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Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject:

smokinAMD wrote:

BTW, the ONLY way to do html is with notepad. Simply the best and fatest way.

Why not use VI if you like notepad so much.

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:32 am Post subject: Syntax Highlighting

squashman wrote:
smokinAMD wrote:

BTW, the ONLY way to do html is with notepad. Simply the best and fatest way.

Why not use VI if you like notepad so much.

I use VI in a *nix environment in the same way I use Notepad in MS environment. I like syntax highlighting, though, so usually use UltraEdit or ConTEXT. I haven't been doing much development in *nix lately so don't know of any good syntax highlighting editors for it.

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:39 am Post subject: Book Suggestions

hrbib21 wrote:
It takes a lot of time to learn all this for me since I've never done it before, hence the reason for the book purchase. But I'll get there and be going at it like a pro before long.

Actually, getting a book and looking at how people do things is the best way to learn, when coupled along with playing around and seeing what you can make happen. I always make sure that I have a good reference available, since I can't remember all the little details of everything and nor do I care to.

My first advice, is get good at using tables. CSS is nice, but it doesn't have the cross-browser support for layout issues yet to make it worthwhile. Of course, I have to support and code for older browsers, so that may not be the case with all of the new ones. Just get used to using:

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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0>


</TABLE>

Once you are confident in basic HTML and layout, branch into CSS for formatting. Get comfortable using it on single pages and small sites, so that when you want to do something involved, you can use it to effect your entire site simply and easily.

That's when I'd get into the javascript, which is where things can get really fun as long as you realize what is cross-browser compatible and what isn't.

I recommend Javascript: The Definitive Guide by Flanagan and Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference by Goodman, both from O'Reilly. I'm not sure how defininitive they are, but they are both excellent as reference material for the little questions you'll have as you go along.

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 5:48 am Post subject:

Dreamweaver is an excellent app for creating sites I have used it for a while, and I love how it incorporates other apps I use such as Fireworks, FLASH etc. ANother app I have used that is decent is HOTDOG. I know some people hate it but I use it out of habit/

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject:

well i got on to the bandwagon and decided to make my own site. so im goin to try out dreamweaver and see what i can do. maybe in the next few days i can have sumthing more than the test page that apache has... and if ur interested in the so called progress heres my plug for my site Very Happy

Padded Cell

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

I often visit http://www.w3.org/ for a reference as to what will work in all browsers and some really clean code.

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject:

OK, I'm still using FrontPage 2002 because I simply do not have time. I still don't understand whether or not I can do a news update thingy (web component) that is NOT MSNBC. Like maybe one that is FoxNews or something. I like the top news or sports stories or setup of the MSNBC web component but I don't want MSNBC. Any other ideas?

I know how to view a webpage in html but I don't know how to create a little box like the MSNBC ones on my site.

HELP!

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:57 pm Post subject:

Bumpity

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject:

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:54 pm Post subject:

Found this code to include an java applet that scrolls news accross the bottom of the screen... of course, you need the applet, but.. *grins*

I can get my hands on it if you are interested...

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<html>


<head>


</head>


<body bgcolor="000000" bottommargin="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0">


<!--- ShortNews Newsticker Include Begin --->


<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="black" bordercolor="black">


<tr>


<td align="center">


<script language="JavaScript">





if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape')


var language = navigator.language;


else


var language = navigator.browserLanguage;








if (language.indexOf('de') > -1) 


{





if (document.all)


{


document.write('<APPLET align="center" CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/de/newsticker/" WIDTH="'+((document.body.clientWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="18">');


}





if (document.layers)


{


document.write('<APPLET align="center" CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/de/newsticker/" WIDTH="'+((window.innerWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="18">');


}





if (!document.layers && !document.all)


{


document.write('<APPLET align="center" CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/de/newsticker/" WIDTH="'+((window.innerWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="28">');


}





}





else


{





if (document.all)


{





document.write('<APPLET CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.com/com/newsticker/" WIDTH="'+((document.body.clientWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="18">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="MSGTEXT"       VALUE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/com/export/default.txt">');


}





if (document.layers)


{


document.write('<APPLET CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.com/com/newsticker/" WIDTH="'+((window.innerWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="18">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="MSGTEXT"       VALUE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/com/export/default.txt">');


}


if (!document.layers && !document.all)


{


document.write('<APPLET CODE="short_ticker.class" CODEBASE="http://newsticker.shortnews.com/com/newsticker/"  WIDTH="'+((window.innerWidth/100)*88)+'" HEIGHT="28">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="MSGTEXT"       VALUE="http://newsticker.shortnews.de/com/export/default.txt">');


}


}





document.write('<PARAM NAME="RUBRIK1"       VALUE="default">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="SORT"          VALUE="1">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="SPARTE"        VALUE="4">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="BGCOLOR"       VALUE="000000">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="FGCOLOR"       VALUE="104DA5">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="LINKCOLOR"     VALUE="ffffff">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="MOUSEOVERHOLD" VALUE="1">');


document.write('<PARAM NAME="SPEED"         VALUE="20">');








if (language.indexOf('de') > -1) 


// German


{ 


document.write('<PARAM NAME="U_ID"          VALUE="289531">')


}


else


// English


{ 


document.write('<PARAM NAME="U_ID"          VALUE="41415">')


}





document.write('</APPLET>');





</script>


<!--- ShortNews Newsticker Include End --->


</body></html>

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:02 pm Post subject:

better yet... this site appears to have 4 different newstickers... I cheated a little bit and at least one or two of them appear to be javascript based...

so checkit...

( http://www.shortnews.com/newsticker/free/index.cfm )

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:05 am Post subject:

Thanks! Much appreciated. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject:

speaking of the editor debate. I used to use only Notepad... but have found InterDev to be quite handy. I like the color coding of the code that it does, and I like the ability to get a quick preview of what your doin if you want. But for all practical purposes, I still use it as though it is no more than a text editor.

and if you want some good tutorials on web programming, head over to http://www.w3schools.com/

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:05 am Post subject:

So I looked at that javascript, hrbib... if you give me an idea of what kind of news you want to show... I can probably slim it down so you can personalize all the content...

shoot the content formula is:

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var $news=new array;


$news[0]="<a href="http://www.littlewhitedog.com/http://www.littlewhitedog.com/seti_comments.asp?setinewsid=557">Thursday's Seti News</a>;


$news[1]=...

so using that format, you could pretty much link to anywhere you wanted... you'd just have to alter the code to grab the file you want it to grab Wink