Nerd For Hire

[sfboy]

In light of my site closing due to crappy servers I have some time to kill before uni.

Anyway I would like to offer my services, I can do pretty much anything in terms of website maintainannce and design. I'm fluent in PHP and SQL and know a fair bit of Java and HTML etc. Basically everything to set up a site.

Also any C++ projects you want a hand with I can do that too.

The only thing I can't do is the photoshop stuff.

So, to sum up, any web based stuff you want doing. We can discuss rates and your requirements case-by-case.

Qualifications:

mtbFreeride.co.uk / SuttonFreeride.co.uk / SuttonFreeride.com 1999-2005

A Level Computing Science

BSc Computer Science commencing shortly

PM with any questions or to find out more details, thanks.

[The enchanted broomstick]

can you make forms for websites? if you take a look at http://www.premierhomesltd.co.uk/brochure%20request.htm you will see my form that people should fill out. Its using a post method but i believe it needs a javascript to process the form so that it works for ALL users because currently it doesnt work for people using AOL and that really doesnt help.

awaiting your reply, stu (Y)

[Tony Harrison]

mtbFreeride.co.uk

Perhaps you could explain why, when I visit this page, I cannot use the browser's 'Back' button to return to this page?

[sfboy]

can you make forms for websites? if you take a look at http://www.premierhomesltd.co.uk/brochure%20request.htm you will see my form that people should fill out. Its using a post method but i believe it needs a javascript to process the form so that it works for ALL users because currently it doesnt work for people using AOL and that really doesnt help.

awaiting your reply, stu (Y)

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Yeah, in certain versions of the AOL browser some tags have been disabled by default. You're right, you will need a form handler, the best by far, which I have used myself is Matts Form Mail.

Edit: This is a cgi script so I hope you are able to use cgi on your server, follow the instructions in the package

mtbFreeride.co.uk

Perhaps you could explain why, when I visit this page, I cannot use the browser's 'Back' button to return to this page?

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To enable users from search engines to use our toolbar the site uses a php script to check if there is a top frame present, if not it stores the current page and loads the top frame.

Edited July 8, 2005 by sfboy

[The enchanted broomstick]

brochure request form

ok so i have finally got a form using a javascript for process validation

<form method="post" action="mailto:stuart.broom@eascogroup.com" name="wf_BrochureRequest" id="wf_BrochureRequest">

is the above code right? im a little unsure about the "mailto:stuart.broom@eacogroup.com" i thought it would just send straight to me but i get this come up, and i know on "proper" websites you dont get this message:

can you spot anything wrong?

cheers, stu (Y)

[sfboy]

There's nothing wrong with that, but many websites use form handler scripts so the server mails it instead of the client.

eg. action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com"

is replaced with

action = "http://yourdomainname.com/formhandlerscript.pl"

but the form handler script needs to be set up. The mailto method may not work on some systems, and bear in mind some people may not have a mail client.

[Danny]

If your fluent in php why are you suggesting old outdated perl scripts?

[sfboy]

meh, someones already written the script. But if this was a commission I probably would write it in php.

Stu, the site is good by the way, I think a css for the site would be a nice finishing touch. The CSS will allow you to use a font(s) of your choice and your own style

Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Trebuchet MS, Sans-Serif, Georgia, Courier, Times New Roman, Serif - all good (Y)

[The enchanted broomstick]

that may have proved to be some very valuable information to me. Yeah i agree about the CSS but i havent learnt it yet im still in the very beggining of learning it but once i have these forms going properly im going to start making it with a CSS.

I gotta try that when im at work on Monday morning.

thanks a lot for the help, stu :)

[br3n]

css is more than just fonts ladies :)

[sfboy]

You might even say it's a cascading style sheet. (N)"

[The enchanted broomstick]

Well thanks for the help guys i have got it to work. Taking on board what sfboy said and the little comment from danny about php i managed to find the simplest of .php files to do exactly what i wanted

Just incase anybody else wants this for some reason:

http://www.mykazaam.com/home/index.php?go=down

download the file called "Form To Mail Processor" all you HAVE to do is stick in the email address you want the processed file to go to along with the URL to the "thanks" page and its done, the simplest i have come accross by far. Of course there are other functions that you can edit for preference but its not always needed.

So thanks again very much my ass is saved (N)

stu :P

[Danny]

I decided to write my own version......

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>


<title>Dannytipple.co.uk - Email Form</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />



</head>


<body>


<?php


// Variables


$email_address = "danny@trials-forum.co.uk";

$email_subject = "Form Completion";



//Body


$mailTo = "$email_address";

$mailSubject = "$email_subject";


// If No Page Load The Form


if(empty($_GET['p'])) {


?>


<p>Form To Mail:</p>

<form method="POST" action="mail.php?p=sent">

  <p>Name: <input type="text" name="Name" size="20" /></p>

  <p>E-Mail Addy: <input type="text" name="Email" size="20" /></p>

  <p>Body: <textarea rows="2" name="Body" cols="20"></textarea></p>

  <p><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Sendit" />

     <input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2" /></p>

</form>

<p>&nbsp;</p>


<?PHP


}


// If The Page Is Sent Lets Load The Thankyou + Send The E-Mail


if ($_GET['p'] == "sent") {


// Create Header


$fromHeader = "From: ".$_POST['Email'];


// Send The E-mail


$mailBody = "Name : ".$_POST['Name']."\nEmail : ".$_POST['Email']."\n\nBody: ".$_POST['Body'];


mail($mailTo, $mailSubject, $mailBody, $fromHeader);


// Display Thankyou


echo "Your E-mail Has Been Sent.";


}


?>


</body>


</html>[/code]


All you need to do is edit the 2 variables at the top (N)

[The enchanted broomstick]

Now now danny, why couldnt you of been that helpfull to start with (N)

I had to sit there searching the net between perl scripts, cgi, and php trying to understand them along with trying to understand why the mailto: method wasnt working and you had the simplest solution all along!

You just wanted to see me sweat a little.

I shall PM you next time i need some help it seems to be the quicker solution :lol:

cheers, stu :P

[Simon]

Now now danny, why couldnt you of been that helpfull to start with  :P

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Because i was at NASS, and i had to fix it for him. (N) :lol:

By the way sfboy, not having a dig or anything, but you say you are "fluent" with php, but use phpnuke? :lol:

Each to their own i guess.

[sfboy]

Because i was at NASS, and i had to fix it for him. (N)  :lol:

By the way sfboy, not having a dig or anything, but you say you are "fluent" with php, but use phpnuke? :P

Each to their own i guess.

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Laziness, I suppose I could write my own content management system...

but I have neither the time or the inclination.

I've learn't my lesson about phpnuke: it's about as secure as 20 sent stapled to a postcard.

I fancy a dabble flash and actionscript now, mmm.

[rocktrials]

go into gaming with tht C++ programming.

[biketrialler]

Two things. Why is it that when someone offers their services up here they get slated like mad from people who consider themselves way better? Fine, you might be, but the level of skill being offered is probably going to be enough to lead to a satisfied customer, which is all that is needed at the end of the day.

Second. Why is it that loads of people consider themselves professional designers as soon as they have made a couple of websites, for a few trials companies or whatever. Thats luck that you offered a service and they took it, its not like they found you in a book of great designers im sure. So much snobbery on here, 'ooh look im better than you so im going to ram your f**king face into the ground'

[Simon]

Two things. Why is it that when someone offers their services up here they get slated like mad from people who consider themselves way better? Fine, you might be, but the level of skill being offered is probably going to be enough to lead to a satisfied customer, which is all that is needed at the end of the day.

Second. Why is it that loads of people consider themselves professional designers as soon as they have made a couple of websites, for a few trials companies or whatever.  Thats luck that you offered a service and they took it, its not like they found you in a book of great designers im sure.  So much snobbery on here, 'ooh look im better than you so im going to ram your f**king face into the ground'

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Was that aimed at me Ben, or? (N)

[pinky]

Words of honesty

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Couldnt agree more to be honest

not really at simon as he knows shit more at nick "im a fag" carter

(N) only joking georgeous

pinky Xx

[sfboy]

Thanks Bennifier.

I think Simon just doesn't like me. (N)

True, I certainly do not think I'm the god on the computer by a long shot, I've just got a bit experience in certain areas of HTML, C++, PHP.

The stuff I have learnt and experienced in computing has been great and I've really enjoyed the last 2 years of my A level computing course and I'm really looking forward to starting my uni degree where I can hopefully learn the real 'meat' of the subject.

As for the C++ gaming, that's something I would love to do, but it is so competitve. I'd love to work on a team project or something like that.

I've applied for several IT based jobs with no success, they all cite my lack of experience so I've never been invited for an interview. I'm trying to obtain some experience they require and may be build some sort of portfollio.

There are some great people in IT, during my work experience I met some guys with real drive and vision, I think a little of that has rubbed off on me, so I'm not going to let these set backs knock me.

[Alexx]

The point about PHP nuke was fair enough though.

That thing is awful! (N)

[The enchanted broomstick]

Im the luckiest bugger out of all of you then, I have a job as a web designer but with only GCSE grades :P

the plan is though for my company to put me through the web specialist plus course, including comptia security, ethical hacking, macromedia products and pretty much everything in all aspects of web design.

Looking forward to it already but untill then im gonna be coming back here for resources.

stu :shifty:

[Danny]

Now now danny, why couldnt you of been that helpfull to start with  :shifty:

I had to sit there searching the net between perl scripts, cgi, and php trying to understand them along with trying to understand why the mailto: method wasnt working and you had the simplest solution all along!

You just wanted to see me sweat a little.

I shall PM you next time i need some help it seems to be the quicker solution  ^_^

cheers, stu :P

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Because i didnt know about the mail(); method :"> but after taking alook at the script you posted i decided to bosh one out :rip: Its quite simple really.

[delusional]

I decided to write my own version......

::snip::

All you need to do is edit the 2 variables at the top :)

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I'd probably tighten up a few things on that a little bit. I'd change the two if statements to be one if/else that reads something like this:

if( !isset($_GET['p']) || ($_GET['p] !== "sent")) {


} else {


}

which more than anything should just make the page fail a little more gracefully if people try and enter spurious _GET variables.

Also, I'd lose the quotation marks in these statements. They're not needed, and really should break things.

$mailTo = "$email_address";

$mailSubject = "$email_subject";

Actually, I'd lose those two lines entirely. There's no reason to create two extra variables when you already have the information stored in perfectly usable variables. It's just wasting memory :)