Hi Jan,
I'm happy that Weather Blues pleased you!
For your problem with fsockopen(), I'm sorry, but a few number of members
have this problem with too restrictive provider.
In the "good old time", things were easy with direct commands like "fopen",
but hackers used these commands to broke websites, then a new config
parameter was introduced "allow_url_fopen". This new option restrict
direct use of file handling, also "Cross-domain" acces was restricted too!
This forbidden communication between 2 sites, even if these sites are yours
and are on the same server!
Then, as you see there is a lot of limitations now, to avoid hackers access
and block anonymous (public) access. Now, minimal secured way to do
a communication between sites are to use fsocketopen() as it is a way to
"identify" callers by its hardware. But your provider is not satisfied of this
level of security and want a step farther.. a login system!
As I want to keep update system access simple, I don't want to implement
that kind of security to continue to be as "user friendly" as I can! Then, follow
this forum as I always send post when something is new and keep .zip files
as "fresh" as I can.
Don't hesitate to send a post if I'm not clear enough on what file has changed!
Best regards,
Jacques