Publishing the work on the web

[brush]

Hi
I did a lot of work in Photoshop
and I have one question
Does anyone know how to publish the work on the web?
Thank You

[66stang66]

Basic steps.

-Decide how involved your site is to be. Are you going to incorporate Flash, php, css, javascript, etc? Or just a basic html site?

-Design your website using whatever means you prefer. This includes graphics, html, css, php, etc. It can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it.

-Acquire web hosting. There are free hosts but you get what you pay for. I would suggest a low buck host until things get going good. Then upgrade as necessary.

-Acquire a domain name. Several reputable companies that are reasonably priced. Hardest part is deciding on the domain name itself. (You may want to do this part first so you can incorporate the domain name into your site design.)

-Upload your site along with whatever content you want to make available.

-Update

-Update

-Update

(Did I mention Update?)


That is the basics. But trust me, there is way more to it than the basics. One of the last sites I did for a friend (probably 5 years ago) took about 2 months of planning, design and coding before the site was launched. Now, don't get too scared. I worked fulltime and had family life to attend to during that time too. So, I really have no idea exactly how much actual time was spent on the project.

A basic html site for a beginner shouldn't take much more than a weekend. A pro? Maybe just a few hours. A full fledged flash site completely from scratch? I would guess a pro would take several days on. So, it all depends on your level of experience and what kind of site you want.

Regards,
Dave

[brush]

Hi
Thank you very much.
but what i meant was how do i make a url for my image so i can put it on a website?
Thank You

[66stang66]

Hi
Thank you very much.
but what i meant was how do i make a url for my image so i can put it on a website?
Thank You

Are you just looking for a website to host an image so you can post it in a forum or something?

If so, go to http://www.tinypic.com/ . Click on the Browse button and find the image on your PC. Click on the Upload button. After the page reloads, there will be a series of boxes with codes for different uses. Choose the code you need for whatever purpose.

Regards,
Dave

[blindeyecreative]

Hi
Thank you very much.
but what i meant was how do i make a url for my image so i can put it on a website?
Thank You

I use photobucket.com.

-Go to photobucket.com and start an account (its free)
-Upload images
-return to album
-move your mouse over the image you uploaded
-A small box will appear at the bottom of the image that will have about 4 boxes in it and one of them will say "direct link"
-copy direct link
-now you can paste that direct link where ever you need it. Like in these forums for example after you click the "insert image" button.

You can also get the html code from the drop down box, incase you want to put the image in an actual web page.

[darkwolf29a]

Photobucket is great for posting your photos and such. I use it myself.

But, for my web site stuff...I use justhost.com. They are fairly cheap, and is very good for your web hosting needs.

For just posting really little or stupid stuff, I use tinypic. But, don't plan on anything staying there, as they purge stuff every once in awhile, or so I've heard. ANd I would not post anything up there that you want control over, i.e. a portfolio picture, etc. For those types of pictures, you really need your own site where you can control who can copy stuff, etc.

[blindeyecreative]

but what i meant was how do i make a url for my image so i can put it on a website?

I'm not sure if we are answering the right question for you. Are you asking how to write the code to publish an image on your website?

The URL for an image can be gotten in several ways (as has been pointed out here). But if you are trying to put an image on your website that is different. The URL for the image will be determined where on your server you put the image.

For example:
If you have www.yourdomain.com and you put a folder directory inside your root titled "images" and you put an image inside your "images" folder titled myimage.jpg. Then the URL for that image is http://www.yourdomain.com/images/myimage.jpg.

To put that on your website you would put this code in the body of your html.
<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/myimage.jpg></a>

You are basically telling the web to reference "yourdomain.com" look in the "images" folder for the file titled "myimage.jpg".

Let us know if we have answered your question.:D