WOOT!!!!

I FIXED IT!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAY!!!!
So I found this thing yesterday online (one of the biggest parts of programming is learning how to use google... ;) ) and it's an htc file which uses Javascript that makes IE compatible with the :hover command. So yesterday I was playing with it, and it wasn't working, and that made me mad. Today I went back to it to play with it some more, and after viewing the source on a site I knew worked, I copied their code and pasted it into my htc file. Then I referenced it in my external style sheet, and refreshed my website.
AND IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XDD
So I'm a little excited... :D my gallery is here if you want to see it! Now whether in IE or Firefox, it should work!
Thanks to http://www.xs4all.nl/~peterned/csshover.html for the code!

Computer Adventures part 1

So I have an AWESOME web design class right now, it's definitely one of my favorites! Using http://w3schools.com/, we're going through tutorials with CSS and HTML. HTML is fun to refresh, my coding skills are pretty outdated. I mean, it's the same HTML, but I've never played with the div tags and the span tags. I've missed out a lot apparently, 'cuz they're super fun. If you want to see the website I'm building (and keep in mind, this is my experimental playground, so nothing is really serious... ;) ) the URL is http://shcheidi.webng.com/

But I'm having some trouble with the Internet Explorer non-support of the :hover tag in CSS. And it's starting to bug me. I have an awesome gallery of flowers which are all images, and when I hover over them in Firefox, they go to full opacity, but in IE, they don't.
Now, I could just copy/paste the following code into my HTML:

<img src="flowers/flower1.jpg" style="opacity: 0.4;"
onmouseover="this.style.opacity=1;
this.filters.alpha.opacity=100" 
onmouseout="this.style.opacity=0.4;
this.filters.alpha.opacity=40" 
/>

and it works in both browsers flawlessly. The problem is, what if I have 40 images in my gallery? That would take tons of time to copy/paste it for every single one... and that would be really impractical if I suddenly decided to decrease or increase opacity. I'd have to edit every one of them.
So yesterday I asked my brother, who is a genius and knows CSS better than I do, and he found the following code for me to put into my external style sheet:
img#flower {
opacity:0.4;
filter:alpha(opacity=40);
border: none;
}

img#flower:hover {
opacity:1.0;
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
border:none;
}
and it works perfectly in Firefox. And I only have to edit the style sheet for it to work in my web page. The reference I have in my HTML is:
<img id="flower" src="http://www.blogger.com/flowers/flower2.jpg" />
with the id="flower" I reference my CSS external style sheet. It's pretty awesome, I'm still thrilled with that ability to do that... :D
BUT it doesn't work in IE. So I'm going to keep researching and find out what I can do about that. Believe me, if I find a break though, you'll be the first to know.
And hopefully you guys won't stop following me after this post... it's a bit weird to read... haha

Sleepy....

Thus is the life of a college student. It's okay though, I suppose...

But seriously, it's tough to try to stay awake during classes. Right now we're talking about object oriented programming, describing the clock to the computer. It's pretty entertaining, there are a whole lot of things I've never even thought about. Think of describing a piece of toast to a fish. A slightly more intelligent fish, but still, the fish hasn't seen, tasted, or smelt toast, and you need to start at the very beginning to even get the fish thinking about it.

You: "Hey Fish, how's it going?"

Fish: "Pretty good, just the same as usual."

You: "Well, that's great! Have you ever had a piece of toast?"

Fish: "..."

You: "Uh... how about bread?"

Fish: "..."

You: "I see. Well, I just thought of several things I have to do, so I'll talk to ya later Fish!"

Fish: "You're really weird."

You: * is GONE *

So that's just a little sample, but we actually have to describe it. So I'll be signing off now and listening, so I know how to do it...