Christmas Giving = Instant Karma [Archive]

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 10:39 AM

Following some requests I am posting this as a new topic.

The object here is to make someone else's Christmas a little better. Here is how it works. (The idea came from a local radio show "The Monsters of the Midday") What happens is that each year on this show they ask callers to call in and tell everyone what their Christmas wish is. As people make their wishes other callers will call in and offer to make that wish come true. The wish could be as simple as a new fishing rod to a wax figurine of Elvis.

We have already had one example where someone wanted a domain for Christmas. So the domain has been registered and now they have their Christmas wish. You can ask for anything (you won't necessarily get it), but you should ask. You would be surprised at what some of us may have in our garages. If no one asks this won't work. Keep in mind the type of forum this is. You may have more success asking for a logo redesign or help on a script vs. a submarine. :)

If everyone participates you will find that the giving can be much more fun than the receiving!

Running Wish Total

labrynth_of_fire wanted a Domain registered. Wish Granted 11/15/03

Mistasix wanted crossed fingers for good outcome on expected child Wish Granted 11/19/03

Steven Glover wanted topic posted on the newsletter Wish Granted 11/19/03

Computers Needs help with SEO Wish Granted 11/19/03

matauri

11-17-2003, 10:55 AM

Steven, I think because your kind heart started this...that you should be the first to make a wish :-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

11-17-2003, 11:04 AM

As I said before I am not christian but in the interest of giving and sharing I am in.

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 11:19 AM

I honestly can't think of a single thing to wish for right now ;)

However if I do I will let you guys know :)

matauri

11-17-2003, 11:30 AM

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 12:38 PM

That seems like an easy one. :) Their are a lot of PHP/MYSQL people that visit here.

SO any takers out there? Who is a good tutor?

JMac

11-17-2003, 01:40 PM

I wish I could help you personally, Matauri, but being a PHP newbie myself, it would be the blind the slightly blinder.

This place is a good place to start (failing someone - like Cyanide? - stepping in to offer tutoring) http://www.php.net/
They have some interesting links to resources and tutorial sites.

Good luck and again, sorry I couldn't help you myself!

JMac

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 02:07 PM

I added a running total wish list in my first post. I will keep it updated. Be sure to let me know when someone gives you your Christmas wish after you have posted it here.

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 02:10 PM

Who knows maybe we will get this thread in the newsletter. :)

I just thought of it. Thats my Christmas wish! That WebProWorld will list everyone that granted a wish on the newsletter this year at Christmas time. If webproworld is feeling really giving this year they could list that persons web page url to inspire extra "giving" incentive!

janeth

11-17-2003, 03:48 PM

Greyhawk

11-17-2003, 04:40 PM

I have one I need someone to tell me what is wrong with the code in this stupid news letter http://www.affordablecounselingconnection.com/free_newletter.htm

When you enter your information and enter it shows up as an error.

Janeth I will work on this to see if I can figure it out but if some one else beats me to it then that is great. (Being stupid myself it will make sense to me lol)

Greyhawk

janeth

11-17-2003, 04:44 PM

Thanks a lot Greyhawk

That would be great.

Steven Glover

11-17-2003, 04:53 PM

Let me know when you figure it out Greyhawk so I can ad it to the list!

Steven Glover

11-18-2003, 11:45 AM

WOW I guess everyone has no Christmas wishes this year!

Come on guys ask for something. You can do it!

mikmik

11-18-2003, 02:36 PM

I didn't know you still needed help, I didn't get any maore replies from you!

I have much info and have ace formmail on mine.

I'll be right back!

mikmik

11-18-2003, 02:47 PM

site is running: Linux on Apache/1.3.26 (Unix), last updated- 18-Nov-2003 for 65.18.201.5 .

I think that this is right on janeth's script "#!/usr/bin/perl", meaning the path at top of .cgi , but;

I think she has wrong path to sendmail program, or has her permissions ser wrong ie- not '755' or whatever.
I am only used to Win2k IIS, so I'm not familiar with linux exactly.

Here is a page with instructions for installing a perl script ; http://www.pageresource.com/cgirec/ptut2.htm

and I have a mail script that uses a .pm module that doesn't rely on the 'sendmail'.

Also,

mikmik

11-18-2003, 02:57 PM

Telnet/cgi-bin>chmod 755 filename.cgi

I have a whole folder on my desktop full of research I did, janeth!

Here is the other script:http://www.tneoh.zoneit.com/perl/SendMail/

Also, I wonderred if you made sure to ftp in ASCII mode, as binary with not do it properly.

Please let me know, janeth.
Okay greyhawk, race is on! I do not mean to interfere with you, and I would never - whether your next premier or not - but all this I did last week so want to put it to use!
Anyways, one(greyhawk) and a half(mikmik lol) heads are better than one!

mikmik

11-18-2003, 03:09 PM

Here is an example of troubleshooting errors on a 'Linux' server (EXAMPLE ONLY)

Internal Server 500 errors, help!
Here are a few common problems that can occur when working with CGI-scripts, and how to fix them:

Make sure your path to perl is: #!/usr/bin/perl

Be sure to upload your script as ASCII (text). Most FTP programs will do this automatically, but be sure to double-check this.

Make sure your /cgi-bin, and any sub-folders in your /cgi-bin, and your scripts themselves are set to 755 permissions. If you set it to 777 permissions, none of your scripts in it will work.

4) CGI-scripts can only be run from the cgi-bin and sub-folders of it (chmod these sub-folders to 755 also). Make sure you are uploading to the CGI-BIN and not your HTML folder.

Paths aren't always easy. For ensim servers the path is:

/home/virtual/domain.com/var/www/html

and

/home/virtual/domain.com/var/www/cgi-bin

where for our Cpanel servers the paths are:

/home/username/public_html

and

/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin

Cpanel also has an error_log feature in the control panel that lets you see the last few lines of your site's error_log. This may prove helpful in fixing errors in your script.

If nothing else works, upload the files again

That's all for now!

janeth

11-18-2003, 03:40 PM

Hi mikmik,

I send you a folder see if that helps.

But everything so far the answer is yes.

Thanks so much.

rlrouse

11-19-2003, 11:39 AM

I don't have anything to ask for, but I do have something that I want to give: a big thank you to everyone on this board.

Thanks for appreciating my help when I was able to give it (not very often).

And thanks for generously and graciously offering help when I needed it!

Wait, I do have a wish after all: That everyone involved with WebProWorld and their loved ones will have a happy and safe holiday season and a prosperous new year.

We all come to this wonderful site for pretty much the same reasons, but we need to remember that there are things more important than websites, business, and money. And since this forum (for the most part) lacks the animosity witnessed elsewhere, I think that base is pretty well covered.

mistasix

11-19-2003, 12:07 PM

I have a wish and to be fair it's a big one, so here goes.

I just found out that my beautiful girlfriend (whom I love & cherish dearly) is expecting my child and I am over the moon. The worry is my girlfriend has a kind of epilepsy and the medication she has to take for it means that there is a strong possibility of complications with the birth. We won't know full the situation until the scans on week 12 (which will be just before Christmas) so until then we are both in the dark and not knowing what to expect, waiting is allways the worst.

So I'm going to wish this goes well and in 9 months I'll be a dad. I know there isn't a thing any of you can do about this, as i mentioned before, this is a waiting game, but if all you reading this could keep your fingers crossed for me I'd be very gratefull.

matauri

11-19-2003, 12:23 PM

So I'm going to wish this goes well and in 9 months I'll be a dad. I know there isn't a thing any of you can do about this, as i mentioned before, this is a waiting game, but if all you reading this could keep your fingers crossed for me I'd be very gratefull.

I wish I could grant the wish ! But, I have my fingers crossed for you instead.

So in the anticipation of a favourable outcome....Congratulations !!!! :-)

Cindy

labrynth_of_fire

11-19-2003, 12:35 PM

Steven Glover

11-19-2003, 12:56 PM

Ive got my fingers crossed!

computers

11-19-2003, 01:29 PM

I've been having some problems in my site listing on Google, I've gone from position #38 to #42, all the way down to#108, now I'm not even in the first 200! My wish would be to get into the top 10.

spiderbait

11-19-2003, 02:00 PM

Hey Steven,
I love the wish list concept. It's great. Thanks for posting this.

Anyway, you've got to add yourself to the "wishes granted" list now that this topic has been included in the newsletter.

SELF-CORRECTED: Ooops! ok, so on rereading the thread I realized that your wish hasn't actually been granted fully, but having the thread highlighted in the newsletter must surely put you halfway there.

Congrats... and best wishes to everyone here at webproworld and their families and "families under construction".

janeth

11-19-2003, 02:19 PM

Hi mistasix,

You will be in our prayers. I hope you and your family the best.
Janeth

edit1media

11-19-2003, 03:39 PM

What medication is she on? I'm an RN and would be happy to look up any information for you. But other than that, the only thing I can offer is my good wishes! Please keep us posted on the ultrasound results!

Laura Randall
Edit 1 Media
Tacoma, WA

edit1media

11-19-2003, 03:47 PM

I have a wish!!! It's a crazy one though and one I'm sure can't be granted, but at least I can share it!

Five years ago this week my 4 year old son was granted a Make-A-Wish to visit DisneyWorld (more specifically, he wanted to give Winnie-The-Pooh and Barney hugs). We celebrated his 4th birthday having lunch in Cinderella's castle and I promised him a return trip when/if he reached 5 years of remission. Seeing as he had a very rare form of cancer twice by the age of 2-1/2 we never really thought we'd get to that 5 years of remission. But here we are! He just celebrated his 9th birthday and keeps asking me about going back to DisneyWorld! Yikes! We are flat broke so it's not going to happen! I feel bad for making a promise that I couldn't keep, but I am soooooo grateful that he is still here with us!

BTW...when my son was on treatment, we had some people who adopted our family for Christmas and actually had someone dress up as Santa and come to our house with tons of presents! Wishes definitely can come true and there is definitely a Santa Claus!

Thanks for letting me share! I hope everyone has a great Christmas! It's my favorite time of the year!

Laura Randall
Edit 1 Media
Tacoma, WA

Steven Glover

11-19-2003, 03:51 PM

janeth

11-19-2003, 03:58 PM

Hi computers,
I will help you out on the SEO. If you can send me your information I will see what we can do.
Janeth

edit1media

11-19-2003, 04:31 PM

Greyhawk

11-19-2003, 04:50 PM

Ok here is my wish. I am going to see about setting up a trust account, to help out parents like Edit1media aka Laura Randall.It will have to be in a Candian bank but I don't see this being a problem.

My wish is for 3 volunteers to step forward once I have the trust fund set up to help with the Administration of the fund.

Luara please email me with your sons' name.
This fund will be used to help WPW families in need.

Greyhawk

edit1media

11-19-2003, 06:17 PM

Greyhawk,

I thought I posted but maybe I did't. Or it got deleted? (did I break a rule??)

Anyway, I think that is an awesome idea! My son's name is Matthew Randall and he has a webpage we created many years ago at:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/5195/Matthew.html

Check out his cute pictures! Actually...there are some with Santa when he came to our house and of his Make-A-Wish trip! I haven't updated it in two years but maybe this is some motivation to do so! I know telling his story has helped many other families realize there is light at the end of that dark, long tunnel.

Thanks for thinking of him!

Laura Randall
Edit 1 Media
Tacoma, WA

spiderbait

11-19-2003, 06:32 PM

OK...how about a more realistic wish? My website used to be in the top three in Google under Seattle Wedding Video and #1 for Tacoma Wedding Video. Now I can't even find us anymore! My sister re-did our website and totally changed all our meta tags. I am also having a problem with some of my competitors stealing my old meta tags. So I took the old meta tags and encrypted them with an online utility...is that a good thing to do? Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated! We used to have such a great internet presence and now we don't...I HAVE to get back up there...our business depends on it!

Hi Laura,

I just took a quick look at your site. It's attractive and I like the style.

I'm assuming you did the encryption fairly recently so you probably haven't done serious harm to your rankings. But you should remove the encryption as soon as possible. You may be protecting yourself from your competitors in terms of them stealing your keywords, but I think you're handing them the game by rendering your page impossible for search engines to rank and index.

You're in pretty good shape with your page rank for google, which is a respectable 4/10, but you should work to improve that by developing more backlinks with related sites.

I didn't have time to delve too deeply into your site's pages, but the ones that I saw without encryption seem to have a good mix of keywords. So it seems you already have your keyword selection developed. Now you have to tighten up your use of keywords.

Select a handful to focus on per page and make sure they're consistently used in <title> <keywords> <description> <H> and <A> tags as well as sprinkled throughout the body text. Right now you've got keywords that are in your descriptions, but not in your title, vice versa and so on for all of the above tags.

Choose the words to focus on per page and then put them into ALL of those tags... trying to find a different keyword mix on each page that works well with the natural content of the page.

I just had a quick look, so there's probably more advice to be had. But you should look at correcting the encryption and non-concurrence of your keywords as soon as possible.

hope this helps. If I could, I'd send you and your family to DisneyWorld :)

cheers,
jade

earthmom

11-19-2003, 07:20 PM

What a wonderful thing you are doing here! My wish is for my chemo kids at Seattle Children's Hospital. My company, Cancer Comfort, is donating 30 gifts of comfort to children with cancer, as a gift from 12-year old cancer patient, Sarah.

We are hosting a fundraising event and have raised 75% of the funds needed. My wish is that everyone who reads this post will consider donating $1.00 or more to help us provide comfort for these kids as well as gifts for the caregiver. And if it's not asking too much, perhaps you could share the link with others to let them know about "Sarah's Gift". http://www.cancercomfort.net/cancercomfort/id104.html

Maybe I can help grant someone's wish. I'm raffling tickets for 6 weeks of personal wellness coaching ($200 value) or a Feng Shui Floor Plan Assessment (value $149.95) for $5.00 each. The sale is limited to 100 tickets per service, so your chances of winning are pretty good :) You can purchase as many tickets as you'd like and can transfer the prize to someone else. All proceeds are being donated to "Sarah's Gift". For details visit: http://www.ryze.com/go/earthmom

Thanks so much for your time and I wish everyone abundant success!

Many Blessings,

Kathy Browning

johreiki

11-19-2003, 07:26 PM

I just found out that my beautiful girlfriend (whom I love & cherish dearly) is expecting my child and I am over the moon. The worry is my girlfriend has a kind of epilepsy and the medication she has to take for it means that there is a strong possibility of complications with the birth. We won't know full the situation until the scans on week 12 (which will be just before Christmas) so until then we are both in the dark and not knowing what to expect, waiting is allways the worst.

Aloha from Hawai'i ------

Steven, thanks for giving us this beautiful idea!

Mistasix -- I'll be glad to give your girlfriend Reiki; it's a simple way of connecting to the Source of all energy, and of using universal energy to bring harmony and health. It can neutralize the harmful effects of medicines and be greatly beneficial -- physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually -- for both your girlfriend and the baby. Reiki always works for the greatest good. It can never do harm (it's much more intelligent than our brains).

If your girlfriend is willing to spend 15-20 minutes just being relaxed and meditative, I'll do Reiki with her once a week. (I do this every day, with people all over the world.) Even better, if she would like, I can also teach her to give Reiki to herself; then she can do it whenever she likes.

If she's willing to consider this, she may want to look at my website for more information. I suggest the "Great Things About Reiki & Johrei" page, and the "JOH-REI-KI" page (for a history of Reiki and how it works).

Happy Holidays! ------

_||_
db

Steven Glover

11-19-2003, 09:03 PM

This i starting to do just what I was hoping it would.

Greyhawk I will volunteer to be on the board of your fund.

Mili

11-19-2003, 09:33 PM

Hello To Everyone Who Visits This Forum:

I wish that all who come to this fantastic forum receive the help they were looking for.

I wish the best for everyone, and when those moments get difficult, I wish them the strength to pull through.

I wish the breakroom crowd NEVER stops being funny.

Oh, yeah, me ... hmmm. A neat idea for a logo, but I'll manage somehow if I never get it, no problem. Still, if someone out there, somewhere, gets a few ideas ... send them right over.

Health and Happiness to all,

- Mili -

janeth

11-19-2003, 09:51 PM

Hi Mili,
I will get someone to play around with some ideas this week. If someone else wants to do the same then you can have some choices

Greyhawk

11-19-2003, 10:11 PM

This i starting to do just what I was hoping it would.

Greyhawk I will volunteer to be on the board of your fund.

Thanks Steven...1 down 2 to go

Greyhawk

Steven Glover

11-19-2003, 10:23 PM

Everyone. I decided it was going to been impossible to keep up with the list of wishes that have been granted so I made a quick little form. http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishes.cfm I know its cheezy with no graphics but what the heck. Anyway if you post a wish and someone grants please fill in the little form. Also you can do a quick spot check to see if someones wish has already been filled and by who by looking at the form. I think I added everyone so far but you guys should double check me.

Lets see if we can mae this the longest list on the net! We can show the world just how much spirit we have here a WebProWorld!

matauri

11-19-2003, 10:40 PM

As your the man of the moment Steve...maybe one for wishes not yet granted. It might get a bit congested in here & they get lost, especially if they are one liners.

Doing a great job mate ! :-)
If you want that page snazzed up a bit, gimme a yell...it can be my prezzie to you, as you haven't asked for anything.

And thumbs up to all those that have adopted the xmas spirit ! :-)

Cindy

Mili

11-19-2003, 11:18 PM

Saludos Janeth:

Great!!! All I can think of is nature, green, and simple. Not much, but I'm a pretty basic person. Just don't know how to give a message in graphics.

But ... will return the favor in kind, whenever and wherever I can.

This is the first time I've ever entered a wish list. The concept brings out the best in all of us, and is a mighty good way to allow us to reach out and touch others.

Thumbs up on this one, Steven Glover. Cyberspace Xmas spirit that can be felt.

- Mili -

Steven Glover

11-19-2003, 11:28 PM

Will do. I can make a page for wishes not yet granted, :) I'll have it up sometime tommorow. :) As for now I have been in front of this computer since 8:30 this morning with a drive home and a spot of lunch as my only break. I am going to watch a few minutes of the tele and get to bed,

Thanks to everyone making this work!

Steven Glover

11-20-2003, 12:10 AM

Never mind I went ahead and made the Wish List for wishes that have not yet been filled. http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishesrequested.cfm

Be sure if you post a wish in here you add it to that list and vice versa.

Also if you tak care of someones wish please PM or email me so I can remove it from the wish request list.[/img]

edit1media

11-20-2003, 03:56 AM

Jade...thanks for the tips! I will take the encryption off first thing in the morning. I was worried that it would hurt me in the rankings, and I guess it has! I will also look over all your other suggestions. Thanks a million! Hopefully next month will be better! :)

Laura Randall
Edit 1 Media
Tacoma, WA

mistasix

11-20-2003, 04:30 AM

Steven Glover

11-20-2003, 09:00 AM

It looks like three wishes were granted yesterday. Lets double it!

We can't do it if no one asks for something so you guys start asking!

mistasix

11-20-2003, 09:18 AM

Well Steven, I've had a crack at mili's logo, being a designer by trade and not much of a technical mind as yet, it looked like the one thing I could offer anyone so I went ahead and did it.

Here's hoping she likes them and you can add another to your list!

pmrussell893

11-20-2003, 10:24 AM

myclassy67

11-20-2003, 11:21 AM

My Christmas wish would be to have a logo for my site. I have been trying to come up with one for months.

The website is www.lovinghandsboutique.us

Sue

Steven Glover

11-20-2003, 12:59 PM

http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishesrequested.cfm Go here to request a wish!

http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishes.cfm Go here to see wishes that have been granted!

Everyone is doing great so far lets keep it rolling!

netcastles

11-20-2003, 01:32 PM

I wish for databases for charity web sites.
I have several charities that I volunteer for that have sites that could use a database. Like a huge collection of free crafting patterns (http://www.tlcforangels.com/patterns.html, also on a couple of other sites), or a national list of advocates and attorneys (http://www.education-a-must.com/aalist.html, they have another list too). These things are such a pain to keep updated with HTML, and really should be more versatile and searchable. But these charities don't have the money for fancy hosting (or even paid hosting of any kind), let alone database supporting accounts. Most use Tripod, which doesn't support cgi, let alone offer databases. I want to be able to create databases for them without them having to pay or move their sites. Any thoughts? Anyone have some alternative solution?
And of course I have no experience with creating, hosting, or maintaining databases, so I need help with that too. I might even be asking for the wrong thing.
This forum is a great idea.

netcastles

11-20-2003, 02:54 PM

I took a stab at a Loving Hands Boutique logo and sent Sue a sample in a private message. Hopefully she likes it, but it's a quickie so she might be holding out for something spectacular. :)

spiderbait

11-20-2003, 03:58 PM

b2phat

11-20-2003, 05:26 PM

Hey Steven,
I love the wish list concept. It's great. Thanks for posting this.

Anyway, you've got to add yourself to the "wishes granted" list now that this topic has been included in the newsletter.

Congrats... and best wishes to everyone here at webproworld.

You are correct!

Also I saw a perfect opportunity for someone to grant a wish by giving some SEO advice!

You guys need to stop being so altruistic! Ask for something someone can give you!!!. :)

Someone already asked for domain registration and recieved it. Anyone need a site hosted? Maybe someone will give away hosting for a fe months ya never know!

Steven,

This is a wonderfully unselfish thread you got going here! Thanks for starting it.

I've got wishes but nothing anyone here can do anything about.

My main wish is that I will be able to make enough revenue from my site in the next year that I can devote all my time to it and quit my day job.

But .... on a more realistic note ;o) My wish is that I had a tutor who could help me figure out how to set up XML on my site so I can do datafeeds.

And my other wish has already been granted: A unique, helpful community of like-minded individuals who are willing to share their talents .... as in WebProWorld!

b2phat

11-20-2003, 05:35 PM

Thaks to all of you with your fingers crossed for me, it means a great deal to me that others are putting kind thoughts out there for my girlfriend and I at this time, that really is instant karma. Also I'd like to say a big thanks to Steven Glover for putting this post up, I guess when you have something on your mind it is allways good to talk (or in this case, type) & get things your chest.

When I find out exactly what's going on I'll put a post up in the break room. Thanks again for your thoughts and kind comments, you are all very nice people and I'm proud to be part of this global forum.

Tim,

I wish you and your girlfriend the very best. I'm adding you to our "Reflections" list at work. I work in a residential facility with recovering people and we have a "Daily Reflections" mediatation period once a day when we all reflect on special needs and requests.

Sending you both positive thoughts.

Steven Glover

11-20-2003, 08:20 PM

Netcastles - Email me about your db here steven@liquidfusion.ws

Spiderbait keep posting in here and you may find your wish granted ;)

b2phat - I can't tutor you but I have used those "for dummies" books just to get a basic handle on something I am about to dive into. It can be great help.

You guys be sure to let me know when your wish is granted!

cyanide

11-20-2003, 08:49 PM

netcastles
I may have a solution for you. Along the lines of what we were talking about earlier. pm me.

As for me ...
hmmm, I may be pushing the envelope here, but I've been dying to get some brochures created.
Not printed, just designed and printer ready.

Just no time ! -not really our forte either

myclassy67

11-20-2003, 09:00 PM

I took a stab at a Loving Hands Boutique logo and sent Sue a sample in a private message. Hopefully she likes it, but it's a quickie so she might be holding out for something spectacular. :)

Melissa,
Thank you and I would love to see the logo you made, but I never received the private message.
Sue

CLBridges

11-20-2003, 09:31 PM

Sounds like one of those email spam headings. But this is a serious request.

My fiance (Leon Leonard Jones Jr. - THE ART MAN) is an artist and we've been selling 16x20 and 24x30 "photo prints" off our website for a little over a year now. Last week, the guy that does our printing told us he is going out of business and giving up the lease on his digital printer.

I've spent the past week calling every number in the yellow pages and searching online for quotes on printing and all I can say is I know why our printer went out of business. $5 per square foot is the average quote I've been given for digital or "plotter" type printing whereas he was only charging us $5-$8 PER IMAGE!

We've often considered going offset printing with our top sellers, but the initial investment is far beyond our means.

Unless we find a solution quickly, I'll have to take our store down. I already have orders that can't be filled and unless they agree to backordering their images, I'll start issuing refunds and apologies once I'm unable to meet our "shipped within 5 business days" policy. We also have a couple of customers purchasing wholesale from us who are clamoring for more with Xmas coming up and all.

You can view Leon's work at www.theartman.com.

Thanx to all that make this whole forum such an informative and interesting place to be!

Carrie** ( Assistant to THE ART MAN )

cyanide

11-21-2003, 01:23 AM

matauri

11-21-2003, 05:38 AM

Cyanide....how about a swap !

Your brochures for a bit of tutorage :-)
(but ya not allowed to growl at silly questions!)

:-)

Cindy

cyanide

11-21-2003, 06:03 AM

No probs, Cindy !

No worries, I won't growl.
Actually, I love teaching, so no problem there

matauri

11-21-2003, 07:03 AM

Thanks Cyanide :-)

Much appreciated!!! I'll be in touch ;-)

Cindy

Steven Glover

11-21-2003, 09:02 AM

Everything is doing well. People are getting their wishes.

Who else has a wish?

Even if you don't celebrate Christmas you can still make a wish.

Mili

11-21-2003, 09:28 AM

OK, everybody, now hear this ...

My wish for a logo has been answered in quadruple by Mistasix, for which I am more than grateful, as the logos are beautiful, bellisimos!!

Thanks to all of you, and yes, Steven, chalk this up as another wish come true.

With all my heart,

- Mili -

Steven Glover

11-21-2003, 09:37 AM

Thats great! I would love to see the logos!

Mili

11-21-2003, 03:20 PM

Hi Steven:

Oh but you will. Father time will be just about turning the bend, when the curtains go up on our new addition.

Will post the result in the future thread "And what did Santa leave under your tree?"

- Mili -

Steven Glover

11-21-2003, 03:27 PM

Nothing yet. But we will see. :) Who knows I might get something really good.

Any other requests out there?

Steven Glover

11-21-2003, 11:26 PM

So no other wishes? It's easy to make a wish. For instance I might wish for an alienware laptop because they rock! Of course if you want to actually get a wish fulfilled you should ask for something realistic.

Perhaps someone needs a website tune up or something. Maybe a custom web app. I personally might need some serious mental therapy. (No need to volunteer Minstrel that was a joke. Is it true that people often make jokes about things that are true about themselves?)

We should set a goal. 25, 50, maybe even a 100 wishes filled by Christmas? What do you guys think?

JMac

11-22-2003, 01:53 PM

In a lighter vein (the I-bet-Santa-can't-fit-this-in-his-sleigh variety), I wish:

the real cat in the hat would visit my house
Dr. Seuss could come back to write just one more book
I had a girlfriend to spend christmas with, i.e. roasting chestnuts, rum 'n eggnog and miscellaneous mistletoe related activities

<sigh>

at least I've got my two front teeth

Well, Jade, still having two front teeth may just be part of the problem - it displays an unwillingness to learn to dance! :-)

Thing One and Thing Two - :-)

I've scoured my house
But it would appear that a mouse
While cunning and cute
has made off with my copy
- straight up the chute!

I DO own a copy of Cat in The Hat -
but it's nowhere to be found
and that is That!

:-)
See? Santa can fit that in his sleigh!
And he'll bring it to you - today!

Hahahaha... well, I'm no Dr Seuss after all.

Well, I'd like to find a way to exchange links with you. It would seem though that we offer much of the same... is there a way to help each other without losing clients to each other? I kid, of course. All of my work has been word of mouth and I only recently put up an actual site. A week ago (must have been during Google's database update!!) I suddenly popped up for a whole day in the top spot for "custom web design bc" ... but it was fleeting success. Still at the top spot for my geographic location though! (Sunshine Coast, BC)
Let me know your thoughts - and have a very Merry Christmas! :-)

JMac

JMac

11-22-2003, 03:59 PM

I've added two ideas to the list of logo ideas for Sue at Loving Hands Boutique - I emailed them directly to her.

Happy weekend, everyone!

JMac

dealercrm

11-22-2003, 06:12 PM

ok....this was a hard one...had to have a think about what I would like. But thought I would get the ball rolling.

I wish for a PHP/MySQL tutor :-)
And they cant growl when you ask stupid questions either ;-)

Cindy

Wish granted... How can I help? Email me.

As for my wish... I wish for web development (php, perl, database, html, jscript, etc) work to come my way to pay for all these christmas presents. :)

Steven Glover

11-22-2003, 07:15 PM

As for my wish... I wish for web development (php, perl, database, html, jscript, etc) work to come my way to pay for all these christmas presents. :)

I have suggestion that may help you in that area.

I would have never known you did that type of work. Perhaps you should either build a mini site perhaps a portfolio or a resume. Then add that to your signature.

dealercrm

11-22-2003, 07:35 PM

Thanks for the suggestion... My personal web resume site is removed at the moment. I do agree, I will work on getting it back up shortly.

How is Orlando treating you? I'm only an 1.5 hours away from you... Good Ole St. Augustine.

Steven Glover

11-22-2003, 07:41 PM

Thats funny. I was married at the amore' wedding chapel. :)

matauri

11-22-2003, 10:30 PM

Wish granted... How can I help? Email me.

WOW ! I got 2 fairy godfathers ;-)

Thank you dealercrm ! Cyanide has also offered to help me. So between the 2 of you helping, I should be a pro in it in no time :-)

I'm still in the mega reading mode at moment. But as soon as I start putting it into practice I will love having you 2 'knights' helping me !

Again, congratulations Steven for doing such a good job with this list ! :-)

Cindy

Steven Glover

11-22-2003, 10:51 PM

It's exciting that this is working!

Page Writer

11-23-2003, 01:41 AM

http://www3.sympatico.ca/thercr/self.gif
Hi folks, Brian here. I'm new to registering here in the forums, but have been receiving the newsletters and browsing the forums for some time now.
I'm an armature web designer with a lot of energy to put into the sites I web master for, and I'm somewhat of a Photo shop Addict (terminal I'm afraid).

My sites look amateurish I think, one of which I made and manage for work: http://www.rcrmuseum.ca
Another I took over and redesigned for a non-profit organization that I do in my spare time. http://www.execulink.com/~thercran/
and two others I redesigned and manage for a small fee http://www.mfrc-london.org/ and http://www.afp-aac.org/

My real strength lays in Photo shop, though I spend all of my time away from work, working on updating my web sites and learning more about Front Page. I even went so far as to pick up the 2003 version for about $300 Canadian a couple weeks ago.

Work decided to get a professional web design company to redo the http://www.rcrmuseum.ca site (which should be up and running by the 28th of November we hope), and the nice part is that I'm working with the designer who's teaching me how to use Fireworks and Dream weaver, and web design techniques and flow charting. I really like those programs and am picking them up amazingly fast, even for my expectations.

There's where my addition to the Wish list, if I should even be considered with such a short time here (this being my first post).

I've downloaded the trial versions of Fireworks and Dream weaver, but inevitably they are going to run out before the end of December. I prefer them over the Front Page software, but can't afford to go into hawk any further by buying them. Pirating for me is out of the question.

What I'm wishing for is anyone who might have picked up newer versions to toss the old ones my way in so that I might have a licensed product to work and learn with.

A secondary wish is to figure out how to get my photo to the left of this forum like everyone else. :)

Fingers Crossed.
Brian

rocky1

11-23-2003, 02:06 AM

A secondary wish is to figure out how to get my photo to the left of this forum like everyone else. :)

Fingers Crossed.
Brian

Can't help you with the software Brian, but if you'll look in the navigation bar at the left side of the page here, you will find a link for Member Photos, simply paste your picture therein and the Supreme Beings here at WPW will process it for you. Before you know it, (well... maybe like about Monday or Tuesday), your smiling face will be beside every post past, present, and in the future.

Then you can go up to "Edit Profile" way up top there on the Blue navigation bar, and enter something whismical at the "Signature" slot, or plug your Website address in it, or what ever you might like on the bottom of every post.

Good to have you aboard. Stop in and visit us at the Today's Tomorrow's Yesterday, or what ever that thread is that we've been held captive in, it appears you'll fit right in Dude! }:~)

Rocky

Page Writer

11-23-2003, 02:16 AM

Can't help you with the software Brian, but if you'll look in the navigation bar at the left side of the page here, you will find a link for Member Photos, simply paste your picture therein and the Supreme Beings here at WPW will process it for you. Before you know it, (well... maybe like about Monday or Tuesday), your smiling face will be beside every post past, present, and in the future. :~)

Rocky
Thanks Rocky, found it and done that. :) I'll see me soon I guess.
Thanks Again Dude.
Brian

spiderbait

11-23-2003, 11:38 AM

Well, Jade, still having two front teeth may just be part of the problem - it displays an unwillingness to learn to dance! :-)

Thing One and Thing Two - :-)

I've scoured my house
But it would appear that a mouse
While cunning and cute
has made off with my copy
- straight up the chute!

I DO own a copy of Cat in The Hat -
but it's nowhere to be found
and that is That!

:-)
See? Santa can fit that in his sleigh!
And he'll bring it to you - today!

Hahahaha... well, I'm no Dr Seuss after all.

Very nice JMac. Thanks, you made me laugh. You've also put me in the mood and inspired me... look what I wrote this morning:

he made us happy
he made us all laugh
he gave us whimsy and snortle and chortle
and pflaff.

His pictures and words
showed us all where he stood
that life can be funny
and that we all should
put down what we're doing
and sit by the fire
and pull out a book
and read till we tire.

Read about whos
and strange coloured food
and read about grinches,
thing ones and thing twos.

Read and remember
that magical place
and don't even worry
'bout that look on your face,
if you feel like a child
and your heart skips a beat
if your tongue runs ahead
and gets tied in your feet.

'cause that's the whole point
'cause that's what he did
he took you - whoever
and made you a kid.

So read to remember
those nights snug in bed
falling asleep with
Dr. Seuss in your head

spiderbait

11-23-2003, 11:50 AM

Well, Jade, still having two front teeth may just be part of the problem - it displays an unwillingness to learn to dance! :-)
Actually, the only reason I have my two front teeth this year is cuz Santa gave me artificial ones to replace the ones that were knocked out when my last performance in the Nutcracker Suite went tragically awry.

Well, I'd like to find a way to exchange links with you. It would seem though that we offer much of the same... is there a way to help each other without losing clients to each other? I kid, of course. All of my work has been word of mouth and I only recently put up an actual site. A week ago (must have been during Google's database update!!) I suddenly popped up for a whole day in the top spot for "custom web design bc" ... but it was fleeting success. Still at the top spot for my geographic location though! (Sunshine Coast, BC)
Let me know your thoughts - and have a very Merry Christmas! :-)

JMac
I think we should share links... and maybe a glass of eggnog too :) I notice you've kindly added comments to my site review, so I'll pick the link idea up over there and leave this forum to the wishes. See you there.

rocky1

11-23-2003, 02:00 PM

Actually, the only reason I have my two front teeth this year is cuz Santa gave me artificial ones to replace the ones that were knocked out when my last performance in the Nutcracker Suite went tragically awry.

You know this is getting pretty suspicious if you ask me....
First we have Ol Gnome claiming to have teeth marks on his forehead, as result of dancing accident! From BC.........Reference ~ http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=7847&start=26 Then we have Greyhawk claiming teethmarks on his forehead as a result of dancing accident too! Also, from BC............Reference ~ http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=7847&start=28 Now we got Spiderait claiming front teeth were replaced following dancing accident! Likewise from BC. I'm not even going to ask which one of the guys with the teeth marks on their forehead you were dancing with, eh! And, I'm going to suggest all you guys start drinking in moderation up there. Or, quit dancing one! ~~LOL!~~

spiderbait

11-23-2003, 02:56 PM

You know this is getting pretty suspicious if you ask me....
First we have Ol Gnome claiming to have teeth marks on his forehead, as result of dancing accident! From BC.........Reference ~ http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=7847&start=26 Then we have Greyhawk claiming teethmarks on his forehead as a result of dancing accident too! Also, from BC............Reference ~ http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=7847&start=28 Now we got Spiderait claiming front teeth were replaced following dancing accident! Likewise from BC. I'm not even going to ask which one of the guys with the teeth marks on their forehead you were dancing with, eh! And, I'm going to suggest all you guys start drinking in moderation up there. Or, quit dancing one! ~~LOL!~~

Ya know Rocky, you missed the obvious reason why us Canadian males seem to have a disproportionate number of cranial-teeth wounds - JMac even referenced it earlier in this thread.

It's a little known Canadian mating ritual where the female expects the male to "put out his teeth" on the head of a rival suitor. It's a variation on the alpha male thing. It makes for very colourful and entertaining town dances.

Steven Glover

11-23-2003, 08:05 PM

rocky1

11-23-2003, 08:08 PM

Sounds like a bloody good time, as the Brits would say!

Sure glad I dont have to compete with you guys, for the gals' attention! ~~ROFLMAO~~

labrynth_of_fire

11-23-2003, 08:14 PM

OK I finally have a wish. Can you believe it. I have had this domain disciplesoftech.com registered for a while. I would be interested in some logo ideas as I am about to start working on the web site.
maybe some robots bowing to a computer god?

matauri

11-23-2003, 09:08 PM

minstrel

11-23-2003, 09:21 PM

Ya know Rocky, you missed the obvious reason why us B.C. males seem to have a disproportionate number of cranial-teeth wounds - JMac even referenced it earlier in this thread.

It's a little known B.C. mating ritual where the female expects the male to "put out his teeth" on the head of a rival suitor. It's a variation on the alpha male thing. It makes for very colourful and entertaining town dances.
Just correcting your post a bit, SB - east of the Rockies this is pretty much an unknown injury and certainly not part of any courtship or mating ritual I've ever observed in Ontario or Quebec... (and when I lived in B.C., although I think I was probably interested in courtship and mating, I was too young to have any idea what I was doing)...

Greyhawk

11-23-2003, 09:35 PM

Just correcting your post a bit, SB - east of the Rockies this is pretty much an unknown injury and certainly not part of any courtship or mating ritual I've ever observed in Ontario or Quebec... (and when I lived in B.C., although I think I was probably interested in courtship and mating, I was too young to have any idea what I was doing)...

Have you seen the women in Ontario and Quebec? Now compare them to the beautiful women we have here on the west (read best) coast it is no wonder we are willing take our own teeth out. The only good thing that Ontario has going for it is the Toronto Maple Leafs and Quebec should be very thankful for the comedy festival. LOL

Greyhawk

Steven Glover

11-23-2003, 09:38 PM

I really don't know what I want. We are as a goof building a website based on a fake religion we are creating. Like I said its totally a goof site. I am open for anything.

Steven Glover

11-23-2003, 09:39 PM

The whole story on that is very funny and in a seperate thread once the site is finishe I will explain.

JMac

11-23-2003, 09:41 PM

[quote=JMac]

Very nice JMac. Thanks, you made me laugh. You've also put me in the mood and inspired me... look what I wrote this morning:

he made us happy
he made us all laugh
he gave us whimsy and snortle and chortle
and pflaff.

His pictures and words
showed us all where he stood
that life can be funny
and that we all should
put down what we're doing
and sit by the fire
and pull out a book
and read till we tire.

Read about whos
and strange coloured food
and read about grinches,
thing ones and thing twos.

Read and remember
that magical place
and don't even worry
'bout that look on your face,
if you feel like a child
and your heart skips a beat
if your tongue runs ahead
and gets tied in your feet.

'cause that's the whole point
'cause that's what he did
he took you - whoever
and made you a kid.

So read to remember
those nights snug in bed
falling asleep with
Dr. Seuss in your head

Now, Jade, just like birthday candles and wishes, wishes don't count if you fulfill them yourself!
See you in your site review thread for link follow up.

JMac

matauri

11-23-2003, 11:23 PM

Now compare them to the beautiful women we have here on the west (read best) coast

Yes..I must say the women on the west are the best !(of Australia that is! ) ;-)

But we prefer our men keep their teeth in! :-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

11-24-2003, 12:35 AM

I have a personal wish. I have a web site that showcases some of my more, shall we say mature photography. (I specializes in artistic nudes) I have tried to set it up as a paid members site with limited guest access, but to no avail. Is there some one out there willing to have a look at this site and tell me how I can accomplish this please?

Contact me and I will sent you the URL.

Greyhawk

rocky1

11-24-2003, 02:24 AM

Steven Glover

11-24-2003, 07:01 AM

Rocky - Perhaps his intentions are to just keep children out. If that is indeed the case he can charge next to nothing for it. $1.00 for a lifetime membrship or something.

I would need the url but I have some exerience in "member" only sections from a couple of non adult material sites I built. There are many ways to accomplish a member only section. Yo have to ask yourself a few questions.

How secure do I want this?
Do I need multiple username and passwords or will one do?
What scripts will my host allow?

matauri

11-24-2003, 07:10 AM

So is this a secret mens club kind of thing...or can I see too? :-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

11-24-2003, 07:31 AM

Greyhawk,

Per the Nude site, if that's the one you used to have linked on your site, I looked it over before you pulled the link. Although you've got some damned nice shots in there, there's not enough nasty enough material to cause folks to pay you to look at it guy. Pay sites... folks want really raunchy, the nastier the better. Your work was to classy; more like it belonged in an art gallery some place.

Rocky

Thank you Rocky I would like to think of myself as an artist when it comes to photography. What I am looking to do is be able to sell my work on line or have the site make money for me, so my answer to Steven is very secure with multiple user names. I will sent the url you and Cindy

Greyhawk

labrynth_of_fire

11-24-2003, 08:31 AM

I really don't know what I want. We are as a goof building a website based on a fake religion we are creating. Like I said its totally a goof site. I am open for anything.
sounds like loads of fun, what type of religion are you making?

Steven Glover

11-24-2003, 09:00 AM

Not a secret mens club. Yes I think it will be fun. Not letting the cat out of the bag just yet though ;)

mikmik

11-24-2003, 10:43 AM

Steven Glover wrote:
OK I finally have a wish. Can you believe it. I have had this domain disciplesoftech.com registered for a while. I would be interested in some logo ideas as I am about to start working on the web site.

I'm not sure, but it could be a 'breakaway' Hutterite sect.

The prophet could be named 'HAL' or 'Robby'. Or 'Asimov XII'.

I'm also thinking thoughts of Mike Meyers on 'Saturday Night Live' in that -German with the monkey- series of skits.

Matauri wrote:
So is this a secret mens club kind of thing...or can I see too? :-)

I think she also was talking to greyhawk (allusion to the 'rocky1 review/reply to review' event).

Steven Glover

11-24-2003, 12:41 PM

Any other wishes today? Everybody had the whole weekend to come up with them.

Page Writer

11-24-2003, 10:10 PM

Hi Folks,
Brian here. I couldn't beleive it, having been SPAM free for almost two years, I joined this forum and in less than a couple hours had been searched out by a SPAM-BOT or otherwise added to the "*****/Viagra/Give Me you Bank Info and I'll Deposit $Million from deposed dictator", emails that made me shut down my hotmail account.
Slap me silly for assuming that a site that offers solutions to so many people, might incorporate an anti spam formula into the script to prevent this sort of thing.
It's liekly too late for me now, but I've added a "REMOVE.THIS.SPAM.BLOCKER.TEXT." to my account email address, which likely means, if automated, I won't be getting any forwarded messages from here unless I go directly to the Forum and check for new entries. I Like it that way anyhow, I'm more likely to reply when I'm in the here and now. :)
Well, for anyone who builds their own sites, and doesn't already use an Anti Spam script, here's one for you:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript">
// Change User Name and Domain Name
username="yourname"
at="@"
domainname="emailserver.com"
document.write(""+username+""+at+""+domainname+" ('"+username+""+at+""+domainname+"')")
</script>

Merry X-Mas, my gift to all :)
Cheers!
Brian.

P.S. Any comments on my Altered (Self) portrait?
:D

Page Writer

11-24-2003, 11:15 PM

http://www3.sympatico.ca/thercr/HAL.gif
MikMik, after reading the forum on Logos, this probably isn't anything like what you're looking for, but what the heck, the critics are slamming "The Cat In The Hat", but the only reason it's doing so well is because "Kids" don't care what the critics say. :)
If you want to use or alter it, the PSD file is also there, just click http://www3.sympatico.ca/thercr/HAL.zip to download it. It's not really a zip file, just change the extension to PSD and it should open up in photo shop just fine.
Cheers!
Brian

Leisa

11-25-2003, 12:14 AM

Hello everyone. I would like to give some credit to a couple truly instant karma worthy folks. My logo was a mess and I needed serious help. Matauri and venezart created logos for me (without even a wish!) and helped me tremendously to make it through my, er, logo disaster. Let's just pretend I had formally made that wish so they can get what they deserve...Instant Karma!

I don't want to leave out the others who helped me out...spiderbait, coolo_chris, grease, cyanide

Their good deeds can be seen at http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=8671

Thanks all! May Santa bring you lots of cookies and put a little extra rum in your egg nog.

Steven Glover

11-25-2003, 07:17 AM

Thats great I added you to the list!

That eye is pretty cool Page Writer.

matauri

11-25-2003, 07:20 AM

Thanks Leisa...though you came up with your finished product in the end ! And doesn't it feel good knowing it is yours too :-)

Cindy

Steven Glover

11-25-2003, 08:42 AM

Right on but you guys still helped!

SyrenSong

11-25-2003, 12:22 PM

I wish that My site was back in the top ten under refrigerator magnets.:-)

I do not understand why i was dropped from google under "refrigerator magnets" I used to be in the top ten and they dropped just in time for christmas.

My address is www.fridgemags.com

Any info please guys.

Thanx In aedvance. HAPPY HOLIDAYS..

Hi pmrusselll893.

I'm not an SEO expert, but I do have a few ideas that might help you out some. It's going to take a fair bit of work on your part, though, and may require some serious changes to your website. Here goes:

You've got a lot of spaces, returns and blank lines where they're not needed. Get rid of 'em. While they're making it easier for you to update your website, they're making it very hard for the search engines' spiders to get what they to help your site rise to the top. All those extra spaces are doing is pushing all your important keywords farther and farther down the page. Make 'em go away!

Also, you've got lots of javascript all over your site. Search engines can't read or use anything that's contained in a javascript yet. Result? All your text, links and graphic images that are inside javascripts are totally useless to them. I'd suggest finding another way to implement your rollovers, or at least provide some <NOSCRIPT> tags throughout your site so the search engines have something to grab onto.

Next is your images. They should all have ALT tags that describe your images. Not all the search engines pay attention to them anymore, but for those that do, it'll give your site a big boost.

And all those META TAGS in your <HEAD> tag? There are waaaaay too many. Again, they're just pushing the important information on your website down on your page, making it harder for the search engines to find you. Most search engines don't even look at those tags anymore. If you're going to keep any at all, I would suggest keeping the TITLE, KEYWORDS, and DESCRIPTION. AUTHOR, REPLY-TO, REVISIT, etc. are totally useless in terms of improving your standing in the search engines.

I know this isn't much advice, but it should be enough to help you get started and increase your rankings at least a little.

Best of luck to you and I hope this helps! :)

mikmik

11-25-2003, 12:59 PM

Page Writer =
MikMik, after reading the forum on Logos, this probably isn't anything like what you're looking for, but what the heck, the critics are slamming "The Cat In The Hat", but the only reason it's doing so well is because "Kids" don't care what the critics say. :)
If you want to use or alter it, the PSD file is also there, just click http://www3.sympatico.ca/thercr/HAL.zip to download it. It's not really a zip file, just change the extension to PSD and it should open up in photo shop just fine.
Cheers!
Brian

That is good!! Tech and creepy! I downloaded the file, I'll have to put Photoshop back on my machine, learning Fireworks myself right now.
I didn't mean to give the wrong impression, it is Steve Glover who is doing the site, but I was overcome with enthusiasm when I made my earlier post, and obviously he liked the logo to!

What part of Canada you from? Look forward to getting to know you. Thanks for logo again.

Steven Glover

11-26-2003, 09:28 AM

I actually recieved a number of samples from Tim. He rocks! However anyone else that has started anything I would love to see them. I am sure in some form or another they can be incorporated. I really appreciate everyones effort on making my wish come true!

So having said that are there any other wishes that we can make come true? Perhaps people can make a wish for others that are not in here. How about that. Receiving a gift from someone you don't know on behalf of someone else. Talk about some good Karma!

amberstar702

11-28-2003, 02:33 AM

Hi Computers:
Regarding your comments about losing a good position in Google, I have only today discovered the same thing with two of my keywords. I got this info in one of my newsletters that may explain what is happening with them:

"This is far more than a Google Dance.
It's a wholesale zapping of commercial web sites, probably
using the dictionary system that you mentioned.
When I search for the phrases that used to find my clients, I
now only find big company sites, .gov's, .org's, .ac's,
directories and shopping sites.
I have clients' sites that were sitting nicely at the top
of Google a week ago, and now they're nowhere to be seen.
Google has missed the odd word from its dictionary (I won't say
which because they will just zap my clients' sites for those words
also).
My clients are already talking of laying off staff. About half a
dozen of their sites have been taken off Google (and they are all
for different subjects, not mirrors of each other). How can a company
survive when its main route for traffic is suddenly cut off.
This all happened without notice. And they won't answer my emails.

I urge everyone affected to complain most strongly to Google.
if they keep to their new policy, they will be a shadow of themselves
in a year's time, but we'll all be out of business by then."

This was posted by Rob and will likely affect all of us.
Regards,

Leisa

11-29-2003, 11:25 AM

I have a wish. I would really love for my logo to have a transparent background but whenever I try it gets REALLY messed up. I know this is an easy request but it sure isn't easy for me. GRRR!! Any help would be appreciated! Thanks all.

http://supplierlocator.com/appimage/logo6.gif

minstrel

11-29-2003, 02:34 PM

I know this is an easy request but it sure isn't easy for me.
I'm not exactly Graphics Guy, Leisa, but does this one work?

http://www.psychlinks.ca/misc/logo6tw.gif

You can download it here (http://www.psychlinks.ca/misc/logo6tw.gif).

Steven Glover

11-29-2003, 03:33 PM

That looked pretty good to me Minstrel.

What do you guys think of these? http://www.disciplesoftech.com/

Any other suggestions.

minstrel

11-29-2003, 04:30 PM

What do you guys think of these? http://www.disciplesoftech.com/

I like the blue logo with the "dots".

That spider-buddah dude is totally scary-cool, by the way... :-)

minstrel

11-29-2003, 04:37 PM

That spider-buddah dude is totally scary-cool, by the way... :-)
I just re-scanned that last post... yikes! is it possible that I am spending way too much time with xbox-playing teenagers?

Steven Glover

11-29-2003, 05:25 PM

If you spend to much time polaying xbox with teenagers you might be accused of some horrible things...

Mid Life Crisis
Having Never Grown up

I am sure my wife could come up with more. I tell you what I won't help out around the house for a few days and do nothing but play video games with my son and I'll come back later and post what she had to say. :)

Narasinha

11-29-2003, 05:30 PM

I just re-scanned that last post... yikes! is it possible that I am spending way too much time with xbox-playing teenagers?

Naaahhhh... But maybe you're spending too much time here with some of us PlayStation2-playing adults. My wife and I are both videogame junkies. :)

vfaulkner

11-29-2003, 06:12 PM

I would like a logo. I had someone lined up to design one but he was sent to sea by the Navy.
(whole Iraq thing, different story & thread.)

Have always used stylized VF,
http://www.vfwds.com/images/vfwatrmk.gif
but need something else...

Added:
not sure if viable, but if Anyone has any pull, I would like this whole war thing to be over! :-|

mikmik

11-29-2003, 06:23 PM

ditto:dots Steve

Good luck VF!

minstrel

11-29-2003, 06:48 PM

Having Never Grown up
That one sounds good! "Growing Up" sucks...

minstrel

11-29-2003, 06:55 PM

maybe you're spending too much time here with some of us PlayStation2-playing adults
We have a PS2 here as well - my all time favorite creepy PS2 game is Silent Hill... ever play that one? Spookiest music, sound effects, and creatures I've ever seen...

(note to MOD: what's the topic in this thread again?)

paulhiles

11-29-2003, 07:45 PM

I'm not exactly Graphics Guy, Leisa, but does this one work?
Why minstrel, you've surely been hiding your talent under a bushel!

...and by 'bushel', of course I mean 'ale' ;-)

(note to MOD: what's the topic in this thread again?) Well you started it.. well okay, it was actually Steven Glover.. but for the sake of continuity... this topic is Christmas Giving = Instant Karma... any more wishes to be granted? :c)

Paul

minstrel

11-29-2003, 08:00 PM

Why minstrel, you've surely been hiding your talent under a bushel!
LOL... not really... I only know how to do one thing... that was it! ;-)

...and by 'bushel', of course I mean 'ale' ;-)
We've immortalized mikmik! :-)

Steven Glover

11-29-2003, 08:01 PM

I hope so I am sure a lot more can be done. :)

Here are the wishes that have been granted so far http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishes.cfm

Here are wishes needing to be granted http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishesrequested.cfm You can also post your wish.

Leisa

11-29-2003, 08:54 PM

I'm not exactly Graphics Guy, Leisa, but does this one work?

Very nice! That's just what I needed. Thank you so much!

Steven Glover

11-29-2003, 08:59 PM

Did someone say ale? I may need to hit the store.

red

12-01-2003, 11:30 AM

Tim,
You and your wife and baby are in my family's prayers. Of course our fingers are crossed but prayers can't hurt!
My mom suffers from epilepsy as well and was on medication when she was pregnant with me and my 2 sisters (3 separate pregnancies)...that was a long time ago and we were all born healthy without incident.
Here's hoping your family's journey takes the same route.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX

fixturesetc

12-01-2003, 09:04 PM

Hi,

My wish would be how to make an ecommerce site. I don't mind doing it, I just have no idea how to start.

I could even do it after Christmas.

I did download some software, from CandyPress.com and have a very tiny start, but I just don't know how to proceed.

I wish everyone a very happy Holiday Season!

Trudy Boisvert

Steven Glover

12-01-2003, 11:21 PM

fixturesetc PM me I can give you some good starting points. You might also email your current host if you hve one they may already have a prefab solution. If you don;t have a host you should post asking what hosts have some easy to use solutions.

You should also... Nevermind just pm me. :)

Any other wishes?

cynaunltd

12-02-2003, 04:07 PM

Sending my wishes & prayers that all goes well and the waiting time passes quickly for you and your family. Keep your thoughts on today and each other and know that the Universe works in mysterious ways.
Namaste'
Donna Smith
www.cynaunltd.com

cynaunltd

12-02-2003, 04:43 PM

I forgot........I do have a Christmas wish! I need logo help desperately and don't know a thing about graphic design.
Thanks!
Donna
www.cynaunltd.com

netcastles

12-03-2003, 10:54 AM

Hi V Faulkner,
Here is a try at a logo for you.
This is the actual size that would fit in your current top bar. I started out much larger. What do you think?
http://www.netcastles.com/vfwds.gif

I would like a logo. I had someone lined up to design one but he was sent to sea by the Navy.
(whole Iraq thing, different story & thread.)

wclew

12-05-2003, 01:51 AM

Wow, what a great thread Steven. Good Job everyone. Best wishes to everyone, I will say a prayer for your upcoming family Tim. Good job on your logo Leisa, looks great. I could use some help on creating a logo for my upcoming web design site "Lewis Web Design". I can offer help with Javascript. Thanks.

Page Writer

12-06-2003, 03:39 AM

Well, I finally got hi-tech web site up and running. Just waiting for it to gain popularity now.
If ya want to check it out, it's at http://www3.sympatico.ca/thercr/

Cheers
Brian

rocky1

12-06-2003, 09:45 AM

Only thing I find at the address offered is your message Page Writer. No graphics or text for that matter, coming through otherwise. Considered it was maybe a browser compatibility issue but I found the same problem in IE 6 and Opera.

Page Writer

12-06-2003, 02:43 PM

Maybe I should change my handle to "Not very good page writer" :(
I think it's fixed now. All paths to the graphics were pointing back to files on my hard drive instead of their folder location on the web. It's not the first time that's happened to me. I thought that's what putting the "Base location" was for. :(
Well, if you've got the time or patience for another look, it should be working now. :)
Cheers!
Brian

rocky1

12-06-2003, 10:08 PM

Much better mate!

Uhhhh...... Yup! Front Page will do that to you every once in a while! Usually when you least expect it, bang a page up in a hurry thinking it's good to go, and run off without checking it! Lesson one in working with Front Page.... Always make sure your page is there, and all the reference links work! }:^b

Been there, and done that more than once!!!

Not sure why it does it, but sometimes it simply refuses to trim the C:\\ file status on upload.

You might want to put an e-mail link down on the bottom of the page someplace, also. Granted you have it in the message, but whenever I moved off the button to see if the e-mail address was linked, I lost that page immediately. Thus it's not a click and blast off a message affair, which you might want it to be! If someone is going to be that generous, you want to make their being so, as painless as possible.

Best of Luck,

Rocky

minstrel

12-06-2003, 10:33 PM

Yup! Front Page will do that to you every once in a while! Usually when you least expect it, bang a page up in a hurry thinking it's good to go, and run off without checking it! Lesson one in working with Front Page.... Always make sure your page is there, and all the reference links work! Not sure why it does it, but sometimes it simply refuses to trim the C:\\ file status on upload.
That's probably why many of us FP users (and carbonize and Janeth, behave yourselves - I'm NOT going to pay the exhorbitant price for Dreamweaver) have learned to use relative links, but there are pitfalls even there, as I recently discovered...

But, honestly, isn't that what makes this stuff exciting? :o)

Steven Glover

12-06-2003, 10:39 PM

Viva La Dreamweaver!

Well worth any price!

What pitfalls are you talking about Minstrel? ;)

Steven Glover

12-10-2003, 09:30 AM

Come on guys there must be some more wishes we can grant?

Any wishes? Any?

carju1

12-10-2003, 11:03 AM

Well I have debated about asking for anything for a while but everything I have come up with has either been silly, impractical or usually beyond the reach of the forum.

I am helping a friend turn his book into an e-book as some of you will know from my cries for help in other threads. (I suppose as I'm giving my time converting and compling for free it is my christmas gift to him - mind you I'd be better giving him a copy of MS Word then I wouldn't have to go mad at the .wps files he keeps sending me).

However the one thing I am not very good at (confirmed by several of my attempts so far) is graphics. I'm trying to do a 3D book cover for him for the website (usual thing like most people have for e-books as a promo and as a link). Any of you graphic gods-ess' that are in a christmas spirt fancy knocking something up for me?

The title of the book is "Facts and myths in hypnotherapy - by Dr John Plowman" Its a book about hypnotherapy techniques, practicle usage and stuff like giving up smoking, curing anixety and Past Life Regression. Target market is normal people who want to understand more about hypnotherapy.

Many Thanks

Julian

matauri

12-10-2003, 11:22 AM

You want the whole cover 3D Julian?

Cindy

carju1

12-11-2003, 05:35 AM

Hi Cindy,

The type of look I have been trying for (And failing) is similar to the ones on http://www.ebook-cover-art.com/?hop=wildcom, I've even used the out line from http://www.ebook-cover-art.com/hires/MercedesBenzSportcars_3D_H360.jpg but I'm just hopeless.

Julian

matauri

12-11-2003, 10:16 AM

Julian, I'll have a crack at it for ya. I have some blank ebook templates.

Send me a PM with details.

:-)

Cindy

ldyguique

12-12-2003, 10:15 PM

Steven Glover -- thanks for being a partial impetus to me breaking out of a humbug state of mind that I've had for quite a few years. Between you and my grandkids, I got enough of a surge of holiday spirit to go out and buy a shopping cart's fill of toys that I deposited in the lobby's "Toys For Tots" drive this morning. And, I DO feel better. Good Wishes to all.

Steven Glover

12-12-2003, 10:49 PM

Sounds like you filled several childrens wishes. Thats great. Merry Christmas to you!

Kylemp

12-12-2003, 11:35 PM

minstrel

12-13-2003, 01:36 AM

I'm wishing for a logo and banner design for http://www.bctrip.com and someone to teach me about SEO.. its not that im lazy and expect it done for me, i just dont really understand a lot about it.. like google.
I'll leave the logo/banner request to someone with some artistic talent but let me offer some comments about the SEO issue.

1. Step one is to do some re-design on your home page. I really don't mean to be offensive but it won't help you to draw visitors to your site if they are given the impression of an unprofessional business. My two first impressions of your page were (a) the formatting and layout are all helter skelter, hodge-podge... it's almost uncomfortable in the tension it creates... it needs simplification and order; and (b) it is way too long: break it up into a main page with links to separate pages for the individual properties, leaving just a description (and none of the large photographs) on the main page.

2. your title tag needs work:

<title>Nelson, B.C. Private Family Home for house exchange or short term rentals.</title>The key question here is: what words and phrases will people enter into a search box who want to find your site? I agree in your case "Nelson, B.C." should be there, but at the end, not the beginning, of your title tag. Try this:

<title>House exchanges, short term rentals, Nelson, B.C., Canada</title>

3. your keywords tag:

<meta name="keywords" content="vacation rental,nelson,bc,british columbia,kootenay,house,holiday,lodging,accommodat ion">
For search engines still using this meta tag, you are telling them that you want people searching for "nelson", "bc", "holiday", accomodation" to be pointed to your site. That isn't what people who are likely to want to know about your business are going to search for - try something like this:

<meta name="keywords" content="vacation house rental, holiday house rental, vacation accomodation, accomodation exchange, housing exchange, lodging, british columbia">

with additional PHRASES added that seem appropriate - but think in terms of phrases as well as words.

4. your description tag:

<meta name="description" content="Nelson, British Columbia (BC) Canada and Kootenay Lake. We offer vacation rental by owner. Nelson lodging of all types: House rental, beach house, cottage, cabin, and suite">
Again, it's not clear how many search engines still pay attention to this tag but you might want to at least make sure it is friendly to any that might - see above comments for title and keywords.

5. your content:

Nelson, British Columbia (BC) Canada and Kootenay Lake. We offer vacation rental by owner. Nelson lodging of all types: House rental, beach house, cottage, cabin, and suite.
Again, see comments above - apart from the formatting issues, you need to expand the description of your services - give the search engine spiders something to read that will highlight your website in the listings and give people searching for services similar to what you offer a reason to click on the link to your site instead of all the others that may come up.

Try doing a search on Google, MSN, Alta Vista, etc., for relevant keywords and phrases and then look at the sites that come up. In Internet Explorer, click on View | Source and have a peek at what the more successful sites are doing in terms of their title tags and other meta tags, and in terms of the content of their home/main page. Take your direction from them...

twopooches

12-13-2003, 05:22 AM

My first wish is that everyone have a safe and happy holiday season.

My second wish is that we all thank our Military -
http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html

My third wish is that a people consider donating just a little something to their local pet/animal rescue organization.

rocky1

12-13-2003, 09:56 AM

Ok, this isnt a BIG wish but a wish that is relative to this forum..
Im wishing for a logo and banner design for http://www.bctrip.com and someone to teach me about SEO.. its not that im lazy and expect it done for me, i just dont really understand a lot about it.. like google.

Thanks,
Kyle

As the old saying goes ~ "Give a man a fish and he'll have supper. Teach a man to fish and he'll never go hungry."

Since you infer that you aren't lazy, you simply lack knowledge and want to learn, gift of SEO Tool link would be very befitting. SEO is a challenge no doubt Kyle, but it can be learned, and if you view it as a challenge, and try your best; it is a very rewarding experience to make it to the top. Don't get too spun up in it though because Google can crush you with the simple change of an algorithm!

To grant your wish however, I'm going to give you two links and bit of simple advice for Christmas!

The first link is to an on-line SEO Tool - it works wonders - it's hands down the sweetest tool I've ever found for increasing your search engine performance. Knowledgeable or not, you can improve your site's search engine performance with this tool. http://www.instantposition.com/seo_doctor.cfm

But, before you ever start there..... you need to go to http://www.webceo.com/download/ and download the Web CEO 4.0 program. It all looks pretty complex when you open it, and there are a great many features therein that you may or may not want to play with, but you'll want to go over to "Features", then down to "Ranking" and set up your website's profile, to see where you're at now, and track how your performance improves over time. The program allows you to track your site's performance on about 20 search engines with the click of one button, once your profile is set up. It'll show you current ranking, last ranking, best ranking and change in position. It'll also show you how many pages your competing against for that keyword, and where your competitors are if you load them to the competitors profile.

The last bit of your wish granted... pay heed to the wisdom Minstrel offered above. He raised some very sound points. I would also suggest you go to Google and do a search for your primary Keywords, whatever they might be. What the engine finds is what you are competing against. When the results come up, click on the "cache" link beneath the top finds for your keywords. This will offer you a cached file of websites you're competing against, with the keywords you used highlighted in the text body. That's what you're up against; that's what you have to beat! Next open the site, and view the source, see what they're doing for meta tags, title, keywords, and description. You're also competing against that. You have to improve upon what they have, to beat them on the search engines. At times it's difficult if not impossible, you may have to select different keywords; find a small niche that works to your advantage and generates traffic if necessary. (i.e. On my site with "fishing" as a primary keyword, I'm competing against 22.7 million pages for that keyword, All the Web, it's over 28.5 million! "ND Fishing" however All the Web shows only 1.2 million, and Google is only 447,000! I've got way better odds, with the addition of "ND" don't you think? I did anyhow, and although I may never see rank for "fishing", I've managed to pull off a #6 ranking on Google for "ND Fishing.")

Between the three, I guarantee you, you can increase performance of the site. Aside from that, study everything you can find on Search Engines, and when you get done reading everything there is out there to read, you'll probably know as little about them as all the rest of us. };^)

Best of luck, and Merry Christmas! If you have any questions on the links give me a shout.

Kylemp

12-13-2003, 09:24 PM

Thank you both for the help, I also heard that if your keywords and between about 10-30 percent of the content changes each time the search engine re-indexes your site it will bring you to a better placing.. true or false?

If there is any good tutorials or articles on SEO please post them.

Thanks,
Kyle

rocky1

12-13-2003, 11:26 PM

I honestly couldn't tell you Kyle! I'm eternally seeking #1 for every keyword I've got, so my homepage is constantly changing trying to pick up rank. It hasn't sat still for more than 2 - 3 weeks since I got serious about making it #1 in August.

As for the keyword "fishing" I still haven't found it on my homepage! I linked the homepage to the links page, and likewise loaded a ton of reciprocal links to that page, through those two moves, my links page got spidered. It hit #12 on Google in the last shake up without Keywords, without Description, without any Meta Tags, without, without, without, I'm talking, even the title was wrong! I forgot to change the title from "CSS Template." When it was found however, I capitalized on that, and immediately optimized everything on the page for rank. I have a 14 day revisit meta tag for the robots on the site, and after two weeks it shot straight to #6.

There's a whole lot to gaining rank on the engines Kyle, and the best advice I can give you, is never stand still. You must always make an attempt to improve things. Whoever suggested the 10 - 30% change, is probably changing that much just trying to stay on top the game, and that's what makes the difference, always trying to be the best!

codemv

12-15-2003, 02:23 PM

I have a wish.
I need to learn about mod_rewrite for rewriting urls for search engine optimization on a php site. I've searched the search engines and looked at pages and pages of reference on-line, BUT I think I need a mod_rewrite for dummies reference. The pages online are starting to look familiar, but there is that first step that is not explained on a simple enough level for me. "If you have a page.php that received queries x, y and z, this is how you want to code the mod_rewrite." I'm worried about getting it half right and crashing the server. Can anyone recommend a very basic step-by-step reference for putting up an .htaccess file on an apache server utilizing mod_rewrite?

Thank you!!

spiderbait

12-15-2003, 06:01 PM

Hey everyone...

As a bit of good news I just thought I'd offer an update on one of my own wish requests.

While the wish wasn't specifically granted by anyone here at wpw, I certainly did receive some positive and encouraging support.

So, the good news is that I have a new girlfriend!!! It's funny since I wasn't really seriously looking and had only posted that request as a joke, but I guess somehow I turned on my "availability radar" and the next thing I knew I was being approached by a beautiful and dynamic young lady following a presentation I'd given to a number of local businesses... and it's been beautiful and loving history ever since :-)

With results like this, do I dare reiterate that I wish Dr. Seuss would come back to write another book? Maybe not or it might be granted a la Stephen King's "Pet Semetary" ... so I think I'll just settle for my other wish to have the Cat in the Hat visit my house ... while my mother is out, obviously.

cheers everyone, and happy holidays.

rocky1

12-15-2003, 08:44 PM

Okay! So when are you bringing her home to meet the family Jade?

minstrel

12-15-2003, 09:30 PM

If you have any sense, Jade, you'll keep her away from this bunch (and by bunch I of course include me) - it might traumatize the poor woman for life.

ofoglada

12-15-2003, 10:01 PM

Hello Folks,
Last October at our companies Halloween party I received my first pink slip ending a 3 year employment with a international web development & marketing firm. In Late January I was picked up by a startup with big dreams and some promise. Come October I received my 2nd pink slip as the company closed its doors. Here I sit unemployed for the 2nd Christmas in a row. If their is a Santa out there somewhere and he needs web development, web marketing, or even a marketing assistant please have him look at:

http://www.bfoleyinteractive.com/

It would make my families christmas that much better knowing I will have a job come next year. I just want to give my 3 year old daughter Alexandria a real christmas for once and my streak of bad luck in October seems to be becoming a yearly tradition.

I am a very devoted and hard working individual that just wants to give everything he is to one company on a full time basis. I am currently located in the Silicon Valley, Ca and would need to telecommute if the position is not near San Jose or the peninsula. Thanks for listening & Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Nollaig Shona.

spiderbait

12-16-2003, 11:59 AM

Okay! So when are you bringing her home to meet the family Jade?
Well Rocky, I'll certainly keep you posted about progress but I think Minstrel is right...

If you have any sense, Jade, you'll keep her away from this bunch (and by bunch I of course include me) - it might traumatize the poor woman for life.
So, I don't think I'll be bringing her here in the near future. Besides she's a video/film producer so she doesn't really have much interest in the whole web development thing.

However, as soon as we have our first photo together I'll be sure to post it here and keep the "family" in the loop about the newest addition.

sign me,
"silly in love"

mikmik

12-16-2003, 05:42 PM

spiderbait wrote -
Hey everyone...

As a bit of good news I just thought I'd offer an update on one of my own wish requests.

While the wish wasn't specifically granted by anyone here at wpw, I certainly did receive some positive and encouraging support.

So, the good news is that I have a new girlfriend!!! It's funny since I wasn't really seriously looking and had only posted that request as a joke, but I guess somehow I turned on my "availability radar" and the next thing I knew I was being approached by a beautiful and dynamic young lady following a presentation I'd given to a number of local businesses... and it's been beautiful and loving history ever since :-)
That is totally cool! But there's more -

rocky1 wrote:
Okay! So when are you bringing her home to meet the family Jade?

Well Rocky, I'll certainly keep you posted about progress but I think Minstrel is right...
minstrel wrote:
If you have any sense, Jade, you'll keep her away from this bunch (and by bunch I of course include me) - it might traumatize the poor woman for life.

So, I don't think I'll be bringing her here in the near future. Besides she's a video/film producer so she doesn't really have much interest in the whole web development thing.

However, as soon as we have our first photo together I'll be sure to post it here and keep the "family" in the loop about the newest addition.

sign me,
"silly in love"
Ahem. Does she have any sisters? Don't listen to minstrel. He's over near Ottawa. I'm just over the Coq from you!
Just my way of saying she sounds special, but if posting here helps...lol =|:o)x<

spiderbait

12-16-2003, 07:53 PM

Ahem. Does she have any sisters? Don't listen to minstrel. He's over near Ottawa. I'm just over the Coq from you!
Just my way of saying she sounds special, but if posting here helps...lol =|:o)x<

LOL MikMik... sorry though, no sisters. But who knows, maybe posting here will give you the same result. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya.

Steven Glover

12-16-2003, 08:22 PM

Ok should we start a new thread?

Subject: Over here, Yoo Hoo Cupids Arrow right this way please.

Ok so any other christmas wishes? Any at all?

minstrel

12-16-2003, 11:24 PM

Ahem. Does she have any sisters? Don't listen to minstrel. He's over near Ottawa. I'm just over the Coq from you!
Even more reason to keep her away, if you ask me... Mik's more dangerous, if only by reason of geographical proximity... ;o)

kiumars

12-17-2003, 04:40 PM

Here goes my wish:

If I had the power to change values, I probably wouldn’t even dare to do so, cause still uncertain of defining values.
After all these years, I have seen those changes in me being control by nature herself. Thus, I no longer know where I lay within the boundaries this nature I see within my soul.

I watched myself aging with hopes and dreams. Puzzling around broken pieces of choice and when the set is complete and the form has shaped, now begin to wonder of a dream falling into a drop of water.

Now I feel that my time is about to be over and a vision forever to be left behind incomplete. So, I raise my hands and ask the man above as to why I’m breaking down in silent pieces:
God, give me the courage to steal your passion. So I could heal these broken hearts.
God, embrace me with the chance for you to close your eyes and let me now for a second in time touch those starving families, those children who lost their parents and all the ones who have been left behind or forgotten.
God rest yourself, so I can take upon the system of your justice. Not to alter it but to deliver it to us who need to believe in true freedom and a justice we have tried to blindly follow in a mimic of your testimony of faith.

The answer has always been in nature regardless of what, a question as warm as the summer and an answer as cold as the winter. How naïve of me to keep asking questions over and over again! So I say after Will Young’s song:

I think I'd better leave right now
Before I fall any deeper
I think I'd better leave right now
Feeling weaker and weaker
Somebody better show me how
Before I fall any deeper
I think I'd better leave right now

Finally, my wish is your wishes come true.
Best wishes,
Kiumars
www.web2.dk

SyrenSong

12-17-2003, 04:42 PM

...Here I sit unemployed for the 2nd Christmas in a row. If their is a Santa out there somewhere and he needs web development, web marketing, or even a marketing assistant please have him look at:

http://www.bfoleyinteractive.com/

It would make my families christmas that much better knowing I will have a job come next year. I just want to give my 3 year old daughter Alexandria a real christmas for once and my streak of bad luck in October seems to be becoming a yearly tradition.

I am a very devoted and hard working individual that just wants to give everything he is to one company on a full time basis. I am currently located in the Silicon Valley, Ca and would need to telecommute if the position is not near San Jose or the peninsula. Thanks for listening & Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Nollaig Shona.

Wish I could help you, ofoglada, but unfortunately I can't. The year before last, my husband was laid off just before Christmas, so that was a rough year for us. Now, I'm only just getting started in a brand new area. We just moved to Wisconsin in June after my husband was laid off in May. Since we're both self-employed at the moment, Christmas is going to be tight for us as well.

If I hear anything about jobs in your area and/or your line of work, I'll be sure to refer them to you! Otherwise, the best I can offer you are a few prayers to the Almighty in your direction. Maybe that'll help! :)

I wish you and your family the best of luck for the coming New Year! May it be prosperous and see you fully-employed for Christmas 2004!

ofoglada

12-17-2003, 04:57 PM

we can keep our fingers crossed. and toes. I hope to post a I survived October 2004 post next year ;). Thanks for your prayers, my family need em.

southplatte

12-18-2003, 12:24 AM

Okay everyone, its been a while since I have been on here...but here goes.

A Christmas wish,
for you and for me.
From us to the world,
the world to each person.

That each of us understand,
we are as one, as we are all the same.
Flesh and blood,
mind and spirit.

That the day will come,
when we embrace life itself.
Each day growing,
each day learning.

To accept each other,
To teach each other,
To love each other,
and the world.

Touch someone's heart,
touch someone's soul.
Bring a smile to their face,
and a smile from within yourself.

Therein may you find,
the warmth of the world,
the love of the world,
and true happiness.

May everyone have a very Merry Christmas,
a very fruitful and Happy New Year!

(ps. 256mb pc2100 ram would be cool.....)

Peace to you all...

grease

12-18-2003, 01:50 PM

I am asking the big guy for an ASP search script and a lump of coal.

matauri

12-18-2003, 02:16 PM

I was just reading through the wishes that hadn't been granted. Steven Glover, are you still waiting for a logo? And Sue Phelps are you waiting for a logo too? Give me a yell if you are.

Steven, it might be worth putting those wishes links again for those late joiners in the thread.

Grease... my grandfather used to always ask for a lump of coal for xmas :-)

Cindy

wclew

12-19-2003, 02:10 AM

Steven, if you find cupid please tell him to point a few arrows my way too! ;)

Matauri, if your dealing out logo help I could use some of that too for Lewis Web Designs...I know what I want the logo to say but not sure on a graphic. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dennis

Cathcart

12-22-2003, 02:43 PM

Hey guys! I have not posted a wish but have been reading with true inspiration for quite a while. I hope that everyone has their wishes come true. Prayers and crossed fingers and good thoughts are radiant from my home to yours.

My wish is for ambition, happiness and excitment again. Seem to just go through the motions these days with a lack of any desire. To re-organize also. So, that is my little wish(es).

Oh and for once I would like to enjoy a birthday!

Merry Christmas to you all!!!!!

mikmik

12-22-2003, 03:13 PM

Cathcart wishes for:
My wish is for ambition, happiness and excitment again. Seem to just go through the motions these days with a lack of any desire. To re-organize also. So, that is my little wish(es).

Oh and for once I would like to enjoy a birthday!

First off, welcome to the forum! I haven't 'met' you but I'm looking forward to your participation.
I go through all kinds of ups and downs lately and seem to get excited about stuff but it only lasts for a short time, so I hear you loud and clear.
It is just one of those things we go through, and stuff always seem to resolve itself, eventually. I've found that sometimes I have to 'let go' and try not to force it to happen, or the lack of 'whatever', ambition and excitement in this case, will just solidify!
I usually have to look at other area's of my life to see what is missing, and when I am feeling balanced and content overall (exercise, diet, sleep, family, friends, spiritual, hobbies) my enthusiasm for work and learning returns.
This is a great place for feedback, lots of 'smarts' and support around here, and it is nice not to feel alone, to know us/we(?) others face the same battles, and most important, find solutions.
Most of all, good to meet you!

uptown

12-22-2003, 09:25 PM

My wish is for donations to be made to the " FEED THE CHILDREN FUND " Most americans are not aware that third world contries are not the only ones who have starving children, Feed The Children focuses on the children of the U.S.A. Due to a high unemployment rate , Children in the U.S.A are starving . Food has been donated to this cause although the problem lies in the need for funds to ship and distribute the food to the children in need. I am barely able to sqeak out a living in the ticket business due to lack of advertising knowledge but I do have food on the table and could not imaging seeing my children starving because of the failure of my business (www.uptowntickets.com) I have however taken the money I used for extracaricular activities to Help in the effort to FEED THE CHILDREN. As of today I have now placed my third donation. My wish is that anyone reading this will give , even a little, to help our countries children , be fed. To all that do ... GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS. Gary Marquez - New Member
FEED THE CHILDREN
P.O. BOX 36
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73101-0036

minstrel

12-22-2003, 09:39 PM

I've found that sometimes I have to 'let go' and try not to force it to happen, or the lack of 'whatever', ambition and excitement in this case, will just solidify!
Although your particular way of saying it may confuse at first, that statement actually reflects something that took me a lot of years and a lot of kicks in the head to learn - it's basically Buddhist I think. None of us are really very good at knowing what we want or need, although usually we think we know what we want. Often, when we don't get what we are certain at that moment we must have, weeks or months or years later we discover that actually it was a good thing we didn't get it. When you go down one path, there are of lot of others that you cannot go down - when one path is blocked, it actually means that a lot more have because of that come open to you. So being patient and letting it unfold, instead of trying to force things in a direction they don't seem to want to go, is often the best policy.

That doesn't mean give up wishing or hoping or planning - it just means accepting that you don't know the future (well okay, maybe Wen does) and therefore you can't really know what the best outcome or path is until you get there.

Steven Glover

12-23-2003, 08:56 AM

That is so true Minstrel, and Mik. Some times its best to ride the current, Than swim against.

Cathcart

12-23-2003, 09:36 AM

I've found that sometimes I have to 'let go' and try not to force it to happen, or the lack of 'whatever', ambition and excitement in this case, will just solidify!
So being patient and letting it unfold, instead of trying to force things in a direction they don't seem to want to go, is often the best policy.

That doesn't mean give up wishing or hoping or planning - it just means accepting that you don't know the future (well okay, maybe Wen does) and therefore you can't really know what the best outcome or path is until you get there.

Thank you Minstrel and Mik, you are so right!

ron sheldrick

12-23-2003, 10:02 AM

I wish for just ONE day each year everyone treated everyone else the way they liked to be treated themselves. Now wouldn't that be neat.?

Steven Glover

12-23-2003, 10:47 AM

I wish for just ONE day each year everyone treated everyone else the way they liked to be treated themselves. Now wouldn't that be neat.?

I live that way 364 days out of the year. It's that 365th day you have to worry about! ;)

webgoddess68

12-23-2003, 05:26 PM

My only wish this Christmas is to find a job that will actually pay me what my skills are worth and so I can support my family and get a home. Just moved to Ohio and finding work has been difficult...no luck so far. Staying with my mom for now but her landlady is raising heck out about it so gotta find a job and a home soon!

carju1

12-23-2003, 05:38 PM

I haven't posted my thanks on here to Matauri for granting my wish. I asked for a 3D e-book cover and Cindy has come up with 2 great versions. At the moment I'm waiting for the client to pick which one and Cindy has offered to do the tweaks as needed. I insist that she posts it in here as an example of her great work when it's finalised.

Many thanks

Julian

CraigAllen

12-23-2003, 05:49 PM

Although it is very personal and self-serving on the one hand, on the other my wish could help my clients as well as myself out tremendously if granted. Laugh if you will (and I am sure many of you will), but my wish is to meet a woman who would become the love of my life (and I of hers) and who at the same time is good with this whole SEO business I can't seem to grasp. She would be a benefit to myself as someone who loves me and whom I would love, and to our clients by helping in their search engine rankings. It isn't that I am dumb but I just can't seem to get a handle on really good search engine tactics! I'm caucasian, just turned 47, been divorced for about 8 years, am 5'8" and of average build for my age if anyone here might be interested. I spend way too much time at the office but am too shy to approach anyone in person and despite the Shakesperean quote in my sig I tend to avoid the risks of discouragement. I've had a web design and hosting business located in the Pacific Northwestern U.S.A. for the past four years.

bmchild

12-23-2003, 09:02 PM

Craig, I'm sure you're not the only one wishing for a companion to share your life with. The holidays can seem like an awful reminder of your loneliness without someone to share it with.

minstrel

12-23-2003, 10:26 PM

The holidays can seem like an awful reminder of your loneliness without someone to share it with.
Yes - loneliness, loss, despair, discouragement... it is worth stopping and remembering that for people who are happy with life this can indeed be a time of joy and love and companionship but there are many people who don't and/or can't experience it that way.

In my profession, this is one of the busiest and most difficult times of the year for my clients (and in turn I guess for me). If you have an opportunity to participate in some activity or personal gesture that might make the holidays just a little bit less painful or a little bit more tolerable for someone in that position, I urge you to do it.

For those in this world who feel alone, abandoned, and forgotten, it doesn't take very much from us to make a huge difference.

12-23-2003, 10:27 PM

it's very interesting to see how different people from various walks of life/the biz have posted to this thread.

it's actually very beautiful; there are over 8 php pages here which collectively portray a moment in the human condition that touches me emotionally.....

i have not posted until now because i simply have no wishes; i have had a very fortunate life as of late & i am humbly grateful for this.

but if i'm to have a wish, then my only wish is for the people out there in the world who need it most....the cold, the hungry, the lonely, the poor, the elderly, the sick & the dying, the scared........that they get at least one more chance....................if that's all that they can get.

i wish i could remember who said "the blaze of intelligence is of incalculably less value than the smallest spark of charity" becasue i would like to quote him/her here.....

if anyone remembers, please let me know.
until then

Peace to all & Happy Holidays
DAREN!
http://WebPageTurner.com

minstrel

12-23-2003, 10:36 PM

Lookes like we were posting similar sentiments at the same time, Daren...

My posts are always an hour ahead of my local time for some reason...

acornwebworks

12-23-2003, 10:55 PM

I really don't know what I want. We are as a goof building a website based on a fake religion we are creating. Like I said its totally a goof site. I am open for anything.

A bunch of us used to have our own fake religion...the First Church of Elvis, Reformed. We would meet at an annual party and be in stitches all evening as the bad puns and jokes came pouring forth. You are more than welcome to become a splinter church :-)

12-23-2003, 10:59 PM

Lookes like we were posting similar sentiments at the same time, Daren...

My posts are always an hour ahead of my local time for some reason...

true that!

i just got in from long road trip to Ft Lauderdale to see clients......
first thing i read just getting back here was this thread
and i was truly moved by it all....

to the point where i went out to snap a photo of our cottage w/ all the christmas lights and such....... to put w/ my post .........but upon looking at it i was like....."ugh christmas lights look so stupid w/ palms all over the place, etc..." and didn't want it to ruin the more serious nature of my christmas wishings....

i'll probably start another thread and use it to ask for better photos of people's christmas lights, trees, etc.........like one's with snow in them would be great....

ok i go post it now....
peace minstrel & thanks for all the great posting/ moding this year!!!
(moding? is that a word? i mean...after the beatnicks beat its dead horse? )
peace
DAREN
http://WebPageTurner.com

mikmik

12-24-2003, 01:12 AM

Cathcart wrote:
Thank you Minstrel and Mik, you are so right
One smart girl, you are! And watch out for anyone named: wen; Matauri; janeth; Leisa; Idygeeque; Laura...(LOL... grrrrr... LOL)

Thanks, I'll be getting help from you to, soon enough! One way I while away the desolate, dark days of winter malaise is to engage in a little good natured 'torment the opposite sex' taunting in various threads around here!

Me, I sit by myself in my room all day, waiting for 12+ hours of daylight again, when I'll have to draw the drapes to kill the glare reflecting off of my monitor... Sad, but true!

mikmik

12-24-2003, 01:25 AM

Oh, by the way, I'm single, for some strange reason.

Thanks for all the great modeng thus year, julian, and thanks for the psychiatric help, but I would feel a lot less paranoid if you would set the clocks one half hour forward, and add "in Newfoundland" to the display.
Minstrel, keep it up, I'm sure you'll be an MVP soon enough. I think if you tried changing your picture like janeth and wen does all the time it would help.

My wish? I would like to survive the new year.

tarikrashid

12-24-2003, 07:03 AM

As this year ends and we look forward to the New Year.
My wish is that we should spread the power of love and also be willing to understand others and also be more tolerant in our attitudes and responses.Our speech and our actions should not hurt or offend.

May all of you and the people you care for have a safe, secure,comfortable healthy and prosperous season.

SyrenSong

12-24-2003, 10:26 AM

but if i'm to have a wish, then my only wish is for the people out there in the world who need it most....the cold, the hungry, the lonely, the poor, the elderly, the sick & the dying, the scared........that they get at least one more chance....................if that's all that they can get.

i wish i could remember who said "the blaze of intelligence is of incalculably less value than the smallest spark of charity" becasue i would like to quote him/her here.....

if anyone remembers, please let me know.

I tried to do a Google on the quote, then the two manes I came up with. Best I can say is the quote comes from either William Nevins or William Devins.

And I echo your wishes for this holiday season. That's a beautiful wish! I think a few more prayers are in order in that direction. :)

ldyguique

12-24-2003, 11:31 AM

I did the same lookup, Syren, and I concluded that it might be included in Rev William Nevins "Thoughts on Popery," 1836 -- however, who knows? It's definitely not a popular quotation as it wasn't in either of the main quotation sites.

Minstrel -- yeah, I've been one of the ppl who have fought depression, ranging from mild to severe, during most holiday seasons during the past 20 years or so. As I've grappled with the concept of false expectations, it's eased up some. As I've reached out to others, it's helped to heal my own feelings of being disappointed. As I've enlarged my worldview to include a lot of viewpoints that I didn't have at one time, I'm less filled with angst about the human condition.

I tend to subscribe to "one creates their own reality." And, while I can't always hold this in clear focus, I gently nudge myself back towards it when feeling down. Telling myself that "I'm omly feeling down because I'm doing it to myself" isn't particularly satisfying; however, if I just change my orientation a bit, and look for something that is good and valid, I naturally just feel better.

It's all out there -- good and bad. Neither disappears because one chooses to focus on one or the other. So, why not focus on what feels better? Most of us have history in love souring and leaving us feeling unloved or unwilling to love. The disappointment is compounded by the sheer volume of hype over "romantic" love or Christmas cheer.

Ignore the hyperbole. Do as you can, step by step. There is always someone who will accept small gestures of kindness and caring, even if it's only a smile and a friendly "Hello." It's easy to see their eyes light up as they are recognized as being "valid." In turn, I feel more cheery and the next smile and hello is easier to do.

matauri

12-24-2003, 11:34 AM

I haven't posted my thanks on here to Matauri for granting my wish.

Your most welcome Julian! It was a pleasure to do them for ya :-)

And as the clock has already struck midnight here....Merry Xmas all :-)

Cindy

mdmspt

12-24-2003, 12:42 PM

mikmik

12-24-2003, 01:03 PM

Merry Christmas, Mat. You truly desrve one!

To Idyguique - as minstrel wisely said, it sometimes feels comforting to know that you are not alone. I, too, battle the episodes, I want you to know that.

I also want you to know that you have courage, and the coolest 'nickname' going!

"The only constant is change" - applies to our moods as well. Now who said that one?

wclew

12-25-2003, 01:54 AM

I just want to wish everyone a safe and wonderful Christmas. You guys are great!
Take care,
Dennis

Chatmag

12-25-2003, 02:00 AM

Merry Christmas to all from Chatmag.

At my age, having another year would be good :)

We've been looking for someone to take over advertising sales this past year, with no luck. In the interim, we've gone with Google Adsense, and have had a good response from that.

I'd wish for an ad sales person.

ronniethedodger

12-25-2003, 02:12 AM

I wish someone could tell me why some of my newletter graphics (especially the graphical links) keep getting stripped out of my November newsletter when I upload it to my website archives. How do I fix it?

Both the website and the newsletter are templates. I have tried to pick up a little HTML on my own recently, and I have used it for the graphical links. I have also used it to make text links go bold and red with a mouse rollover, but this also does not completely work in my archives.

If anyone would like to help me, I will be happy to forward a copy of the newsletter as it should have appeared.

This is probably because directories of the original newsletter and where you are archiving it to are different.

Your links to images and stylesheets (for your rollover effects) are being referenced in your newsletter pages based on the directory they are in. When you move that page to another directory, this reference point changes with it -- and now pointing at a directory that does not exist in the new path, or if it does exist the images are not there.

If you will post links to a current newsletter and an archived newsletter, I will be more than happy to take a look at it for you.

Oh my goodness....look what time it is !!!

Merry Christmas Everbody !!!

bmchild

12-25-2003, 02:38 AM

This may sound really silly, but I think it is really fitting. For my Christmas wish I would like everyone whether to consider Christ's role in our lives as our Savior and the principles that He taught through the short time he was on the earth. For isn't Christmas literally the celebration of Christ?

And I would also say that because of our Lord, whether you accept Him or not, it is only through him that we can have the true peace that every child of God deserves, which is everyone of us and I bear witness of that love and I know many others will as well. May you all have the spirit of peace which is the spirit of Christ with you this day as well as all the days to follow and always remember Him. Amen and Merry Christmas.

Page Writer

12-25-2003, 03:03 AM

Merry happy Ho Ho every one. Thanks for checking the Page Rocky1, but alas it was to no avail. Everyone is holding onto their old versions of Dreamwaever and fireworks, as I suppose I to would had I spent the cash on them myself. I think I'll leave the www3.sympatico.ca/thercr link up there till just before the new year, then replace it with my ear-wax collection site I've been putting off building until I could get a decent macro lens. :)
Cheers and best of the Holidays to all. :)

P.S. I didn't link the email on purpose, in an attempt to avoid the spam bots. :D

Much better mate!

Uhhhh...... Yup! Front Page will do that to you every once in a while! Usually when you least expect it, bang a page up in a hurry thinking it's good to go, and run off without checking it! Lesson one in working with Front Page.... Always make sure your page is there, and all the reference links work! }:^b

Been there, and done that more than once!!!

Not sure why it does it, but sometimes it simply refuses to trim the C:\\ file status on upload.

You might want to put an e-mail link down on the bottom of the page someplace, also. Granted you have it in the message, but whenever I moved off the button to see if the e-mail address was linked, I lost that page immediately. Thus it's not a click and blast off a message affair, which you might want it to be! If someone is going to be that generous, you want to make their being so, as painless as possible.

Best of Luck,

Rocky

acornwebworks

12-25-2003, 09:33 AM

Merry happy Ho Ho every one. Thanks for checking the Page Rocky1, but alas it was to no avail. Everyone is holding onto their old versions of Dreamwaever and fireworks, as I suppose I to would had I spent the cash on them myself.

Oh ye of little faith :-) Check your private mail for a nice Christmas present from me.

Now if only someone will grant my wish!

mikmik

12-26-2003, 07:51 PM

minstrel wrote
mikmik wrote:
I've found that sometimes I have to 'let go' and try not to force it to happen, or the lack of 'whatever', ambition and excitement in this case, will just solidify!

Although your particular way of saying it may confuse at first, that statement actually reflects something that took me a lot of years and a lot of kicks in the head to learn - it's basically Buddhist I think. None of us are really very good at knowing what we want or need, although usually we think we know what we want. Often, when we don't get what we are certain at that moment we must have, weeks or months or years later we discover that actually it was a good thing we didn't get it. When you go down one path, there are of lot of others that you cannot go down - when one path is blocked, it actually means that a lot more have because of that come open to you. So being patient and letting it unfold, instead of trying to force things in a direction they don't seem to want to go, is often the best policy

Uh, yes. Thanks for the compliment, I guess?

You people are all so deep and perspicatious around here so I often find that I don't quite 'get' what you are saying.

Like, maybe I accidentally said that stuff, minstrel, but I was actually talking about when you wake up and have to go to the bathroom real bad but can't, for some reason, until you relax.

You guys sure don't really listen, do you - hey
Sorry, I guess I'm just in a bad mood, the roos' woke me up at the crack o dawn again

MannyR

12-26-2003, 09:34 PM

Though I have many goals for the year 2004. If I had one wish that I knew would be granted is to get a laptop.

That is my wish...to get a laptop. There has to be a way.

Manny Rodriguez
Overcome Financial Debt

ldyguique

12-26-2003, 10:10 PM

mikmik wrote:
I've found that sometimes I have to 'let go' and try not to force it to happen, or the lack of 'whatever', ambition and excitement in this case, will just solidify!

That's also called intuition, based on deep undercurrents of thought to try and make sense out of discrete facts that do not appear to belong in the same cluster. The final awareness, that flash of intuition, is a fast sort of all available data that's been linked and filed. Preliminary theories of "how" it all works together were begun sometime previously. Sometimes, we can only extrapolate, a longer and more deliberate conscious data sort. And, it frequently leaves out the apparent "unusual" fact because it doesn't quite fit.

Letting go lets intuition have a voice.

minstrel said:

When you go down one path, there are of lot of others that you cannot go down - when one path is blocked, it actually means that a lot more have because of that come open to you.

Yes, I agree -- the path analogy is my description term for each of our lives -- different paths to walk. I found it useful for me to not only stop looking back -- as path branches tend to obscure what has gone before, but also to realize that each nexus point is an apex of two or more differing paths.

Whichever path wasn't chosen, it rapidly veers off as being a viable alternative. It is forever unknowable to second guess oneself that "if only . . ." one had chosen the OTHER one. As the new path continues to offer choices and new branchings.

It is useless to wonder what might have been. Things are as they are -- the rest is merely daydreams and night meanderings. The future may be unknowable, but at least one can plan and work towards attaining a dreamed of goal. This isn't true with the past. It's been written. It's just part of the whole now.

mikmik

12-26-2003, 10:55 PM

Idyguique =
It is useless to wonder what might have been. Things are as they are -- the rest is merely daydreams and night meanderings. The future may be unknowable, but at least one can plan and work towards attaining a dreamed of goal. This isn't true with the past. It's been written. It's just part of the whole now.

No doubt! I'm impressed to see such insight, and it is amazing how fast people come down to earth when you explain the other, unthought of, possible negative outcomes that they failed to consider. They always seem to assume that what they didn't choose would've been better, not maybe worse.

myclassy67

12-27-2003, 04:07 AM

I have received several answers to my wish for a logo for my website. I would like to thank everyone for taking the time and effort to fulfill my wish. My "partners" (family members) and I have narrowed it down to 3 that each of us have picked, but we like different ones. We were wondering if it would be possible to set up a poll here to help us solve this?
Sue

ldyguique

12-27-2003, 06:13 AM

ldyguique

12-27-2003, 06:25 AM

mikmik said:

. . .it is amazing how fast people come down to earth when you explain the other, unthought of, possible negative outcomes that they failed to consider. They always seem to assume that what they didn't choose would've been better, not maybe worse.

Tis true. And, they don't see the new choices and branchings that would have occurred on the alternate path. Because they are writing the script for an unknowable fantasy, it doesn't have to include "warts 'n all."

Don't get me wrong, there is more than one "smack my forehead, I wish I'd had a V-8" choice in my life. At least life and its choices plays with a bigger deck than 52.

Another thing that I espouse is that life is all about learning--that one doesn't learn from one's successes but from mistakes. It's the mistakes and correcting them that allows for the successes. That's why a success can sour so quickly into "is that ALL there is?"

My kids have found me to be an uncomfortable parent.

mikmik

12-27-2003, 11:12 PM

I was thinking about how Steven Glover has enriched our lives and shown his ability to provide a means for us to express goodwill and experience the joy of giving this Christmas.

I may not be expressing myself properly but be assured that this is not satire/humor/mikmik up to his old tricks.

I am genuinely touched by what you have given us in this forum with your " Christmas Giving = Instant Karma " thread.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=8675
Steven Glover wrote
Following some requests I am posting this as a new topic.

The object here is to make someone else's Christmas a little better. Here is how it works. (The idea came from a local radio show "The Monsters of the Midday") What happens is that each year on this show they ask callers to call in and tell everyone what their Christmas wish is. As people make their wishes other callers will call in and offer to make that wish come true. The wish could be as simple as a new fishing rod to a wax figurine of Elvis.

We have already had one example where someone wanted a domain for Christmas. So the domain has been registered and now they have their Christmas wish. You can ask for anything (you won't necessarily get it), but you should ask. You would be surprised at what some of us may have in our garages. If no one asks this won't work. Keep in mind the type of forum this is. You may have more success asking for a logo redesign or help on a script vs. a submarine. :)

If everyone participates you will find that the giving can be much more fun than the receiving!

I don't know, Steven, but it seems to me that our lives have been greatly enriched by this one simple post of yours, allowing us to grow spiritually by giving, allowing some of us to feel supported by a great group of people, and allowing me to become even more impressed and optimistic in regards to humanity's ability for good.

Most of all, we have gotten a sense of belonging to something special and beautiful taking place. This is a tough time of year for many, and I was myself going through a bad stretch of depression and feeling alone.
Through helping others, and laughing with them, as well as showing suport and compassion for a couple facing a 'scary beyong belief' health situation, I have been able to 'get outside of myself' and lonely feelings, turning them into a sense of accomplishment and belonging.

You reminded me of an important tool in life - the 'cure for what ails you' lies in oferring selflessly to others.

Having said that, I am hoping to start a thread in which we stay, oh, relatively on topic :o), and express thanks to Steven.
I also am keenly interested in his new project and want to concentrate on suggestions and direct help he wishes for , but first, some quotes from Steven Glover:
You guys need to stop being so altruistic! Ask for something someone can give you!!!. :)
Spoken like a true gentleman!

This i starting to do just what I was hoping it would.
We can all take credit for that!

Matauri and Steven are responsible for this:

Never mind I went ahead and made the Wish List for wishes that have not yet been filled. http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishesrequested.cfm

Be sure if you post a wish in here you add it to that list and vice versa.

Also if you tak care of someones wish please PM or email me so I can remove it from the wish request list.and

http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishesrequested.cfm Go here to request a wish!

http://www.liquidfusion.ws/wishes.cfm Go here to see wishes that have been granted!
Everyone is doing great so far lets keep it rolling!
Just 'cause christmas is over doesn't have to mean Christmas is over !

It's exciting that this is working!

Did someone say ale? I may need to hit the store.
A gentleman AND a scholar lol.

Come on guys there must be some more wishes we can grant?

Any wishes? Any?
and Matauri
Steven, I think because your kind heart started this...that you should be the first to make a wish :-)She has stolen my idea, yet again, this time to recognize Steven (I got the inspiration for this thread, from her, recognizing Steven like this!)Mat, special mention - I noticed you put lot's of help in too.

Here is the whole thread : http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=8675&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

And finally, but forever, from mistasix :
I have a wish and to be fair it's a big one, so here goes.

I just found out that my beautiful girlfriend (whom I love & cherish dearly) is expecting my child and I am over the moon. The worry is my girlfriend has a kind of epilepsy and the medication she has to take for it means that there is a strong possibility of complications with the birth. We won't know full the situation until the scans on week 12 (which will be just before Christmas) so until then we are both in the dark and not knowing what to expect, waiting is allways the worst.

So I'm going to wish this goes well and in 9 months I'll be a dad. I know there isn't a thing any of you can do about this, as i mentioned before, this is a waiting game, but if all you reading this could keep your fingers crossed for me I'd be very gratefull.

Again, thanks for enriching all our lives. SO! How's the website coming? You were looking for ideas regarding technology and urban myths?
I'd like to dedicate this to helping you, and also embarassing you!
Pray tell. What do you still need, for your site, or otherwise?
Merry Christmas everybody, - every day!

wenwilder

12-28-2003, 05:24 AM

Mik, while you sing the praises of Stevens kind heart, you should truly add yourself to that list.

I sat back and watched the wishes being made and fulfilled; wishing the whole time I could help in some way. There were times I just wanted to say thank you, Steven, for sharing the Christmas spirit, but it didn't seem enough. Remaining on the sidelines probably wasn't the best answer either. But, when you have no wishes and find none you can help fulfill there is not much else you can do. In watching the thread it was great to see wishes come true, quickly and some what quietly. :)

So now Mik, with his wise words and unique turn of phrase, has hopefully taken the first step to help more wishes come true.

There is a very unique group of people within wpw and that group continues to grow by leaps and bounds. There is a spirit of friendship, caring, professionalism, and family here that shows continually.

Thank you Steven and Mik for proving that humanity still exists, even online. :)

Steven Glover

12-28-2003, 11:04 AM

Wow. I am not even sure how to respond to that other than a sincere and heartfelt Thank you!

I went into posting this thread with the hopes that some people would be helped by it, and as usual the membership at Web Pro World has shocked me once again, only this time in a good way. Just kidding. ;) All joking aside this thread would have never worked if each and every one of you hadn’t had such big hearts and an honest devotion to caring for one another. We are all truly blessed. We live in a time where we can cultivate these wonderful relationships over such great distances. With a few words strung together and a mouse click on the “submit” button we can ask a question and in many cases have a solution to many issues that we are struggling over whether it is a personal decision one has to make or a question on how to fix a perplexing Front Page extension problem. (In that case not so fast eh Minstrel?) There are times I take for granted how amazing our world is right now and find it easy to drudge thru the work week, but lately thanks to my online relationships (many made here) I have taken a step back and thought about how wonderful our world is becoming. It amazes me what a little group like ours can do when they put their minds to it. There are so many kind hearted people in just this little spot on the web. Thank you each and every one of you for being who you are, and for most of all caring!

To quote Ani DiFranco “I do it for the joy it brings because I'm a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the world.”

Hmmmm. That about sums you guys up. Thank you all. Thank you Mik.

matauri

12-28-2003, 11:38 AM

I echo Steven in thanking you for your kind words Mik. I also agree with Wen, you left yourself out of that post.

Steven & I discussed on another topic how good it would be to have something like this for Xmas, and Steven took the initiative & got the ball rolling. Congrats Steven on a good job self-Moderating it too. Many times I saw it go off topic and you pulled it back in line.

I've only ever experienced a rare breed of people like this once before online, and that was many years ago. As the net grew so did the personal side of it disappear. Now here we are with the net peaking & a whole mess of challenges to come in dealing with it, and here is another rare breed of people who are going out of their way to help each other.

So to everyone that asked for, delivered, or even watched this unfold from the sidelines... thank you for being part of it.

And to Brittany & the gang from WPW...thank you for providing the venue for it to happen in.

Here's hoping that EVERYONE will get something they wish for in 2004 !!! :-)

Cindy

mikmik

12-28-2003, 03:42 PM

Matauri = "I echo Steven in thanking"
wen = "you should truly add"
Steven = "Thank you all. Thank you M..."

Sshhhh... i got a reputation to protect.

We're all part of a great team here whose whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

Speaking of parts: Steven Glover quoted:

... I'm a joyful girl...

One of the advances of technology oft' predicted is of virtually painless, accepted, multiple gender switching procedures (which I'm sure my well read colleagues know) in the near future.

Something you want to tell us 'Steven' ? lol - Don't forget about the "embaress him" part!

But here is a suggestion for "Disciples of Tech", or WPW for that matter"

A COOKBOOK!
A collection of the disciples favourite computer 'tips' and gourmet 'treats' for propellerheads! - microwaves: great for quick meals and erasing those embarassing hard drive files. Editor: redcircle
- turkey treats with jello, and color tips for website. ed: wenwilder

You get the idea, but with real tips and download links

It could have little holographic pics of each member that changes when viewed at different angles. ed: Matauri!

And wen, you, of all people, should be proud of yourself for the way this forum works and what it is.
Your warmth, and insightful 'turns of phrases' are what first drew me to become part of. Wow, wen. Don't you forget it.

acornwebworks

12-28-2003, 04:25 PM

Darn. I've been trying to grant one of Page Writer's wishes. Even told him to check his private mail, to no avail.

Does trying to grant a wish count?

Peace on earth. Good will to men, women, kids, animals, and everything else I can think of.

minstrel

12-28-2003, 04:28 PM

I've been trying to grant one of Page Writer's wishes. Even told him to check his private mail, to no avail. Does trying to grant a wish count?
Definitely... oh and if he doesn't pick up his gift within the next few hours, or minutes, whichever comes first, please just scratch off his name and write mine on the tag. :o)

Steven Glover

12-28-2003, 08:03 PM

Minstrel, I guess I should have finished reding down to the bottom before I sent acorn that PM. ;)

Thank you MIK. I am going to without fail start writing a script for a cookbook for DOT (Disciples of Tech)

mikmik

12-28-2003, 10:38 PM

Right or should I say, Write on!
I laugh thinking of the possibilities like minstrel having a tip to relax during bouts of 'net rage' and all the people and their interests/specialties around here. But ya, even if just a 'favourite 'tip' or keyboard shortcut, or even just recipes - it's your ball! May haps a link to their website to contributers as well, and definitely a front page spread on the newsletter!
I just like to see idea's tossed around and whatever it leads to, if it does - then great :O)

wclew

12-29-2003, 12:40 AM

I am genuinely touched by what you have giveup to his old tricks.
n us in this forum with your " Christmas Giving = Instant Karma " thread.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=8675

I don't know, Steven, but it seems to me that our lives have been greatly enriched by this one simple post of yours, allowing us to grow spiritually by giving, allowing some of us to feel supported by a great group of people, and allowing me to become even more impressed and optimistic in regards to humanity's ability for good.

Most of all, we have gotten a sense of belonging to something special and beautiful taking place. This is a tough time of year for many, and I was myself going through a bad stretch of depression and feeling alone.
Through helping others, and laughing with them, as well as showing suport and compassion for a couple facing a 'scary beyong belief' health situation, I have been able to 'get outside of myself' and lonely feelings, turning them into a sense of accomplishment and belonging.

You reminded me of an important tool in life - the 'cure for what ails you' lies in oferring selflessly to others.
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Again, thanks for enriching all our lives.
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Merry Christmas everybody, - every day!

I just want to say that I agree with Mikmik 100%, this was a very uplifting thread. Couldn't have stated it any better myself.

I also want to give Matauri credit for a helping me with my logo wish.

I can also offer help back to anyone wanting Javascript or XML help. Count me in on your cookbook Steven, anything you need.

Take care,
Dennis

myclassy67

12-29-2003, 01:34 AM

I would like to thank Steven also, this has been a great thread and also to all the people who contributed that helped make it that way.

Sue

myclassy67

12-29-2003, 03:41 AM

myclassy67 -- heck - why don't y'all just roshampo for it? Many a family decision has been made in the time-honored "rocks, scissors, aligators . . .errm forget that one . . .paper, water. banannas . . .

Sure, run a poll, but that would reflect our tastes, not yours.

Since our little group seems to have different tastes, whichever we picked would reflect that persons taste and not the others, and we feel the opinions from a poll in this forum would reflect a better choice than our just roshampoing for it.

That is if I can figure out how to add a poll here??

Sue

voodooboy

12-29-2003, 03:01 PM

Wow! I just spent the last 1/2 hour reading through this string and I must say, I am all teary-eyed over it and all the wonderful people that have taken part in being honest with your wishes as well as those that took the time out of their schedules to help out others. I said once before in another string that I thought this was the best forum ever, and you have all exemplified that point to the enth.

I was laid up in bed with the flu and other physical ailments, of which I will not mention, that kept me from being involved in the forums for the past 2 weeks. So I hope that this does not fall on deaf ears. I would like to know if any of the wishes have not been filled yet.

If anyone has not yet received your wish, please let me know as I would love to try and help.

Sincerely yours.

spiderbait

12-29-2003, 03:28 PM

Hello again everyone and I hope that everyone's wishes have been granted as wonderfully and as completely as mine.

This is truly a great thread on a truly great web forum and all of us have reason to be proud.

Steven in particular, thank you for starting this.

To everyone else, thank you and congratulations for proving that christmas is not just a day on the calendar, but a place in the heart.

As promised, here's the first photo of my new girlfriend and me together. It's appropriately christmas themed... since she's the best christmas wish ever.

Happy new year to everyone at WPW.
http://www.2webfeet.net/email-xmas-love.jpg

minstrel

12-29-2003, 03:34 PM

Is it just me? or does Jade look a little like a deer caught in the headlights in this photo? :o)

His new girlfriend, on the other hand, looks quite happy with whatever part of the conversation we-all missed just before the pic was snapped...

...and so it is, ever was, and always will be? ;-)

spiderbait

12-29-2003, 03:39 PM

Is it just me? or does Jade look a little like a deer caught in the headlights in this photo?

Ha, ha, ha... Minstrel, you're quite right.

It's an unfortunate condition I've had since birth. Only one in every 100 pics manages to disquise my deer-eyes and sadly I guess, this isn't one of them. However, I assure you, it's the least ET-ish of all that were snapped that evening ;-)

minstrel

12-29-2003, 03:47 PM

spiderbait

12-29-2003, 03:55 PM

Sorry, Jade! :o)

I didn't mean to be rude there - it's just that my first thought on seeing the picture, and the differences between your expression and hers, was, "What did she just say to him?" ;-)

Nothing to apologize for Minstrel! I was quite seriously laughing along with you. I never took it as rude in the slightest.

What you took to be a funny contextual expression is really a funny perpetual "deer caught in the headlights" photo look.

You're far from the first person to make such a comment and I long ago stopped worrying about trying to look normal in photos. If it works for ET, it works for me :-)

The real reason I look so serious is because I'm trying real hard not to look like a deer <grin>... but I'm actually incredibly happy!

It's all good Minstrel, all good!

Steven Glover

12-29-2003, 04:55 PM

paulhiles

12-29-2003, 05:09 PM

Hi Jade,

Did your girlfriend insist on wearing the Fairy in her hair the whole day?? LOL!!

Anyway, nice one Jade, I'm thoroughly jealous... and I think the phrase runs something on the lines of... "What a result!" :o)

Paul

minstrel

12-29-2003, 05:20 PM

Looking at the title of this thread, I'm betting many who asked for a new logo or a site re-design are now kicking themselves thinking, "Doh! Nobody told me SHE was one of the options! AND she came with a fairy in her hair! Do we get another choice???"

spiderbait

12-29-2003, 06:29 PM

As I was scrolling down and more and more of that picture of you guys came onto the screen and I couldn't help thinking of Wayne and Garth with a little Hendrix music playing in the background. Way to go Jade. I am happy for you.
LOL Steven... if I read your Wayne's World allusion correctly, I believe you're making reference to the fact that the geek got the babe. You're absolutely right!

And thanks everyone for all your kind thoughts and comments ... even the petty jealousies <wink>. If you had even more details you'd be even more amazed. I'll restrain from too much public crowing though cuz I don't want to jinx my luck (of course I'll share more info in PMs if anyone wants the scoop on a tremendously romantic story).

But let's just say that I've won the cosmic lottery.

Steven Glover

12-29-2003, 07:07 PM

Hmmm. Jade, your allusions are funnier than my original intent so yeah lets go with that, ;) I was actually thinking of the scene where the hot chick walks into the donut shop(?) and Garth hair starts blowing back and you hear the foxy lady song.

See Jade I did say Christmas givng would = instant Kharma. ;)

Well you all know what to wish for next year!

hehhehhe

minstrel

12-29-2003, 07:43 PM

I was actually thinking of the scene where the hot chick walks into the donut shop(?) and Garth hair starts blowing back and you hear the foxy lady song.
Not sure if this was the first Wayne's World or the second but I remembered that being in the laundromat, where Garth is folding those tiny little jockey shorts he's just shrunk, and the following dialog ensues:

Foxy Lady: Would you like to have dinner some night?
Garth: I like to have dinner every night.

I also loved the story-telling ex-roadie who tells them stories about Ozzie and jellybeans and says, "I 'ad to beat 'im to deaf wiv 'is own shoe. But that's anuvver story altogever..."

mikmik

12-29-2003, 08:36 PM

myclassy67 wrote:
Since our little group seems to have different tastes, whichever we picked would reflect that persons taste and not the others, and we feel the opinions from a poll in this forum would reflect a better choice than our just roshampoing for it.

That is if I can figure out how to add a poll here??

Sue

Don't ya just love being the last post on a page? Almost as bad as being the first on the next page when trying to make references to all the 'above posts' lol

So what you do is pick "Post New Topic" at the top of the list of topics in a category, probably "Logo Review" would be best. (Yes, I know, Sherlock !)

Thin it is like replying to a post except the Subject Line that you add will show as the topic in the list under 'Site Design'.

Then put your wishes and or directions about your topic/poll (eg. please help us choose the best logo for our site) so we can judge accordingly.

Underneath is a form like this:
Add a Poll
If you do not want to add a poll to your topic, leave the fields blank.

Poll question [___________________]

Poll option [___________________] [ add option]

Run poll for [___] days. [ Enter 0 or leave blank for a never-ending poll ]

So you get proper results, For each poll otion put something like Logo 1, 2 or 3, or else something to help ID what counts towards what.

Seeing that you have three logos to choose from, you would enter 'logo X' and hit 'Add Option', then another blank field will appear for the next choice etc.

Then of course, hit submit!
You can always edit anything that you submit later, I think, with the 'edit' button above and right at each post you have made!

HTH