Attention: Web Experts!! Need some advice and help

[Killer50stang]

I have a website www.pothsprojects.com and I want to fancy it up a bit. Does anyone know how to use flash? Take a look at my site and recommend what I can do to make it look more than plan. I will provide free email if anyone is interested also, which can be used in outlook or on the web. I am currently using frontpage and it just seems so limited what I can do. Is dreamweaver easy to use? I have the software but frontpage seems so much easier to use. If anyone is interested in helping me come up with a cool design, that would be great. I would like to create a cool logo as well for pothsprojects. Any tips would be appreciated.

Jason

 

[Hickfied]

I would suggest learning how to use Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 (or CS if your computer can handle it) and HomeSite (it comes packaged with DreamWeaver). HomeSite is just as good as DreamWeaver, but it is a smaller file, and is just easier to use for me.

I used to have a few websites a few years ago (southern-hosting.net, cheaters-united.com, nittonews.info) and created my own layouts with Adobe, then coded them with HomeSite. You really need to know HTML well before you even start, because you will need to design the layout around how HTML works (if you are using HTML, I use HTML and php).

After making my own sites for awhile, it got old and boring, so for my new site http://sickstangs.com I decided to get a premade layout from www.zymic.com and add my own coding... But well, it has gotten boring and I have lost interest.

It is rather easy to make your site look very good, and using PHP you can make a very simple content addition system so you can add content without writing code everytime you want to add something.

 

[Killer50stang]

I would suggest learning how to use Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 (or CS if your computer can handle it) and HomeSite (it comes packaged with DreamWeaver). HomeSite is just as good as DreamWeaver, but it is a smaller file, and is just easier to use for me.

I used to have a few websites a few years ago (southern-hosting.net, cheaters-united.com, nittonews.info) and created my own layouts with Adobe, then coded them with HomeSite. You really need to know HTML well before you even start, because you will need to design the layout around how HTML works (if you are using HTML, I use HTML and php).

After making my own sites for awhile, it got old and boring, so for my new site http://sickstangs.com I decided to get a premade layout from www.zymic.com and add my own coding... But well, it has gotten boring and I have lost interest.

It is rather easy to make your site look very good, and using PHP you can make a very simple content addition system so you can add content without writing code everytime you want to add something.

Wow that looks good. I have adobe CS photoshop. Where do you make layouts? How did you do the login username and passoword thing and register? I want to also know how to do that as well. Let me know. I know some html, but your site looks good.

Jason

 

[Ozz]

I'm boring, I hand-code everything.

Believe it or not, I know that and I don't know how to use Dreamweaver or anything like that!

I'll be learning soon, I just never wanted to jump into it because I was afraid it'll totally consume me. Maybe it will, maybe it won't, but I've been known to take things to crazy levels most the time

 

[Killer50stang]

anyone else?

 

[spiff]

Dreamweaver is what I use, along with all of my fellow developers. Its going to take a little while to get used to and understand the basic structure and integration of CSS, but it will help you make a well formed site, and it'll be pretty close to standards compliant if you watch what you're doing, so it won't look weird in different browsers.

Lemme know if you need any help with it.

 

[Killer50stang]

Dreamweaver is what I use, along with all of my fellow developers. Its going to take a little while to get used to and understand the basic structure and integration of CSS, but it will help you make a well formed site, and it'll be pretty close to standards compliant if you watch what you're doing, so it won't look weird in different browsers.

Lemme know if you need any help with it.

Actually yes. How can I make a logo? Can it be done in dreamweaver? I just want a simple logo that says Poths Projects in it. How can I match the background of my buttons too? Also I want to do a register setup where users can setup their own account. How do I do this?

Jason

 

[spiff]

Actually yes. How can I make a logo? Can it be done in dreamweaver? I just want a simple logo that says Poths Projects in it. How can I match the background of my buttons too? Also I want to do a register setup where users can setup their own account. How do I do this?

Jason

No, you can't edit any images in DW. I use either Corel Painter if I am using my tablet to draw, or Fireworks. If you have Fireworks too play around with it for a day or so, experiment with effects different tools and filters, its great for creating logos. Then you can export them in different formats and qualities for the web. Its very good for making logos.

If you want an area for your users to register and signup, you're getting into different territory, as now you're not just making static HTML pages, you need a dynamic system, I.E, something based in PHP is the most suitable, and you'll need a MySQL database or a database of some kind to store user information. Its very different than just coding up static pages. If you want something like a blog where people can register and such, putting wordpress on your site would be your best bet.

Does your host have PHP and and Mysql? Also your servers gotta be running on apache and they have to allow the mod_rewrite rule.

 

[Killer50stang]

No, you can't edit any images in DW. I use either Corel Painter if I am using my tablet to draw, or Fireworks. If you have Fireworks too play around with it for a day or so, experiment with effects different tools and filters, its great for creating logos. Then you can export them in different formats and qualities for the web. Its very good for making logos.

If you want an area for your users to register and signup, you're getting into different territory, as now you're not just making static HTML pages, you need a dynamic system, I.E, something based in PHP is the most suitable, and you'll need a MySQL database or a database of some kind to store user information. Its very different than just coding up static pages. If you want something like a blog where people can register and such, putting wordpress on your site would be your best bet.

Does your host have PHP and and Mysql? Also your servers gotta be running on apache and they have to allow the mod_rewrite rule.

I'm running php and apache and I also have mysql running. My website is on a linux server (core 5) I just have never made it this far.

 

[spiff]

Good stuff. Well you've got to ask yourself what direction you want to take. There are lots of "site in a box" scripts out there, some suck and some are alright. Most all of them can be customized to look like what you want them to, but not all of them are as easy as others to theme or make templates for.

Making static pages is really easy too if you want to go that route, You can't have interaction with your readers, but it is easier to make the site look exactly how you want it to, and get it together quicker.

 

[Killer50stang]

I lost my flash button options, how do I get these back in dreamweaver?

 

[mob]

Using Photoshop is alittle bit trickier if you dont have any background making sites in it. If you get the concept its easy. You just go into photoshop, pretty much "draw" how you want your site to look, put all the pictures where you want them, bg color, text etc. Then you go into Image ready and splice everything like pictures you want to be links, text, buttons, etc. I dont remember if you have to go to dreamweaver after that or if you can just finish the site in imageready, but thats pretty much it. Another way you can do it is free handing the codes then I use freewebs to host the site. Or the easiest way imo, is just use dreamweaver. Put everything where you want it, if you know how to use codes that will help in the program also. Then again use freewebs to host the site.

Heres my site i freehanded the codes in notepad I made it like a year ago, havent updated in a long time.

http://www.freewebs.com/the1nicko/enter.htm

 

[mob]

I'm boring, I hand-code everything.

Believe it or not, I know that and I don't know how to use Dreamweaver or anything like that!

I'll be learning soon, I just never wanted to jump into it because I was afraid it'll totally consume me. Maybe it will, maybe it won't, but I've been known to take things to crazy levels most the time

Get dreamweaver, trust me. If you are a master at code, dreamweaver will be your best friend. Its pretty much like one of those sites that give you a blank page and you can type what ever you want where ever, put a picture where ever you want, and then you can switch views and it will show you all the codes for the page, and it has options for codes, so instead of memorizing or looking up codes online their all there. Its pretty much like notepad but instead typing or looking up the codes, you say I want this and its there.

 

[Ozz]

I'm not a master but I can do a few things. I'll try it out, thanks - where is a quick place to obtain it?

 

[Hickfied]

www.macromedia.com and get the trial, and if you happen to come by a "free serial" *hint* you can upgrade the trial to the full version.

to make a layout in Adobe, Draw/create a picture that looks exactly like a website (leaving space for the text and links and such) then use your splice tool to cut up the images (hard to get right if you don't know how HTML will handle the picture locations) then go to File >Save For Web (or such) and bam, it gives you index.htm and an images folder will all the images for the site.

If you need any help AIM me at RedneckGunny or YIM at SouthernPride28655

 

[mob]

I'm not a master but I can do a few things. I'll try it out, thanks - where is a quick place to obtain it?

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