help with HTML layout

[haldarulon]

Hi all,

not really a work question more a personal

I have my own website hosting and the site uses it own package

I am happy with everything except...

some of the pages are bland...so I want to use my own layout on some of the pages.

all i need to do is copy and paste some HTML code in to the site for it to accept the layout on those pages:

 

my question is...

where can i get layouts... no content just the html layout, my package takes control of resizing ect.

 

 

HTML is not my strong point - but once i have something i can then edit a bit

[Edu-IT]

A site like Open Web Design - Download Free Web Design Templates might help.

[spadam]

I don't understand what you mean by "my package takes control of resizing". My understanding of 'layout' is defining the position and appearance of elements on the page. This would usually be achieved through a combination of HTML and CSS and would include determining the size at which those elements are rendered. Hate to ask this but can you be more specific about what you mean by your package and what it actually does?

[haldarulon]

I don't understand what you mean by "my package takes control of resizing". My understanding of 'layout' is defining the position and appearance of elements on the page. This would usually be achieved through a combination of HTML and CSS and would include determining the size at which those elements are rendered. Hate to ask this but can you be more specific about what you mean by your package and what it actually does?

 

Sorry its a bit tricky for me to explain...

I currently use a package called Sytist, it is for selling photos online. (https://www.picturespro.com/sytist/)

this software as far as i can tell manages css fonts etc...

for me to build a new page, the wysiwyg allows you to directly type in to the content area or paste in html code (in the same area) allowing for user defined layouts.

When i type in to the content area (as text not html) the page looks just like a word doc and not very pleasing at all.

I get the impression i could get a much more defined layout if i use html

I would gladly share a link to my site... to show you just not sure that i would be allowed :?

[spadam]

OK.. I think I understand better now... Good explanation. On a typical webpage HTML tags are used to 'mark up ' the content, defining what each section of content on the page represents. Most browsers will apply some default styles to various tags to determine how they are displayed. Mostly though CSS is used to control the appearance of the page and of the content on it. There are various ways to include CSS in a page. Usually it is loads from separate files which are hosted on the site but it is also possible to include CSS styles only be within the HTML tags or to include a CSS stylesheet within the HTML of the page. How much control you have over the appearance of your pages on this site will depend on what is permitted by the site. You should probably read a little on CSS stylesheets on the W3C site and then maybe try including some basic CSS on your page to see if it works. From there you could search online for a free ready made page template to see if you can get that looking good but YMMV with this. Does that help at all?

[haldarulon]

oh my... just following that bit of advice it has already made the world of difference!

thanks!