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http://www.taktix.org/test.php
What's so good about that you ask? It hasn't got anything new and the links don't all work.
Simple says I. Look at the domain name carefully. It's PHP generated! Yippe ki yay! I've taught myself php :-D
test.php has 8 lines of code total, but it inserts 7 separate elements, each of which is independently updateable.
That means there's a small chance I may get around to doing more to the site from now on.
Oh yeah, my old monitor flickered and started smoking late last night (if it hadn't I'd have done this post yesterday before bed), so I went to Staples on a mission and am now the proud owner of a flat screen. I considered buying a new laptop, but have decided to teach myself how to build a system from scratch instead. Too much megatokyo perchance?
Um, anyone out there that knows how to build PCs, feel free to tell me where to, um, start. I'm not really much of a techie...
What's so good about that you ask? It hasn't got anything new and the links don't all work.
Simple says I. Look at the domain name carefully. It's PHP generated! Yippe ki yay! I've taught myself php :-D
test.php has 8 lines of code total, but it inserts 7 separate elements, each of which is independently updateable.
That means there's a small chance I may get around to doing more to the site from now on.
Oh yeah, my old monitor flickered and started smoking late last night (if it hadn't I'd have done this post yesterday before bed), so I went to Staples on a mission and am now the proud owner of a flat screen. I considered buying a new laptop, but have decided to teach myself how to build a system from scratch instead. Too much megatokyo perchance?
Um, anyone out there that knows how to build PCs, feel free to tell me where to, um, start. I'm not really much of a techie...
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 03:38 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 04:41 (UTC)Most connections in modern PC's are colour coded now to make thinks easier
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 05:04 (UTC)I taught my brother about how to put together a computer by pointing out that most cards will only fit in one kind of slot, and providing you don't try and force anything in, you won't go too far wrong.
The only difficult bits are, in my opinion;
1) Connecting drives. I always forget, for some reason, to link them together in a sensible order. Whoops.
2) Making sure you've got the right motherboard for your RAM and processor.
3) Not cutting yourself on the sharp bits inside a computer.
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 05:06 (UTC)Athlon Fans are a bitch!
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 06:03 (UTC)Important note; do not tell family that you sacrifice chickens to the Machine.
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 09:14 (UTC)Thanks for the offers of help; not likely to be any progress until after I get back from Greece in Feb (finance for project determined by how much spent on alcohol), but appreciate the offers :-D
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 06:00 (UTC)My only real PHP tip is - RTFM. No - seriously, the function reference on the php site (which you can download in 'windows help format') really is everything you will ever need once you understand the logic behind functions etc.
As for putting your own PC together, the hardest part now-a-days is simply making sure you've bought all the bits, and that they are the right bits. Ensure that the speed of the RAM and that the processor clock speed is supported by your motherboard, and be sure not to forget something tiny like the Fan, the thermal grease or a power cable if the case doesn't come with one...
If you want me to come round and give you a hand sometime - just give me a prod, I'll gladly help out in any way that I can.
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 09:08 (UTC)I likes, something to play with for awhile anyway...
Thx for the offer on the build thing, probably take you up on it sometime, possibly not immediately tho.
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 16:18 (UTC)And congrats on learning php, I wouldn't know where to start with that...
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Date: 2005-Jan-01, Saturday 23:04 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-Jan-02, Sunday 16:16 (UTC)The most simple type of template system (where you can have every page on your site change with one edit), is only on more step from what you've already got...
Have a "_content.php" file that defines 2 functions "printPageStart()" and "printPageEnd()". They would look something like...
";
include("header.htm");
}
?>
Then in any file you want to fit into the template, you just have to include....
Really sorry if this sounds at all preachy. I wanted to just write it out as an explaination, but I realised it was much easier just to write some sample code so you could see what I mean.
The only advantage of doing it this way instead of having a bunch of include(html) lines in your code is that if you decide that you want to also have another include() (say you want to have a side bar or something), you don't have to go through every file to add it, you just change your printPageStart() function. Again, hope this is actually useful, and not just a load of worthless crap ;)
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Date: 2005-Jan-02, Sunday 16:19 (UTC)<?php
function printPageStart( $pageTitle ) {
echo "<html><head><title>$pageTitle</title></head>";
include("header.htm");
}
?>
(Dear lord - that was a mission to write in!!)