How to change the
look of your Guestworld "Sign Guestbook" page
This
is the simplest way to change the look of your "sign" page.... Note:
this way limits you to the changes you can make. If you want a more
advanced and better way to alter your 'look', scroll down the page to the
"best way" section. Also, this way also alters your "view page"
Go to Guestworld Techcenter.... there is a link provided in any guestbook on the "view" page (at the very top). Once your there, go to the "utilities" page.... there is a list of links on the left hand side of the page. Click on the link that says "change layout". Here is where you can change the background (whether you want an image or a color) as well as your text color.
TO POST AN IMAGE
AS YOUR BACKGROUND:
the
html code is : <body background="http://web server/username/imagename.gif
or jpg or whatever you're file is"> Note: Fill in your
information in the tag. Type the tag into the "body tag" box on the
"change layout" page.
TO CHANGE THE COLOR
OF TEXT AND LINKS:
If
you need to change your text and link colors you also need to put it in
the body tag box... here's what's in mine (I'll copy it and paste it here):
<body background="https://www.angelfire.com/la/katye/images/guestback.jpg"
text="#CCCCCC" link="#FFCC00" vlink="#800040"> Note: colors
can be identified by numbers (as listed above) as well as the color name
itself. Example: <text="yellow"> I choose to go by
the numbers b/c you're limited by the amount of colors you can use if you
go by the name.
TO POST A COLOR
AS YOUR BACKGROUND:
I'm
gonna use black as an example! Type this into your "body tag" box
on the 'change layout' page in techcenter...this will change both the sign
and the view page: <body bgcolor="#000000">
Note: a body tag should consist of only one tag. Example: <body background="http://web server/username/imagename" text="#??????" link="#??????" vlink="#??????"> don't do like this: <body background="http://web server/username/imagename">< body text="#??????"><body link="#??????"><body vlink="#??????"> It will end up confusing you and you'll end up doing quite a bit of unnecessary typing.
TO POST A COLOR
AND AN IMAGE AS YOUR BACKGROUND:
People
with backgrounds that take a long time to load normally post a background
color for people to see while the image is loading. If you want to
do this, here's the code:
<body
background="http://web serbver/your user name/imagename " bgcolor="#000000">
This
one is the one I used ....it lets you change the "what brought you here"
answers on your sign page.....well, you can change anything you want this
way. The first way I mentioned above is very limited........Anyway,
here's what you do. Go to guestworld techcenter and it will have
an option on there for you to download your sign page (on the utilities
page I think). Once you download, alter the page (the sign
page you will download will let you know what can't be deleted in order
for it to work properly). After you finish your changes and get it
the way you want it to look, upload the page onto your server (if you haven't
already....some people like to use their server's editor to make the changes...personally,
I use Netscape Composer and prefer it to angelfire's but everybody's different).
Very important: do not add any more fields/entries for people without
having a deluxe "view" guestbook (explained in Changing
the look of your "View Guestbook" page... more advanced) b/c
it will mess up. Once your done, change your links on your page for
signing the guestbook to your new page you just put on your server.
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Questions? Comments (only accepting good ones *grin*)? Please e-mail me at katye@bellsouth.net
