new website
Quote I am by no means an expert but it can take quite some time for search engines to pick up a new website
Correct. Also the number of links which go to / from other sites, should help it get found. (e.g. this forum is trawled quite alot, and posting the link here may make googles 'bots' go to it, and start indexing
)Theres lots of ways to optimise results, a quick google of "SEO" will bring up millions of results.
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<slightly off topic, but continuing from James' response>
my personal preference is PHP, and i like to keep each individual file small (nice and fast) also a browser will open several connections when downloading a page (usually at least 4) this means that instead of getting 1 peice of information at once, potentially it can 'grab' at least 4 at once.
i normally structure my pages like this:
** Note the "include" means its "including" another file - so that file has to exist or you arent 'adding' anything 😉
This is a 'fast and dirty' way of adding php elemented to a HTML page (but the file extension should be .PHP)
doing it this way means that you can use an editor like dreamweaver to do your tables etc, without the need for it to be on a 'live' php server.
As you can see my "Stylesheet" is css.css (imaginative name!) adding that one line of code- replaces the entire style sheet and makes your pages much easier to read, particularly when going back in a few months time to edit them!
You would then populate your css file as if you were doing your stylesheet in the page...
e.g.
For example
I'm sure someone will come along and say theres a better way / more efficient way of doing this - this is my personal favourite and normally means my largest file is about 30KB.
In terms of protection, have you looked at just basic things, such as Right click Disable, Water marking. Make your pics thumbnails then when its clicked the larger images are watermarked (link to your site, your name) for example.
Regards
my personal preference is PHP, and i like to keep each individual file small (nice and fast) also a browser will open several connections when downloading a page (usually at least 4) this means that instead of getting 1 peice of information at once, potentially it can 'grab' at least 4 at once.
i normally structure my pages like this:
<html>
<title>Service Status Pages !</title>
<link href="css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<?php include "navibar.php" ?>
<<<<<< HTML CONTENT >>>>>>>>>>>
(this could also be changed to say, <?php include "maincontent.php" ?>
<?php include "footer.php" ?>
.....
** Note the "include" means its "including" another file - so that file has to exist or you arent 'adding' anything 😉
This is a 'fast and dirty' way of adding php elemented to a HTML page (but the file extension should be .PHP)
doing it this way means that you can use an editor like dreamweaver to do your tables etc, without the need for it to be on a 'live' php server.
As you can see my "Stylesheet" is css.css (imaginative name!) adding that one line of code- replaces the entire style sheet and makes your pages much easier to read, particularly when going back in a few months time to edit them!
You would then populate your css file as if you were doing your stylesheet in the page...
e.g.
#wrapper{
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 90%;
height: 80%;
}
#content1{
text-align:center;
float:top;
background-color:#CCCCCC;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:0;
width:90%;
height:20%;
}
.......
For example
I'm sure someone will come along and say theres a better way / more efficient way of doing this - this is my personal favourite and normally means my largest file is about 30KB.
In terms of protection, have you looked at just basic things, such as Right click Disable, Water marking. Make your pics thumbnails then when its clicked the larger images are watermarked (link to your site, your name) for example.
Regards
@andyrpsmith Just done a quick google for the name on the site and just "schersmith" in google, You've made the front page and the top 5 links! - give it time and im sure you'll get to the top
@JamesM - its all about practice and learning. I started learning HTML at school - prior to this i'd taught myself quite abit. Since then i've taught myself how to do PHP + SQL bits, which going to college / uni has helped me refine into better methods of working. Lecturers look at my hueg list of files then look at marking me down for 'poor directory structure' - its only explain my working, and justify it that i get to keep those marks 😛
What i'd recommend doing while your still learning, i used to make a MASTER.php (then set it to read only) open this up with dreamweaver as your 'blank canvas' (e.g. the black page with all the photos put in) then all you have to do is drag in your piccies
Or, go one better and look at a peice of software such as Gallery You could use this as a CMS - design a front page and have your gallery, which can be protected with various plugins (if i remember correctly) you can also find software similar to gallery - which does your watermarking & thumbnail creation automatically when you upload a file - seriously saves some time!. Wordpress is a good tool also to play with (but i wouldnt do it on plusnets webspace... See here why
Regards
@JamesM - its all about practice and learning. I started learning HTML at school - prior to this i'd taught myself quite abit. Since then i've taught myself how to do PHP + SQL bits, which going to college / uni has helped me refine into better methods of working. Lecturers look at my hueg list of files then look at marking me down for 'poor directory structure' - its only explain my working, and justify it that i get to keep those marks 😛
What i'd recommend doing while your still learning, i used to make a MASTER.php (then set it to read only) open this up with dreamweaver as your 'blank canvas' (e.g. the black page with all the photos put in) then all you have to do is drag in your piccies
Or, go one better and look at a peice of software such as Gallery You could use this as a CMS - design a front page and have your gallery, which can be protected with various plugins (if i remember correctly) you can also find software similar to gallery - which does your watermarking & thumbnail creation automatically when you upload a file - seriously saves some time!. Wordpress is a good tool also to play with
(but i wouldnt do it on plusnets webspace... See here whyRegards