got some ideas....I welcome other suggestions too for my new webpage

Yup, I have gotten some suggestions from a couple people...but I of course posted this on a board that wasn't really geared at web development like this board is. But anyways on with the show.

All right, 1st here's what basically my webpage will be...I want the main background to be a blank screened computer monitor...and the content of my webpage will be displayed on the screen itself. I have messed around with a few ideas on how to implement this...one being an image of the monitor, or two, designing the image using something like tables. Others have said that the best way to do my page is to use frames, and some table positioning so that my content will open on the monitor screen. This is basically the gist of what I have picked up. My knowledge at this stage, is a lot of HTML and some CSS (Please no Flash). I'm willing to push myself some to achieve this though as I think it will be a kickass website when it's finished.

So with that in mind, any of you guys got any ideas or have suggestions for ways I could implement this? This definitely counts as the most complex page I have created yet.

That doesn't seem too hard... I would suggest using an image as your background for a table... Then you can position then content in the center with an <IFRAME>... That will allow you to scroll up and down... If you don't have alot if information that would need to be scrolled through then I would suggest not using an <IFRAME>... I'm pretty sure some Browsers can't read an <IFRAME>... If you need any help just let me know... I'd be happy to lend a hand...

Nakirema

Tables for site layout?
Use CSS and DIVs within XHTML/CSS.

Avoid frames. Very 1997, and their disadvantages are too numerous to mention.

Nowadays, knowing CSS is the trick. Of course, you need to know HTML, but with even complicated sites you hardly need more than a dozen or so tags as properly designed sites separate the content from the design anyway.

I was looking into using more CSS. My friend has been on a webdesign fix recently and has been checking out just about anything he can (well mainly HTML and CSS). I was into webdesign big at one time, but I used more HTML than CSS. Now that I am stepping back into it and have some motivation (him as well as making an awesome looking webpage) it's like I gotta relearn a little...especially seeing as how I wasn't a big user of CSS. The more I have researched the more I am amazed at what CSS can really do...makes me feel like I wasted too much time on HTML.

But anyways, I looked into the div thing and it seems like a good route to go....never really heard of XHTML though.

XHTML is basically HTML within the syntax of XML.
XHTML 1.0 looks a lot like HTML 4.0 but the rules of capitalization and quoting are stricter, and you must close EVERY element.

Thus:

<img src="Apic.jpg" alt="" />

The stricter syntax isn't really a big issue, and has advantages that it will/should be rendered more quickly, and will work in more devices. Also, it steers you into consistent code. Just validate your code, and you'll catch any errors anyway.

Lastly, I recommend XHTML1.0 transitional rather than strict. These are transitional times, and Strict doesn't allow certain things that you may want/need. Target attribute for instance.