Hey there.

Firstly, i would suggest downloading XAMPP or WAMPP and installing your site on localhost so you can play with it without messing around with FTP etc.

Secondly, there are several Content Management Systems designed to help you achieve your goals without putting in half as much effort as your going to need to do with your current setup, the most popular being Joomla and DLE.

Thirdly, dialog boxes and buttons are uber easy to do. Take a look at the rokbox plugin, which is a universal plugin and allows you to create HTML/CSS/Java/etc dialog boxes and is literally endlessly configurable.

A small example of using those buttons you mentioned:


Code: 
#myImg {background-image:url('../img/image1.gif')}
#myImg :hover {background-position:0px -72px}

That code will move the image up 72px when u hover over it (i cant do it here, html/css is not allowed in posts) - thus creating the effect that a button has been pressed.

thats all there is to it really when your using whats called "sprites". Basically it reduces HTTP requests and results in much quicker loading websites.

Anyway.

Welcome to KWWH. Have fun messing around
jayfella Reviewed by jayfella on . Help with CSS (and maybe PHP/MySQL/Ajax) First off, let me introduce myself: I'm a beginning 'webmaster' from the Netherlands. Currently I've rolled into a start up business together with my uncle. As I am by far the most technical of us, I've taken upon me the task to do all the computer and web related tasks. We decided to start a web shop. I've read some comparisons between shops and I've chosen Interspire Shopping Cart(nulled, for now). As there already has been a small investment(Dutch language pack, not available for free Rating: 5