Calling all web editor-type nerds
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- Minor Legend
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Calling all web editor-type nerds
How do,
I'm a newbie to web editting, as i'm sure you will be able to tell from www.birmingham.mmoc.org.uk !
Question is, if you look at the address bar on the top of most websites, like this one for example, you will see a logo, in this case, the 'Bull on the Waves' logo (or actually the Ox on the Ford, but let's not get into that!).
On my bmmoc website it's just the plain old internet explorer 'e' logo.
Any suggestions as to how to get a different logo on there?
Cheers
I'm a newbie to web editting, as i'm sure you will be able to tell from www.birmingham.mmoc.org.uk !
Question is, if you look at the address bar on the top of most websites, like this one for example, you will see a logo, in this case, the 'Bull on the Waves' logo (or actually the Ox on the Ford, but let's not get into that!).
On my bmmoc website it's just the plain old internet explorer 'e' logo.
Any suggestions as to how to get a different logo on there?
Cheers
Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
you need to make the image as a 16x16 icon (with file extention .ico) you then need to drop this in the root directory for the website in question, and insirt this code between the <head> and </head> tags
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/~your_directory/logo.ico">
where your directory is the place on the website where you have stred the icon. and logo.ico is the icon itself.
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/~your_directory/logo.ico">
where your directory is the place on the website where you have stred the icon. and logo.ico is the icon itself.
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
thanks very much, i'll give that a go!
um... how do you make a .ico?
um... how do you make a .ico?
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
don't worry, i've got it as an ico now.
just got to put your bit of code in, thankyou for your help
just got to put your bit of code in, thankyou for your help
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
right i think i've cracked it
although i can't see it myself as the site doesn't show properly on my pc
i've checked it on every other computer i can lay my hands on (others in the house, work, uni...) they all show it fine.
but on mine i can no longer see the top or bottom banner, and when i click refresh, the left bar contents appears in the main window, and the main window contents appears in the right bar! until i click 'home' and it all goes back to relative normality (albeit still missing the top and bottom bar now). It's very puzzling, and means that i can't see all of my hard work without pinching someones computer to check it!
is it a common problem for the editors computer to not show the site?
although i can't see it myself as the site doesn't show properly on my pc
i've checked it on every other computer i can lay my hands on (others in the house, work, uni...) they all show it fine.
but on mine i can no longer see the top or bottom banner, and when i click refresh, the left bar contents appears in the main window, and the main window contents appears in the right bar! until i click 'home' and it all goes back to relative normality (albeit still missing the top and bottom bar now). It's very puzzling, and means that i can't see all of my hard work without pinching someones computer to check it!
is it a common problem for the editors computer to not show the site?
Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
Sounds more like a browser or resolution issue. What you running?
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
IE9...
*waits to be told IE is rubbish*
*waits to be told IE is rubbish*
Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
OK...
IE is rubbish
but still used by millions of people, so you really need to make sure that the site is OK with IE.
IE is rubbish
but still used by millions of people, so you really need to make sure that the site is OK with IE.
Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
Ie 9 isn't bad actually, likely to be resolution issue then....what res you using?
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
Works fine for me and it all loads really quick which is nice.
The picture galleries are very fast too, but could do with a previous/next button or clicking on the picture should take you back to the gallery.
Otherwise each picture is a bit of a dead end.
The picture galleries are very fast too, but could do with a previous/next button or clicking on the picture should take you back to the gallery.
Otherwise each picture is a bit of a dead end.
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
right, solved the problem. bpr was correct in identifying the lack of a '>'! so i've replaced that (although i'm not sure it made a difference!)
the thing that has sorted it was suggested by a mate down the pub (where the best logic is to be found...) which was to delete my temporary internet files.
that's fixed it for me
MarkyB, thank's for the comments. i see what you mean about arrows to scroll through, it'd be a nice feature if i could orchestrate it. currently each picture in a gallery just links to the picture itself. for me to have arrows each way would require me to give each picture its own 'page' and have the image linked to it, and then each arrow each side link to the previous and next pictures. doable, but would take forever on a 60 picture gallery!
it was intended for the smaller versions to be big enough to see what's going on, and if you want to see it in more detail you click on it, then go back and carry on browsing.
the thing that has sorted it was suggested by a mate down the pub (where the best logic is to be found...) which was to delete my temporary internet files.
that's fixed it for me
MarkyB, thank's for the comments. i see what you mean about arrows to scroll through, it'd be a nice feature if i could orchestrate it. currently each picture in a gallery just links to the picture itself. for me to have arrows each way would require me to give each picture its own 'page' and have the image linked to it, and then each arrow each side link to the previous and next pictures. doable, but would take forever on a 60 picture gallery!
it was intended for the smaller versions to be big enough to see what's going on, and if you want to see it in more detail you click on it, then go back and carry on browsing.
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
I think you have done a brilliant job wish i could do stuff like that
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
Making each picture a link back to the gallery it's in would work OK and not be too hard to code.
To get previous/next buttons would be a pain unless you use some gallery software.
To get previous/next buttons would be a pain unless you use some gallery software.
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"
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ok i'll keep that in mind. thanks for the input
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
Just to let you know MarkyB, I've spent the afternoon making the 'Rally 2011 gallery' scroll through, just for you. without gallery software!MarkyB wrote:Works fine for me and it all loads really quick which is nice.
The picture galleries are very fast too, but could do with a previous/next button or clicking on the picture should take you back to the gallery.
Otherwise each picture is a bit of a dead end.
the only problem it could have is if the picture in the middle is too wide for your screen, in which case the arrows will go a bit funny!
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
cheers, good to hear from people on different browsers to make sure it's compatible!
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Very nice job and it works a lot better and faster than gallery software would.
I hope you found a way to do it easily rather than hand craft every link!
I hope you found a way to do it easily rather than hand craft every link!
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Re: Calling all web editor-type nerds
i did have to make 60 pages, each with a different name, and each with their content with a different link. but after i made one, i copied that 60 times, and as i numbered all of the pictures it was just a task of open each one and change the numbers!
it'll be a lot easier to do it again for the next rally, as all i have to do is copy what i've got and change the numbers!
it'll be a lot easier to do it again for the next rally, as all i have to do is copy what i've got and change the numbers!