What languages are used to make this website?

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I just need to know what languages other than html is used to make this website: ww w.susur.com/madelines/index.html. In other words, what do I need to know in order to recreate something like this? Is html and CSS alone enough? Thanks in advance.

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Hi jbiggis, Welcome to SitePoint! :wave:

The site uses php to serve the pages as html, but you can do the same layout using static html and css. :slight_smile:

The site uses tables to make the letter box layout, but you can do exactly the same layout with lesser markup using divs and background-images for the borders.

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Appreciate your response Erik.

How much can someone charge for a website like this then?

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I’m just wondering how I can layer the text over the image w/o using tables and divs, such as the webpage below:

w ww.susur.com/madelines/index.html
(there’s a space between the 2nd and 3rd w, otherwise they won’t let me post)

Here they probably used tables, but I don’t want to use tables or divs. Please help.

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Divs are really the alternative to tables. You need one or the other, but divs are the better usage. Divs give you a lot of layout control.

I’m just wondering how I can layer the text over the image

The image is added as a background image.

This is the code they use:


.bg_main_interior4 {
background-image:url(../images/bg_main_interior4.jpg);
background-position:left top;
background-repeat:no-repeat;

How much can someone charge for a website like this then?

Probably between $800 and $2000, but maybe a lot more depending on functionality.

EDIT: actually, taking another look at the site, it probably cost a lot more than $2000. I didn’t look at how much was on the site. But that basic layout is easy to set up. So the design is one thing, the entire site another.

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I opened the page with the browser and it contents HTML, JS and CSS, at list I think that’s what I saw. Of course, I have only a month working with computers, so?

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It’s really not that complex of a site, at least not at first glance. :stuck_out_tongue: It’s a nice example of how a site can be elegant and downright lovely and still be fundamentally simple.

Don’t get me wrong. Simple does not equal easy.