Making a very nice site!

[ZAnwar]

I am very new to this stuff. Okay that was a lie. I am 14 now and made my first site when I was about 11, without anybody's help. I just made em for fun, and my latest one.

But they are just crap compared to the nice, snazzy ones now-a-days.

Please can people tell me how to make a really cool site !?!

This is my current site, okay, it is a bit CRAP I know !!!!!!!

http://www.theprohacker.tk

www.dot.tk is a redirecting site who does it for free (something like that).
The site is hosted on Tripod.com.

What I wanted to do was get really nice icons and fonts, and that side bar, but I don't know how to ! I could totally redesign my current site, if you think that way is better.

 

[Luna64]

First off, lose the animated gif's, they are very distracting.

Secondly, pick colors that please the eye such as black, dark blue, light blue, dark green, grey/white, or something positive. Red, and colors like that also look nice if you know how to use them.

Now, get organized. I mean you have everything scatterd all over that page. Build tables to organize links and to store text in.

 

[ZAnwar]

Posted by Luna64
First off, lose the animated gif's, they are very distracting.

I thought the moving Gif's were cool!

Posted by Luna64
Now, get organized. I mean you have everything scatterd all over that page. Build tables to organize links and to store text in.

I was thinking of doing that!

 

[Mubbers]

Agree with above.

Also I'd lose the music!!

Personally I loathe and detest 'auto' music on a site. The first reason is that not everyone likes your taste in music (me I don't mind eminem) but if I'd wanted to look at your site but disliked eminem I'd just jump straight out again.

Second reason is I do most of my surfiing when the kids are in bed etc.. and it always scares the sh*t out of me when you link to a place that blasts the music out - you know speakers left on UT2003 settings!!

Music's OK if the browser can select it themselves.

Good luck with the development. Oh don't know if it's a good idea linking to a site that promotes hacking in such a 'flamboyant' way (from here that is).

Mubbers

 

[Luna64]

Animated gifs can be nice, if they serve a purpose.

I just cant stand it when I go to a site, and there are objects moving around the screen while I try to read the text. It is distracting.

Build tables with text/links in them, and try to pick a text color and stick with it. Multi colored text is not very attractive.

 

[Zedric]

Posted by ZAnwar
I thought the moving Gif's were cool!

Nope they're not.

- Lose the music.
- The logo is really cool, but really big. 350k is 300k too much IMO. But it's really nice.
- Get a plainer background. The text is unreadable as it is now.
- User text of one color, and smaller.
- Use tables to organize the text.
- Don't center all the text.
- That attitude is not very inviting.

Happy coding!

 

[ZAnwar]

How do I get the sidebar ?

 

[ZAnwar]

Does anybody know, you might have seen my post which said that I know now, but I deleted it because I don't fully understand!

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Don't know about that but some of that coloured text is very hard to read.

 

[ZAnwar]

Ok, I will change that aswell.

 

[ZAnwar]

So far, I put a black background, white text and a new logo at the top. This new logo which is an animated gif is only 109Kb now!

 

[ZAnwar]

To make my site look organised, I need to make a sidebar, but don't know how to ?

 

[Zedric]

A sidebar can easily be made using a table:

-------------------------------------
|      |                            |
| Menu |      Page stuff            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
|      |                            |
-------------------------------------

The code is:

<TABLE [preferred parameters]>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="200">
      Menu
    </TD>
    <TD>
      Page stuff
    </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

 

[ZAnwar]

Thanks man, but what thing do I put into the 'preffered parameters' space ???

 

[Zedric]

WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="0"

...or whatever you want them to be.

 

[ZAnwar]

Thanks a lot man!

 

[ZAnwar]

and just to make sure, do I put this next to <body or underneath it ?

 

[ZAnwar]

Oi man, i just bought this program, it is quite simple to make navbars and that lot. It is Xara Menu Maker!

It is excellent !

 

[ZAnwar]

I think this program will be the best way to make a navigation bar!

Thanks anyway people!

Still I am open for more suggestions to make the site sound or look better ?

 

[ZAnwar]

What can I do to make it say in a box or something, if a person wants the music on or not