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| goodgreef |
Hey guys,
I'm a little confused on the whole concept of making my own website and making it look really smooth and professional. I've got my domain bought (www.insightphotography.ca), and have a reliable server available here...the only thing i need (and may already have from a good friend who offered it to me)is hosting.
My questions are these:
1) How would I make a webpage look how I like it to (I've made a couple of samples in Adobe Photoshop, and when I tried to kind of re-create it in microsoft frontpage, it didnt work out too well :( ).
2) How would I forward the information/domain to my friend who is willing to host it for me? (Once I have the website all set up).
3)As this website will be mainly for my photography, im looking for something very elegant and classic... and very very simple. Will it be hard to use one sort of a background, while on a side there are thumbnails to click - and then they'd show up on that general background? :S *sigh*
Thanks for any help I receive.. Anything will be appreciated as I'm clueless right now.
Dottie |
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| ierxium |
(1) It depends on how much you know about HTML or those other languages for design.
(3) Yeah, I'm guessing you want the picture the visitor clicks on to be the background on the same page? Or do you want it to be on a different page? Either way it's very easy to do. But I'm confused as to what exactly you want to do.
(2) I'm clueless about this one. It might be simpler that it seems.
I didn't really help sorry.
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| goodgreef |
| quote: | Originally posted by ierxium
(1) It depends on how much you know about HTML or those other languages for design.
(3) Yeah, I'm guessing you want the picture the visitor clicks on to be the background on the same page? Or do you want it to be on a different page? Either way it's very easy to do. But I'm confused as to what exactly you want to do.
(2) I'm clueless about this one. It might be simpler that it seems.
I didn't really help sorry.
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1) i hoped that i could get around without knowing TOO much html - as i only know the basics..
3) yeah i want the photos to show up on the same background...probably even on the same page... so that its quicker for everyone and that it looks neater.
as for 2... i dunno.. it seems like it should be really easy.. cuz it'd be almost the same way you would do it at home..with your own hosting... but i have no clue how to do either haha |
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| ierxium |
You could actually get way with just knowing a little about tables and iframes. But then again, there are people that don't like using iframes or frames. I had something similiar to what you're trying to do. But when people clicked on the thumbnails a new window was open, the window was the same size as the picture. I did that because I didn't like iframes and didn't want to use Flash.
But I'm still confused as to what you're trying to do, or maybe I'm confused as to whether it's possible or not. Maybe a javascript might help you. But if you want the picture to show up as the background that would mean that all the pictures would have to be the same size and plus you would have to assume that the visitors would be using the same resolution. And that's not always the case.
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| goodgreef |
| quote: | Originally posted by ierxium
You could actually get way with just knowing a little about tables and iframes. But then again, there are people that don't like using iframes or frames. I had something similiar to what you're trying to do. But when people clicked on the thumbnails a new window was open, the window was the same size as the picture. I did that because I didn't like iframes and didn't want to use Flash.
But I'm still confused as to what you're trying to do, or maybe I'm confused as to whether it's possible or not. Maybe a javascript might help you. But if you want the picture to show up as the background that would mean that all the pictures would have to be the same size and plus you would have to assume that the visitors would be using the same resolution. And that's not always the case.
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haha no, i just suck at explaining what im trying to say :P
you have it right..
something either like this:
http://www.danielcheung.tk/
once you get into the galleries (by picking a flavour)... you can click on the photo and it pops up in its own window
OR this, which is what i meant originally:
http://www.dynamicperceptions.com/architecture.htm
you have the thumbnails..and then when u click on them they show up on the same page you already have (leaving the background constantly the same)...
im guessing this is easy to do |
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| ierxium |
In the second site they just used javascripts. That way you do stay with the same background. Although the same still holds for iframes. But javascripts are better.
Now, what you might want to do is steal the source code from that site. Or you could just steal the javascripts codes. Once you have the codes you just replace the names of their images with the names of yours. But I'm pretty sure you'll have to change some other stuff too. Good luck with that. :)
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| goodgreef |
| quote: | Originally posted by ierxium
In the second site they just used javascripts. That way you do stay with the same background. Although the same still holds for iframes. But javascripts are better.
Now, what you might want to do is steal the source code from that site. Or you could just steal the javascripts codes. Once you have the codes you just replace the names of their images with the names of yours. But I'm pretty sure you'll have to change some other stuff too. Good luck with that. :)
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cool thanks..that kind of gives me more of an idea of what im looking at here :)
still confused about the hosting thing if anyone knows how to do that :)
oh yeah, so is there a program called "javascript" that i would use?? :) thanks |
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| ierxium |
I don't know much about javascripts. I know there's a ton of them all over the Internet. For example, you can go »here or »here for similar javascripts to the one on the site you listed. If you don't know how to write a script you could just look for the one that best works for you and then make the necessary modifications. That's why I suggested getting the code from that site. But it doesn't hurt to know more about one more language I guess.
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| itsTrueSonic |
cool .. another web designer hahaha ..
but i guess the most important thing that ierxium didnt mention to you is that when you are creating the "main opening introduction page", the file should be named index.html or anything similar depending on what type of web server you are running, and what the server accepts as the intro page.(i hope you know that. hahaha ..)
also another thing i hope you know where to drop your files to display for web development .. the servers i have worked with have me dropping files in .HTML or public_html .. like i said .. depending on the web server and type of OS you are running ..
as for programming, the best thing to do is pick up some books on flash and javascript programming .. not a good idea to copy and paste other people's codes, because you won't understand fully what you are doing.. it's better to the work, rather than get other people's works .. :happy2:
the html should be the easy part for you .. the difficult work is the scripting .. happy coding!
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oh yes .. and javascript is not a program .. it's a language .. if you are a programmer junkie, use Notepad .. hahhaha .. or just pick up some program (preferably Macromedia Dreamwaver)
some book recommendations (because i have them .. hahahha) ..
html
javascript
javascript
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| ierxium |
Maybe she's better off getting the books from a public library. Or looking at some tutorials on the web. That's up to her. I still think she should steal the codes though. :D
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| itsTrueSonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by ierxium
Maybe she's better off getting the books from a public library. Or looking at some tutorials on the web. That's up to her. I still think she should steal the codes though. :D
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very true. then again, the public library can be very iffy, and i don't know what type of public library she has. the one here has books on qbasic, fortran, and pascal, and information explaining what the definition of the internet and basic computer is .. many many books on these topics.. :nervous:
the tutorials are fine, but i see more and more sites charging for the assistance now .. not going to flame them for that .. but the free ones give awful advice on how to utilize the specific language..
and stealing is bad... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmkay.... hahahaha .. :haha: |
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| goodgreef |
well my friend offered his help and we started on it today
we're using good ol' notepad and html.. im learning lots :) we're using websites on the net for some help on coding and all that but over all it doesnt seem too bad. (Lots of work ... thats all)...
Thanks guys for your help! I think I've got it all figured out now thanks to my friend :) and your guys' input.
:)
Dottie |
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