Rja
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Welcome to the forums mate.
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I have previous Photoshop experience. The thing is, I don't want to be a designer, I want to be a web developer. I've studied HTML / CSS as they're both essential for working within the web, and I don't feel I'm confident enough with them at the minute to move onto PHP or another language.
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Right, I can code up a basic site layout without reference now. Check this out: http://kcwebdesign.zxq.net/ Designed that today.. however, I'm getting fed up of just coding basic sites like this. How can I take it up a notch? I've also just coded a new site layout: <html> <head> <title>Project1</title> <style type="text/css"> #navigation { border: 1px solid black; height: 30px; width: 70%; margin: auto; background-color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; } #navigation ul li { width: 25%; } #navigation ul { display: inline; list-style-type: none; } #navigation li { float: left; text-align: center; } #navigation a:link, a:visited { margin-top: 5px; background-color: #000000; display: block; text-decoration: none; color: black; font-weight: bold; text-transform: capitalize; color: white; } #navigation a:hover, a:active { margin-top: 5px; background-color: #333333; } #header { background-color: #3399FF; border: 1px solid black; width: 70%; margin: auto; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 30px; } #header h2 { font-size: 40px; margin-left: 200px; } #header h3 { font-size: 18px; margin-left: 300px; } #news { border: 1px solid black; height: 550px; width: 25%; float: left; margin-left: 15%; } #news h2 { border-bottom: 1px solid black; background-color: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; paddign-top: 0px; } #content { border: 1px solid black; height: 550px; width: 40%; float: right; margin-right: 15%; } #content h2 { border-bottom: 1px solid black; background-color: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; paddign-top: 0px; } #footer { border-bottom: 1px solid black; background-color: #3399FF; text-align: center; border: 1px solid black; height: 30px; width: 70%; margin: auto; clear: both; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="navigation"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.kcwebdesign.zxq.net/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcwebdesign.zxq.net/about">About</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcwebdesign.zxq.net/forums">Forums</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcwebdesign.zxq.net/contact">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="header"> <h2>KCDesigns</h2> <h3>New web developer!</h3> </div> <div id="news"> <h2>News</h2> </div> <div id="content"> <h2>Content</h2> </div> <div id="footer"> Copyright 2010. KCDesigns. </div> </body> </html>
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Think I'm doing the same. What sources are you using to learn PHP?
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Oh yeah, I agree. My aim is to start freelancing (and set up a proper website) by January next year. Want to have got a lot more confident with HTML / CSS and also have learnt at least some PHP and MySQL.
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Thanks, I found one. It's pretty good tbh. http://www.zymic.com/ for anyone who is interested.
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Since I'm not really good with Photoshop and haven't got a very good imagination for these sorts of things, so I'm not really gonna be concentratin on the design part. I want to start with web development. Now, I'm currently getting the hang of HTML / CSS nicely, and I'm soon going to be looking for the next language to start learning. What would you guys advise me to learn next? PHP? Thanks, Rja.
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I have coded a site from scratch and found a free web host. Just included a bit about me and where I'm going with web development at the moment. Will be updating it frequently (hopefully) with osme new features, maybe new layouts, etc. Check it and give me some comments. Only a basic layout as I'm not very experienced as of yet. http://kcwebdesign.zxq.net/
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Is there a free hosting plan that offers MySQL and PHP support?
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Arr yes, there we go. And as for the Doctype, I know, but as this is just me practicign I didn't set one. Anything else wrong with the way I'm coding, or am I doing alright?
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Hello. I'ev tried a three-column layout without references. The only problem is the footer doesn't go to the bottom, and goes between the top ten articles and content divs. Why does this happen when I have clear: both? Am I doing anythign wrong within the code? Any comments appreciated. Thanks. <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> #header { background-color:#000099; border: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 3px solid black; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%; height: 100px; } #header h1 { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 100px; color: white; } #header p { position: absolute; top: 45px; left: 150px; font-size: 16px; color: white; } #navigation { width: 15%; height: 500px; float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin-right: 40px; } #navigation h2 { background-color:#3366FF; border-bottom: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; } #content { width: 60%; float: left; height: 500px; margin-right: 20px; border: 1px solid black; } #content h2 { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid black; background-color:#3366FF; } #topten { width: 15%; height: 500px; float: right; border: 1px solid black; } #topten h2 { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; background-color:#3366FF; border-bottom: 1px solid black; #footer { clear: both; width: 100%; border: 1px solid black; background-color:#3366FF; } #footer p { padding:0px; margin:0px; text-align: center; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <h1>WebsiteName</h1> <p>Bringing you together since 1995</p> </div> <div id="navigation"> <h2>Navigation</h2> </div> <div id="content"> <h2>Welcome!</h2> </div> <div id="topten"> <h2>Top Ten Articles</h2> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Copyright 2010. Rja Designs</p> </div> </body> </html>
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I agree, and that's why I am not starting to learn PHP yet. I'm gonna become more confident with workin with HTML / CSS without references.
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But surely before you can apply the function to a site you must be able to code it into HTML / CSS. If you're trying to learn all 4 languages (HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL) at the same time, you're taking on too much. I'm doing the same as you. I'm currently at the intermediate stuff of HTML / CSS, and once I can confidently work without references I'm gonig to move onto PHP and MySQL. I'd suggest you do the same, as trying to learn all 4 at once would be much harder. Make sure you're confident enough to code a PSD to HTML / CSS without reference (I am getting there, done a few test sites without any tuts or references now.. gonna do a few more today), then learn PHP / MySQL.
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I'm at college, 17. A lot of spare time at the moment, maybe 3-5 hours per day, sometimes more.
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Ok. And erm, I'll take a look, but I want to get a job in web development anyway, and it would be a good project for me once I've started to learn PHP. Also, I'd prefer to make my own, it'd be much more specific to my needs and the design and functionality will be unique to my system.
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Ha, nice one. Sorry for the rush of questions, but how long does it take to get to more advanced stuff of PHP (for example, the system I was just talking about)?
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No, because that's under my control. I am not aiming to go to the gym more, I'm going to do it. You cannot say 'Right, I'm going to get accepted into University' as it's not a choice to go to University, you have to be accepted by another person. If his resolution was to 'try harder to get into university', that would be a resolution.
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Thanks, will look into them. Really eager to get into PHP and MySQL, they open up a lot of options within websites. I'm looking to open a article-based websites with a forum and user intergration (users can post in the forums as well as comment and rate articles within the same account), a most-viewed list of articles within the home, as well as a 'Newest article' box, maybe a random article box, etc (you get the idea). Will PHP allow me to do that, or I will need to learn other languages as well? If so, which one(s)?
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OK thank you. By the way, how long does PHP take to learn (in hours) before I can start to make the basic PHP scripts?
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How advanced do you have to be in HTML / CSS to start learning PHP along with them? Or should I 'master' (to a degree, you can't really master it) HTML & CSS before I start learning PHP?
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Those are aims, not resolutions. But erm, I don't know. I'm trying to not be as loud, go to the gym more and choose what career I want to persue.
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Ok thank you. I tried that, but it took me a while to get it to work, and once I had it work I didn't want to spoil it