Fancy text & pictures in description

[CaptainAmerica1]

Have you ever seen in a cache description how there will be colorful text with a different font & size or how there will be a picture in the description to say congratulations to the FTF? How am I supposed to do that?

[Pup Patrol]

Have you ever seen in a cache description how there will be colorful text with a different font & size or how there will be a picture in the description to say congratulations to the FTF? How am I supposed to do that?

 

Help Center → Geocaching → Cache Ownership: A Long-Term Relationship

6.3. Display an Image in a Cache Description

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=59

 

Help Center → Geocaching → Cache Ownership: A Long-Term Relationship

6.4. HTML In Cache Descriptions

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=79

 

which will lead you to this very helpful site:

 

http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/htmlcodes.html

 

 

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Edited April 7, 2013 by Pup Patrol

[AZcachemeister]

Have you ever seen in a cache description how there will be colorful text with a different font & size or how there will be a picture in the description to say congratulations to the FTF? How am I supposed to do that?

 

I'd say pictures can be nice sometimes.

 

All that other fancy text in different fonts and colors is really not needed, and just makes a mess when displayed on some handheld devices.

 

Sometimes it does come in handy for a puzzle...one where I won't need to look at the cache page once I have the correct co-ordinates.

 

In short, a cache page should be about the cache, and not a way of showcasing your HTML skills.

[+Walts Hunting]

Also you might want to keep in mind that many people will find your cache and log it without ever reading the page. Other than Earth or Virtuals I rarely ever read it.

 

Hate to see you put a lot of work into something rarely seen.

[+chillypenguin]

Also many people will read the description via App's so at best the formatting is lost, at worst it can make it unreadable.

 

So stick with simple black on white in default fonts.

[+SwineFlew]

Have you ever seen in a cache description how there will be colorful text with a different font & size or how there will be a picture in the description to say congratulations to the FTF? How am I supposed to do that?

 

I'd say pictures can be nice sometimes.

 

All that other fancy text in different fonts and colors is really not needed, and just makes a mess when displayed on some handheld devices.

 

Sometimes it does come in handy for a puzzle...one where I won't need to look at the cache page once I have the correct co-ordinates.

 

In short, a cache page should be about the cache, and not a way of showcasing your HTML skills.

I have to agree with this. Especially for earthcaches.

 

From my experiences, fancy cache pages is a sign of crappy hides, Not always, but it seems that way.

 

We need a page just for handheld GPS or mobile phone. When you are out where mobile phone is slow, you want something to download fast.

[+The_Incredibles_]

For this, you need html. I use this page for reference:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/html/

 

If you need any other help, please feel free to pm me. I've used html on most of my cache pages. Even the dreaded scrolling marquee!