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Heya everyone. I'm working on my first serious website for a project me and my friends are working on. [URL]www.optimumexperience.co.uk[/URL] if you're intrested. Excuse it as it's pretty crappy at the mo. Anyway, I use frames/iframes and alot of people have suggested using PHP. I'm clueless to what this is, so anyone fancy telling me what all the advantages are and where I can find a decent editor?
gamesfreak wrote:
> Just remember that your friend is talking rubbish about you needing
> to use PHP. (Although you can if you want, its just its got nothing
> to do with what you asked)
Perhaps not. Given he used frames/iframes and PHP in the same sentence, I suspect hes been told to use PHP to include headers/footers on pages rather than use the frameset approach.
> Just remember that your friend is talking rubbish about you needing
> to use PHP. (Although you can if you want, its just its got nothing
> to do with what you asked)
Perhaps not. Given he used frames/iframes and PHP in the same sentence, I suspect hes been told to use PHP to include headers/footers on pages rather than use the frameset approach.
Some other useful links (xHTML/CSS):
A List Apart
[URL]http://www.alistapart.com/[/URL]
CSS Bible
[URL]http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm[/URL]
Noodle Incident
[URL]http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html[/URL]
Position is Everything
[URL]http://www.positioniseverything.net/index.php[/URL]
CSS Frames
[URL]http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/cssframes/[/URL]
Developing with Web Standards
[URL]http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/[/URL]
A List Apart
[URL]http://www.alistapart.com/[/URL]
CSS Bible
[URL]http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm[/URL]
Noodle Incident
[URL]http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html[/URL]
Position is Everything
[URL]http://www.positioniseverything.net/index.php[/URL]
CSS Frames
[URL]http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/cssframes/[/URL]
Developing with Web Standards
[URL]http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/[/URL]
What they're telling you is absolute rubbish.
But don't worry.
PHP is what is known as a 'server side' programming language which can do vast amounts of things such as access databases and allows (sort of) dynamic content.
[URL]http://www.php.com[/URL]
It has nothing to do with what your website looks like.
Iframes are pretty old hat nowadays and to be frank, they look pretty ugly.
The best possible thing you could do is learn something called CSS combined with xHTML and create your layout from there.
W3Schools is a good reference site
[URL]http://www.w3schools.com[/URL]
Also check this CSS tutorial: -
[URL]http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/[/URL]
It's a lot to take in, but if you practise and learn it's a dream (sort of) to work with.
Just remember that your friend is talking rubbish about you needing to use PHP. (Although you can if you want, its just its got nothing to do with what you asked)
Good luck.
But don't worry.
PHP is what is known as a 'server side' programming language which can do vast amounts of things such as access databases and allows (sort of) dynamic content.
[URL]http://www.php.com[/URL]
It has nothing to do with what your website looks like.
Iframes are pretty old hat nowadays and to be frank, they look pretty ugly.
The best possible thing you could do is learn something called CSS combined with xHTML and create your layout from there.
W3Schools is a good reference site
[URL]http://www.w3schools.com[/URL]
Also check this CSS tutorial: -
[URL]http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/[/URL]
It's a lot to take in, but if you practise and learn it's a dream (sort of) to work with.
Just remember that your friend is talking rubbish about you needing to use PHP. (Although you can if you want, its just its got nothing to do with what you asked)
Good luck.
PHP is useless for what you want. Try learning to build a proper site using HTML/CSS first and then you can move onto PHP.
HTML = Designing the site, getting the layout right.
PHP = Powering it. Guestbooks, form-to-email, forums etc.
Oh, and sort your links out, that's the second time you've done that.
HTML = Designing the site, getting the layout right.
PHP = Powering it. Guestbooks, form-to-email, forums etc.
Oh, and sort your links out, that's the second time you've done that.
Heya everyone. I'm working on my first serious website for a project me and my friends are working on. [URL]www.optimumexperience.co.uk[/URL] if you're intrested. Excuse it as it's pretty crappy at the mo. Anyway, I use frames/iframes and alot of people have suggested using PHP. I'm clueless to what this is, so anyone fancy telling me what all the advantages are and where I can find a decent editor?