Calling all web editor-type nerds

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:05 pm

How do,

I'm a newbie to web editting, as i'm sure you will be able to tell from www.birmingham.mmoc.org.uk !

Question is, if you look at the address bar on the top of most websites, like this one for example, you will see a logo, in this case, the 'Bull on the Waves' logo (or actually the Ox on the Ford, but let's not get into that!).

On my bmmoc website it's just the plain old internet explorer 'e' logo.

Any suggestions as to how to get a different logo on there?

Cheers

Post by **phurn** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:17 pm

you need to make the image as a 16x16 icon (with file extention .ico) you then need to drop this in the root directory for the website in question, and insirt this code between the <head> and </head> tags

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/~your_directory/logo.ico">

where your directory is the place on the website where you have stred the icon. and logo.ico is the icon itself.

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:01 pm

thanks very much, i'll give that a go!

um... how do you make a .ico?

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:21 pm

don't worry, i've got it as an ico now.

just got to put your bit of code in, thankyou for your help

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:44 pm

right i think i've cracked it

although i can't see it myself as the site doesn't show properly on my pc

i've checked it on every other computer i can lay my hands on (others in the house, work, uni...) they all show it fine.

but on mine i can no longer see the top or bottom banner, and when i click refresh, the left bar contents appears in the main window, and the main window contents appears in the right bar! until i click 'home' and it all goes back to relative normality (albeit still missing the top and bottom bar now). It's very puzzling, and means that i can't see all of my hard work without pinching someones computer to check it!

is it a common problem for the editors computer to not show the site?

Post by **phurn** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:55 pm

Sounds more like a browser or resolution issue. What you running?

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:23 pm

IE9...

*waits to be told IE is rubbish*

Post by **simmitc** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:12 pm

OK...

IE is rubbish

but still used by millions of people, so you really need to make sure that the site is OK with IE.

Post by **phurn** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:26 pm

Ie 9 isn't bad actually, likely to be resolution issue then....what res you using?

Post by **MarkyB** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:13 pm

Works fine for me and it all loads really quick which is nice.
The picture galleries are very fast too, but could do with a previous/next button or clicking on the picture should take you back to the gallery.
Otherwise each picture is a bit of a dead end.

Post by **bpr81a** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:35 pm

OK on IE, not on Firefox.

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:46 pm

right, solved the problem. bpr was correct in identifying the lack of a '>'! so i've replaced that (although i'm not sure it made a difference!)

the thing that has sorted it was suggested by a mate down the pub (where the best logic is to be found...) which was to delete my temporary internet files.

that's fixed it for me

MarkyB, thank's for the comments. i see what you mean about arrows to scroll through, it'd be a nice feature if i could orchestrate it. currently each picture in a gallery just links to the picture itself. for me to have arrows each way would require me to give each picture its own 'page' and have the image linked to it, and then each arrow each side link to the previous and next pictures. doable, but would take forever on a 60 picture gallery!

it was intended for the smaller versions to be big enough to see what's going on, and if you want to see it in more detail you click on it, then go back and carry on browsing.

Post by **irmscher** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:03 am

I think you have done a brilliant job

wish i could do stuff like that

Post by **MarkyB** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:27 am

Making each picture a link back to the gallery it's in would work OK and not be too hard to code.
To get previous/next buttons would be a pain unless you use some gallery software.

Post by **chrisryder** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:22 pm

ok i'll keep that in mind. thanks for the input

Post by **chrisryder** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:10 pm

MarkyB wrote:Works fine for me and it all loads really quick which is nice.
The picture galleries are very fast too, but could do with a previous/next button or clicking on the picture should take you back to the gallery.
Otherwise each picture is a bit of a dead end.

Just to let you know MarkyB, I've spent the afternoon making the 'Rally 2011 gallery' scroll through, just for you. without gallery software!

the only problem it could have is if the picture in the middle is too wide for your screen, in which case the arrows will go a bit funny!

Post by **DaisyMayFozz** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:38 pm

looks fine, and loads fast on chrome with me. Nice site

Post by **chrisryder** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:41 pm

cheers, good to hear from people on different browsers to make sure it's compatible!

Post by **MarkyB** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:05 am

Very nice job and it works a lot better and faster than gallery software would.
I hope you found a way to do it easily rather than hand craft every link!

Post by **chrisryder** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:26 pm

i did have to make 60 pages, each with a different name, and each with their content with a different link. but after i made one, i copied that 60 times, and as i numbered all of the pictures it was just a task of open each one and change the numbers!

it'll be a lot easier to do it again for the next rally, as all i have to do is copy what i've got and change the numbers!

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