Thanks for your great effort here, its true, port capacity is an issue and one that needs solving, so I can give what you've suggested, a try. Totally agree with you about Sally and John, does my head in. If I have to write one more "hello world" in a new language I am trying out..lol

I do love coding, I can get immersed in my code to the point where, 10-15 hour stints head down, not an issue, especially helps being an insomniac!

I have done some Python already and agree, its ' the teaching language of choice'. again, I will try the OpenFlashChart route and see how I get on.

One more issue I would love to address is CSS...Am lost with this one, is it required? or should I simply ignore this for now altogether.

Thank you for your advise.