steamyjim
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A bit of Website Help PleaseBeen working on a Freewebs website but have come across a bit of a problem. I have to many different makes of engines for the number of pages you are allowed on Freewebs.
If I put a list of the 27 different makes i own could i have a bit of input about how to classify the makes of engines (ie early British etc) into under 20 pages 
1.Mamod
2.Wilesco
3.Bowman
4.Cheddar Models
5.MSS
6.Hobbies
7.Stuart Turner
8.Basset Lowke
9.Marklin
10.Heisler
11.Hornby
12.Doll
13.Fleischmann
14.S.E.L
15.Sussex Steam
16.Wells
17.J.Falk
18.U.S.E
19.Camden
20.D.R Mercer
21.IP Engineering
22.Locolines
23.LGB
24.Reeves
25.Jean Comby
26.Midwest
27.Scratchbuilt
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Spokesmann
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Group them together, ie put all the German engines on a few pages, group some of the smaller English makes etc, think about structuring the information and plan it out in detail on paper first, so you have a clear idea of how many pages/screen you'll need and what will be contained on each.
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steamyjim
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Group them together, ie put all the German engines on a few pages, group some of the smaller English makes etc, think about structuring the information and plan it out in detail on paper first, so you have a clear idea of how many pages/screen you'll need and what will be contained on each. |
Ok will do! I'll do a few drafts on paper and then ask what people think about it 
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Spokesmann
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Always work out a clear structure first, esp if you are setting it up for the first time. My site has just grown and grown and is currently 50 pages+ its needs a make over but I'll plan how the information will be structured topic by topic on paper first. I pay for my site so extra pages isn't a problem, but if you have a limit then really think about your content and what is relevant.
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steamyjim
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I do wish i'd payed attention in I.T when we were doing HTML 
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steamyjim
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Thanks for the advice. Just had a look over the list and im thinking this.
Pre 1950 British Engines
Modern British Engines
German Engines
Other Foreign Engines
Locomotives
Steam Boats
Engineer Built Engines
Scratch Built Engines
Workshops
Accesories
Restorations, homebuilds and modifications
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Spokesmann
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| steamyjim wrote: | | I do wish i'd payed attention in I.T when we were doing HTML |
Search the web Jim, there are loads of sites outlining basic HTML/web colours and picture formats. I may even let you in on how to to interpolated transparent background gifs!
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Mamod Collector
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What I did Jim was to have my main manufactures like
Mamod
Bowman
Wilesco
Meccano
And then I put everything else into one catogory called
Other engines
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Spokesmann
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| steamyjim wrote: | Thanks for the advice. Just had a look over the list and im thinking this.
Pre 1950 British Engines
Modern British Engines
German Engines
Other Foreign Engines
Locomotives
Steam Boats
Engineer Built Engines
Scratch Built Engines
Workshops
Accesories
Restorations, homebuilds and modifications |
Excellent, now work out what you want to put under each heading and work out how many pages you'll need for each, plan it out like a sort of story board, screen by screen. When you put it together then you will have a crib sheet to work from and know exactly where you are, annotate each page list with any links you have to build in, in this way you can tick off the pages as you go along.
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steamyjim
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | steamyjim wrote: | Thanks for the advice. Just had a look over the list and im thinking this.
Pre 1950 British Engines
Modern British Engines
German Engines
Other Foreign Engines
Locomotives
Steam Boats
Engineer Built Engines
Scratch Built Engines
Workshops
Accesories
Restorations, homebuilds and modifications |
Excellent, now work out what you want to put under each heading and work out how many pages you'll need for each, plan it out like a sort of story board, screen by screen. When you put it together then you will have a crib sheet to work from and know exactly where you are, annote each pages list with any links you ahve to build in, in this way you can tick off the pages as you go along. |
Thanks everyone for the advice! I shall stick to Freewebs at the moment but may move onto a payed for site. I can get webspace very cheap as a member of my family is a website designed so buys lots of it 
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MFSteam
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| steamyjim wrote: |
Thanks everyone for the advice! I shall stick to Freewebs at the moment but may move onto a payed for site. I can get webspace very cheap as a member of my family is a website designed so buys lots of it |
If that is the case Jim, get them to do your web site, html problem solved
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steamyjim
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| MFSteam wrote: | | steamyjim wrote: |
Thanks everyone for the advice! I shall stick to Freewebs at the moment but may move onto a payed for site. I can get webspace very cheap as a member of my family is a website designed so buys lots of it |
If that is the case Jim, get them to do your web site, html problem solved |
Okay, might do that
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MFSteam
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I've got no idea about web sites, my brother does mine.
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