Hiya lissa, i love the new layout ^_^

Anyway, I noticed that your index has become an index.php file, and you're still using that java code to generate your "first and original html help for kids" image. Have you thought about using a php generator? It'd conserve bandwidth....

Oh, and i also wondered if you were planning on putting up a php tutorial, as i refuse to try and learn it from any other website ^_^

Anyway, i know the odds of the great Lissa herself reading and replying to this are...not so great. But i'm posting it anyway. ^_^

I am the great Lissa? Wow I feel special ;) I have to learn php myself first, I don't understand it much. I had a hard enough time trying to learn to write Java. I'll teach myself sooner or later!

I only made the index page a php file because of the poll. I couldn't find a good perl poll script that I could figure out how to install.

I'll think about the php random image thingie!

I found php a lot easier to learn than java, o great one ^_^

anywhoo, here's my generator code...in case you want it ^_^ if not, ignore me ^_^

<img src="<?php
$foom = mt_rand(1, 1000);
$chooser = ($foom % number of images you have - 1 );
if ($chooser == 0) {
print ("image name");
} elseif ($chooser == 1) {
print ("image name");
} elseif ($chooser == 2) {
print ("image name ");
} else {
print ("LOWER YOUR NUMBER ON LINE 4");
}
?>" border="0">

to alter it so your images work, it's basically the same as the java code...just add another

} elseif ($chooser == #) {
print ("image name");


hope that helps ^_^

a php tutorial? eek! just when you thought Lissa resolved ehr bandwith problem...

If your patient, the following tutorial is easy. All you need to understand is the basics, you then go on to learn new functions as and when you need them. Heres the link,
http://www.php.net/manual/en/getting-started.php
skip the installation parts, you wont need them unless your making your own webserver ;)

i followed as much of that as i could, but i didnt find it comprehensive enough, or maybe i'm just getting ahead of myself, but i was hoping to learn a bunch more about its interfunctionality with sql.
a pity really. but still very informative none the less.

the getting started tutorial is designed to be a basic introduction. it doesn't even scratch the surface. then you can move on to the full documentation, which is about as complete as you're going to get. there are sections devoted to MySQL, MSSQL, etc. among plenty of other things.