As said in the topic I want to make an all sniper maps server for CoD4 as soon as it comes out. I also want to make a site but I think I might just use microsoft office tools or something like that if i can't find any website editing software. ANYONE can help me by: making sniper maps(barriers in the middle like mines or barbed-wire or something), telling me where and how i can make a website, helping me make the website(or suggestions), or anyhting else you can think of that would help. I appreciate it

Sniper

Learning web design?

One stop trip: W3Schools

Covers all major web languages, with full tutorials and examples.

Taught myself html in around 2 weeks, and php in a couple of months using w3schools.

As for programs, I use DreamWeaver. I would suggest always using the code view in any program you choose, as this will help you understand much better how web pages actually work as well as creating better quality sites.

Incidentally, basic html pages can be viewed on your pc using any browser. If you start looking into server-side scripting, you will need to install a webserver (I recommend Apache) on your pc.

Good Luck!

like i said, i have no experience whatsoever with any of this and i don't even know what a web server is!

microsoft puts out frontpage. But you might not have that. You can technically use Word and save (or publish) to html. It all depends on how far you want to go with this.

What I would recommend for publishing maps and information about what you are doing is wordpress (.org). This is a website blog program that will allow you to publish your thoughts and so on. Then you can find a plugin for it that will assist in adding files to your server and making them downloadable. All that's left is to find a place to host it. See, you will probably need your own host (a place to put your website online) if you want to put downloads of your files online. OF course... you can always just post them here and link to them from your website. If that is the case, then you can just use the free wordpress site for posting your ... well your posts.

But then Batistablr knows of a place where you can host your own stuff that would work for you. But I would only consider that if you want to go that one step further into website stuff.

I hope that wasn't vague.

ok i followed the link given by pedro and it's actually woking out pretty well for me! i've always been kind of a gear head so i almost completely understand this. ive made a header, text, image on my page, and i've even made a background image! that link is a gold mine. thanks a million Pedro!

however i want to know how to change my text color(if i can)
i also want to know how to make a forum. is it just a program by chance? or do i have to go through and make a bunch of headers links and everything else?

and yes, foyleman. I want to make this website official and recognized. i already know a couple of sites that i might try to partner up with({S-K}, Codutility, Codfiles, filefront, a whole bunch of sites)



edited on Aug. 17, 2007 07:27 pm by 94sniper

First of all, since you know nothing about web design and such i would say you should def learn html/xhtml (to make the basics), css (if you wanna get fancy). Also if u wanna get a .com domain ur gonna have to pay for that too. Your also gonna have to set ur computer up to run as a server to host; plus your going to have to get a fast internet connection if u plan on hosting the cod4 server off your computer.

W3schools is very good, but read all tutorials multiple times and practice. No offense but it takes years of knowledge to do this stuff. But by all means do w/e floats ur boat.

Best of luck
xxxsniper
peace

EDIT:
what u should do is go to freewebs.com and make a site there then buy a domain name for the site. Its way easier that way.

edited on Aug. 17, 2007 08:57 pm by xxxsniper

ok, i understand some of the tags and such now like bold, text size, and inserting pictures. what i don't get is how to contain certain parts of it to one area. for example, on your left at the top you will see the main menu, then the tutorials, then the online members,etc. i want to know how to make all of these and the little boxes around them, too. and foyleman, i finally realized why you always type so perfectly, even one quotation mark can screw up a whole page. and don't worry guys, i got my own method for testing and making sure it's all ok.
Also(ya i know its getting old)i want to know how to make a registration system like the one here with ranks and everything, cept im gonna make avatars available to everyone, not that i'd try to better you foyleman

edited on Aug. 17, 2007 10:40 pm by 94sniper

For layout, modern sites use css. However I would suggest learning to use tables, as these are much simpler. Lots of info about tables on w3schools.

As for forums and login systems these are much more complicated and require server scripting and databases (more advanced). I would suggest downloading phpbb, which is a free forum.

To use both databases and server scripting you will have to install your own webserver for testing, or buy/find for free a web hosting package.

To set up my webserver, I used these instructions:

Here

Just work you way through it.

Once you feel you have 'mastered' html start having a look at the php tutorials.

If you've done any COD scripting you should find php quite easy, as QuakeC is very similar. (I actually learnt php first, then got into cod2 scripting)

(hehe. as I wrote this someone posted something similar.)

Although there are many ways to place columns and such on a page, the easiest way for someone who is new at this is to do it with tables. example:

<table width="775" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Top Imagetd>
tr>
<tr>
<td width="175" valign="top">Left Columntd>
<td width="600" valign="top">Main Contenttd>
tr>
table>

Some explanations of the code:
colspan="2" : this means that this column should span across two columns thereby making what would normally be two columns only one.
valign="top" : align everything to the top of this column because the default is to center it (middle is the correct term rather than center).

If you want to build a community website, then I recommend looking at PostNuke or PHPNuke. These are website programs that will start you off with almost a pre-made website. You just pop in the main image at the top and fill in all the news and such. Plus it's all free (open source).

ok i found PostNuke and i just downloaded it, now what? HTML file or Pheonix file? i looked at pheonix and it looks like it's the script for the website that it "basically starts you off with. im going to go ahead and run it and see what it does.