Need help making my template

Conor · April 4, 2010

Ok so this is going to be a looooooooooooooooong message because its my first time and i need some help!

Ok so far here is my website:

this is the code im using:

Header.tpl

<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/lib/skins/euroskies/stylesheet.css" />
</head>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
	<h1>
		Site name
	</h1>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
	<ul>
		<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
		<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
		<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
		<li><a href="#">Contact us</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>

Footer.tpl

<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/lib/skins/euroskies/stylesheet.css" />
</head>
<div id="content-container1">
	<div id="content-container2">
		<div id="section-navigation">
			<ul>
				<li><a href="#">Section page 1</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Section page 2</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Section page 3</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Section page 4</a></li>
			</ul>
		</div>
		<div id="content">
			<h2>
				Page heading
			</h2>
			<p>
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			</p>
			<p>
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			</p>
			<p>
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			</p>
		</div>
		<div id="aside">
			<h3>
				Aside heading
			</h3>
			<p>
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			</p>
		</div>
		<div id="footer">
			Copyright Â© Euroskies Virtual Airlines. Theme designed and created by <a href="http://www.alpha6studios.com">Alpha 6 Studios</a>, 20XX
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
</div>

And this is my css:

#container
{
margin: 0 auto;
width: 1000px;
background: #fff;
}

#header
{
background: #ccc;
padding: 20px;
}

#header h1 { margin: 0; }

#navigation
{
float: left;
width: 1000px;
background: #333;
}

#navigation ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#navigation ul li
{
list-style-type: none;
display: inline;
}

#navigation li a
{
display: block;
float: left;
padding: 5px 10px;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #fff;
}

#navigation li a:hover { background: #383; }

#content-container
{
float: left;
width: 1000px;
background: #fff url(http://www.maxdesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/layout-three-fixed-background.gif) repeat-y 100% 0;
}

#section-navigation
{
float: left;
width: 160px;
padding: 20px 0;
margin: 0 20px;
display: inline;
}

#section-navigation ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#section-navigation ul li
{
margin: 0 0 1em;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

#content
{
float: left;
width: 500px;
padding: 20px 0;
margin: 0 0 0 30px;
}

#content h2 { margin: 0; }

#aside
{
float: right;
width: 200px;
padding: 20px 0;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
display: inline;
}

#aside h3 { margin: 0; }

#footer
{
clear: left;
background: #ccc;
text-align: right;
padding: 20px;
height: 1%;
}

Now what im trying to do is make it so that the three content boxes left, right and centre align properly. What am i missing?

Tom · April 4, 2010

Right, first you're missing all the important stuff in your <head> tags. Read the phpVMS skinning tutorials to put the right things in, and make sure you include your <title> tags.

Next, the <head> tags and everything in them need only appear once.

In your header you should have:

<html>
<head>
{Important stuff}
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
       <div id="header">
               <h1>
                       Site name
               </h1>
       </div>
       <div id="navigation">
               <ul>
                       <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
                       <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
                       <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
                       <li><a href="#">Contact us</a></li>
               </ul>
       </div>
<div id="content">

The code for your content should go in frontpage_main.tpl else it will appear on every page.

Do something like so:

<div class="left bar">Sidebar</div>
<div class="left main">Mid</div>
<div class="left bar">Right Sidebar</div>

And in footer you should have:

</div> (<-- Closing the content)
<div id="footer">
                               Copyright Â© Euroskies Virtual Airlines. Theme designed and created by <a href="http://www.alpha6studios.com">Alpha 6 Studios</a>, 20XX
                       </div>
</body>
</html>

Then for your css:

.left{float:left;}
.bar{width:200px;}
.main{width:560px;}

Including any css for your navigation, header and footer.

Nabeel · April 4, 2010

From the div id="content" and above, that should probably all go into the header.tpl

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