Does anyone know a game making site that gives out.......

[Bigbear]

lessons??? i need to learn how to make games online.

[scoutt]

Jeff, jus tlike anyhting else, you have to learn how to do it yourself. that means you hav eto know one of the following, javascript or java or cgi. you don't have a choice. that is what most games are made from.

[Bigbear]

would be online lessons instead.

[scoutt]

sure, they are called javascript tutorials. you have to start at the basics as it isn't a gaming programming language but can be used as one. to learn java it is the same, start at teh bottom and work your way up.

lot of links to javascript tutorials, just search for it

[Bigbear]

the games at neopets.com are made from javascript and flash?

[jollyfactory]

Originally posted by Bigbear
the games at neopets.com are made from javascript and flash?
Yeh.. pretty much (it does require some server side language like php to handle the users data and neopoints earned).

In answer to your first post, you'll have to learn a language and program the games yourself. You learn a language and then apply your knowledge of it to what you want to make.. thats how it works.

Good luck,
jolly

[Bigbear]

I just want to know this last thing and I will learn PHP.


P.S. also to help me i REALLY need to know how to
download stuff by ZIP. files
:(

[Bigbear]

i'm looking for a web host that supports mySQL and i was wondering if anyone knew the best site. I know about spaceports.com but i want to know a site that has easy way to get into mySQL.

[scoutt]

Jeff, nobody knows how log neopets has been doing php, my guess is it has been years. nothing happens over night.....

also there is no easy way into mysql, there is only one way and that is the standard.

and there is not very many FREE host that support mysql and php. just have to search.

[Gregory]

i belive www.pixelized.org provides mySQL support for free.

[Bigbear]

ok i download the file,then i upload it into my wed service company and i unzip it but how do i get the unziped file into the main code on another page?

[scoutt]

for one you can't unzip it on your host. you unzip it on your machine then upload it. I had explained all this in great detail to you a couple of weeks ago. you said you didn't understand so I am not going to tell you again.

[Gregory]

uh oh... you made the purple monster angry.
did you try pixelized?

[Bigbear]

thanks anyways. And will anybody help me with the ZIP. files other then scoutt. :D

[Gregory]

to make people download .zip files? can't you just upload the zip file and create a link to it? i think i have done it before.

[Bigbear]

i want to download these pictures so i downloaded it and i upload it onto my ISP but how do i get he pictures from the ZIP file to the meat of the code?

[jollyfactory]

Big bear.. all your questions about .zip files were answered in another very long discussion a couple of weeks ago.

As for your current question..
1. download zip file
2. unzip the file on your machine
3. use the code <img src="whatever.gif">
4. keep the files as images and upload them and the file relative to your location in the src=""

On your question of finding a host.. I suggest you get a domain and host for the domain because its more professional (you dont see neopets on an address like http://galileo.spaceports.com/~neopets). Just my honest opinion.

[Bigbear]

the picture it has the document in front of it will it come up it i put it on the web? and i know i'm only 15 so i cant be paying for a host now in a few years i will pay for one.

[jollyfactory]

Originally posted by Bigbear

ok jolly but when i get the code for...
the picture it has the document in front of it will it come up it i put it on the web?
Please re-read this post and re-iterate your question. I dont understand what you mean (it doesn't make any sense). What does "will it come up it i put it on the web") mean.

Thankyou

[Bigbear]

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Neopets.com\Neopets.com 001.jpg now how can i get the picture to be a gif. picture and not a jpg.??

[giz]

Load the image into a graphics program, then use the Save As.. feature.

There will be a drop down list marked as Type or Format, or something similar, so that you can save it in some other format to the one you started with.

Web friendly graphics include .gif, .jpg and .png files. I don't know why you want to change the format?

Make sure that the filename does not have any spaces in it. Your current name does have spaces.

It is preferable to ensure that all of the filenames are composed only of lowercase lettering.

[Gregory]

you can sometimes just rename it...
ex:
you have pic.jpg
right click it, click rename, then name it
pic.bmp
sometimes that will work, but make a backup copy just in case, cuz it could get corrupted.

[Bigbear]

hacking if you use a script to view a souce code of a site?

[Bigbear]

this link here: <center><img src="http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/newbird2.gif" height=90 width=90 border=1> A bird flies by and says: goes to a page i was making.Now i want this random text script to work (the words you see are from that script) but i also want this form button on the page,But when i put both the codes on the page all that comes up is what you see.

[scoutt]

Originally posted by morrowasted
you can sometimes just rename it...
ex:
you have pic.jpg
right click it, click rename, then name it
pic.bmp
sometimes that will work, but make a backup copy just in case, cuz it could get corrupted.
you can't do that morrow, those are different formats and won't work. you have to use a image program to save it as a different format.

now jeff, why are you even doing a page that teaches how to make a page when you can't even do it?? :rolleyes:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Neopets.com\Neopets.com 001.jpg

I really do hope that is NOT the name of you image.

also why make it a different format? what is wrong with a jpg? nothing I see.

[Bigbear]

hacking if you use a script to view a souce code of a site?
i did that on neopets.com and i tried to use some of the codeing they did but it wouldnt work on my site. :(

[scoutt]

no, you can view anybodys source for thier page. but it is nice to ask them if you could use there code. but you can look at it all day long and not get in trouble.

[Bigbear]

i tried to use some of their code on my site but it messed up eveything eles on my page like a random text scipt.

[Bigbear]

my queston above and this one needs answering.This question is:When i use the source code script and i look up a neopets page but when i take part of the code and put it on my site and it work, But i go to change part of the code like add my touches to it but when i get to my page after saving it everything is messed up even though i know i did everything ok. :(

[scoutt]

you changed the code? so I hace no idea what you changed so how can I help. I am not a mind reader.

[Bigbear]

Ok here is the neopets page: http://www.neopets.com/signup.phtml?agegroup=4 and here is the page after i just chage the part that says SIGN UP WITH NEOPETS: http://www.freewebz.com/kourapets/Calendar.htm All i did was copy the whole neopets page and change how the words were in the sign up part from SIGN UP WITH NEOPETS to DIGN UP WITH CONCOPETS and after i saved it the whole paged messed up. :(

[scoutt]

how did you save that document? it has trailing spaces all over the place... that is why it won't work.

[Bigbear]

Ok heres the neopets page: http://www.neopets.com/signup.phtml?agegroup=4 and heres the code i did to change it:

http://members.freewebs.com/MembersA/WebzEdit/editHTML.jsp?token=de1c1e3b859c85a2f30080d9fa&filename=Calendar%2Ehtm&path=

[scoutt]

I didn't ask that. I asked how you saved the document from neopets. it is all messed up and it is not worth trying to fix.

[Bigbear]

saved my document in my web host site.If you look at the code page again at the top it says save.

[jollyfactory]

I've attatched a copy of a file I created.
The .html file should do what you wanted

Before any of us continue, I think we are entitled to know whether Bigbear is trying to steal content or code from neopets.

[Dr. Web]

I'm going to have to agree with that last statement. You can't just go taking a whole site layout and content, change one or two phrases of text and call it yours.


bigbear, read this please:

http://www.neopets.com/terms.phtml

"1. ... You can display our pictures on your own personal web pages for your noncommercial and personal use ONLY, as long as you write either "Copyright 2002 NeoPets.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission" or "(c) 2002 NeoPets.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission" on EVERY page with our pictures and/or textand you link directly to us, but you can't pretend they are your own work."

[Bigbear]

I dont need there pic's i have my own artist and they will be making the pic's shortly and i am going to change alot of there code around i'm just learning off them :P oh and nvm i found out how to save and change it :)

[montroze]

Originally posted by Bigbear
lessons??? i need to learn how to make games online.

Didn't go though all the postings but you might check here,

makegames (http://www.thefreecountry.com/sourcecode/games.shtml)