Designed site... Now what??? (Plz Help)
I've designed a html website using Dreamweaver. (I'm sure that was my first mistake), I've purchased domain name and host (bluehost). Now I'm dumb founded cause I have not a clue how to get my site up. After poking around the net i've noticed I should have used php.. so many questions are:
Having designed a HTML site, what's the best way to turn it to php and or does it matter if I change it??
Once I've done that, then what?
Thanks,
-Finy
There's no reason to use PHP unless your site is actually doing some server-side processing. In other words, if it's just an HTML page (or pages), that's fine. All you need to do now is upload your finished page(s) to the public_html directory on your hosting account.
Here's a video tutorial about how to set up Dreamweaver to do the uploading for you:
http://tutorials.bluehost.com/dreamweavercs3/
Ok thanks. 2 more questions.
1) I've added a .swf file to the site that I want to show. But once you go to the site.. it's just a white box where it should be flashing. Any ideas?
2) How do you make it so when you type in the web address.. it fully loads my index.htm file first?
www.be-definitive.com
When you point your browser to your domain, the server defaults to looking for an index.html or index.htm file to open, and that appears to be what's opening now. Refresh your browser cache if that's not what you're seeing.
I see the call to banner.swf in your source code, but that file doesn't appear to be present on the server. It needs to be in public_html.
Hey,
Your right. It wasnt in server. But its still not showing up. Any other suggestions? Maybe I have to save them a certain way?
Can you see the flash animation if you reference the SWF file directly?
Breathe slowly and count to ten. If you still feel like shooting your computer, maybe you should switch to Linux. And then learn to count to twenty.
The file banner.swf still isn't on the server. Pointing to www.be-definitive.com/banner.swf produces a "404 - File not found" error.
****Nvm it works. Thanks!
It works you just have to capitalize the 'B' in the word banner for it it work. With that being said, how do I get it play the swf when you enter the site? This is code I used for it:
<td valign="top">
<param name="movie" value="Banner.swf">
<embed src="Banner.swf" width="800" height="500">
</embed></td>
It plays when I run site from my computer but doesnt play when I run it through server? any ideas
Last edited by Bedefinitive; 07-10-2009 at 10:58 AM.
Linux is case sensitive. A file named banner is not the same as one caller Banner.
Works fine for me, both with Firefox 3.0.11 and IE7.Originally Posted by Bedefinitive
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