Please help I am looking for a good book, online tutorial, and code for a simple menu and a couple of pages
Joshua Scheidler
Registered User
17 posts
I was looking into iframe and framesets with my web pages and I find out later there was something different out there called CSS. being a a beginer with HTML I was very much confused when I saw CSS. I want to create a menu bar using the flash menu builder and have a new page load below the menu. I was also looking and read that you can't test the page with CSS until you load it to the hosting server ( not sure if that is correct). I went online and spent a lot of time trying to understand this differen't method and even if it worth it to do this instead of iframes (I am told CSS loads faster??). All of what I read didn't really explain to a true beginer.
Please help I am looking for a good book, online tutorial, and code for a simple menu and a couple of pages
Please help I am looking for a good book, online tutorial, and code for a simple menu and a couple of pages
Cary
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jds41979 wrote:
I want to create a menu bar using the flash menu builder and have a new page load below the menu.
I want to create a menu bar using the flash menu builder and have a new page load below the menu.
CSS allows you to control the look of the page, but how content is included in the page is still up to how you code your html. Basically, you'll need to include the menu on every page in your site, so when the page loads the menu will be there at the top.
An alternative to this is using dynamic pages which make use of includes. This would allow you to place the the menu in its own file on the server and have the server automatically embed that menu file's code into the top of any page being viewed. However, this can be a bit much if you still don't understand CSS yet.
jds41979 wrote:
I was also looking and read that you can't test the page with CSS until you load it to the hosting server (not sure if that is correct).
I was also looking and read that you can't test the page with CSS until you load it to the hosting server (not sure if that is correct).
For regular pages you can see what affect the CSS is having just by viewing the page in your browsers. For dynamic pages with includes and such, you'll need to upload to a server first. Developers use testing servers for this which could be on your personal computer. This way you don't have to mess with the live server until everything is ready.
jds41979 wrote:
I went online and spent a lot of time trying to understand this differen't method and even if it worth it to do this instead of iframes.
I went online and spent a lot of time trying to understand this differen't method and even if it worth it to do this instead of iframes.
It definitely is. Iframes and frames should be avoided whenever possible. Imagine someone finds a page on your site and decides to bookmark it. Instead of the page in the iframe, they only bookmarked the page with the iframe. This is the same reason why frames and iframes aren't good for search engines.
jds41979 wrote:
All of what I read didn't really explain to a true beginer. Please help I am looking for a good book, online tutorial, and code for a simple menu and a couple of pages
All of what I read didn't really explain to a true beginer. Please help I am looking for a good book, online tutorial, and code for a simple menu and a couple of pages
I would recommend Ian Lloyd's "Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS"
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html1/
(Probably cost less on Amazon)
http://www.w3schools.com/ is excellent.
Westciv.com has some tutorials which you can use with a simple text editor or with the CC HTML Editor:
http://westciv.com/style_master/academy … index.html
http://westciv.com/style_master/house/t … index.html
Cary
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And another link. I was thinking of the wrong name when searching for it before.
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/
BillR
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jds41979 wrote:
I was also looking and read that you can't test the page with CSS until you load it to the hosting server ( not sure if that is correct).
I was also looking and read that you can't test the page with CSS until you load it to the hosting server ( not sure if that is correct).
That is not entirely true. What I do is build the initial pages and CSS files using HTML Editor and keep the files in the same folder. When I make a change to a page, I save it and then click on the preview tab, and see it just as if it were on the website. Once I have things the way I want, I put the CSS files in a website folder named style, and change the link in my page to reflect that change. Bill R.
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Joshua Scheidler
Registered User
17 posts
Can someone please explain
1) Since I need to a site up and running what method would be best for a short term fix. I initially was going to do a iframe in the center of my web page. I want to put another page in the middle of a web page with links at the top of the page.
1) Since I need to a site up and running what method would be best for a short term fix. I initially was going to do a iframe in the center of my web page. I want to put another page in the middle of a web page with links at the top of the page.
BillR
Senior Advisor
3,144 posts
jds41979 wrote:
Can someone please explain
1) Since I need to a site up and running what method would be best for a short term fix. I initially was going to do a iframe in the center of my web page. I want to put another page in the middle of a web page with links at the top of the page.
Can someone please explain
1) Since I need to a site up and running what method would be best for a short term fix. I initially was going to do a iframe in the center of my web page. I want to put another page in the middle of a web page with links at the top of the page.
If you want to put another page in the middle of your page, there is basically three ways that I know to do that. One if with frames, second with iframes, and third is to copy the code for the other page and just insert it in your new page.
Frames create problems of their own, so I no longer use them, but I do use iframes. One example of using an iframe would be to display a google calendar as I have seen on some church websites.
I would probably use links like this for a menu at the top of the page:
<a href="http://www.maysite.com/content01.html" target = "iframe">Content one</a>
<a href="http://www.maysite.com/content02.html" target = "iframe">Content two</a>
Then use iframe code something like this:
<iframe
name="iframe"
width="600"
height="650"
src="http://www.mysite.com/content00.html"
frameborder="0"
scrolling="auto" >
</iframe>
Hope this helps. Bill R.
First Baptist Church
Brighter Day Charities
Roberson Family
vincent jacobs
Registered User
35 posts
The absolutley BEST book for anyone who wants to learn CSS and HTML is "HeadFirst CSS and HTML" by the publisher OReilly.
You will never regret buying this.
You will never regret buying this.
Jack Hale
Registered User
5 posts
vincent jacobs wrote:
The absolutley BEST book for anyone who wants to learn CSS and HTML is "HeadFirst CSS and HTML" by the publisher OReilly.
You will never regret buying this.
The absolutley BEST book for anyone who wants to learn CSS and HTML is "HeadFirst CSS and HTML" by the publisher OReilly.
You will never regret buying this.
Jack Hale
Registered User
5 posts
I bought the "HeadFirst CSS and HTML" and I agree it is the absolutely best book to learn CSS and HTML. It really opened my eyes to how easy CSS makes web disign and coding. I also recommend this book highly. The only downside is that it doesn't make a very good reference book. The authors tell you this up front.
Jack
Jack
thepoz
Registered User
7 posts
Hi All,
I have used and external style sheet for a body background image. It works great in all browsers, but I can not find away to keep someone from steeling the background image in IE or Firefox. All though it does seem to be protected in Chrome and Safari. www.jimposlof.com
What am I doing wrong?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
Jim The Poz
I have used and external style sheet for a body background image. It works great in all browsers, but I can not find away to keep someone from steeling the background image in IE or Firefox. All though it does seem to be protected in Chrome and Safari. www.jimposlof.com
What am I doing wrong?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
Jim The Poz
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