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Category: Website Creation
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The first thing when making a site, after you have the domain and a host and all that is the layout. There are three kinds of a layout. IFrames, DIV, and Table. But which one are you supposed to pick?
First it's mainly dependent on how much you know about HTML or XHTML.
- - DIV are easy layouts. They are mainly for beginners and while they are easy to make and code, they don't always make the nicest layouts depending on how you make the picture. Often times you have to repeat the background and if you don’t know the CSS to make it repeat only on the y axis and not the x-axis you will end up with an annoying effect. You also cannot have music for your site if this is the site layout you are using.
Div layouts reload everytime you click a link and go to a different page. This would mean your music, or anything else, is reloaded each time.
- - IFrames are simple if you know how to use them. An IFrame basically shows multiple pages, on one page. You are also given the option to have music on your site because it won’t end the song every time you change a page – depending on the page you have the music on and how you have your links set up.
In IFrames you are allowed to make the background and scrollbar transparent which is when you run into an issue with the other browsers – keep in mind that scrollbar colors are invalid CSS. I would not suggest using this type of layout if it is your first time!
- - Tables most find hard. If you are a beginner then a table layout is not for you. They can involve a lot of work, and if you aren't careful you mess it up big time. Often times I see people get ticked off and give up. If you are good with tables then these can make awesome layouts. It allows you to center your layout and everything. They take a lot of coding and are time consuming to make but the end result can at times, depending on how well you are at making them, make up for how long it took to make. The site layouts we have are generally table layouts.
Once you have chosen your site layout type, only thing left is to code and make the pictures for it.
