backend stuff
All about this site
"So how in the he** did you come up with this page?" I hear you say. Well, ask no more.....
The Host
Webhostingbuzz.com graciously hosts this site for me. All the reviews I've read of this hosting provider have been good, and the price is right, as well. This host also allows multiple things the free hosts rarely do. For example, I'm planning on implementing a forum here shortly. This, along with PHP and other scripts pretty much sealed the deal here. This hosting is pretty, and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a host.
JavaScript
So I've had a request for my new fancy-dancy JavaScript. Here it is in all its glory. The ¶ symbol is for the line breaks just in case your browser wraps the text. If there's no ¶, it needs to be on the same line. The \ character is there so that JavaScript writes the " character instead of interpreting it. This is version 1 of the script. I'm thinking of adding little tricks like Next Picture and the such, but this is a good start. And my webspace provider allows this to happen without complaint! Please note that this JavaScript code will not produce a w3c standard page!
function OpenPic(url,wide,high)¶
{¶
var winwide = wide + 10;¶
var winhigh = high + 40;¶
var win = window.open("", "win", 'width=' + winwide + ',height=' + winhigh); ¶
with (win.document) {¶
open("text/html", "replace");¶
writeln("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pic Viewer</TITLE></HEAD>");¶
writeln("<BODY BGCOLOR=#333333 TEXT=#FFFFFF STYLE=\"text-align: right; font: 8pt Arial, sans-serif; left: 0; top: 0;\">");¶
writeln("<SPAN STYLE=\"border-right: 4px solid white; border-top: 1px solid white; padding-right: 2px;\">r-dub.us Pic Viewer — Click the picture to close this window</SPAN>");¶
writeln("<A HREF=\"javascript:self.close()\">");¶
writeln("<IMG SRC=\"" + url + "\" BORDER=0 WIDTH=" + wide + " HEIGHT=" + high + "></A>");¶
writeln("</BODY></HTML>");¶
close();¶
}¶
}¶
More information about this can be found at Javascript.com.
CSS
As stated on the index page, I use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) heavily on this page. I'm a Desktop Publisher at heart, so I prefer having this type of control over my page. You can view my stylesheet here. What does it all mean? There's too much for me here to explain without running out of patience, so let me just send you to these sites...
Dave Raggett's intro to CSS dated, but good stuff.
W3 Schools even has a nifty online tryout page!
Stu Nicholls has a great advanced site to play with.
There's many more out there, so keep on looking!
HTML
HTML Goodies is as good a place as any to start. Other than that, look around the web for great HTML Howto sites.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with any of the orginizations listed within this site. I'm just a bored roadgeek with way too much time on his hands. All of the picts in this page are mine and mine alone unless otherwise noted. Remember, kids: stealing is bad, mmmm-k? I get quite pissy if things are taken without telling me. I don't like to be pissy. You won't like it either. If you want to link to this page, that's fine. Please shoot me an email beforehand so I can link to your page as well. K? Thanks. --Ryan
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