One Final request for help

[Mavlowproductions]

Im going to make one final attempt to straighten out my webpage and make it the way I want it. if this final attempt doesnt work, Ill be moving on.

http://mavlowproductions.keenspace.com

as you can see, its a MESS!

heres what I want to do:

• clean up the main page
  make it so the comic strip scheduled for up to todays date shows up.
  create a storyline dropdown
  add a cast, about me, Links, and Q&A page
  add a banner and a PG-13 content button

If you can help me, great, Id really appreciate it.

If not, Id like to thank you keenspace for the experience in webcomicing, and I hope to return to you once Im a bit more HTML savvy.


Thank you.

[Oualawouzou]

I get the impression you're trying to go from a very basic template and next to no html knowledge to the website of your dreams. This is just not going to happen, I'm sorry to say.

Tackle your problems one at a time. Even experienced coders can't go from 0 to the exact thing they want in the blink of an eye.

clean up the main page

There is the basic code for both "default" templates somewhere in the threads pinned at the top of this forum. Alternatively, use one of the modified templates Phalanx has created.

make it so the comic strip scheduled for up to todays date shows up.
create a storyline dropdown
add a cast, about me, Links, and Q&A page
add a banner and a PG-13 content button

All of this is explained in the Gear. If you have more precise questions, we can certainly help.

Tackle your problems one at a time. Trying to fix everything all at once will only make you frustrated and all your efforts will be worth nothing since you'll abandon.

Personnal story: I'm in the same situation as you. I have a good idea of what I want for a website but I know jack about coding. So I started easy: I changed the background color and added navigation button and a title image. I downloaded a html editor (1stPage from EvrSoft) to help me with basic things. Stuff I can't do using the intuitive interface, I research on a case-by-case basic. Going one step at a time, I added a "news" section that I can edit separately from my html pages. I added an e-mail link and a dropdown. I'm still familiarizing myself with a new html gimmick I learned just a few days ago. I also created avatars for various forums I use. Next steps: banners, newshack and a cast page. I'm still a long way away from the "final look" I hope to reach, but I'm progressing.

Take a deep breath, identify your targets and take them down one at a time. Trying to build an ideal website quickly is like hoping dynamiting a block of granit will yield a copy of the David statue. It's just not going to happen. But if you chisel it one chip at a time, you just might succeed.

[Mavlowproductions]

Thanks.

to be honest, Im a little scared of HTML. every time I try to do something, something else messes up. so Im a bit scared to try anything.

also Im thinking of deleting my account (Mavlowproductions) and re-signing up under a different name. Im thinking if I start from square one with the now half a inkling of what the heck Im doing, I might be better off.

[Mavlowproductions]

well, its back up now...and it looks like its back to square one. just the 1st page showed up, and I know before the crash I was at least half way through the first Arc.

ah well, just keep pressing 'Manual Update' and hope for the best.

[Phalanx]

also Im thinking of deleting my account (Mavlowproductions) and re-signing up under a different name. Im thinking if I start from square one with the now half a inkling of what the heck Im doing, I might be better off.

Don't. It's a waste of resources.

Use one of the templates from time being, then tweak those templates so they become something liek what you want.