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Harry · Jan 20th, 2006, 01:15 PM

Kupoartist already suggested a good free FTP client; you can use that or Filezilla (free) - both should do the job just fine.

Speaking of the code itself, as kupo said, you may use a program like Frontpage, that unfortunately creates code mainly targeted to IE users. Because of the nature of the website, we wrote all the code of PsFantasy.com using a tool like notepad in windows - but again, it all depends on your needs.

Also, there are many ways to write your code. Using html tables for the layout is still one of the most popular ways of writing html - while it's a deprecated way of writing html code, sometimes it's still the only REALISTIC way of doing things that must work also on older browsers - and considering this is a school project, and considering often school have browsers that can be even 4 years old, this is probably the way to go.

While this version of PsFantasy.com is made with this technique, it's still valid code (in the sense it follows current web standards); the next version will say goodbye to tables, but just because among our users just a little percentage (0.5%) still uses older browsers. Just think that a lot of the most popular websites on the net, including search engines, have "invalid" code, or "dirty" code - because they need it to be compatible with all browsers.

A last thing - I do not understand if creating the website, and learning html is part of the task, or if this is just needed for the presentation of the project. Because if you already have the content, and you "just" need to present it in a pretty way on the web (in other words, if teachers are not going to ask your sister about HTML), please just drop me an e-mail, and tell me exactly what you need and what you already have.

Jan 20th, 2006, 01:15 PM	#3
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	Kupoartist already suggested a good free FTP client; you can use that or Filezilla (free) - both should do the job just fine. Speaking of the code itself, as kupo said, you may use a program like Frontpage, that unfortunately creates code mainly targeted to IE users. Because of the nature of the website, we wrote all the code of PsFantasy.com using a tool like notepad in windows - but again, it all depends on your needs. Also, there are many ways to write your code. Using html tables for the layout is still one of the most popular ways of writing html - while it's a deprecated way of writing html code, sometimes it's still the only REALISTIC way of doing things that must work also on older browsers - and considering this is a school project, and considering often school have browsers that can be even 4 years old, this is probably the way to go. While this version of PsFantasy.com is made with this technique, it's still valid code (in the sense it follows current web standards); the next version will say goodbye to tables, but just because among our users just a little percentage (0.5%) still uses older browsers. Just think that a lot of the most popular websites on the net, including search engines, have "invalid" code, or "dirty" code - because they need it to be compatible with all browsers. A last thing - I do not understand if creating the website, and learning html is part of the task, or if this is just needed for the presentation of the project. Because if you already have the content, and you "just" need to present it in a pretty way on the web (in other words, if teachers are not going to ask your sister about HTML), please just drop me an e-mail, and tell me exactly what you need and what you already have.