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We upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 from 14.04 and now we get SMTP cannot connect to host. Has anyone else experienced this

Thank You for the detailed explanation.

Hello bcworkz,

I have what I think is a basic question from the exploring I’ve done. What is the difference in CSS when you create a class such as #form vs just form or #label vs label?

Thank You for any advice as the # seems to affect the way things are formated

That is great, Thank you so much. My program is actuatly picking up the CSS attributes now. I was able to utilize this to put my label and input on the same line. I’m just banging my head against the wall right now trying to get the form to center on the page, but I’ll keep at it. Just trying to understand how CSS behaves. When I change classes that are in my form, it seems to affect other areas in my PHP program as well. Thank you again for your direction. I feel like i’m on the right track. one other thing. Have you ever connected to a CTREE database using ODBC?

Thank You. I was able to code my input form and am now looking to start my processing code. One thing on my input form is I want to tweak the look, for example put the label on the same line as the input box and move the input area to the center of the screen. I found some examples and created a CSS file in the template directory. I then put this in my template <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”inmate.css” type=’text/css’ > This doesn’t seem to make any difference. Is that the right approach to utilize a CSS?

To elaborate further, here is where I am confused. All the research I do says to create a html form, then pass the data to a php script. If I were to do this in wordpress, I’m not sure how it would work. When I go to the page with the php template, all the coding is contained in the template. If I were to create a page with a html form, the html form would call a php script that would not be my template. This is confusing to me to embed this in worpress. Im not sure how to code the input form in the template and pass the input to the query in the same template.

Thank You again

Hello, I haven’t been in here in a while as I I using a temp solution until I can develop the full application. So far for the full app, I set up a page which welcomes the user. When they click accept, I will call another page which uses my template. I used the page.php as a base and was wondering if I can put the input(accept) area and then process the input to the query in the same template? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank You

I was afraid that wordpress was applying its own CSS. Every where I look, it claims it is simple to add in your own CSS. Having never used CSS before, and figuring out where to call it in my php template, I am finding it very complex. I used the CSS inspector and there are a ton of rules and other CSS files being called. I’m going to take a look at the !important modifier. Thanks for the tip

Thank You, I was afraid I would have to do something with CSS. I’m starting from square 1 there. I’ve never done anything with CSS before. Thanks for the direction on this

I made some progress on this. When I call my program outside of wordpress, it works and I would have to just work on the queries now. However, I really want to code my application in a wordpress template. When I do that, the form table I create for input doesn’t look good. WordPress puts extra boarders around my tables. Are there any guidelines for create input fields in wordpress?

This code I’m trying to use is a standalone design and doesn’t need any wordpress resources. When I call it, then click view page source, anything that is in the <?php ?> area doesn’t show up.is there something I have to do to make the directory I’m putting the code in, “/var/www/inmates”, available to the system to have php code?

Quick question. My predacesor left me some code. When I call it from wordpress, the source doesnt display. i put the code in a subdirectory of var/www do i have to tune the worpress site to see code in subdirectories?

Wow, thank you for all of that bcworkz. I’m going to dive in head first. I also found a nifty tool called PHP code Widget. I put some php code in the widget and threw it on the page and displayed my test tables. I’m just not sure of the limitations of the widget yet as to sort the data. I’m not sure if the widget will let you use jquery. I’m going to give it a shot though. I’m off and running. Thanks again

OK, so bear in mind I’ve never created a template before or wrote a php program from the ground up. I’ve only maintained some php programs by making minor changes. I created a template with my search boxes and to display the database. I have to set the code up so the search boxes display and then the data doesn’t show up until I enter search criteria. Right now, when I display my page, everything displays in the bottom area and removes my content area which is a light gray background. Is there a boiler plate template where I can embed my code? Im just looking for some examples of how to do this. I know no one will write it for me. Unfortunatly my experience is in COBOL years ago and I began mainaining php code a year ago. I have about a month to do this. any direction would be appreciated. Thank You

Thank you, I actually started making progress on this. I appreciate all of your help