Quick design

Python

Hey,

visit http://www.xtremecoders.com

I got bored and made this quick layout. Ignore the text its mainly just to fill it up a bit.

what do ya think?

tony

i like it looks pretty professional

Python

dont ya think it looks a bit plain. but then i was aiming for that type of look

pfgannon

it looks good and profesional..but plain

tony

lol fourtone
it looks simple and fresh its easy on the eyes

tntcheats

Good that you used CSS for the scrolling part instead of an evil Iframe.

I agree it looks plain; also, your top bar should be GIF or PNG, never JPG for anything that's not over 64 colors or a photo.

CannonBallGuy

Maybe just make it a bit bigger... So it fills up a bit more of the page...

Python

the only reason its a jpg image is because i was only messing around. like the title says it is only a quick design for practice and i dont plan to use it

rallyfan

it looks plain and great css skills.

never knew you knew quite good css skills.

TEACH ME!!! TEACH ME!!!

^when we are in welsh

lol

Python

lmao. i dont have good css skills. i just followed some tutorials step by step, hehe

tntcheats

But.. that layout doesn't really take CSS skills..

You could just use float: left; on the three columns, which are absolutely widthed which takes out one complication, have them in a containing DIV, and then have your logo's div above that. Then you use the box model hack a few times, add overflow: scroll; to the left column and you're done.

daboss

I think it looks great - designs like this look more professional than the template types that are for sale (too graphicky and fakish).

Again, my 2 cents worth... :P

rallyfan

tntcheats what you just said is miles over my head ill just stick to html and php basics

tntcheats

Rallyfan, don't just stick to that, expand to CSS.

It's easier than it sounds.

For me I learned what I know basically like I was being retaught something I already knew, it was really easy.

daboss

I've already had a go on CSS - I don't find it easy - in fact I think it's confusing - maybe I haven't put in that much effort into learning it up.

Anyway, I'm sticking to HTML and simple PHP at the moment...

CannonBallGuy

CSS is easier to learn than HTML. and much easier than PHP.
Go to www.w3schools.com/css.
Just spend half an hour looking at that and your way ahead! lol

rallyfan

ok i will try and learn it.

Python

css easier than html. really? well ive never tried learning css and html was easy to pickup so css must be real simple

tony

you found CSS easier than html?
i found itt he other way round, although html that validates is probably harder than html

Python

ive never tried to perfect my html skills by making it 10% valid. i just dont see the point.

tony

100% on the other hand has some uses :P
you can guarentee it works on all browsers then...except text based ones which people wouldnt be using to look at my site anyway

Python

yeah true. do search engines check your coding to see if its valid? would it actualy make a difference

tony

clean code is more search engine friendly i think but i think so long as your code is relatively clean it shouldnt make any difference really

CannonBallGuy

I suppose I chould have said that CSS is easier to learn than perfect HTML...
And besides... It's pretty mucn a nesecity (sp?)... How else can you colour your text etc without <font>, , , etc...???

tntcheats

(sp?) what does that mean?

I use valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS-2.

Search engines sometimes have trouble with layouts not properly coded. This means that it may not index it correctly, and possibly not even index the entire page.

CannonBallGuy

it means spelling?... Basically I was unsure of how to spell it so I just put what I thought it might be... lol.
and at the end of my post I was listing tags like font, b, i, u, etc... lol

tony

well i use CSS but only simple things, like font tags, links etc thats about it