[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

check out this table here and try some of those – it might work…

https://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashGetObject/

(now that i see your code, you are using document.getElementById(), and that is indeed not supported in the case of firefox and chrome, but they do have other options there)

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

can you post the working (or not so working, i guess) example somewhere on a site? i’m not a huge fan of downloading random zip files, but i’d like to see if i can see anything that would help…

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

sounds like a job for carbon copy cloner, ya?

https://www.bombich.com/

if it is and it helps you out, please do donate to the author – he’s been developing and maintaining this product for 10 years now and it’s really a great product…

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

just javascript – jquery or mootools or other libraries such as those can do this pretty easily (or you could write your own, of course – but it’s sorta reinventing the wheel at some point).

for example the gofurther.com one (after browsing source) leverages a few things, specifically i’d bet the scrollVert version of this plugin:

https://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/browser.html

plus a few other things, of course, but that seems to be part of it. you could also leverage this functionality from jquery:

https://api.jquery.com/slideDown/

so long and short, it is done combining a few standard effects from jquery. i’d bet you could find something that did a lot of it in one of these pages:

https://www.google.com/search?q=jquery+cool+effects

(i.e. somebody wrote a wrapper around jquery to do the full-page slide panel. you’d probably have to tweak it for your needs, but it might get you a lot further down the road)

hope that helps! feel free to ask any other questions as well…

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

you can use your server just like a dev server – depending on your hosting plan, you are allowed multiple databases (so you can do test one and other test ones) and perhaps even subdomains (i.e. test.yourdomain.com) so that you can do learning stuff there and not affect your live site – or just put in a directory on the live site like _test or something and put all your code in there…

what part of the learning are you getting stuck on? for reference, if they say create a db in mysql locally, just do it on the server you have, and then upload your php code to use it – should actually be all the same params as if you were running it locally, as 99% of mysql installs connect on localhost…

let us know what part specifically you’re having problems with!

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

that’s a pretty core-level bit of functionality, so i’d wonder if perhaps a key on your keyboard is failing randomly? a test would be changing your password to a new one with none of the characters that your current one has, or of course trying a new keyboard if one was available.

it could be a software issue, but as noted, that is pretty deep into the system and not something that would be as likely to go buggy or be impacted by other installed software…

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

feel free to ask questions here – that’s the purpose of the forum, after all!

(also search the archives – we get a lot of “new to the industry” questions over time)

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

this topic comes up often – please search our archives and let us know if you don’t find an answer…

https://forums.creativecow.net/search.php?q=spry&f%5B%5D=16

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

[Rick Neely] ” I’ve heard ASP.NET has more applicative use across the board so that’s why I might still look into it, but yes, html, php, css, sql, would be a great initial start point.”

i’d agree that at the enterprise level, asp.net is definitely more common…but if you wanted to do smaller mom-and-pop size things, it would probably be overkill for that, and you’d also be a bit more limited in finding hosts for sites that supported it. but it’s certainly a viable option…

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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

well – a few random thoughts come to mind:

– there is still definitely a market for developers and designers to do sites, etc. for small local businesses. i think that would be a good place to focus. start talking to people you interact with like hair stylists, personal trainers, plumbers, etc. – other local biz professionals. get your name out to them and they can help spread the word to others when they hear that people need a website.

– i wouldn’t bother with asp. your best bet if you are going to be a small shop is something like php

– smart phone apps are an option but definitely require some real programming skills. languages like c#, etc. not saying that’s not you, but it would take more training than stuff like php and javascript/css

– ecommerce is somewhat of a loaded term, but the thing to learn there is how the process works – for example, merchant accounts, how php and other languages can connect to secure payment options, etc…also learn how to use things like paypal so that you can properly give all the options to potential clients

– you can most definitely leverage your video skills with a local market. for example, realtors – perhaps you can set up a full-circle video package to put virtual tours of houses up on a custom-built website. slim margins there, but doable.

just some random ideas to perhaps give you some guidance – thoughts?

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