hi bluegel and subquark: thnx for your replies... it is working.. i got it working a couple of days later... Thnx for ur replies...
subquark, am not taking the NY job.. the pay was tooooo less and i felt something fishy about that small company in the 11th floor of a building. Thnx for ur wishes thro' e-mail

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thnx for working on the tutorial.. i shld be working full-time from next week on my left-overs of this project... as my visa expires and i can't work anymore...i have lots of free time to work on this. i will try to give an update soon
am also planning to work on a e-learning project for a friend in a macromedia users group (as i will be having lot of free time).
the site looks good... will take a look tomorrow... good luck for ur results!!