A little question

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Thanks for the advice :p
What is the 'correct' way of coding , i havent actualy seen a proper tut on how code fully yet
What programs are used to code sites etc

Going against the crowd and being on topic again, before you even try you need to learn html/css. Just try with simple stuff, create layouts just out of divs, no images at all. A box split in to header, footer. etc etc.

Once thats down, then move on to images, when you have your psd of what you want it to look at, think of it in terms of box's, cut out the bit you need, add it to the layout, use bits you can repeat when ever you cant and background colours for flat arias, rather than an image. But the only way you can really choose the bits to cut out and use, is by getting a good understanding of how the codeing works and a final layout must fit together.

Avoide useing a Wysiwyg editor in the beginning, its useful for speeding it up, but if you reluy on it your REALLY going to limit yourself and are never going to learn properly or be able to code anything but the simplist layouts.

My advice is find a good text editor, with code hightingting (makes things nice and clear) and work from there

[Mentor]

Thanks for the advice :p
What is the 'correct' way of coding , i havent actualy seen a proper tut on how code fully yet
What programs are used to code sites etc

Well, to complicate things a bit, there is no "correct" way of coding, nore is there really a correct outcome, it is kinda like an art, different people have different styles of coding, the same layout could easily be coded in a number of different ways, some better some worse.
The aim is to create a layout that displays like its supposed to in any browser, is clearly structured and easy to read, and conforms to the latest xhtml/css standards.
So there are alot of "wrong" ways to code out there, as they dont meet these needs. But that doesn't then mean theres a single right way, 5 people createing one layout, may find 5 differnt ways to create it. One may use a number of emebed divs to set multiple background images in a layered way, another my choose to float the images, or create a main div containing sub divs of that content. Both are just as valid as one another. Which images to slice and which images to keep in larger blocks is another problem which lacks a "right" answer.

So really you just have to practice, find out which way works best for you, what gets you to the right result, fastest and most effectively.

Plus personally i use php expert (basically a text editor with code highlighting) and photoshop, for pretty much all the stuff i do.

Just aim for 3 things.
Valid markup
Easy to read and clearly structured
Layout displaying correctly how ever its viewed
(keep in mind this includes how well it can degrade when in older browsers that lack modern functionary and in really small and really big screen resolutions) Its down to you to work out the best balance between functionality and accessabilty. Some sites you may as well go for the flashyness and not bother about people in old browsers on a tiny screen, since they aint who the sites for. Others its best to have a more basic method that will work for more people.

Buts thats just my opinion

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Thanks that explained alot , Ever thught of becoming a writer?:eusa_whis
I think i know how divs etc work , im gunna try muck around on freewebs first before i try to do something big
Thanks again

Well, to complicate things a bit, there is no "correct" way of coding, nore is there really a correct outcome, it is kinda like an art, different people have different styles of coding, the same layout could easily be coded in a number of different ways, some better some worse.
The aim is to create a layout that displays like its supposed to in any browser, is clearly structured and easy to read, and conforms to the latest xhtml/css standards.
So there are alot of "wrong" ways to code out there, as they dont meet these needs. But that doesn't then mean theres a single right way, 5 people createing one layout, may find 5 differnt ways to create it. One may use a number of emebed divs to set multiple background images in a layered way, another my choose to float the images, or create a main div containing sub divs of that content. Both are just as valid as one another. Which images to slice and which images to keep in larger blocks is another problem which lacks a "right" answer.

So really you just have to practice, find out which way works best for you, what gets you to the right result, fastest and most effectively.

Plus personally i use php expert (basically a text editor with code highlighting) and photoshop, for pretty much all the stuff i do.

Just aim for 3 things.
Valid markup
Easy to read and clearly structured
Layout displaying correctly how ever its viewed
(keep in mind this includes how well it can degrade when in older browsers that lack modern functionary and in really small and really big screen resolutions) Its down to you to work out the best balance between functionality and accessabilty. Some sites you may as well go for the flashyness and not bother about people in old browsers on a tiny screen, since they aint who the sites for. Others its best to have a more basic method that will work for more people.

Buts thats just my opinion

[Ini]

Thanks that explained alot , Ever thught of becoming a writer?:eusa_whis
I think i know how divs etc work , im gunna try muck around on freewebs first before i try to do something big
Thanks again

Erm.. carried away again?

Lol

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Erm.. carried away again?

Lol

ermm i aint that stupid:eusa_whis
anyone like my animated .png image :rolleyes:

http://www.freewebs.com/habbo-ss/images/waving.png

[Ini]

Link dont work

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Link dont work

pfft freewebs is down

[Ini]

Works now lmao.

And how did you get png to move?

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Works now lmao.

And how did you get png to move?

Secret:eusa_whis
I renamed the extension rofl

Ewww freewebs down again :S

[Ini]

Freewebs such a big/popular site

You would never expect it to go down lol