Member Avatar for Labdabeta

How do you show code on a website? Right now I define a bunch of CSS styles called Comment, Preprocessor, Keyword, etcetera. Then make a two column table, make the left column line numbers and and the right column each row has a line of code. Then I manually go through the code assigning CSS styles where appropriate. The problem is that this is tedious, especially for long pieces of code and it is not portable so if I need to change things it takes a long time. I am very new to website programming and have no idea where to start with this. Any help?

  • 3 Contributors
  • 5 Replies
  • 143 Views
  • 1 Week Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by pritaeas

Recommended Answers

All 5 Replies

Member Avatar for simplypixie

Can I ask why you want to show code on a website?

Member Avatar for Labdabeta

Because I was challenged by a friend to make a C++ tutorial website and I am determined to win my challenge ;). Also how can I have hidden content (so you press a button and all of a sudden extra text appears.

Member Avatar for simplypixie

Unfortunately I don't think I can help but I think you mean to display code like you would on this forum, in code tags, and I don't know how to do that (mainly because I have needed to do it so haven't looked into how it is done).

With regard to hidden content which shows on the click of a button that would need a mix of CSS and JavaScript - many tutorials on the web.

Sorry to have not been more help.

Member Avatar for Labdabeta

Ok, I guess I will stick to my tables of manually coloured syntax :( Thank you anyways.

Member Avatar for pritaeas

Were you looking for a syntax highlighter ? There are many more than the one I linked. (I know this was solved, but it may help others.)

Edited by pritaeas because: n/a
Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.