>does anyone have some reasonable guides to dealing with apache (not sure >which version) and/or PHP?? not sure if i can help you with the apache stuff, but here are some sites that were pretty instrumental in my (ongoing) php education: http://www.phpbuilder.com/ http://www.devshed.com/ http://www.hotscripts.com/ and of course, http://www.php.net/ jason -- digital IMS - http://www.digitalIMS.com/ 201 n 14th - lincoln, ne 68508 402.437.0127