Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Oct 1 02:05:26 CDT 2005
Hi John: Do you sleep? :-) > ATM it is a rather bright white. I would prefer a cool very pale > gray, or even a very light royal blue. Try placing the following option in your opening body tag I.e: <body bgcolor="#a0a0a0"> or <body bgcolor="blue"> > I also need to figure out how to put up links to my two books on the main > page. Try adding the tag set in where you what to have a link to the book like, I.e.: <a href=" http://www.databaseadvisors.com/Graphics/Myfamily/FACJohnColby.jpg" target="blank">John Colby"</a> (watch for wrap...) Just place any url between the quotes Just is just quick off the top... it is midnight here, feel like a pumpkin and will be crashing soon. |-P HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:51 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] My new web site >I did not know you were so adept at building flash or is that just one of DNN's feature/options I haven't a clue about building flash. One of the options with DNN is to apply a "skin". The skin you see is one that is free from a very popular site over in aussie land. I may someday go buy one - there are a TON of people selling skins for DNN. >Where is the link to the DBA site? The link to DBA is there. Favorite Links, second link down. >and where is the .Net versions of your downloads? Some day. ;-) Notice I didn't say someday SOON. <vbg> >(Could I be so bold as to suggest a smaller font size and maybe even a text font of a dark grey instead of black... fashion is such a fickle thing.) The font sizes need tweaking. The text editor that is used to place text on pages allow selecting fonts and sizes. I just did a quick and dirty, to get something up. I will no doubt go back in someday and tweak that further. What I really need to figure out is how to set the background color for the text. ATM it is a rather bright white. I would prefer a cool very pale gray, or even a very light royal blue. It is just too bright right now. There is a style sheet that is available, but of course I don't know anything about that or how to tweak it. Plus the skins can override the stylesheet. I also need to figure out how to put up links to my two books on the main page. The DNN default install has one for DNN but I could not for the life of me figure out how to even edit the image in that module/page. Sigh. So much to know, so little time. BTW, you didn't register. If you register and sign in you get extra content! I also need to figure out how to tell visitors that fact. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:27 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] My new web site Wow, I am totally impressed John... I did not know you were so adept at building flash or is that just one of DNN's feature/options (?); excellent regardless. The site is very easy to navigate and it is very clean. (Could I be so bold as to suggest a smaller font size and maybe even a text font of a dark grey instead of black... fashion is such a fickle thing.) All fooling aside the new site is great. Jim PS: Where is the link to the DBA site? ... and where is the .Net versions of your downloads? :-) -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:57 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] My new web site Anyone interested please visit. I am using DotNetNuke to build my new web site. It is still a work in progress, as is my knowledge of DNN. What you see on my site has been done in just about a week. For a side by side comparison: My new site: www.colbyconsulting.com My old site: www.jwcolby.com I am finding DNN to be a pretty cool web site framework. It REQUIRES SQL Server and so you must purchase a hosting package that includes SQL Server, but it gives the developer (knowledgeable in Visual Studio) the ability to write custom modules to work with data from SQL Server using plug-in modules that you write. DNN is written using VB in VS 2003, and I own VS 2001 so I am at a standstill ATM, however I am about to order the academic version (my wife is a teacher) of VS 2003 which will allow me to start developing snap-in modules for DNN that can dish up data. Stand by for that. Any comments welcome. I am not a web site developer so do not expect a world class web page, but I think that given my limitations it looks pretty good. Register and Log in to see additional features. John W. 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