Web Making

[Pawl]

well I do see your point but it is technically correct the way I have it. i do have an idea that i could add a "good day message" but i do not know how to add it. Could you show me how to.

[Pawl]

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...rome/index.htm how exactly do
I put this menue on my web site. Instructions are confusing.

[jscheuer1]

how exactly do i make the text fit on the page i thought that the browser took control of that. I also have a question. You may have noticed that my site has bacground music(i know it is against all the site making rules but i like it), the problem is that it works in Fire Fox and I cant get it to work in Internet Explorer. It states at the bottom of the window that there is an "error on page". Do you know why this is. O, and i just thought of something should I command (pre) in place of (p) and format it to how I like it? By the way i do not use wysiwyg so it is easy for me to make mistakes.

The browser will take care of fitting the text and other elements into the window if you let it. If you set the width of things (like tables, divisions or paragraphs that contain the text, images, etc.) in pixels though, the browser's hands are tied, it must follow your instructions. It is better to use relative units like % or em, rather than px.

Sound on web pages is usually a bad idea, consuming bandwidth (this is especially important for our dial-up friends) and annoying many people. If you just gotta have it, it is a problem cross browser as different browsers use different methods and even the same browser will approach things differently depending upon what plug-in(s) it has configure for sound and how those are configured. This page has about the most complete info on this issue (for folks determined to do it) that I have seen. My advice - unless the sound is short and of a small byte size, skip it. I usually browse with sound turned off anyway.

The pre tag is not a good habit to get into. It limits the way the browser can wrap your text, unnaturally confining it in situations where it could stretch across the screen and sometimes not allowing it to wrap when it needs to. It is best confined to small areas for formatting purposes, if used at all.

I applaud you for not using a WYSIWYG editor, they in fact make more errors on complex pages than they avoid. Any serious coder uses a text editor designed to handle the languages he/she codes in. Designers can be forgiven their use of WYSIWYG editors if they do not have the ability or inclination to learn at least HTML and css. But, they would be best advised to engage someone who does.

[Pawl]

The browser will take care of fitting the text and other elements into the window if you let it. If you set the width of things (like tables, divisions or paragraphs that contain the text, images, etc.) in pixels though, the browser's hands are tied, it must follow your instructions. It is better to use relative units like % or em, rather than px.

Sound on web pages is usually a bad idea, consuming bandwidth (this is especially important for our dial-up friends) and annoying many people. If you just gotta have it, it is a problem cross browser as different browsers use different methods and even the same browser will approach things differently depending upon what plug-in(s) it has configure for sound and how those are configured. This page has about the most complete info on this issue (for folks determined to do it) that I have seen. My advice - unless the sound is short and of a small byte size, skip it. I usually browse with sound turned off anyway.

The pre tag is not a good habit to get into. It limits the way the browser can wrap your text, unnaturally confining it in situations where it could stretch across the screen and sometimes not allowing it to wrap when it needs to. It is best confined to small areas for formatting purposes, if used at all.

I applaud you for not using a WYSIWYG editor, they in fact make more errors on complex pages than they avoid. Any serious coder uses a text editor designed to handle the languages he/she codes in. Designers can be forgiven their use of WYSIWYG editors if they do not have the ability or inclination to learn at least HTML and css. But, they would be best advised to engage someone who does.

I agree with what you said I will take the music and make it an optional link to listen to it. Also i would like to know if it is illegal for me to post a bunch of songs on my site that I burned to my computer? I don't want to get in touble.

So if I replaced the <pre> tag with <p> would the browser take charge of the placement of the text?

[Twey]

i would like to know if it is illegal for me to post a bunch of songs on my site that I burned to my computer

Unless you have permission (for example, if the music was under a Creative Commons license), it was illegal even to copy them to your hard disk

[jscheuer1]

So if I replaced the <pre> tag with <p> would the browser take charge of the placement of the text?

As long as no other formatting instructions on the page prevent it from doing do, yes.

[Pawl]

I know if i use a logo i can use it by adding a trademark thing, can i do the same for music somehow

[jscheuer1]

I know if i use a logo i can use it by adding a trademark thing, can i do the same for music somehow

No. Generally, if you use someone else's music, if you provide only low quality excerpts and credit the owners, you will not get any complaints though, I believe it is still technically illegal. Also, generally, if you were to use high quality, full length cuts but your site saw little traffic, there would probably be no problem. Once again though, you would technically be in violation. Generally, in either case, probably the worst that could happen is that you would be requested to remove the offending content. Refusal to do so is when your real problems would begin, generally.

I hope you noticed I used the words 'generally' and 'probably' quite a bit in the above. There have been cases particularly involving one heavy metal band whose name (tm) I cannot seem to recall at the moment and others where things escalated much more quickly than is generally the case. So, I would still recommend against using copyright material on your site unless it is your own or you have permission from from the copyright holder.