Am I good at what I do?

[objecterror]

Hello all, As of now, I have a pretty -simple- designed page. Borrowed the 'idea' from a layout on

Vudoo Soul;; - Website Templates - CreateBlog
I used it here:
Vudoo Soul;;

noticeable differences right away is the use of an iframe, colors and positioning, not to mention the actual 'picture'(also my userid).

What I noticed though are a number of errors in the original css, just a lack of things in the code to make it W3 certified. I have the 'want' to continue and add to the site but not the drive, and looking at the big-big-truck.com website gives me a more formal idea to add headings in the css for different styles throughout the page.

In short, my website is a cleaned version of some css but, I want to make it more, I want it to -fill- the page. Also, I get into arguements with my friend(attending ecpi for webdesign) that iframes are 'obsolete' , is it a matter of personal preference? Thanks!

 

[peterhuang913]

the big big truck website uses tables, not iframes. that looks clean and is probaly easier to manage.

 

[CrazeD]

Yes, iframes are obsolete. I personally HATE iframes. Use tables and/or divs.

 

[objecterror]

Yes, iframes are obsolete. I personally HATE iframes. Use tables and/or divs.

SEE thats what I'am getting alot about the use of iframes, the only reason i feel they are good for me is that i can edit one part of the page instead of editing the page several times and create a kind of 'seemless' design between page loads. Do DIVs work the same way and are they better? And I plan to use tables to create a better layout on my gallery and the rest of the page wherever there is content, I personally fell in love with tables a few weeks ago, they seem to have a nice format that I can really relate to. I checked W3 schools for some help and it's flying over my head right now.

 

[mrfluffles]

I would not use tables.. especially since you haven't learned them yet. DIVs do not create the kind of 'seamless' design you like with the iframes but they are a whole lot simpler then tables and make your code amazingly clean and easy to change your content.

And as said, iframes are mucho bad.

 

[CrazeD]

You can achieve this effect with CSS and/or PHP.

 

[objecterror]

I suppose that's the plight of my design, the iframe creates a workspace for the rest of the website can be browsed through while maintaining the left hand side 'menu'. I may go with a different design altogether, one that will actually 'fill' the page this time instead of using frames. I really haven't had a problem with frames, within the page, i set the width and height, then i target each link to open within that said width and height. Then i use a table span to set the width and height to the things on the document, which is probably getting into very sloppy very tedious amounts of work.