Rackie

Site Name: Symphony RatsSite Description: A site about my rats!Site Owner/Developer: Me/meSite Address: http://www.symphony-rats.co.ukExtra Comments: I'm in the middle of reducing some of the file sizes on the site, I know some of them are a bit big atm, hopefully there's nothing too drastically awful on there, but please bare in mind that I'm a complete amateur at all this website stuff!

Yay, I know this is old, but I'd just like to say that I've finally managed it!

Having updated a lot of my site etc. Still not coming up with my site anywhere near the top lol! *reminds self to get to know more people with websites to get links up* Now when I type "Symphony Rats" into google, it comes up with my menu frame rather than my homepage... what am I doing wrong?

Is there an HTML code to draw a straight black line? Just curious!

Thanks for the help, I will change my headings :)And I know I shouldn't put the under construction bit, but it's actually because at the moment I don't have any girls I know I should just be honest and say it I'll change it!!!

Ok, is that the only way then? I've only got three other people who have my link on their websites but would my signature on another forum count as going towards the number of links there are???

Ok, so my sight is searchable - if you type in "Symphony rats" into google, it comes up. But there's something called the Symphony of Rats, so if you type symphony rats into google, without the speech marks, it comes up with all these pages about the Symphony of Rats first, and my website doesn't come close to being up the top of the list.Is there any way that I get my website to come up to the top of the list, without typing the speech marks in ?? Is this possible at all?

ok, I will do that thank you :)ETA I've tried that on the Tryit editor, and it's still not working

Full name: RachelAlternative name(s): RackieBirth date(dd/mm/yyyy): 19/3/1991Gender: femaleZodiacal sign: piscesCountry of residance: englandCity of residance: berkshireHeight: 5 foot 3Weight: normalEyes:greenHair:blondeSmoking/Drinking/Drugs:no.no.noFavourite Music:anything reallyFavourite Movies: loadsa stuff, I love 24 (i knowit's not a movie )Interest: animals, computers, etc.!Pets: 3 rats, and a tortoiseAdditional comments: Hi, I'm rackie. I'm a rat breeder, I came here for help with my website it's here if you want to look at it :blink:I'm a bit of a freak, I spend too much time on computers, and thought it was time I should actually use HTML instead of a WYSIWYG program for my website So I've joined because I found the tutorials really helpful and need a bit of help with my nav bar!!!!That's a bout it!!!

Ok, I've uploaded an example of what it should look like (with the coding I posted originally)here

After looking at those examples, I'm very confused but can I not use the codes I've already used (above) and modify them, so that they all works hen put on the same page. I mean is there any particular reason why they're not working when together, but are when they are individually?

ok thanks for the help guys.If you want to see my awful attempt of a website I've tried uploading it even though it doesn't all work yet - I haven't added the target=main thingy yet :)It's here

Read man... read.

Sorry I will! (and it's woman btw )Also, if I'm using frames on my website, whereabouts would I put the

target="main"

inside the tag? I've tried putting it in various places, but it doesn't seem to work?

Yes, there is a lot more simpler way. Use CSS for links and use the :hover pseudo class for the alternative style when the mouse passes over.Read the CSS tutorial for details, and know that :hover is supported only on links in IE6. IE7 supports it on all elements.

Thank you for the reply,firstly - can I use CSS on one page, if the rest of my website is done in HTML?And secondly, would it be too much to ask you for an example of what I'm trying to do in HTML? I can't seem to find what I'm looking for in the CSS tutorial, and I've never tried CSS before

I've been trying to make a nav. bar using HTML (I'm new to this, and it's all I can manage at the moment!)I've been trying to make the bar so that when you mouse-over the image (hyperlinked) it changes. Hope that makes sense.I've tried using this code -

<html><head><title>Symphony Rats - About Us</title></head><body><body bgcolor="#DBDDF3"><font size="6" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/about.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br></font></body></html>

(sorry, hope that's the right way to put the code in!!! )and that seems to work fine.However, when I add more than one image, it the image doesn't change when moused over?!Why is this?!The whole html with all the images (that doesn't seem to work?) looks like this -

<html><head><title>Symphony Rats - Menu</title></head><body><body bgcolor="#DBDDF3"><font size="6" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/main.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/home_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/Home_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/Home_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/about.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/about_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/litters.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/litters_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/Litters_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/litters_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/my_rats.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/my_rats_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/my_rats_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/my_rats_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br><a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/contact_me.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/contact_me_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/Contact_me_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/Contact_me_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> <br> <a href="http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/links.html" onMouseOver="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/links_embedded.jpg';" onMouseOut="document.the_image.src='http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/links_button.jpg';"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/symphonyrats/menubuttons/links_button.jpg" name="the_image" border="1"></a> </font></body></html>

Is there a better way that I can be doing this? Please help, I'm really naf at this HTML lark!!!Thank you,RackieETA - I haven't actually uploaded the pages, so the links won't actually take you anywhere yet hope that doesn't matter!