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    Creating homepage. Ideas, suggestions and help all welcome

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    Post by Bleachzor Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:02 am

    The following picture should perfectly discribe what I want my homepage to look like:
    Creating homepage. Ideas, suggestions and help all welcome Concep10
    *edit: or follow this link https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/concep10.jpg

    Question sum:
    -What would be the best way to pull it off?
    I am thinking about using a combi of CSS and HTML
    -Script generator doesn't seem to be working... firefox issue?
    -Where do I start when I've had no experience at all!?
    -maybe someone out there with a simular home page?
    -Would the script(for some reason, whatsoever) be too big?

    Any help and suggestion are appreciated.
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    Post by ankillien Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:39 am

    Hello,

    I think it will require both HTML and CSS.First of all, you need to create 3 images. One for the main box background, a main image that shows up in middle and one for the background on the box in bottom of the main box.

    If you provide me these images, I can code the page for you Very Happy
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    Post by Bleachzor Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:08 pm

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    Post by MattLocke Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:39 pm

    Nice one
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    Post by Bleachzor Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:16 pm

    I suggest to use the /index.htm link for the time being.

    @MattLocke: Its just a concept. All made using photoshop.
    the thing doesnt exist yet but, im glad you like it Very Happy
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    Post by ankillien Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:52 am

    I've coded the page. Here is the code...

    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
    <title>&copy; WebArtz Forum</title>

    <style>
    body {
     background : #000;
     text-align : center;
     margin : 0;
     padding : 0;
     }
    #wrap {
     margin : 60px auto;
     text-align : center;
     height : 400px;
     width : 600px;
     }
    #mainBox {
     width : 600px;
     height : 310px;
     background : url(http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/BlackAndPearl/gradie10.gif) repeat-x;
     -moz-border-radius : 10px;
     -webkit-border-radius : 10px;
     }
    #mainBox img {
     }
    #smallBox {
     width : 600px;
     text-align : center;
     -moz-border-radius : 10px;
     -webkit-border-radius : 10px;
     margin-top : 20px;
     background : url(http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/BlackAndPearl/gradie10.gif) repeat;
     }
    #smallBox table tr td {
     text-align : left;
     padding : 5px 25px;
     }
    #smallBox table tr td a {
     padding : 3px;
     display : block;
     }
    a:link , a:visited {
     color : #FFC;
     text-decoration : none;
     }
    a:hover {
     text-decoration : underline;
     }
    </style>
    </head>

    <body>

    <div id="wrap">

       <div id="mainBox">

          <a href="#"><img src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/BlackAndPearl/bigban10.png" border="0" alt="main-logo" /></a>
       </div>
       
       <div id="smallBox">
          <table align="center">
             <tr>
             <td>
                <a href="#">WebArtz Forum</a>
                <a href="#">Wed Design Talk</a>

                <a href="#">Coding Tutorials</a>
                <a href="#">Forumotion</a>
             </td>
             <td>
                <a href="#">HTML &amp; CSS Tips</a>
                <a href="#">Graphic Show Off</a>

                <a href="#">General Discussion</a>
                <a href="#">Web Design &amp; Coding</a>
             </td>
             </tr>
          </table>
       </div>
       

    </div>

    </body>
    </html>

    Put it in a HTML page and see Wink

    Old IE will look bad since it doesn't understand transparency.
    I've used CSS3 codes for rounded corners and IE doesn't support CSS3, so it will show square corners Razz
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    Post by Bleachzor Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:50 pm

    It looks nice, but it looks slightly different from what I expected.
    However... I can't say im fully satisfied yet.

    Is it possible to turn the background gradients into links aswell?
    so that the entire panel functions as a single link.

    I guess in your opinion using image-corners like in several other hitskins (with small .gif/.png images) would take too much effort for just 2 panels.

    In the designsketch which I showed in the first post I also mentioned "Should be able to be devided cut 2 parts" like this for example:
    Creating homepage. Ideas, suggestions and help all welcome Devide10
    that was the actuall idea xD.

    Is it not possible to move the banner .png image down for 5 px?

    sorry for the delay everytime, our timezones dont really match + I've got other things to do aswell.
    I can't help it but, I still intent to reply asap everytime Very Happy

    *I wanted to make a homepage which would perfectly fit even within a resolution of 600*800px and I wanted to make it usefull for people with a slower internet connection. So I decided to make 2 buttons for the time being(1 big one on top and 1 small one below). Later on I would make it 3(1 big one on top and 2 smaller ones below it left and right).
    Even if the .png image banners would not load fast enough then i'd still have the gradient pieces+corners, which should load fast, even on a slow internet connection. So people would allready know where to click (when using the homepage more often) even if the banners wouldn't be fully loaded. This would be an advantage compared to using 3 images only.

    I mean corners like this:
    Code:
    span.corners-top, span.corners-bottom, span.corners-top span, span.corners-bottom span {
       font-size: 1px;
       line-height: 1px;
       display: block;
       height: 5px;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
       }
    span.corners-top {
       background-image: none;
       background-position: 0 0;
       margin: 0 -5px;
       }
    span.corners-top span {
       background-image: none;
       background-position: 100% 0;
       }
    span.corners-bottom {
       background-image: none;
       background-position: 0 100%;
       margin: 0 -5px;
       clear: both;
       }
    span.corners-bottom span {
       background-image: none;
       ;
       background-position: 100% 100%;
       }
    .post span.corners-top, .post span.corners-bottom, .panel span.corners-top, .panel span.corners-bottom, .navbar span.corners-top, .navbar span.corners-bottom {
       margin: 0 -10px;
       }
    span.corners-top {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner10.png");
        }
    span.corners-top span {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner11.png");
        }
    span.corners-bottom {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner10.png");
        }
    span.corners-bottom span {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner11.png");
        }

    /***************************************************************/
    #cp-main span.corners-top {
        background-image: url("http://2img.net/i/fa/prosilver/corners_left2.gif");
        }
    #cp-main span.corners-top span {
        background-image: url("http://2img.net/i/fa/prosilver/corners_right2.gif");
        }
    #cp-main span.corners-bottom {
        background-image: url("http://2img.net/i/fa/prosilver/corners_left2.gif");
        }
    #cp-main span.corners-bottom span {
        background-image: url("http://2img.net/i/fa/prosilver/corners_right2.gif");
        }

    /***************************************************************/
    #cp-main .panel #topicreview span.corners-top {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner10.png");
        }
    #cp-main .panel #topicreview span.corners-top span {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner11.png");
        }
    #cp-main .panel #topicreview span.corners-bottom {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner10.png");
        }
    #cp-main .panel #topicreview span.corners-bottom span {
        background-image: url("http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/14/69/22/94/corner11.png");
        }

    SORRY!!! (please dont mind the double post)
    *=edit
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    Post by ankillien Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:32 am

    Making rounded corners like phpBB3 takes too much effort, actually. So I think we should avoid using images for corners and write a single CSS3 code that will make rounded corners though it is not supported by IE.

    You want the bottom box to divide in two parts, right? I'll try to do it.

    Making the whole box (including background) a link is not possible since it is added via CSS.

    I don't understand the button idea but I think it will require very advanced knowledge of JavaScript so I won't be able to make it.
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    Post by Bleachzor Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:43 am

    Thank you, you've been a great help so far.

    The button idea just means 1 picture/box and 1link/picture
    So no text in the boxes but I intent to place text on the bottum of the site including credits and contact stuff (Ill prolly figure out how to do that myself)

    greetz,

    Bleachzor(how formal...)
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    Post by ankillien Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:41 am

    Well, I am inactive for about 4-5 days. SO I'll be working on your page after that. Hope you don't mind.
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    Post by Bleachzor Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:54 am

    No problem at all. I am allready glad you were ready to code it for me.
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    Post by ankillien Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:15 am

    Ok, I've made some changes as you asked.
    I've cut the bottom box in two parts and shifted the main image 5px below...

    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
    <title>&copy; WebArtz Forum</title>

    <style>
    body {
     background : #000;
     text-align : center;
     margin : 0;
     padding : 0;
     }
    #wrap {
     margin : 60px auto;
     text-align : center;
     height : 400px;
     width : 600px;
     }
    #mainBox {
     width : 600px;
     height : 310px;
     background : url(gradie10.gif) repeat-x;
     -moz-border-radius : 10px;
     }
    #mainBox img {
     padding-top : 5px;
     }
    #smallBox {
     width : 600px;
     text-align : center;
     margin-top : 20px;
     }
    #smallBox table tr td {
     padding : 5px 0 5px 20px;
     -moz-border-radius : 10px;
     background : url(gradie10.gif) repeat;
     }
    #smallBox table tr td a {
     padding : 3px;
     display : block;
     }
    a:link , a:visited {
     color : #FFC;
     text-decoration : none;
     }
    a:hover {
     text-decoration : underline;
     }
    </style>
    </head>

    <body>

    <div id="wrap">

       <div id="mainBox">
          <a href="#"><img src="bigban10.png" border="0" alt="main-logo" /></a>
       </div>
       
       <div id="smallBox">
          <table align="center" width="100%" cellspacing="2">
             <tr>
             <td>
                <a href="#">WebArtz Forum</a>
                <a href="#">Wed Design Talk</a>
                <a href="#">Coding Tutorials</a>
                <a href="#">Forumotion</a>
             </td>
             <td>
                <a href="#">HTML &amp; CSS Tips</a>
                <a href="#">Graphic Show Off</a>
                <a href="#">General Discussion</a>
                <a href="#">Web Design &amp; Coding</a>
             </td>
             </tr>
          </table>
       </div>
       
    </div>

    </body>
    </html>
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    Post by Bleachzor Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:11 am

    thanks once again. you are my hero!!!