+Blaidd-Drwg Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I would suggest the ability to select to not include the three standard entry boxes, or at least the ability to suppress the titles The titles are a nice suggestion, but there are times when I would like to use the space for different areas. As a side note, does anyone know if each text entry box has a size limit, or if the size limit is for the entire page? Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I would suggest the ability to select to not include the three standard entry boxes, or at least the ability to suppress the titles The titles are a nice suggestion, but there are times when I would like to use the space for different areas. I suggested this a while back, but couldn't generate much interest. I'd like to see the section titles be editable, rather than a few fixed categories that may not have anything to do with what people want to put in their profile. Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) As an alternative, try this. If you leave a particular section blank (news, for example) it will not show up on your profile. You can then use the following HTML to add a section by inserting it at the bottom of one of the sections that you have used: <p><b>XXXXXX</b></p> (replace the X's with whatever title you want. Add a colon to make it look official) Paste it into a field that you are using (latest news, maybe) after the text for that section. Otherwise, it looks awkward. For example, I added a bookmark Lists section to my profile. I did this by adding the code above to one of the predefined sections (Hobbies, in this case) then put "Bookmark Lists:" between the tags. It looks something like this when I edit my profile: "Hobbies Any hobbies other than geocaching? Share them here." Who has time for other hobbies when all of your spare time, gas, and money go toward caching... <p><b>Bookmark Lists:</b></p> Previously Owned Caches DavidMac's Top 100.... You can repeat this as often as you want, up to the text limit (I'm not sure what it is) edit: for clarification, and fixed typo in code Edited November 2, 2005 by DavidMac Link to comment
+Raine Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 <p><b>XXXXXX</a></p> it shouldn't be <b> it should be <a> or you'll have incomplete tags. Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 <p><b>XXXXXX</a></p> it shouldn't be <b> it should be <a> or you'll have incomplete tags. Whoops. you're right. It was a typo Link to comment
+Blaidd-Drwg Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 Thanks for the tip about leaving a section blank. I wasn't aware of that. However, let me throw a little bit of html at you for new section headings. Use <h1>xxxxx</h1> or substitute h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 for the h1. This is the html for a header. The use of h1 will result in a large header, while the others result in a progressively smaller header. The header will also be Bold. Examples of the use of the header html can be seen on my current profile page, along with several tables. By the way, the header will automatically put a break in after the header, and you can then put in your paragraph notation or as in my case the table. Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 However, let me throw a little bit of html at you for new section headings. Use <h1>xxxxx</h1> or substitute h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 for the h1. That is all true, but the existing headers are only wrapped with <b>..</b> so if you're going for consistency, use that. Link to comment
+Blaidd-Drwg Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 I just tried combining all of the three sections into one. It resulted in an error message that only 5000 characters, including HTML could be in a section. I guess I'll leave the three sections for now. There is a overall limit of about 6400 characters for the entire page. I received the error message for it several times. Link to comment
+Blaidd-Drwg Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 However, let me throw a little bit of html at you for new section headings. Use <h1>xxxxx</h1> or substitute h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 for the h1. That is all true, but the existing headers are only wrapped with <b>..</b> so if you're going for consistency, use that. What does the <b> </b> do. I thought it was for indicating bold characters in HTML 3 and before. The <h1> header marker seems to automatically bold and enlarge the characters. On my profile page I've used the <h2> header format. Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 However, let me throw a little bit of html at you for new section headings. Use <h1>xxxxx</h1> or substitute h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 for the h1. That is all true, but the existing headers are only wrapped with <b>..</b> so if you're going for consistency, use that. That's why I suggested using <b> instead of <h1> or <h2>, because it's what the existing headers use. Of course, you can modify it to suit your preference. Well, okay, the original page uses <span> while I used <p>, but you get the point. Link to comment
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