A few weeks ago I attempted to install XAMPP and when I couldn’t get that to work I tried WAMP5 which didn’t work either. In both cases the install ran with few problems and it was only when I went to create the databases I needed using phpmyadmin that I struck problems. More recently I [...]

Just about everyone has their computer attached to a network these days. If you don’t have a local network to connect your computer to then you probably still have it connected to the world’s biggest network – the internet. I don’t claim to be an expert on networking computers together but I have had some [...]

Not everyone wants to create their own web site. For those who don’t but who still want to use the web, there is a section on my site which deals specifically with browsers and email programs and how to configure and use them. Some of the information applies to all browsers while other information in [...]

I will be teaching computer classes at the local Community College again next year. For anyone who lives in Sydney, Australia who might be interested in attending one of my classes, the list has now been updated to include those classes that I will be running at the Macarthur College in term one next year. [...]

Some time ago I downloaded and installed Microsoft Virtual PC. Given that the computer that I have Windows XP running on is the least powerful of the computers that i regularly use and given what a memory hog that XP itself is, I didn’t hold out much hope for being able to install anything worthwhile [...]

The latest addition to the member’s area is absolutely huge. The zip file is almost 70Mb in size and contains over 150 “Made for Adsense” web sites each of which contains several pages. Also included are tools to allow you to quickly and easily change all the adsense references to your account as well as [...]

My monthly newsletter is sent to all those who have signed up for it each month on the 22nd of that month. To receive my November newsletter if you are not already on the list you will need to act fast. Sign up now and you will get the newsletter by email. If you don’t [...]

Most web hosting providers supply at least one tool that is supposed to make creating a web site easier for people just starting out. It is to their advantage to do so since if they don’t provide such tools then the beginners will get their hosting from a competitor who does provide those tools. There [...]

The Cascading StyleSheet reference pages are a much more recent addition to the site than the XHTML pages were since fewer browsers supported CSS at the time I started the site. Now of course all browsers with the exception of Internet Explorer fully support CSS 2.0 or 2.1 (and IE7 supports most of CSS 2.1 [...]

One of the oldest sections of the Ask Felgall web site is the series of reference pages on XHTML 1.0. Of corse its having been there for over seven years doesn’t mean that the information those pages contain are not still useful since the XHTML 1.0 standards are still the same today as they were [...]

After the adventures that I had a few weeks ago trying to install XAMPP and WAMP5, having to manually edit the config files, and still not being able to get either of them to work, I decided to have another go – this time with separate installs for Apache, PHP, mySQL, and phpMyAdmin. The individual [...]

After two weeks without internet access I managed to arrange with the insurance company to obtain a new ADSL modem so as to get my internet connection working again at the end of last week. I have just spent a large part of the weekend attempting to catch up with some of the things that [...]