Author Topic: Sandbox II (Read 64239 times)

Lisa · « **Reply #350 on:** February 08, 2011, 01:03:00 PM »

Quote from: J Culshaw on February 08, 2011, 12:44:08 PM

I tried to put up a photo but don't seem to be able to make it work.

This is what I have - what am I not doing?

I see your picture! Looks good to me. You won't see it when you put the code in, until you hit the "Preview" or "Post" button. I always preview before I post, so I can see if I have what I want!

I'm so glad you've decided to post and show us your jackets!

Lisa

Lisa · « **Reply #351 on:** February 08, 2011, 01:13:20 PM »

Quote from: J Culshaw on February 08, 2011, 12:45:33 PM

Well that doesn't tell you much, does it?

I clicked on the image icon and got <img> </img> and put the URL in between those two but nothing shows up.

The URL is
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aJyzMgdwax8/TVGU8z7tixI/AAAAAAAABRo/6z3zYa6BLSE/s320/coat%2B%

Thanks for your help in advance.

Ok, I think I've got it. The url you've posted isn't the whole url for your image (which ends in .jpg). It looks like it got cut off...

Here's the whole image url (which I got from your blog):

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aJyzMgdwax8/TVGU8z7tixI/AAAAAAAABRo/6z3zYa6BLSE/s320/coat%2B%25232%2B003.jpg
Yours lost "25232%2B003.jpg" from the end. Sounds like it may be a mechanical problem in copying the url. I'm guessing, but if you're right-clicking then choosing "properties" and copying from the "URL (address) link in IE, you need to make sure that you highlight the entire address before you copy. With a long address, the only way t o make sure you have it all is to put your cursor on the address, then hold down the Ctrl key and hit the "A" key. That will give you the whole URL.

When you get the whole image url, put it between the img tags like so:

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[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aJyzMgdwax8/TVGU8z7tixI/AAAAAAAABRo/6z3zYa6BLSE/s320/coat%2B%25232%2B003.jpg[/img] which will get you:

Please give it another try!

Lisa

SewRusty · « **Reply #352 on:** February 08, 2011, 02:29:05 PM »

Lisa, I'm so jealous of your patience and kindness while we all figure out how to use the site. Thank you for doing what you do.

J Culshaw · « **Reply #353 on:** February 08, 2011, 05:18:56 PM »

another test

J Culshaw · « **Reply #354 on:** February 08, 2011, 05:19:32 PM »

Thank you Lisa, yes you are very patient, much appreciated.

Lisa · « **Reply #355 on:** February 08, 2011, 05:24:57 PM »

Quote from: SewRusty on February 08, 2011, 02:29:05 PM

Lisa, I'm so jealous of your patience and kindness while we all figure out how to use the site. Thank you for doing what you do.

Quote from: J Culshaw on February 08, 2011, 05:19:32 PM

Thank you Lisa, yes you are very patient, much appreciated.

Julie, you're very welcome. And thank you to both Julie and SewRusty for your kind comments. Although I do have an ulterior motive here, you know--I like to see people's pictures

)

Lisa

LynnH · « **Reply #356 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:17:13 PM »

just checking to see if blog shows in signature

Lisa · « **Reply #357 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:27:59 PM »

Quote from: LynnH on February 08, 2011, 07:17:13 PM

just checking to see if blog shows in signature

It does!

If you like, you could change it to a clickable words link like this:

Cycling Blog

Very cool recumbent tandem!

Lisa

LynnH · « **Reply #358 on:** February 08, 2011, 10:07:15 PM »

It's a neat toy.
Lynn

bessiecrocker · « **Reply #359 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:05:03 AM »

http://www.aha-mode.ch/images/muster/ordine_voll.jpg

testing 1

bessiecrocker · « **Reply #360 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:33:57 AM »

test 2

YES I figured this out only two tries. YEAH ME...proving that it always pays to read the directions. Maybe I should paste that note on my sewing machine...

fzxdoc · « **Reply #361 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:34:56 AM »

Great job, bessiecrocker!

Kathryn

SunnyElle · « **Reply #362 on:** February 09, 2011, 08:47:31 AM »

[/url]
More quilting on the Buggy Baby Quilt by SewVintage, on Flickr[/img]

argh! I have to go to work, so i'll try again later.

Lisa · « **Reply #363 on:** February 09, 2011, 09:16:30 AM »

Quote from: SunnyElle on February 09, 2011, 08:47:31 AM

[/url]
More quilting on the Buggy Baby Quilt by SewVintage, on Flickr[/img]

argh! I have to go to work, so i'll try again later.

Hi SunnyElle! You've almost got it.

You just need to do less!

You've added "http://" to the front of the code you got from Flickr and then put img tags aroung the entire thing. Flickr includes all of the tags and code you need. so if you delete that, You'll have this:

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewsunny/5395687527/][img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5395687527_97cd73573d.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewsunny/5395687527/]More quilting on the Buggy Baby Quilt[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/sewsunny/]SewVintage[/url], on Flickr

which will get you this:

More quilting on the Buggy Baby Quilt by SewVintage, on Flickr

So get the code from Flickr and paste it here. Don't add anything else or use the buttons above the edit window to add any tags. You don't need them!

Please give it another try.

Lisa

mkyred · « **Reply #364 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:32:45 PM »

I'm testing a ticker I finally figured out how to make. Let's see if it works, now.

mkyred · « **Reply #365 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:35:56 PM »

I didn't like how it moved the blog link so lets try again.

J Culshaw · « **Reply #366 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:26:18 PM »

testing my signature

Julie

J Culshaw · « **Reply #367 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:29:56 PM »

another test
Julie

karent · « **Reply #368 on:** February 12, 2011, 11:21:37 PM »

trying to figure out how you make these links clickable. Thanks for making a place to do this.

blog[/urlhttp://corgihouse.blogspot.com/]

nope, still not getting it right.

karent · « **Reply #369 on:** February 12, 2011, 11:29:53 PM »

completely screwed up last time, trying again

blog

karent · « **Reply #370 on:** February 12, 2011, 11:32:54 PM »

OK, now going to try to make a word clickable to photo

photo

aha, now need to charge up the camera

Lisa · « **Reply #371 on:** February 13, 2011, 12:08:00 AM »

Hi Karen, I see that you have clickable words down (linking either to a website or a picture).

Want to try clickable pictures now?

Not so much different than what you've been doing! And just like a clickable word, it can link to either a web page or another picture!

You can build on what you've done. As you know, here's the format for a clickable word:

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[url=URL YOU'RE LINKING TO]CLICKABLE WORD[/url]
A clickable picture can be build off of the same format. You'll replace the "CLICKABLE WORD" with the code needed to present an image in your post. For a picture that isn't clickable, the format is as follows:

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[img]URL FOR THE IMAGE[/img]You get the img tags from the 2nd button in the 2nd row over the editing window--if you highlight your URL FOR THE IMAGE and then click the button, they'll be properly placed.
Remembering that the URL FOR THE IMAGE must always end in ".jpg" or ".gif" will help make sure that you've got the right url for the picture--instead of the page that the picture is on.

So the final step is to replace the CLICKABLE WORD in the format you've been using with the code needed for your picture. When you do that, you'll get this:

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[url=URL YOU'RE LINKING TO][img]URL FOR THE IMAGE[/img][/url]
If I use the first picture in your blog and link it to the same larger image you linked the word "photo" to, I get this :

BTW, for the images you have hosted on blogspot you can adjust the size by changing the number in the part of the code that reads "/s200/" for the image above. Here's the same photo, with that number changed to 300, 400 & 500. Each of these is linked to the blog you linked the word "blog" to

Very handing coding by blogspot to allow you to adjust your image sizes so easily!

Please give pictures as links a try ! (and let me know if you have questions.)

Lisa

karent · « **Reply #372 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:24:59 AM »

OK, I'll see if I can pull this off
]http://www.blogger.com/profile/11570407072060958620

well, no, no link and no photo

will try it again

karent · « **Reply #373 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:30:08 AM »

ok, here goes

]

obviously not. will go back and read this again

karent · « **Reply #374 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:46:40 AM »

think I might have it, this should link to my blog

whew, I can manage ventilator settings, but I don't understand these backslashes

Lisa · « **Reply #375 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:04:47 AM »

You've got it! Yeah!

Lisa

Lisa · « **Reply #376 on:** February 13, 2011, 03:03:32 PM »

Hi Karen,

You asked me to go ahead and post w/ respect to what went wrong w/ your earlier post, so here you go! First, your post, so you don't have to scroll so far back & forth:

Quote from: karent on February 13, 2011, 09:30:08 AM

ok, here goes

]

obviously not. will go back and read this again

Three separate things went wrong,

but they're all easy fixes!

Here's what your code looks like:

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[url=http://www.acorgihouse.blogspot.com]][img]http://www.blogger.com/profile/11570407072060958620/[/img][/url]
1. You misspelled your blog's url

as "acorgihouse" (instead of "corgihouse"), so that when the software tried to resolve the url, it couldn't.

2. In choosing the url for the picture to be posted (your corgi from your blog's profile page?) you used the url for the page your profile is on, instead of the separate url for the picture on that page.

It happens a lot, but is easy to fix. You don't want the url that's in your browser's address bar. Instead, you want the url for the picture. In IE, you'd put your cursor on the picture, right click, choose properties, then copy the "URL (address)" from the pop-up window. In Chrome, you right click and choose "copy image url." I don't recall Firefox or Safari, but it will be similar. If you have a problem w/ this, tell me which browser you're using and I'll try to help. You'll know you have the right one when the url you get ends in ".jpg" or ".gif"

3. This one is trivial. It just produces an extra "]" which you don't need. Your code shows two square brackets after the target url (your blog address). The first one ends the ending url tag. The 2nd one is just extra and can be deleted.

If I do all three of those things, the code looks like this:

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[url=http://www.corgihouse.blogspot.com][img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BCvbvJSpf7A/R4FlM1VbP7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/9rT1KnDKOqs/S269/May06_06.JPG[/img][/url]

which yields this:

HTH,

Lisa

karent · « **Reply #377 on:** February 13, 2011, 03:53:45 PM »

Thanks Lisa! I see now, and perhaps others can learn from my errors.

K

Kemmish · « **Reply #378 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:42:01 PM »

unable to get this to work so I am trying again

Kemmish · « **Reply #379 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:43:51 PM »

Okay, I got a small post. Now I must work on going further. Uh? I need to go back and redread the instructions . . . .

Kemmish · « **Reply #380 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:47:20 PM »

Kemmish · « **Reply #381 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:50:38 PM »

Kemmish · « **Reply #382 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:53:19 PM »

Yeah! I got it (the image) to work - YEAH! Now on to the next button. I never knew learning tis type of computer code (?) would interest me. Oh and by the way. That's a hat made with pheasant feathers and their heads too. It is not mine. It is in the Museum where I volunteer.

LynnH · « **Reply #383 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:32:29 PM »

Welcome Kemmish - what are you trying to do? Maybe I can help by locating specific instructions?
Lynn

Sergerqueen · « **Reply #384 on:** February 14, 2011, 09:58:16 AM »

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Author Topic: Sandbox II (Read 64239 times)