Practice: blue clicky things

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: KT
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 04:13 AM

RATS!!! It didn't work! Guess I'll have to go back and start over! Maybe tomorrow, though! 'Night all!

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: KT
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 04:19 AM

try again

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: KT
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 04:21 AM

COOL!!!! Thanks everyone!!! Now I really am saying good night!

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 09:55 AM

I've ruminated and digested and I'm going for it - wish me luck

Click here

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 09:57 AM

It worked -- thanks to all for patience and understanding - this really is a wonderful place to be

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 01:44 PM

You're doing very well, Class- sorry I misled you with that double slash // in my example of the within-Mudcat link - I fixed it. I hadn't tried it with NO slash at the beginning, but I did it just now and it works (if I understand some of you, that's what you did). So, all you need ot put in is

<a href=thread.cfm?threadid=XXXXX>(click here)</a>

You don't need the part that says &messages=56 - that part is just information, telling how many messages there are in a thread. Note that you can ususally highlight and copy the URL (address) right out of the "address" bar of your browser - so you never need to type URLs, and you'll never make a typing mistake in an URL if you do it that way.
Remember that you DO have to use the http:// if your link goes soutside Mudcat (also note that our Help Forum is separate, so you have to use the http to go to or from Mudcat & the Help Forum - our Help Forum is a separate entity because we hope it won't go down at the same time Mudcat does).

Note that I renamed this thread to "Practice." The JoeClones™ and I go through the practice threads every once in a while and delete practice messages. Please don't post practice messages in other threads because it's hard for us to find them and delete them when it's time to do housecleaning. Thanks.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: blue clicky things
From: Noreen
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 02:01 PM

Good on yer, nutty and KT!

And thanks, Joe, for the extra info.

Noreen

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: KT
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 04:32 PM

Thanks for all of your help, Joe. I have this image of you being inside all of our computers fixing things up for us....again, thanks......

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Greyeyes
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 05:10 PM

I feel like a proud parent, God knows how Joe must feel.

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Snuffy
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 06:17 PM

Can I pretend I've just fixed something?

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Greyeyes
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 06:18 PM

Show off

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 11:09 AM

I'm still learning - been doing my homework

CLEVER

but how do I change the colour ?

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 11:13 AM

trying a bit of logic
wonder if it will work

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 11:13 AM

it didn't

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: SeanM
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 02:58 PM

nutty;

Check out the HTML Stuff thread for information on how to change color, fontsize and more!

Specifically, for color, look for the section on 'font color' commands. It helps if you have access to a hexidecimal color grid.

M

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 03:24 PM

I think Pene Azul posted this link a while back
colour chart
and a link to the newer site Mowchuk

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 03:31 PM

colour chart
same thing at the mowchuk address

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: NightWing
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 04:06 PM

Quick and easy description of how to change the appearance of your text. Before the text you want to change, type the <font ...> tag, after type </font>.

For example, if I type <font color="pink"> before this next bit of text, this bit of text will be pink. Note that THIS text is no longer pink; after the word pink, I typed </font> to end the special tag.

Here's some more:

<font color="red"> will make text bright red. Remember to end them with the </font> tag.
<font size="+1"> will make text a little bit bigger, while <font size="+7"> will make text a WHOLE BUNCH bigger
Likewise, <font size="-5"> will make text a lot smaller (unless I'm mistaken, +7 and -7 is as big and small as you can go)
One I almost never use (but it works) is <font face="arial"> will make the text be a different typeface. (Arial is a "sans serif" typeface; the Times typeface that most of the stuff on the Mudcat uses is a "serif" typeface. You should be able to see the different right here.
And finally, you can combine them quite neatly: <font size="+3" color="green"> will make text a bit bigger and a lovely shade of green

Now, I just have to hope this actually comes out looking the way I intended it to *G*

BB,
NightWing

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 04:07 PM

The email thing still confuses me. If I am looking at a webpage and want to send a link to it by email, I can copy/paste the whole web address to my email
Is there a way to make the email blue clickey say what I want instead?
So instead of it being the complete web address of mudcat for instance is there a way of making the clickey just say Mudcat?
I know what I mean........

Roger

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 05:13 PM

Thanks Nightwing I think I understand now

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 05:13 PM

Thanks Nightwing I think I understand now

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: GUEST,still surfin
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 05:32 PM

Humm I wonder here goes

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: GUEST,still surfing
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 05:35 PM

Oh well I had the right idea - what can't I try?

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Elise
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 12:47 AM

Click here

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Elise
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 12:49 AM

Well, that last one didn't work, 'cause I typed it in wrong. 'Scuse me while I try again: Click here

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: MudGuard
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 08:57 AM

Joe, the links to threads work without the / as long as the file where the link is typed in is in the same folder as the thread.cfm.
Otherwise, you would need one /.

The rules for the slashes is:
two slashes: global link (to anywhere)
one slash: relative to server root (i.e. on the same server as the current file)
no slash: relative to current file
MudGuard

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 12:31 PM

so what is the foolproof method to use Mudguard?

Fool in Sheffield

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: SeanM
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 01:11 PM

I'd believe // would be the universal... I've used it, and have never had a link fail because of it. Note that this doesn't apply within the link... so for http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=30236&messages=78, note that it has the double after the 'http', and the single after the '.org'...

It's often simpler just to open up a window, copy the address out, and directly transfer it to the link. Saves typos, at the very least.

M

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Feb 01 - 08:51 AM

Roger, SeanM has already told the foolproof way: navigate to the page you want to link to and copy its address.

If you use two slashes after the protocol (http:, https:, ftp:, gopher:, ...), you have to provide the server name as well (like www.mudcat.org), otherwise only the path to the file (relative to the server root or current file). So here in Mudcat it should be safest to use one or no slash (as there is more than one server: www, ragtime, loki, shorty).
Which of the two is better? Can't say! Probably no slash, as Netscape 6 has problems with server-relative paths. Otherwise, no big difference.

MudGuard

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Sarah2
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 08:32 PM

Okay, one more question...how do I locate the number of a thread to put in a blueclicky. Above, Joe says this thread is 30236. Where does one find that number?

Sarah

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: MMario
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 08:45 PM

in the address box of your browser.

this one currently says http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=30236&messages=81#389211

so to blickie to here you would want

thread.cfm?threadid=30236

or

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=30236

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Sarah2
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 09:01 PM

Well, duh...

Thanks.

Hey, you're everywhere tonight!

Sarah

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Sarah2
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 09:13 PM

Okay, practicing that:

(click here)

Sarah

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Sarah2
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 09:16 PM

Oh joy! Oh frabjous day!

Thanks, MMario. Genius of the week!

Sarah

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 26 Feb 01 - 11:42 PM

Just one point that was originally raised by Joe Offer. With internal links, it is better to leave the http://www.mudcat.org part out of the link.

The reason for this is that the full URL will be built up according to the address that is being used by the user. As an example, shorty could be down and www not working so the user is on loki, giving the full URL would fail but using the relative path, the full URL would become http://loki.mudcat.org... and would work.

Jon

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 02 Dec 01 - 04:48 PM

(Nasty)

We'll see -

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: shanty_steve
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 12:32 PM

just testing!

good site

Subject: RE: Practice: blue clicky things
From: GUEST,Kenny B
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 05:12 PM

I have read all your discussion For my next new trick i will try an internal link

Grigaloo-Click here