Concepts and coding.

[Miss Wiggle]

Hi. For some odd reason, I feel the urge to redesign my site every year or so. My current site looks hiddeous ( ick ), so I'm attempting a redesign.

http://wiggle.howarddesigns.biz/temp/revamp0.jpg
http://wiggle.howarddesigns.biz/temp/revamp1.jpg
http://wiggle.howarddesigns.biz/temp/revamp2.jpg

These are just images, I have done no coding yet. I'm self taught and am kind of wobbly with my coding skills.

If you were to code these pages, how would you go about doing it? I'm not asking for a lengthy description--after all, I realize you guys have lives-- I would just like to be pointed in a direction that wont have me coding in circles.



I was thinking that ideally it would just consist of 3 vertically stacked divs (banner, content, footer), but then started thinking that maybe I should throw in some frames too. I really don't know.

Is it better to have to reload the entire page, banner and all, every time you visit a seperate page in the site? Or, is it better to have frames in there, so that only the content portion is changed?

 

[LeetPCUser]

I would say have css coding. Use a file called header.php and footer.php...name the index index.php

<? include "header.php ?> and <? include "footer.php" ?>

Use those lines to call the header/links and the footer/links to every page. It will save you space and load time.

 

[stscac]

I would say have css coding. Use a file called header.php and footer.php...name the index index.php

<? include "header.php ?> and <? include "footer.php" ?>

Use those lines to call the header/links and the footer/links to every page. It will save you space and load time.

Be careful, the code is actually:

<?php include "header.php"; ?>

and

<?php include "footer.php"; ?>

Be very careful with your punctuation, as one missed semi-colon could break your script.

All the best

-Steve

 

[znender]

The design is pretty good.
just a bit more content and it'll be great.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Thanks for the feedback! :D

I haven't learned any php yet, so it seems that I have some reading up to do. I don't even vaguely know what it does. :D

But, I think I know what you're getting at. In my main page, I put in some php code and it loads php files wherever I designate (in this case, the header/footer).

:D

I love it! This is so simple. :D

http://wiggle.howarddesigns.biz/temp/test.php

That's just me messing around and seeing what I can do. In firefox, it looks alright, but in IE it's kinda borked. But, I can work through that. Ignore the fact that the css isnt external, it will be eventually. Also, ignore that annoying text, I just wanted to see if things were basically working. Also, ignore the fact that I haven't optimised images.

Here's another question: The nav at the top just consists of an image. Should I cut out the links in little jpg buttons and try and position them where they should with absolute positioning, or is there a way to make it so that if the user clicks on a certain area, that is the link and the actual button image remains in the background?