Online league setup help

revjames · 11-09-2003, 12:00 AM

I'm looking for some help setting up an online leage. I've got my web page and I can use the FTP. What I would like to know is how to break down the various pages, such as prospects, news, injuries, transactions, etc....

Basically, I want to be able to use a designed page and not have to use the index.htm that ootp generates.

Any help?

redmarkYankees · 11-09-2003, 01:29 AM

I've just finished doing the same thing as a first attempt on a new league. It's not up yet (might never be if the commish doesn't like it), so I can't point you to it.

It's actually much easier than it looks.

Look at the source code of the default pages and see how they link up. (index.html, top.html, menu.html in ootp/html folder).

The easiest way to do it is using frames as the default pages do. Your navigation (e.g. menu.html) provides links to the main sections which open in the main contents frame, so you retain your header/menu etc for navigation.

Although you can have thousands of pages produced, there are really about 40 or 50 you need to provide links to, through a menu and sub menu's, if that. The player and team pages will link to each other, from main news pages etc. Go through the generated files to see which are the important ones to link to, design a front end, design a navigation system and thats it.

revjames · 11-09-2003, 08:01 AM

how did you get all the pages into your web design.

For example, I'm using Frontpage and when I try to import, or copy and paste the pages over I get a weird errror. It seems that I could do a few pages at a time but that would take forever.

How did you get them over?

redmarkYankees · 11-09-2003, 09:59 AM

You don't, there are just too many.

There are about 40/50 pages that need linking to. These break down quite easily into 5 or 6 'sections', e.g. News, Reports, Team Stats, Player Stats, Records and History. The rest of the 3000+ pages are player pages and team pages, which will be linked to by other ootp pages, within the frame/******, not by you (see below).

So you can make separate pages or frames for each of these headings. Each of these 6 pages will have links to 7 or 8 pages - which must be loaded in a frame or ******. Loading them into a frame preserves your header/menu and just loads the ootp data-page. You can change the look of the ootp page by playing around with styles.css.

What I did (also in Frontpage):

Index.html is just a frameset page. Loads 2 pages into the frames (top:site name/logo and 2 horizontal menu's; and content area). The menu's: one for external links, one for the ootp 'sections'.

The 'content' area:

Need 5 or 6 different webpages (one for each section). The top of the content area then displays another small horizontal menu linking to the 7 or 8 pages under that section (e.g. for News; Breaking, Log, Transactions, Injuries etc).

The actual ootp page (e.g. lnews.html for News Log) is loaded into an ****** in the contents page immediately below the menu bar.

The crucial bit is the "target" attribute of the A tag. e.g. call your ****** "contentIF", then the A tag as well as the href attribute also has ' target="contentIF" '. So clicking any of the menu links should target the ******. Any link clicked within the ****** (e.g. player name) will automatically open within the ******.

DaveHorn · 11-09-2003, 12:05 PM

Don't worry, I'll be putting it up. Sometime today, I hope. Even if I absolutely hated it, which I'm sure I don't, I would at least let the league look at it and decide if they want to use it or not. Once I get it up, I'll post a link to it here so revjames can see what you're talking about.

DaveHorn · 11-09-2003, 08:16 PM

revjames - Redmark's OOTP framework is now up on our league website. You can see it by clicking on the HFTC link.

11-09-2003, 12:00 AM	#1
revjames Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dallas, TX (For now...) Posts: 39	Online league setup help I'm looking for some help setting up an online leage. I've got my web page and I can use the FTP. What I would like to know is how to break down the various pages, such as prospects, news, injuries, transactions, etc.... Basically, I want to be able to use a designed page and not have to use the index.htm that ootp generates. Any help?

11-09-2003, 01:29 AM	#2
redmarkYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,283	I've just finished doing the same thing as a first attempt on a new league. It's not up yet (might never be if the commish doesn't like it), so I can't point you to it. It's actually much easier than it looks. Look at the source code of the default pages and see how they link up. (index.html, top.html, menu.html in ootp/html folder). The easiest way to do it is using frames as the default pages do. Your navigation (e.g. menu.html) provides links to the main sections which open in the main contents frame, so you retain your header/menu etc for navigation. Although you can have thousands of pages produced, there are really about 40 or 50 you need to provide links to, through a menu and sub menu's, if that. The player and team pages will link to each other, from main news pages etc. Go through the generated files to see which are the important ones to link to, design a front end, design a navigation system and thats it. __________________ In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell

11-09-2003, 09:59 AM	#4
redmarkYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,283	You don't, there are just too many. There are about 40/50 pages that need linking to. These break down quite easily into 5 or 6 'sections', e.g. News, Reports, Team Stats, Player Stats, Records and History. The rest of the 3000+ pages are player pages and team pages, which will be linked to by other ootp pages, within the frame/****, not by you (see below). So you can make separate pages or frames for each of these headings. Each of these 6 pages will have links to 7 or 8 pages - which must be loaded in a frame or **. Loading them into a frame preserves your header/menu and just loads the ootp data-page. You can change the look of the ootp page by playing around with styles.css. What I did (also in Frontpage): Index.html is just a frameset page. Loads 2 pages into the frames (top:site name/logo and 2 horizontal menu's; and content area). The menu's: one for external links, one for the ootp 'sections'. The 'content' area: Need 5 or 6 different webpages (one for each section). The top of the content area then displays another small horizontal menu linking to the 7 or 8 pages under that section (e.g. for News; Breaking, Log, Transactions, Injuries etc). The actual ootp page (e.g. lnews.html for News Log) is loaded into an ** in the contents page immediately below the menu bar. The crucial bit is the "target" attribute of the A tag. e.g. call your ** "contentIF", then the A tag as well as the href attribute also has ' target="contentIF" '. So clicking any of the menu links should target the **. Any link clicked within the ** (e.g. player name) will automatically open within the ***. __________________ In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell Last edited by redmarkYankees; 11-09-2003 at 10:02 AM.*

11-09-2003, 12:05 PM	#5
DaveHorn All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,146	Don't worry, I'll be putting it up. Sometime today, I hope. Even if I absolutely hated it, which I'm sure I don't, I would at least let the league look at it and decide if they want to use it or not. Once I get it up, I'll post a link to it here so revjames can see what you're talking about. __________________ Dave HFTC Commish

11-09-2003, 08:16 PM	#6
DaveHorn All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,146	revjames - Redmark's OOTP framework is now up on our league website. You can see it by clicking on the HFTC link. __________________ Dave HFTC Commish

11-09-2003, 08:01 AM	#3
revjames Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dallas, TX (For now...) Posts: 39	how did you get all the pages into your web design. For example, I'm using Frontpage and when I try to import, or copy and paste the pages over I get a weird errror. It seems that I could do a few pages at a time but that would take forever. How did you get them over?