Webmaster Forum / General / Web Design / January 2006

This is a tip for newbies and oldbies alike, IMO.
A LOT of the spam being sent these days is sent using zombie machines, and
often done by hijacking scripts.  There was a time when people regarded
Matt's Formmail as terribly insecure and assumed that PHP scripts were a

I'm looking to put a basic form on a website I've got hosted with 1&1.
I can only find details from them for pre-made forms (using tinc) which
look ugly and out of place on the website.
Does anyone have any experience with using user-created CGI forms on 1&1

Im a governor at a local school, for which I am the webmaster for the
school site.
The site itself, Im hoping will lend a hand with other problems. ie
keeping meeting details up to date, act as reminders, sharing files

http://gatorasp.hostgator.com/~jerm/ASPAC/board.html
I'm using a 2px solid bottom border for the hyperlinks instead of text
decoration underline. Needs to be thicker and a different color. The words
"Bobby Jones" are a link. Looks like it should in Firefox, but not IE or

I want a full SSL certificate  for one year for a customer who has an  
online store.
What is the best deal?
Thanks,

Hmmm...  I know Open Source is all well and good but I often wonder
about the security of it all.  We made a business decision to write
everything for our CMS from the ground up rather than just trying to
charge consultancy for installing open source stuff.

I have not started any threads for a while but I thaught some of you
webmaster type people might find this site interesting.
It's a site for an Australian Recruting  Agency.
The question is though. Who the hell came up with the idea to design a

Is it possible to show hidden files after
uploading using WS_FTP Pro?
TIA.

It appears that Cingular thinks they have a good idea - one that
"allows a user of a mobile phone to select a displayable icon, such as
an emoticon, that indicates the mood or emotion of the user..."
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15792.php

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Alleycode HTML Editor
Alleycode is an Internet-ready 32-bit HTML editor for Windows. Alleycode
presents an intuitive interface for rapid deployment, a small footprint
which translates into fast rendering and robust C++ constructions for

I run a web site.  I've just uploaded a 6.5 Mb video clip, avi format.
I want to make it smaller. I don't have any special video software,
just MS stuff and real player and nero.  Is there any chance?
Colin

I've just noticed that all my sites with Adsense on them have started
displaying PSAs instead of the regular context ads. I thought it was
just me, to begin with, but a quick check on some other sites that I
know use Adsense shows the same thing. Searching on Google itself

I have a couple fully developed websites I am offering for sale.  They
are:
http://FranceSkiReport.com
and

[Please note crossposting and follow-ups - if anyone from the soc.*
group wants to there then please feel free to reset them, as I am
reading all the groups in the header, but I don't want to create a
long crossposted thread unnecessarily]