Building a Website - need help.

[JanieDough]

Ok so I am slowly learning how HTML works, and meta tags, etc.

I am entering the new world of FLASH. I want a photo album to play automatically on my home page. I assume the only way to do this is Flash.

Is that right?

and is there anyway to do this for free?

The website is for a nonprofit me and my boss started. I keep getting sucked into these things...

any help would be appreciated since I don't know diddly.

 

[Dana]

Ok so I am slowly learning how HTML works, and meta tags, etc.

I am entering the new world of FLASH. I want a photo album to play automatically on my home page. I assume the only way to do this is Flash.

Is that right?

and is there anyway to do this for free?

The website is for a nonprofit me and my boss started. I keep getting sucked into these things...

any help would be appreciated since I don't know diddly.

there are vB style photo albums u can install

 

[skyblue]

i'd love for someone to build a site for me

 

[Thornless]

i'd love for someone to build a site for me

I get Bryan to make mine when I want/need them

 

[JanieDough]

i'd love for someone to build a site for me

I am using a dumb program called Yahoo site builder. Free download. but it only uploads to yahoo sites.


and dana where can I download such things?

 

[ssl]

Ok so I am slowly learning how HTML works, and meta tags, etc.

I am entering the new world of FLASH. I want a photo album to play automatically on my home page. I assume the only way to do this is Flash.

Is that right?

and is there anyway to do this for free?

The website is for a nonprofit me and my boss started. I keep getting sucked into these things...

any help would be appreciated since I don't know diddly.

start with a javascript script that loads the picture files based off a timer.

if you don't understand what i said...

:dunno

 

[JanieDough]

start with a javascript script that loads the picture files based off a timer.

if you don't understand what i said...

:dunno

lol you know I don't!

 

[ssl]

lol you know I don't!

actually, i've never done any javascript scripting.

my work is passive (html+css).

no flashy fun stuff, no cute little emoticons or whatever.

just information.

ie: Core|compiler: News

wow, that link is old (but still relevant). well, it was just to test the css-iness of the site. :nod:

 

[Brujahpriest]

Janie one of the problems your going to have is what languages are available on your hosting account.

There are metric tons of open source image galleries that you can get (literally plug the code in, edit a line or two and it works)

Unless you know for a fact that your hosting provider supports ASP.Net / PHP or Python I would opt to stick towards Flash or Javascript. Flash can be pricey unless you know someone (like me) who can do it on the cheap or free...although honestly there is a really decent Javascript Gallery that should work on any provider:

After a quick search I found: Lightweight Image Gallery with Thumbnails | David’s kitchen
Which should be more than sufficient.

For a more fully featured solution you could try Galleria which is written on jQuery (a javascript framework library):
Galleria - a Javascript Image Gallery | DevKick Lab


jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library

 

[JanieDough]

thanks guys!

I am having trouble knowing where to insert the html. I know I have to preload the images in the head of the html, but from there I get lost. And for some reason my links are broken! The images don't show. So I am trying to fix that too...

It is yahoo site builder. I have no clue what it supports this program is a peice of crap! BUT FREE! and easy to use even for an enigmo like me.

 

[JanieDough]

for instance on this site Lightweight Image Gallery with Thumbnails | David’s kitchen

so I know where to put the "head" using my program

but in my program you can either enter html in the head, body or after the html for the page
OR you can put a box for html in there which is how i load youtube videos, etc. to the site

so where do i put the javascript or css? or can i not put that on my website since it is only giving me options for html?

I can put a window linked to another website, so I may deisgn a slideshow on a thrid party website and just link it.

That would be the easy fix...right? but i still kind of want to learn how to do this.

 

[JanieDough]

sorry - i gave up - used photobucket

you can see my sorry ass site here: DREAMS Foundation of Acadiana

 

[Brujahpriest]

That's actually a good solution to it. So indepth in code that sometimes I miss the simple possibilities

 

[JanieDough]

hey how do i get it to come up in google searches? I read that meta tags don't really work.

Do I just need a lot of traffic there? What do I need?

 

[Brujahpriest]

hey how do i get it to come up in google searches? I read that meta tags don't really work.

Do I just need a lot of traffic there? What do I need?

I still use meta tags, and there are lots of things you can do with the structure of the site, another is to submit a sitemap directly into google using the webmaster tools.

 

[JanieDough]

mmmmm....ok

 

[deth4uall]

I am entering the new world of FLASH. I want a photo album to play automatically on my home page. I assume the only way to do this is Flash.

Have you tried looking into jQuery they have some awesome albums as well... AND it uses just the jQuery (JavaScript framework) within the browser minus all the heavy Flash and/or Java Applets...

EDIT: Oops just saw that it was already mentioned...

 

[JanieDough]

Have you tried looking into jQuery they have some awesome albums as well... AND it uses just the jQuery (JavaScript framework) within the browser minus all the heavy Flash and/or Java Applets...

EDIT: Oops just saw that it was already mentioned...

thanks though! you were trying to be nice and helpful

 

[Smith]

if you stell loking of html help !
you can search for frontpage2003 ttl !
why not i love using him for my site !
my brother learnd me some of !

 

[kelvin070]

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