lol..noob wants a website

ginocerulliginocerulli Shanghai, China
edited December 2005 in Internet & Media
ok, i intend to build a website..the main objectice is to learn something about web page design

i intend to use the site to show the artistic efforts of my friends, family and myself. this will include writing, photography and art.

the only information i have, i got by reading several articles at www.soyouwanna.com, i did manage to create a functional (if terribly bland) HTML sample document

beyond that, i know nothing.

any advice, resources you can direct me to would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

gino

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  • ginocerulliginocerulli Shanghai, China
    edited December 2005
    I have been doing a lot of research and hands on stuff...and i have managed to accomplish quite a bit...also i have been able to formulate some more specific questions:

    1. How can you modify fonts? i am aware of the -H1- options and so on, but can you change the fonts that are used?

    2. How do you create panels? such as a panel running all the way down the left side with link options? Or a tab across the top in much the same way there is a tab on this website?

    3. is php nuke especially for forums, or do people use to build other websites?
  • Lord_NightLord_Night Piqua Ohio
    edited December 2005
    1. Fonts can be manipulated with ..FONT=1..put text here../FONT..
    replace the periods .. with <>
    the =1 is the size can be any number up to 76 I think..

    2 panels are a whole nother lessen in itself. there not easy but once made there ok to handle.

    php is not only for forums. it is also for databases, directoires. lists, other stuff and can be used for jsut web sites..
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    http://www.w3c.org/ has a wealth of info.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    PHP-Nuke is a "Content management system", PHP is a coding language...
  • ginocerulliginocerulli Shanghai, China
    edited December 2005
    thanks everyone for the replies,

    i will take that advice and information and push on. i will probably be back for a next wave of questions...



    :cool:

    gino
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    Lord_Night wrote:
    1. Fonts can be manipulated with ..FONT=1..put text here../FONT..
    replace the periods .. with <>
    the =1 is the size can be any number up to 76 I think..

    2 panels are a whole nother lessen in itself. there not easy but once made there ok to handle.

    php is not only for forums. it is also for databases, directoires. lists, other stuff and can be used for jsut web sites..


    PHP is short for GOD ;)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    Think of PHP like C++ that can only be executed by a webserver serverside.
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited December 2005
    I'm not sure how far you are along into this- but do you have a hosting service selected already?
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited December 2005
    1. Fonts can be manipulated with ..FONT=1..put text here../FONT..
    replace the periods .. with <>
    the =1 is the size can be any number up to 76 I think..

    Are you talking about font size? Using HTML that code is incorrect. There are two codes for font sizes, one using 100% HTML, and one using inline CSS.

    HTML font sizes:
    <xmp><font size="#">insert text here</font></xmp>
    
    You can replace the # with any number between 1 and 10, one being the smallest, 10 being the largest.

    Inline CSS font sizes:
    <xmp><font style="font-size:#pt">insert text here</font></xmp>
    
    in this case you can replace the number with any number, since it goes by "point" size, like in Microsoft Word. You can also change pt to px, which will change the font sizes into pixels rather than points.
  • ginocerulliginocerulli Shanghai, China
    edited December 2005
    1. i was talking about font size, but also font style like "times news roman" and other such things..

    2. i have not selected a hosting service and would be interested in opinions (keep in mind i live in Shanghai, China...if that matters)

    a couple new issues i have bumped into

    1. i want to place 4 images that function as hyperlinks on one line together...i have that all sorted out....but i want to put a little space between each one? any idea how i can do that? here is my code:

    <CENTER><B>A</B><A HREF="webpage2.htm"><IMG SRC="monkey.jpg"></A>
    <B>B</B><A HREF="webpage3.htm"><IMG SRC="beck1.jpg"></A>
    <B>C</B><A HREF="webpage4.htm"><IMG SRC="monkeyshock.jpg"></A>
    <B>D</B><A HREF="webpage5.htm"><IMG SRC="gorilla.gif"></CENTER></A>

    2. i know that making panels is a big project...can anyone recommend where i might start to learn about it...i just do not know where to start

    3. i really want to do some stuff with bordering and backgrounds within the borders as described a bit down the page here http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style
    (i must be missing something or the code isn't dumbed down enough, because I can't get it to work)

    thanks in advance

    gino
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    [PHP]For font face and size, use:
    <font style="font: 20px Arial;">Blah</font>
    Replacing "Arial" with the font face you want to use.[/PHP]

    For spaces you can do one of a few things, you can use:
    [PHP]  which means non-breaking space which basically puts a single space in there as if using the spacebar.
    You could put style="margin: 3px;" inside the img tag which would put a 3 pixel margin around the image (or use magin-left for just the left, or margin-top for just the top, etc.
    Last option is to use a transparent gif image to space the things apart. This has been used for ages as it is something that browsers can't screw up or do differently and and be manipulated a little easier than some other things.[/PHP]
  • ginocerulliginocerulli Shanghai, China
    edited December 2005
    thanks :)....
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited December 2005
    Are you looking at the CSS Borders section? Just glancing at that it looks like they didn't explain how to define a class. For example, "div.NAME{border-style:2px dotted black}" will do nothing if "NAME" is not defined somewhere in the body of the page.

    The "div" part of the code above states that the class can be found in a <xmp><div></xmp> tag. So start off by creating text or markup inside a div tag. The text between the dot and the { is the "class" of the object. To define a class just put "class=NAME" after the word "div" in the first tag, like this:
    <xmp><div class="NAME">YOUR TEXT OR MARKUP HERE</div></xmp>
    

    You can replace "NAME" with anything you want to call the class, but it must correspond with the CSS code. You can also integrate the CSS into the HTML <xmp><div></xmp> tag, like this:
    <xmp><div style="border-style:2px dotted black">TEXT OR MARKUP HERE</div></xmp>
    
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