Confusion!!!

[Ahmedhussain]

Hi,

There is a whole list of confusing questions in my head.
This is sort of confusion in my head... I have two web development projects on ASP.NET.... The first one is for my dads state agency and the other one is for my self that is a blog that i want to make for myself (i.e CMS)...

Well the first question of mine is very stupid... Im not able to take the decision on which website should I work first.......

The second thing is that Im learning ASP.NET.. I did worked on CMS but only the data layer (i.e databases and Data Access Layer) . I havent done a work on front views the designs known s the presentation layer.. And this is driving me nutz..

first thing first ... N e one can help me in these sort of problems???

Thank you in advance,

regards,
Ahmed

[Frinavale]

If I were you I'd work on my own application first because I'd want to learn and make mistakes on my own project before attempting a project for someone else. The other reason would be because I'd have more interest in creating my own application and that would drive me to learn more.

Anyways, once you start implementing and you have some technical questions to answer we'll be right here to help you out. There are a lot of experts here that can help you with any technical questions you'll have when developing.

Good luck and happy coding

-Frinny

[Ahmedhussain]

Hi Frinny,

How are you? thank you for the reply you made on my post..
I want to work on my own website. I need to know how to design my web pages through visual studio.net . The first thing that I didnt understand is that I have tried to make a header menu which almost every website has.. And i didnt get the idea, because visual studio provides you only the menu item template that is present in navigation toolbox, that works differently....
Also How will I integrate my CMS database with the presentation layer?

Thank you again :)

[Frinavale]

Hi Frinny,

How are you? thank you for the reply you made on my post..
I want to work on my own website. I need to know how to design my web pages through visual studio.net . The first thing that I didnt understand is that I have tried to make a header menu which almost every website has..

Check out MasterPages. MasterPages are "templates" that are applied to pages in your web site and I think you're going to find them very useful. I would put my "header" menu in the MasterPage so that it is present on every page. Use CSS and HTML to design the page's look/feel in the MasterPage.

And i didnt get the idea, because visual studio provides you only the menu item template that is present in navigation toolbox, that works differently....

As for the Menu, there are a few navigation controls available to help you create a menu. Open your toolbox and look under the Navigation section to see which controls are available to you. Check out each of them to determine which one best suits your needs.

Also How will I integrate my CMS database with the presentation layer?

Thank you again :)

I have no idea how to connect to a CMS database. I've never used them, hopefully someone else can help you here with that. If it's anything like connecting to a regular database then you should have no problem retrieving the data from it and binding it to various .NET controls to display the data.

[Ahmedhussain]

thank you very much. :)
Your help was very usefull
But I ll be needing some help in designs and layouts and CSS and the connection thing....

Regards,
Ahmed

[Frinavale]

thank you very much. :)
Your help was very usefull
But I ll be needing some help in designs and layouts and CSS and the connection thing....

Regards,
Ahmed

Sure, give it a go and when you run into problems get back to us :)

-Frinny