HTML - How Does One Add To A Message

Hi Guys,

Has anyone got an idea how to insert a password name onto a page.html
I have ht passwords setup and i would like to have the user name come up when they visit the page. ie username = Bob ...password = xyz etc

Page show Hi Bob or welcome Bob.

There must be a way i would imagine.
Any input very welcome

How can I make it so a user can't resize a message box in safari? It messes with my site layout if it is changed.

How would I set something up on a website hosted by the server, were I can implement a text box that can be update by not updating the actual page it self, so I dont have to continually update the actual page rather some other form be able to update current news, and dates of certain events. If you get what Im trying to say.

Not sure if it would be HTMl or PHP. Thanks for the help!

I'm using a php video-sharing site script where you would make a purchase to view a video. The code below is from the html search results page, where a list of thumbnails appears when you search certain keywords.

Currently when you select the thumbnail, to view the video, prior to paying, a page pops-up in a pop-up box(inner_purchase.htm page) showing a message. I asked someone (JG) to help me change it to just a pop-up message box to appear, rather than the inner_purchase page, and he added code below called Custom Message Block, but the inner_purchase page still appears, instead of the Custom Message Block.

Can you help me figure out how I can make this so the Custom Message Block appears, rather than the inner_purchase page?
Thanks. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Code:

<!--Begin Left Column-->
<div id="column-left-2">
<br />
  <!--Begin Whats Showing Menu-->
  <div class="header-narrow"><h3>[var.get_type]</h3></div>
    <div class="whats-showing">
      <ul>
        <li><!--<a href="[var.url_link]/load/featured">[var.lang_featured]</a>--></li>
        <li><!--<a href="[var.url_link]/load/viewed">[var.lang_most_viewed]</a>--></li>
        <li><!--<a href="[var.url_link]/load/recent">[var.lang_most_recent]</a>--></li>
        <li><!--<a href="[var.url_link]/load/comments">[var.lang_most_comments]</a>--></li>
      </ul>
   </div>
   <div class="container-narrow-bottom"></div><!--End Whats Showing Menu-->
   <br />
   <!--Begin Popular Tag Cloud populate from search type ??-->
   <!--<div class="header-narrow"><h3>[var.lang_Tags_most_popular]</h3></div>-->
   <!--<div class="whats-showing"><!--[var.tag_cloud_block;htmlconv=no;comm]--></div>-->
   <!--<div class="container-narrow-bottom"></div>--><!--End Popular Tag Cloud-->
   <!--Begin Left Advert-->
   <!--<div class="container-narrow-top"></div>-->
   <!--<div id="advert-left"><!--[var.ads_left;htmlconv=no;comm]--></div>-->
   <!--<div class="container-narrow-bottom"></div>--><!--End Left Advert-->
   <!--<div style="height:120px;">&nbsp;</div>-->
</div><!--End Left Column-->

<!--Begin Right Column-->
<div id="column-right-2">

  <!--Begin Video Search List-->
  <div style="height: 2px;">&nbsp;</div>

  <span style="margin-bottom: 12px;" class="font5_15">
    "[var.keyword]"&nbsp;&nbsp;[var.get_type_word]&nbsp;[var.lang_search]&nbsp;[var.results_show]&nbsp;-&nbsp;[var.results_of]&nbsp;of&nbsp;[var.total_records]&nbsp;[var.lang_results] <br />

     <!-- Replace ambiguous text with clear button links below. -JG -->
     <!-- Please Select the Continue Button to Purchase Now - Or Search Again.<br />-->
     <form id="buyVideo" name="buyVideo" method="post" action="buy-video.php">
       <!-- CONTINUE button replaced. -JG -->

       <!--input type="submit" name="purchase" value="Continue" style="margin:7px 0" rel="gb_page_center[600, 435] "-->
       <input type="submit" name="purchase" value="Use Credits Now" style="margin:7px 0" rel="gb_page_center[600, 435] ">
       <input type="button" name="search" value="Search Again" onclick="window.location.href='page.php?page=9';" style="margin:7px 0">
       <input type="button" name="search" value="Purchase Credits" onclick="window.location.href='credits.php';" style="margin:7px 0">
       <input type="hidden" name="keyword" value="[var.keywords2]">
       <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="yes">
       <input type="hidden" name="ttl" value="[var.total_price]">
       <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="[var.user_id]">
       <input type="hidden" name="credits" value="[var.member_credits]">
       <input type="hidden" name="id[]" value="[blkfeatured2.indexer;block=input]"></input>

  </span>
	<br><!-- Check All Box  -->
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="checkbox" name="checkall" onclick='checkedAll()'> Select All<br>
	<!-- end checkbox mod -->
  <!-- ******************************** START OF CUSTOM MESSAGE BLOCK ******************************* -JG -->
  <script>
    function doCreditCheck()
    {
      // The custom message block only appears when the PAY/SEARCH buttons are present.
      // The presence of those buttons indicates that you need to pay before viewing the video.
      document.getElementById('popupBuyMsg').style.display = 'block';
      // We return false so that the href associated with this object is ignored.
      return false;
    }
  </script>
  <style>
    .buymsg      { display:none; position:absolute; top:300px; left:300px; width:350px; background-color:#eeeeff; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:15px 20px 5px 20px; }
    .buymsgclose { text-decoration:none; font-size:0.9em; font-variant:small-caps; margin-top:10px; }
  </style>
  <!-- Hidden message block to replace inner_purchase.htm when only a GreyBox message is being displayed. -->
  <div id="popupBuyMsg" class="buymsg">
     You must use "credits" to view this video.<br>
     You have <strong>[var.member_credits]</strong> credits in your account.<br>
     <br />
      To view this video select "Use Credits".<br>
      To purchase credits select "Purchase Credits".<br>
      Or Search Again.
     <div style="width:100%; text-align:right;">
       <a class="buymsgclose" href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('popupBuyMsg').style.display = 'none'; return false;">Close Window</a>
     </div>
  </div>
  <!-- ********************************** END OF CUSTOM MESSAGE BLOCK ********************************** -->

  <div id="content-list">
    <ul class="content-list-thumb" style="margin-top: 13px;">
      <span style="margin-left: 1px;"><input type="checkbox" name="checkedBoxs[]" value="[blkfeatured.indexer;block=div]"></span><br /> <br />

      <!-- Add an onclick feature that first checks to see if you need to use purchase credits. -JG -->
      <li><a href="videos/[blkfeatured.indexer;block=div]/[blkfeatured.title_seo;block=div]" rel="gb_page_center[600, 435]"><img src="uploads/thumbs/[blkfeatured.thumb_string;block=div].jpg" alt="video pic" width="120" height="90" border="0" /></a></li>
      <!--li><a onclick="return doCreditCheck();" href="videos/[blkfeatured.indexer;block=div]/[blkfeatured.title_seo;block=div]"><img src="uploads/thumbs/[blkfeatured.thumb_string;block=div].jpg" alt="video pic" width="120" height="90" border="0" /></a></li-->
    </ul>
    <ul class="content-list-info">
      <li><h4><span style="color: #000000;">[var.lang_title]:</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="videos/[blkfeatured.indexer;block=div]/[blkfeatured.title_seo;block=div]" rel="gb_page_center[600, 435] "><!--[blkfeatured.title;htmlconv=no;block=div;ope=max:70;comm]--></a></h4></li>
      <!--<li><b>[var.lang_description]:&nbsp;</b><!--[blkfeatured.description;htmlconv=no;block=div;ope=max:68;comm]--></li>-->
      <li><!--<span class="font4_12">[var.lang_rating]test&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>-->
        <!--<img border="0" src="themes/[var.user_theme]/images/[blkfeatured.star1;block=div]" width="18" height="18" alt="1 Star" />-->
        <!--<img border="0" src="themes/[var.user_theme]/images/[blkfeatured.star2;block=div]" width="18" height="18" alt="1 Star" />-->
        <!--<img border="0" src="themes/[var.user_theme]/images/[blkfeatured.star3;block=div]" width="18" height="18" alt="1 Star" />-->
        <!--<img border="0" src="themes/[var.user_theme]/images/[blkfeatured.star4;block=div]" width="18" height="18" alt="1 Star" />-->
        <!--<img border="0" src="themes/[var.user_theme]/images/[blkfeatured.star5;block=div]" width="18" height="18" alt="1 Star" />-->
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <!--<span class="font4_12">[var.lang_views]:&nbsp;</span>--><!--(<!--[blkfeatured.number_of_views;block=div;comm]-->)-->
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <!--<span class="font4_12">[var.lang_duration]:&nbsp;</span>--><!--(<!--[blkfeatured.video_length;block=div;ope=max:45;comm]-->)-->
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <!--<span class="font4_12">[var.lang_uploaded]:&nbsp;</span>-->
      </li>
      <li><!--<span class="font4_12">[var.lang_tags]:&nbsp;</span>--></li>
      <li><!--<b>[var.lang_comments] - [var.lang_responses]:&nbsp;</b>--><!--(<!--[blkfeatured.comments;block=div;ope=max:80;comm]-->)--></li>
    </ul>
 [onload;block=div;when [var.type_videos]=1;]
  </div>
  <!--End Video Search-->

  <!-- Pagination start -->
  <div align="center">
    <div id="pagination">
      <li>&nbsp;</li>
      <ul>[var.show_pages;htmlconv=no]</ul>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- Pagination end -->
</div><!--End Right Column-->
</form>

Hey all!

I'm new to these forums, but by the looks of the community I can foresee myself gaining a lot of knowledge from being here. I've searched around, but haven't really found a clear answer to the problem I am having.

Here's the deal, I have my own small local IT business and recently decided It's time to build a website. I am Cisco CCNA certified, and CompTia A++ Hardware and OS support certified, so I know my way around computers. However, I have ZERO knowledge of HTML/CSS/PHP ect. This of course was a huge gap in my knowledge, and the reason why I have waiting so long to get a website up and running. I am slowly learning, but everybody needs help at some point.

So this is where I am at. I have created my basic website based off a template. I have modified it quite a bit, and have begun to understand basic HTML and CSS. However, I am stuck at the "Message Box, or Contact Us" Form. I am assuming the the code behind this form will either send the Users message via Email, or text document on my server. After examining the code I am completely lost as to how it works, so I need some help here.

My Website is located at http://www.olsonit.com

The problem page is the "Contact Us" page. Here is the code for said Message box.

<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><form name="form2" method="post" action="" style="margin:0px ">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="usial2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td height="39"><strong>First name</strong><br>
<input name="text25" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
<td width="15" rowspan="4">&nbsp;</td>
<td><strong>Phone</strong><br>
<input name="text252" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
<td width="15" rowspan="4">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="172" rowspan="4"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="usial2">
<tr>
<td><strong>Message</strong><br>
<textarea name="textarea" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:126px; overflow:auto" onClick="this.value=''"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="27" align="right" valign="bottom"><input name="reset" type="reset" style="width:56px; height:19px; background-image:url(images/clear.jpg); border:0px none; cursor:hand; cursor:pointer; margin-right:7px " value="">
<input name="submit22222" type="submit" style="width:56px; height:19px; background-image:url(images/send.jpg); border:0px none; cursor:hand; cursor:pointer; " value=""></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td height="39"><strong>Last name</strong><br>
<input name="text253" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
<td><strong>Fax</strong><br>
<input name="text254" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td height="39"><strong>E-mail</strong><br>
<input name="text256" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
<td><strong>State</strong><br>
<input name="text257" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td><strong>Zip</strong><br>
<input name="text258" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
<td><strong>Address</strong><br>
<input name="text259" type="text" class="intext" style="width:100%; height:17px" onClick="this.value=''"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>


Hopefully I'll be able to get this all figured out, since I'm sure this will be a main source of contact between my Clients and I.

Any help is much appreciated!

-Evan