The Problem
I opened an existing website I created with PHP/mySQL and CSS in Dreamweaver CS3 and immediately noticed Dreamweaver didn’t interpret the include(); function correctly. Dreamweaver neglected to include my header.php file which contains my CSS link (amoung other crucial elements) thus, the entire site lacked my formatting in the design view. I thought, “that’s odd considering Dreamweaver has a PHP code insertion tab with the include() function”. Then I noticed my footer.php file was showing up in Dreamweaver. Now I am getting angry.

It turns out, Dreamweaver does not correctly interpret the include function if there is any other code in the PHP script.

For example, Dreamweaver would be baffled by the following simple script:

< ?php
$title = "Home page";
include("includes/header.php");
?>


Dreamweaver would not include the header.php file in the above senario. However, if you breakup the code into two scripts:

< ?php
$title = "Home page";
?>


< ?php
include("includes/header.php);
?>


Dreamweaver will correctly interpret the PHP script and include your header.php file. What a headache.

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I should note that the problem for me is not so much viewing the webpage correctly in the Dreamweaver preview pane (I use a test server for that), it’s more that I want to have the nifty auto suggest feature work for my attached CSS styles. The CSS stylesheet link is in my header.php file so unless I chunk my code like the above example, Dreamweaver doesn’t see that I have an attached CSS stylesheet.

I just finished uploading my first video ever to YouTube. I feel so behind the times. I’m sorry for the crappy quality, but you have to admit, it’s pretty good for a cell phone. This is a Hey ya cover sung by Mat Weddle and Obadiah Parker at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale, AZ. The crowd was going crazy when they started playing the song.

After seeing Obadiah Parker live three times, I must say I am impressed at the quality of their musicianship. Not only are they all amazing musicians, but they all have a humble spirit that is a rare find these days. If you enjoy their music as much as I do you should purchase some of their merch on their website www.obadiahparker.com.

*UPDATE* I just noticed Obadiah posted a full band studio version of the Hey Ya cover. You can check it out on their myspace account http://www.myspace.com/obadiahparker

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CSS Code
#quicklinks {
clear: left;
color: #fff;
font-size: 0.8em;
padding: 16px 0 0 30px;
}

Here’s what it looks like:

And the fix…

Just add display: inline-block in your div. That’s it… I know, it’s ridiculous.

*UPDATE* If you want a more detailed explanation of the issue, go to: Position is Everything

It looks like the rumors of Microsoft’s “pay-per-share” weren’t true, says Cesar from the Zune Insider:

“…I can tell you that we have no plans to pay people to share songs sent via Zune to Zune sharing…”

Bummer. Just when you begin to think Microsoft might be cool, they remind us not to set our expectations too high.

Source: Gizmodo.com

“Wireless,” you ask, “what would that be used for?” Good question! What this means is now when you have a song you want to share with a friend, rather than sharing your ear buds with someone who’s ears kind of scare you, you share the actual mp3 (err..wma) instead. Your friend can now play the song 3 times before it self-destructs or he/she has the option to purchase the song. If by chance your friend liked it enough to purchase it, you get Zune points for bringing Microsoft business. Once you accumulate enough points (yet to be determined) you can get free songs. This sounds like an interesting new strategy for the music industry. I think it’s a great idea.

[Source: CrunchGear]

Here is the email I received a few minutes ago.

“Arizona State University, in partnership with Google, is excited to announce a new, improved student email system with email, calendaring and IM built on Gmail and Google’s other collaboration tools. The benefits to you include:

• A massively increased storage quota – 2 Gigs

• Shared calendaring to coordinate schedules with classmates

• Instant messaging capability right from your inbox

• A search mechanism to mine your emails

• Improved spam and virus filtering

Best of all, you keep your current asu.edu address, keeping you connected with the ASU community and ensuring seamless email delivery. You will continue to login to email as you do other ASU systems – using your ASURITE User ID – and your EMMA archive will be available after the switch. The complete transition to Gmail for ASU and the decommissioning of EMMA services will occur in January 2007, but you don’t have to wait.
For more details or to sign up simply click www.asu.edu/emailsignup. For frequently asked questions, please visit http://gmail.wiki.asu.edu.”

I have heard of other universities partnering with Google and Microsoft to manage their student email systems but never thought ASU would follow. ASU will not be switching faculty and staff email’s to gmail. ASU plans to continue using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for that. A large number of employees (including the President) use a BlackBerry so, until Google comes out with a competing system for professionals that won’t change.

1. Before you plug your phone into your computer make sure you install the driver and software first.
2. On your phone go to the Menu -> Settings -> Phone Settings -> USB settings, and select the Modem option and Save.
3. Plug your phone into your computer and your computer should tell you it found a new USB device. Click next through the windows that pop up until it finishes configuring your new USB device.
4. Go to your Samsung PC Studio 3 software and it should recognize the new phone.

Hopefully this helps some of you who might be extremely frustrated by the lack of documentation.

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Another annoyance many of you have probably stumbled across is the t809’s inability to add your non-DRM enabled mp3’s as a ring tone. An easy fix for this is to change the file name of the mp3 from [file_name].mp3 to [file_name].3gp. You can still play your songs on the phone’s built in mp3 player and now you can set the song as your ring tone. Enjoy!