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MaStAViC
04-22-2004, 02:03 AM
Hey Everyone,
How's it going? My friend told me that this site was made with CSS, but he did not have time to really help me. Can you check out this site and tell me how it can be made?
http://www.ravensrants.com/poetry/

Note how clicking on one poem leads to the page of that poem, and then viewers are able to comment on each individual poem. How can I do this? If this isn't done with CSS, can a moderator move it to the appropriate forum?

Thank you,
-=ViC

brodeur
04-22-2004, 02:33 AM
it can be done with .php, but if you want a "leave a comment" button like on peoples blogs, then you can go here: http://www.haloscan.com

to make one EXACTLY like the one on the site, you will need access to cgi-bin

CevilgeniuS
04-22-2004, 09:28 PM
If you look in the source code there's a bunch of things... yeah I think it's done with Javascript... there's a JS code I think.

-Norm

Calidris
04-22-2004, 10:15 PM
The site uses a Perl script called Moveable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/) to make everything automated (including the comments). To use this script you need a server which supports Perl (usually you can tell by the existence of a /cgi-bin/ folder on your website).

There are alternatives in other languages, such as Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org) in PHP.

MaStAViC
04-23-2004, 01:15 AM
thanks for the answers. Hopefully I can figure all this out by myself =)

-=ViC

ravensrants
04-26-2004, 05:23 AM
Matavic,

I use a variety of code on my site. I use some CSS, some JavaScript, some PERL and some PHP. I use whatever works basically. If you want to know how something is done, just write me via the email form on my site and I'll gladly help.

However, I will say that Calidris is right in that I use MT on my site. I recommend it to anyone.

Just write if you have any questions.

Raven