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Basically I'm trying to construct a free web page, simply to add things such as information, videos and pictures - but I want it all to look more 'shiq' than my skill will currently allow.
I have had experience of building webpages but it has all been using basic HTML and 'on-the-rails' sites that simply lead you through and add HTML sections as optional.
I want to know various things, so, I'll present them in bullet points for ease;
1.) Which free hosting site is the best for the purpose? I've used tripod predominantly and have a little experience with freewebs.
2.) Would it be better for me to try and build the thing using all HTML or again going with the guided patterns
What I really want to add is quite a sophisticated chatforum aswell, but not from scratch. It follows the style seen on the OXM magazine page, and is quite a simply Copy and paste code. However, I want to know exactly how to edit the code to make it personal to me (eg by renaming the topics)
To explain about the chatforum more, it is from phpbb.com ([URL]http://www.phpbb.com[/URL]) and lets you download the ZIP file. Another of my problems is that after I've downloaded the file I have no idea how to open the HTML and edit it to suit my needs.
I realise it's complex, confusing and the frustrating questions of a web-design n00b but all help is appreciated. You will earn yourself a place in Valhalla.
I have had experience of building webpages but it has all been using basic HTML and 'on-the-rails' sites that simply lead you through and add HTML sections as optional.
I want to know various things, so, I'll present them in bullet points for ease;
1.) Which free hosting site is the best for the purpose? I've used tripod predominantly and have a little experience with freewebs.
2.) Would it be better for me to try and build the thing using all HTML or again going with the guided patterns
What I really want to add is quite a sophisticated chatforum aswell, but not from scratch. It follows the style seen on the OXM magazine page, and is quite a simply Copy and paste code. However, I want to know exactly how to edit the code to make it personal to me (eg by renaming the topics)
To explain about the chatforum more, it is from phpbb.com ([URL]http://www.phpbb.com[/URL]) and lets you download the ZIP file. Another of my problems is that after I've downloaded the file I have no idea how to open the HTML and edit it to suit my needs.
I realise it's complex, confusing and the frustrating questions of a web-design n00b but all help is appreciated. You will earn yourself a place in Valhalla.
I've already said: phpBB, as the name suggests, is not written in HTML. It's written in PHP. The only HTML files that I know of are the readme files which come with it. I don't really know PHP so wouldn't know how to help with editing that so the layout of the page was to change based on the PHP script, but I do know that phpBB has some sort of tool for customising basic things like colours and fonts within the board.
In order to get phpBB working, you need a server which supports MySQL databases and PHP, then you copy the files over based on the instructions included in the zip file. That's how you make it work. You don't do any coding to make it work.
In order to get phpBB working, you need a server which supports MySQL databases and PHP, then you copy the files over based on the instructions included in the zip file. That's how you make it work. You don't do any coding to make it work.
Ok, thanks, but I'm really not that skilled at using HTML.
I can find the tutorials I need off Google, to input commands like marquees and simplistic things, but I'm still not sure how the phb works. I've downloaded and unzipped it but I have no idea what the file I need to use to edit the html for my needs is.
Any ideas?
I can find the tutorials I need off Google, to input commands like marquees and simplistic things, but I'm still not sure how the phb works. I've downloaded and unzipped it but I have no idea what the file I need to use to edit the html for my needs is.
Any ideas?
1. Personally I like 100webspace.com except for their little ad that they put on there.
2. All HTML. HTML is the easiest possible programming language to learn and if you don't know a tag, you can guess at it and, if you guess logically or intelligently, it's likely to work! Being guided through the construction of the page, or even using a WYSIWYG editor, will limit what you can do greatly, even if your knowledge is basic.
About the forum thing, they are not written in HTML. They are written in PHP, which the server reads and then converts into HTML for your browser. It is basically impossible to make a forum work with just HTML. To make this work, you'll need a host which allows you to use MySQL databases and PHP, which I have difficulty finding for free. You then have to unzip the files and "install" them to the server by following the instructions included, which can be very difficult if they don't provide the right stuff.
2. All HTML. HTML is the easiest possible programming language to learn and if you don't know a tag, you can guess at it and, if you guess logically or intelligently, it's likely to work! Being guided through the construction of the page, or even using a WYSIWYG editor, will limit what you can do greatly, even if your knowledge is basic.
About the forum thing, they are not written in HTML. They are written in PHP, which the server reads and then converts into HTML for your browser. It is basically impossible to make a forum work with just HTML. To make this work, you'll need a host which allows you to use MySQL databases and PHP, which I have difficulty finding for free. You then have to unzip the files and "install" them to the server by following the instructions included, which can be very difficult if they don't provide the right stuff.
Basically I'm trying to construct a free web page, simply to add things such as information, videos and pictures - but I want it all to look more 'shiq' than my skill will currently allow.
I have had experience of building webpages but it has all been using basic HTML and 'on-the-rails' sites that simply lead you through and add HTML sections as optional.
I want to know various things, so, I'll present them in bullet points for ease;
1.) Which free hosting site is the best for the purpose? I've used tripod predominantly and have a little experience with freewebs.
2.) Would it be better for me to try and build the thing using all HTML or again going with the guided patterns
What I really want to add is quite a sophisticated chatforum aswell, but not from scratch. It follows the style seen on the OXM magazine page, and is quite a simply Copy and paste code. However, I want to know exactly how to edit the code to make it personal to me (eg by renaming the topics)
To explain about the chatforum more, it is from phpbb.com ([URL]http://www.phpbb.com[/URL]) and lets you download the ZIP file. Another of my problems is that after I've downloaded the file I have no idea how to open the HTML and edit it to suit my needs.
I realise it's complex, confusing and the frustrating questions of a web-design n00b but all help is appreciated. You will earn yourself a place in Valhalla.
I have had experience of building webpages but it has all been using basic HTML and 'on-the-rails' sites that simply lead you through and add HTML sections as optional.
I want to know various things, so, I'll present them in bullet points for ease;
1.) Which free hosting site is the best for the purpose? I've used tripod predominantly and have a little experience with freewebs.
2.) Would it be better for me to try and build the thing using all HTML or again going with the guided patterns
What I really want to add is quite a sophisticated chatforum aswell, but not from scratch. It follows the style seen on the OXM magazine page, and is quite a simply Copy and paste code. However, I want to know exactly how to edit the code to make it personal to me (eg by renaming the topics)
To explain about the chatforum more, it is from phpbb.com ([URL]http://www.phpbb.com[/URL]) and lets you download the ZIP file. Another of my problems is that after I've downloaded the file I have no idea how to open the HTML and edit it to suit my needs.
I realise it's complex, confusing and the frustrating questions of a web-design n00b but all help is appreciated. You will earn yourself a place in Valhalla.