av8r, but I have always been in the Mainframe world, an assembler guru! But it is getting harder to find work around here! My current job is ending next week and nothing lined up yet! I'm really glad I got these coal stoves otherwise I would be cold and unemployed. Now at least I can stay warm. I need to build a website, got a name, just don't know where to start?

websites are pretty easy these days. Most hosting companies like godaddy will give you a domain and hosting for $40 a year or less. They also offer template driven web tools that allow you to put together a basic site in under an hour.

http://www.godaddy.com

I'll host starting at $120 a year competitive with any package you'll find in that price range. I haven't set up resource limits yet so I couldn't tell you exactly what would require an upgrade but I do know they will be more than sufficient for a small site well into the future.

As far as building a website I'd suggest sticking with basic HTML text editor. Coffecup makes a free version. You don't learn anything using template driven websites.


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I'm also currently working on my own CMS (content management system) for sites that I build clients, This will not be for the do-it-yourselfer bur instead will be for clients that want the site designed by me but still allow them to add and change the content itself. In other words all the infrastructure/graphics/design will be done, they will only have to add the content themselves. Something similar to using a forum like this.

Richard S. wrote:I'll host starting at $120 a year competitive with any package you'll find in that price range. I haven't set up resource limits yet so I couldn't tell you exactly what would require an upgrade but I do know they will be more than sufficient for a small site well into the future.

As far as building a website I'd suggest sticking with basic HTML text editor. Coffecup makes a free version. You don't learn anything using template driven websites.


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I'm also currently working on my own CMS (content management system) for sites that I build clients, This will not be for the do-it-yourselfer bur instead will be for clients that want the site designed by me but still allow them to add and change the content itself. In other words all the infrastructure/graphics/design will be done, they will only have to add the content themselves. Something similar to using a forum like this.

I make a nice side living from people who don't have any interest in learning how to read html. Not everyone that wants a website has any desire to learn code. CSS templates are partly popular because of this.

Well that's the general idea behind the CMS I'm building, they won't have to know anything. I'm even building in a lot of error checking to make sure they don't do things they shouldn't. The basic idea is not only will they be able to alter content but build new pages too.

Here's a screenshot from early developement of the first stage where a page is actually created:


After error checking:


All pages will be gfenerated from a single file completely database driven and rewritten using htacces to make it appear to be real files. I won't be using URL GET parameters to retrieve anything. Basically the client is going to be able to go into this first panel above and "create" the page which will make it active. The second step will be picking an appropriate template for whatever content they want, add the content. Lastly you'll go into a URL panel to add it to the navigation.

Still a while before I'll be done with it but so far so good.

Why not use something like one of the many open source CMS solutions already out there?

http://www.opensourcecms.com/

I hate to reinvent the wheel.