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MadGamer

21-10-2003 17:43

Help

Hi, i have made a Welcome page for my website and i have uploaded it but i can't seem to get it as the main page when i go to my website to try it out. what am i doing wrong? can anyone help?

thanks

WNA

Mark W

21-10-2003 17:45

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have you called it index.htm or index.html?

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 17:46

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have you named the inital page "index.html"?

Chris

21-10-2003 17:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

Now I'm not an expert at all, but ... afaik, the page has to be called 'index.htm' in order to be recognised by default as the first page to be loaded when someone goes to your site. Check that first, if you've got that sorted, I haven't a scooby.

MadGamer

21-10-2003 17:49

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If you go to my website you'll see what i mean

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 17:51

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wots the link?

EDIT: der found it!!

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 17:54

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Wot page should it be? Do you mean you have a splash page? I don't get it?

Mark W

21-10-2003 17:55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

If you go to my website you'll see what i mean

is that your welcome page you wanted?

MadGamer

21-10-2003 17:58

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This is the page i want but i can't work out how to get it as the main page. Also i want the links in the centre of the page.

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 18:02

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you need to name that page (the one you attached) index.html then rename the file that is being initally loaded at the moment something else, like "home.html". Then access that page from the "click here to enter" link.

MadGamer

21-10-2003 18:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark W

have you called it index.htm or index.html?

index.html

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 18:10

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it looks like you have renamed your file "index.html.html"

take off the final ".html" and it will work!!

Mark W

21-10-2003 18:11

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Originally Posted by WNA

index.html

hmmmm........ well, the page that is up there at the mo, is that also called index.html ? if so, change it to something else

*edit* as for the center thing - make sure you have the tag <center> at the start of the things you want centered (ending with </center>)

MadGamer

21-10-2003 18:12

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i now get this

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 18:14

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see above post!!

Mark W

21-10-2003 18:15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

i now get this

as spacedhopper has said, you got it called index.html.html - lose the last .html and it should be sorted

MadGamer

21-10-2003 18:20

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Off of the index.html?

Mark W

21-10-2003 18:22

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Originally Posted by WNA

Off of the index.html?

yep
so rather than index.html.html you only have index.html

MadGamer

21-10-2003 18:29

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Now i get

Mark W

21-10-2003 18:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

Now i get

change the file welcome.html to index.html

ive just looked at that welcome page in notepad, you got this

<body>
<h1><font face="arial" font color= "0000FF">WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE</h1></font>
<a href="http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/index.html">CLICK HERE TO ENTER </a> <p>

<body bgcolor= "66FFCCAA">

once you have changed the name of it to index.html try changing to the bits in bold......

<body>
<h1><font face="arial" font color= "0000FF"> <center>WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE</h1></font>
<a href="http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/main.html">CLICK HERE TO ENTER </a></center> <p>

<body bgcolor= "66FFCCAA">

thatll take you from the welcome page to your original page.....

MadGamer

21-10-2003 18:40

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Got it working but... i want the links in the centre of the page now how do i do that?

Mark W

21-10-2003 18:41

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

Got it working but... i want the links in the centre of the page now how do i do that?

look at my post above ;) the center tags.....

MadGamer

21-10-2003 19:02

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Right, i want an image on the welcome page in the centre below CLICK HERE TO ENTER. Whats the code for it?

spacedhopper

21-10-2003 19:06

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Perhaps try here: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...ml_cheatsheet/

I found the best way to learn is to read and practice. Also look at other people's websites, if you like what they have done, look in the source code and you'll pick up loads of cool tips. If you can't be assed to do that then i suggest you goto sites like: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ which have lots of pre-coded bits and bobs you can just copy and paste into your page. Good luck!!

Mark W

21-10-2003 19:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

Right, i want an image on the welcome page in the centre below CLICK HERE TO ENTER. Whats the code for it?

Mark W

21-10-2003 19:14

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Originally Posted by spacedhopper

i used http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/ - pretty simple to get your head round :)

MadGamer

21-10-2003 19:17

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This is the code im using

<img src=http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/images/Pict0020.JPG"><center> <p>

Mark W

21-10-2003 19:29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

This is the code im using

<img src=http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/images/Pict0020.JPG"><center> <p>

yea, that looks fine to me tho if that is at the bottom of your page that <center> really wants to be </center>

MadGamer

21-10-2003 19:33

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Still no luck its at the left hand side and i want it in the CENTRE.

Mark W

21-10-2003 19:39

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Originally Posted by WNA

Still no luck its at the left hand side and i want it in the CENTRE.

how are you spelling center? ER not RE

so its

<center> text you want in the middle </center>

Chris

21-10-2003 19:47

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You spelled center correctly.

The reason it's not working is that you still have a </center> tag in your 'click here to enter' line. Remove it.

The entire chunk you want centred should begin <center> and there should be no </center> tag until after the last bit you want in the centre.

The whole lot should look like this:

Code:

<html>



<head>



<title>Welcome</title>



<body>

<h1><font face="arial" font color= "0000FF"><center> WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE</h1></font>

<a href="http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/main.html">CLICK HERE TO ENTER </a><p>

<img src="http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/images/Pict0020.JPG"></centER> <p>

<body bgcolor= "66FFCCAA">



</body>

</html>

MadGamer

21-10-2003 20:19

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What about placing images on the righthand side like this

Chris

21-10-2003 20:25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

What about placing images on the righthand side like this

Try

Code:

<img src="your image source here" align="right">

but make sure you don't have any open <center> tags covering the same line.

MadGamer

21-10-2003 20:28

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Still not right i want the image on the same level as the Holly Valance image.

Mark W

21-10-2003 20:45

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not sure if my memory is failing me, but i would have done

<div align=right> <img src=http://www.nicka.demon.co.uk/images/*the picture you want*.JPG></div>

Chris

21-10-2003 20:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WNA

Still not right i want the image on the same level as the Holly Valance image.

Right ... to do that effectively, you're going to have to set up a table with at least two cells in a row. Place Holly Valance in the first cell with align="left" and the new image in the second cell with align="right".

try this:

Code:

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

  <tr>

    <td><img src="lefthand pic" align="left" /></td>

    <td><img src="righthand pic" align="right" /></td>

  </tr>

</table>

MadGamer

21-10-2003 20:49

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Still not right

MadGamer

21-10-2003 20:56

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This is how i want it positioned

Chris

21-10-2003 21:01

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Try adding a third table cell:

Code:

<td width="33%"></td>

This should force your second image towards the centre of the screen.

EDIT:

Can you post exactly the code you have used on that page so far, or put it somewhere we can link to it?

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