Design...where to start

I am sure everyone asks this, but where or how is the best way to get started with website design. I am competent with HTML/CSS and server side development, but would like to be able to create my own graphics, logos, background etc. I am gone through the online tutorials for Fireworks, Illustrator and Photoshop, but I feel I am still scratching the surface of design. Does anyone have any pointers??
Any guidance/advice no matter what would be appreciated.

You are welcome, Adrian.
Just a little addition:
I believe the Helpfile is an often underestimated source, but as with tutorials, all teaching material build upon things created by others. It may be compared with gathering tools for later use, which is fine, but the real feel comes when we are trying to create our own, and find our own ways of using the tools, and new tools, along the way.

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The ABC's of 100% Flash Site Design: Where to Start?

Greetins again-
I have some experience with Flash (creating photo galleries, buttons, rotating banners, etc.,) but desire to take things to a higher level, such as these website examples:
http://www.agathagroup.com/
http://www.haefnerphoto.com/
Of particular interest is how these sites expand to and encompass 100% of the browser window, and include background music, and other nicities like the cursor turning into a right/left arrow.
Can someone elaborate, or perhaps provide some sort of general outline, on the order of operations, or general workflow, of how sites like these are laid out and constructed in Flash, or perhaps direct me to a place where I should be making my inquiries about this?
Many thanks-

My advice is to use this resource. It's a great jumping off point and following along with video is the next best thing to having someone sitting with you to walk you through the process.
http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=392
There are various levels of tutorials here and you can choose the one that suits your needs. I used the Flash Tutorial for building a portfolio website, which appears to be similar to the two examples that you cited. Good luck.
~P

From where to start designing logo

Hello everyone I know how to work with flash and photoshop but I am not sure about the good program to make the logo If I want to learn designing logo professionally from where should I start??????????

I could not have said it better my self, you always should put alot of thinking, sketching before ever actually going into the program of choice. ( I would always recommend Illustrator to get most or all of the logo done in, espitially if your ever going to use the logo for print! vector is key! )
- Excellent post!
Re: from where to start designing logo
Very good link!
I
feel that logo design starts long before any sort of graphics program
comes into play. It is done with pen and paper, or perhaps a word
processor, where the concept of the logo should arise from a lot of
discussion and heavy thought. Many questions should be asked, and then
answered, before the first designs are even committed to a sketch. A
logo can convey a lot about a company, and should do so. A lot of
thinking, mostly in words, is where I would urge anyone to start. Do
this homework well, and first, and the rest almost becomes mechanical.
When
the concepts are nailed down, it's time to begin the actual process.
The into PS as a rough, is a good one. One can try a lot of treatments,
to refine the concept. Then, for a usable logo, I feel that AI is the
next step, as has been stated. From there, one has complete control, and
depending on the use at that moment, PS can often help with getting
that AI file into a Raster image. InDesign can also be very useful to
the implementation of the logo.
Again, good article, and thanks,
Hunt

'Mastered' CSS and design, moving to development, where to start?

Having got to grips after months of trying with the design
using dreamweaver, using css, i now wish to begin learning
application development to add some interactivity to my sites. The
problem being i do not now know where to start with this. Should i
learn some basic programming before heading off into SQL or PHP?
Furthermore which of these should i head off into and are books the
best route for a novice?
Thanks a lot for your help
lukey

lukey233 wrote:
> Having got to grips after months of trying with the
design using dreamweaver,
> using css, i now wish to begin learning application
development to add some
> interactivity to my sites. The problem being i do not
now know where to start
> with this. Should i learn some basic programming before
heading off into SQL or
> PHP? Furthermore which of these should i head off into
and are books the best
> route for a novice?
No, you don't need to learn basic programming before diving
into
PHP/MySQL. Dreamweaver will do much of the code generation
for you, but
it is important to have a general understanding of how PHP
works so that
you can customize the code to suit your own needs better.
If you're looking for a book, one you should consider is
mine,
"Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8". Naturally, I think it's
the best
thing since sliced bread, but a lot of other people seem to
like it
(read the reviews on Amazon). The book assumes no prior
knowledge of
PHP, and gives you a basic grounding in the language before
showing you
how to use all the Dreamweaver server behaviors. It also
shows you how
to build some simple server behaviors of your own. More
details on my
website:
http://foundationphp.com/dreamweaver8/
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

RAM and Activity Monitor questions M.B.P. Is sOoOoo slow and I just don't know where to start..RAM and Activity Monitor

   So I am really unsure where to start but I def need a little help getting to where I want to be or feel I should be. I understand that I am pretty much filled when it comes to the RAM on this machine but I need to figure out how to lower it. I back up my machine about once a week which is longer than I would prefer but due to the way Mavericks has been acting I cant deal with the long backup process.... WHY?!?? may be your response to that and I will fill you in. My external Hard Drive is a 1tb Lacie and its about 2 years old. In that time I have dropped, lost, threw and slept ontop of it. Causeing minor damage (each time) to the casing. So now becomes rather hot and I kinda dont want it to burn out. When I first updated to Mavericks the backups were fast and went along mb by mb...now though, the updates drag out for 3-5 hours and update kb by kb. Tried some of the "solutions" posted on here but none seem to work any more than me consistantly purging my system while the backup happens...kinda why I dont have time to do it everyday like I'd like.
     ANYWAY can someone please fill me in on a way, program, application, anything that will help me lower my RAM? Because in the spirit of honesty I just dont have the extra funds to snag some new RAM or another HD. I am almost at the point of saying "F**K IT" and wiping everything off the computer so its as close to empty as can be and manually, one by one redownloading what I want/need. But I dont have the time to accomplish that either. PLEASE lend me your ear and help a brudda out with some information from that exceptional brain of yours.
     Below is a copy of my machines "report" from EtreCHECK and I am including screen shots of what the (Mavericks) Activity Monitor currently looks like in ALL PROCESSES. PLUS it kinda seems that I have WAY TOOO MANY processes going on in the ACTIVITY MONITOR and have NO clue how to lower the amount.    Will truly appreciate any help anyone can toss my way.
    THANK YOU
              TommyTheTuna
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:12:4
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (194.65 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Unity Web Player.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 124.57 GB
          Destinations:
                    Tuna's MacBook Pro Hard Drive [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 999.86 GB
                    Total number of backups: 2
                    Oldest backup: 2013-11-07 13:34:08 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-26 05:08:40 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 319.21 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          fontd
               0%          Finder
               0%          Microsoft Word
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          156 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          111 MB             Finder
          106 MB             Microsoft Word
          94 MB              Safari
          82 MB              Preview
          74 MB              WindowServer
          61 MB              CalendarAgent
          57 MB              com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          57 MB              com.apple.internetaccounts
          53 MB              SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          1.07 GB            Free RAM
          1.92 GB            Active RAM
          237 MB             Inactive RAM
          662 MB             Wired RAM
          223 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

Mavericks is designed to use as much RAM as possible. Free RAM is wasted RAM... it's RAM that's not working for you, not doing anything helpful. Seeing your RAM full is not an indication that there is a problem. Seeing your memory pressure graph spike would be.
As for the performance issues, see my Mac Performance Guide.
Note that you've got a lot of third-party software loaded:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
You should probably try to weed some of that out, if possible, or at least make sure it's all updated and compatible with Mavericks.

Help me figure out where to start learning flex/flash/air/etc.

Hi all,
I'm hoping a few generous souls can help figure out where to start learning to use Adobe programming / application tools. I've read through a lot of the info on Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flex, Flex Builder, Actionscript and Air – and frankly my head is spinning.
Let me give you some context of what I know, and where I'm trying to get to.
What I know
CS4 - Dreamweaver / Photoshop / Illustrator / Fireworks
Raw html, and some css
Various macro languages over the years (excel - macro level meta-procedural stuff)
Basic database experience (mysql, database design)
Training in procedural languages like Pascal about 100 years ago (ok maybe 20)
Where I want to go
Develop online trivia application
Multiple, simultaneous users
Polished interface (look and feel wise) - 'flashy' if you will
Database connections on back end to serve questions and manage users
At a very basic level it would be similar to those trivia systems you see in bars, like this: http://www.buzztime.com/games.html , but with an educational focus / spin to it.
When I want to get there
I realize this isn't going to happen overnight. I'm hoping if I spend 20 hours a week or so I can put something basic together by the end of the summer. This is as much about learning the tools for me as building the app.
How I need help
I plan to get a Lynda.com subscription to help me learn the tools. The basic problem is I don't know which tools to learn, in what progression, to accomplish my goals. If I'm never going to use Actionscript or Air I'd rather not learn them. So what I need is 2 pieces of advice
For the app I described, what tool(s) would you build it in?
What is a good learning path for those tools?
Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer, I really appreciate your help!
Larry

For creating a web application using Flash, there are broadly two workflows (with different tools to use):
If you are a designer, you may want to start learning Adobe Flash Professional for a more design oriented feel application development:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
You can start learning how to use the tool from here. You would also want to keep checking our developer network for new articles on Flash.
If you are a developer you would generally find Flex more natural because it allows you to code your application. For this you can use the Adobe opensource Software development kit or Adobe Flash Builder The Flash Builder IDE comes with support for intelligent coding, debugging, and visual design and features powerful testing tools that speed up development and lead to higher performing applications.
For starting with Flex and Flash Builder, you can check out the 'Flex in a week' videos:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/
As you go along the videos you can also check Flex language reference:
Alternatively, you can also use Adobe Flash Catalyst (still in Beta) to design your application. Catalyst will generate Flex code for you. This code can then be imported in Adobe Flash Builder where you can use Flash Builder Data centric features to connect to a database backend.
Learn about Flash Catalyst here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/tutorials/

Selling online audio - Developer / Help wanted where to start

I need to develop a site to sell music tracks as MP3's which
a user can search for, select, add to cart, pay for and have the
track automatically emailed.
Any ideas where to start / who to approach for something like
this? Are any ecommerce templates available to do such a thing or
is this very specialist?
This is way beyond my skills and Im happy to pay for the
functionality and develop the front end.
Thanks

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> John Carter wrote:
>> I need to develop a site to sell music tracks as
MP3's which a user can
>> search for, select, add to cart, pay for and have
the track automatically
>> emailed. Any ideas where to start / who to approach
for something like
>> this? Are any ecommerce templates available to do
such a thing or is this
>> very specialist?
>>
>> This is way beyond my skills and Im happy to pay for
the functionality
>> and develop the front end. Thanks
>>
>
> I'll do it for $4000.00
That's a (roughly) reasonable, if not low, price for that
project, just FYI
to the original poster.
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Where to start? CF version? Book etc..

Hey guys,
I have done some work with Coldfusion, Oracle and IIS in past. At the time it was version 4.5 and now it's all changed. I got a large e-commerce project to work on. I want to use coldfusion for this and wanted to ask few questions.
1. Which version of coldfusion, Oracle and web server to start with?
2. Which book is the best at the moment? (I got coldfusion complete reference but it's 4.5!!)
I will be good with installation and setting up database just need to know where to start.
Thanks guys,
Amit.

kmria wrote:
The project I am been asked to start is a e-commerce website where they want to sell Invitation cards. So a different level of login, manual discount codes, reference discount and the whole payment system are the main contact of the site. When we were using 4.5 version this was dead easy and I am sure it is still the case (one of the reason I am choosing CF is because how easy it is to use).
Now when I want to buy CF I am confused, because there are developer, enterprise etc different versions. How are they different and which one is best for the above project? I think my boss have "Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise Edition 9" and he can give me that for free so will that do the job?
Sorry If I sound right idiot but for past 7-8 years I have stopped programming and doing just designing so I have lost touch with this field. I really appreciate your help.
My suggestions:
Technology choice: ColdFusion is especially suitable for small to medium-sized e-commerce web sites.
CF Server choice: ColdFusion 9 (any edition) + updates and hot fixes. CF 9 will be just as easy for you to use as when you last used CF 4.5!
Book/Study material: Ideally, Adobe's ColdFusion documentation on the web. It's the source, it's got everything and it's free.
Have questions? Need help?: Come to this forum.

Where to start for becoming a Forms&Reports developer????

Hello
I am new to Oracle and just finished tutorial that comes with db 10g xe.
I want to become a forms&reports&design developer but I don't know where to start as in Oracle website there are so many tools,etc.
Please any of you help me to put me in starting point otherwise it will be time consuming not knowing where to start.
one of the guy made a comment saying:
Oracle Forms and Reports is a bit 'old' now, and Oracle seems to be moving more towards web development with Application Express (APEX) (This comes with Oracle XE as standard). There is web development done in Forms and Reports but it looks like Oracle are moving away from these in favour of APEX.
Do you think it 's worth to pursue with oracle forms,report??
I don't want to learn something that is or soon will be out off market or absolete.
But even with APEX which tool should i start to learn \ use to become forms&reports,design developer??
Which is the best way to pursue in development sense for forms,...??
Please help me to find my starting point for that secific developement.
Please copy\past all the URL to start with.

Hi Sasi,
Please refer to CR100 base customising guide which is a starter for a CRM functional person.
You can also refer to the http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/19/68a028d02b460fa899066d948ed3ab/frameset.htm
link for more details.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Yogesh Kathe

New Job as a Dialer Administrator "where to start?"

Hi Everyone,
I just got a new job and it looking more like I have to lear about ICM Scripting, cvp with xml, etc... Anyone know where to start to get training on something like this? specif Books, specif courses (online / offline), I know there is just an overwelming amount of information that is out there, but don't know what I am looking for to get a firm knowlege about icm scripting and cvp etc. Any help wouild be most greatful.
Thanks Everyone.
Buddy

Hi 2wicky,
Welcome to Windows Forms.
The link below might be useful to you:
#Your First Game - XNA Game Studio in 2D
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb203893.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
In addition, since this forum is discussing about the windows forms designer and the winform controls, and if you have any issue about xna or XBOX, I would recommend you go to the link below for help.
http://xboxforums.create.msdn.com/forums/
Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Edward
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Hi,I am unsure if I have a safari or modem problem. It only happens when I use my macbook pro, my HP windows is fine. Internet crashes on modem and then a message that safari is not connected. I don't know where to start sorry I am not technical at all.

Hi there, my internet is crashing everytime I use my macbook pro/safari it happens roughly every 2 mins, it can happen on any website.
I am not technical at all and I am at a total loss of where to start with this. I did a bit of research on the internet but no luck in finding any
help.
Basically I am not sure if it is a modem of safari problem. I have no problems when using my HP on without windows explorer on the internet.
I am working wireless ADSL 2 - Bigpond - 2 Wire 2701 HGV-W and a macbook pro purchased around 5 months ago. Since the purchase date
I have had problems with internet.
Safari brings up a page you are not connected to the internet. I then look at the modem and DSL and internet lights are both flickering and or/off.
They then re-set themselves. I then have to re-set preferences on safari and quit and restart.
I have also tried using with cable into mac and modem and no difference.
I can only figure that maybe Safari is not compatible with the modem? could this be the case?
Thanks for reading and any assistance would be appreciated.
Fi

There's an Apple help page on the DNS problem - at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408
The first thing to try is changing your DNS settings - and for that you need to open System Preferences, then the
Network section.
In Network - click on Advanced - then the DNS tab
under DNS servers - use the + button to enter two extra lines
either these, from google dns
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
or from OpenDNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
then click OK & then 'Apply'
You would need to do that seperately for the Cable (Ethernet) settings and Wireless (Airport)

I have no idea where to start

okay, hi! i'm trying to write a vending machine program for a class i'm taking. i have a text file with names, image URLs, and prices. I have a product class which is supposed to use filereader to read the fields in the text file. The product class is going to be loaded by the main VendMach class file, where i will have all of the main ui stuff written. The last file is the MoneyInOut class, which handles all of the money methods. i've got the majority of the UI file done, the text file is ready, and the money file is almost done...everything is hanging on whether or not i can write the product file. i have no idea where to start. any help would be greatly appreciated. i'm not looking for somebody else to write my code, but a point in the right direction would be great! here are the UI and text files:
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
// Still to be fixed:
// 1. Purchase & Maintenance buttons.
// 2. fix repaint of pictures, they don't display until a repaint is hit.
// 3. fix the Quit from program, it doesn't work right.
// 4. Put in the code for doing Maintenance.
// 5. Button super.setSize
// 6. Animate picture on selection.
public class VendMach extends Applet implements ActionListener
// Fonts for text and buttons.
private Font boldSerif16 = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,16);
private Font boldSerif24 = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,24);
private Font boldItalicSerif24 = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,24);
private Font boldItalicSerif13 = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,13);
private Font boldItalicSerif40 = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,40);
//%% private Font boldItalicDialog16 = new Font("Dialog",Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,16);
// Mode flag.
private int mode = 0;
// Panels for the buttons
private Panel mainPanel = new Panel();
private Panel cashPanel = new Panel();
private Panel selPanel = new Panel();
private Panel maintPanel = new Panel();
// Product selection panel buttons
private Button selBtn[] = new Button[6];
// Cash customer puts in machine panel buttons
private Button viewC = new Button("View The Products");
private Button quit = new Button("Quit");
private Button bNickle = new Button("Nickel");
private Button bDime = new Button("Dime");
private Button bQuarter = new Button("Quarter");
private Button b$Paper = new Button("$1 Paper");
private Button b$Coin = new Button("$1 Coin");
private Label lCredit = new Label(" Credit:");
private Label lMsg = new Label("");
private Button bChange = new Button("Change Return");
private Button purchase = new Button("Purchase");
private Button maintenance = new Button("Maintenance");
private Product productForSale [];
private CashIn changeOH;
private int $collected = 0;
private double total$In = 0.00;
private NumberFormat nf;
private Image pic;
private Image picAnim;
private int prodSel = 999;
private String line;
private String f[] = new String[8];
private int tokenCount;
private int int3, int4, int5, int6, int7;
private double dbl4;
private StringTokenizer strings;
private int dispense = 99;
public void init()
{ setLayout(new BorderLayout());
productForSale = new Product[6];
try
{ BufferedReader inPut = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("Vend_Machine.txt"));
while ((line=inPut.readLine()) != null)
{ strings = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
tokenCount = strings.countTokens();
// Loop thru and retrieve each data element.
for (int i=0; i<tokenCount; i++)
f[i] = strings.nextToken();
// Load the money.
if (f[0].compareTo("M") == 0)
{ int3 = Integer.parseInt(f[3]);
int4 = Integer.parseInt(f[4]);
int5 = Integer.parseInt(f[5]);
int6 = Integer.parseInt(f[6]);
int7 = Integer.parseInt(f[7]);
changeOH = new CashIn(f[1],f[2],int3,int4,int5,int6,int7);
// Load the products.
if (f[0].compareTo("P") == 0)
{ int3 = Integer.parseInt(f[3]);
dbl4 = (new Double(f[4])).doubleValue();
int5 = Integer.parseInt(f[5]);
int6 = Integer.parseInt(f[6]);
int7 = Integer.parseInt(f[7]);
productForSale[int3] = new Product(f[1],f[2],dbl4,int5,int6,int7);
inPut.close();
catch(IOException e)
{ e.printStackTrace();
setBackground(Color.pink);
setForeground(new Color(120,0,120));
setFont(boldSerif16);
cashPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(10,1));
cashPanel.add(viewC);
cashPanel.add(quit);
cashPanel.add(bNickle);
cashPanel.add(bDime);
cashPanel.add(bQuarter);
cashPanel.add(b$Paper);
cashPanel.add(b$Coin);
cashPanel.add(lCredit);
cashPanel.add(lMsg);
cashPanel.add(bChange);
add(cashPanel,"East");
selPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,6));
for (int i=0; i<6; i++)
{ selBtn[i] = new Button(productForSale.getName());
selPanel.add(selBtn[i]);
add(selPanel,"South");
setBackground(Color.black);
viewC.addActionListener(this);
quit.addActionListener(this);
bNickle.addActionListener(this);
bDime.addActionListener(this);
bQuarter.addActionListener(this);
b$Paper.addActionListener(this);
b$Coin.addActionListener(this);
bChange.addActionListener(this);
nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
for (int i=0; i<6; i++)
selBtn[i].addActionListener(this);
} // =======>> END OF INIT METHOD
// ** PAINT METHOD **
public void paint(Graphics g)
{ int xVal = 35;
int yVal = 85;
int xValAnim = 0;
int yValAnim = 0;
int c = 0;
// Paint the product pictures on the vending machine.
g.setColor(Color.cyan);
g.setFont(boldItalicSerif24);
g.drawString(changeOH.getLogo1(),115,40);
g.setFont(boldItalicSerif13);
g.drawString(changeOH.getLogo2(),200,60);
for (int z=0; z<2; z++)
{ xVal = 35;
yVal = 85;
c = 0;
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.fillRect(xVal,yVal,500,350);
g.setColor(Color.yellow);
for (int i=0; i<2; i++)
{ for (int j=0; j<3; j++)
{ g.setFont(boldSerif16);
g.drawString(nf.format(productForSale[c].getPrice()),xVal+45,yVal-5);
pic = getImage(getCodeBase(),productForSale[c].getPic());
g.drawImage(pic,xVal,yVal,null);
// If product is dispensed get ready to animate.
if (c == dispense)
{ xValAnim = xVal;
yValAnim = yVal;
picAnim = pic;
xVal = xVal + 170;
c++;
yVal = yVal + 160;
xVal = 35;
// If product is dispensed, animate it.
if (dispense < 99)
{ for (int y=0; y<40; y++)
{ g.setColor(Color.black);
g.fillRect(xValAnim,yValAnim-9,125,125);
g.setColor(Color.yellow);
g.drawImage(picAnim,xValAnim,yValAnim,null);
yValAnim = yValAnim + 10;
pause(3);
dispense = 99;
if (mode == 0)
{ pic = getImage(getCodeBase(),"OutStock.gif");
g.drawImage(pic,300,300,null);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.fillRect(1,1,500,300);
g.setColor(Color.pink);
g.setFont(boldItalicSerif40);
g.drawString(changeOH.getLogo1(),10,150);
g.setFont(boldItalicSerif24);
g.drawString(changeOH.getLogo2(),160,250);
mode++;
} // =======>> END OF PAINT METHOD
// ** ACTIONPERFORMED METHOD **
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{ Object source = event.getSource();
lMsg.setText(" Enter up to $1.00");
// Customer puts money in the vending machine.
// Customer paid a nickle
if (source == bNickle && $collected < 96)
{ changeOH.nickleIn();
$collected = $collected + 5;
// Customer paid a dime
if (source == bDime && $collected < 91)
{ changeOH.dimeIn();
$collected = $collected + 10;
// Customer paid a quarter
if (source == bQuarter && $collected < 76)
{ changeOH.quarterIn();
$collected = $collected + 25;
// Customer paid a paper dollar
if (source == b$Paper && $collected == 0)
{ changeOH.dollarPaperIn();
$collected = $collected + 100;
// Customer paid a coin dollar
if (source == b$Coin && $collected == 0)
{ changeOH.dollarCoinIn();
$collected = $collected + 100;
// Customer makes their product selection.
for (int i=0; i<6; i++)
{ if (source == selBtn[i])
// Do nothing if customer selects item that isn't on-hand.
if (productForSale[i].getOnHand() == 0)
repaint();
// We have product on-hand.
else
{ prodSel = i;
// Tell customer to add more money if they don't have
// enough in the machine to handle the purchase.
if ($collected < (int) (productForSale[i].getPrice() * 100))
{ lMsg.setText("    Insert Money");
// Customer has enough money in machine to cover purchase.
else
{ // Take cost of item from customer's money
dbl4 = productForSale[i].getPrice() * 100;
int4 = changeOH.giveChange($collected - (int)dbl4,0);
// Tell customer to put exact amount in the machine
// because there isn't enough change to handle purchase.
if (int4 == 9)
{ lMsg.setText("Exact Amount Only!");
// **** Here the purchase was made and committed. ****
else
{ total$In = productForSale[i].getPrice() * 100;
$collected = $collected - (int) total$In;
productForSale[i].sellProduct();
dispense = i;
repaint();
// If the last product item was sold, set picture to OutStock.gif.
if (productForSale[i].getOnHand() <= 0)
productForSale[i].setOutOfStock();
if ((source == bChange || source == quit) && $collected > 0)
{ $collected = changeOH.giveChange($collected,1);
// Here we save the machine info file when customer asks
// for their change back or quits the machine.
// Customer has selected to Quit the vending machine program.
// Quit the program.
if (source == quit)
System.exit(0);
// These commands set up variables to show how much money
// the customer has in the machine.
total$In = $collected;
total$In = total$In / 100;
lCredit.setText(" Credit: " + nf.format(total$In));
repaint();
} // =======>> END OF ACTIONPERFORMED METHOD
// ** PAUSE METHOD **
public void pause(int i)
{ for(long l = System.currentTimeMillis() + (long) i; System.currentTimeMillis() < l;);
// =======>> END OF VENDMACH CLASS APPLET
// ** CASHIN CLASS **
class CashIn
{ private String logo1;
private String logo2;
private int numProd;
private int nickles;
private int dimes;
private int quarters;
private int dollarsP;
private int dollarsC;
private int money;
private double moneyVal;
private int amtToChange = 0;
private int hNickle;
private int hDime;
private int hQuarter;
private int hpDollar;
private int hcDollar;
public CashIn(String l1, String l2, int p, int q, int d, int n, int dP)
{ logo1    = l1;
logo2 = l2;
numProd = p;
quarters = q;
dimes = d;
nickles = n;
dollarsP = dP;
dollarsC = 0;
money = (n * 5) + (d * 10) + (q * 25) + (dP * 100);
// Get total of money in machine.
public double getCashIn()
{ moneyVal = money;
moneyVal = moneyVal / 100;
return moneyVal;
// Get machine record information.
public String getLogo1()
{ return logo1;
public String getLogo2()
{ return logo2;
public int getNumProd()
{ return numProd;
public int getNickles()
{ return nickles;
public int getDimes()
{ return dimes;
public int getQuarters()
{ return quarters;
public int getDollarPaper()
{ return dollarsP;
public int getDollarCoins()
{ return dollarsC;
// Money comes into the machine
public void nickleIn()
{ nickles++;
money = money + 05;
public void dimeIn()
{ dimes++;
money = money + 10;
public void quarterIn()
{ quarters++;
money = money + 25;
public void dollarPaperIn()
{ dollarsP++;
money = money + 100;
public void dollarCoinIn()
{ dollarsC++;
money = money + 100;
// Give the customer their change.
public int giveChange(int custMoney, int mode)
{ hNickle   = nickles;
hDime = dimes;
hQuarter = quarters;
hpDollar = dollarsP;
hcDollar = dollarsC;
amtToChange = custMoney / 100;
for (int i=0; i<amtToChange; i++)
{ // Give change in dollar coin if possible
if (hcDollar > 0)
{ hcDollar--;
custMoney = custMoney - 100;
// or else give change in paper dollar
else
{ if (hpDollar > 0)
{ hpDollar--;
custMoney = custMoney - 100;
amtToChange = custMoney / 25;
for (int i=0; i<amtToChange; i++)
{ if (hQuarter > 0)
{ hQuarter--;
custMoney = custMoney - 25;
amtToChange = custMoney / 10;
for (int i=0; i<amtToChange; i++)
{ if (hDime > 0)
{ hDime--;
custMoney = custMoney - 10;
amtToChange = custMoney / 5;
if (amtToChange > hNickle)
{ mode = 9;
for (int i=0; i<amtToChange; i++)
{ hNickle--;
custMoney = custMoney - 5;
if (mode == 1)
{ nickles   = hNickle;
dimes = hDime;
quarters = hQuarter;
dollarsP = hpDollar;
dollarsC = hcDollar;
money = money - custMoney;
if (mode == 9) custMoney = 9;
return custMoney;
} // =======>> END OF CASHIN CLASS
// ** PRODUCT CLASS **
class Product
{ private String name;
private String image;
private String picUsed;
private double price;
private int onHand;
private int sold;
private int maint;
public Product(String n, String i, double p, int o, int s, int m)
{ name    = n;
image = i;
picUsed = i;
price = p;
onHand = o;
sold = s;
maint = m;
// Reset picture used when product is out of stock.
public void setOutOfStock()
{ picUsed = "OutStock.gif";
// Get product information
public String getName()
{ return name;
public String getImage()
{ return image;
public String getPic()
{ return picUsed;
public double getPrice()
{ return price;
public int getOnHand()
{ return onHand;
public int getQtySold()
{ return sold;
public int getMaintDate()
{ return maint;
// Sell one of the product.
public void sellProduct()
{ onHand--;
sold++;
// Set the product values.
public void setName(String n)
{ name = n;
public void setImage(String i)
{ image   = i;
picUsed = i;
public void setPrice(double p)
{ price = p;
public void setOnHand(int o)
{ onHand = o;
public void setQtySold(int s)
{ sold = s;
public void setMaintDate(int m)
{ maint = m; }
this is the text file
p,Fritos,Images/FritoLay.gif,
m,$.50,
p,Dr. Pepper,Images/Dr.Pepper.gif,
m,$.60,
p,Pepsi,Images/Pepsi.gif,
m,$.60,
p,Coke,Images/CocaCola.gif,
m,$.60,
p,Seven-Up,Images/7-Up.gif,
m,$.60,
p,Sprite,Images/Sprite.gif,
m,$.60,
c,10,20,40,
i know that the filereader is supposed to read the fields...i guess i just have a weak start on understanding and implementing arrays.

I write this sample some time ago, you can use it to start a new project
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CVM extends JFrame
     JTextField mw = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField hf = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField ds = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField lr = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField py = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField tp = new JTextField("0");
     JTextField ch = new JTextField("0");
public CVM()
     super("Chocolate Vending Machine");
     setBounds(0,0,500,400);
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
     {      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent ev)
               dispose();
               System.exit(0);
     JPanel pan = new JPanel();
//     pan.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,2,4,4));
     JPanel lp = new JPanel();
     lp.setBackground(Color.pink);
     lp.setLayout(new GridLayout(16,2,4,4));
     addButton(lp,"Milky Way    20$",mw);
     addButton(lp,"Hot Fudge    40$",hf);
     addButton(lp,"Dandy Shandy 50$",ds);
     addButton(lp,"Lovers Rock 80$",lr);
     addClearButton(lp);
     lp.add(new JLabel(""));
     lp.add(new JLabel(""));
     addPayButtons(lp);
     addMoneyBack(lp);
     pan.add(lp);
     setContentPane(pan);
     setVisible(true);
private void addPayButtons(JPanel pan)
     JPanel lp = new JPanel();
     lp.setOpaque(false);
     lp.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,2,4,4));
     JButton b1 = new JButton("Pay 5");
     addPay(b1,5);
     b1.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     JButton b2 = new JButton("Pay 10");
     addPay(b2,10);
     b2.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     lp.add(b1);
     lp.add(b2);
     pan.add(lp);
     lp = new JPanel();
     lp.setOpaque(false);
     lp.setBackground(Color.cyan);
     lp.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,2,4,4));
     JButton b3 = new JButton("Pay 20");
     addPay(b3,20);
     b3.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     JButton b4 = new JButton("Pay 50");
     addPay(b4,50);
     b4.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     lp.add(b3);
     lp.add(b4);
     pan.add(lp);
     pan.add(new JLabel("    Payd"));
     pan.add(py);
private void addPay(JButton bt, final int i)
     bt.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
               int n = Integer.parseInt(py.getText())+i;
               py.setText(""+n);
               calculate();
private void addButton(JPanel pan, String s, final JTextField jt)
     JButton    bt = new JButton(s);
     bt.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
     bt.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     pan.add(bt);
     bt.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
               int i = Integer.parseInt(jt.getText())+1;
               jt.setText(""+i);
               calculate();
     jt.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER );
     jt.setEditable(false);
     jt.setBackground(Color.white);
     pan.add(jt);
private void calculate()
     int nwi = Integer.parseInt(mw.getText()) * 20;
     int hfi = Integer.parseInt(hf.getText()) * 40;
     int dsi = Integer.parseInt(ds.getText()) * 50;
     int lri = Integer.parseInt(lr.getText()) * 80;
     int t   = nwi+hfi+dsi+lri;
     if (t >= 100) t = t - (t/10);
     tp.setText(""+t);
     int n = Integer.parseInt(py.getText());
     int c = n-t;
     ch.setText(""+c);
private void addClearButton(JPanel pan)
     pan.add(new JLabel("    To pay"));
     pan.add(tp);
     JButton    bt = new JButton("Clear");
     bt.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
     bt.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     pan.add(bt);
     bt.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
               mw.setText("0");
               hf.setText("0");
               ds.setText("0");
               lr.setText("0");
               tp.setText("0");
     pan.add(new JLabel(""));
private void addMoneyBack(JPanel pan)
     JButton    bt = new JButton("Money back");
     bt.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
     bt.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     pan.add(bt);
     bt.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
               py.setText("0");
               ch.setText("0");
     pan.add(new JLabel(""));
     pan.add(new JLabel("    Change"));
     pan.add(ch);
public static void main( String[] args)
     new CVM();
}Noah

Mac Mini, Synology, Apple TV, iTunes - where to start

Hi Everyone,
I am new to the apple forum. To be honest I am new to the whole Apple thing, being a Windows bod I managed to resist the Apple gravy train for several years before giving in and falling inline.
Now I find myself with an iphone, ipod touch, ipad 2, mac mini and apple TV 4 although not all in use yet... This brings me to my question.
What is the best home setup for sharing?
let me set the scene.
3 years ago I modernised my house and put in cat5e structured cabling throughout, all back to a comm rack in the loft. at the time I set up a powerful quad core server. I used to run my own AD domain, Exchange server (don't ask). Now the server runs Windows 7 professional with 8 HDDs running raid 5 mainly running windows media centre and I was using my xbox 360s as extenders. The view was to use Xbox's around the house to access my media. Never quite got there and things have moved on again.
After running the big Windows beast 24x7 for about 18 months I wanted to scale down again, improve data resillience and provide a simple user interface for my other half.
So after doing some initial web trawling armed and dangerous with a very small amount of knowledge and realising that I already had an amount of Apple kit to contribute towards an iTunes based mulitroom solution. The red mist came down and with credit card in hand I did some retail therapy. Not the female handbag and shoes type but the proper male tech kind.
I already had
1 x ipod touch 64GB
1 x iphone 4 32GB
1 x ipad 2 64GB wifi
And to complement the set I now have;
1 x i5 2.7GHZ, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD Mac mini (this is the latest version which I upgraded to 2 x 1TB internal drives)
1 x 4th gen apple TV
and non Apple kit
1 x Synology DS212+ with 8TB storage raid 0
1 x Onkyo TX-NR515 AV receiver
So now comes to the ask. How best to use all of this over my home wired network?
I'm thinking I will use iTunes, I want to have some form of data backup between the Synology and the Mac mini (I want to shut down my windows server)
I also want to be able to control it all from the ipad/ipod and push media (audio and video) around the house.
The mac mini is currently plugged into one of my TVs via the AV receiever and the thought was to use the apple TV in another room, and depending of how it goes buy another 1 or 2 for other rooms.
So I have all this kit and not sure where to start and I'm not a mac expert. I know I can't use the synology box on it's own as you need itunes for the apple TVs, I don't know whether to use the Synology or the local Mac storage for the primary itunes library and then to backup to the device is so how (time capsule thing).
I don't want itunes to organise my media as I don't like the way it shuffles files around, so thinking of keeping the media files in a folder structure I am familar with and pointing iTunes at that. I also have a large amount of video files that I will probably have to convert to be capatible with iTunes, but not sure of the best way to do this, if I need to at all.
Sorry for the long waffle. Would be interested in any views, suggestions, ideas or examples of your own set ups. In return, for what it is worth I will let you know how I get on.
many thanks for your input

Great thread all! I have been wrestling with this very topic for several months now. I've read every thread I could find on the topic, asked questions etc but still have not come to a final decision. But I am getting close ... I think.
First, a little background. I am starting from primarily pc household and converting to an all Apple infrastructure. From the Apple world, we already have 2 iPhones and 3 iPads. New iPhone 5 on order and ... today at last Apple has announced the new iMacs. Exactly what I have been waiting for and so my intent is to purchase one each of the smaller and larger as they come out next month and the month after. My router is beginning to show signs of age and so I would also like to move to an Airport Extreme. The PC hard drive housing my iTunes library is nearly full and so I need to move the library to a new location, preferable an external, networkable location and I've been looking at the Synology 1812 for this purpose. So, in the end I have or would like to soon have:
3 iPads
3 iPhones
2 iMacs
1 AppleTV 3 with a plan to one or two more. If they would only add the Amazon Prime app and RF remote capabilities it would be nearly perfect.
2 PS3s and 1 XBox360 but I much prefer the ATV interface for media. PS3 remains the place for the Amazon app because ATV doesn't provide.
1 Airport Extreme
House is already wired and homerunned with Cat-6
Plan to add Synology 1812 with 3 or 4 3TB drives to start and use the Synology Hybrid Raid
Open items or questions for me:
1. Will I have any issues if I purchase the Synology, move the iTunes library from my current PC to it and then remove the PC from the picture once I have an iMac in place? I understand that Apple does not utilize the same hard drive formatting structure as pc but I am not sure this would matter for an external device accessed over a network.
2. What am I going to serve with? I like iTunes and I am used to it. I would like something that works well with the ATV and it does that. Plex seems to have potential but would then make ATV useless unless hckd. All of my music is in iTunes now, including ripped, iTunes purchased and Amazon purchased. I have put many tv shows and some films into it as well, utilizing Handbrake to do so when needed.
3. Synology for storage, backup, redundancy etc but from where do I want to manage media / serve from? I realize I can do it from one or even both of the iMacs. I had been thinking that I wanted a low power, always on solution that would negate the need to have an IMac always on, something similar to the HP MediaSmart Server I've been using at home for a number of years, albeit clunkily. This is where I thought the Mac Mini might come in (once I learned that the Synology iTunes server was really not a true iTunes server). Low power, always on, can be running iTunes on it etc. But this thread and aschmid's comments have me rethinking this. Maybe I won't be shutting down my iMac all that much and maybe it isn't difficult to wake it so that it can address serving duties.
4. How would I address the storage of home videos vs films and tv shows? I don't want iTunes managing home videos ... do I? Still want them sitting on the Synology - right? Did you all create a separate folder on the Synology for home videos? I know there is a default videos folder. there. And are you serving via iPhoto, Aperture or something else?
5. How about photos? I would like my photo library housed on the Synology as well. Is that served via iPhoto or Aperture to the ATV? How are the mutiple entry points addressed? Everyone in the family is taking pictures, videos etc and all of iCloud turned on. How do I insure that a clean copy of every picture and video taken with any iPhone, iPad, digital camera, digital camcorder etc all ends up centrally located and accessible on the Synology without it becoming too manual a process?
Sorry about the long windedness of this. I got on a bit of a roll once I began typing. This has been on my mind for some time and I am happy to have come across this thread.

Multiple problems with 80GB classic, don't know where to start.

Hey guys,
I got an Apple classic 80GB for my bday early August and lately i've been having so many problems i dont know where to start, i'll try to explain them as best as i can.
*problem 1:* Whenever i plug my iPod into my PC, it locks up the system for about 5 minutes, then comes up with an error box saying that 'There is a problem with your iPod yadda yadda restore etc'.
I proceed to restore the iPod, then once its restored and reconnects itself, it repeats the cycle by freezing then telling me to restore. The only way i can do a restore and have it not give me an error is if i reboot when it is disconnected.
*Problem 2:* When i finally get it up and ready to sync, i go to sync all my files (About 2000 songs). It gets to around the 1500 song mark then says there is an error and the iPod disconnects itself.
It then instantaneously reconnects itself and starts syncing from where it left off.
Once it has then sync'd all of the music ad tells me its ready to be ejected. I eject the iPod and disconnected it.
I then go into the iPod and it has no songs/videos/photos, yet it has still used up about 15gb. If i reconnect it, it will just sit there for 5 minutes not syncing, it will then randomly say the sync is done and it will eject itself.
FINALLY after all that i have my music on there
*Problem 3* Once the songs are on the iPod, it becomes insanely laggy. If i navigate to a song and press play, it will take about 10 seconds for the actual song to play. The delay is just as bad for next song, pause etc. Even using it in my cars head unit causes it to lag.
*Problem 4* If i do get a song playing after all that, about 1/5 songs will just randomly skip to the next song without letting it play through.
I have all the latest iTunes/Firmware/Drivers for everything on my PC and iPod.
I have sent it back to Apple for repair yet they could not find anything wrong (Yeah right :|)
If anyone out there could help me please, im at my wits end with this infernal machine.
Thankyou

*Outdated operating system:* Cant be, im running XP SP3 with the latest updates
*Computer needs updates:* I've got the latest drivers for all of my hardware, including BIOS
*Software interference:* THe only other program i have running in the background is Kaspersky Antivirus, but that is disabled when i try to sync
*Damaged Files* Possibly, i played through the album where it froze at and even reo-imported it, it seemed to play and import fine
*Unregistered .dll files (Windows):* Tried this fix, but it did the same problems as the original post. Such as freezing on a certain song, then reconnecting itself only to put the music on there, yet it is really laggy
*Damaged disk structure:* Tried this fix, didn't help
*Corrupt iPod photo Cache* I have never tried to put photos on it, so i dont see how this could be it.
*Lost connection:* Checked it, it's very firm and unlikely to come loose.
*Conflict with third-party hardware:* I dont have any connected, nor have i ever
*Bad hardware:* I tried it on all of my 8 USB drives. I dont use any hubs or firewire cards so this couldn't be it.
Also i forgot to add that 1/5 times i go to restore, it locks the computer up and windows gives me a 'delayed write failed' bubble

How difficult to create a user login area, and where to start?

I have a website which I created in Microsoft Expression Web 4. I would like to add a user login area and tie it to an existing SQL database which is updated frequently. I am not sure where to start or how likely I am to succeed. It is for a client's
website, so I am willing (and hopefully able) to learn, but do not want it to turn into a long drawn out project.
I can code in html and css and use java scripts. I don't know visual basic or how to work within the database (it will be provided by the client). I'm open to any advice on how easy or difficult this will be without other forms of coding knowledge, and would
love any advice on the best place to start. I have found some tutorials and downloaded MS Visual Studio Express 2013, since it was coming up as the best program for this.
Thank you for any advice!

You want to create a login in SQL? any way you need one to access the database. You may need to contact your DBA to do it as you maynot be authorized to do it. Use below link to know creating SQL logins/Users.
http://www.blackthornesw.com/robo/projects/blackthornepro/HOWTO_-_Creating_a_SQL_Server_Database_Login_Account.htm
Thanks
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Running iTunes from external hard drive, new computer, where to start?

I've seen several threads relating to this, but I'm a bit confused. For some time we have been running iTunes from an external hard drive with no issues. We now have a new laptop with windows 8, and I'm not sure where to start to set up iTunes (we replaced the computer with a laptop). Do I need to do a new install of iTunes on the laptop? Do I install it to the hard drive (C) or to the external drive (G)? My biggest source of concern is losing the library. I also want to be sure that we can continue to run iTunes from the external drive, I don't want it taking up space on the laptop hard drive.

With more & more people looking towards external drives as a storage solution, it's important to warn them, that although using one within iTunes is a great idea, it comes with its issues & can be a step towards a disastrous sequence. In such a scenario, each time iTunes is launched it'll look for the library that resides on the external drive, & if that drive's not connected, iTunes will open with an empty library. You know what's comming next, rite ? An empty iDevice. This happens because 'by default' iTunes is set to Auto-Sync & if you're using an external drive, the potential for a messy problem goes way up. So in short, remember these points. when using an external drive(library).
. Always connect your external drive prior to lauching iTunes.
. Always ensure iTunes sees your external library prior to connecting your iDevice.
. Disable the 'Auto-Sync' feature from within iTunes prior to connecting your iDevice.
. Always wait to connect your iDevice until thee aforementioned points are confirmed.
As stated earlier, using an external drive with iTunes isn't a problem in & by itself. But if the external drive's disconnected & the 'Auto-Sync' feature's left at its default setting(enabled), a family member could loose all their data simply by connecting their iDevice to the PC/Mac. Or be in for a time consuming lesson.
PS: At the very least one should research the topic themselves. http://ipod.about.com/od/advanceditunesuse/a/Itunes-External-Hard-Drive.htm

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