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   mfh | Feb 19, 1999 01:08pm | #1

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   Thanks, Joe. I just tried it and it works!!

   Of course I can't say I really understand it; I just pasted my address into your link, but these things take time to learn.

   I'll have to archive your post so I remember how to do it next time.

   -- Codeally challenged

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   Guest_ | Feb 26, 1999 09:16am | #2

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   Joe, do you specify picture size (pixel height and width) when posting pics? A few of the pics on your 12-sided post show up terribly distorted when I view. I've not had any problems with any of your other pics. I've view with IE4.

   Not sure at what you scan, but file size can be reduced by scanning at 72dpi (max resolution of most monitors) and 256 colors.

   You may also want to consider making some of the pics linking instead of autoloading. It helps a bit with thread load time when viewing the thread for the umpteenth time to read new posts.

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   Guest_ | Feb 28, 1999 09:00am | #3

   *Maybe I need to wait till morning, but that explination made my hair hurt. There has to be a simpler way to hook to a web site. And Joe, how do I post pictures? Please no dos like commands.

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   Guest_ | Feb 28, 1999 09:26am | #4

   *J D,Buy web publishing software...it"writes" the code for you...And one of thereasons the codes are hard to explain and or hard to understand is the fact thatany code shown to you the way it has to be writtenis interpreted by the computers as real code and therefore it wouldn't show upon your screen for you to see..This was written on web publishing software and pastedinto the Breaktime post area.Know enough to survive,Jack : ) )(.

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   Guest_ | Mar 01, 1999 08:18am | #5

   *To direct someone to another site you need that site's exact address. The easiest way to get it is to go to that site and use cut & paste to bring it back to your link:(A HREF="PasteURLforWhereYouWantToSendPeopleHere")Name the site here(/A)To link to a pic, you also need the pictures dimensions in pixels, figure for now the pic is 200x100 and 22KB in size:(A HREF="URLofYourPicandPicName.jpg" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=100 BORDER=0)Click here to see my pic, 22KB(/A)You need to list the height and width of the pic as some browsers read HTML differently and occasionally pics look distorted. You can leave BORDER as "0", or a small number (5 or 10), this will create a little border around your posted picture 5 or 10 pixels wide. If your picture size is just to big and you can't alter the size at your end, you can make the picture larger or smaller by adjusting the height and width values above. Keep them in proportion, however. In the above (200x100) you could do 100x50, or 150x75, for example and keep the pic in proportion. If you make them larger, realize you will be reducing the resoluiton (diluting the dots-per-inch) of your pic and it will look grainy.To post a picture directly so it will appear whenever anyone pulls up the thread:(IMG SRC="URLofYourPicandPicName.jpg" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=100 BORDER=0 ALT="NameOfPic, 22KB")Then info after ALT that appears in quotes should be a brief title of your picture so that those whose browsers are not image equipped will know what they should be viewing. If the picture does not appear the text will while the pic is loading.Replace ALL ")" with ">" and replace all "(" with "If you're going to scan pictures to post, realize a couple of things: *Most monitors don't have more then 72dpi, so scan your pics at 72dpi.*Scan pics at 256 colors.Both of the above will help to keep file size manageable. Try to keep the total file size below 40KB. As more people post pictures, you may want to make them linkable instead of posting them directly. It'll do wonders to minimize server load.Try this for additional info:Guide to HTML, http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html#guidesAs soon as you post something, try the link. If it doesn't work, check that EVERY character is perfect. Any one thing missing will create a dead link. It really is so very easy to forget a quote or another character, so proofread. Hopefully I myself got things right! Good luck

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   Guest_ | Mar 01, 1999 08:37am | #6

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   If you want to redirect someone you need to use the HTML Tag <A>. You must first have something to redirect them to.

   I wanted to redirect to a file named "curvewall.htm" in a directory named "my_html", located on my site named fusco-verga-const.com.

   The tag looks like this;

   <a href="http://fusco-verga-const.com/my_html/curvewall.htm">Click here to read about it.</a>

   href="protocol://{www.}somesite/somedirectory/somefile" is the basic format of the tag.

   In the tag above "protocol" = "http:/" which stands for; Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

   There is also File Transfer Protocol. Basically most dialog on the web is in these two formats.

   The {www.} is optional in some cases.

   Somesite = [/fusco-verga-const.com], this is the first step in the redirection. This will actually breakdown to a number, you can see this if you use IE4/5.

   Somedirectory = [/my_html], this is the second step. This is the directory on my site the contains the file "/curvewall.htm"

   Somefile = [curvewall.htm], this is the last step and tells the browser which file to display.

   Click here to read about it. is displayed by the browser as a "text" link to initiate the redirection process.

   Case is sensitive on most servers so, spelling counts. If one thing is not right you get nothing. This is a simplified view of the process but, there are many good books on HTML.

   Joseph Fusco

   Fusco & Verga Construction Co., Inc.

   P.S. If you view the source code you will see how to get the <> signs to display without executing the command.