Tonio

[vraiblonde]

That's what I do for a living. Since you're the Board Mommy, I assumed you already had a solid background in HTML.

No, David's the one that put together the somd.com site, not me. Actually I'm rock solid on straight html but I'm learning some new things.

I just woke up this morning and realized why I would use a "div class" instead of a "div id" for these css elements I'm working with: because class is a classification :dur: and id is merely an identifier :doubledur:. Is that right?

Anyway, I changed just one of the page elements to a class instead of an id and it screwed the whole page up, so I couldn't figure it out. Then I got the bright idea to change them ALL to class elements and voila! Perfect page.



I spent almost an hour yesterday trying to figure out why my background graphic wasn't showing up in Foxfire. I'm kind of excited to be learning something new!

 

[Tonio]

I just woke up this morning and realized why I would use a "div class" instead of a "div id" for these css elements I'm working with: because class is a classification :dur: and id is merely an identifier :doubledur:. Is that right?

Exactly. The CSS style sheets are similar to the style sheets in Microsoft Word, except you can do a lot more with them. With "div id", you can manipulate an element on a page dynamically through Javascript. That's the method I use to create drop-down menus and to validate certain types of form inputs.

 

[sleuth]

I'm pretty solid on straight HTML too. And I've been using some basic CSS for awhile now. And I'm not too bad with writing Perl/CGI to automate some things.

But I'm only beginning to learn the joys of CSS. It's really powerful stuff. I had a buddy show me a few things and I was able to redo my site in about 20 minutes: http://www.dchamilton.com

 

[vraiblonde]

That looks great, Sleuth! Here's my little work in progress:


Look, Ma! No tables! (except for the one on the left that's holding the graphics links. But that will be going away today.) I'm a big fan of included pages for repeating content.

 

[sleuth]

That looks great, Sleuth! Here's my little work in progress:


Look, Ma! No tables! (except for the one on the left that's holding the graphics links. But that will be going away today.) I'm a big fan of included pages for repeating content.

I didn't know you were a freelance designer, Vrai. I assume that company is paying you to do that?

I use a lot of server side includes. The only thing I hate is that they don't work when called by a CGI script.

I also did
http://www.themacdaddys.com and
http://www.somddecks4you.com

but both of those aren't nearly as sophisticated as the update I just made to my homepage.

 

[vraiblonde]

I didn't know you were a freelance designer, Vrai.

Wow, nobody's ever called me that before!

Yes, I took on this project for a client. I don't do a lot of design work because, frankly, I suck at it. This one is my own but I prefer to have some creative/artistic person do the layout and color scheme, then I'll turn it into a web page.

 

[Tonio]

And I'm not too bad with writing Perl/CGI to automate some things.

I've taken classes in a bunch of languages, including SQL, Perl, Java, JavaScript, C++ and VBScript. I'd like to learn Flash/Shockwave as well. When I was first learning HTML about eight years ago, I designed a small personal site. But I deleted the site after a few months, because I found I didn't want to publicize my life in a non-anonymous format. I've always been a private person and I'm more comfortable with the anonymity of forums like this.

 

[sleuth]

I've taken classes in a bunch of languages, including SQL, Perl, Java, JavaScript, C++ and VBScript. I'd like to learn Flash/Shockwave as well. When I was first learning HTML about eight years ago, I designed a small personal site. But I deleted the site after a few months, because I found I didn't want to publicize my life in a non-anonymous format. I've always been a private person and I'm more comfortable with the anonymity of forums like this.

I know how to do an SQL Query. I've got pretty basic skills with Java and C++. I can edit a Javascript if necessary, but I've never written one. I'm pretty good with Perl, but not an expert.

I'd like to take some coursework in some web technologies, as I've never had any formal training. Everything I've learned was self-taught.

 

[DoWhat]

geeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!