Today I've Learned...
Jul. 27th, 2006 12:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spottoToday I will speak about layouts, the more modern layouts. Tables are the traditional way, and to me I have no idea how to code them, but CSS is the new way which I definitely know enough to make a medicore layout. What I'm trying to do is create a clan site with 3 columns and 3 rows. The three columns will only be three columns in the 2nd row, as the first would be the banner and the last would be the footer.
Of course, it's a big layout, so I want to center it for people who have crappy resolutions of 1024X768, so it looks better. <center> is not the thing I will use as I would be going around doing DIV layers, so according to many, many sites, I have to uses the "auto" thing, but that auto thing won't work with stupid browsers like Netscape 4 and all the Internet Explorers. (People who use those are fucking morons, seriously, but that's not the point) [No offense.]
So, I will have to use the align and center thing, but it centers the words, and thus I have to align it within each individual DIV layer "left" or "right' if I want the words left or right, which means...oh my god, MORE WORK.
TO me, more work would be making a tables layout, but what I'm doing is making a CSS layout that looks like a table layout. And for it to work I have to explore more of what I don't know of CSS, and since all I do is position and unorganize my HTML work anyway, as it is basically a fookin' mess. I was considering using the random PHP code to randomlize the quote on the site (Underdog does it) but then I would have to change the extension from SSI to PHP, and I prefer SSI because all the Anime sites use it, even if the more professional (but usually the males) use PHP. I'm not going to bother with PHP for it's confusing, but maybe I'll learn it if I have the time. I'm not trying to use PHP for much things anyway, and SSI satisfies my need. (Although that may have a problem if Raven buys a server and I decide to throw stats on the page, but I'll just be cheap and use frames to do that, linking to a PHP-coded page from the frame instead.)
In other words, I will end up using iframes, PHP, SSI, and even tables for stats would probably use that, all in one layout! Now throwing iframes and tables with CSS isn't entirely "efficient" but whatever does the job is all I care for and I guess doing iframes all the time (I consider it easier than CSS, but CSS is easier than tables) would ruin my opportunity of using new things. After all, the old Arcane Wraith site never used SSI and it was a fook to handle, and when I switched to SSI in the GD site, it was better (but I hated the GD layout) so if I combine a nice layout like AW's old site, and better coding with GD's site, I would be doing stuff from what I learned! And in the end we'll all be happy.
I'm going to start all the coding tomorrow, and I would probably use the GD site coding for reference as I probably don't remember much (but I do now after reading up on it) and so the layout is going to be one of my more advanced layouts (to me, that is) because I'm going to use some coding I have never used before, and I inevitably will probably screw up. I mean I have to center the goddamned background as well, so it's all pretty and centered. Then I have to write over the pictures, and make them links, then implement SSI, all together! It'll take more than a day's worth of coding and stuff (which is why I prefer just designing and then forgetting about the site) and I DO have a billion unused layouts on my computer. I also don't like how Imageready automatically recodes the slices into tables. (Dunno if that is changed in the newer versions)
In the end, you all probably have no idea what I just talked about. Haha.
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The AW clan itself has been recruiting more people and that's good to hear (I haven't seen many of them other than Amp, Raven, and me, BLAH), but I find that good. Also we lost a scrim pretty badly (12-0, yes, we were pooned) BUT I AM DETERMINED TO WIN A REMATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR ALL MANGOS AND CHOCOLATE PUDDING AROUND US!!!! In other news, we may be scriming Apple later, and I'm excited, yarr. I keep forgetting to rewatch Project X ('cause it's cool) but I will tomorrow, hopefully.
In other non-clan news, I have been waking up late because I'm doing an experiment with my neighbours. (Well they aren't aware of it) You see, the neighbours to the left of me have a baby, the people downstairs have two young kids, one isn't even in school and the other is in 1st grade, then on the other side of my house is a family with a kid in 1st grade and a baby girl. Now, I assume the baby to my left is a boy, as the kid downstairs is a boy and the younger is a girl, while the other side is two girls. So accordingly, I listened to them and their parents, yes, eavesdropping, but who the hell cares. THe people on the left are very strict of their one lone baby, which they may be abusive to and the baby may be an accident (the people raising them are quite young) the mother apparently goes to work every morning at 8 and the father is a black guy with dreadlocks, who plays the drums, the xylophone, and sings some weird foreign song. He sings it around noon probably with a band or something, and it has a good beat.
Anyway, the kid cries 24/7 and instead of comforting it when the baby cries or what, they yell at it to SHUT UP and say NO. NONONONO. I would thing if it was crying you give it milk or something. So they are abusive and strict.
The people downstairs are the in fact opposite. I never been down there, but I believe they only own one phone. The boy tends to invite many friends over and JUMP AROUND THE HOUSE LIKE INSANE MONKEYS!!! They smash at the ground, the ceiling, and SCREAM LIKE GIRLS, not exaggerating. The girl, (younger sister) will start crying if the boy doesn't listen to the mother. Who often says, "Get the phone, son!" But he does pretty late and I hear him running to the phone, meaning there only must be one because I only hear one ring of the phone. And whenever the girl does cry, the boy SCREAMS, "I'M SORRY!!" not because he is sorry but to get her to shut up, so in fact down there is the exact opposite of the neighbours. Checking out, we go to the Asian family of the right, two girls.
The two girls prove no problem to me, except the baby cries 24/7, and the older girl NEVER SHUTS UP! She talks, and talks, and talks, and talks, and plays with my hamster/torture it, and bother me when I'm doing something important like coding a website. (which she doesn't believe, biatch) And all we do is play Super Smash Bros. And she gave me a Minun keychain that's missing an ear. My room is not close to that side so I don't know what they're like but they don't make as much noise as the other two, however they are still very annoying.
So far from my research, I don't like kids, but seeing as I am the most stubborn picky eater of them all (My brother ate the last type of noodles and my mom offered me many other types of noodles, and other food, and even some food I like, and EVEN THE NOODLES MY BROTHER WAS EATING THAT I WANTED, but he already ate some so I didn't bother to eat lunch. So really I don't want a child like me. -_-)
That is my experiment, xD. Also, I concluding that either a stereotype of a generalization, that african americans with dreadlocks seem to be more "calm" and "collective" than other of their race, who tend to be stereotyped as people who are strict, rap, or deal drugs. So, I learned things today, not only in coding, clanning, but even in social society.
That's all from the Spot-Cam! Until next time folks, BIFFers, and Shiroi, etc. Jigglypuff rocks, Li has better eyes than you (even that green-eyed guy Lefty likes) and I love Soldat.
Buhbye. Spoot you.
Of course, it's a big layout, so I want to center it for people who have crappy resolutions of 1024X768, so it looks better. <center> is not the thing I will use as I would be going around doing DIV layers, so according to many, many sites, I have to uses the "auto" thing, but that auto thing won't work with stupid browsers like Netscape 4 and all the Internet Explorers. (People who use those are fucking morons, seriously, but that's not the point) [No offense.]
So, I will have to use the align and center thing, but it centers the words, and thus I have to align it within each individual DIV layer "left" or "right' if I want the words left or right, which means...oh my god, MORE WORK.
TO me, more work would be making a tables layout, but what I'm doing is making a CSS layout that looks like a table layout. And for it to work I have to explore more of what I don't know of CSS, and since all I do is position and unorganize my HTML work anyway, as it is basically a fookin' mess. I was considering using the random PHP code to randomlize the quote on the site (Underdog does it) but then I would have to change the extension from SSI to PHP, and I prefer SSI because all the Anime sites use it, even if the more professional (but usually the males) use PHP. I'm not going to bother with PHP for it's confusing, but maybe I'll learn it if I have the time. I'm not trying to use PHP for much things anyway, and SSI satisfies my need. (Although that may have a problem if Raven buys a server and I decide to throw stats on the page, but I'll just be cheap and use frames to do that, linking to a PHP-coded page from the frame instead.)
In other words, I will end up using iframes, PHP, SSI, and even tables for stats would probably use that, all in one layout! Now throwing iframes and tables with CSS isn't entirely "efficient" but whatever does the job is all I care for and I guess doing iframes all the time (I consider it easier than CSS, but CSS is easier than tables) would ruin my opportunity of using new things. After all, the old Arcane Wraith site never used SSI and it was a fook to handle, and when I switched to SSI in the GD site, it was better (but I hated the GD layout) so if I combine a nice layout like AW's old site, and better coding with GD's site, I would be doing stuff from what I learned! And in the end we'll all be happy.
I'm going to start all the coding tomorrow, and I would probably use the GD site coding for reference as I probably don't remember much (but I do now after reading up on it) and so the layout is going to be one of my more advanced layouts (to me, that is) because I'm going to use some coding I have never used before, and I inevitably will probably screw up. I mean I have to center the goddamned background as well, so it's all pretty and centered. Then I have to write over the pictures, and make them links, then implement SSI, all together! It'll take more than a day's worth of coding and stuff (which is why I prefer just designing and then forgetting about the site) and I DO have a billion unused layouts on my computer. I also don't like how Imageready automatically recodes the slices into tables. (Dunno if that is changed in the newer versions)
In the end, you all probably have no idea what I just talked about. Haha.
-----
The AW clan itself has been recruiting more people and that's good to hear (I haven't seen many of them other than Amp, Raven, and me, BLAH), but I find that good. Also we lost a scrim pretty badly (12-0, yes, we were pooned) BUT I AM DETERMINED TO WIN A REMATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR ALL MANGOS AND CHOCOLATE PUDDING AROUND US!!!! In other news, we may be scriming Apple later, and I'm excited, yarr. I keep forgetting to rewatch Project X ('cause it's cool) but I will tomorrow, hopefully.
In other non-clan news, I have been waking up late because I'm doing an experiment with my neighbours. (Well they aren't aware of it) You see, the neighbours to the left of me have a baby, the people downstairs have two young kids, one isn't even in school and the other is in 1st grade, then on the other side of my house is a family with a kid in 1st grade and a baby girl. Now, I assume the baby to my left is a boy, as the kid downstairs is a boy and the younger is a girl, while the other side is two girls. So accordingly, I listened to them and their parents, yes, eavesdropping, but who the hell cares. THe people on the left are very strict of their one lone baby, which they may be abusive to and the baby may be an accident (the people raising them are quite young) the mother apparently goes to work every morning at 8 and the father is a black guy with dreadlocks, who plays the drums, the xylophone, and sings some weird foreign song. He sings it around noon probably with a band or something, and it has a good beat.
Anyway, the kid cries 24/7 and instead of comforting it when the baby cries or what, they yell at it to SHUT UP and say NO. NONONONO. I would thing if it was crying you give it milk or something. So they are abusive and strict.
The people downstairs are the in fact opposite. I never been down there, but I believe they only own one phone. The boy tends to invite many friends over and JUMP AROUND THE HOUSE LIKE INSANE MONKEYS!!! They smash at the ground, the ceiling, and SCREAM LIKE GIRLS, not exaggerating. The girl, (younger sister) will start crying if the boy doesn't listen to the mother. Who often says, "Get the phone, son!" But he does pretty late and I hear him running to the phone, meaning there only must be one because I only hear one ring of the phone. And whenever the girl does cry, the boy SCREAMS, "I'M SORRY!!" not because he is sorry but to get her to shut up, so in fact down there is the exact opposite of the neighbours. Checking out, we go to the Asian family of the right, two girls.
The two girls prove no problem to me, except the baby cries 24/7, and the older girl NEVER SHUTS UP! She talks, and talks, and talks, and talks, and plays with my hamster/torture it, and bother me when I'm doing something important like coding a website. (which she doesn't believe, biatch) And all we do is play Super Smash Bros. And she gave me a Minun keychain that's missing an ear. My room is not close to that side so I don't know what they're like but they don't make as much noise as the other two, however they are still very annoying.
So far from my research, I don't like kids, but seeing as I am the most stubborn picky eater of them all (My brother ate the last type of noodles and my mom offered me many other types of noodles, and other food, and even some food I like, and EVEN THE NOODLES MY BROTHER WAS EATING THAT I WANTED, but he already ate some so I didn't bother to eat lunch. So really I don't want a child like me. -_-)
That is my experiment, xD. Also, I concluding that either a stereotype of a generalization, that african americans with dreadlocks seem to be more "calm" and "collective" than other of their race, who tend to be stereotyped as people who are strict, rap, or deal drugs. So, I learned things today, not only in coding, clanning, but even in social society.
That's all from the Spot-Cam! Until next time folks, BIFFers, and Shiroi, etc. Jigglypuff rocks, Li has better eyes than you (even that green-eyed guy Lefty likes) and I love Soldat.
Buhbye. Spoot you.
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Date: 2006-07-28 05:52 am (UTC)Except that the people on the left tend to light fires next to our fence and get annoyed when Dad calls the fire brigade. And the house across the road used to have wild parties in which people got drunk, threw rocks at our house and stabbed other drunk people.
Thankfully their children left home. @____@