Computers homepage/HTML help

Well I am not the one giving the help. I know a few things about HTML, but not that much. I only know things though trial and error and mostly copy and paste.
Well I have been wondering for a long time is how do you make a (side) link bar or link table, either horizantle or vertical that would be on ever page? Or how do you make picture links side by side each other? How do you put just pics side by side each other? I know how to align things to the right, center, and left, but not side by side each other. I have been wondering how to do this ever since I started making a homepage. So can anyone help me out here?

 

Well, I've never used DHTML, so I can't say anything about it, but that seems to be a really complicated answer to a relatively simple set of questions.

First, for link sidebars....a simple table layout will easily set this up, or if you're feeling more adventurous, try frames. For a good tutorial, try Lissa Explains it All. This is a very user-friendly site with lots of examples, and it's how I taught myself frames.

When it comes to links being side by side....that's really easy. Just don't put a break or paragraph tag in between the links.

I hope this helps.

~Shadrach Anki

 

This Lissa site seems like it will answer most if not all questions I will have about building my homepage, thanks. And Izzy I already said I know how to align stuff, but thanks anyway and will try to find and check out the site you told me about.

 

For aligning images next to each other Try <img align=right src="Blah.ext"> <img align=left src="blah2.ext">

FRAMES!

In your index.html file, put the following text.

<frameset cols="35%, 65%"> {----Sets Rows or columns, and the percentage they take up on the screen.

<frame src="links.html" name="links"> {----Sets the left frame source file.

<frame src="index2.html" name="main"> {----Sets the right frame source file.

</frameset> {----Ends frameset code.

It will look like this --->

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(Chris will use any opportunity to plug his site! xDDDD)

 

I was having trouble with frames, but I just figured it out. I was having trouble getting how it all worked first of all. Lissa does not explain it all, at least the frame part of her site doesn't. I found a different site that broke it down for me step by step, but I was still having problems. I was having trouble putting what would be on the two sides of the frame. I thought I had to put the whole URL in...well you know where. But I had just had to put whatever.html Well again thanks for everybody's help.

 

Hey no probbum ^_^=

But when you Use a link be sure to make it load into the main screen, youll have to name them. The

<frame src="links.html" name="links"> {----Sets the left frame source file.

<frame src="index2.html" name="main"> {----Sets the right frame source file.

The name="links" designates the frames name as links. In a link, if you state <a href="file.html" target="links"> the link will load "file.html" into the links window.

(Hope that helped...I confused myself :bleed: )

 

I am having another problem. I want to know how to put background music or just music on my site. I want it to automatically play when you go to my site and auto loop, but want an option for people to turn it off too. I am working with angelfire and have the music file in my image folder. Should I move it to it's own folder or what? I tried doing what lissa told people on her site and it did not work for me. Anyone know how to do this

 

ohh, forgot to mention it is a WMA file, a windows media file. OK that's it.

 

I dun no bout a .wma...that may be a little, "connection unfriendly"...maybe a midi would work nicer.

<BG SOUND SRC="file.ext" LOOP="infinite">

I think thats how my old site had it...

 

OK if anyone is interested I got my wma file to work and is running music on my site now, Yea!!!!!
Well I have another question. If you are creating a page with a list of stuff and have two different list of generally the same thing but with one small difference. Well what I am getting at is how do you create a list on the left and right side of a page using HTML? So you do not just have to keep on looking on the left side and keep on scrolling down and down and down, you get what I am saying, I hope. Does anybody know how to do this?

 

Frames?
<frameset cols="20%, 60%, 20">

<frame src="ListOne.html" name="L1"> 1stcolumn, left side
<frame src="Main.html" name="Main"> 2nd column, middle
<frame src="ListTwo.html" name="L2"> 3rd cloumn, rightside

 

*Hits self over the head with his palm*
I forgot I could use frames, but I am not sure if I wanted to use frames cus it is already part of a frame. I can be really dense at times. I might use a table than. Just was not sire how to use/make tables, but I can go on the net and find out. OK thanks