bentzak
Senior Member
Hi all,
I am building my own portfolio website. its my first full website and i have a couple of questions.
first i will tell ya how im building it, i designed the layout in illy (very simplistic), then put this into dreamweaver. im now creating all the content in flash in different swf files which are linked by putting them on different pages in d'weaver.
Q.1 my portfolio page is done in flash and uses xml to load the pictures and add the captions. this means i load my images from my harddrive and there not part of the swf they are just displayed in it. so when i put my website online, where is it going to load these images from? where do i put them? am i right in thinking it goes on a server? is that like online disk space where i put all my site files and its loaded just the same as if i was doing it on my own comp except its opened from entering a domain???
Q.2 as you may have realised im not overly clued up with how hosting works, so if anyone could tell me or send me a link to a page explaining it, it would be apreciated cos i have searched through heaps of articles and threads and im still not sure!
Q.3 i just read the post by jazajay about usability for disabled people. it made me think about my website which has an about me page, my portfolio page and a contact me page, does that count as a business website? do i need to make my page accessible? and do i need to consider any laws or legislation before i publish my site?? i want to put "please contact me for a quote" but does that cross the business/personal line?
Cheers,
Zak.
I am building my own portfolio website. its my first full website and i have a couple of questions.
first i will tell ya how im building it, i designed the layout in illy (very simplistic), then put this into dreamweaver. im now creating all the content in flash in different swf files which are linked by putting them on different pages in d'weaver.
Q.1 my portfolio page is done in flash and uses xml to load the pictures and add the captions. this means i load my images from my harddrive and there not part of the swf they are just displayed in it. so when i put my website online, where is it going to load these images from? where do i put them? am i right in thinking it goes on a server? is that like online disk space where i put all my site files and its loaded just the same as if i was doing it on my own comp except its opened from entering a domain???
Q.2 as you may have realised im not overly clued up with how hosting works, so if anyone could tell me or send me a link to a page explaining it, it would be apreciated cos i have searched through heaps of articles and threads and im still not sure!
Q.3 i just read the post by jazajay about usability for disabled people. it made me think about my website which has an about me page, my portfolio page and a contact me page, does that count as a business website? do i need to make my page accessible? and do i need to consider any laws or legislation before i publish my site?? i want to put "please contact me for a quote" but does that cross the business/personal line?
Cheers,
Zak.