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Could anyone point this poor turkey in the right direction?
Two questions:
What screen size do you use? Or better what size is the window you are trying to fill?
How did you set the image? In a table? Or as background for the whole page?
<body background="[i]your background image uri[/i]">or
<body style="background: url([i]your background image uri[/i])">The second is preferrable, and as a style rule can be put in the head of the HTML document or in an external stylesheet.
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; Z-INDEX: 51; LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(hpw3.jpg); VISIBILITY: inherit; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
Maybe if someone had time they could glance at it
<no personal urls, please>
Thanks for the help
[edited by: tedster at 9:39 pm (utc) on July 30, 2002]
m4winds, just so you know, they don't allow links to personal sites in this forum. Howerver while the link is there I will take a look and get back to ya.
Maybe if someone had time they could glance at it
[sniptity-do-da! snipdity-day!]
Well, the basic problem here is twofold:
Man, I hate to say this but your site is ... well, a mess. I mean no disrespect, but I would suggest you spend a short amount of time brushing up with an HTML tutorial or two -- W3School's HTML Tutorial [w3schools.com] would be a good start.
Index:
<HTML>
<SCRIPT id=BrowserCheckScript language=JavaScript>if ( navigator.appVersion.substring(0,1) < 4 )
{
if ( navigator.appName != "Netscape" )
{
window.navigate ("downlvl.htm");
}
else
{
window.location.href = "downlvl.htm";
}
}
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src=toplevel.js >
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT id=TrafficCopData language=JavaScript>
Project = new Project (50, 0, 0, 1, 0, "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=pictureitp&sbp=PIP&ar=MMGREETING&suba=HOMEPAGE&plcid=0x409&pver=5.0&os=Win&over=4.90&olcid=0x409&clcid=0x409");
MainPage = new Page ("iemain.htm", "nsmain.htm");
Pages = new Array ();
Pages[0] = new Page ("ie0.htm", "ns0.htm");
ProjectBhv = new Array();
</SCRIPT>
<FRAMESET id=TrafficCopButtonFrameset rows="0,0,*" border=0 DocHeight=600 DocWidth=800>
<FRAME id=TrafficCopProjectDataFrame src=projdata.htm name="TrafficCopProjectDataFrame" scrolling=no noresize>
<FRAME id=TrafficCopButtonFrame name="TrafficCopButtonFrame" scrolling=no noresize>
<FRAME id=TrafficCopPageFrame src="empty.htm" name="TrafficCopPageFrame" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
Page in Frame:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE id=DocStyleSheet title=DocStyleSheet></STYLE>
<STYLE id=FontStyleSheet title=FontStyleSheet></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#c0c0c0>
<DIV id=DocClientData
style="LEFT: 0px; VISIBILITY: visible; OVERFLOW: visible; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px">
<DIV id=Sx1
style="Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0px; VISIBILITY: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 800px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 1200px">
<DIV id=PD2
style="Z-INDEX: 50; LEFT: 0px; VISIBILITY: inherit; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 800px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 1200px"><IMG
id=Ix4
style="Z-INDEX: 52; LEFT: -3200px; VISIBILITY: inherit; POSITION: absolute; TOP: -3200px"><IMG
id=Ix3
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; Z-INDEX: 51; LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(hpw3.jpg); VISIBILITY: inherit; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
src="hpw3.gif" name=Ix3></DIV>
<DIV id=PI5
style="Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 20px; VISIBILITY: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 107px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 246px; HEIGHT: 164px"><A
href="http://www.xlibris.com/JustACountryBoy.html" target=_top><IMG id=Ix6
style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 0px; VISIBILITY: inherit; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px"
height=160 src="hpw4.jpg" width=103 name=Ix6></A></DIV>
<DIV id=PI7
style="Z-INDEX: 110; LEFT: 601px; VISIBILITY: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 107px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 235px; HEIGHT: 164px"><A
href="http://www.xlibris.com/InTheShadowoftheAlamo.html" target=_top><IMG id=Ix8
style="Z-INDEX: 111; LEFT: 0px; VISIBILITY: inherit; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px"
height=160 src="hpw4.gif" width=103 name=Ix8></A></DIV>
<DIV id=PT9
style="Z-INDEX: 120; LEFT: 99px; VISIBILITY: inherit; WIDTH: 529px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 12px; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<P><FONT face=Gallery color=#000099 size=6><STRONG>A Texan's
Tales</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Gallery color=#000099 size=6>by</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Gallery color=#000099 size=6>Grady
DuBose</FONT></STRONG></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript id=RuntimeScript src="ie.js">
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript id=RuntimeScriptData>
DocScene = new Scene (4.0, "Sx1");
DocScene.entryTrans = new Transition( -1, 2, 0, 0 );
DocScene.Players = new Object();
DocScene.Players.PI5 = new Player( 0.0, -1.0 );
DocScene.Players.PI7 = new Player( 0.0, -1.0 );
DocScene.Players.PT9 = new Player( 0.0, -1.0 );
</SCRIPT>
<DIV id=SoundElementsDiv
style="LEFT: -3200px; VISIBILITY: hidden; POSITION: absolute; TOP: -3200px"> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
This was viewed in IE5
The "mess" was done using picture it! publishing, and I assumed that it would pace things in proper places...guess not though.
Thanks for the tips, though, and I will go back to the drawing board. I will take the advice and try learning some html and doing it that way...since MS PIP doesn't seem to get it.
Really, we aren't all that mean, so if don't hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck. It's just that picture it!'s markup left so much to be desired that there was simply nothing to recommend that would make any sense at all without you having to rewrite everything anyway.
If you really want to get started fast with a WYSIWIG editor, try Macromedia Dreamweaver MX [macromedia.com] (30-day downloadable trial [macromedia.com]), Namo WebEditor [namo.com] (45-day trial [namo.com]), or Microsoft Frontpage 2002 [microsoft.com] (30-day trial, but only on CD [microsoft.com]).
But all that aside, take the time to learn HTML and CSS too. It is not difficult.
Tha truly AMAZING part? I have 16 lines of code (including those html, head, body things. Those few lines produce a nice colored background , the same headings, and both books linked to their sites on the publisher...AND an email link.
I had always assumed that one must use those web page makers, but it seems that you are correct. These few basic parts were a snap. I appreciate the help, and I will take you up on your offer if I get hung up again....I think I can learn to do this enough to help him out. He is 78 years old and started writing a couple of years ago. We are waiting for the proofs of this third book now, and I want to get him a page up before that one comes out.
thanks loads
