my first web design

[kumorifenikkusu]

This is my first web site i made using Css and HTML. i am still in the proccess of making it, but still comment on it and tell me what i could do to improve it. thank you

[Itsover9000]

Wow. I frankly think it's not to good. It's very boring, messy, poorly coded. What you could do:

Make it XHTML valid

Clean up your coding. HTML and CSS

Maybe a nice image for a background. Some images ( header, content ).

Just some suggestions.

[kumorifenikkusu]

ill do that now

[urbn]

It's just text?

You haven't really utilised any of the features available to you... For example, div's or tables.

I see straight away, hundreds of <br /> and <p> tags used in places to create the "space" between the text.

Not good practice.

You could use tables (at least) to give the same effect without the mess.

[kumorifenikkusu]

i'm making a background image now but if i try to put it up it will just show the code

[kumorifenikkusu]

please correct more on it and tell me what i could do

[urbn]

My oh my.

Well, firstly, if you're using CSS, just add:

body {
background-image: url(location/of/your/image.jpg);
}

To get a background image up. You can also use the tag "background-repeat:" with either "no-repeat", "repeat-x" or "repeat-y" to either not repeat, repeat along the x axis and repeat along the y axis respectively.

[kumorifenikkusu]

i tryed that code already and it only showed it

[urbn]

Where are you putting it?

I'm guessing NOT in the designated CSS tags (or, heaven forbid, in a separate stylesheet!).

[kumorifenikkusu]

i know enough not to put in a seperate style sheet but while testing out the background image i made a forum if you want to go check it out

[urbn]

At 2/19/08 10:48 PM, kumorifenikkusu wrote: i know enough not to put in a seperate style sheet

I did a lul. No, you don't know enough to DO put it in a separate stylesheet.

but while testing out the background image i made a forum if you want to go check it out

This part makes no sense, and is deprived of grammar.

Seriously though, you are putting it inside the :

<style type="text/css">

</style>

Tags, yes?

[kumorifenikkusu]

its on there but now i need to make it not repeat. this picture is only temporary.

[urbn]

under the body tag, put:

background-repeat: no-repeat;

[kumorifenikkusu]

i know what was wrong. I put a code on it for the picture and forgot to take it off. so it messed it up but now i got it

[RyeMan98]

Wow.

Okay, before you even THINK about continuing, read these thoroughly through or else you'll get no where.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.as p
http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.a sp
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

[That-Is-Bull]

You spelled "monkey" wrong.

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 10:21 AM, That-Is-Bull wrote: You spelled "monkey" wrong.

You spelt spelt wrong :)

[smulse]

You might want to have a look at a couple of layout tutorials/theories as well

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 12:12 PM, NeillS wrote: You spelled spelled wrong. Get a dictionary or GTFO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt
I was being stupid, Jesus...

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 12:20 PM, NeillS wrote: Jesus doesn't browse these forums! :D

Also, I actually believed you were right for a moment, but actually I am.

I am British, and "spelled" is more common in American English...

So if I was to get a Dictionary, I would be right :)

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-te acher/101-wrong-wrongly-spelled-spelt.ht ml

[That-Is-Bull]

THIS IS MURRKA JACK, WE SPEAK MURRCAN HURR, NOT YOUR PUSSY ENGLANDISH. IF YOU HATE PATRIOTISM THEN YOU CAN GET OUT.

[urbn]

Yeah, except the Saxons invented it (or came up with what is known as old English, and therefore anything that stems from it).

[Jessii]

At 2/20/08 12:53 PM, urbn wrote: Yeah, except the Saxons invented it (or came up with what is known as old English, and therefore anything that stems from it).

Actually, English comes from the Germanic language, so it's Germany's fault! http://www.englishclub.com/english-langu age-history.htm

[Jessii]

At 2/20/08 04:16 PM, Jessii wrote: Actually, English comes from the Germanic language, so it's Germany's fault! http://www.englishclub.com/english-langu age-history.htm

Crap jumped the gun! So there were 3 tribes, not just the Saxons. So it's Anglos, Saxons and Jutes. (Never heard of the Jutes so we can consider them a minor influence lol)

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 04:20 PM, NeillS wrote: "The British are coming." Then we pwnt you.

I was inclined to agree that Americans do spell words more phonetically, and it is probably easier. Up until you said that...

You're right, you do "pwn" us, BUT we're on the same side, oh noes!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/95272/news _reporter_gets_bombed_on_camera/

[Seachmall]

At 2/20/08 04:16 PM, Jessii wrote: Actually, English comes from the Germanic language, so it's Germany's fault!

Isn't everything? :-|

@OP,

Check out the tutorials mentioned above but don't worry about design for the moment (some will disagree with me here but this is just my oppinion so FUCK OFF). I believe coding should be learned before design. You can't design nice sites if you can't code them (well actually you can but whatever).

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 04:41 PM, Seachmall wrote: I believe coding should be learned before design. You can't design nice sites if you can't code them

I am gonna disagree, but not because I'm a tit.

I totally know what you mean, but I think static pages that look sexy are better than dynamic pages that look shitty, heh.

Anyways... *Opinions*, so yeah.

[Seachmall]

At 2/20/08 05:57 PM, urbn wrote:

At 2/20/08 04:41 PM, Seachmall wrote: I believe coding should be learned before design. You can't design nice sites if you can't code them

I am gonna disagree, but not because I'm a tit.

I totally know what you mean, but I think static pages that look sexy are better than dynamic pages that look shitty, heh.

Anyways... *Opinions*, so yeah.

Well I completly agree with you on that point but what I meant earlier by code is CSS and (x)HTML not PHP, ASP etc. Learn static coding then design then dynamic coding. Good luck to the OP however he goes about it.

P.S. For design I recommend Jason Beairds (probably spelled that wrong) The Principles of Beautiful Web Design

[urbn]

At 2/20/08 06:06 PM, Seachmall wrote: Well I completly agree with you on that point but what I meant earlier by code is CSS and (x)HTML not PHP, ASP etc. Learn static coding then design then dynamic coding. Good luck to the OP however he goes about it.

Yep, again I know what you mean. And I do agree with you there :)

At 2/20/08 06:29 PM, NeillS wrote: We saw a chance, we shot. Its called payback...

That, or you guys couldn't command shit to save your lives.

Yeah all right whatever. Enough derailment.

[kumorifenikkusu]

At 2/20/08 02:54 PM, bagoverhead wrote: Excellent design.
How much would you charge for a small website to be designed?

Are youserious? i just started. so i'm not that good YET.