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- Who's (and what's) new
- Page Editors and another MVP
- Your questions and solutions
- Cascading style sheets and more from Page Editor seanpowell
- News from all over
- Bits and pieces of information that are worth noting
- Featured experts
- What you should know about two of our finest
- Nata's Corner: attachments and worms
- A quick and easy method for keeping worms at bay
- Inside the numbers
- With immeasurable thanks to ameba, a list of certified Experts
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Another MVP: We've been telling you for a couple of months about the various Microsoft MVPs at Experts Exchange, and now we have found another one: danich. A member since March 1998, he has extensive in-depth experience with NT and MS Exchange dating back to 3.1 for NT (no, that's not a typo) and 4.0 beta for Exchange. He spent eight years at Microsoft, from 1993 to 2001, supporting first MSMail then got on Exchange pre-4.0, and has been doing Exchange ever since. He currently owns a consultancy in the DFW area. danich been involved with the MVP program since 1994.
A new Page Editor has joined the program: byundt, who takes over the MS Office topic area, and DigitalXtreme has rejoined the Moderator team. For more information on the Page Editor program, see the Help Page.
Experts Exchange has also begun sending out its email notifications using HTML. To see what the new notifications look like, click here. If you wish to receive the notifications in text, click on your username, click the Edit button, and change it in your profile.
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One of the least-known new features at Experts Exchange is our new Link Exchange. Our Link Exchange program is beneficial to both sites in a couple ways:
1. The number of resources available to users on both sites will increase
2. Site relevance is increased within all major search engines when a site provides links to and from quality resources
If you would like to swap links with EE, just fill out the form at the Link Exchange page.
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Still open: Upgrading our site's CSS to work with newer browsers What to do when "standards" aren't standard? This user wants to upgrade his style sheets to work with newer browsers. Points: 500 03/02/2004 06:49PM PST Can you help?
Table headers always visible Although the debate between Tables and CSS for page layouts is as furious as ever, getting them to work together can be a wonderful thing-especially when our experts get involved. Date: 03/02/2004 8:39AM PST View the solution
Still open: Mimicking a form submission "I want to be able to get the same results as when this form (below) is entered using Internet Explorer... I can normally do this by building up a collection of all the input and hidden values and producing the url and query string. I have done this but have found that it redirects to a different page on submission and sets a cookie with login information. Any ideas?" Points: 500 02/29/2004 11:35AM PST Can you help?
Still open:Prevent Spammers from Harvesting your Email "I was wondering if there was a way to prevent spammers from harvesting your email off your homepage." Need we say more?
Points: 500 Date: 03/17/2004 02:53PM PST Can you help?
Randomly display different picture This member is new to HTML and web design, so he didn't want to learn ASP or JSP for one small aspect of his project. Here's a handy little solution that uses Javascript to randomly display images on a web page. Date: 03/17/2004 10:48PM PST View the solution
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webwoman
Soon to be a 4-year EE veteran, webwoman continues to be a driving force within EE's Web Development community. Known for her outspoken commentary on top issues facing today's developers, there are few experts that haven't been touched by her very unique delivery. With talents ranging from ASP to Photoshop, it's no wonder she's been such a valuable part of our team for so long-and take it from us, we wouldn't have it any other way!
Login Name: webwoman Registration Date: June 10,2000 Expert Points: 527297 Certificates: ASP, Javascript, Web Development, HTML
Now, about my printing problem... LOL!
Lunchy
Lunchy is about a month short of celebrating -- such as it is -- his fourth anniversary at Experts Exchange. He first joined the Moderator program in June 2001, and after an absence, was welcomed back in July 2003. He was promoted to administrator in October 2003, and has taken on the all-important task of training and supervising the Moderators.
Site Administrator Computer101 says of Lunchy, "His dedication to the experts and the site has made a positive impact on the administrative team." We couldn't agree more.
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Our Page Editors send us all kinds of interesting articles they come across. Here's what we've received lately.
Security advisories One of the best sites we've seen for keeping track of security issues is at www.secunia.com/historic_advisories/. If you think your system is completely secure, it's a safe bet that these people can find places in which it isn't.
Dreamboat on the air
Dreamboat, who recently published a book on Microsoft Word, will be a guest on the nationally-syndicated radio program Computer America on April 5, 2004.
Letter to the editor (a first!)
A month or so ago daveslater wrote to us asking why we hadn't given AS/400 any space in the Newsletter. We passed the comment along, and he was asked to be a Page Editor. He sent us this note: Since publishing a few questions from the AS/400 area, the participation
level has rocketed (with some very good experts). I think there must have been members, who use the AS/400, that did not know there was as an AS/400 area. Could the same be possible in other minority areas? If so would it be beneficial to publish some questions from these areas to see if it boosts
participation!
Keep an eye out here.
Internet providers and spam
The British Broadcasting Company reported that Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Earthlink filed lawsuits to stop spam. Read the entire story here.
What You See Is What You Get, and then some...
SCO's latest lawsuits are making headlines again, but this time it's not about Linux. In a rather bizarre turn of events to this David and Goliath saga, it turns out that a little known feature of Microsoft Office called Invisible Electronic Ink may just end up getting the last Word. Read the story here.
Copyright infringement
At Experts Exchange, a lot of information gets passed around, including articles from various sites. A recent article in SitePro News had some tips to avoid infringing on someone else's work; read the entire article here.
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An Attachment is a file you include with an e-mail. For example, let's say you have a text document or picture you want to share with someone. You can "attach" this document to an e-mail and send it off to them, usually using a little paper clip icon in your e-mail software. Just click it and you should get a dialog box that lets you navigate to, and attach, the file you want to send.
So what does this have to do with worms? Well, they're usually sent as attachments to emails, with one of the following extensions: |
.scr - Windows Screen Saver - USE CAUTION if you receive a screen saver via email. They can contain worms or viruses
.pif - Program Information File. This is most likely a virus. Clicking it will run a program or code
.exe - executable file - a program that contains a virus, trojan horse, or worm
.pps - MS PowerPoint (can contain macro virus)
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.zip - Zip (compressed) file
.vbs - Visual Basic script
.bat - Executable MS-DOS batch file
.com - DOS executable command
.asp - active server page - internet script
.doc - Word document (can contain macro virus)
.xls - Excel file (can contain macro virus)
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Let's face it -- when someone I know sends me an attachment, like a program file or a document, I'm expecting it. That's not always true -- recently, EE's staffers were spammed with a virus that made the emails appear to be sent from another staffer, and Netminder even got one in his email that appeared to be sent from himself.
Here's what I do. In my inbox, I click on the paper clip icon, which sorts my email showing all of the ones that have attachments. I can quickly scan through the list, and if I'm at all unsure about who the attachment is from, I just delete it.
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ameba has spent a lot of time at Experts Exchange, and during his tenure has come up with all kinds of interesting and useful ways of looking at the site. His latest project is a list of all of the Certified Experts, which he updates daily at his site. We've reproduced the top 50 below (we didn't want to send out a 325k email); recently-earned certificates are in bold.
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Genius 1,000,000 |
Sage 500,000 |
Wizard 300,000 |
Guru 150,000 |
Master 50,000 |
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CrazyOne |
Windows XP |
Windows 2000 |
Windows 98 |
Operating Systems Windows ME |
Storage Applications Outlook Miscellaneous Browser Issues Hardware Desktops |
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jkr |
C++ |
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Win Prog. |
MFC |
Windows NT C |
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stevenlewis |
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Windows XP Windows 98 Networking |
Operating Systems Microsoft Network |
Windows 2000 |
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objects |
Java |
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JSP |
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nico5038 |
MS Access |
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Databases |
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DanRollins |
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MFC C++ |
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Win Prog. |
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jlevie |
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Linux Linux Net. |
Linux Setup Linux Admin. |
Solaris Unix Sendmail |
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mplungjan |
JavaScript |
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jadedata |
MS Access |
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CEHJ |
Java |
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bruintje |
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MS Office |
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Outlook Visual Basic |
MS Access Applications Excel VB Controls |
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angelIII |
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Microsoft SQL |
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Databases Visual Basic |
VB DB |
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SysExpert |
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Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows 98 Hardware Networking |
Operating Systems WinNT Net. |
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fritz_the_blank |
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ASP |
JavaScript |
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emoreau |
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Visual Basic |
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VB DB |
Microsoft SQL .NET VB Controls |
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lrmoore |
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Routers Networking |
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WinNT Net. Firewalls VPN Microsoft Network |
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dew_associates |
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Windows 98 |
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Windows XP |
Windows 2000 Windows 95 |
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chensu |
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Win Prog. MFC |
C++ |
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jhance |
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Hardware |
Win Prog. C++ |
Windows 2000 WinNT Net. MFC |
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byundt |
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Excel |
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MS Office |
Applications |
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COBOLdinosaur |
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HTML |
JavaScript Web Development |
CSS Browser Issues |
22 |
TimCottee |
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<Visual Basic |
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MS Access VB Controls VB DB |
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CJ_S |
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JavaScript |
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Programming ASP HTML |
24 |
amit_g |
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ASP |
JavaScript |
Microsoft SQL .NET Web Languages Web Development |
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sunray_2003 |
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Windows 2000 <Windows XP Outlook |
Operating Systems Applications Miscellaneous Browser Issues |
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war1 |
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Windows XP Windows 98 |
Operating Systems Windows ME Applications Outlook Miscellaneous Browser Issues |
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AzraSound |
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Visual Basic |
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ASP |
28 |
nietod |
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C++ |
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Win Prog. |
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heer2351 |
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MS Access |
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Excel |
30 |
Zvonko |
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JavaScript |
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Lotus Notes |
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Madshi |
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Delphi |
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Win Prog. |
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alanwarren |
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MS Access |
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ASP |
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mlmcc |
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Crystal Reports |
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Visual Basic |
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weed |
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Macintosh |
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Mac Net. Mac Apps Graphics Photoshop Mac Comm. |
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shanesuebsahakarn |
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MS Access |
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kretzschmar |
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Delphi |
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1William |
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MS Access |
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ScottPletcher |
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Microsoft SQL |
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HemanthaKumar |
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Lotus Notes |
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40 |
eghtebas |
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MS Access |
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41 |
arbert |
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Microsoft SQL |
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42 |
Silvers5 |
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ASP |
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43 |
stevbe |
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MS Access |
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44 |
Ark |
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Visual Basic |
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45 |
heyhey_ |
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Java |
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46 |
inthe |
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Delphi |
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Richie_Simonetti |
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Visual Basic |
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48 |
Axter |
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C++ |
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49 |
acperkins |
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Microsoft SQL |
Visual Basic |
ASP |
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slink9 |
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Outlook |
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Windows 98 Applications Hardware Exchange |
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