HTML - Questions About Interactive Book Website
Hey, this is my first post here in a while and I'm a little rusty on my HTML and CSS, so...
I wanted to make a website showcasing a book I am writing. I want it to be interactive, with music playing on different pages and sounds that can plat when certain words are hovered over. I don't want to use flash and want to use minimal Javascript/PHP (none if possible) I won't mind using a service like Scribd, if it allows that kind of customization... I don't need anything fancy, like page turning animations, just the text to appear when the next page is clicked (though it would be nice to keep the user on the same page and the page turn just loads new text...) Is this possible? Are there resources you can point me to? Are there any services that already offer this? Thanks in advance! Similar TutorialsHi all. FYI, I don't know how to do this and not sure if this is the best place to post. I'd like to make a small map that's 1000 x 1000 in boxes. The idea is that the user could, with a mouse, select a block within this map as long as it's within the specified perimeter. How should I even get started? I volunteer to maintain a page for a non-profit: http://www.girlsincsoaz.org This was a request "We have a fund raiser that all the Board will be working on. We'll be mailing to local individuals and my intent for a private page was a place that any Board member could go to log those names mailed to. I didn't want duplication of mailings and thought that each person could input who they sent to." I have created the private page, my hosting account--one world hosting-but they don't seem to have any tools to do the active page Any ideas TIA Hi, I'm new around here and kinda new to HTML. I need help with a database. I own a virtual airline at www.flyzapvirtual.com and am hoping to update my schedule. I want to be able to let viewers click on the flight number so that a small window will popup giving the full details of the flight. I know how to make a popup where a warning message comes up, but that's no use. I also know a bit about the 'onclick=' method, but I want to be able to do it so that the text that I want to come up will actually be in the code. And even better, I'd like them to be able to search for flights, so that they sort. Example: If I was to select a departure destination, then the arrival destination list would be shortened to only the places that we fly to from the selected departure destination. Get it? Don't worry if you don't, that's not too important. I'd be very grateful to anyone who can help me. Cheers. hi. this is for my degree so all help greatly appreciated. i'm creating a website that has been designed by somebody else. the navigation is the part i'm needing help on. the front page will be a galaxy of stars, each star being a link. the brightest stars will be the most popular links and when you hover over a star information will pop up on whats behind that link and also nearby stars will enlarge and show a little information of whats behind them. sounds like i'm in for some hard work but i dont really know where to start. what do you think i should use? thanks for your time. sam I'm about to embark on something I realise will probably take a while to get right. Before I begin, it'd be good to pool opinions on the best approach. I've already done some preliminary research and to be honest at the moment it's all beyond my understanding! The goal is to create a custom player of audio and video files with custom GUI, as part of a webpage. I don't want to use Quicktime because, AFAIK, it would prohibit a custom "look". It may be necessary to create four separate players as the following situations need to be accommodated: 1) playing a single audio file 2) playing an "album" of audio files, in sequence 3) playing a single video file 4) playing an "album" of video files, in sequence The player GUI would feature a "screen". When playing a video, the screen would show the video. When playing an audio file, there would be a still image associated with each song which would occupy the screen. Then below the screen would be the usual apparatus for people to control playback: a trackbar, time counter, buttons for "play", "pause" and "stop". There would also be "next" and "previous" buttons for use when playing an album - they would be disabled when playing a single audio or video. I have a few questions... 1. Apart from Flash, I don't want my visitors to need to install any software before they can use the player. I presume this depends solely on the media formats involved? 2. What video format would you recommend? What about FLV? 3. What audio format would you recommend? Ideally I'd like to use OGG but if that would introduce complications then I'll use something else. 4. There's always going to be a download button on the player so that the visitor can download the file being played. Now I've noticed on some sites that if a video is loading (before being played), and you attempt to directly download it, sometimes the download will "fail" at the point at which the loading was halted. So if the video has only loaded 40% and you start downloading it directly, the resulting file on your harddrive will only be 40% of what it should be. It's probably due to the streamed video being downloaded to an anonymous temp folder and being left in an incomplete state which the OS then thinks is a completed download. Can anything be done to stop this happening? Perhaps hide the "download" button until the file has finished loading? Below is a mock-up of how I'd like the player to look, so you know what I'm going for. The purple background is supposed to resemble an HTML page. I look forward to reading people's views. Thanks for reading this long post, Seymour. I've been trying to find a good book to learn HTML from the beginning, I can't learn from online tutorials because I like having a book infront of me. My only worry is that all books I find were made 5+ years ago and I fear that the language may have changed since then and that I'll be learning things that are invalid now. Are there any recent books or even books that have been made years ago but are still very valid now? What are your top 5 recommended books for beginners? Thanks a lot. What's the best book to learn web design please? I was leaning towards the Head First Web Design book but don't like most of the reviews on it even though I love the other Head First books, is this the best book on web design or is there any other[s] that's better? Hi guys, I'm a University student in scotland who has avoided the HTML side of group projects for 2 years now so i feel it is time to catch up. For 3rd year i need to learn some JSP so i feel i should learn the basics and a bit more of HTML. Enough for me to understand syntax of Javascript/JSP implementation. I was wondering if there was a book out there where i could learn HTML/CSS in like say in a time scale of a month. With like an hour or two working on it per day. I can give or take few hours/days. If theres a book in PDF format you can reconmend or some online tutorial please do. As i want to be fluent in the basics of HTML by like 30-40 days time. Much appreciated Thanks James Hello, Could someone recommend a couple of books for me? I'm interested in upping my skills in html/xml/css/javascript etc but am unsure what to purchase. I have: Advanced knowledge of html Moderate knowledge of css Basic knowledge of javascript VERY Basic knowledge of Actionscript 3.0 I was looking into Lynda and Friends of Ed. Thoughts? Anyone know of an inexpensive and SEO friendly way to display book pages in an online html reader? I am developing a bookstore website where people can read the entire book online before buying, and the option of using an online flash-based PDF reader doesn't work for SEO. In the html format, the books would have to be displayed page by page so people couldn't steal and distribute the entire book easily. Is the only way to do this by programming every page or is there a program, script or compiler that is good for SEO and will do the job cheaply? There are many online libraries that have hundreds of thousands of pages readable online, so how do they do it cheaply? Thanks. Hello guys, i was wondering if any of you knows of :Some sort of book with html tests. Like in math where there are lots of tests and problem books , is there any place where we can find/buy/download HTML test books? Thanks in advance for your answers and since is almost the last day of the year i will rush in wishing you all HAPPY NEW YEAR! i have 2 questions... 1st can any1 help me figure out why i cant get my tables to properly work arround my flash menu ? you can see here if you minimize the window the table lets my flash menu move into my text it use to not do this but i dont know what i did... http://www.freewebs.com/fallingrain11/outcome.html the code im using for this is below :: <tr><td bordercolor="#7FFC00"; align="left" Width="17%" valign="top"> <div id="object1" style="position:absolute; visibility:show; left:25px; top:-50px; z-index:2"> <a href="javascript:void" > <object cellpadding="100"; classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" width="143" height="395"> <param name="BGCOLOR" value="#0"> <param name=movie value="irawr-flash-menu-vertical.swf"> <param name=quality value=high> <embed src="irawr-flash-menu-vertical.swf" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="143" height="395" bgcolor="#0"> </embed> </object> </a></div> ALSO CAN ANY1 PLEASE RECOMEND A GOOD JAVA & GOOD HTML BOOK ? I HEARD JAVA FOR DUMMIES WAS HORRIBLE... I REALLY NEED A BOOK FOR EACH TO HELP ME OUT... THANKS... Hello! I would like to learn HTML for work and was wondering if anyone could recommend a DVD Tutorial Program (preferably) or a book for someone who knows nothing about HTML. Thank you! Jeff This is my site currently ... www.fortheloveinc.com (please click to see what I am referring to) 1st Question ~ As you go from page to page on my site, you'll notice the annoying banner at the very top of the page. The site is hosted by godaddy.com, but there must be a way to remove that from my site. All the advertisements as well. Is it because I am temporarily using the free host option when you first purchase a domain do you think? Just wondering how I remove all of that off of my site. 2nd Question ~ I've been using Photoshop, for the graphics on my site (the headers, and the clickable links). I would like to be able to fill my site, from side to side, and from top to bottom. How do I do this using html? Basically make use of the whole page, instead of just little portions of it. Thank you and I'm hoping y'all can help me out with these questions. Much appreciated. I am a new member and I was hoping someone could help me. I have looked for answers myself, but I havent come across them. Question 1- How do I add a Scroll Bar Box to left side to slip the page into 2 sections, and How to add Links to it? Question 2- How Do I make the Screen not move off the page? So the Bottom scrollbar does not show up. Ex. If I am using Internet Explorer, and I have my Favorites up, and I expand the box, It makes the screen smaller, But the website also gets smaller, but you can still see evrything. I Hope you guys can help me. Hello everyone. Tho i am a new user, i need help on this one. 1)Does anyone have or know a ready rating and commenting system code that you can just stick on your HTML page? 2)Anyone know where to get Dreamweaver CS1+ for a pretty low price? I hope i posted in the right section. Please help me out! Thanks in advance! Hello all! I just started a site and I have two questions that would really help me out. First - I have a news section on my website that I want people to be able to comment on. I have searched the web forever on this, but I want people to be able to click the comment section below the article which will redirect them to another page where they can add/view comments. I also want people to be able to see how many comments have been posted on the original article. Whats the best way of doing this? Second - I have a sidebar on my website that provides a quick link to an article that has been posted. Is there anyway I can make that sidebar once and reference throughout the other pages on my website so I don't have to update each individual page? Thanks in advance for your help. p.s. the website is http://www.socomfans.com Hi guys I don't know if I should be asking these question here not still here we go, 1. I want to add the login and out box from the forums to my website homepage How can I do that??? 2. I want to put that search box from the forums to website homepage as well so if some member/user search the website they get the results out of forums. I hope I explained good Please ask for more information if you need Thank You so much. |