Re: Quick How to question --- -- WEB400

Joel,

    All good suggestions. CSS is my next concept, but I needed something up
quick !  An since I already had FP I used it and have something that is
okay..  See www.metrofire.org if you are interested.

    Also, I found my problem, thanks to some input from Bob Cozzi. I had
FTPed the content not published it, and we were missing some objects outside
of the folder & images sub folder. Once I reconciled the PC with the site
directory it worked as expected !!!

     Thanks All.
      JMS...
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Jeffrey M. Silberberg
CompuDesigns, Inc.
Atlanta, Ga. 30350-5640
(770) 399-9464


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel R. Cochran" <jrc@masi-brac.com>
To: <web400@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: [WEB400] Quick How to question ---


> Hi Jeff, welcome to the wonderful world of web design!
>
> If I might make a couple of humble suggestions:
>
> 1.  Don't cheat yourself.  Learn 'real' HTML, don't rely on FrontPage, or
> Composer, or Dreamweaver.  Learn how to code HTML in notepad (or something
> similar) first, you'll thank yourself later.  In fact, if you are just
> starting, I would recommend you start with XHTML1.0 since it is the newest
> standard for HTML embraced by the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium).
This
> is the group responsible for developing web standards.
> http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp
>
> 2.  While you're at it, learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).  CSS is one of
> the coolest things going.  You get a great amount of control over the
final
> presentation of your pages, and when done properly they should work on any
> browser (ancient versioning aside).  Again, consult the W3C and prepare to
> thank yourself in the near future.
> http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
>
> 3.  In general, you want to keep pages as small as possible.  By small I
> mean in download size.  One of the easiest ways to do this is to limit the
> use of graphics, images, pictures, etc.  The real question to ask is why
use
> a graphic for a button when a button will do?  I'm not saying there aren't
> good reasons, just make sure the good reason isn't "cause I can!"  :-)
>
> 4.  The same theory holds true for JavaScript.  JavaScript is a powerful
> tool and greatly enhance your webpages... When used properly.  The first
> question I would ask is why open a new window?  Is it going to be a
regular
> window, complete with it's own address bar, resizing, title bar, tool
> buttons, and such?  If so, I would recommend just using
"target='_newpage'"
> in the anchor tag.  On the other hand, if you are looking to control any
of
> the attributes above then JavaScript is the way to go.
>
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Joel R. Cochran
> Director of Internet Services
> VamaNet.com
> (800) 480-8810
> webmaster@vamanet.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Silberberg [mailto:jsilberberg@mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:34 AM
> > To: web400@midrange.com
> > Subject: [WEB400] Quick How to question ---
> >
> >
> > Morning,
> >
> >         Being a newbie to HTML and graphically challenged I
> > have to ask what I hope is a simple question..  Using
> > Frontpage as my design tool, I added a button GIF to a page,
> > Then using the tool bar I inserted text onto the button,
> > finally, I made this a hotspot, and placed a simple Java
> > Script behind the button that does a Window.Open.
> >
> >         Now besides the issue with the window,open statement
> > not being word wrapped in the HTML Panel.  I also have a
> > OS400 issue.  The host is a 170, V4R5 with the original HTTP
> > engine.  However, while the button works great, if I leave
> > the text on it, I get a FrontPage Component Failure message
> > on the served page, instead of the visual button and text.
> > Looks like a Webbot is not working, which I suspect is a
> > "FrontPage Extension".  Am I correct ????  Should this be working ???
> >
> >         My option seems to be build multiple versions of the
> > Gif with the text in the object, any other options someone
> > can suggest ??
> >
> >         TIA,
> >         JMS..
> > ========================
> > Jeffrey Silberberg
> > CompuDesigns, Inc.
> > Atlanta, Georgia  30350-5640
> > (770) 399-9464
> >
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