Hya Ron,
Thanks for the link to Opera, I did dl the software two weeks ago and have
an Opera blog but don't have time to do much with it. The link will be great
though.
At this moment I am trying to understand by looking at the code why my swf
works just fine in Swish and DW but is a white background only in
notepad/IE. I am ok with that as its just testing and looking what appears
in notepad and (whispers) what appears different in DW..
Thanks Ron!
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Zisman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] First Attempt
kate,
thought i'd throw in my two cents.
firstly i was in your position a couple years ago, using dreamweaver. at
a certain point i realized i didn't know what i was doing or what was
going wrong when things didn't view properly. i hadn't heard anything
about box models, didn't know what padding or margins were, and basically
didn't understand anything about html. so i set dreamweaver aside and
took the plunge. fortunately on the css-d list, someone was kind enough
to take me under their wing and hold my hand... much like you are
receiving here. it was a steep climb, yet i still have a few hairs left
on my head. Opera has a good introduction to web design that might
provide an overview. good luck.
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-introduction-to-the-web-
standards-cur/
--ron
On Nov 24, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Bruce wrote:
kate wrote:
Thanks Bruce,
Best viewed lolol was funny to read because about three years ago
someone created an awesome site for me with Wordpress. He worked the
China Red theme and wrote nin the sidebar best viewed in IE5 or higher.
I never knew then about testing in different browsers and I really
don't think he did either. One day someone sent a mail to me to say did
I know its the only browser your site works in *is IE5...honest to God
Bruce when I put it in Validator (someone said to) there was over 400
errors. That lol was my first hard lesson learnt.
I would not know how to hand code in Notepad but I am impressed by
people that can..who knows I may try it.
Thanks Bruce!
Kate
a help I came across 3 years ago was Layout Gala, a series of layouts by
Alessandro Fulciniti.
http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/
I found looking at these in an editor, and making changes such as adding
inner div's taught me a lot.
They have been rock solid across all browsers and op systems.
I'm not saying everyone should make all sites with these, but saying
these and others done by members here are a definite shortcut to
learning, preferred from stating by scrating your head and looking at a
blank screen in an editor lol.
Of course there are many other methods that can and should be learned,
and sites such as maxdesign and positioniseverything, (and many others
in this group!), have a ton of important and vital information.
"To be the best, learn from the best..."
Bruce
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