I have zero experience with web design via XOOPS or any other application. But I'd like to create a series of articles via Photoshop for submission to a XOOPS website.

I have a very rudimentary question: when I make an article in Photoshop (v. 5.0 LE), what dimensions should I make the canvas size for the Photoshop document in order to assure that it fits properly when imported (?) into the 'articles' module of the site?

I've been advised that I need to save the .PSD document as a .jpeg, if that information is relevant.

Ironically, I do have full permissions as a webmaster to the site (it's a small project). So if I'm told where to look, I can probably find out any custom dimensions the site may use. (I just fear I might quickly get in over my head if I try to do too much too quicly without really understanding what I'm doing. But I guess I can always check with the owner before doing anything.)

Any guidance here will be tremendously appreciated. Thanking you in advance. :)

I'm sorry, I really don't understand why you just can't type the articles in whatever article module the website uses using the text editor provided by website?

I'm trying to understand so I can help you, so any additional information you can provide helps. What version of XOOPS and what articles module.

Dana

Hi Lemernis and welcome to Xoops.

Xoops has several content modules that will let you wrap html pages. If possible save your work as html. That is the best way to display content created in another program.

don (el paso)

Thanks for the responses!

Unfortunately the website is down right at the moment as the host server is being moved. It uses 7dana, I remember that much. In a day or two here I'll be able to provide more info.

My question betrays my near total ignorance and lack of experience.

When I looked at the site's 'create a new article' (or words to that effect) section I was daunted by all the settings. So I asked the site's main developer if I could make the documents in Photoshop and send them to him. I'm a neophyte with Photoshop as well, but at least I have some familiarity with how to create layers with it.

I guess I should pose the question differently. How do I begin practicing at

1) creating an article
2) adding layers of graphic images and background colors/visual effects?

tnx for your help!

Okay, the site says at the bottom:

Powered by XOOPS 2.2.3 Final ... Design by 7dana.com

When I go to Administration Menu > Modules > Articles > Article Management - Create a New Article, I get an error message: "ERROR - No Categories created."

There should be a button to create a category. You need to do this first. Then go a create an article

Hallo Lemernis,
you can use an graphic program such as photoshop to to create all your page content (text & graphics) as one image, this is not a very effective way to go about things. Normally web content is created as text and graphics seperately. This has a number of advantages - mainly to do with the problem that images are relatively large in comparison with text. Putting a whole page in one graphic would means that your readers with conventional (analog) modems would have to wait quite a long time before your page loads and that you might get a large bill for traffic if you get a lot of visitors.

You can start adding text directly in your articles module once your site is up and running - this is one of the advantages of using a content management system such as Xoops.
You need to use the content editor in the module to type in your text and add your images. The XOOPS and the module then integrate your content into your XOOPS page framework, more or less like how your questions here have been entered in this forum.

You can the appearance of your site and pages by installing and modifying themes and templates. Do a search for this on this site. The original XOOPS documentation isn't complete at the moment but you'll find links to versions outside this site in the FAQ and forums.

Hope this helps.

Good luck,

Alan