Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Other >> AstroWebsites Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 weatherandsky Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/27/06 Posts: 1534 Loc: Ontario, Canada My website needs a makeover - Advice Please       #2075347 - 12/26/07 04:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi everyone, I am still stuck in the stone age when it comes to web design. RIght now I just use nvu and occasionally will even make my pages from notepad and what little html source code I know. I really would love to update my site so that someone could browse my images by choosing to display them in various categories eg. type of subject(nature, astro, weather),type of object (NGC, Messiers, Cluster, Nebulas), equipment used, date, recent additions, etc. I am hoping that there is a very simple way to do this without having to make many multiple pages manually. I am afraid that the only efficient way to accomplish this is to figure out all this PHP, SQL database, content management system stuff. My web page host is Yahoo Geocities Pro. Does anyone have any advice? I don't know where to begin and what the work flow is. Are there any online sources that will help me make sense of how all this stuff works? ... and is there an easier more efficient way out there? Thanks, -------------------- Kerry * Weather and Sky Photography * QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C Meade 12" LightBridge Celestron C6-SCT Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO Omcon 4.5" Newt Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300 CGE, CG-5 GT Edited by weatherandsky (12/26/07 04:15 PM) Post Extras:       ericjacob613 Photon Hog Reged: 05/25/07 Posts: 3058 Loc: Santa Barbara CA Re: My website needs a makeover - Advice Please [Re: weatherandsky]       #2075555 - 12/26/07 05:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice site. I especially like the Hair Tips Links page! My own site uses a very simple layout. Each page has one huge table on it, covered with thumbnails and descriptions. I use Dreamweaver to make and maintain it. Feel free to check it out. No flashy graphics or etc. Just an easy layout. Post Extras:       weatherandsky Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/27/06 Posts: 1534 Loc: Ontario, Canada Re: My website needs a makeover - Advice Please [Re: ericjacob613]       #2075697 - 12/26/07 06:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Eric. You have a nice page layout and fantastic pics... I like it. I'll have a look at dreamweaver. -------------------- Kerry * Weather and Sky Photography * QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C Meade 12" LightBridge Celestron C6-SCT Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO Omcon 4.5" Newt Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300 CGE, CG-5 GT Post Extras:       Cygnus_x1 Sketcher Extraordinaire Reged: 11/17/04 Posts: 2116 Loc: Isle of Wight, England Re: My website needs a makeover - Advice Please [Re: weatherandsky]       #2076752 - 12/27/07 09:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I use Freewebs to make my astronomy website. They provide templates and you build and edit the thing online. Freewebs can be a bit slow and annoying at times, but the templates are nice and it's easy to use. It's also free. -------------------- Visual Deep Sky Observing Visual Astronomy blog Fotopic astronomy gallery My photos from astronomy events, etc 8x42 binoculars 'light thimble' 4" refractor and 4" Meade SCT 'light cups' 12" Dobsonian 'light bucket' Various TeleVue eyepieces Post Extras:       john D All you have to do is ask!! Reged: 08/05/07 Posts: 4934 Loc: Midlothian, VA Re: My website needs a makeover - Advice Please [Re: Cygnus_x1]       #2076962 - 12/27/07 11:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   freewebs is free? when i went there i thought i saw something that said i had to pay! if its really free i might check it out!! -------------------- Meade ETX-125 Meade LXD55 mount Philips SPC900NC webcam Seymour Solar filter Backyard Observatory -Midlothian VA --Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave-- Post Extras:       AleX`G scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/29/06 Posts: 877 Loc: Scotland UK Re: My website needs a makeover - Advice Please [Re: john D]       #2103408 - 01/07/08 03:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I think for viewers to sort information to be displayed you would need mysql with php or some equivalent. You dont need that much code to actually write a CMS for images in a database though creating an effective search engine can be quite hard. It will take quite a bit of reading to be able to bodge a site together which is what i usually do with php. Good Luck if you go down that route. Alex -------------------- ------------------------- Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8 Vixen GP Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS) Canon 300D ------------------------- Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 0 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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