Author Topic: Can anyone here help me with making a webpage? (Read 222 times)

Raptor · « **on:** October 26, 2004, 09:50:09 PM »

For my Civics class Im having to create a webpage for a major test grade, and well, I need help...
so far all I have been able to do is pick out a template to use and place a picture of Bush. I havent bothered with the text yet because I want to lay out what the site will look like before doing that.
Here is what it looks like... http://georgedubya.bravehost.com

In the template I chose I do not know how to get the buttons on the left side to work, I have created other pages for my website but do not know how to get the buttons to work.
The way Bravehost is set up I can work on it in visual editor (which looks like the webpage does right now) or I can work on it in Text Editor (which has to do with the html codes and all of that)
I do not know the first thing about html codes, and cant find a tutorial on bravehost thats any help to my problem.

I know in the text editor this is what each button looks like:

but I do not know what to change to make the button work to go to other pages.

help please!

Lizking · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2004, 09:58:14 PM »

Raptor, I don't mean this in a bad way, but it may be better to not use a template, but to build it up from text. It will not be as "slick", perhaps, but it will illustrate that you know how to create a webpage. If the goal is strictly design, then find a WYSIWYG editor and work in that.

Raptor · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:03:54 PM »

dunno what you mean by a WYSIWYG editor

Lizking · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:09:43 PM »

Google is your friend.

SOB · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:19:17 PM »

Liz hates lazy people, but fortunately I identify with them. WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get. Basically you build a web page in a graphic/text editor type hooptey web site builder program.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:22:43 PM »

Ok Raptor ... the above is just one script for one button that swaps when you mouse over and then links to "ah2maps"

the script is one line long in html .

Roo's website so you can see how mine mouse over .

those are 2 different buttons (Created in psp8 )

These days I use dreamweaver MX ussually in "Design" mode ,instead of in html for most of my stuff (in other words i cheat ) Email me Rap and ill see what i can do .. use Roscoroo@gmail.com cause i'll have to look at what you have in code . (How many days do you have btw ??? )

NUKE · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:23:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Raptor01
dunno what you mean by a WYSIWYG editor

I think he plumb said it wrong

"what you see is what you get" meaning a graphical interface that allows you to see what you make.

You can make your whole site using any text editor, but that's not WYSIWG.

Lizking · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:25:19 PM »

If the point of the course is website building (HTML), use a text editor.
If the point is websight design, use a WYSIWYG editor.

United · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:43:46 PM »

He means, for website design anyways, using a real program like Frontpage or Dreamweaver instead of bravenet's online template crap.

Lizking · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:52:32 PM »

MSWord is a WYSIWYG editor. Just do it in word and "save as" a webpage.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2004, 11:02:39 PM »

Put this on your page and see if your professor gets it. Try and remove the collegehumor.com tag first.