Website assistance

leowyatt · 02-11-2006, 21:39

After sticking up the HTML/CSS/XHTML books the other day it gave me the slap on the arse to try and get a site up again.

I have my own webspace and do actually have a blog which sadly hasn't been updated in a while...anyway. The only reason that is up is because it sets itself up and I can get themes for it.

So I throw open the floor to all BD to help me design my site. Layout wise I'm not really fussed. Theme wise i'd like to try and keep the blog colours but if people have a better theme to suggest I'll certainly take a look and if I like it we're a go

I've been learning CSS and stuff myself but don't have the creative flair to get what I see in my head on screen, so any web gurus who want to help me out beers are my currency

EDIT: blog link is found in my sig

Davey_Pitch · 02-11-2006, 22:23

Might be an idea to get the blog working so we can see the design it currently has

leowyatt · 02-11-2006, 22:25

balls

the link was working before

EDIT: it is working now

Matblack · 02-11-2006, 22:25

You suck at teh Interweb

MB

leowyatt · 02-11-2006, 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matblack

You suck at teh Interweb

Davey_Pitch · 03-11-2006, 12:31

Well for a start your right hand navbar has been pushed all the way down to the bottom. Without trawling through your code I would assume that the container is a fixed width, the middle content is fixed width (either percentage of pixel), and the width of the right nav bar is too big to fit in what space is left, so has been pushed down. Play about with the width's in the css and you should find the point where it jumps back into place

Edit: On looking through the page again, I reckon it could well be because of the large image near the bottom, it's stretched into the area I would expect the right nav div to be, pushing it down. Remove the picture or shrink it and the nav div should go back where it's meant to be.

leowyatt · 03-11-2006, 12:42

Cheers for the reply, I've been looking at the page here and can't quite see what you mean about the right navbar

Which image do I need to shrink?

Davey_Pitch · 03-11-2006, 12:50

It's called wrap.jpg, and it's under the Futher Office Pranks section.

I'm using 1024*768 on this work pc (only a crappy 15" monitor), so you may not experience the problem on bigger resolutions.

leowyatt · 03-11-2006, 12:52

ah right. I'll sort it, I just 1024*768 at home on the iBook. Here at work I've tried to resize the display but not seen anything.

I'll change that file now

EDIT: how does that look now??

leowyatt · 06-11-2006, 11:48

Right I've cobbled together a simple site design. This was just something to get me up and running. Feel free to play with it, break it, etc.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is my feeble attempt

02-11-2006, 21:39	#1
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Website assistance After sticking up the HTML/CSS/XHTML books the other day it gave me the slap on the arse to try and get a site up again. I have my own webspace and do actually have a blog which sadly hasn't been updated in a while...anyway. The only reason that is up is because it sets itself up and I can get themes for it. So I throw open the floor to all BD to help me design my site. Layout wise I'm not really fussed. Theme wise i'd like to try and keep the blog colours but if people have a better theme to suggest I'll certainly take a look and if I like it we're a go I've been learning CSS and stuff myself but don't have the creative flair to get what I see in my head on screen, so any web gurus who want to help me out beers are my currency EDIT: blog link is found in my sig __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 02-11-2006 at 21:47.

02-11-2006, 22:23	#2
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Might be an idea to get the blog working so we can see the design it currently has __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

02-11-2006, 22:25	#3
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	balls the link was working before EDIT: it is working now __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

02-11-2006, 22:25	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	You suck at teh Interweb MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

03-11-2006, 12:31	#6
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Well for a start your right hand navbar has been pushed all the way down to the bottom. Without trawling through your code I would assume that the container is a fixed width, the middle content is fixed width (either percentage of pixel), and the width of the right nav bar is too big to fit in what space is left, so has been pushed down. Play about with the width's in the css and you should find the point where it jumps back into place Edit: On looking through the page again, I reckon it could well be because of the large image near the bottom, it's stretched into the area I would expect the right nav div to be, pushing it down. Remove the picture or shrink it and the nav div should go back where it's meant to be. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

03-11-2006, 12:42	#7
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Cheers for the reply, I've been looking at the page here and can't quite see what you mean about the right navbar Which image do I need to shrink? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

03-11-2006, 12:50	#8
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	It's called wrap.jpg, and it's under the Futher Office Pranks section. I'm using 1024*768 on this work pc (only a crappy 15" monitor), so you may not experience the problem on bigger resolutions. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

03-11-2006, 12:52	#9
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	ah right. I'll sort it, I just 1024768 at home on the iBook. Here at work I've tried to resize the display but not seen anything. I'll change that file now EDIT: how does that look now?? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 03-11-2006 at 13:06.*

06-11-2006, 11:48	#10
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Right I've cobbled together a simple site design. This was just something to get me up and running. Feel free to play with it, break it, etc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is my feeble attempt __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"