Curtis Thompson
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hello…
[Fernando Mol] “Nice tip. I have an old computer with IE6 but now I think I can use that space for a fishbowl. “
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i’ve had ie crash on me a few times in the almost a year that i’ve had both on my box, but not really anything outside what i’d normally expect…i’ve been very happy with it…
(a depressingly large number of people still seem to run ie6 – i have no idea honestly how you manage that any more, as most microsoft systems come with automatic updates turned on, meaning that you would be getting nagged constantly to upgrade it, i’d think – i guess not though)
sitruc
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hello…
alas on vista there are fewer options – on xp, there was a fantastic tool created that i still use that lets me run ie7 and ie6 side by side:
https://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
see the bottom of the article under notes and release info for more on vista- they have some really good information there…
or, as you mentioned, you can use 3rd party services, but definitely track through the above info first.
another option (and keep this in mind if you go the 3rd party route) is a very slimmed down older box running xp – you can get a kvm switcher for $100 or so, and the box itself wouldn’t be much more than a few hundred…if you are doing web development on an ongoing basis, that few hundred now would likely save a lot over paying a 3rd party to view stuff in the browser there…
hope that helps!
sitruc
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hello…
lots of examples out there – i’d start here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=embed+wmv+file+example
sitruc
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hello…
it’s pretty much what fernando is saying – i’d add that you can really never become good at a single thing in the computer industry and expect to survive. for example – i am very very skilled at php, but if i just did php and had no idea of html, css, javascript or other things, i’d be useless in the business. nobody wants a jack of one trade in the web development world…
(even the higher level programming languages need to be known – so for example, i know perl, php, java, a little python, a little asp, etc. – the more you know the better prepared you are)
but you can’t learn it all at once. start small and pick things up as you go. take on projects in a variety of situations with a variety of tools…also look at job descriptions online – see what people are looking for there to get an idea of what you might want to focus on…stuff like that.
sitruc
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hello…
php and mysql are a fine option – there are a ton of tutorials out there on this, so the best thing i can recommend is to start to look through those – many of them are a full step-by-step process to doing stuff like what you want to do here…
https://www.google.com/search?q=php+mysql+tutorial
hope that helps!
sitruc
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hello….
a very good thought! collecting email with nothing in return will hit some walls, but something like this will be a very good enticer to folks…
not guaranteed success, but as they say – you catch more flies with honey…
and welcome, fernando!
sitruc
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hello…
if you collect emails from anybody, you need to describe what you do with them in a privacy policy – google that term with quotes and you’ll find a ton of examples – but you do need to disclose what you plan on doing with their email…
as for forcing them to give you it to see stuff? if they like what they can see enough, they might give you that – personally, i never give out my email unless i absolutely have to. if you put that layer up, you will likely find your traffic dropping greatly, unfortunately…
so long story short – you can force them to give it you to see stuff, but you can’t force them to give it to you..if that makes sense….
sitruc
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hello…
i assume they don’t show up if not checked and do show up if checked? if a checkbox is not checked, it becomes essentially a non-entity to the back end…
if you want to have a nice “yes/no” style entry, you can switch it to something like:
$addToList = ($_POST[‘addToList’] == “”) ? “No” : “Yes”;
hope that helps!
sitruc
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here’s a somewhat old but still applicable tutorial on this…
https://www.codeproject.com/KB/scripting/js_floating_dimming_div.aspx
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hello…
yup – that’s pretty much it – note that there are a few nuances in this between firefox, safari, opera and ie in terms of css, but that’s what you’d need to do. you can load the divs at run time and just set their visibility to hidden if you want, and then change the innerHTML property of the video div as needed when users click to show videos…
sitruc