About one year ago, I learned XHTML and CSS. Now I am finally going to make use of those skills, as I'm creating a website for my Minecraft server (which I'm working on as well, when I'm not teaching myself Java or PHP). So far, I am quite amazed of how much I remembered. Of course, I can't express my gratitude to W3Schools, but I guess that's normal.
Anyway, on to the website. I created it using HTML5 and CSS3 (to get an idea of how the new techniques work), and it already uses some basic PHP scripting. I'm wondering if you guys could take the time to look at it and tell me whether it's awful, not bad, quite nice, or good (I doubt it, but hey :smile.gif:).
Other than an quarterly end project for Computer Science class (when I was 16), I've never created a website, so I'm sure there will be things I did wrong. If you can, would you mind pointing them out to me? Anything remotely constructive is welcome :smile.gif:
Some notes:
-If you're using IE8, the page may not display correctly. But honestly, why would you do that? If it doesn't display correctly on Chrome, anything else than Firefox 9, Opera, or another modern browser, I'd like to hear it from you.
-The comment system does not work. I'm not that far at PHP yet, and downloading a script feels so... cheap.
-The image is just for testing the shadow stuff. It has nothing to do with the rest of the website.
-That box popping up is JavaScript. Yes I'm learning that as well.
-The background takes a long time to load. I know. I'm working at creating versions for the most common screen resolutions, so I can leave out the middle part.
About one year ago, I learned XHTML and CSS. Now I am finally going to make use of those skills, as I'm creating a website for my Minecraft server (which I'm working on as well, when I'm not teaching myself Java or PHP). So far, I am quite amazed of how much I remembered. Of course, I can't express my gratitude to W3Schools, but I guess that's normal.
Anyway, on to the website. I created it using HTML5 and CSS3 (to get an idea of how the new techniques work), and it already uses some basic PHP scripting. I'm wondering if you guys could take the time to look at it and tell me whether it's awful, not bad, quite nice, or good (I doubt it, but hey :smile.gif:).
Other than an quarterly end project for Computer Science class (when I was 16), I've never created a website, so I'm sure there will be things I did wrong. If you can, would you mind pointing them out to me? Anything remotely constructive is welcome :smile.gif:
Some notes:
-If you're using IE8, the page may not display correctly. But honestly, why would you do that? If it doesn't display correctly on Chrome, anything else than Firefox 9, Opera, or another modern browser, I'd like to hear it from you.
-The comment system does not work. I'm not that far at PHP yet, and downloading a script feels so... cheap.
-There is supposed to be an image, but it's missing. It does have a cool shadow, though :smile.gif:
-That box popping up is JavaScript. Yes I'm learning that as well.
-The background takes a long time to load. I know. I'm working at creating versions for the most common screen resolutions, so I can leave out the middle part.
It looks really good. Have you considered, instead of making a website from scratch, to use an existing CMS such as WordPress?
It looks really good. Have you considered, instead of making a website from scratch, to use an existing CMS such as WordPress?
Thanks. I have, but I couldn't figure out how and where the actual page rendering code was created, so I went back to creating it myself. I also see it as a nice way of teaching myself some stuff. If my website ever becomes popular (enough), I can always switch to using a CMS.
Thanks :smile.gif:
It is not a modified CMS. All those fancy options like Created by/created on/post comment/etc are pure HTML, there is no code behind it. They look fancy, but they do nothing. The only thing I got working is receiving and returning the data when you post a comment. If you post a comment, the site will return a webpage containing the variables you've just posted. That's all it does.
About that image: Thanks again :smile.gif: It works now.
Thanks. I have, but I couldn't figure out how and where the actual page rendering code was created, so I went back to creating it myself. I also see it as a nice way of teaching myself some stuff. If my website ever becomes popular (enough), I can always switch to using a CMS.
Anyway, on to the website. I created it using HTML5 and CSS3 (to get an idea of how the new techniques work), and it already uses some basic PHP scripting. I'm wondering if you guys could take the time to look at it and tell me whether it's awful, not bad, quite nice, or good (I doubt it, but hey :smile.gif:).
The link is http://baggmc.net
Other than an quarterly end project for Computer Science class (when I was 16), I've never created a website, so I'm sure there will be things I did wrong. If you can, would you mind pointing them out to me? Anything remotely constructive is welcome :smile.gif:
Some notes:
-If you're using IE8, the page may not display correctly. But honestly, why would you do that? If it doesn't display correctly on Chrome, anything else than Firefox 9, Opera, or another modern browser, I'd like to hear it from you.
-The comment system does not work. I'm not that far at PHP yet, and downloading a script feels so... cheap.
-The image is just for testing the shadow stuff. It has nothing to do with the rest of the website.
-That box popping up is JavaScript. Yes I'm learning that as well.
-The background takes a long time to load. I know. I'm working at creating versions for the most common screen resolutions, so I can leave out the middle part.
It looks really good. Have you considered, instead of making a website from scratch, to use an existing CMS such as WordPress?
Thanks. I have, but I couldn't figure out how and where the actual page rendering code was created, so I went back to creating it myself. I also see it as a nice way of teaching myself some stuff. If my website ever becomes popular (enough), I can always switch to using a CMS.
However, I can tell it's a modified CMS, it's still nice.
Fyi, your image isn't working cause you haven't given it a extension, as of now it's: "http://baggmc.net/images/testImage" it should be "http://baggmc.net/images/testImage.jpg" or whatever sort of image file it is
Thanks :smile.gif:
It is not a modified CMS. All those fancy options like Created by/created on/post comment/etc are pure HTML, there is no code behind it. They look fancy, but they do nothing. The only thing I got working is receiving and returning the data when you post a comment. If you post a comment, the site will return a webpage containing the variables you've just posted. That's all it does.
About that image: Thanks again :smile.gif: It works now.
I think WordPress stores the page rendering/layout code in themes, which can be installed and removed. The default theme's Comment page, for example, is generated by http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php .
WordPress: Theme Development: http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
I know him from his Java tutorials, but I didn't know he also does HTML5. I'll definitely give that a go.
He also does Javascript and PHP.
EDIT: Hes like an online tutor for all codes :smile.gif:.
I see :smile.gif: And apparently he's good at all of them as well.