Hi guys...
Just wondering if you guys have an idea for a custom tab i want to make...

Here is a site with the tvguide for australia http://tvguide.ninemsn.com

Now what I want to do is make a tab that shows today's tvguide and if possibly in a slimmer format to fit in a standard sort of msn window...

Now I'm stuck for ideas on how to do this...? Anybody have clues for me?

use that tab manager thing. i dont know what it really does personally, but people have spoken about it. try that just google it or something...

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Originally posted by marissa
use that tab manager thing. i dont know what it really does personally, but people have spoken about it. try that just google it or something...

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He's not asking how to link the tab to his messenger, he's asking HOW he can MAKE a tab, as in: the page itself.....

And he should make it in PHP most likely. And if http://tvguide.ninemsn.com doesn't support RSS feeds or something similar he needs to grab the right page (the one with info) and extract the info from it and make it into his own page...

And from MSNFanatic (I thought, or was it mess.be?) you can download a tab-template which looks like the standard MSN tabs... I'll attach de zip here, since I can't find the correct link atm (I got very little time atm)...

i was trying to make a tab that displayed the weather in your local area (anyone who has MYIE2 web browser should know what i mean) i was also going to try and make the media player that is in MYIE2 into a tab aswell, however i can't i lost interest but i did make a weather emoticon set.....never released it.

I do own and run a tab though. The weebl and bob one.

http://weebltab.kaonet.net

I totally re-designed it and now i believe it is very good and looks like the official site. please tell me what you think as i would like some feedback.

Hrmm... okay so use a php server is the suggestion... what will this involve?

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Originally posted by Fukafly
i was trying to make a tab that displayed the weather in your local area

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United States | Canada | Central America | South America | Asia | Europe | Australia | Africa | Islands

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yeah sounds good except

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however i can't i lost interest

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Originally posted by illuzn
Hrmm... okay so use a php server is the suggestion... what will this involve?

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I'm using it. Works fine here

i have html knowledge but no clue with php... im guessing thats a bad thing

yeah, you gonna need that to create your page because the page must grab its info from another internet page. (It isn't static info so you can't make it with html alone). Well, there are other similar languages/methods you could use though, like ASP. But either way, you must know the language to create the page. Or you can ask nicely to someone who knows php to create it for you.....

Sooo... Cookie ol' buddy ol' pal.... wanna do some php scripting for me .......

Just kidding.... know of a good reference to learn the code i need to make the php page (I have some programming knowledge) preferably something to the point so I don't have to read a million pages

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Originally posted by illuzn
Sooo... Cookie ol' buddy ol' pal.... wanna do some php scripting for me .......

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Originally posted by illuzn
Just kidding.... know of a good reference to learn the code i need to make the php page (I have some programming knowledge) preferably something to the point so I don't have to read a million pages

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how do you use tab-template.zip? i cant seem to get it to work, can someone post how to create a tab?

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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
how do you use tab-template.zip? i cant seem to get it to work, can someone post how to create a tab?

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* aNILEator thinks LoochTheMan is getting WAAAY too ahead of what he thinks he can do

Im not ahead of myself, i know i cannot do anything and have little to no programming knoweldge, thats why i asked if someone could explain so i could try to learn...i dont know, i guess asking for help is such a bad thing

Asking for help is not a bad thing at all.
However, trying to run when you can't walk is....


First learn how to make websites, learn HTML and even PHP (almost always needed for creating tabs as tabs consist almost always of dynamic content). And in the process of learning all that, learn also how to deal with files in a Windows Environment (folders, files, subfolders, moving, copying, deleting, creating, etc...)....

And to learn all that, this isn't the proper place actually...

I highly suggest (if you have it) taking the tutorials/lessons one by one in DREAMWEAVER MX that way you will get to know a little html and understand how it works.

Or you can do waht i usually do,if you see something you like or find interesting view the source code of the website {right click->view source on most web browsers} and see how it works.

I'm no genius i usually copy fragments of html from other places or search 'how to ....' in google and then just edit it to how i want it, this way i am getting to grips with html, and i even designed a website for the company i was on work experience for http://www.intronix.co.uk

At your level of experience i suggest using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) html editor like microsoft frontpage or macromedia dreamweaver to get a VERY BASIC layout then smartening it up in html mode sometimes i find it less stressful to work in frontpage like this and can solve problems easily ost of the time, however i am not gonna touch my weebl and bob tab with the WYSIWYG editor modes ever i want that to remain an example of html, i have no experience with PHP so i can't help you there, I am also not a programmer (really should get around to uninstalling VB, C++) but i am looking into night courses for c++ at the moment one or two hours a week isn't that bad now is it

I am always asking for help or advice on these forums this place is the best forum i belong to its a great world-wide community
*thanks once again everyone* hope i have been of some help.

And now i am gonna go wake up becasue i think i am still asleep, had my slipknot alarm go off to wake me up at 9.30 and i've been on here since, and i've gotta go into town today at 11 meh anyone know how to code a new human body for me?

Fukafly....
html is not a problem for me... I have ample experience with it... In fact I've designed a couple pages using pure html rather than dreamweaver or any WYSIWYG stuff...
What I want is a short introduction to php enough to get the coding up for my purpose. Any links to websites with this content will be appreciated.