Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Web design help (JELLYCAT)
I've got the framework of the school website done and after the last meeting they have asked if I can do downloadable forms, i.e School Handbook, application form, pricing guidlines etc. Anyone know of any online tutorials for this, or can give help themselves? They also want a calendar function and some sort of bulletin board if possible.
They've also asked for a scrolling banner with "Latest News," I'm going to try and talk them out of this, I think they look a bit cheesy to be honest!
Please let me know if you spot any mistakes, or broken links, constructive criticism welcome.
Looks good Kathy. The BBC website has breaking headlines which scroll horizontally and looks good? _________________ A woman needs to feel loved to have sex,
A man needs sex to feel loved.
Nice, fresh and positive. Wish my girls had gone to a school like this _________________ "If we reduce the amount of stuff we allow to accumulate in our lives, we won't have to organise it"
Elaine St James from her book 'Simplicity'
Downloadable forms - do they mean forms that can be printed off and filled in offline, or forms to be filled in online? The first is easy, the second would need some sort of database behind it to store the information, or would need code to capture the information and email it to someone, in which case it wouldn't look like a form any more....the same goes for a bulletin board I think (although I work with databases all day and haven't really investigated other solutions).
There are loads of calendar making things on the web - typing 'html calendar module' into google produces a bewildering array! This one looks pretty good. Again, I'm used to developing this sort of thing with a database behind it so I haven't tried it...
The scrolling text is very old fashioned but dead easy to do (if they insist!) with a marquee tag like this:
[marquee]scrolling text here[/marquee]
but with angle brackets instead of square of course...
Have fun! I'm here if you need me _________________ When I married Mr. Right, I didn't realise his first name was Always ...
Love the look of the site Kathy ... especially the ghosted backdrops!
One thing that comes to mind ... Child Protection ... do you have permission from the parents to put photos of their loved ones on the net? We work in IT and this is a HOT cookie!! _________________ "One to rot and one to grow, one for the pigeon, and one for the crow!"
Old English Planting Rhyme
Thanks for the positive comments, Greenman (my son) did start it off and is responsible for the backgrounds (children's artwork scanned in). We're using Microsoft Frontpage by the way, he found it the simplest to use although I used Dreamweaver when I did websites a couple of years ago.
Child protection was one of the first things we thought of Flowerlady before Greenman went into the school to take photos. We've got written consent from all the parents, teachers and helpers too, and the head teacher checked with the relevant bodies. Sad that we have to do this really isn't it.
Database, don't even go there!! I did databases (and programming) as part of my computing degree, apparently my logic is back to front and I'd real difficulties with these bits! I LOVE databases and the concept behind them, find them fascinating and would liked to have done more work in that area. Perhaps when I retire!
Anyway, Jellycat, it's downloadable forms, just to be printed off to be completed offline. I'll need to clarify the bulletin board bit, it's really just a forum these days isn't it. I could use any of the free forum hosting sites for that couldn't I?
There is a news and events page, maybe a scrolling banner would be a bit of an overkill, it's not like we have breaking news every day. The BBC one is discreet though Lloyd so if they (school board) insist I'll ask for help again.
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... especially the ghosted backdrops! 
