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semperfiman
10-26-04, 02:15 AM
this is my 1st post i am starting a new website for my mcl detachment. any tips will be greatly apreciated this also 1st time doing a website thanks and semper fi
thedrifter
10-26-04, 06:54 AM
Welcome Aboard to the Best Marine Site on the net. Also welcome to your home away from home................
We have a great crew of Marines in here from WW II to the present............
Throw your sea bag in a corner, pull up a footlocker, sit and chat awhile.........


Don't listen to any rumors that I'm a trouble maker....LOL

"AGAIN WELCOME ABOARD."

Ellie
cjwright90
10-26-04, 07:22 AM
She is, she is...JK Miss Ellie. How did your Eagles almost lose to Cleveland?
thedrifter
10-26-04, 08:20 AM
Just a sloppy game.....but my boys pulled it off.....;)


Ellie
cjwright90
10-26-04, 08:57 AM
Thanks to the worlds best place kicker David Akers(Who, BTW, I have on my fantasy football team).
yellowwing
10-26-04, 09:30 AM
Welcome aboard, semperfiman! Drop me a PM if you need any help on your Unit's website.
LivinSoFree
10-26-04, 10:14 AM
If you can get your hands on a copy of Macromedia Suite (especially Dreamweaver), it'll make a long task a lot shorter. When I was at the Navy Memorial, I used to write all my code by hand in Notepad, but after "acquiring" a copy of Dreamweaver, my web work got a LOT better and faster... though sometimes I'll go back and code-edit just for fun.
cjwright90
10-26-04, 10:50 AM
Same here, Free...
MillRatUSMC
10-26-04, 11:43 AM
I don't know how much knowledge you have on making a web page or site.
Below is some information to start.

http://www.rocketface.com/website%20design-workshop/website%20resources/page_tutor/index.html
So, you want to make a Web Page
As basic as it gets.
This should get you started on HTML tags and construction of a web page.
Several web pages make up a web site.

The link below is to some free web page layouts.
http://www.draac.com/htmlextratablepage.html
Free Page Layouts

On all HTML web pages this required under HTML 4.0 or later;
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

HTML 4.0 or later requires all Caps for the HTML tags.

Here's a basic web page format;

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>

One thing that I learn, the best thing is to keep your first page of your web site simple and include links to other pages of your web site on your first page, which usually is your index page.
On the free layouts, chose one and than change the code to suit what you want you web site to look like.

Here's a sample;
http://www.geocities.com/millrat_99/cmem.html

I change the size where the graphic for the Community Veterans Memorial
is located on the top of my web page.
From the layout that I chose for this web site.

You could also go this way...
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Cascading Style Sheets...but this too requires some knowledge of HTML.

Than you can download this free download of Macromedia Studio MX to try out.
It could make things easier.
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=studiomx

I hope that this is of some help...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo
MillRatUSMC
10-26-04, 11:45 AM
Well I see from the above, my basic HTML format did not show up.
Wondr why?
But everything did show...thanks God for that...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo
MillRatUSMC
10-26-04, 11:50 AM
What goes on top of all HTML page...let's hope this shows...
At the front should be this < and at the end should be this >

!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd

If I was to put those on the above, it would show...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo
MillRatUSMC
10-26-04, 11:52 AM
Dang it should read it would not show if I place the < and > where they should go on the above...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo
MillRatUSMC
10-26-04, 12:00 PM
Om my Community Veterans Memorial site I chose Layout IV.
Than I reduce the area for the Community Veterans Memorial Logo on top of the web page...

Than I change the code for the links to the other web pages of my site on the Community Veterans Memorial site.

I hope that I'm not boring some on you on web page construction and design...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo