How much time does it take to rent all the time in the year?

[Alan Knighting]

Thanks Marcus,

I will take a look at those two. I don't mind "complication" as long as I get what I need, if only I knew what that was.

Alan

[gh]

Alan

Currently building our's on this hosting and domain site.
The price was to our likeing and offers many options.


www.1and1.com/

Regards

[Paul Carmel]

Marcus,

What is PHP? do I need it?

[Alan Knighting]

Paul,

I know that PHP means Pre-Hypertext Processor, in other words a server-side, cross-platform, HTML-embedded scripting language.

To put it another way, I haven't the first f***ing clue what it means.

Alan

[marcus]

I think this thread about 'how long to book all year' might be drifting slightly...

Amusingly, PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, since it was invented by one Rasmus Lerdorf for his own use. The nexer title came later with wider use.

Paul you probably don't need PHP. I use it for three reasons:
1) Includes. That is, I can set up a file called, for example, menu.html and then use PHP to include that file in all pages of the site - so if I change the menu I need only change it in one place and all pages will be updated. This follows the CSS principle of keeping everything as simple and easy to follow and update as possible.
2) Forms. It is very good for dealing with forms on websites
3) Because I didn't know what it was and I wanted to know.

In reality PHP is mainly used for integrating with MySQL databases so if you don't use databases you probably don't need it - the things above can all be handled in alternative ways.

It is very useful, though, and very neat, and the more I learn about it the more I use it and the more I like it - I think I've only just started scratching the surface so far (at the bottom of this page you will see the forum is handled by PHP BB - forums are another common use for PHP).
Cheers

[Paul Carmel]

Thank's Marcus! Clear as mud......but that's ok, as you say I dont need it. Less things to go wrong, less things to worry about

[Paul Carmel]

Alan,

I have just been spammed by this lot. But it might work for you.

http://www.vacation-rental-promotions.com

[Alan Knighting]

Paul,

Eight personal holiday pages for $79 per annum? I don't think so. Not what I'm looking for, or you?

Alan

[Paul Carmel]

Maybe not.......but for a one stop shop it looked ok on first glance.

[tansy]

Alan - your initial thing about photos.... try this
http://www.adobe.com/aboutstarteredition

works a treat

[Alan Knighting]

Tansy,

Must have a look although I already have Photoshop 7.

Alan