webgarden.ca

I have recently found a way to install all versions of Internet explorer on my PC. There are ways to do this using both freeware and paid applications, but my favorite thus far is a little program by Trendosoft which has an installer which contains IE3, 4, 5, 5.5 and 6. You can select some or all of the versions of IE you want to install and then it creates shortcuts on your  desktop based on your selections. This is a great tool to use for checking  cross browser compatibility and best of all it is FREE!

Well after reviewing the comments from my friend Gary (who is a very savvy Internet and computer guy I am taking back my original post (the part about the good people in the world…)

People are MONEY crazy – even monks!!!! The actual value of the webgarden.com domain is no more than $100. This is because they have no page ranking and no visitors to the site!

Let me put this into perspective for you. I bought the domain name “webgarden.CA” for less than $20/year from my favorite web-hosting company (BlueFur.com) This is the average price for a .CA website.

.COM website sells for as low as $5.95/year.

Personally, I see the value for webgarden.com as more than $100 so I am prepared to offer him $200 – which is double the appraised value.

What do you think? What type of money would you be willing to spend for a .COM domain?

I did a Google search for the ultimate .com name: “webgarden” and was surprised to find a wiki for the Tibetan Dharma Center, based in south Carolina!?!

After doing a whois search, I contacted the owner of the domain name, and asked if they were willing to sell their domain name, and if so, at what price?

Surprisingly, they responded within 24hours (very considerate!) and told me their price… unfortunately it’s about $9500 more than I wanted to spend:) Even though I can’t afford the webgarden.com domain name (at this time anyway!) I was very pleased at the fact they responded to my email!

I am feeling very warm and fuzzy from this experience (the world really is FULL of good hearted people)- and I am hoping soon for some good fortune so that I may be able to buy the  ultimate domain name: webgarden.com!

Learning php has not been an easy task! But I have been plugging away at it, and now I have a few tricks under my belt to use php to make web design easier.

Today I am going to give an example of the power of “includes”. In my opinion using includes for your navigation is probably the most useful of all the includes!

So, how does it work?

When you use an include for your navigation, instead of having to make changes to each page where the navigation is, you open your include file, make the changes and upload the ONE file. How do you do it?

Well, it’s very easy.

1. Create a blank php page. (there should be nothing on the page – no doc type declaration – NOTHING!)
2. Rename the page “navInclude.php” and save it inside a folder called “includes”
3. Create an unordered list with your navigation links. (IE. home.php, aboutUs.php, Contact.php etc..)      
4. Make sure your navigation list in “navInclude.php” is linked to the correct pages
5. Go to your index.php page. Find the div where your navigation is. <div=”nav”></div>
6. Between the two navigation tags insert this code:
   <?php include(‘includes/navInclude.php’); ?>
   (You must delete your current navigation links before inserting the php code)

   So it looks like this: <div=”nav“><?php include(‘includes/navInc.php’); ?></div>

7. Repeat this for each page in your site
8. Upload your pages, and the folder “includes” and voila! Your navigation is working!
9. Now, if you want to change the “About” page to “Our Staff” all you have to do is change the navInclude.php, upload it, and the changes will be made to the entire site! How great is that?

Later this week, I will post another simple php lesson. If you have any questions, please post a comment and I will do my best to reply!