Posting Tricks

On this page are directions for using bits of html to do several things,
I'll highlite the recipes as we go along.: (some features might not work in the Coffee Shop, but here's a start)

To add music to a post:: I'm green on all this, but here's what HAS worked on some boards -- substitute as suggested in the parenthesis --; (left arrow)embed src="(the web address of the online music)" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true"(right arrow)

or -- (left arrow)bgsound src="(the web address of the online music)" autostart="true" hidden="true" loop="true"(right arrow)


To post Bigger Fonts:

You just surround the word with the altered font size instructions.
For example, to post something like -

HI!
you'd type something like-
HI!

or to post -
Go AWAY!
you'd type something like -
Go AWAY!

or to post -
Here we come!
you'd type something like
Here we come!

TO POST Colored digits,

cut & paste this whole thing ---

<font

color="#400040" size="7">OH JEEZ!

to see this

OH JEEZ!

(Of course you can change the letters)

To post a picture :

Special Note -- Some of the free servers like Angelfire and Geocities won't permit you to display pictures from their sites, so these directions won't work with those.
Otherwise, to post one in the Coffee Shop (or any message board that accepts links),
you have to "write it in html".
That's not real difficult.
All you gave to do is decorate the picture's address (its URL) a little.
(These directions work with any online picture,
NOT one from your files cuz THEY aren't "online")

So here's an online picture to try.
http://customer.wcta.net/fogey/OW2001.jpg
Click it first to make sure it works. You should see this --

If this will open thru the browser on your moniter,
it will post in the Coffee Shop.

If you're sorta familiar with html, you can just type
<IMG SRC="
at the front of the URL and
">
at the back end.

Avoid any extra spaces, use Capital Letters when you're supposed to.
For those who would rather see the steps involved , here they are: -----------


If you typed that in a Coffee Shop message right now, all you'd see is the picture!

To post a link :
If you want to post a "link" to something
(for example, the "PostingWeird Stuff" link that brought you here)
without having its web address (all the"http..." stuff) showing, here's the recipe.
Let's say you want to link the picture http://customer.wcta.net/fogey/OW2001.jpg ,
but you want to call it "Mikey", here's what you type in the box --
<A HREF="http://customer.wcta.net/fogey/OW2001.jpg">Mikey</A>: and all we'll see is a clickable link (hyperlink) to Mikey

-- Note about marquees in the Coffee Shop --
The only way i currently know
to keep the marquees from making the reply window scroll,
is to add a line break
 
at each end (outside the rest) of your marquee,: then type some MORE regular text AFTER it,; and add the at both ends of that text too.

To make words scroll:

Just type your message and add

<marquee> at the start of the message,

and add the same arrows and a "slash-marquee" at the end.

(extra spaces don't matter in the message)

Good Morning!

Good Day! I can type all I want in here and it just keeps scrolling along and scrolling along and scrolling along. I could put the whole Bible in here :)


To post a Flashing Message :

Old Timer has discovered that
you can make your message appear to blink
by changing the scrollamount and scrolldelay values to about 500.
<marquee scrollamount ="500" scrolldelay ="500">Blinking Test :)</marquee>

You can change the message width too - this is 75% of page width.....

This message is CENTERED on the page

This message goes to the right

This message goes both ways


OR, you can combine some of the above features!
Let's try text AND pictures --umm-- alternating :)
Let's see, we need the <marquee> thing on both ends, the behavior thing,
some text, a picture with the IMG SRC stuff,
(dammed if I know how to align it in the Coffee Shop, but it works on other boards------)

I can't demonstrate this properly on this page, but
Copy and Paste this with your own picture and text and see what happens.
<marquee behavior="alternate">Oh good grief <IMG SRC="http://customer.wcta.net/fogey/OW2001.jpg"> I'm seasick! <marquee>