This is handy, if you have a rather vertical page, such as this
one... Most of the time, you have divided your site into nice little sections so the
viewer can read all your great information. But what if they only want one
thing? What if they don't want the next thing in line and they want to go back to
your navigation area? For the most part, lots of scrolling annoys folks. So,
type this"
<a href="whatever">Link down</a>
then place this:
<a name="#whatever">Where you want it to
go</a>
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If you view source, you'll see I use a lot of table to organize this
information. It's a great way to make things line up, sing, dance, whatever!
Just, be careful... you can get "table happy"... this happens when
folks start putting in visible borders where they aren't needed, weird graphics as
backgrounds for each individual cell, that sort of thing... don't, it's silly...
Here's the basic two row, two column table. I have the border
set to zero, if you really want one that outlines your table and each cell of
the table, set it to a number 1 - 10
stuff you want
in the table |
New column here |
| New row here |
another spot to put stuff |
Type:
<div
align="center"><center><table border="0"
cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="90%">
<tr>
<td
width="50%">stuff you want in the table</td>
<td width="50%">New
column here</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">New
row here</td>
<td
width="50%">another spot to put stuff</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
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I have pretty mixed feelings about this subject. If you
absolutely MUST make noise on your page, then DO NOT make it a background
sound! I cannot emphasize it enough! There's nothing more irritating than a
song you can't stand, and no way to turn it off... You don't want to scare folks
away, do you
Another thing, try to never use .wav files, they are generally
HUGE! Use .mid files (midi).
Well, if you must...
This will create a visible player, that will automatically load and
start playing when the page is entered, and the visitor can turn if off if they
want.
Type:
<OBJECT ID=Cresendo
CLASSID="clid:0FC6BF2B-E16A-11CF-AB2E-0080AD08A326"
height=55
width=200>
<PARAM NAME="Song" VALUE="whatever.mid">
<EMBED TYPE="music/crescendo"
SONG="whatever.mid"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.liveupdate.com/dl.html"
HEIGHT=55
WIDTH=200>
</OBJECT><BR>
Or, even simpler, treat the sound like a hyperlink. Like
this:
<a href="whatever.mid">Whatever the music
is</a>
Like this: God Bless America
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This is very similar to changing the font size...
Type:
<font color="blue"> Blue Text</font>
Blue Text
|
You can basically use any font you know the name of. Be aware
though, if your viewer does NOT have this font on his or her system, they will never,
ever, ever see it..
This bit of code does the whole deal, sets the size, type face, and
color, you can string them together, but notic e that you only need one </font> to
close the line
Type:
<font size="4" face="comic sans ms"
color="red">Red Text</font>
Red Text
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This is handy to know... just use your own name and whatever
the current date is...
Type:
© Lisa Alekna 11/13/98
© Lisa Alekna 11/13/98
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You format the background at the beginning of the <BODY> This
will set the pages default values for the background, text, link colors, active link
colors, and visited link colors.
It would normally look like this:
<body
text="#000080" alink="#008080" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF00FF">
However, if you are using a graphic, for
the background, and you want the text to scroll over it, like this page is doing, type
this:
<body text="#000080" alink="#008080"
bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF00FF"
background="greenflowers.jpg" bgproperties="fixed">
(This does not work in Netscape, but
it won't mess it up, either...)
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This is a handy trick in two instances - if you've moved your page,
or if you have a "front door" page, and want to send the viewer into the site
after a couple of seconds. This goes in the <HEAD> area.
Type:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="60;
URL=http://whatever.htm">
The [60] is seconds the front page will be visible. If this is
a page you moved, make it about [10] seconds.
Also remember to put a text link on the page, in case the person has
an old browser that doesn't support this.
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