Redhat and other corporate websites.

liraz · #1 24th April 2005, 09:32 AM

Wow! I must say redhat's site is very impressive!

I was always wondering how they achieve somthing like that, do they use html or php-nuke, or some other weird content thing I have no idea about.

I'm aiming at getting a similar look for a website I'm making... obviously not the same but similar.

How do they do it? advanced html or php?

***bob*** · #2 24th April 2005, 12:23 PM

You'd have to shoot them a message and get the details straight from the source. While FedoraForum is linked to RedHat, the two sites were developed independantly. Try this page for contacts: http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/

defkewl · #3 24th April 2005, 02:25 PM

What's so good about it anyway?

liraz · #4 24th April 2005, 02:40 PM

defkewl:
Well it's not specifically that site, but they are a good example of what I mean. Was just generally wondering if they use pure html for their layout or php-nukes and all sorts of stuff.

Ug · #5 24th April 2005, 05:03 PM

Well you could make that layout yourself through HTML, it just involves a lot of nested tables...

Jman · #6 25th April 2005, 04:09 AM

fedora.redhat.com or redhat.com? Both have nice looking x/html sources, so you can see how they did it. fedora.redhat.com is not dynamic, I believe it gets edited every time something changes. redhat.com has some redirects and javascript and other things, but isn't really a dynamic site as far as I know.

Of course their webmaster knows more about it than I do.

Ned · #7 26th April 2005, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jman

fedora.redhat.com or redhat.com? Both have nice looking x/html sources, so you can see how they did it. fedora.redhat.com is not dynamic, I believe it gets edited every time something changes. redhat.com has some redirects and javascript and other things, but isn't really a dynamic site as far as I know.

Of course their webmaster knows more about it than I do.

fedora.redhat.com is simple html with a couple of css stylesheets for all the layout and formatting (these are what determines the appearance of the site). It's a nice solution in terms of maintaining as content changes are quick and easy to make by editing the html file for the page and site wide style or layout changes are equally simple by editing the relevent stylesheet.

Ned

bubudiu · #8 5th May 2005, 10:00 PM

All you need is

- CSS stylesheets
- valid markup (use tidy to validate your code)
- php/mysql backend (for a dynamic site)
- template systems (such as used by VB which powers this site) or Smarty

Good Luck!

luibh · #9 25th April 2005, 06:01 PM

if you look at the source of the redhat pages, they are just x/html. like jman said, its not dynamic so there is no need for php.

one could write the code in a text editor, use scite or bluefish for straight code formatting, or macromedia dreamweaver or nvu for wysiwyg editing.

there is a big difference in the quality of work when you higher a professional web designer.

JordanN · #10 25th April 2005, 06:18 PM

You can also use content management tools, such as that you would find at SpreadFirefox.com and the like. Basically, you define a layout and make some graphics, and let the scripts handle everything else. It keeps it looking professional, so you can do the basic design, and let a not-as-talented person take over.

liraz · #11 26th April 2005, 03:55 AM

cool, I was always under the impression pages like these use some kind of content system but I guess it's possible in html too =)