CSS PHP code conflict

[porn punk]

I'm trying to build a rollover (that includes a gif) on a php page that I have php code on for a traffic script.

I'm using this code to make the background color change

#div1:hover {background-color:#FF0000}

It works fine until add this php code to the top of the page for my script.

<?php
include ("in.php");
?>

I can block the text with this.

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color:#FF0000;
}

But I'd like to get the gift in there and hope I don't have to choose between traffic trading and the rollover.

Is there another way I can do this?

Thanks

P.S. in case you can't tell, I don't know too much CSS or PHP

[Titmowse]

You could make a rollover in Flash by making a button. Then you can get the Kimli plugin and do it that way. I think that Kimli only allows one size of rollover, so it's kind of limiting but a hell of a lot easier than coding those darned css/php files.

ADD: I think maybe you can do more than one size of rollover with Kimli. I just probably won't try to learn because I'm only using the plugin for one size of rollover. It's darned easy though. One line of code, baby!

[theviking]

Make sure you're in.php does not have a header in it. (you know, the < html > < header > part). If it have that, it will overwrite you're oroignal header and exclude you're stylesheet. In some cases you will allso get a function error message with more than one header.

[porn punk]

Thanks for the info, Tit and Viking. After thinking more about it, and checking out a few other sites, I think I might just make a bland warning page (which probably I should be doing anyway for legal reasons) and then create my real page upon entrance. My concern is how these simple warning pages are handled by seo and the links that you want indexed (if they do or don't; should they not be linked to the index page through anchored text links?).

Tit, concerning Flash. Can't flash hurt your seo? That's actually why I wanted to do it this way using text and css. I built a flash entrance for one of my sites (nothing great but I was running through the manuals), but I also linked text at the bottom for seo indexing just to be sure (I'm about to fix up this site too, but right now I'm concerned with another one I think I can make have a little more unique look - better late then never, right? ).

[LincolnLog]

I have had this discussing it seems a dozen times over the last month. First, everyone wants to tell you that splash pages are dead and not the way to build modern sites.

Of course they are talking about all those goofy corporate or cheezy knock off sites that have some long winded self indulgent flash movie playing that does nothing for the visitor experience.

In my case or in the adult site ream (because of the need for warning pages) it still important to have a good splash page. And, the old standard is still the best one. HTML

SEO the tar out your main index page. I use a CMS to manage many of my sites and just think that spiders wont waist much time indexing your site if your sever times out or if you have some kind of asp or php that it gets tangled up with.

So I prefer to offer an very simple html page right up front with all my keywords and text and images optimized to make life easy for Google.

Hope that helps.
(and flash is not very friendly to SEO)

[porn punk]

Originally posted by LincolnLog
I have had this discussing it seems a dozen times over the last month. First, everyone wants to tell you that splash pages are dead and not the way to build modern sites.

Of course they are talking about all those goofy corporate or cheezy knock off sites that have some long winded self indulgent flash movie playing that does nothing for the visitor experience.

In my case or in the adult site ream (because of the need for warning pages) it still important to have a good splash page. And, the old standard is still the best one. HTML

SEO the tar out your main index page. I use a CMS to manage many of my sites and just think that spiders wont waist much time indexing your site if your sever times out or if you have some kind of asp or php that it gets tangled up with.

So I prefer to offer an very simple html page right up front with all my keywords and text and images optimized to make life easy for Google.

Hope that helps.
(and flash is not very friendly to SEO)

Yes, it does. Thanks. I do use php indexes though on three of my main sites and don't seem to have any seo problems (except for my lack of skill ) I do notice that sites where I use wordpress (as cms I believe) on my indexes seem to have better stats, but I think that is deceiving because it's google stats and I think google stats are deceiving because there are 2 other major search engines.

I do notice you'll get better blog sign ups through google, but not necessarily gallery or base page sign ups (not sure about all this, but curious what you think?)

Thanks again