help 4 the needy

bellbivdevo · January 23, 2009

ok - wondering if there was anyone to help me make my site- i have tried countless times yet to no dice- Where to start? well anywhere, the basics are not even working for me-http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com
I have asked a web builder but funds are tight even though there prices are good- so If your willing to help me step by step shoot me a message-sorry for being so "html/css" dumb but wow this stuff is confusing- thanks all -James

:toughp.s if willing to help u must have alot of patience and willing to answer alot of dumb questions- thnx!

jfriend · January 23, 2009

Before anyone can help, it would be best if you identified the first thing that you want to accomplish. So far, we only know you want help, but don't know what you want help with. Start with one simple request (be as specific as possible for what you want) and go from there.

bmoreshooter · January 23, 2009

Don't feel dumb
Don't feel dumb. I am having a lot of problems also and I am pretty sure we're not the only ones. I realize that most of it is my fault due to lack of knowlege in web basics, but i am about to give up and cancel my subscription. While the set up may seem simple to the people who are at the other end of our help request it still GREEK to me. My web site host was even less help. I sent them a request for help with a CNAME and the danced all around the issue and told me they could not do what I requested. I am going to make one more attempt on Monday and if that does'nt work I will just cancel. Perhaps this just isn't meant for everyone. You have my sympathy but I could not help you if I tried.

bellbivdevo · January 23, 2009

bmoreshooter wrote:

Don't feel dumb. I am having a lot of problems also and I am pretty sure we're not the only ones. I realize that most of it is my fault due to lack of knowlege in web basics, but i am about to give up and cancel my subscription. While the set up may seem simple to the people who are at the other end of our help request it still GREEK to me. My web site host was even less help. I sent them a request for help with a CNAME and the danced all around the issue and told me they could not do what I requested. I am going to make one more attempt on Monday and if that does'nt work I will just cancel. Perhaps this just isn't meant for everyone. You have my sympathy but I could not help you if I tried.

I hope things work out for you! As for me, i am gonna keep on trucken and hope that I can grasp this- thanks for your nice words though-

bellbivdevo · January 23, 2009

jfriend wrote:

Before anyone can help, it would be best if you identified the first thing that you want to accomplish. So far, we only know you want help, but don't know what you want help with. Start with one simple request (be as specific as possible for what you want) and go from there.

i guess just try to get the header but in very simple terms i'm all ears -

! I hope this is a good place to start- In the meantime I am gonna try again! Thanks Jfriend-what does your site look like?

Andy · January 23, 2009

bmoreshooter wrote:

Don't feel dumb. I am having a lot of problems also and I am pretty sure we're not the only ones. I realize that most of it is my fault due to lack of knowlege in web basics, but i am about to give up and cancel my subscription. While the set up may seem simple to the people who are at the other end of our help request it still GREEK to me. My web site host was even less help. I sent them a request for help with a CNAME and the danced all around the issue and told me they could not do what I requested. I am going to make one more attempt on Monday and if that does'nt work I will just cancel. Perhaps this just isn't meant for everyone. You have my sympathy but I could not help you if I tried.

Cancel? Bah! Just write our help desk, ATTN: Doc (http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal) and let our Doctor of CNAMES just do it for you

Many of us Smuggers are traveling today, Doc included, so it may be Saturday when he returns your email - but he WILL get you fixed up easy peasy, promise!

jfriend · January 23, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

i guess just try to get the header but in very simple terms i'm all ears -! I hope this is a good place to start- In the meantime I am gonna try again! Thanks Jfriend-what does your site look like?

The way this works is that you explain to me what you would like to accomplish on your site and what you've tried or where you got stuck. I then help you get to the next step.

I can see your site and everything in it so far. So far, I see that you have a navbar with a couple links hooked up and some other links not yet hooked up. I see that you put in some header text and it's showing OK, but it's probably formatted smaller than you want. What would you like to work on first?

bellbivdevo · January 24, 2009

jfriend wrote:

The way this works is that you explain to me what you would like to accomplish on your site and what you've tried or where you got stuck. I then help you get to the next step.

I can see your site and everything in it so far. So far, I see that you have a navbar with a couple links hooked up and some other links not yet hooked up. I see that you put in some header text and it's showing OK, but it's probably formatted smaller than you want. What would you like to work on first?

Thnx Jfriend-the navbar please and hooking them all up - i dont quite understand how to link up the others i dont understand how to complete it- im headed off to work right now but i will get the rest of the info 2 u hopefully tnght when i come home-10ish- how do i make the nav bar bigger? thanks jfriend

jfriend · January 24, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

Thnx Jfriend-the navbar please and hooking them all up - i dont quite understand how to link up the others i dont understand how to complete it- im headed off to work right now but i will get the rest of the info 2 u hopefully tnght when i come home-10ish- how do i make the nav bar bigger? thanks jfriend

To make your navbar bigger and give it a little spacing from the top of the screen, change the items in red in your CSS:

#navcontainer ul {
margin: 15px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
font-size: 160%;
}

To hook up a navbar item, you need to edit the href value in each navbar entry. For example for this entry, you would edit the text between the quotes after the href=:

<li><a href="/gallery/7167603_YYYYY">Guestbook</a></li>

To find out what to put there, go in your browser to the destination you want the link to go to. In this case, we'll go to the Guestbook gallery you have. Then, look in the URL bar of the browser. In this case, you will see this:

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/gallery/7167603_NdafC#460082497_vg9d9

What you want to do it to copy the part in red to be in the href. It goes from just after the domain name (but must include the first / to just before the # sign (or the end if there is no # sign). So, that would be this part:

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/gallery/7167603_NdafC#460082497_vg9d9

which means the final navbar entry should look like this:

<li><a href="/gallery/7167603_NdafC">Guestbook</a></li>

bmoreshooter · January 26, 2009

getting help
I am sorry if I gave the wrong impression. The help desk is very responsive. I was writing out of frustration and about to give up. I think i've made some progress this morning and i'm glad. This site is truely what i've been looking for and i would like to stay. I received an email from Eric which corrected a simple typing error on my part in my domain name. So, stick with them and I beleive they will get you through. My faith has been renewed. Thanks.

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

bmoreshooter wrote:

I am sorry if I gave the wrong impression. The help desk is very responsive. I was writing out of frustration and about to give up. I think i've made some progress this morning and i'm glad. This site is truely what i've been looking for and i would like to stay. I received an email from Eric which corrected a simple typing error on my part in my domain name. So, stick with them and I beleive they will get you through. My faith has been renewed. Thanks.

no worries! jfriend has been helping me out- hope u get what your looking 4!-good luck!

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

jfriend wrote:

To make your navbar bigger and give it a little spacing from the top of the screen, change the items in red in your CSS:

#navcontainer ul {
margin: 15px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
font-size: 160%;
}

To hook up a navbar item, you need to edit the href value in each navbar entry. For example for this entry, you would edit the text between the quotes after the href=:

<li><a href="/gallery/7167603_YYYYY">Guestbook</a></li>

To find out what to put there, go in your browser to the destination you want the link to go to. In this case, we'll go to the Guestbook gallery you have. Then, look in the URL bar of the browser. In this case, you will see this:

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/gallery/7167603_NdafC#460082497_vg9d9

What you want to do it to copy the part in red to be in the href. It goes from just after the domain name (but must include the first / to just before the # sign (or the end if there is no # sign). So, that would be this part:

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/gallery/7167603_NdafC#460082497_vg9d9

which means the final navbar entry should look like this:

<li><a href="/gallery/7167603_NdafC">Guestbook</a></li>

Wow thanks- ok (i think i got some of it done! i also changed some colors!, I think i might be very slowly kinda getting it)-BUT- have been looking around and I really liked this site:http://charityswords.smugmug.com/ I like the look and feel to it everything about it the way the site is set up,the dark background aka (all of it) could you help me achieve this look?- I apologize for not giving u this info earlier, but i am really trying, and found what I am looking 4!-<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif" border="0" alt="" >
I like the slideshow but mabe with only 5-10 photos- I have looked up how to do a slide show and tried several times, but it never showed up<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/yelrotflmao.gif" border="0" alt="" >- Also how do I write in my guestbook and link my e-mail there? Like she did in charitywords? also (might as well get all my questions out now) I like the way she did her gallerys and how do I get the locks so only certain guests can very there pics?-hope i am not getting ahead of myself--Thank you, sorry about not getting back to you earlyer -thnx -John ...................james- ...................p.s i like your geysers pictures!

jfriend · January 26, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

Wow thanks- ok (i think i got some of it done! i also changed some colors!, I think i might be very slowly kinda getting it)-BUT- have been looking around and I really liked this site:http://charityswords.smugmug.com/ I like the look and feel to it everything about it the way the site is set up,the dark background aka (all of it) could you help me achieve this look?- I apologize for not giving u this info earlier, but i am really trying, and found what I am looking 4!-
I like the slideshow but mabe with only 5-10 photos- I have looked up how to do a slide show and tried several times, but it never showed up- Also how do I write in my guestbook and link my e-mail there? Like she did in charitywords? also (might as well get all my questions out now) I like the way she did her gallerys and how do I get the locks so only certain guests can very there pics?-hope i am not getting ahead of myself--Thank you, sorry about not getting back to you earlyer -thnx -John ...................james- ...................p.s i like your geysers pictures!

Have you tried out some of the themes that are based on a black background. Usually it's best to find a theme that is as close to what you want as possible to you have a good starting point for your customization. you can set a theme on an individual page or you can set it for your whole site in the control panel (site-wide-customization).

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

jfriend wrote:

Have you tried out some of the themes that are based on a black background. Usually it's best to find a theme that is as close to what you want as possible to you have a good starting point for your customization. you can set a theme on an individual page or you can set it for your whole site in the control panel (site-wide-customization).

got the home page dark- James what elese should i do? maybe slideshow?

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

got the home page dark- James what elese should i do? maybe slideshow?

got slideshow! have probs with gallery page-

jfriend · January 26, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

got slideshow! have probs with gallery page-

Your galleries page is here: http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/galleries and looks like it's working. You will need to add an item to your navbar that links to the galleries page.

Zebleys · January 26, 2009

Needing help as well ....
I'm happy to know I'm not the only one struggling with the more advanced html (I believe) yet at the same time, this thread has been the most amazing & after a month, I'm finally getting some where tonight.

If I may chime in with a question : How can I change the fonts in my navbar along with adding space in between the wording? My links are not active but I'm not stressing that part just yet. I created the navbar thanks to this thread and for that I'm grateful.

Here is my site ... www.zebleysphotography.smugbug.com

Thank you,
Julie
ZebleysPhotography@bellsouth.net

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

Zebleys wrote:

I'm happy to know I'm not the only one struggling with the more advanced html (I believe) yet at the same time, this thread has been the most amazing & after a month, I'm finally getting some where tonight.

If I may chime in with a question : How can I change the fonts in my navbar along with adding space in between the wording? My links are not active but I'm not stressing that part just yet. I created the navbar thanks to this thread and for that I'm grateful.

Here is my site ... www.zebleysphotography.smugbug.com

Thank you,
Julie
ZebleysPhotography@bellsouth.net

here try this: http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1932803 go to the bottom of the page-

jfriend · January 26, 2009

Zebleys wrote:

I'm happy to know I'm not the only one struggling with the more advanced html (I believe) yet at the same time, this thread has been the most amazing & after a month, I'm finally getting some where tonight.

If I may chime in with a question : How can I change the fonts in my navbar along with adding space in between the wording? My links are not active but I'm not stressing that part just yet. I created the navbar thanks to this thread and for that I'm grateful.

Here is my site ... www.zebleysphotography.smugbug.com

Thank you,
Julie
ZebleysPhotography@bellsouth.net

Navbar fonts can be set with this:

#navcontainer {font-family: Comic Sans MS, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Verdana;}

You fill in the fonts you want, in priority order. The browser picks the first one that it finds on the local system.

Spacing can be increased by changing the second padding number (the one in red). You probably also want to change the background line so it doesn't clash with your other background:

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 0em .5em;
color: #999999;
background: none;
}

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

jfriend wrote:

Your galleries page is here: http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/galleries and looks like it's working. You will need to add an item to your navbar that links to the galleries page.

dont understand not working? i would like to have all my galleries on one page for my viewers to see-like: http://charityswords.smugmug.com/galleries but i think i have too much going on in my custom header to know what to do-

Im still having issues linking-

jfriend · January 26, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

dont understand not working? i would like to have all my galleries on one page for my viewers to see-like: http://charityswords.smugmug.com/galleries but i think i have too much going on in my custom header to know what to do-<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif" border="0" alt="" > Im still having issues linking-

Is this page not all your galleries like you asked for?

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/galleries

What more do you want? If you want me to help, you will need to be specific. What is missing from that page that you expect to be there?

To fix your attempt at a link in your navbar, change this:

<li><a href="/smugmug.com/galleries"</a></li>

to this:

<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>

bellbivdevo · January 26, 2009

jfriend wrote:

Is this page not all your galleries like you asked for?

http://perspectivephotos.smugmug.com/galleries

What more do you want? If you want me to help, you will need to be specific. What is missing from that page that you expect to be there?

To fix your attempt at a link in your navbar, change this:

<li><a href="/smugmug.com/galleries"</a></li>

to this:

<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>

ok well to start
* the galleries link ,links me to the slide show-
*i have a guest book im not sure how to write in or how people write in
* i have a about me link that i can't write in
*i have a blind infomation link-how do i get rid of it? should i?
And on my home page i have a "perspective photos home" i would like to get rid of-thx
James

jfriend · January 26, 2009

bellbivdevo wrote:

ok well to start
* the galleries link ,links me to the slide show-
*i have a guest book im not sure how to write in or how people write in
* i have a about me link that i can't write in
*i have a blind infomation link-how do i get rid of it? should i?
And on my home page i have a "perspective photos home" i would like to get rid of-thx
James

This HTML and CSS stuff are programming languages. They are 100% picky about proper syntax (computers can be dumb that way sometimes) so you need to be really careful when making changes. It's not rocket science, it's just when making changes according to someone's directions, you have to be very diligent.

Your navbar link is not working because you changed it incorrectly. Please read my previous posting about what the galleries link is supposed to be and edit that entire line in your custom header to match what I wrote. Then your galleries link should work.

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