New site

dwilson · 1st December 2002, 03:08 AM

;D

I found out the hard way about moving CGI type stuff to the server from windows. I totally forgot about that, unpacked a crap load of files and configured my forum then couldn't get it working. It was then I realized I was still in windows! what a day! Well, after an hour of cleaning up my mess and redoing it from Linux I finally got my forum up! although my site is still very empty and ugly.

http://www.pcgamergeeks.com

If there are any other PC game geeks out there who wouldn't mind helping to collect content, I would appreciate it!

UH-Matt · 1st December 2002, 11:07 AM

nice start - i look forward to watching this site develope.

SNaK3 · 1st December 2002, 06:56 PM

What do you use to make your site?

dwilson · 1st December 2002, 11:00 PM

I only use notepad and wordpad. ( I use wordpad when working with the PHP files that I have saved while I was logged into Linux because linux puts all the tabs and cariage controls in the file and it's just too hard to weed through in notepad.)

SNaK3 · 2nd December 2002, 12:16 AM

good luck with your site and forums, i use to use notepad, it's quite good for coding but i don't have a clue how to do php. :P

JC79 · 2nd December 2002, 12:30 AM

Hiya Dwilson,

I must say, I love your navigation system - the way it stays in viewing even when scrolling up and down the page. Nice touch

dwilson · 2nd December 2002, 02:13 AM

Thanks JC79. I included that script in the scripts forum if you want it! It's very handy. You can even pan left and right and it still stays with you! Click here for slide menu

Subzero - What do you use to edit?

SNaK3 · 3rd December 2002, 03:39 PM

I never noticed that navigations cipt you got there dwilson, must be the fact that im using high resolution. ;D

however it's a good script.

I use Dreamweaver mainly, and because i don't code i usually make html web pages, with Photoshop for graphics. Basically because i enjoy it, and also skinning.

dwilson · 3rd December 2002, 11:03 PM

Yeah I been holding out on getting some software. I want either Frontpage or dreamweaver. Frontpage is almost $200. I may buy that tonight. It is a real pain coding everything. I like to learn but I also need to get my site up fast and make it look good because right now it looks terrible

dwilson · 4th December 2002, 01:38 AM

Ok...ok..I talked myself into buying frontpage. So far it sucks but I think i'll get the hang of it. Does nothing that I really want to do which is why I usually use notepad. Of course notepad is very slow when you need to spit pages out fast so I was forced into buying an editor. Wish me luck

SNaK3 · 4th December 2002, 03:10 PM

well i hope you get the hand of FrontPage, seems relatively easy to use in my opinion... and you should be able to learn quickly from it.

UH-Simon · 4th December 2002, 03:29 PM

Yeh, Frontpage is good for spitting out pages quickly. I tried to use it a long time ago but just got frustrated at how difficult it was to get things laid out exactly how I wanted so went back to notepad. ;D

dwilson · 5th December 2002, 02:43 AM

Ok I give up! I loaded my new and improved, but not quite complete (not near complete) site out there.

Have a look! Pc Gamer Geeks.com

UH-Matt · 5th December 2002, 10:24 AM

site design is a never ending process

dwilson · 5th December 2002, 11:12 AM

I was refering to my battle against using an editor instead of notepad. I lost! lol I am starting to like Frontpage.

SNaK3 · 5th December 2002, 11:13 AM

i think it looks a lot better although i suggest you reduce the large 1's and 0's...

now u need a matching skin, in the future if u need one just request one from me if you like..

though requests are temporarily closed... :-[

UH-Matt · 5th December 2002, 12:01 PM

Dreamweaver is meant to be good for people who dont like editors much

I myself am a notepad person

Darren · 5th December 2002, 12:06 PM

Front Page really isn't that good. Its not very helpful unless your a first time learner to HTML.

Notepad used to be my form of HTML coding, then I move to textpad, then onto Evsoft, now I used Dreamweaver MX, and its awesome.

For some reason I'm better using straight forward HTML rather than a page editer...

SNaK3 · 5th December 2002, 12:22 PM

i sometimes use the coding interface on dreamweaver, but usually i just use layout view and organise my tables.

UH-Matt · 5th December 2002, 12:31 PM

"UnitedHosting.co.uk - Coded in Notepad - The Right Way"