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I hope to make someone out there know that the old HTML is out and new PhP is in.
1 posted on 04/14/2004 5:52:39 AM PDT by Baseballguy
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Not being a techie, I have never heard of PhP.

But I can tell you that FR is by far and away the most user friendly discussion forum I have found anywhere on the Internet.
2 posted on 04/14/2004 5:55:14 AM PDT by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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Sometimes less really is more. No bells or whistles, thanks.
4 posted on 04/14/2004 6:04:37 AM PDT by Mr. Bird (Ain't the beer cold!)
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I agree with maceman AND sarasota...I looked at your website and I found it busy and cluttered....

Sorry,

B.O.

5 posted on 04/14/2004 6:06:24 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (god, I hate politicians)
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With all due respect, I suggest you start your own blog.

Then you can have PhP, AbC, XyZ or whatever floats your boat and is 'in' at the time.

OH Wait, I just used HTML, how silly of me.

6 posted on 04/14/2004 6:09:59 AM PDT by Condor51 ("Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." -- Frederick the Great)
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Well, yes - the flashy video game style would appeal to many of the youngsters out there. I personally have no problem with HTML.

8 posted on 04/14/2004 6:16:36 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
10 posted on 04/14/2004 6:18:10 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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Here, how about a HYPERLINK to your recommended site, courtesy of good ol' fashioned HTML.

Ummmm, you *do* know HTML?

...don't you? {g}

12 posted on 04/14/2004 6:22:25 AM PDT by Landru (Indulgences: 2 for a buck.)
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I hope to make someone out there know that the old HTML is out and new PhP is in.

PhP is in? Then why haven't I heard of it? I think you're being either premature, optimistic, or wishful here.

FR is the most user friendly forum I've found, whether using it or just poking around and reading it for fun.

13 posted on 04/14/2004 6:26:17 AM PDT by templar
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About the only change I see needed is a way to edit or delete a post after it is posted.

Also maybe some way to add html formating for those that are not up on html. Like a few buttons to add the common tags.

Other than that html works for me.

:-)
17 posted on 04/14/2004 8:48:31 AM PDT by amigatec (There are no significant bugs in our software... Maybe you're not using it properly.- Bill Gates)
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AFAIK, The pages here a generated dynamically. The articles and posts are generated from a database. PHP allows you to create dynamic content, but we already have that here.

The visual design is (or at least should be) separate from the technology used to generate the page. There was a plan, at one stage to allow users apply their own stylesheet to FR, and thus alter the look (I am not sure if that ever came to pass). You have some settings under the user options that can make changes to the look of FR.

In any case, every page you view is HTML, it is what your browser expects. What PHP allows is embedded "scripts" that are run and then output as HTML (e.g. <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>>'; ?> will output the HTML <p>Hello World</p>. In most applications what is "echoed" will be changed dynamically.

18 posted on 04/15/2004 10:34:49 AM PDT by evilC
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