+j9cache & Mike(j9+M) Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 How do you get that 'Visited States' to show up on your profile? I saw someone w/ it and I thought it was cool. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 They just edited their profile to show that list. I too think it is cool. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 There are a few cachers that have maps associated with their profiles showing the states highlighted. That is something you have to do on your own and add to the page. If you just want to add a new "category" to your profile though, you can use the following html code to simulate a new category. Just add the following text (modified for your needs) to the last new line of your "hobbies" box in the profile edit page: <P><B>Visited States:</B></P> <P>California, Montana, Maine, and Georgia</P> For example, if you check out my profile, you'll see how I added "Quotes" to my page. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I think j9cache is referring to an image you can generate from one of those atlas sites. It shows a picture of the US and you can pass states in the URL of the image to generate a custom map of your visits. The site uses it for people to show what states they have been to. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I think j9cache is referring to an image you can generate from one of those atlas sites. Yes, the first sentence of my post covered that. Mopar's link though is the site I had not searched to find a link for yet though. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 No need to criticize for me providing more info. Thanks Mopar. Looking at the link you can take the URL and add the 2 letter initials for each state you visited to map them. http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=ALAR for AL (Alabama) and AR (Arkansas) Link to comment
Mushtang Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I really like that map. It's a lot easier than the map I put on my profile page: But I like the way mine looks a lot more, so I think I'll keep updating it. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Mushtang, did you generate that entirely on your own or from an automatic service like World66? I ask because I don't like the aspect ratio of the World66 link (too wide). I prefer something more familiar like your's. Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I agree with ju66l3r, I tried the World66 map on my profile page and it looks squished. Jeremy, any chance of automating something like this into the profile page, or is it fluff that powerusers can easily add on their own? And on a related subject, did you decide whether to increase the amount of data that can be included on a profile page before hitting the limit? Last I checked, I was maxed out... yet I could add the World66 map link. Link to comment
+Mopar Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 ask because I don't like the aspect ratio of the World66 link (too wide). I tried the World66 map on my profile page and it looks squished. I don't know if you can do this with a dynamic image like the world66 map, so it might not work, but have you tried forcing the size/aspect ratio of the map in the HTML? Link to comment
+WindChill Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I just tried adding "width=320 height=200" to the html that they provide and it works just fine. Play with the numbers to get them the way you like it. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Yeah, when I get an aspect ratio that I think best fits what is more recognizable and is big enough to see if RI is highlighted or not, I'll post the full code to add to the profile here. Link to comment
+nfa Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Hi, Thanks for this thread! This is a really interesting idea for profile pages. I might work on a way to post the number in each state (although for me at the moment, it would be pretty one-sided). nfa-jamie Link to comment
+ZackJones Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Is it just me or is the world66 site down? I guess everyone is creating maps and overloading their server Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 It is up for me @ 3:56 PM EST. Link to comment
+Woof! Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 The way I did the map on my profile page was by first getting a US map picture from the internet. I just used Google's image search to find one I liked. I also had to find a picture which lent itself to the "fill" aspect of an image editor like Paint. For example, the outlines of the states needed to be continuous, without any breaks, so that the color would just fill the one state I wanted. Once I had an image that met this criteria, I opened the image in Paint (I'm not smart enough to use Photoshop, but I can work wonders in Paint) and colored the states I wanted. Here's the end result: Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Here is the code I eventually settled on. Change height/width to fit your desires and remember to set your states by changing the two-letter codes at the end of the src= field. <br> <br> <p><b>States Where I have Geocached:</b></p> <center><img src= "http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=NYMEMDMANVNCRI" height="450" width="640"></center> Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I really like that map. It's a lot easier than the map I put on my profile page: But I like the way mine looks a lot more, so I think I'll keep updating it. You got some problem with New Mexico? It's ok, so do I. That's why I just moved back to Colorado Link to comment
+j9cache & Mike(j9+M) Posted November 30, 2004 Author Share Posted November 30, 2004 Wow, everyone thanks for all the info. Now I will have to play w/ it a bit. I'm not fluent in html. Thanks, again! Link to comment
+j9cache & Mike(j9+M) Posted November 30, 2004 Author Share Posted November 30, 2004 I just tried adding "width=320 height=200" to the html that they provide and it works just fine. Play with the numbers to get them the way you like it. OK, surprisingly, I succeeded in getting the map to do, but I am too spread out. Can someone 'splain me how to do what this says? Where to put it in what order of the html letters? Thanks. Link to comment
+Mopar Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Here is the code I eventually settled on. Change height/width to fit your desires and remember to set your states by changing the two-letter codes at the end of the src= field. <br> <br> <p><b>States Where I have Geocached:</b></p> <center><img src= "http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=NYMEMDMANVNCRI" height="450" width="640"></center> J9cache: Use the code ju66l3r posted. Obviously you can change the states, and just change the height="450" width="640" to whatever values you think look good (the values are in pixels. To give you a point of reference, most computers these days have a screen size of at least height="768" width="1024" ) Link to comment
+Woof! Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I just tried adding "width=320 height=200" to the html that they provide and it works just fine. Play with the numbers to get them the way you like it. OK, surprisingly, I succeeded in getting the map to do, but I am too spread out. Can someone 'splain me how to do what this says? Where to put it in what order of the html letters? Thanks. You almost have it! Right now your html looks like this" <p><b>Visited States:</b></p><p>Colorado, Arizona</p> <img src="width=320" height="200"> Instead, make it look like this: <p><b>Visited States:</b></p><p>Colorado, Arizona</p> <img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=COAZ"width=320" height="200"> Link to comment
+j9cache & Mike(j9+M) Posted November 30, 2004 Author Share Posted November 30, 2004 Got it!!!!!!! I opted for 300x470. Thanks to everyone mucho for your help!!! Link to comment
Mushtang Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Mushtang, did you generate that entirely on your own or from an automatic service like World66? I ask because I don't like the aspect ratio of the World66 link (too wide). I prefer something more familiar like your's. I just found a blank outline of the united states on the internet and filled in the states with the paint program. After that I erased the outline of the states I hadn't finished. It's WAY more work than the automatic link that Mopar gave us. I like the automatic image a lot better with the new aspect ratio too. But I'll probably still keep doing my profile with my outline just to stay a little different. Link to comment
+carleenp Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Here is the code I eventually settled on. Change height/width to fit your desires and remember to set your states by changing the two-letter codes at the end of the src= field. <br> <br> <p><b>States Where I have Geocached:</b></p> <center><img src= "http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=NYMEMDMANVNCRI" height="450" width="640"></center> Thanks! Being an html idiot, this was very helpful for me! Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Jeremy, any chance of automating something like this into the profile page, or is it fluff that powerusers can easily add on their own? I'm trying to make the site a bit less USA centric, so probably not. If I did I'd have to include the entire globe. Link to comment
+fly46 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I just tried adding "width=320 height=200" to the html that they provide and it works just fine. Play with the numbers to get them the way you like it. Someone always beats me to saying something really usefull. lol. The best way to play with aspect ratio is to right click on the image and then click properties. At the bottom of the properties box, it shows the size of the image (in pixels).. If the image is really big, dividing each number by two will probably give you an image the size you'd like it to be. Then you don't have to completely guess with numbers and hope that you didn't mess up the size. Thanks for the link! Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 (edited) Here is the code I eventually settled on. Change height/width to fit your desires and remember to set your states by changing the two-letter codes at the end of the src= field. <br> <br> <p><b>States Where I have Geocached:</b></p> <center><img src= "http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=NYMEMDMANVNCRI" height="450" width="640"></center> Thanks! Being an html idiot, this was very helpful for me! No problem, Mrs. Claus. Edited December 1, 2004 by ju66l3r Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I like mine best... Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Cheater. By circling the postal codes, you don't have to fill in all the letters... Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Cheater. By circling the postal codes, you don't have to fill in all the letters... I actually found it that way It looked a lot easier to READ and UPDATE Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Pretty slick. Thanks everyone. Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Jeremy, any chance of automating something like this into the profile page, or is it fluff that powerusers can easily add on their own? I'm trying to make the site a bit less USA centric, so probably not. If I did I'd have to include the entire globe. Actually, it looks like World66 is not totally USA-centric. You can also mark the European countries, although not by province. I just signed up to see what else is available. Link to comment
+kayakanimal Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I did my own map also... States I have cached in... Florida (I live there) Louisiana (New Orleans) (First state outside of Florida to cache in) Georgia (Douglas) Texas (San Antonio) Nevada (Las Vegas) California (Sacramento) Utah (Salt Lake City) Tennessee (Nashville) Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Illinois (Canton) Other Countries I have cached in... Denmark (Copenhagen, first country outside of USA to cache in) England (London) Link to comment
Mushtang Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I have 267 Electoral votes. That's almost enough. Link to comment
Mushtang Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Con-sarn-it!! I'm sitting in the Newark airport typing this in, while waiting for a flight that's been delayed for over an hour. If I'd known this I would have had time on my business trip to do a little more geocaching, and I would have been able to add New Jersey too. I spend the day in New York City today in a 10 hour long meeting. I was fortunate enough to have time last night to grab a NYC cache, but with the rainy weather I decided not to go for a NJ cache. And of course today was nice and sunny, and it turned out I had plenty of time to go caching between the meeting and the flight. But noooooo. I just wanted to vent a little. Please pitty me. Link to comment
Mushtang Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Then of course there's the map of the USA generated by GC.com showing all the caches I've found: Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Would be nice to add in all the other counties in the world I've cached in... Link to comment
+kayakanimal Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 (edited) Bad post...sorry. Edited August 11, 2005 by kayakanimal Link to comment
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