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HTML help please
by Stephen Ward » Aug 3rd, '06, 20:31
I have forgotten how to add a title to a nav bar when your website is loaded. It is the <title> you alter?
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by katrielalex » Aug 6th, '06, 09:58
Nah, there's a much easier way. Just add the following code in the <head> section
Yeah, well, his way will work too.
Kati
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<script type="text/javascript>
window.onload = function() {
if(!document.title) return;
document.title = "ADD THE TITLE HERE"
}
</script>
Yeah, well, his way will work too.
Kati
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by seige » Aug 6th, '06, 10:11
Kati
That's the most convoluted thing I ever heard!
The HTML page structure is thus:
<html>
<head>
--(header declarations here and back-end coding such as titles)--
</head>
<body>
--(What the user sees in their browser here)--
</body>
</html>
To add a compliant title, you simply add a TITLE tag in the head section of your page. Somewhere between the '<head> and </head>' tags, just add:
<title>This is the name of your page to appear in the title bar</title>
As an example, the title tag for the page you're now looking at is:
<title>magic trick - HTML help please</title>
What's so hard about that?
Stephen: you can learn more about HTML by reverse engineering other people's sites than you can imagine. Just go to a site which does what you want, and look at the source code.
I've personally been programming in HTML since about 1990, and I still cant believe the overwritten code which people use: I used to have to code pages purely by hand, and pages were smaller, more streamlined and WORKED! It still pays me to go back in and manually cull the extraneous stuff in websites: every bit of code removed or streamlined means faster more compliant pages.
Furthermore, search engines look for standards-compliant code. The <title> tag is VERY important, as is a good description tag, also in the header, which looks something like this:
<meta name="description" content="This is a general description of my website, which should contain keywords and details, but don't make it too long or use too many capitals!">
Hope that helps.
That's the most convoluted thing I ever heard!
The HTML page structure is thus:
<html>
<head>
--(header declarations here and back-end coding such as titles)--
</head>
<body>
--(What the user sees in their browser here)--
</body>
</html>
To add a compliant title, you simply add a TITLE tag in the head section of your page. Somewhere between the '<head> and </head>' tags, just add:
<title>This is the name of your page to appear in the title bar</title>
As an example, the title tag for the page you're now looking at is:
<title>magic trick - HTML help please</title>
What's so hard about that?
Stephen: you can learn more about HTML by reverse engineering other people's sites than you can imagine. Just go to a site which does what you want, and look at the source code.
I've personally been programming in HTML since about 1990, and I still cant believe the overwritten code which people use: I used to have to code pages purely by hand, and pages were smaller, more streamlined and WORKED! It still pays me to go back in and manually cull the extraneous stuff in websites: every bit of code removed or streamlined means faster more compliant pages.
Furthermore, search engines look for standards-compliant code. The <title> tag is VERY important, as is a good description tag, also in the header, which looks something like this:
<meta name="description" content="This is a general description of my website, which should contain keywords and details, but don't make it too long or use too many capitals!">
Hope that helps.
Last edited by seige on Aug 6th, '06, 10:17, edited 1 time in total.
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by Stephen Ward » Aug 6th, '06, 10:15
Thanks guys! i just want a "welcome to flash magic" on the title bar. Thanks to everyone who helped, i am using net fusion 8 and getting on fine but was not sure about the nav bar.
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by Blumunky » Aug 6th, '06, 19:38
katrielalex wrote:Nah, there's a much easier way. Just add the following code in the <head> section
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<script type="text/javascript>
window.onload = function() {
if(!document.title) return;
document.title = "ADD THE TITLE HERE"
}
</script>
Yeah, well, his way will work too.
Kati
yeah and it's only one line, lol. Some people just like showing off
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by Stephen Ward » Aug 6th, '06, 20:06
Thank you to EVERYONE who helped, it is now working thanks to you guys. Thank you so much 
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