Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I have been working on the site this afternoon.....I would like to know what you think so far. Does what I have put make sense???? Is it too technical?......I am aiming it at people like me who don't have a clue so it needs to be easily understandableI know it looks a bit untidy in places but I haven't learnt how to place text yet...when I do I will go back and tidy it up.Thanks in advance!!My Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Right. Well I had a read through and it was like another language. What I need to do is print it and have a study- and a practice. I've got a strange office suite, so will have to sort out where notepad is - or do I need something specifically to make a web page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Notepad is the best thing to use if you want to write HTML. If you are running windows just go to start, programs, accessories and it should be on that list. One point about notepad though, when you have it open click on edit then tick the word wrap option, if you don't your text will just go on and on on one line!!!As long as you save your document with the name whatever.htm then you will have made a web page. Whatever obviously being whatever you want to call it. It is the .htm that is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 so far its very basic and easy to understand..you're heading the right way..may i suggest that once your done..you create an index on the home page with links to each page or html feature..? like basics or background formatting or something..would be easier to navigate around instead of page 2 page 3 ... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Yes Prince I will......but so far all I know is what is there...... :o I am doing it as I go along and learn about it!! Which is why it is taking me so long, I learn a bit more, have a think about it and a practice then write a piece about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 how about attributes next...? for example add this to your body tagwill give you a nice beige background :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 As prince says, its very easy to understand and very informative, just from a design point of view though and I dont know if your too bothered as far as aesthetics go at the moment. But I would use the < blockquote > tags to run margins down either side of the text, just to make it a bit more pleasing on the eye, although thats just a personal view.Other than that, you already know i'm envious! :D Damo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I have just cottoned on to what you said earlier and will make a change in just a tick....the next thing I was going to do was text alignment and lists but I will add your body beige thing and see how it looks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Oh I forgot to say....I will be using your site very shortly.....I fancy having ago making a site using notepad....just for the experience! ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I will Damo........but I haven't learned that bit yet!!!.......just updated it again and it is a bit better on the eye with Princes colouring!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 ah much better! :)how about a hyphen - between the 3 links at the bottom to kinda seperate them? how about changing the font color next..? ^_^ hello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 and you can remove this! please don't laugh too hard, we've all got to start somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Oh thanks.......I was wondering about how to seperate the links....done that but will leave the colour of the font for the time being.....I'm not far off learning about that bit anyway.As far as the statement goes....well that is just a bit of insurance 'cos no doubt someone will think I am a right dipstick!!!! :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 lol k :Danother tip to center text ... was thinking links would be better centered..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Nellie2, Well, you've been an gone an done it now! ;) All this time, html as been sort of double dutch, and I didn't understand a word of it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Well thank you Djohn. Keep an eye on the site because as I progress then so will it. Yes it is meant to be simple, there is nothing more off putting, when you are new to something, than a load of technical gobbledegook.But so far I have found that HTML is quite straight forward once you have grasped the basics of opening and closing tags and the page set up.......mind you, I haven't got too far myself yet!! :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Minor typo on the home page ?"Please don't take everything you read here as red, as I have said" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Very informative, might even encourage me to get my hands dirty now, can't wait for my next lesson.I'll be able to understand a little more when I look at 'view source' now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 "Please don't take everything you read here as red, as I have said"Hmmm.......Boris, do you think I should change the red to gospel or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 "Please don't take everything you read here as red, as I have said"Hmmm.......Boris, do you think I should change the red to gospel or something like that? It's better than "read here as read" ? :D You could also say "definitive" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Oh.......I'm confused now, I thought the term was to 'take something as red' meaning to take it as absolute. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 In present-day English, "to take something as read" means "to accept something to be true or satisfactory" (Longman, 1994).Sorry to be pedantic ! :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 It's ok....... I only got a C in English and I didn't go back to night school for that one....... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Ah ...... the benefits of a proper Grammar School education ! Latin, Greek, French, German, Russian + English - I'm fluent in one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmbisto Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 It's ok....... I only got a C in English and I didn't go back to night school for that one....... :lol:Yay! I got a C too, and a C in English drama! And for some strange reason I got a B in French! Where'd that one come from? lolIt's good Nellie! I'm not sure if it's been mentioned or not, but for links, there's the "alt" tag where in the actual "a href" tag you put alt="hover text :)" and that text comes up when you hover your mouse over the link. Works with pictures too in the "img src" tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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