+briansnat Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Found this pretty neat little icon generator for your cache pages. It writes the HTML for you. We can thank the Texas Geocaching Assn for this one. Finally, Texas is good for something other than cattle. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Nothing like making it easy to do the right thing. I'm bookmarking it. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Yes, this is a way-cool utility program. I found it myself some time ago (but I was not cool enough to share that info here) and have been happily using it on each of my cache pages. It'd be great to have more cachers around these parts using it! -- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-) Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 11, 2003 Author Share Posted August 11, 2003 Took me a while, but I've updated all my cache pages, using this. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+jonboy Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I have to confess that I don't even know what HTML stands for , so while I think the icons are cool, I would have no idea how to utilize them. Feel like giving a quick tutorial, Brian? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 Sure, you click on the icons you want, choose the background color, then click on the "click to generate code" box. Below that, you'll then a preview screen, showing what your icons will look like on your page. Below the preview, you'll see something like this: Code: <table bgcolor="#ff6666" align="center" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:000000;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <image src='http://www.texasgeocaching.com/images/cache_icons/exclimb.gif' border='1' align='middle' alt='Technical Climbing' vspace='1'> Technical Climbing, Special Equipment Required <image src='http://www.texasgeocaching.com/images/cache_icons/spelunk.gif' border='1' align='middle' alt='Cave' vspace='1'> Cave <image src='http://www.texasgeocaching.com/images/cache_icons/offtrail2.gif' border='1' align='middle' alt='Off-trail Hiking Required' vspace='1'> Off-trail Hiking Required <tr><td><div align='center'><small>Generated by <a href='http://www.texasgeocaching.com/selector.asp'>The Selector</a></small></div> </td> </tr> </table> This is your HTML code that will generate the icons on the cache page. Using cut and paste, cut all the stuff below the word Code:, beginning with <table and ending with </table>. Then edit your cache page and paste everything in the description box of your cache page. I add it to the bottom, below any text. Check out any of my cache pages to see how it looks. Also make sure you check the "yes I'm supplying the HTML" box on the page. BTW, HTML = Hypertext Markup Language. A good book to learn basic HTML skills is "HTML 4.0 No Experience Required" by Stephen Mack and Janan Platt Saylor. I learned enough from this book to cobble together my personal web page. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I have a question that is a litte off topic but I don't believe by much. On some of the cache pages they have items around the border of the page,such as fish or baseballs. How is this done? Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 That's also done via HTML code. If you click on View Page Source in your browser while the page is displayed, it will show you the code. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Now I remember why I dropped out of computer class in college. Ok, where in this collection of numbers, digits and letters will I find the word "border" or which code refers to a border. Quote Link to comment
+BeachBuddies Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I started this topic recently; it might help answer some of your HTML questions. Good Cache Web Pages -BB Quote Link to comment
+Green Toad Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 That's a really nice page, I plan on using it when I place my first cache. I'd like to see an option for the hunting icon that states when it is hunting season. As a recent transplant to PA I have no idea when the various hunting seasons are here! -stroh -Technology...I have no idea what I would do without my GPSr, my TiVo, or my Computer with a DSL connection. I guess I would spend more time with my wife! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Stroh, this should tell you what you need to know. As you see, a simple icon can't cover all the various seasons, so just put the hunting icon on the page and it will be up to the finders to determine when it's safe to go and when they should wear their orange hats and vests. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I bookmarked this the day I noticed you were using it on your Cannonball II cache. I have a cache all stocked and ready to hide, but I have not decided just where yet. As soon as I do I'll be sure to use this nifty tool! Thanks To TXGeocaching for the tool and to Brian for the link! Kar Quote Link to comment
+Green Toad Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:a simple icon can't cover all the various seasons, I realize that, after rereading my post I realized that I didn't write what I meant. I'd like the option that the hider can include the dates of hunting season next to the icon. I think more hiders would put this info in this area than in the description. Plus, noone would need to read the description to find out if it currently hunting season. BTW, thanks for the link! -stroh -Technology...I have no idea what I would do without my GPSr, my TiVo, or my Computer with a DSL connection. I guess I would spend more time with my wife! Quote Link to comment
+Rattlehead Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 If you know a little HTML, you could make the hunting icon into a link to the state's hunter information page, if one exists. For example, New York has this page. New Jersey has this page, although you have to search a bit to find the season dates. Pennsylvania has this page, which lists all of the various seasons. So, if you insert an <A HREF> tag pointing to the appropriate website before the <IMG SRC> tag for the hunting icon, you could link the hunting icon the the state's hunting information page. Like this: <A HREF="http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/wildlife/season.asp"><IMG SRC="http://www.texasgeocaching.com/images/cache_icons/hunting.gif"></A> [This message was edited by Rattlehead on August 20, 2003 at 11:26 AM.] Quote Link to comment
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