Need some help... (pretty much webpage noob)

[distortedrealiT]

http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/distortedrealit/index.com


Obviously from looking at this basic site i have some knowledge of photoshop... however i have little to none on webpage design. I want to create some form of text area in this site preferably in that big open area for general announcement etc.

Problem is i have no idea how to do it. Can anyone think of any ways of creating this, and could u explain in a way i might understand?

[cg9com]

the subject to your post should pertain to your question

you can use a textarea
<textarea rows="10" cols="10">text here</textarea>
(rows and cols customize the size of the area)
this will show the indapendant users default system colors, for the colors in the textarea, which you will notice when you use it, but it is for text only.
you can customize a textarea using CSS (which if you have questions about just ask)

or possibly an iframe
<iframe src="page.htm" width="200" height="200"></iframe>
(width and height customize the size of the area)
this will display another web page in its own area, (with scrollbars to match content) wherever you specify.

either way will work

hope that helps :)
also note that the iframe may not be viewed correctly in all browsers, but i only know IE

[lacrypta]

Nice design :thumbsup: you can use tables for what you need it would be more easey i always use tables for general announcement or news and put a pic above it to show wat goes there and same for a text area not a text area box!!!!!
i'm workin an a site now i'm doing the same thig ur just ask how to do so if u feel :confused: plz ask and i will try to explain it simpler

[distortedrealiT]

i attempted to do the textarea and iframe... but on both accounts i could only manage to get them to be formed above and below the set of images on the page.

i'll try to do the tables next since i think i have an idea of what i need to do...

[cg9com]

sorry, i did not realize that your entire gray area ( index_r3_c2.gif )
was a picture, that will make it a little harder to create content there.

[adios]

See if there's anything you like here (http://www.dyn-web.com/).

The simplest 'knowledge of webpage design' comes from just being a user. Try mousing over to the submenu from the 'tutorials' link and you'll see what I mean (bad placement). Always to 'break' your own design to see how usable it will be to others.

[ionsurge]

Pretty good for someone who calls themselves a 'noob'.

I wonder who thought of the word 'noob' - it sounds so depressingly low.

Anyhow, keep it up!

:thumbsup:


Ionsurge.

[Mhtml]

Of course, you could float it above the image on a layer!
It would require a bit of JS to detect the different screen res' and adjust the position if needed.

I'm sure some JS gurus here would help you in that department.

[distortedrealiT]

indeed i did manage to use it with iframes/layers.

ya that's what i need is something to detect resolution etc... i know i saw a java script the other day to do that arg where was it though

[lacrypta]

just set the images as the table cell background
so that u can write over it

[lacrypta]

<tr>
<td colspan="6" background="images/index_r3_c2.gif ">Than type your text in here blah blahj blah </td>
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="272" border="0" alt=""></td>
</tr>

[distortedrealiT]

i tried somethin different.. i used dreamweaver to convert all the tables to layers... then i manually adjusted where everything was adjusted so that it all stays where it should whenever i minimize or change resolution. it's not what i fully wanted but it's a lot better then what i had before (just gotta setup a nice transparent scroll bar now)

[lacrypta]

ok thats confusing but i understand what you did
and what you mean transparent scroll bar??:thumbsup: