Problem with web-site! help plz.
Hi, this is my first visit to this forum, The problem I am having is - I have created a web-site for my partner, The first 8 pages are in English, my partner wanted me to do a version in Dutch aswell, so I have done another 8 pages. so the total is 16 pages, I have used Serif page+8 to create the site and when I checked it on the preview browser it all worked ok, BUT! when I loaded it to the service provider and looked at it online there were strange things happening, e-mail buttons turned into pics, text was in wrong place on some pages, etc- her provider is based in Holland, and i am in the UK.
Any help would be welcome, please put any answers in easy terms as I am very new to this.
Regards, Ray.
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 18:03 — 14th February 2005.
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Is it on the internet? Can we have a look at it?
Megan posted this at 18:59 — 14th February 2005.
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I don't know what Serif page+8 is but it's not doing a very good job of building the code. It's also using positioning for everything which isn't exaclty the most reliable method of laying out a page. I've checked this in three different browsers and it looks okay to me. I think you should rebuild this using more conventional methids - either tables or CSS for layout but not positioning. If you don't know what this means, you should look for some tutorials or books on building a web page.
Generally speaking, it's not a good idea to use images for everything on your site. Some of your images are resized in the HTML so that's why they look fuzzy. Images should be used for things like logos, photos, or special design elements. Text and basic layout should be done with HTML. You might need to look for some beginners guides to help you out.
Megan
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heebiejeebieclu posted this at 20:17 — 14th February 2005.
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Tips:
- Submit your site for review in Website Critique Area
- Get decent HTML editor
- For God's sake why is the text images?
SearchBliss posted this at 21:12 — 14th February 2005.
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I would invest in a better program, like Dreamweaver, or ust buy a good html template to work from. You also need some text with keyword phrases to improve your SEO and all of those images cause a slow download time as well.
CptAwesome posted this at 00:27 — 15th February 2005.
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Ahhhh... when you said serif +8 I thought you meant the font size, I guess you meant Serif PagePlus version 8
Never heard of that one before, but like the rest of them said, don't use images for text, unless it's a logo, or a font that is generally unsupported by most people's computers, and even then, use a font that is supported.
Upon closer examination of the PagePlus software, it's a pdf writer, get an html editor, even Frontpage is better than using a PDF writer for HTML page generation.
Roo posted this at 05:35 — 15th February 2005.
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No that isn't an html editor. It has one of those stupid exprt options that turns everything into an image.
I use PagePlus 9 for my print page layout program, and it's wonderful for print. But you're not ever going to get anything but an html file that's basically one big image with it.
You'll save yourself a lot of grief by learning how to code from scratch:
The W3C Schools
Roo
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