Full Version: Dylan's "making a site" questions
How would I add a blog to my site like the one on the main page?
Anyone!?
well on the main site, i have the blogger withing an iframe. so make a blogger page like normal.. without all the frilly extra stuff.. and then point the iframe to your blogger page.
I'm embarased, but how do I make an iframe 
? I'm using dreamweaver because I suck at html and php and stuff 
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? I'm using dreamweaver because I suck at html and php and stuff .
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I'm embarased, but how do I make an iframe ? I'm using dreamweaver because I suck at html and php and stuff .
? I'm using dreamweaver because I suck at html and php and stuff .CODE
<iframe src="http://whatever.you.want/blogger.html" scroll="AUTO">alternative goes here</iframe>
What's "alternitive goes here"? And do I have to specify the size?
*shits on blogger*
http://www.wordpress.org/ for simplicity
http://www.b2evolution.com/ for tons of features
I use WordPress in a couple places right now, but I'm thinking of switching to b2evo as it has a spam filter and mulit-skin support built in.
http://www.wordpress.org/ for simplicity
http://www.b2evolution.com/ for tons of features
I use WordPress in a couple places right now, but I'm thinking of switching to b2evo as it has a spam filter and mulit-skin support built in.
Two things...how do I make an iframe with just regular text? And how do I make a just blank blogger template?
Since I can't figure out how to make a blank template for a blog, I'm just coding a simple pace that will go in the IiFrame that will act as a blog.
QUOTE(Dylan @ Jul 17 2004, 09:29 AM)
Since I can't figure out how to make a blank template for a blog, I'm just coding a simple pace that will go in the IiFrame that will act as a blog.
Thats what I would do, and I do this crap for a living.
Alright, now another stupid question. Let's say that my blog goes like this:
July.17.2004
blahblahblahblah.
I want the date and the entry to be the same size but different colours. I don't want the date to be <h1> because then it will be bigger. How would I go about making the dates all different things so I can change the colour of each date? Sorry if I don't make sense :-p.
EDIT. And if I had google ads, would I make money when people clicked on them?
July.17.2004
blahblahblahblah.
I want the date and the entry to be the same size but different colours. I don't want the date to be <h1> because then it will be bigger. How would I go about making the dates all different things so I can change the colour of each date? Sorry if I don't make sense :-p.
EDIT. And if I had google ads, would I make money when people clicked on them?
CSS or HTML?
And Google doesn't let you sign up a blog as a site for ads.
And Google doesn't let you sign up a blog as a site for ads.
He doesnt, its his site, he's going to use a blog for the Updates and such and such
QUOTE(Viper007Bond @ Jul 17 2004, 10:05 PM)
CSS or HTML?
I'm using both.
This might be a stupid question, but what are some good free hosting sites?
There are none, you pay for what you get.
To answer your question about changing the color of the dates: You can easily surround each date with a class tag (CSS). Then in your actual CSS page (ex. "styles.css") you simply refer to that class with any color you want.
Here's an example: This goes inside each blog page and surrounds each instance of the date
Then, in your single CSS page, ("styles.css" for example) you have a class definition for "blogdate". For example:
Once you have all instances of the date(s) surrounded by the code at the top, you can easily change the details of the code ".blogdate {...}" and it will affect every single date across your entire website, well I should say, every date that you surrounded with the code up at the top.
P.S. Each webpage needs to be "pointed" to the style sheet if you choose to use the method I described above. Insert this at the top of each page, anywhere between the <head> ... </head> tags:
The above assumes your style sheet file is called "styles.css" and it is located in the same directory as the rest of your .html files.
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If you prefer to color them seperately, or don't want to use a seperate CSS style sheet as described above, you can simply wrap each instance of a date with this code:
The catch with this is of course if you want to change the color later on in time, you have to visit each intance of every date, and change them one-by-one.
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Here's an example: This goes inside each blog page and surrounds each instance of the date
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<div class="blogdate">July 18, 2004</div>
Then, in your single CSS page, ("styles.css" for example) you have a class definition for "blogdate". For example:
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.blogdate {color:red; font-weight:bold;}
Once you have all instances of the date(s) surrounded by the code at the top, you can easily change the details of the code ".blogdate {...}" and it will affect every single date across your entire website, well I should say, every date that you surrounded with the code up at the top.
P.S. Each webpage needs to be "pointed" to the style sheet if you choose to use the method I described above. Insert this at the top of each page, anywhere between the <head> ... </head> tags:
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<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
The above assumes your style sheet file is called "styles.css" and it is located in the same directory as the rest of your .html files.
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If you prefer to color them seperately, or don't want to use a seperate CSS style sheet as described above, you can simply wrap each instance of a date with this code:
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<span style="color:red; font-weight:bold;">July 18th, 2004</span>
The catch with this is of course if you want to change the color later on in time, you have to visit each intance of every date, and change them one-by-one.
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As far as good free hosts, I've always used http://www.doteasy.com. Completely free, no advertisements, and very stable and responsive to support requests.
herkalees , thanks alot. And diesel, how do you get that random image on the main site? (I'm redesigning my site)
Ugh, another one, if my site is short (height wise) as in smaller height than the browser window, how do I get it centered from the top?
i have a geocities site
QUOTE(Dylan @ Jul 21 2004, 04:04 PM)
Ugh, another one, if my site is short (height wise) as in smaller height than the browser window, how do I get it centered from the top?
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<table width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">...Your entire website goes here...</td>
</tr>
</table>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">...Your entire website goes here...</td>
</tr>
</table>
I'm so annoying! Now I need something to name my site...I was thinking idlebanter.com ornet or org but those were ALL taken. I need good suggestions.
QUOTE(Dylan @ Jul 21 2004, 09:22 PM)
I'm so annoying! Now I need something to name my site...I was thinking idlebanter.com ornet or org but those were ALL taken. I need good suggestions.
Take it from me, you'll never be happy with your name if somebody else comes up with it. Take your time, be observant while out and about, and I guarantee you something original and available will pop into your head.
piratejargon.com or .net or none?
One more question, I promise 
. Okay, if I have a link in my iFrame, how do I get it to open in another window? And how do I make it so there's never a horizontal scroll bar?
. Okay, if I have a link in my iFrame, how do I get it to open in another window? And how do I make it so there's never a horizontal scroll bar?
Okay, I finally figured out a name-dylaninjapan.tv. Why you ask? Because it makes no sense. I've never been to japan, therefore I've never lived there. I was thinking .tv 'cause it sounds like a cheap tourist TV show. What do you think about the name? Should it be .com or .tv? And if someone would answer my previous question, that would be just wonderful 
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QUOTE(Dylan @ Aug 2 2004, 07:21 PM)
One more question, I promise . Okay, if I have a link in my iFrame, how do I get it to open in another window? And how do I make it so there's never a horizontal scroll bar?
. Okay, if I have a link in my iFrame, how do I get it to open in another window? And how do I make it so there's never a horizontal scroll bar?throw this inside your <a> tag: target="_blank"
So it will look like this: <a href="http://www.crap.com" target="_blank">Go to Crap</a>
For hiding horizontal scroll bars, I really suggest you get your content skinny enough so there aren't horizontal scroll bars, wrap them in a fixed-width <div> or <table> or something. Like if your iFrame window is set to 700px wide, then you set all the content on all the pages to be displayed inside the iFrame to be like 680px or 690px (just experiment with it).
I say this because if your browser window is showing you a horizontal scroll bar, then there is content that needs to be seen. If you hide the scroll bar, people won't see your special ish.
But if you insist, here is how you hide your horizontal scroll bars: Put this in between the <head> tags of every page you want to hide the horizontal scroll bar in:
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<style type="text/css">body {overflow-y:scroll; overflow-x:hidden;}</style>
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Okay, I finally figured out a name-dylaninjapan.tv. Why you ask? Because it makes no sense. I've never been to japan, therefore I've never lived there. I was thinking .tv 'cause it sounds like a cheap tourist TV show. What do you think about the name? Should it be .com or .tv? And if someone would answer my previous question, that would be just wonderful cool.gif.
Always do .com if you can, and if you're gonna keep that dylaninjapan domain name, you totally need to make a japanese theme for the website. It just wouldn't be right any other way...
Alright, I got it. Thanks for the help.
Okay, I'm redesigning my site again. What do you think of this? The things on the side that say home, photos, etc., etc,. will fade in when you mouse over them. That big white space will be where the words go, unless you all have any other ideas to fill up some of that space, but still have space for stuff.
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fill up some of that space, but still have space for stuff.
Like put something else there, but still have enough room for text and crap.
Anyone...please. I need to know.
Alright, now seriously. If I wanted to have text on my site, but not have it in an iframe, but have it from an html fie, what do I do? Oh yeah, I want the text go go down as far as it can, but have a limited width.
I'm too lazy to read though the full 2 pages, so what's this site for?. I'm quite liking the design for your site, very clean. 
The site's just about nothing really. It has my photography, and a blog thing of mine, and a stupid little forum.
I don't like the newest design. Navigation NEEDS to be easy, or else you'll get people who just don't care enough to turn their head sideways, or even use the extra brain cells to figure out the 90 degree turn and make sense of the words (like me).
As far as your other question, are you saying you have got text already in an html file and you just want to stick it in the big white space to the right?
If so, why not just copy the code from the html file and paste it into the html file that holds the not-so-cool navigation bar?
As far as your other question, are you saying you have got text already in an html file and you just want to stick it in the big white space to the right?
If so, why not just copy the code from the html file and paste it into the html file that holds the not-so-cool navigation bar?
Can I make it so that it comes directly from an HTML file or di I have to update it directly?
QUOTE(Dylan @ Aug 23 2004, 11:05 AM)
Can I make it so that it comes directly from an HTML file or di I have to update it directly?
Possibly, but dude, if your going to make a website, take the time and don't be lazy. You'll find the hard way that editing it later on down the road will happen often.
I've been making sites for years and I've learned that going slow and doing it the right way pays off ten-fold in the future.
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