What HTML do I use to make multiple pages for my website?

Question

I sell jewelry and I do not want infinite scrolling, I want to be able to list like 10 jewelry pieces per page and have 5 pages (For example I want more than 5 pages).

Where can I get the code for it or learn to do it? Thanks!

Answer 1

How to Make a Web Page:



Comprehensive intro for HTML and CSS: http://htmldog.com/

Covers the basics of web standards-based design in HTML and CSS: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-introduction-to-the-web-standards-cur/#toc

Google's HTML, CSS, and Javascript from the Ground Up: http://code.google.com/edu/submissions/html-css-javascript/

Good reference for HTML, CSS and JavaScript: http://reference.sitepoint.com/

HTML Examples: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp



CSS Tutorials:



CSS Layout Generator: http://csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php



http://www.handycss.com/

http://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp

http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss

http://www.csstutorial.net/



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Answer 2

If you do not know much about web pages you can go to our HTML Publisher's site and start learning.



Wordpress would be the simplest option but may take awhile for you to learn. Like mentioned before. You basically create multiple posts and link them together using the anchor tag.



I have created jewelry sites for people using wordpress and they do alright. The biggest issue is traffic. Before you build a website for jewelry you want to make sure you have a good online marketing plan put together.



Jewelry is very competitive online. You might do better creating an etsy page.

Answer 3

When you mention "infinite scrolling", it sounds like you are attempting to put a store on tumblr.

Is this correct?

All the links in the world aren't going to answer your question, if they aren't relevent.



There are themes on tumblr that have navigation across the top, using one of those would be simplest, I've seen a few sites on tumblr that were put up as pages, rather than blogs.



I think that choosing a template that had a nav bar across the top, or "borrowing" one to recode:

http://stonethegardener.tumblr.com/post/7701290176/navigation

Would be a good solution, and you could use the main page to blog about the new pieces of jewelery, while using the other pages as display for your work.



If you run out of room across the top, you can always add links down the side, or use sublinks.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/suckertree-menu-horizontal/

Answer 4

Instead of coding the site yourself you can use a system like WordPress. It's known mainly for blogging, but by theming it up you can make it look more like a commercial site.



Basically, each jewelry is a separate "post" and you can tag each one (e.g., by type ("hair", "neck", "hands, feet"), material ("gold", "silver", "wood", "diamond"), target ("men, "women"), size ("big, "tiny"), price) and thus show various lists of them (that's something that isn't easy with static HTML).



I suggest you open a free blog somewhere and start experimenting.



(Such a system is known as a "content management system", or CMS. Except WordPress there are many others, but if you aren't a technical type you may want to stick to the simplest and/or to one that comes pre-installed with your site.)

Answer 5

There are several approaches you could take. The easiest (in terms of not needing to learn more than HTML) would be to create 5 static pages and link them together with tags.

Answer 6

You have a couple of options, and they both include PHP. Most Web hosts support files ending with .php. See http://php.net for more information on PHP.



PHP is a server-side scripting language. It runs before the Web browser gets the HTML code.



Firstly, you can create a database right in your PHP file using an array. I.e.:



$storeitemlist=array(

array('name'=>'Funky Gold Ceshire Cat on pendant', 'price'=>69.99'),

array('name'=>'another piece of jewellery', 'price'=>69.99'),

array('name'=>'some ring I found in a McD's dumpster', 'price'=>69.99'),

.

.

.

);



You include your full store database in there. Your previous and next links will scroll between pages of the $storeitemlist array. You'll need an offset parameter in the URL indicating which entry to start displaying items from.



The second option is to use MySQL to store your data. (Try a Web search for "mysql install" and "mysql tutorial".) Then use PHP to retrieve that data.



Now, if this all seems daunting, I'd recommend downloading a "freeware PHP store script" (search for that on the Web without quotes). Read the instructions to set it up, and you've got yourself a working store front. Many contain payment processing system as well for credit card and even PayPal.