how are people able to use creative charts/colors etc in cache description and logs?

[+Tzinny]

When I hide a cache and write up the description, I can only do simple font. I have seen many caches though in which the descriptions have multi colors and very creative fonts, pictures etc. How is this done?

[+hydnsek]

By coding the pages with HTML tags. On Editing Cache page, check the box "The descriptions below are in HTML" above the descriptions and then use the appropriate HTML codes for paragraphs, fonts, images, links, etc.

[+fegan]

When I hide a cache and write up the description, I can only do simple font. I have seen many caches though in which the descriptions have multi colors and very creative fonts, pictures etc. How is this done?

Check the box for The descriptions below are in HTML and add the appropriate HTML tags in your Short and Long Description.

[+DarkZen]

When I hide a cache and write up the description, I can only do simple font. I have seen many caches though in which the descriptions have multi colors and very creative fonts, pictures etc. How is this done?

Here is an example of simple coding for my "We'll Keep The Lights On" cache (GC1XWNT):

 

<center><font face="arial black" size="+3" color="#003366">Walton

Lighthouse</font><br />

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3866624240_7466da4d8d_o.png" />

<br />

Located at the northern end of the Monterey Bay... <snip text> ... after boaters protested

that a green beacon should not have a red day mark.</center>

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

Use one of many free HTML Editor programs like PageBreeze - http://www.pagebreeze.com/

 

Write your text then use the editor to mark it up with tags as you see fit... it's really easy, then paste the marked up text into the cache description.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

When I hide a cache and write up the description, I can only do simple font. I have seen many caches though in which the descriptions have multi colors and very creative fonts, pictures etc. How is this done?

Here is an example of simple coding for my "We'll Keep The Lights On" cache (GC1XWNT):

 

<center><font face="arial black" size="+3" color="#003366">Walton

Lighthouse</font><br />

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3866624240_7466da4d8d_o.png" />

<br />

Located at the northern end of the Monterey Bay... <snip text> ... after boaters protested

that a green beacon should not have a red day mark.</center>

 

Looks like a good spot for a cache. I'll be in Monterey next weekend but won't have a car or I might go look for it. I've been to that spot many times before. A little over 30 years ago I ran the sound system for a band (out of Los Gatos) that used to play at a club at that harbor on Wednesday nights.

[+flask]

bear in mind that a good many of us will only see your listing after we download it and we're looking at it in GSAK, where a lot of your "creative" additions are not only lost on us, but a nuisance.

[+Tzinny]

Use one of many free HTML Editor programs like PageBreeze - http://www.pagebreeze.com/

 

Write your text then use the editor to mark it up with tags as you see fit... it's really easy, then paste the marked up text into the cache description.

 

 

THANKS

[+slopespotter]

I second on not overusing fancy html. Some of us are downloading the cache description into the gps and have to scroll through dozens of useless html markup.

[glorkar]

I guess you just have to decide how much personalizing you want to do. As stated, many cachers have gone paperless. But at the same time, I believe doing something to make your page stand out and be memorable is a good thing.

[+flask]

i don't want cache pages to be memorable.

 

i want them to take standard form with standard fonts. what makes them stand out for me is when the CO takes the trouble to proofread it for grammar, spelling, and correctness of the information contained therein.

 

a no-nonsense cache page that takes me to a memorable cache is WAY better than lots of useless junk on the listing.

[+DarkZen]

 

Looks like a good spot for a cache. I'll be in Monterey next weekend but won't have a car or I might go look for it. I've been to that spot many times before. A little over 30 years ago I ran the sound system for a band (out of Los Gatos) that used to play at a club at that harbor on Wednesday nights.

I hope you have a good trip to Monterey. I was just down there this past weekend - it's beautiful!

[+slukster]

I am one who enjoys putting together a nice cache page with lots of HTML. It was brought to my attention though that the program I was using used a lot of table tags which caused the caches not to be viewable on the Colorado and Oregon. I have since removed these table tags but kept the rest of the HTML. Here are two of my favorites:

 

#GC1J5MA Beware of Dogs!!

#GC1NBJ9 An Obnoxious Cache

 

If you enjoy putting together an entertaining page then by all means do it. The important info will still be visible with a little extra work for the paperless cacher.

[+frinklabs]

Some of us are downloading the cache description into the gps and have to scroll through dozens of useless html markup.

 

As part of my paperless process, to strip out the html I "print" the listing using a text-only print driver and output that to a file, which is posted on the internet. If necessary, i will access the description from the field via my cellphone. Rarely, I will travel outside the digital network and will save the files into my phone before leaving.

 

Because it is easily circumnavigated, I have no problem putting HTML in my cache descriptions to spice them up.

 

[+Jeep_Dog]

But at the same time, I believe doing something to make your page stand out and be memorable is a good thing.

 

I'd much rather the effort be put into the cache itself. I believe doing something to make your cache stand out and be memorable is a good thing.