CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
I read a great article last night about CSS. I have been using CSS only a little in the last little while and I need to use it more. It seems to be difficult to understand. The article was great and gave me some great ideas including help on an issue I had already struggled with. The article is at http://sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44901&DE=1.
div.clear {
clear: both;
height: 0;
margin: 0;
line-height: 0;
font-size: 1px;
}
This has to do with making the parent element expand to contain float. Anyway check out the article for more info. Great stuff. I now longer have the magazine because my youngest child spilled a large glass of milk all over the table which had the magazine on it. Thank goodness for the web site.
Friday, May 28, 2004
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
MSSQL 2000 running on my laptop
I am trying to set up everything to run on my laptop so that I can develop when away from desktop. I was trying to add cold fusion datasources throught the Cold Fusion Administrator and it was failing with some error which I have now forgotten.
The trick was to go the SQL Server Enterprise Manager, right click on the server, then select the Network configuration button at the bottom. Then I had to enable tcpip. This immediately fixed the datasource problem and everything is running good now. Don't know why that wasn't on by default. Maybe because it is an MSDE installation running locally.
I am trying to set up everything to run on my laptop so that I can develop when away from desktop. I was trying to add cold fusion datasources throught the Cold Fusion Administrator and it was failing with some error which I have now forgotten.
The trick was to go the SQL Server Enterprise Manager, right click on the server, then select the Network configuration button at the bottom. Then I had to enable tcpip. This immediately fixed the datasource problem and everything is running good now. Don't know why that wasn't on by default. Maybe because it is an MSDE installation running locally.
More Linksys RV016
Well, I was in at the office until 12:30 last night on the phone with Linksys tech support trying to get this router working. The dynamic dsl has no problems. Even when I hook up to the static dsl I can get a connection to the internet from my lap top (Lan port 1), but the server with the static ip address does not get out to the internet. I did however, have the server being seen from the internet for a short while, but I do not know why that happened.
I got on the phone with tech support yesterday morning, and then again at 6:30. In the morning they gave me some things to try and I didn't want to bring the server down during the day, so I tried all variations of those things and then called back at 6:30. Had to go to softball at 7:15 so I hung up after being on hold for a level 2 excalation for about 10 minutes. Got back at 9:30 and called, only to work with the guy for over an hour and then get hung up on while being transferred to level 2. Then I called back and the new guy told me I needed to call linksys customer service and ask to be sent directly to level 2. All of these people I talk to speak poor english and are not one bit familiar with the RV016. This makes it very difficult and frustrating.
The last tech couldn't figure it out, so she said she would test it in a lab and get back with me with 48 hours.
So far this is a nightmare, I will keep you posted.
Well, I was in at the office until 12:30 last night on the phone with Linksys tech support trying to get this router working. The dynamic dsl has no problems. Even when I hook up to the static dsl I can get a connection to the internet from my lap top (Lan port 1), but the server with the static ip address does not get out to the internet. I did however, have the server being seen from the internet for a short while, but I do not know why that happened.
I got on the phone with tech support yesterday morning, and then again at 6:30. In the morning they gave me some things to try and I didn't want to bring the server down during the day, so I tried all variations of those things and then called back at 6:30. Had to go to softball at 7:15 so I hung up after being on hold for a level 2 excalation for about 10 minutes. Got back at 9:30 and called, only to work with the guy for over an hour and then get hung up on while being transferred to level 2. Then I called back and the new guy told me I needed to call linksys customer service and ask to be sent directly to level 2. All of these people I talk to speak poor english and are not one bit familiar with the RV016. This makes it very difficult and frustrating.
The last tech couldn't figure it out, so she said she would test it in a lab and get back with me with 48 hours.
So far this is a nightmare, I will keep you posted.
Monday, May 24, 2004
Linksys RV016.
We just got a new switch from linksys the RVO16. This was suppose to be a dream for us. Being easily able to combine up to 7 DSL connections and Load Balance all of them. We can add another dsl line for only $28.00/month now so bandwidth is cheap. Only problem is that it is only that cheap if you get 1.5 meg. Seems extra expensive from there on up.
Anyway, we got this router and I have been having a hard time setting it up. I have two dsl connections right now. One, we have had for years, is hooked in to a cisco 675 modem. The bandwidth is 940 down and 860 up or right around there. We have 5 static Ip addresses on this line. Line #2 is connected to an actiontec GT701-WG. No static IP's and the bandwidth is 1.5 down and 1024 up. More bandwidth but currently not used that much. My hope is to share the bandwidth on those two lines.
Plugging in line 2 was not much trouble. By default the linksys is set to dhcp an ip address. As long as the private range is different between the dsl modem and the rv016 then there should be mo problem. Changing the LAN ip on the rv016 is no problem and can be done from the setup tab on the web configuration screen. By default this screen is located at http://192.168.0.1 with password admin and username admin.
We just got a new switch from linksys the RVO16. This was suppose to be a dream for us. Being easily able to combine up to 7 DSL connections and Load Balance all of them. We can add another dsl line for only $28.00/month now so bandwidth is cheap. Only problem is that it is only that cheap if you get 1.5 meg. Seems extra expensive from there on up.
Anyway, we got this router and I have been having a hard time setting it up. I have two dsl connections right now. One, we have had for years, is hooked in to a cisco 675 modem. The bandwidth is 940 down and 860 up or right around there. We have 5 static Ip addresses on this line. Line #2 is connected to an actiontec GT701-WG. No static IP's and the bandwidth is 1.5 down and 1024 up. More bandwidth but currently not used that much. My hope is to share the bandwidth on those two lines.
Plugging in line 2 was not much trouble. By default the linksys is set to dhcp an ip address. As long as the private range is different between the dsl modem and the rv016 then there should be mo problem. Changing the LAN ip on the rv016 is no problem and can be done from the setup tab on the web configuration screen. By default this screen is located at http://192.168.0.1 with password admin and username admin.
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Goldmine & Crystal Reports
We have been wanting to create some reports for goldmine and the internal report writer is awful. We have really struggled to use it. Finally I decided to give crystal reports (9.0) a try and it was heavenly. I am familiar with cr 9 and it took me only minutes to do what we had been strugglin for days to do with the built in report writer.
I could not however, figure out how to make the crystal reports available from within goldmine. There is an option in "Print Reports" to choose Crystal Reports, but it doesn't work. A search of the newsgroups confirms that this is a pain in the rear to set up. Lots of talk of having to find the exact dlls from the cr 9 cd and having to put them on the machine running goldmine. Versions vary by goldmine version and maintenance is a nightmare. Since I can easily deploy the cr reports to the web I am not going to worry to much about having them avialable in GM.
We have been wanting to create some reports for goldmine and the internal report writer is awful. We have really struggled to use it. Finally I decided to give crystal reports (9.0) a try and it was heavenly. I am familiar with cr 9 and it took me only minutes to do what we had been strugglin for days to do with the built in report writer.
I could not however, figure out how to make the crystal reports available from within goldmine. There is an option in "Print Reports" to choose Crystal Reports, but it doesn't work. A search of the newsgroups confirms that this is a pain in the rear to set up. Lots of talk of having to find the exact dlls from the cr 9 cd and having to put them on the machine running goldmine. Versions vary by goldmine version and maintenance is a nightmare. Since I can easily deploy the cr reports to the web I am not going to worry to much about having them avialable in GM.
Friday, May 14, 2004
Just ordered the RV016 router from linksys. This is suppose to let you share multiple internet connections (Up to 7) and use them either for redundancy or load balancing. Our main dsl line gets so saturated once in a while that we are hoping to be able to utilize the bandwidth of a second line to help allevaite the burden. I will let you know how it works.
One of our DSL lines has static ip's which point through to our server. The other dsl has no static ip's but more available bandwidth. I talked to linksys tech support and they said this would be easy to set up.
One of our DSL lines has static ip's which point through to our server. The other dsl has no static ip's but more available bandwidth. I talked to linksys tech support and they said this would be easy to set up.
These blogs suck. YOu can see how bad the last one was. I wanted to post sample code and none of it came through at all. That always deters me from continuing, cause it is a pain.
Been working alot with mach-ii trying to understand more and also trying to familiarize myself with the Object Oriented world. Found some free books on-line written by Bruce Eckel. They are located at: http://mindview.net/Books. I skimmed through some of the Objects chapter (2, I think) and it appears to be a good book.
I also ordered Head First Java based on a reccommendation by Hal Helms.
I really wish I could attend a class on OO programing, but at $2500 a wack I just can't do it. Alot of money, but it would probably pay for itself in increased productivity. Oh well, hopefully the books will suffice for now.
Been working alot with mach-ii trying to understand more and also trying to familiarize myself with the Object Oriented world. Found some free books on-line written by Bruce Eckel. They are located at: http://mindview.net/Books. I skimmed through some of the Objects chapter (2, I think) and it appears to be a good book.
I also ordered Head First Java based on a reccommendation by Hal Helms.
I really wish I could attend a class on OO programing, but at $2500 a wack I just can't do it. Alot of money, but it would probably pay for itself in increased productivity. Oh well, hopefully the books will suffice for now.
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