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leisuresuitlary · 3 Oct 2003, 01:12 AM

I have changed my homepage but the site still thinks that the old one is still the current one.

the new one is a splash page now called index.htm with the old homepage called home.htm

what am i doing wrong? how do i make it recognise this?

larry

kinetic · 3 Oct 2003, 01:18 AM

Delete home.htm

redmyrlin · 3 Oct 2003, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kinetic
Delete home.htm

or rename it to something like home.htm.old if you want to keep the code.

5 Oct 2003, 03:36 PM

Hey,

Hows everyone going. All having a good weekend hopfully

Ok I need some help with my website. Its not finished yet, I'd say its a bit over half way there. I've only been able to view it on my computer so far (Win98 and IE6.0) and I'm wondering if its going to look ok on other browsers and Operating Systems. Anyway if you have a minuet to spare just to tell me it looks ok, that would be great

www.greatmysteries.net

Cheers and have a good one

Dan.

vidvandre · 5 Oct 2003, 08:20 PM

Looks great Dan!

Although many of the links don't lead anywhere... I guess the pages are "coming soon", IMO it would be better to add the links when the content is there. FYI, I tested your site with Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera and it look about the same in all browsers...

Personally I don't like pages where all the content is centered, so I'd recommend removing the <center> tags on some of your pages. The only real layout glitch I found was this minor one; in high resolutions the top table is stretched and the background color of the 2nd table's first cell is shown. As this is white it breaks with the rest of the layout...

I don't know what generator you've used, but the (code) output isn't very pretty. By only removing unnecessary line breaks (double blank lines) the size of the document was halved... Tighter code would result is fast loading pages and consume much less bandwidth. I haven't used it for several years, but if it's anything like it used to be; Tidy Html will help you with this...

I'd also change the forum link to go directly to the forum. The info found on forum.html really doesn't warrant it's own page. As it is now the forum really breaks from the layout of the site. True integration would require you to re-design phpbb so that's not an option, but a simple style change might do wonders. Phpbb has several ready made skin at "skin" for phpbb...

Hope the above helps!
And keep up the good work!
You're about to add a great site in your portifolio...

John Magnus

5 Oct 2003, 08:43 PM

Wow thanks so much for that feedback - this is exactly what I need at this point

I guess you could call this a 'beta' release of the site

And its my first real website, so I'm proud of how its going.

As for the code...
Having some major headaches with this - I would not reccomend anyone use Mozilla composer at all. If you look at the code there are huge gaps of 'white space'. I did some looking around and it seems this can happen sometimes with Mozilla. At the moment I'm torn between tidying up the code, or starting again. When I say starting again, I have the base design, I have the content and I have the pictures. All I need to do is copy that information into a new editor.

The forum will be getting a different stylesheet sometime soon. I've got my eye on one of the grey ones at phpbb.com styles.

Cheers once again for all that feedback!

Dan.

leisuresuitlary · 6 Oct 2003, 01:20 AM

It all looks as I assume it should (and very nice too!). I would also say that I am not too sure about the readability of centralised text. Perhaps if you want to centralise it it woud be worth considering justifying the lines but still having them central on the page. Then you would have both centralised styling (looks nice) and make reeading it a bit easier on the eye.

Larry

6 Oct 2003, 08:39 AM

Thanks for all the feedback

I've got a few new ideas and that will hopefully improve the ease of use etc. I'll take the site down later tonight while I figure out how to fix some of the html code.

Cheers,

dan

6 Oct 2003, 10:04 AM

I'm also getting some feedback from my webhost's forum http://www.aussieforum.com/showthrea...&threadid=3109

Thanks once again everyone

dan

6 Oct 2003, 06:57 PM

I've taken the site down for editing, and will upload it again for its official launch. Thanks once again for the input

Cheers

Dan.

(P.S - Sorry to take over your thread for a while Larry

)

leisuresuitlary · 7 Oct 2003, 05:55 AM

no problem!!!

kinetic · 18 Oct 2003, 10:35 PM

For those who are already familiar with html, Bluefish is a good editor. Note that it is not WYSIWYG.

18 Oct 2003, 10:35 PM	#57
kinetic Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: India Posts: 422	HTML editor for linux For those who are already familiar with html, Bluefish is a good editor. Note that it is not WYSIWYG.

3 Oct 2003, 01:12 AM	#46
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	I have changed my homepage but the site still thinks that the old one is still the current one. the new one is a splash page now called index.htm with the old homepage called home.htm what am i doing wrong? how do i make it recognise this? larry

3 Oct 2003, 01:18 AM	#47
kinetic Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: India Posts: 422	Delete home.htm

5 Oct 2003, 03:36 PM	#49
Guest Posts: n/a	Hey, Hows everyone going. All having a good weekend hopfully Ok I need some help with my website. Its not finished yet, I'd say its a bit over half way there. I've only been able to view it on my computer so far (Win98 and IE6.0) and I'm wondering if its going to look ok on other browsers and Operating Systems. Anyway if you have a minuet to spare just to tell me it looks ok, that would be great www.greatmysteries.net Cheers and have a good one Dan.

5 Oct 2003, 08:20 PM	#50
vidvandre Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sørumsand(!), Norway Posts: 625	Looks great Dan! Although many of the links don't lead anywhere... I guess the pages are "coming soon", IMO it would be better to add the links when the content is there. FYI, I tested your site with Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera and it look about the same in all browsers... Personally I don't like pages where all the content is centered, so I'd recommend removing the <center> tags on some of your pages. The only real layout glitch I found was this minor one; in high resolutions the top table is stretched and the background color of the 2nd table's first cell is shown. As this is white it breaks with the rest of the layout... I don't know what generator you've used, but the (code) output isn't very pretty. By only removing unnecessary line breaks (double blank lines) the size of the document was halved... Tighter code would result is fast loading pages and consume much less bandwidth. I haven't used it for several years, but if it's anything like it used to be; Tidy Html will help you with this... I'd also change the forum link to go directly to the forum. The info found on forum.html really doesn't warrant it's own page. As it is now the forum really breaks from the layout of the site. True integration would require you to re-design phpbb so that's not an option, but a simple style change might do wonders. Phpbb has several ready made skin at "skin" for phpbb... Hope the above helps! And keep up the good work! You're about to add a great site in your portifolio... John Magnus

5 Oct 2003, 08:43 PM	#51
Guest Posts: n/a	Wow thanks so much for that feedback - this is exactly what I need at this point I guess you could call this a 'beta' release of the site And its my first real website, so I'm proud of how its going. As for the code... Having some major headaches with this - I would not reccomend anyone use Mozilla composer at all. If you look at the code there are huge gaps of 'white space'. I did some looking around and it seems this can happen sometimes with Mozilla. At the moment I'm torn between tidying up the code, or starting again. When I say starting again, I have the base design, I have the content and I have the pictures. All I need to do is copy that information into a new editor. The forum will be getting a different stylesheet sometime soon. I've got my eye on one of the grey ones at phpbb.com styles. Cheers once again for all that feedback! Dan.

6 Oct 2003, 01:20 AM	#52
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	It all looks as I assume it should (and very nice too!). I would also say that I am not too sure about the readability of centralised text. Perhaps if you want to centralise it it woud be worth considering justifying the lines but still having them central on the page. Then you would have both centralised styling (looks nice) and make reeading it a bit easier on the eye. Larry

6 Oct 2003, 08:39 AM	#53
Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for all the feedback I've got a few new ideas and that will hopefully improve the ease of use etc. I'll take the site down later tonight while I figure out how to fix some of the html code. Cheers, dan

6 Oct 2003, 10:04 AM	#54
Guest Posts: n/a	I'm also getting some feedback from my webhost's forum http://www.aussieforum.com/showthrea...&threadid=3109 Thanks once again everyone dan

6 Oct 2003, 06:57 PM	#55
Guest Posts: n/a	I've taken the site down for editing, and will upload it again for its official launch. Thanks once again for the input Cheers Dan. (P.S - Sorry to take over your thread for a while Larry )

7 Oct 2003, 05:55 AM	#56
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	no problem!!!