Tutorial

[teyla]

Today, I wrote a shiny new layout for tli - she created a comm for her writing/artwork, and asked me for a layout. Click ::here:: to see it.

Writing the layout reminded me of a tutorial I started to write a few weeks ago. It's a step-by-step tutorial for writing customized styles for LJ accounts based on the Smooth Sailing style (the style I base all my layouts on). I wanted to write it in a way so complete html newbies and css masters alike could profit from it. It's already rather longish - complete with a short introduction to html and css - and it'll probably be another few weeks before I'm done.

I'll probably finish it anyway, because it's a chance of telling people how to do stuff, and telling people how to do stuff is always fun ^^, but I wanted to ask whether anybody is even interested in a tutorial like that. If there are people who would like to read it, I might pick up the writing pace a little ^^.

Also, if there's anybody out there who would like a shiny layout for their journal - leave a comment. Or if you want a website. I love writing websites, too. I'm not brilliant, and all I can do is html and css, but I like to think I'm not all bad at that.

I can't guarantee that I would get around to writing your layout/website immediately, especially if more than one or two people will be responding to this asking for a layout. However, I do spend a lot of time on procrastinating, and writing code is a wonderful method of procrastination. So I would probably get around to writing your layout more sooner than later ;).

Comments

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

Wonderful idea writing a tutorial for that!! I will definitely read it and try to work with it!!
I love learning new things! And I love playing with my computer - perfect!

And if you really have the time and energy, I'd love to have a website. But I have no idea whatsoever how to go about it, so any help would be hugely appreciated!! :-)

[teyla]

:) It really isn't a lot of work to write a website - always depending on what kind of site you want, of course. But writing one like this really is the job of one afternoon, if at all. All you need is a layout idea and a template ;).

As I said, I'd be more than willing to write one. If you want to learn how to do it yourself, that might take a bit longer. If you're interested, I could try and show you - that would be easier over some kind of IM messenger, though ^^.

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

One like yours is what I was thinking about. Something where I can put up some art, stories, links and maybe notes or so. Nothing big and flashy, just a nice little page. :-)
It would be sooo cool, if you wrote one for me. *blushes*

If you want to learn how to do it yourself, that might take a bit longer
I'd love to learn the stuff, but I'm not sure if I currently have the time/energy, what with all the finals coming up. But maybe later... :-)

[teyla]

What would you like the site to look like? And which categories would you like to have (in the menu, I mean)?

You can look here whether there's a header among those that you like (except the topmost, yellow one, that's already in use on another site), or you can come up with one yourself, *or* you can tell me what you have in mind and I can try to come up with a new one :).

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

going to send you an email, with specifics. :-)

[teyla]

How do you like this for starters?

[teyla]

(the bright part of the header is where the menu's gonna be).

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

nice! me likey very much!! :-)
maybe the grey area a bit less dark?

[teyla]

This is how it is now:

 

More like this:

 

Or even brighter:

 

Or something in between? :)

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

the last one.

[imagi-nation22.livejournal.com]

I would sure as hell be interested in a tutorial for smooth sailing. I don't usually use smooth sailing and tutorials are always interesting =]

[teyla]

Which style are you using? Looks a bit like Flexible Squares.

And oops. I just realized that I missed your frieds cut :P. This weekend was busy, lots of uni-related trouble and peeves ^^. I'll keep you on my list, but I won't be offended if you don't add me again :). I can understand the desire for a not-too-overpopulated f-list, and I do spam a lot on my LJ ;).

[teyla]

Oh *facepalm*. Strike that last paragraph, I'm an idiot *gg*.

How was your vacation?

[imagi-nation22.livejournal.com]

Vacation was good and I just did the cut and your still there so don't worry =]

I am using flexible squares but I wouldn't mind having a go at smooth sailing. It looks funky xD

[teyla]

:)

I've used both Flexible Squares and Smooth Sailing, and while FS looks better than SmS in default, SmS gives you even more freedom to customize. Just about *anything* is a class ^^.

I'm working on that tutorial. However, all you'll probably get out of it is a commented html-sourcecode and a css-file with all the classes listed. I'm writing it for people who have no or only very little knowledge about html and/or css :).

Yay for fun vacation :)! *wants vacation too* ;P

[imagi-nation22.livejournal.com]

I think I made one SmS layout but I had trouble customizing the header links and that frakked me up the wall no end. So I went back to Flexi Squares.

Every little bit helps make a better coder =]