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Vermilion

Vermilion

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For three days I have been solidly trying to set up a website for myself. Once i realised that my html code was hopelessly antiquated I followed the pointers some kind friends gave me and checked out wordpress and joomla. OK, I get how they're both great, and all, but I've been working my ass off and anything I produce looks amateurish and basic - just the bog standard templates those programmes come with.

I am at my fucking wit's end here. I don't need a particularly fancy website, just something to show off my books, have a few links, a contact me page, somewhere to run contests - it's just a few basic pages strung together but I just can;t manage it - and I can't afford to pay anyone.

So I'm asking for painless ways to put me out of my misery - any suggestions? I hear rum is nice...
 
You say your html is antiquated?

How so?

Are you using tables and cells instead of div tags?

If it's just a few brochure pages, you have no reason to worry about antiquated html. Would you really be embarassed if somebody viewed your source?

Google "Free Web Templates" and feast your eyes on what is out there, my friend.

There are millions of designs being given away all over the place.
 
Vermilion said:
For three days I have been solidly trying to set up a website for myself. Once i realised that my html code was hopelessly antiquated I followed the pointers some kind friends gave me and checked out wordpress and joomla. OK, I get how they're both great, and all, but I've been working my ass off and anything I produce looks amateurish and basic - just the bog standard templates those programmes come with.

I am at my fucking wit's end here. I don't need a particularly fancy website, just something to show off my books, have a few links, a contact me page, somewhere to run contests - it's just a few basic pages strung together but I just can;t manage it - and I can't afford to pay anyone.

So I'm asking for painless ways to put me out of my misery - any suggestions? I hear rum is nice...
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Honey send me the info that you have and I'll see if I can come up with something? It might not get done straight away but I'll give it a go.:kiss:
 
Would you have a problem posting the code?

I can probably look at the code and tell you what the problem is.
 
<html>
<TITLE>Emelia Bell - English Erotic Author</TITLE>
<HEAD>
<IMG SRC="images/headline banner.jpg" ALT="Headline Banner">
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
BODY
{
text-align:justify;
}
-->
</STYLE>
</HEAD>


******>



<TABLE BORDER="0">

<TD ALIGN=center>
<!--Nav Buttons Table--!>
<TABLE BORDER="0">

<TR>

<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/home.jpeg" ALT="Home" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>

</TR>
<TR>

<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/about"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/about.jpg" ALT="About" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>

</TR>
<TR>

<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/books"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/books.jpg" ALT="Books" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>

</TR>

<TR>
<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/reviews"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/reviews.jpeg" ALT="Reviews" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>
</TR>


<TR>
<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/contest"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/contest.jpeg" ALT="Contest" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/links"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/links.jpeg" ALT="Links" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/contact"> <IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/contact.jpeg" ALT="Contact" ALIGN=LEFT></A>
</FORM></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<!--END OF Nav Buttons Table--!>
</TD>



<TD WIDTH="50%">

<FONT FACE="arial">

Welcome to the website of Emelia Bell, erotic author. By that it is not intended to suggest that Emelia herself is erotic -- although she <i>would</i> like
to think so -- but rather that the material she authors is of an erotic nature. Anyway, this is her website and, if you’ve
managed to make it through that introduction, then you must really want to know a bit more about her and her writing.
<P>

So take a look around – there’s an ‘About Me’ section with a note from Emelia, a ‘Book’ section which shows you what’s available to buy and what’s coming
soon and we’d especially recommend the ‘links’ section which will take you to a number of sites such as Emelia’s blog, Facebook account and a couple of
places where you can find free reads to get an idea of Emelia’s style.
<P>

</FONT>

</TD>
<TD WIDTH="30%">


</TD>

</TABLE>



</BODY>


</html>
 
Vermilion said:
Well, this is what I want it to look like, roughly. I tried to accomplish it in html, but it just didn;t quite seem to work - none of the images would show up and I couldn't figure out why.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/Vermilionphotos/websitedesignsmall.jpg?t=1227193699
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Did you go with wordpress, or with Joomla? If it's WP, I can drop your images into an existing theme.

For a "rightaway", though, there are about five million themes already in existence, and they all work well. Right now, I'm using one right out of the box, for stellaomega.com. The theme I'd developed didn't work when I upgraded the core software and I don't have the time right now, to do the fixes...

(ETA) One problem you have there is that little tag; "<STYLE TYPE="text/css">" because the browsers will be looking for a css file.
 
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Okay, here is me tossing a bunch of thoughts at you:


The problem may be with how your are viewing your page. This site is not on the web. You may just want to put your site up online and see if it works.

Change this button

<IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="buttons/home.jpeg" ALT="Home" ALIGN=LEFT>

to

<IMG STYLE="border: none;" SRC="http://www.freewebsitebuttons.com/action_buttons/enter_button.jpg" ALT="Home" ALIGN=LEFT>


if you see this button:

http://www.freewebsitebuttons.com/action_buttons/enter_button.jpg

on your page, then your code is solid. The problem is that is isn't finding the image.

Where you have this file, there should also be a folder called buttons that contains your images. Is that happening?

There should also be a folder called images that contains "headline banner.jpg".

Rename it to "headline_banner.jpg". No spaces in your file names. Ever.
 
Like most web CMS'es (content management system), Joomla is pretty bloated and overreaching for a simple info site.

I gave it one try, developed a migraine, and gave up.

Then I found Light n Easy. Just enough options (build a meny, edit the content on pages, upload pictures), but not too much, and a zillion times more easy to set up and work with than Joomla.

Haven't tried Wordpress. Thought what was a blog host?
 
Liar said:
Like most web CMS'es (content management system), Joomla is pretty bloated and overreaching for a simple info site.

I gave it one try, developed a migraine, and gave up.

Then I found Light n Easy. Just enough options (build a meny, edit the content on pages, upload pictures), but not too much, and a zillion times more easy to set up and work with than Joomla.

Haven't tried Wordpress. Thought what was a blog host?
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Word Press has a bit more, but mainly it's a blog host.
 
Vermilion said:
For three days I have been solidly trying to set up a website for myself. Once i realised that my html code was hopelessly antiquated I followed the pointers some kind friends gave me and checked out wordpress and joomla. OK, I get how they're both great, and all, but I've been working my ass off and anything I produce looks amateurish and basic - just the bog standard templates those programmes come with.

I am at my fucking wit's end here. I don't need a particularly fancy website, just something to show off my books, have a few links, a contact me page, somewhere to run contests - it's just a few basic pages strung together but I just can;t manage it - and I can't afford to pay anyone.

So I'm asking for painless ways to put me out of my misery - any suggestions? I hear rum is nice...
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Rough nasty hot sweaty sex?
 
Liar said:
Like most web CMS'es (content management system), Joomla is pretty bloated and overreaching for a simple info site.

I gave it one try, developed a migraine, and gave up.

Then I found Light n Easy. Just enough options (build a meny, edit the content on pages, upload pictures), but not too much, and a zillion times more easy to set up and work with than Joomla.

Haven't tried Wordpress. Thought what was a blog host?
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wordpress.com hosts blogs-- wordpress.org offers the software as a free download.

I use it for almost everything, now-- communities, archives, photojournals, and even small e-commerce sites. It has a beautifully simple backend, is the main thing, very easy for non-geeky users. The basic blog is basic-- and then there are lots of add-ons, so you only upload what you need.

(eta) V, Light N Easy might be the way to go! Thanks for the tip, Liar!
 
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Somehow I KNEW this thread was gonna be about your website. Yeah, it does look like Light N Easy has promise. I've used NetObjects Fusion because it was free when I bought the domain and hosted at 1&1.
 
I built eXcessica on Wordpress... mostly because of the ability to update so easily, instead of using the only other software I had (which was Microsoft crap...)
 
Vermilion said:
For three days I have been solidly trying to set up a website for myself. Once i realised that my html code was hopelessly antiquated I followed the pointers some kind friends gave me and checked out wordpress and joomla. OK, I get how they're both great, and all, but I've been working my ass off and anything I produce looks amateurish and basic - just the bog standard templates those programmes come with.

I am at my fucking wit's end here. I don't need a particularly fancy website, just something to show off my books, have a few links, a contact me page, somewhere to run contests - it's just a few basic pages strung together but I just can;t manage it - and I can't afford to pay anyone.

So I'm asking for painless ways to put me out of my misery - any suggestions? I hear rum is nice...
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Drop me a pm if you need some help. I have some spare time right now and I have already done some theme for a friend for Wordpress and Dotclear.
It is not my field of expertise but if I can help I'll be happy to. :)
 
Nothing succeeds...

Anyway, between friends, a prototype of the site is now up - go to http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/

There are still rough ends to smooth - and quite a bit of content to massage - but it is out there.

Go look - and send PM comments to either she or me.

Feedback, whether positive or negative, is welcome.

And if you have a site on which you'll give her a link, that'd be even better.
 
fifty5 said:
Anyway, between friends, a prototype of the site is now up - go to http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/

There are still rough ends to smooth - and quite a bit of content to massage - but it is out there.

Go look - and send PM comments to either she or me.

Feedback, whether positive or negative, is welcome.

And if you have a site on which you'll give her a link, that'd be even better.
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Nice and clean! :rose:
What would be most important to me-- does she have a backend so that she can change her content easily?

What is epage?
 
Stella_Omega said:
Nice and clean! :rose:
What would be most important to me-- does she have a backend so that she can change her content easily?

What is epage?
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Just between we two - and everyone else - I wrote it all myself (except the content - and the visual design is hers as well). The backend is MySQL, with an interface that I also wrote.

'epage.php' is the script I wrote to handle every page except the blog (which uses blogpage.php - and, yes, I wrote that too). :eek:

To be honest, it's a bit of a mishmash, cobbled together by copy-n-paste from other sites I've written, so still needs work to make it more homogeneous.

However, even 'as is', it does work (the graphics for buttons and page headers just use standard PHP, built from plain text, not hand-grafted images - which is why they are a bit rough around the edges).

Everyone note: http://www.emeliabell.co.uk/ is a site worth visiting - and I'm a developer worth commissioning! :D
 
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Hee hee - didn;t realise I was going to be free advertising :)

Want me to do you a banner for the site??

Seriously though, he's been great and it has a sweeeeeeeeet back end, much like me ;)


Who wants to link me?
 
Blushes.

But thanks, to both Helen and Vermillion.
 
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jomar said:
Nicely done. Clean is good.
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It was Vermillion's design, I just implemented it. Mind you, while there are still loose ends, I'm proud of it.

Now where's the fall that inevitably follows pride? :D
 
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fifty5 said:
It was Vermillion's design, I just implemented it. Mind you, while there are still loose ends, I'm proud of it.

Now where's the fall that inevitably follows pride? :D
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I dunno, dude, there might not be any fall! :rose:
 
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