New website - my ideas and questions

robjf

robjf

robjf

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Im creating a new website which im doing in stages to ensure i get through to its completion, unlike many of my other sites!

Ive started off with a design on a piece of paper with what i invisage the home page to look like with arrows everywhere saying how different things are updated, which in this case is going to be via an admin page only I (for now) can access. (I have plans for different levels of user authentication but wont include that for the first revision)

My first real question (jumping ahead of myself) is would it be worth MD5'ing the password then SHA-1 ing it (then obviously doing the comparison to the database? Ive got many questions about it and no doubt will be raping this sub forum for information and answers to questions in the next week or so.

Also, does it sound a good idea for the main articles on the front page to be in a database then on the page they are used, have the most recent article in the DB followed by the second?

How does this sound?

Rob :)
 
No, using multiple hashing algorithms on top of each other can actually increase the chance of collisions. As long as you salt properly you will be fine just using sha 1 or higher. :)
 
Well ive made a fairly good start today, not too sure about the nav bar though, however its ok for now so am gonna keep going. What do you think so far?

Image here.

Rob

PS. Im glad i took that photo yesterday now, i think it looks quiet smart. And for those wondering about the subjec tof the site, its nothing atm, just for me to learn more web designn stuff.
 
robjf said:
What do you think so far?
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Does look smart, and the colour scheme works. You may find that most people consider the Photoshop cutout filter to be pretty naff these days.

Get some content going. Until a site has content there's very little way to judge whether a design is going to be successful or not - typography, spacing, layout and so on all have a huge effect on the overall appearance.
 
My aim by tonight is to have the main layout finished with some random content in there. I know what you mean by the cutout filter being lame but for now it'll do, besides im lame at image editing so ill get a friend to do something more spectacular at a later date.

It's taking me a while as ive all but let my XHTML and css know-how wither and die. So im sat at my desk with books everywhere!

One thing im not too sure about is what sort of font to use, and how to apply it easily to the CSS. Any suggestions for a nice clean font?

Thankyou for the comments and suggestions, keep them coming :)

Rob
 
robjf said:
Couldn't work out whether you were being sarcastic or not so i tried it...god no!!!
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No, he was being serious (I think I can confidently say that ;)). Georgia, when used well, can be one of the best looking common fonts available, and certainly one of, if not the best serif fonts available. Play around with the CSS typographical properties; like letter-spacing, line-height, font-weight and so on. Though, as serif fonts can look quite conservative and austere, Georgia might not be right for the style you're aiming at.

See wisdump for a good example of Georgia in action (main article headings).

Georgia, in my opinion, is best for standout headings/titles, rather than as main content body - use a sans-serif font like verdana, arial, Trebuchet MS or Lucida. Verdana especially, as it was designed for that purpose.
 
Weird problem regarding user authentication

Ok so ive been playng around with this authentication system here ive been playing about with it on my comp, and it doesnt work for love nor money, without any alterations wotsoever.

As soon as i upload it to a live server on the net it works, im completely dumfounded as to whats wrong and obviously i dont want to develop my entire site live. Could someone with a bit more knowhow have a look for me :)

Thankyou

Rob

EDIT - I just checked and it works on neither php4.x or 5.x (on my comp). Im running xampp btw.
 
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Now im just confused. Ive tried the password system on several different computers (ie different servers) and for me it dosn't work in IE whichever I use! This is the same as the version i have on a live server which also doesnt work in IE. Does anyone have a clue why this may be?

rob :)
 
did you read the thread? it works if you click the submit button but not if you just press enter. i can't figure out why either. i have forms i've made myself and they work fine in ie, i don't why that one doesn't... :p
 
Yeh i read it at about the same time u must have! Never mind, the script is suitable for what i need it for so a little note beneath the button will sort this out. Cheers buddy.
 
Hi there guys ive had a bit of a thought about how to structure this site. What is the best way to structure the coding with regards to having several pages with the same content on it (ie the header) would it be better to have includes for things like this?

Any other things i should think about, im trying to make this website as well structured as i can, a good bit of practice!

Thanks again, sorry if some of my questions seem daft :)

Rob
 
Are you using Dreamweaver?
If you are then the find and replace will sort out common items, I don't like includes personally unless the site is very large.
 
D4VE said:
Are you using Dreamweaver?
If you are then the find and replace will sort out common items, I don't like includes personally unless the site is very large.
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Nope all the code is being done by myself, using CrimsonEditor to be exact. I find its far simpler to use and at least this way i know exactly whats what with my code.

Rob
 
robjf said:
Nope all the code is being done by myself, using CrimsonEditor to be exact. I find its far simpler to use and at least this way i know exactly whats what with my code.

Rob
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You can still do that in Dreamweaver, I do, but Dreamweaver can find and replace over all your html files.
If you dont have it then maybe its best to do the php include so if you change the menu it wont be such a problem to change it in every file.
 
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