The Cache Page

[+Gargoodus]

I have seen many cache pages with pictures, Special fonts and formatting. I tried to copy and paste an .html file(created in Microsoft Word) but the formatting and picture did not show on the Cache page. I don't know enough about HTML to know if I am doing womething wrong. I did have the check box on for HTML but all I got was plain text.

Can someone help??

[+VeryLost]

I have seen many cache pages with pictures, Special fonts and formatting. I tried to copy and paste an .html file(created in Microsoft Word) but the formatting and picture did not show on the Cache page. I don't know enough about HTML to know if I am doing womething wrong. I did have the check box on for HTML but all I got was plain text.

Can someone help??

 

It won't be much help, perhaps, but here are two things... first, don't use Word to export HTML files. It does a pretty poor job, and embeds all kinds of junk that isn't needed. What you want for a cache page is nice, clean, simple HTML. There are free HTML editors out there that will do a fine job, or you could try coding it by hand - basic HTML isn't hard to learn.

 

Second, try looking at the source for another cache page that uses HTML to see how it was done. The command to do this will be on your browsers 'View' menu.

[+Dave_W6DPS]

I wrote some tutorials on adding basic html to cache pages.

 

You might find them helpful...

 

Dave_W6DPS

[+Gargoodus]

Thanks, I figured out that you needed an editor. Got one and it worked great EXCEPT, the image i put in only shows up with the alternate text. Any help on this??? I am not a code type of guy. The HTML editor is great. I can fill out what I want and it does the coding for me. I then switch the view to source code, copy, and paste into the description. Like I said all the formatting for the text is perfect, just no picture.

[+escondido100]

aloha.... i am also learning how to do this ...one thing i did learn is that the pic has to be in your gallery on the websites server in order to show up. hope this helps.....

[+Harry Dolphin]

I'm not very techie, and thought that .html stood for hatemail!

So, I create my pictures in Work or Excel, then import them into Microsoft Digital Image Pro, and create a .jpg file there. This is a good example of what can be done in Excel. Or I sometimes I just create my picture in Microsoft Digital Image Pro. Upload the photo to the cache page. Then go through some rigamarole to get it set on the page. I use the format < img src=

'url of your photo here' border='0' alt='user posted image' > Without the spaces after the < or before the > and definitely with the url enclosed in '

I have no idea what any of that means, but it does work.

[+Team Teuton]

Some more cache page HTML.

 

http://nozen.com/geo/html.htm

[+Team Teuton]

I wrote some tutorials on adding basic html to cache pages.

 

You might find them helpful...

 

Dave_W6DPS

 

Very nice.

[+Dave_W6DPS]

Thanks, I figured out that you needed an editor. Got one and it worked great EXCEPT, the image i put in only shows up with the alternate text. Any help on this??? I am not a code type of guy. The HTML editor is great. I can fill out what I want and it does the coding for me. I then switch the view to source code, copy, and paste into the description. Like I said all the formatting for the text is perfect, just no picture.

 

Here is how you do it. You can do this before the cache is approved, but it must be saved in the system before you can upload an image. I usually enter the cache listing in plain text, and then format it while waiting for approval.

 

First you upload an image for the cache, from the cache listing page. A link will show up below the mapping links, with the name you give it.

 

If you right click on the link to the image you should have an option to "Copy Shortcut". Clicking this puts the url of the image on your clipboard.

 

If you click on "Edit Listing" at the upper right corner of your cache page, you can paste the url into the description.

 

Then you can add the actual tag, "<img src=" for image source.

 

It looks like this:

<img src="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/88446_200.jpg">

 

This will embed the photo you uploaded in the text area of the description.

 

That should be all there is to. You must add the image to your cache page first, so you can use the URL to link to it. Trying to link to images stored elsewhere brings up some issues that are more easy to avoid than deal with.

 

Dave_W6DPS

Edited November 8, 2006 by Dave_W6DPS

[+Gargoodus]

Thanks, I figured out that you needed an editor. Got one and it worked great EXCEPT, the image i put in only shows up with the alternate text. Any help on this??? I am not a code type of guy. The HTML editor is great. I can fill out what I want and it does the coding for me. I then switch the view to source code, copy, and paste into the description. Like I said all the formatting for the text is perfect, just no picture.

 

Here is how you do it. You can do this before the cache is approved, but it must be saved in the system before you can upload an image. I usually enter the cache listing in plain text, and then format it while waiting for approval.

 

First you upload an image for the cache, from the cache listing page. A link will show up below the mapping links, with the name you give it.

 

If you right click on the link to the image you should have an option to "Copy Shortcut". Clicking this puts the url of the image on your clipboard.

 

If you click on "Edit Listing" at the upper right corner of your cache page, you can paste the url into the description.

 

Then you can add the actual tag, "<img src=" for image source.

 

It looks like this:

<img src="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/88446_200.jpg">

 

This will embed the photo you uploaded in the text area of the description.

 

That should be all there is to. You must add the image to your cache page first, so you can use the URL to link to it. Trying to link to images stored elsewhere brings up some issues that are more easy to avoid than deal with.

 

Dave_W6DPS

[+Gargoodus]

Thanks, I figured out that you needed an editor. Got one and it worked great EXCEPT, the image i put in only shows up with the alternate text. Any help on this??? I am not a code type of guy. The HTML editor is great. I can fill out what I want and it does the coding for me. I then switch the view to source code, copy, and paste into the description. Like I said all the formatting for the text is perfect, just no picture.

 

Here is how you do it. You can do this before the cache is approved, but it must be saved in the system before you can upload an image. I usually enter the cache listing in plain text, and then format it while waiting for approval.

 

First you upload an image for the cache, from the cache listing page. A link will show up below the mapping links, with the name you give it.

 

If you right click on the link to the image you should have an option to "Copy Shortcut". Clicking this puts the url of the image on your clipboard.

 

If you click on "Edit Listing" at the upper right corner of your cache page, you can paste the url into the description.

 

Then you can add the actual tag, "<img src=" for image source.

 

It looks like this:

<img src="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/88446_200.jpg">

 

This will embed the photo you uploaded in the text area of the description.

 

That should be all there is to. You must add the image to your cache page first, so you can use the URL to link to it. Trying to link to images stored elsewhere brings up some issues that are more easy to avoid than deal with.

 

Dave_W6DPS

[wandat24]

Thanks, I figured out that you needed an editor. Got one and it worked great EXCEPT, the image i put in only shows up with the alternate text. Any help on this??? I am not a code type of guy. The HTML editor is great. I can fill out what I want and it does the coding for me. I then switch the view to source code, copy, and paste into the description. Like I said all the formatting for the text is perfect, just no picture.

 

Here is how you do it. You can do this before the cache is approved, but it must be saved in the system before you can upload an image. I usually enter the cache listing in plain text, and then format it while waiting for approval.

 

First you upload an image for the cache, from the cache listing page. A link will show up below the mapping links, with the name you give it.

 

If you right click on the link to the image you should have an option to "Copy Shortcut". Clicking this puts the url of the image on your clipboard.

 

If you click on "Edit Listing" at the upper right corner of your cache page, you can paste the url into the description.

 

Then you can add the actual tag, "<img src=" for image source.

 

It looks like this:

<img src="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/88446_200.jpg">

 

This will embed the photo you uploaded in the text area of the description.

 

That should be all there is to. You must add the image to your cache page first, so you can use the URL to link to it. Trying to link to images stored elsewhere brings up some issues that are more easy to avoid than deal with.

 

Dave_W6DPS

A BIG Thank you from me!!!!