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> As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work > on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a > problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with > the site itself.
Validating will work fine. Just because perl (or any other CGI script or program) is used to produce the page (allowing dynamic content among other possible reasons) it still produces HTML, since that’s essentiall the only thing the browers understand (possibly XML or variants) and even if you use java or javascript, they are embedded within an HTML page.
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>I would appreciate it if you could have a look at the link below and >let me know what you think about the site – design, layout,
Looks OK to me. Maybe a bit more detail would be good – I’d suggest looking at the various supermarket/brokers’ websites if you haven’t already done that (Motorpoint, Broadspeed, Drivethedeal, Virgin, Broker4Cars, etc.). — Paul My Lake District walking site (updated 29th September 2003): http://paulrooney.netfirms.com
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Okay okay! Well the current Mozilla based browser named Firefox is real good. For email… there’s always some old standby like Eudora or Pegasus if your email needs aren’t too complex. Internet Exploiter doesn’t have to be used to be sure. Oh yeah, and for news get Forte’s Agent or Free Agent. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Right, but before Firebird became Firefox, it used to be called Phoenix >(which had to be changed due to a conflict with the BIOS manufacturer >Phoenix). There has to be a pyromaniac working somewhere in the Mozilla >organization. >Cosmin >>As a side note, God, I want some of the stuff they were smoking when >>they named these apps! > Thunderbird > Firebird (became Firefox because of a name conflict with the open-sourced > Interbase) > Camino > (kinda have to wonder if "Cutlass" is on their list of future names…)
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I have recently set-up a website with my uncle. He runs an importing business to the UK from around the world. I know next to nothing about the car business and my uncle knows next to nothing about IT so we have come to a compromise over the site. One of my friends recommended news groups as an excellent forum in which I could research the business and tap some of the expert knowledge that is out there. It is hard to find the hybrid of car experts and computer literacy through any other medium. I would appreciate it if you could have a look at the link below and let me know what you think about the site – design, layout, I can assure you that I am not touting for new business but am carrying out research to provide my uncle with the best possible chance of accessing the web market (which I’ve promised him). Thanks for reading this mail and I can only apologise to anyone that thinks this is an inappropriate posting. Cheers James http://www.maguiresgarage.co.uk
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I have recently set-up a website with my uncle. He runs an importing > business to the UK from around the world. > I know next to nothing about the car business and my uncle knows next > to nothing about IT so we have come to a compromise over the site. > One of my friends recommended news groups as an excellent forum in > which I could research the business and tap some of the expert > knowledge that is out there. It is hard to find the hybrid of car > experts and computer literacy through any other medium. > I would appreciate it if you could have a look at the link below and > let me know what you think about the site – design, layout, > I can assure you that I am not touting for new business but am > carrying out research to provide my uncle with the best possible > chance of accessing the web market (which I’ve promised him). > Thanks for reading this mail and I can only apologise to anyone that > thinks this is an inappropriate posting. > Cheers > James > http://www.maguiresgarage.co.uk
James, Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, blocking some of the graphics. More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser allowed. Good luck, Harry
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have recently set-up a website with my uncle. He runs an importing > business to the UK from around the world. > I know next to nothing about the car business and my uncle knows next > to nothing about IT so we have come to a compromise over the site. > One of my friends recommended news groups as an excellent forum in > which I could research the business and tap some of the expert > knowledge that is out there. It is hard to find the hybrid of car > experts and computer literacy through any other medium. > I would appreciate it if you could have a look at the link below and > let me know what you think about the site – design, layout, > I can assure you that I am not touting for new business but am > carrying out research to provide my uncle with the best possible > chance of accessing the web market (which I’ve promised him). > Thanks for reading this mail and I can only apologise to anyone that > thinks this is an inappropriate posting. > Cheers > James > http://www.maguiresgarage.co.uk > James, > Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from > the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, > blocking some of the graphics. > More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s > software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding > various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code > constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal > favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page > produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. > Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any > observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I > don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser > allowed. > Good luck, > Harry
James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells you what is valid and what is not. — RFT!!! Dave Kelsen I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
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[snip] – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> James, > Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from > the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, > blocking some of the graphics. > More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s > software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding > various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code > constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal > favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page > produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. > Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any > observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I > don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser > allowed. > Good luck, > Harry > James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at > http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that > simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells > you what is valid and what is not.
The page works fine in Mozilla 1.7. Harry, I believe you are running an older version of the browser (the header reports Mozilla 4.7 on Win98, it should probably be Netscape 4.7). If you want to stick with Netscape, give Mozilla a try. Go to http://www.mozilla.org and download version 1.6, the latest stable version. You can import your entire profile from Netscape 4.7 into Mozilla 1.x, including your emails, bookmarks, etc. As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with the site itself. Cosmin
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > [snip] >> James, >> Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from >> the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, >> blocking some of the graphics. >> More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s >> software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding >> various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code >> constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal >> favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page >> produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. >> Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any >> observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I >> don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser >> allowed. >> Good luck, >> Harry > James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at > http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that > simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells > you what is valid and what is not. > The page works fine in Mozilla 1.7. > Harry, I believe you are running an older version of the browser (the > header reports Mozilla 4.7 on Win98, it should probably be Netscape > 4.7). If you want to stick with Netscape, give Mozilla a try. Go to > http://www.mozilla.org and download version 1.6, the latest stable > version. You can import your entire profile from Netscape 4.7 into > Mozilla 1.x, including your emails, bookmarks, etc. > As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work > on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a > problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with > the site itself. > Cosmin
Cosmin, You’re exactly right – I was accessing the site with Netscape 4.7 through Windows 98. I do have Netscape 7.1 on the same machine and have a couple of Linux browsers on another. I’ll use those and see if I get better results. I should have looked at the source before I assumed that it was HTML! Thanks for your much more intelligent information. Regards, Harry
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> [snip] > >> James, > >> Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from > >> the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, > >> blocking some of the graphics. > >> More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s > >> software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding > >> various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code > >> constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal > >> favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page > >> produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. > >> Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any > >> observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I > >> don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser > >> allowed. > >> Good luck, > >> Harry > > James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at > > http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that > > simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells > > you what is valid and what is not. > The page works fine in Mozilla 1.7. > Harry, I believe you are running an older version of the browser (the > header reports Mozilla 4.7 on Win98, it should probably be Netscape > 4.7). If you want to stick with Netscape, give Mozilla a try. Go to > http://www.mozilla.org and download version 1.6, the latest stable > version. You can import your entire profile from Netscape 4.7 into > Mozilla 1.x, including your emails, bookmarks, etc. > As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work > on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a > problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with > the site itself. > Cosmin > Cosmin, > You’re exactly right – I was accessing the site with Netscape 4.7 > through Windows 98. I do have Netscape 7.1 on the same machine and have > a couple of Linux browsers on another. I’ll use those and see if I get > better results. > I should have looked at the source before I assumed that it was HTML! > Thanks for your much more intelligent information. > Regards, > Harry
I did even worse, Harry; I didn’t look at the page! Thanks for the proper info, Cosmin. — RFT!!! Dave Kelsen Since the invention of the calendar, our days have been numbered.
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I suggest Firefox. It is based on Mozilla and has great adware/spyware/spam protection features. Plus it can use IE favorites IN PLACE. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >[snip] >> James, >> Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from >> the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, >> blocking some of the graphics. >> More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s >> software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding >> various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code >> constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal >> favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page >> produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. >> Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any >> observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I >> don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser >> allowed. >> Good luck, >> Harry > James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at > http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that > simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells > you what is valid and what is not. >The page works fine in Mozilla 1.7. >Harry, I believe you are running an older version of the browser (the >header reports Mozilla 4.7 on Win98, it should probably be Netscape >4.7). If you want to stick with Netscape, give Mozilla a try. Go to >http://www.mozilla.org and download version 1.6, the latest stable >version. You can import your entire profile from Netscape 4.7 into >Mozilla 1.x, including your emails, bookmarks, etc. >As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work >on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a >problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with >the site itself. >Cosmin
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Firefox (or whatever they’re calling it this week) works well too. I suggested Mozilla though because it also includes a great email client. I know you can use Thunderbird which is based on Mozilla’s email client, but that’s still too much of a beta version (lacking a proper installer, and a few other rough edges). As a side note, God, I want some of the stuff they were smoking when they named these apps! Cosmin – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I suggest Firefox. It is based on Mozilla and has great > adware/spyware/spam protection features. Plus it can use IE favorites > IN PLACE. >[snip] >>>James, >>>Nice home page, but the "Welcome…" box should automatically clear from >>>the screen in a few seconds — on my browser at least, it persists, >>>blocking some of the graphics. >>>More importantly, you must have constructed this site with Microsoft’s >>>software ("FrontPage"?). If that is true, then you will be excluding >>>various segments of your desired market, since Microsoft’s code >>>constructs pages that cause browsers such as Netscape (my personal >>>favorite) to freeze up or crash. Trying to access your "Forefront" page >>>produced a freeze that required a reboot, for example. >>>Since the home page was all that Netscape could access, I don’t have any >>>observations on the remainder of the site, beyond commenting that I >>>don’t patronize sites that require Internet Exploder as the only browser >>>allowed. >>>Good luck, >>>Harry >>James, you would do yourself a service if you checked your site at >>http://validator.w3.org/ – this is a non-denominational service that >>simply checks the page code against the published standards, and tells >>you what is valid and what is not. >The page works fine in Mozilla 1.7. >Harry, I believe you are running an older version of the browser (the >header reports Mozilla 4.7 on Win98, it should probably be Netscape >4.7). If you want to stick with Netscape, give Mozilla a try. Go to >http://www.mozilla.org and download version 1.6, the latest stable >version. You can import your entire profile from Netscape 4.7 into >Mozilla 1.x, including your emails, bookmarks, etc. >As to the site, some things may be broken, but the validating won’t work >on it because it’s not written in html (is it perl?). It may also be a >problem with the older Netscape version that Harry is using and not with >the site itself. >Cosmin > ** To email a reply, please remove everything up to and > including the underscore in my email reply header.
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> As a side note, God, I want some of the stuff they were smoking when > they named these apps!
Thunderbird Firebird (became Firefox because of a name conflict with the open-sourced Interbase) Camino (kinda have to wonder if "Cutlass" is on their list of future names…) — Levi Ramsey How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is, after all, so poorly lit… Currently playing: Metallica – …And Justice For All – Dyers Eve Linux 2.6.2-3mdk 07:02:00 up 40 days, 6:18, 12 users, load average: 0.27, 0.41, 0.56
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Right, but before Firebird became Firefox, it used to be called Phoenix (which had to be changed due to a conflict with the BIOS manufacturer Phoenix). There has to be a pyromaniac working somewhere in the Mozilla organization. Cosmin – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->As a side note, God, I want some of the stuff they were smoking when >they named these apps! > Thunderbird > Firebird (became Firefox because of a name conflict with the open-sourced > Interbase) > Camino > (kinda have to wonder if "Cutlass" is on their list of future names…)