questions relating templates and how to program them before i venture into the known

[Sun1337]

im totally new building web sites. im learning HTML, CSS and soon after that PHP. I want to know couple of things before i get started. If i make my own template using photoshop or adobe illustrator and upload it using FILEZILLA, how would i propgram the website. Does uploading the template mean that you just upload images, and then you have a seperate html/css txt document outlining how these images are displayed and used. I dont wuite understand the process.

Thanks for any help in advance .

[ishkey]

Does uploading the template mean that you just upload images, and then you have a seperate html/css txt document outlining how these images are displayed and used.

Yes that is what it means.

You create a graphic of what your page will look like, saved as a psd file.
From it you take out all the parts you need and put them into a directory.

Here is one example to code a basic Logo from a psd file.
You create a "css" file which sets the style and properties for the elements.

/* ----------LOGO STYLES---------- */
#logo { 
float: left; /*floats our logo left*/
height: 37px; /*gives our logo a height of 37px same as our logo image*/
width: 270px; /*sets our logo div's height to 270px same as our logo image*/
}

Then you create a "html" file which tells the browser what to get from the "css" file, where to put it, how to display it.

<div id="logo"><!--LOGO STARTS-->
<img src="your_images_directory/logo.png" alt="Welcome To Your PROject" /> 
</div><!--LOGO ENDS-->

Basically you have 3 items;
1. a directory with your graphics
2. a style.css fie
3. a somefilename.html
again the psd file is the visual graphic you used to create what was in your head. You then cut out the parts you needed and placed them in a directory for use with the "css" and "html" files.

[Sun1337]

thanks alot made things clearer