Help...Where do I start?

[gilbert]

Hi everyone...

I am looking through the faqs on customizing...

I have firefox and the web developer tool...looked at the faq on that (trying to understand that first!)...

My question is: when you put all of this code in to customize your page...is there a way to "label" or describe what each piece of code is in there?

There are so many things that are separate (header, navbar, etc) that I do not know where to start! Which item do I customize first??

Ideally I would like a nice layout overall and then individualized layouts for the sections/galleries (example: sports photos for my students would have the school colors or background photo of the school etc.)...so is that possible?

Should I just be describing [what each code is for] it for myself in a separate document of my own (like Word)?

I see the FAQ listing all of the different threads, and I have read some of them...I just want to get the site ready to show people a preview...then go back and fix it up and enable ordering prints etc.

One step at a time...

[Andy]

Hi everyone...

I am looking through the faqs on customizing...

I have firefox and the web developer tool...looked at the faq on that (trying to understand that first!)...
Excellent! This will help you target and ID things you want to change, move, remove, color, etc.

My question is: when you put all of this code in to customize your page...is there a way to "label" or describe what each piece of code is in there?
Sure - in your CSS box, you can preface bits of code with this:

/* hides the map this! button */
.map_this {display: none;}

the /* and the */ are VERY important, they enclose and comments you make.



There are so many things that are separate (header, navbar, etc) that I do not know where to start! Which item do I customize first??
You decide :D try the header, then the navbar. Just like it describes in my "So you're a n00b" thread, sticky in this forum.

Ideally I would like a nice layout overall and then individualized layouts for the sections/galleries (example: sports photos for my students would have the school colors or background photo of the school etc.)...so is that possible? Yes. Once you get started, you simply make a post about which gallery (give us a link!) you want to target, and what you want to do.

Should I just be describing [what each code is for] it for myself in a separate document of my own (like Word)?NO do not use word. Make the changes in FF Web dev, and then when ready, copy to your CSS box on SmugMug :D

We'll be here to help you!

[gilbert]

I told myself I wouldn't be intimidated by the process...I lied to myself!

I have been reading this information for about a month now and thought I was ready!

Thanks for the quick response...I am ready to try something today...

Okay...how about a custom header then?! Sure! :scratch

I made my own watermark in PS elements so I'm feeling like I can do this...

We'll find out when we see the progress later, eh?

:huh

[gilbert]

ANDY!

So this is what I tried to get started...Homepage (http://gilbertphotos.smugmug.com)...

I used the instructions in this post No Banner Header from FAQ (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=381311#post381311)

I changed the sizing...I would like something nicer/more professional looking...but it's a start to get some ideas! :clap

I may not be able to get to the internet for a few days...but maybe I will edit some things to try as fancy headers...Like some with photos in them?? :D

Hopefully I did that part properly...Not too bad to learn about it and try something out.

THANKS!!!!! :thumb

[Mike Lane]

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