[ciapug] Re: Listing on PHP.net

David Champion dave at visionary.com
Wed Jul 13 13:25:12 CDT 2005 

BTW, Mark Pikes, you might want to edit the listing if you can... it 
says "Central iowa PHP Users Group", you should probably capitalize "Iowa".

-dc

Chris Hettinger wrote:
> Hehe ... oops ... Mike, sorry.
> -ch
> 
> David Champion wrote:
> 
>> Uh, is that Mark Pikes?
>>
>> :p
>>
>> FYI, most of you saw this on the cialug list, but the server was down 
>> for a while with a bad CPU fan. Fan got replaced, server is back up.
>>
>> -dc
>>
>> Chris Hettinger wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for getting us listed Mark, appreciated.
>>>
>>> -ch
>>>
>>> Mike Parks wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings everyone,
>>>> I just looked and we are now listed on PHP.net calendar events. 
>>>> However, I see that I missed the cap error 'iowa' when I filled out 
>>>> the form. I have sent a message to the php.net webmaster to get this 
>>>> corrected.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <ciapug-request at cialug.org>
>>>> To: <ciapug at cialug.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:00 PM
>>>> Subject: ciapug Digest, Vol 3, Issue 3
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>
>>>>>   1. Re: uploading files with php (Mike Parks)
>>>>>   2. Re: uploading files with php  (Mike Parks)
>>>>>   3. Re: uploading files with php (Tony Bibbs)
>>>>>   4. Re: uploading files with php (Scott Phillips)
>>>>>   5. Re: uploading files with php (Bryan Baker)
>>>>>   6. Re: uploading files with php (Scott Phillips)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:11:55 -0500
>>>>> From: "Mike Parks" <parksmike at dwx.com>
>>>>> Subject: [ciapug] Re: uploading files with php
>>>>> To: <ciapug at cialug.org>
>>>>> Message-ID: <000401c58594$00c7df40$0400a8c0 at parksmike>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>>>> reply-type=original
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>> I had somethihng like that also? I look through some of my upload 
>>>>> scripts to
>>>>> see if I can remember what I did to fix?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <ciapug-request at cialug.org>
>>>>> To: <ciapug at cialug.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:00 PM
>>>>> Subject: ciapug Digest, Vol 3, Issue 2
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>>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   1. uploading files with php (Scott Phillips)
>>>>>>   2. Re: uploading files with php (Barry Von Ahsen)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:48:09 -0500
>>>>>> From: Scott Phillips <scott.phillips at DRAKE.EDU>
>>>>>> Subject: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20050708154126.0208b598 at mail.drake.edu>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the 
>>>>>> server. gif,
>>>>>> jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an error when
>>>>>> trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a '%PDF-'.  
>>>>>> There
>>>>>> are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't *think* 
>>>>>> it's a
>>>>>> mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:48:21 -0500
>>>>>> From: Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> Message-ID: <42D02A05.4060209 at vonahsen.com>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had this error with some ftp/scp/frontpage uploaded pdfs, and some
>>>>>> googling finally turned up that in your apache mime types file you 
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> to add
>>>>>> application/x-pdf .pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it should already have application/pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /etc/httpd/conf/apache-mime.types on a mdk 10.1 box
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -barry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the server.
>>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an 
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a 
>>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't 
>>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>>> it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:20:11 -0500
>>>>> From: "Mike Parks" <parksmike at dwx.com>
>>>>> Subject: [ciapug] Re: uploading files with php
>>>>> To: <ciapug at cialug.org>
>>>>> Message-ID: <000601c585b6$af7f8840$0400a8c0 at parksmike>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>>>> reply-type=original
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>> What is your  post_max_size  set to? You may need to increase this 
>>>>> as well
>>>>> as the  upload_max_filesize  Default  upload_max_filesize  is 2Mand
>>>>> post_max_size  is 8M default. So you will want to make it at least 
>>>>> that much
>>>>> above the upload_max_filesize
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <ciapug-request at cialug.org>
>>>>> To: <ciapug at cialug.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:00 PM
>>>>> Subject: ciapug Digest, Vol 3, Issue 2
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   1. uploading files with php (Scott Phillips)
>>>>>>   2. Re: uploading files with php (Barry Von Ahsen)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:48:09 -0500
>>>>>> From: Scott Phillips <scott.phillips at DRAKE.EDU>
>>>>>> Subject: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20050708154126.0208b598 at mail.drake.edu>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the 
>>>>>> server. gif,
>>>>>> jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an error when
>>>>>> trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a '%PDF-'.  
>>>>>> There
>>>>>> are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't *think* 
>>>>>> it's a
>>>>>> mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:48:21 -0500
>>>>>> From: Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> Message-ID: <42D02A05.4060209 at vonahsen.com>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had this error with some ftp/scp/frontpage uploaded pdfs, and some
>>>>>> googling finally turned up that in your apache mime types file you 
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> to add
>>>>>> application/x-pdf .pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it should already have application/pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /etc/httpd/conf/apache-mime.types on a mdk 10.1 box
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -barry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the server.
>>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an 
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a 
>>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't 
>>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>>> it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:30:49 -0500
>>>>> From: Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>> Message-ID: <42D27489.3030706 at tonybibbs.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to side track you but you might consider using the below file:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cvs.geeklog.net/co.php/geeklog-1.3/system/classes/upload.class.php 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It supports uploading images, resizing them on the fly, etc.  It 
>>>>> may be
>>>>> a bit too 'heavy' for your needs.  Anyway, does extensive mime 
>>>>> checking
>>>>> and can handle enforcement of file sizes, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> To see a sample of it in action go here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cvs.geeklog.net/co.php/geeklog-1.3/public_html/admin/story.php
>>>>>
>>>>> --Tony
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the server.
>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an error
>>>>>> when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a 
>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't 
>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>> it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:42:32 -0500
>>>>> From: Scott Phillips <scott.phillips at DRAKE.EDU>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>> To: barry at vonahsen.com, ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20050711083517.020a17c0 at mail.drake.edu>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, this looks like it worked... kind of.  IE opens it up, but 
>>>>> FireFox
>>>>> and Netscape display an open/save dialog box with the default 
>>>>> application
>>>>> being "AcroExch".  What the heck is that?  Can't find much useful 
>>>>> info on
>>>>> it.  It works, but I prefer that the docs open in Reader 
>>>>> straightaway like
>>>>> everyone is used to.  Do you have any more info on this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike, I checked and the max size looks fine at this point.  (The 
>>>>> documents
>>>>> in question are only ~900K anyway.  I don't expect anything larger.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At 02:48 PM 7/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had this error with some ftp/scp/frontpage uploaded pdfs, and some
>>>>>> googling finally turned up that in your apache mime types file you 
>>>>>> have to add
>>>>>> application/x-pdf       .pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it should already have application/pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /etc/httpd/conf/apache-mime.types on a mdk 10.1 box
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -barry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the server.
>>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an 
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a 
>>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't 
>>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>>> it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 5
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:31:45 -0500
>>>>> From: Bryan Baker <bbaker at iowalaw.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>> Message-ID: <d72a5154cae167a068ef35cd96f62cad at iowalaw.org>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like maybe your (Moz based) browser's got an inconvenient mime
>>>>> type mapping.
>>>>> Check in Edit->Pref's->Helper Applications and look for
>>>>> application/x-pdf.
>>>>> AcroExch I think is an old name for Acrobat or maybe the plugin.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 11, 2005, at 8:42 AM, Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, this looks like it worked... kind of.  IE opens it up, but
>>>>>> FireFox and Netscape display an open/save dialog box with the default
>>>>>> application being "AcroExch".  What the heck is that?  Can't find 
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> useful info on it.  It works, but I prefer that the docs open in
>>>>>> Reader straightaway like everyone is used to.  Do you have any more
>>>>>> info on this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike, I checked and the max size looks fine at this point.  (The
>>>>>> documents in question are only ~900K anyway.  I don't expect anything
>>>>>> larger.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 02:48 PM 7/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had this error with some ftp/scp/frontpage uploaded pdfs, and some
>>>>>>> googling finally turned up that in your apache mime types file you
>>>>>>> have to add
>>>>>>> application/x-pdf       .pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it should already have application/pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /etc/httpd/conf/apache-mime.types on a mdk 10.1 box
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -barry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the 
>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an
>>>>>>>> error when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a
>>>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't
>>>>>>>> *think* it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I
>>>>>>>> upload it.
>>>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Bryan Baker
>>>>> Technology Advocate
>>>>> Iowa Legal Aid
>>>>> Suite 230
>>>>> 1111 9th Street
>>>>> Des Moines, Ia 50314-2527
>>>>>
>>>>> (515) 243-2151 (x1635)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.iowalegalaid.org
>>>>> bbaker at iowalaw.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 6
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:20:20 -0500
>>>>> From: Scott Phillips <scott.phillips at DRAKE.EDU>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ciapug] uploading files with php
>>>>> To: ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20050711101241.0207eab0 at mail.drake.edu>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, no special mappings in there at all.  Checked on a few different
>>>>> machines, with the same results.  Mac/Safari does not open it at 
>>>>> all with
>>>>> an error "Could not create file"... whatever that means.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I get the same results whether I upload the pdf with php or 
>>>>> Dreamweaver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any more suggestions, I'd be grateful!  Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At 09:31 AM 7/11/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like maybe your (Moz based) browser's got an inconvenient 
>>>>>> mime type
>>>>>> mapping.
>>>>>> Check in Edit->Pref's->Helper Applications and look for 
>>>>>> application/x-pdf.
>>>>>> AcroExch I think is an old name for Acrobat or maybe the plugin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 11, 2005, at 8:42 AM, Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, this looks like it worked... kind of.  IE opens it up, but 
>>>>>>> FireFox
>>>>>>> and Netscape display an open/save dialog box with the default 
>>>>>>> application
>>>>>>> being "AcroExch".  What the heck is that?  Can't find much useful 
>>>>>>> info on
>>>>>>> it.  It works, but I prefer that the docs open in Reader 
>>>>>>> straightaway
>>>>>>> like everyone is used to.  Do you have any more info on this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike, I checked and the max size looks fine at this point.  (The
>>>>>>> documents in question are only ~900K anyway.  I don't expect 
>>>>>>> anything larger.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At 02:48 PM 7/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had this error with some ftp/scp/frontpage uploaded pdfs, and 
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> googling finally turned up that in your apache mime types file 
>>>>>>>> you have to add
>>>>>>>> application/x-pdf       .pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it should already have application/pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /etc/httpd/conf/apache-mime.types on a mdk 10.1 box
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -barry
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scott Phillips wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK.. I've got a script that allows me to upload files to the 
>>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>>> gif, jpg, txt, doc files all work perfectly.  However, I get an 
>>>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>>>> when trying to open uploaded PDFs: File does not start with a 
>>>>>>>>> '%PDF-'.
>>>>>>>>> There are other PDFs accessible on the same server, so I don't 
>>>>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>>>>> it's a mime type problem.  It must get corrupted when I upload it.
>>>>>>>>> What's the deal?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Scott Phillips
>>>>>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>>>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
>>>>>>>>> (515) 271-2975
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Bryan Baker
>>>>>> Technology Advocate
>>>>>> Iowa Legal Aid
>>>>>> Suite 230
>>>>>> 1111 9th Street
>>>>>> Des Moines, Ia 50314-2527
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (515) 243-2151 (x1635)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.iowalegalaid.org
>>>>>> bbaker at iowalaw.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> ciapug mailing list
>>>>>> ciapug at cialug.org
>>>>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/ciapug
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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