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jeeze...haha i knew it was gonna be tough doin a website...haha but this stuff is crazy

so i have seen websites where the only thing that changes when you click on the link is the content inside the main block of text in the middle of the page, and i think that that is what i want to do so i don't have to rewrite the pages every time like you said, is that a difficult thing to do?

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Originally posted by Coastie
jeeze...haha i knew it was gonna be tough doin a website...haha but this stuff is crazy

so i have seen websites where the only thing that changes when you click on the link is the content inside the main block of text in the middle of the page, and i think that that is what i want to do so i don't have to rewrite the pages every time like you said, is that a difficult thing to do?

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Well, that depends. For now, I recommend you to create one single page. Don't make it so advanced, make it simple. Then, as you progress, add more "features" to it. Add some images here. Tweak some CSS there, and so on.
Don't try to do it all at once, that won't go.

Later on , really later on, you can try to start serverside coding, or just get a CMS. But for now, start in the small. Make a simple page with text. Try to move the text, change the text and so on. Don't get your head underwater too quick.

aw but come on where is the fun in that?

baptism by fire right?

haha

i'll do the basic txt and everything, that is a good idea, i was probably getting way ahead of myself...but man i've got a pretty cool page goin right now, at least a design of what i want it to look like in Photoshop

it's pretty cool!

well, back to work

btw...Nitro, you are officially awesome...if i could give rep points, i would definitely give you some positive! haha

--Coastie

Cause Coasties Rule...Duh

So it's been a couple of days since i have been on here...sorry about not keeping you all updated...work got hectic for a little bit

here's what's gone down

i have a rough draft of what i want the final page to look like...not the simple page that i was told i should create first

I started to try to figure out where to start as far as getting the page going in XHTML...then got stumped...

Anyone feel like giving me an idea of where to start as far as writing the XHTML...even just to get a basic page going, i can figure out how to gets stuff where i want it and all once i get the basic stuff up (text, a couple boxes, header, footer, etc...)

I am beginning to you guys than Google

You're just so much cooler! haha

Thanks

--Coastie

*Basically Amazing*

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Originally posted by Coastie
(Smilie) jeeze...haha i knew it was gonna be tough doin a website...haha but this stuff is crazy

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its only crazy, because your asking the biggest bunch of nerds(myself included) how you should code your website, an easier alternative, but  no where near as much of a learning curve would be to use a wusiwyg editor personally i like dwcs3 but you were already advised not to use it, if you don't wanna have to deal with code anymore use a wysiwyg editor, but using code does pay off, just look at nathan's websites they always look good and have neat features that make them a joy to use

haha but i would much rather ask a huge group of nerds...it makes me feel more at home...because believe it or not, i aspire to become one of these nerds that can help people like me right now that want to learn this kind of stuff

nerds rule:

dig it

--Coastie

p.s. so i want to write my own code...i basically want this to be my own thing...but i just need to know how to get started

any ideas?

thanks again

--Coastie

USCG -- Well, it's probably becuase we're better than you.  Just get used to it.

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Originally posted by Jarrod
but using code does pay off, just look at nathan's websites they always look good and have neat features that make them a joy to use

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Wow thanks

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Originally posted by Coastie
haha but i would much rather ask a huge group of nerds...it makes me feel more at home...because believe it or not, i aspire to become one of these nerds that can help people like me right now that want to learn this kind of stuff

nerds rule:

dig it

--Coastie

p.s. so i want to write my own code...i basically want this to be my own thing...but i just need to know how to get started

any ideas?

thanks again

--Coastie

USCG -- Well, it's probably becuase we're better than you.  Just get used to it.

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Just go to www.w3schools.com and start off with the html tutorials, and guide your way through. The try it for yourself is handy because you can edit on the fly.

See why i ask the nerds??  Ya'll are awesome

Thanks Nathan

Hey Nathan, Jarrod said that you have some pretty cool sites, think i could get a link to them to see??

Thanks again

--Coastie

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Originally posted by Coastie
See why i ask the nerds??  Ya'll are awesome

Thanks Nathan

Hey Nathan, Jarrod said that you have some pretty cool sites, think i could get a link to them to see??

Thanks again

--Coastie

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Well I used to have skoolfun (dunno if that was cool or not) but that went down because it was pointless. And second one (my current project is this one: http://www.touch-innovation.com

So after procrastinating for what seems like ages (more just making my photoshop image of what i want this site to look like look awesome) I've finally started my basic HTML for my new page.

When i say basic...i mean BASIC.  I have a header, and one paragraph, and some bold stuff, that's it so far.  But this is just me getting everything in HTML down right now. 

But, i was wondering, should i write the page in HTML now, or just go ahead and write it in XHTML since that is what i am going to be using later...


thanks

--Coastie