dont really know where to post this

[Former Member]

hi guys

really new to all this so keep the talk to like your talking to a monkey

im going to have a go at this coding stuff, and i thought id start and give it a go on my 'thread update sidebar
' plugin which has a small window with code in ( i think its code lol ) to change the style of the side bar.

it goes like this.


#RT-parent
{
top:60px;
}

.RTTitle-Bar
{
background-color: #cccccc;
color: red;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}

.rtcell-spacer
{
height: 15px;
}

#announcements-cell
{
height: 100px;
border: 1px solid black;
}

#recent-threads-cell
{
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}



ok so i know a few things on here like colour and height etc etc   ...  im just asking if anyone could point me in the right direction with REALLY BASIC coding (if thats what it is )  

im wanting to totally reshape and style it, maybe with a small moving image or something  


anyone want to point me in the right direction to get me started ?   

[Peter]

I really recommend getting some basic HTML / CSS down. You said you know a few things about CSS, but there are important things to learn that will really help you when it comes to the JavaScript side of things. You don't have to spend hours reading / watching tutorials, but I would recommend you learn about some of the HTML attributes (i.e id, class, style), and learn the different ways of targeting elements using CSS rules (i.e class, id, attribute).

Basic stuff but will be important later on, especially if you want to jump right into jQuery and use its Sizzle selector engine (this is where learning the attributes and rules will help).

If you really want to skip that and jump into JavaScript, then I suppose the question is; How much do you want to learn?

If it's just to make some simple plugins, then I would go learn jQuery.  With the basics you can be up and running in no time.

Also, learn how to use the console for whatever browser you are using (I use Firefox, so Firebug is my choice.  Chrome has a good one.  Just press F12), learn how to inspect elements etc.

[Former Member]

too many words i dont understand there buddy sorry, but thanks anyway

[Peter]

Ok, start really simple. Learn some basic HTML first.

www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-css/intro-to-html

[Former Member]

thats a cool link thanks, im going to look it that, thanks for keeping it simple

[Former Member]

Jul 15, 2015 7:55:00 GMT -8 Peter said:

Ok, start really simple. Learn some basic HTML first.

www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-css/intro-to-html

iv just had a look at the first bit of the site, i get the tag thing  < this bit>  

shes got a nice a voice aswell

[Former Member]

ok guys, im just starting to learn html, so i thought i may as well post my progress and help here rather then opening new threads if thats ok by the mods

iv got a web site which someone gave me for learning, and im getting a rough idea how it works with tags .... tags is where im at <h1>..headline 1 <br>...paragrah something? closed tags .. </h1> etc etc

iv been messing about in the 'headers' with social buttons etc etc and iv put some on but they get put underneath each other ? how do i put them to the left or right of the header ? im thinking its something to do with <align> ?

am i right?

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Jul 16, 2015 4:11:46 GMT -8 @joecool111 said:

ok guys, im just starting to learn html, so i thought i may as well post my progress and help here rather then opening new threads if thats ok by the mods

iv got a web site which someone gave me for learning, and im getting a rough idea how it works with tags .... tags is where im at <h1>..headline 1 <br>...paragrah something? closed tags .. </h1> etc etc

iv been messing about in the 'headers' with social buttons etc etc and iv put some on but they get put underneath each other ? how do i put them to the left or right of the header ? im thinking its something to do with <align> ?

am i right?

Aligning things left and right is either done with tables or css.
AKA The style attribute for a tag.
So if you just want to make a table I would suggest starting there for aligning things to the left, center, and right on the same line.

[Former Member]

thanks

too many words i dont understand, buy thanks anyway