Having issues designing my website any words of wisdom?

I am using word press and trying to design my site.. I have most of the txt down but i do not understand how to use pictures as links to another page... or txt. any thoughts on that? also getting the lay out set up how would i go about doing that in wordpress?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


Thanks!
Ben

I'm not familiar with word press at all. What kind of site are you trying to design?

Ben,

Using pictures as a link to another page is fairly easy. All you need is the URL of the page you want to link to. Go to the page and copy the URL from the address bar and that will be your hyperlink URL. Email me at jamie@glassreptiles.com if you need some help and I can assist. Wordpress is a great platform for building a site!

Jamie

Im trying to build my reptile web site, that also can host forums much like the ones BP uses. but just liek a busniess website.. and no im not in it for the money...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Ben,

Using pictures as a link to another page is fairly easy. All you need is the URL of the page you want to link to. Go to the page and copy the URL from the address bar and that will be your hyperlink URL. Email me at jamie@glassreptiles.com if you need some help and I can assist. Wordpress is a great platform for building a site!

Jamie

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Thanks a bunch Jamie! i just started college for Computer Science and Digital Design so expect some questions! lol


-Ben

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Originally Posted by cornball252

Thanks a bunch Jamie! i just started college for Computer Science and Digital Design so expect some questions! lol


-Ben

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No problem..I'll help where I can!

I do all my own html in notepad, then I change it from .txt to .html. I've been doing it for years, learned how back in 99 or so. Back then it was frontpage & Dreamweaver. I was just curious what kind of site you were making. I didn't know if you were going to sell reptiles with it or just forums.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Ben,

Using pictures as a link to another page is fairly easy. All you need is the URL of the page you want to link to. Go to the page and copy the URL from the address bar and that will be your hyperlink URL. Email me at jamie@glassreptiles.com if you need some help and I can assist. Wordpress is a great platform for building a site!

Jamie

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Originally Posted by Neal

I do all my own html in notepad, then I change it from .txt to .html. I've been doing it for years, learned how back in 99 or so. Back then it was frontpage & Dreamweaver. I was just curious what kind of site you were making. I didn't know if you were going to sell reptiles with it or just forums.

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I would like the main site to be for selling then, If i even decided to do it, a link for forums.

Also When you write in Note pad what would you save it as? and do you have to do anything extra when you C&P to wordpress?


P.S. here is my site thus far...
any hints would be awesome!
stuff to get rid of stuff to keep stuff to add on... etc etc

www.marblexotics.com

If you really want to learn html the best way is to write it yourself in notepad, then move to a design suite. That's how I learned, then I found out about dreamweaver, saves you alot of time. You still have to know what you are doing to an extent as you start getting a little more detailed, design programs don't tend to do everything as it should be. From html then it's on to css, php, and java. You'll probably want to get a couple books on photoshop or some other graphics software to get more of a custom site.

As for wordpress, any of the CMS type sites aren't really going to teach you how to create a website. Customizing it may take some knowledge if you want to get fairly different with the look. I've never tried wordpress but if it's like any of the others it should have a toolbar to add an image and a link. I'm not personally into the CMS sites, but they are good for easily updating the site info.

As others have offered, I can help answer some questions as well or provide examples if needed.

Good luck!

If you were just doing a sort of forums or something, I will help you for free.

If you are doing it for like a business or something, I would like some kind of compensation, weither it be for a snake or so.

Either or, let me know what you intend to do.

I will keep you guys posted!:gj:

WordPress is definitely a great platform and can easily be converted to a Content Management System - while keeping its original purpose as a blog.

of course, it's all developed in PHP - so look at the themes that already exist and duplicate the default theme - and then customize it to fit your needs...that's what I'd do if it was my first time learning how it works.

You have PHP, HTML, and CSS all in the mix - not something a first timer wants to dive into. You can also look at some pre-existing themes for WP and just customize it to fit your needs.

I wouldn't use textedit or notepad or any of those default text editors. Neal - I don't know how you do it - but I would go blind looking at hundreds of lines of code with no color differentiation. I use TextMate (mac application) that separates elements into colors - so you don't go cross eyed :rolleye2:

If you want to build your website working with WordPress here is something that will help you easily create you own template to use with WordPress (or with Joomla) http://www.artisteer.com/?utm_source...tm_campaign=ls

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Originally Posted by Nate

WordPress is definitely a great platform and can easily be converted to a Content Management System - while keeping its original purpose as a blog.

of course, it's all developed in PHP - so look at the themes that already exist and duplicate the default theme - and then customize it to fit your needs...that's what I'd do if it was my first time learning how it works.

You have PHP, HTML, and CSS all in the mix - not something a first timer wants to dive into. You can also look at some pre-existing themes for WP and just customize it to fit your needs.

I wouldn't use textedit or notepad or any of those default text editors. Neal - I don't know how you do it - but I would go blind looking at hundreds of lines of code with no color differentiation. I use TextMate (mac application) that separates elements into colors - so you don't go cross eyed :rolleye2:

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I've been doing it like that for probably the last 6-7 years. First 3 I spent with front page & dreamweaver. It sometimes gets confusing because of everything being right there and not being color difference like in some of the html programs.

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Originally Posted by Neal

I've been doing it like that for probably the last 6-7 years. First 3 I spent with front page & dreamweaver. It sometimes gets confusing because of everything being right there and not being color difference like in some of the html programs.

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You spent the first few years using Front Page and DW - and then switched to Notepad? that's kinda....a step backwards.

To each their own :gj:

this is the code i use on html to have a image as a link as well.

<A HREF="your file name.html">
<IMG SRC="image name.jpg" ALT="ANYTHING GOES HERE" ISMAP
HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=600 align=middle>

</A>

I use wordpad for my website deisgns. Its what i know and what i love to do when im bored

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Originally Posted by flameethrower

this is the code i use on html to have a image as a link as well.

<A HREF="your file name.html">
<IMG SRC="image name.jpg" ALT="ANYTHING GOES HERE" ISMAP
HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=600 align=middle>

</A>

I use wordpad for my website deisgns. Its what i know and what i love to do when im bored

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so if I just choose a file name it will upload automatically from my pc? how does that work?

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Originally Posted by Nate

You spent the first few years using Front Page and DW - and then switched to Notepad? that's kinda....a step backwards.

To each their own :gj:

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I don't really like the new editors, and the one I used way back when isn't available anymore, that's the only reason I switched to notepad, but I use what is called metapad(its transparent).

that code has to be added to the body in the code. then you direct your .html in the place and the image and save it. once saved the server should update that page on the .com and you should see it.

<A HREF="welcome-richs-ball-pythons.html">
<IMG SRC="images/enter.jpg" ALT="Richs Ball Pythons!" ISMAP
HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=600 align=middle>

</A>
Above is what mine looks like to give you idea. just fill it in with your file names and be sure its in the body.

You have to upload the file to a directory on your hosting account, usually /images. Your public_html folder is your website directory which equates to /. Images folder is /images if it exists, you have to create it. After uploading you add the text inside one of your webpages such as:

<a href="http://yourlinkaddr" alt="textifimagedoesntshow"><img src="images/yourfilename.extension" /></a>

This is the most basic form, there's no need for an image size property or an ISMAP property unless you want one large image with multiple "hot spots" on it.

Get comfy with this site: W3Schools. Start with HTML.

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Originally Posted by flameethrower

that code has to be added to the body in the code. then you direct your .html in the place and the image and save it. once saved the server should update that page on the .com and you should see it.

<A HREF="welcome-richs-ball-pythons.html">
<IMG SRC="images/enter.jpg" ALT="Richs Ball Pythons!" ISMAP
HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=600 align=middle>

</A>
Above is what mine looks like to give you idea. just fill it in with your file names and be sure its in the body.

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ok so lets use this as an example. (sorry im still learning)

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>my first web page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- what would I use after the HREF=, of mine and also the ALT -->
<A HREF="welcome-richs-ball-pythons.html">
<IMG SRC="images/enter.jpg" ALT="Richs Ball Pythons!" ISMAP
HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=600 align=middle>

</A>
</body>
</HTML>

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Originally Posted by Nate

Get comfy with this site: W3Schools. Start with HTML.

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Yea I use W3 ALOT lol any way guys thanks a bunch im stepping otu for about a hour or soo be back later with more questions!

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Top Browser Bar Text Here</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<A HREF="yourwebpagefileorexternallink.html">
<IMG SRC="images/yourimagefile.jpg" ALT="Alternate Text if image doesn't exist" align=middle />
</A>
</body>
</HTML>

Creates a simple page with an image in the center of the page. When image is clicked you go to whatever site or page you linked it to.

I got it fiqured out! so far any way.. My brother does all this crap for a living, he helped explain it to me. Also I went through the entire W3 HTML tutorial about 4-5 times today haha. great site!:gj: