PHP scripting help please

[D3mon]

Drop the frameset first...
Oh and the page transitions...

[u2orange]

There is a lot of info there that needs some serious layout adjustment. It seems a bit all over the place. Tidy it up and apply some styles.

Kill the frames and kill the flash buttons.

u2o

[Webforumz Staff]

I agree with everyone here. This site is difficult to browse. I don't even know where to start.

Your friend needs to think and pretend he is the visitor. Where do you go if you have a specific problem? It might be apparent to him, but he designed the site! I've never seen this site before and I don't know where to go or what to do. You have to lead visitors by the hand.

[Webforumz Staff]

Here is a site, posted recently in another thread, that has a great deal of information and presents it well:

http://www.myie2.com/

[gwx03]

its quite cluttered yes and if i were you, i'll do away the frames.

cut out the fat ( banners and uneeded that make an already messy site more cluttered)

use text instead of flash for navigation. flashing for the sake of flashing..no good

i'll tell u more later; i've got 2 go now

[courtjester]

ok, well I am free for the day so I will give you some tips.

first off, like everyone else said, frames are no good. They make it painful, and Flash navigation is a huge waste of time/navigation do to the fact that theres no point for it.

next thing, Way too much text. Add some more pictures to the white boring pages. (this is reffering to the How To tab and down)Seriously, the white page is so boring. If you want a banner on top and not have to redo it everytime, then please make a template. Also, the text all being centered makes it less interesting as well, the font doesnt fit your site, get rid of the Times New Roman style font.

Then.. Yes there is more, lol. Your How to/ FAQ sections; ok.. Dont put them in a drop down menu and then hit go. This isn't selecting a country. Instead, put them in a table, with the name and a much better/longer description of what you will learn, or what it is about in detail. You will help more people this way. Also, you pages are boring. Its the centered text all over the site. Do something else with it, change the font, change the size in some places. Make links to other pages using keywords, etc...

Now, there are probably other things people will find or tell you about. But if your friend doesnt fix anything this is what he needs to fix.

1. Give it some room to breathe. Everything is jam packed in there.
2. Give it some more color, pictures, or a font change.
3. Get rid of the Flash navigation, as for the rest, it is just a suggestion, but I think these are important.

[charter]

I am trying to create 2 PHP functions without success.
When I tested them in the browser all I get are blank screens.

1. Create a function that works out how many days to my next birthday on 23 March 2005.
2. To create a function that takes one number as its parameter and output if the number is Odd, Even or Prime.

All help much appreciated.

[Webforumz Staff]

If all you're getting are blank screens then find your PHP.ini file and turn ON all errors and that way you can see what the parser is having problems with. If you still have no luck, try the links and info below...!





Here's a really handy page with functions and examples for your first question:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Pra...PHP-and-MySQL/

As for the second question... Even numbers when divided by 2 are whole, odd numbers are not... You can use modulo for that.

And I'm sure you can work out Prime numbers...

[charter]

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If all you're getting are blank screens then find your PHP.ini file and turn ON all errors and that way you can see what the parser is having problems with. If you still have no luck, try the links and info below...!





Here's a really handy page with functions and examples for your first question:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Pra...PHP-and-MySQL/

As for the second question... Even numbers when divided by 2 are whole, odd numbers are not... You can use modulo for that.

And I'm sure you can work out Prime numbers...
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Could you please tell me what the parser is?

[Webforumz Staff]

The parser is the part of PHP that reads in and interprets your code into machine code, so that your computer can process that code and return the results you need. This is also known as the interpreter, but because PHP does this on the fly, it's known as parsing.