Today's Posts Follow Us On Twitter! TFL Members on Twitter  
Forum search: Advanced Search  
Navigation
Marketplace
  Members Login:
Lost password?
  Forum Statistics:
Forum Members: 24,254
Total Threads: 80,792
Total Posts: 566,471
There are 1029 users currently browsing (tf).
 
  Our Partners:
 
  TalkFreelance     Design and Development     HTML/XHTML/DHTML/CSS :

WEB Development Help

Thread title: WEB Development Help
Reply    
    Thread tools Search this thread Display Modes  
01-11-2011, 11:50 PM
#1
AiBs is offline AiBs
Status: I'm new around here
Join date: Jan 2011
Location: San Diego
Expertise: Design
Software: Adobe
 
Posts: 7
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

AiBs is on a distinguished road

  Old  WEB Development Help

So ive been on the graphic design industry for over a year growing on my own(haven't taken any education on it) and I was looking for forum that might help me keep growing and I found this.

I was looking for some help building a website i got the design all finished but my web programming is awful I was looking to build a website that when you click a link the whole page doesnt have to reload instead just reloading the content only, I know its possible but I was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction. Thank You

What I got so far: http://coastalpropertyinc.com/

This is just my concept not the finished website(Most links are dead).
Working links are the houses on the left, notice how the page reloads after clicking each link?

01-12-2011, 01:05 AM
#2
Eightloop is offline Eightloop
Eightloop's Avatar
Status: Member
Join date: Jan 2011
Location:
Expertise: Programming, photography
Software: Notepad++, Photoshop
 
Posts: 112
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

Eightloop is an unknown quantity at this point

  Old

Do you mean something like frames? (google frames html)

To be honest I wouldn't use frames. It is rarely used and makes your site look like a site from the nineties!

Let me know if you mean something else!
Michael

Reply With Quote
01-12-2011, 01:19 AM
#3
AiBs is offline AiBs
Status: I'm new around here
Join date: Jan 2011
Location: San Diego
Expertise: Design
Software: Adobe
 
Posts: 7
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

AiBs is on a distinguished road

  Old

Honestly i dont know how to explain it let me try the best i can, so i have the homepage(http://coastalpropertyinc.com/
index.php) and i have other
separate links
(http://coastalpropertyinc.com/listin...akPl/index.php
http://coastalpropertyinc.com/listin...elDr/index.php
http://coastalpropertyinc.com/listin...r231/index.php
http://coastalpropertyinc.com/listin...aWay/index.php)

everytime i would need to change i link in the top menu i would have to edit each php file one by one so that all the pages have the same links on the top menu. Sorry i have little knowledge of web designing this is actually my first attempt. Thanks

Reply With Quote
01-12-2011, 02:33 AM
#4
Eightloop is offline Eightloop
Eightloop's Avatar
Status: Member
Join date: Jan 2011
Location:
Expertise: Programming, photography
Software: Notepad++, Photoshop
 
Posts: 112
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

Eightloop is an unknown quantity at this point

  Old

Oh I know what you mean now! You will need to use a function called include().

Here's a very(!) basic script with 3 files:

header.php, a file with the top navigation, etc.
content.php, a file for the content
footer.php, a file for the bottom, copyright, etc.

Put in the header file everything that stays the same for every page. Usually, this goes until the content comes.

In you header file you put write:

PHP Code:
<?php include('header.php'); ?>
<!-- This code above will include the header.php file -->

<!-- Below is your content -->
<div>Your content!</div>

<!-- The code below include the footer.php file -->
<?php include('footer.php'); ?>
This is a very basic way to achieve that. If you want to change something in your navigation, just change your header.php file once.

Of course there are much more elaborate ways, but this should do the job for a simple website.

Best of luck with your website!
Michael

Thanked by 3 users:
AiBs (01-13-2011), Artashes (01-13-2011), Gaz (01-12-2011)
01-13-2011, 09:47 PM
#5
AiBs is offline AiBs
Status: I'm new around here
Join date: Jan 2011
Location: San Diego
Expertise: Design
Software: Adobe
 
Posts: 7
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

AiBs is on a distinguished road

  Old

Thank you very much I think this is what i was looking for,
I was also wondering if you could give me your opinion on the quality of the website's design thanks!

Reply With Quote
01-14-2011, 12:38 AM
#6
Eightloop is offline Eightloop
Eightloop's Avatar
Status: Member
Join date: Jan 2011
Location:
Expertise: Programming, photography
Software: Notepad++, Photoshop
 
Posts: 112
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

Eightloop is an unknown quantity at this point

  Old

You're welcome!

Yes, I can give you an honest opinion, but I'm not sure if you're going to like it. In my opinion, it needs to look a little more modern.

The flash file is too big and it takes too much time to load. Additionally, not all people have flash installed on their PC. Use static images or make the flash file smaller.

The javascript menu is not very search engine friendly. If you really want to keep it, put all the links at the bottom so google can navigate through your website.

I recommend that when you surf on the internet that you look for the elements that you like on a website. Then try to implement something similar.

Also google for "top 10 rules of web site design" or something similar.

I hope that helps a little.
Michael

01-18-2011, 10:11 PM
#7
AiBs is offline AiBs
Status: I'm new around here
Join date: Jan 2011
Location: San Diego
Expertise: Design
Software: Adobe
 
Posts: 7
iTrader: 0 / 0%
 

AiBs is on a distinguished road

  Old

I appreciate all the help i will research that and make the website a little more friendly. Thank You

Reply With Quote
Reply    


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

  Posting Rules  
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump:
 
  Contains New Posts Forum Contains New Posts   Contains No New Posts Forum Contains No New Posts   A Closed Forum Forum is Closed