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In this section of Tripodisms we'll look at the "isms" of the Quickpage editor. As I stated before, the Quickpage editor is an excellent tool for you to use to build your website. I started out using this editor for my site and had great success with it. The "isms" of the Quickpage editor are somewhat like that of the custom page editor depending on how you use it. Actually, the Quickpage editor is more flexible than you think. You can build an outstanding site with it, it just takes a few tips on how to do it. The big drawback to the quickpage editor is that the <hr> tag cannot be erased from your webpage. The <hr> tag is used to make a separator line like this one:
This is just fine if you want to use that as a separator line, but I like to use a nicer looking GIF image as a separator line. In the Quickpage editor the <hr> tag is used to separate the different sections of the Quickpage that you can modify. Adding the little extras Now here is where the fun begins and the tips come into good use. As you use the Quickpage editor you've noticed that each time you added something it showed you what you just added and it also showed you the HTML used to make that possible. Pay close attention to this! As you create, it is also teaching you HTML!! Whenever you add something, copy down the HTML used to add it and pretty soon you'll have your own reference book on how to write HTML! After you get the hang of that, you are on your way to the Custom page editor, but for now you can use this knowledge to really spice up your page. Spicy Say you added an image in section 1 of your Quickpage editor, that means that particular image will be used at that same location in your finished webpage, but you want to put something else over that image, say another smaller image. The Quickpage editor allows you to edit the HTML of the sections. All you have to do is go to the section you wish to add something to and click on "edit the HTML of this section" and you'll then see the HTML used in that section, all you'll have to do is move your cursor up to the area that you wish to add to and refer back to your "reference book" that you made, and write the HTML for what you want to put in there! WOW! This thing is Great! After you play around with this trick for a while you'll begin to realize what a good tool the Quickpage editor is. Yes, it is basic, but if you know how it all works you'll soon have a SUPER website created with nothing more than the Quickpage editor. The nicest thing about the Quickpage editor is that everything is done in sections. If you decide that you no longer want something in a particular section you can erase that section and correct what ever you wish easily without worry of messing something up! Backgrounds Boy oh boy! I remember the first time that I tried to add a nice background to my site. I was near death at the end of that day because I could NOT make it work. After some luck and prayer for forgiveness for the things I said about HTML that day, I did get it to work. I looked all over the net and got no help. I will just show you the HTML used to get the background on your page. Go to the color scheme section of the Quick page editor and click on "edit the color scheme". When it shows you the HTML of the color scheme It will look like this:
Now this is what it should look like to get the background to work:
IMPORTANT: The file MAY be either .gif or .jpg -- always make sure the file name is correct! This is what the actual HTML of my website looks like. When finished, your HTML should look the same only with the colors that you have chosen along wth the file name of the background image that you chose:
Gosh Brian, Where did you get all those color numbers from? Well, this is an easy one to answer. Just go to this address: http://www.bagism.com/colormaker/ This is where I finally figured out how to get my background right because all you have to do is enter in the numbers you select from a large color palette. and it will show you the HTML to make your page the way you want it. They have recently added javascript to their site so now, whenever you highlight a color, The hexadecimal code for that color is displayed in the title bar at the bottom of your browser! My final advice for the use of this editor is that you ALWAYS push the "Continue" button. This will save you some serious stress. If you would hit the back button in this editor it is easy to get confused because you'll make a change, hit the back button and the change will not be there. Just trust me -- always continue forward, never go back!
I hope that this is very helpful for you and you have great success with the Quickpage editor.
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