Formatting display for Columns & Rows

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:34:44 -0800

Hi Dave,

Simple simon here again.. lol

How do I go about placing data in a 4 x 3 table in the order that it comes up.

Is this done with the program, or is this a CSS or Html thing?

Thanks
Rob

Re: [Dave] Questions... Questions... Anyone?

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:51 -0800

Hi Dave,

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to message forum:....

Ok here is what I am hoping is possible... If you visit my site (http://www.alexandria-ontario.com) you will see that I have a little calendar on the menu's... Its a simple table set up.

I am working on an "Events" Calendar for our community. I enter the event into a database and just like my biz directory (which works wells now.. thanks Dave), I would like to link specific dates on the calendar. Not a big deal.. easy enough cause I do that manually.. here is what I would like to do....

Is it possible to tie a form to the database that I am creating for the events so that when people enter in their particular event, it automatically gets added to the database... all I would need to do is go into the database and 'activate' the record for showing via the CMB program. The reason I would like to tie it into a form on the web page is because I want the public to be able to post their events. The way I am doing it now is through a form, they send it, I copy all the information and then post it. I would like to be able to streamline that to one step - verification and activating, or deletion....

Any way that can be done?

Thanks.

PS: Been workin on trying to get the link on the random banner..... probs..

Rob Parker

Re: [Dave] Sigh... I know it should be easy... Help.. Please.

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:09:39 -0800

Hi again.

I made the changes you gave me, and it still does not want to display an uploaded picture... so here is what I did. Instead of the field being an upload file, I changed the field to a WYSIWYG type. I then insert the banner as an image. Instead of displaying the downloaded file record, I now ask it to show the WYSIWG content, and no problems. Wierd.

I have encountered one problem with this though - I cannot link the banner to a url through the editor - it gives me an "error on page" and will not save it properly. Can I just wrap an ahref tag with the hompage_url field to direct it?

Thanks again Dave!

The service level here has been absolutely incredible! Canadian Companies ROCK!!!

Re: [Dave] Sigh... I know it should be easy... Help.. Please.

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:45:10 -0800

Hi Dave,

I upgraded to the latest version, no problems with the upgrade, but I am still having problems with getting a random uploaded banner to display.

I made all the changes you suggested above, and made a list viewer. Now I don't get any image. I get no error, but I get no image. I set the condition to bp=1 (I changed the field to Banner Program). There are only 4 records with banners at the moment, but none are being displayed.

I have attached the php file as requested.

Thanks Much!

Re: [Dave] Sigh... I know it should be easy... Help.. Please.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:03:05 -0800

Hi Dave,

here is what I have - with your additions... I still get an error though.

$options = array(); // NOTE: see online documentation for more details on these options
$options['orderBy'] = 'RAND()';
$options['tableName'] = 'clients'; // (REQUIRED) MySQL tablename to list record from. Example: "article";
$options['recordNum'] = ''; // (optional) Record number to display. Example: "1"; Defaults to number on end of url, then 1
$options['where'] = 'c_of_c = "1"';
$record = getRecord($options);
?>

This is what I use to put the uploaded banner on the page. I know its something I am doing wrong.. but I can't figure out any other options.

" width="" height="" />

This is the error that I am getting at the bottom of the page where I want the uploaded banner displayed

Page Viewer (clients) errors
Unknown option 'orderBy' specified. Valid option names are: (tableName, recordNum, where)

One method I did use was to paste the banner in a WYSIWYG window and then display that... But I would rather have the client upload his actual banner and just be able to paste that code where I need it.

Sorry about the link problem: here is the proper link: http://www.alexandria-ontario.net/clientsPage.php The banner should show up on any of the clientspage creations. If I did another typo, just select the business directory from any of the menus.

Thanks for your help.

Rob

Sigh... I know it should be easy... Help.. Please.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:03:01 -0800

Hi Dave,

I have finally thrown my hat down in frustration.. lol. I need help. I know NOTHING about php and mySql, but I will be danged if I dont learn! Ok. Here is what I want to do. I have a database with business names etc etc. and with an upload field for a banner, and a couple check boxes for "categorizing" the businesses.

Here is what I would like to do. I would like to make a viewer that will show only the banner of a Randomly chosen Company, in a specified location. I have a field in my database called "c_of_c". If this is checked I would like the program to display that banner on whatever page I set the viewer into. So basically the script must first choose a company, then check to make sure if the "c_of_c" is checked.. if yes, then show banner... or content.

Thanks alot for your help!

I am absolutely ecstatic about the potential of this utility... just need to learn how to speak the language.

Rob Parker

website is at: http://www.alexandria-ontario.net/clientList.php

PS: Can you suggest some real SIMPLE BASIC php and mySql literature that would help me?

Re: [einslistir] Homepages, developed with CMS Builder?

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:52:44 -0800

In case anyone wanted to see it working... especially from a newbie point of view... http://www.alexandria-ontario.net

I am currently running the business directory with it, and am slowly modifying the rest of the site to be easily updated.

Rob

Re: [Dave] CMS Builder - Online Documentation Updated!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:45:07 -0800

Hi Dave,

I am really really green when it comes to php and mySql and what not... anything that is pretty much not WYSIWYG... but I am gettin on ok with this software and have muddled through pretty well. I would like to suggest that the documentation be made a little more for people that no nothing... I get the general idea of what is going on, but I find I am doing a lot of side reading... Am I making sense?