Help a website / HTML newb!

I've been really trying to improve my home page lately, but there are some things I simply can't find an answer to, mainly because I don't know what to look for!

How do I give files a description in a directory listing? Just so people know how many maps and what port each WAD is designed for. http://www.geocities.ws/doomkid/dm_wads/

How do I add custom font to my webpage that will be viewable regardless of wheter the person has it installed on their PC? I assume I'll have to upload the font file to the server, but what exactly do I upload? How do I use it once uploaded?

Is it possible to add a favicon (tab image) to a directory listing? On the home page, there's a little marine head, but on the directories it's a generic image. Any way around this?

I've managed to figure out everything else I need to know, but these things seem elusive for some reason. I've been using SeaMonkey to develop the site, I know it looks very 90's, but that's intentional.

Thanks for any help you guys might be able to give!

Doomkid said:

How do I give files a description in a directory listing? Just so people know how many maps and what port each WAD is designed for. http://www.geocities.ws/doomkid/dm_wads/

Is it possible to add a favicon (tab image) to a directory listing? On the home page, there's a little marine head, but on the directories it's a generic image. Any way around this?

That depends on the HTTPd, some automatically display README.txt and HEADER.txt if they are available. However, you would probably just be better off creating a manual index and update it when you add files unless you have the ability to use PHP and such.

Hey Doomkid, I'm actually learning web development as a new hobby right now.

You can include new fonts using this method here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_fonts.asp

Also you can use Google fonts, explained here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/getting_started?hl=en

I found an answer about page-specific favicons here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14763010/new-update-favicon-per-page

Thank you both for the helpful responses!

Captain Toenail said:

Hey Doomkid, I'm actually learning web development as a new hobby right now.

hey me too :D

I usually use Google fonts but font library also seems like a good one, and it gives you the HTML <link> and CSS styling code for every font the same way that Google fonts does.

Id like too see just how much better you guys are at this hobby than I am when/if you're ready to show the pages y'all have been working on! Inspiration is a very helpful thing for me personally.

you're too kind, Doomkid. I personally don't have a lot of sites built (yet!!!), but I have a handful of little front-end projects that you could find on my CodePen profile, and there's also my own site, but not a lot else, unfortunately. are you intending to make any big changes to your site or just little things?

Your stuff looks far more modern than mine, and I mean that in a good way. I like the oldschool vibe of my site since it suits Doom, but I fear I couldn't do anything that felt modern and sleek, simply because I don't exactly know my way around, at least not fully.

For now I'm content with the page, but I think I'll inevitably continue to improve it as I learn more. It's been great for learning!

You might want to check out the numerous CSS frameworks. Of course, that won't help you learn as much, but with them you actually get stuff done.

Here's my first and only HTML project so far - it's a site to advertise my MarioMaker courses. The layout and design is a bit rough (still trying to get my head round that).

https://meerkatmaker.github.io/index.html

Captain Toenail said:

Here's my first and only HTML project so far - it's a site to advertise my MarioMaker courses. The layout and design is a bit rough (still trying to get my head round that).

https://meerkatmaker.github.io/index.html

hey that's pretty cool man! design-wise I think it might help if the header/nav/footer were all 100% screen width, or the footer at the least. pretty neat though

I have two questions.

1: geocities page wtf? Is it Japanese or something?
2: Is Doomkid's Avatar Serj?

Tango said:

design-wise I think it might help if the header/nav/footer were all 100% screen width, or the footer at the least. pretty neat though

Thanks, but yeah the layout is a mess. I've been messing about with Bootstrap and W3C.css and the results are very promising ;)

Chezza said:

1: geocities page wtf? Is it Japanese or something?

Actually, I'm not sure! I just googled and got this: ".ws is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Samoa." It appears geocities.ws is Samoan. They sure do provide great free web hosting!

2: Is Doomkid's Avatar Serj?

It's Frank Zappa, my favorite musician - But damn, him and Serj sure do have similar hair. I've been a SOAD fan for years as well and I easily see the resemblance.