Scarlet
Pirate Voyager's
Tricks
Of The
Trade

Using "Imagick Magick" Studios

Pirate Voyager Tools



IN THE MANY YEARS OF USING THE INTERNET
ESPECIALLY WITH WEBTV
AS I AM SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO RUN INTO SOME GLITCHES ALONG WITH DISCOVERIES
I DECIDED TO DOCUMENT THEM AS WELL AS I CAN REMEMBER AS I WENT ALONG. THIS PAGE WILL KEEP BEING UPDATED AS THINGS COME TO ME AS TO WHAT I DID AND FOUND...
**this page will constantly be updated as I remember/find things to add so I suggest you save it somewhere for easy access
WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO NEED MOST OF THE INFORMATION ON HERE IS WHEN YOU ARE PROBABLY REALLY NEEDING HELP...



#45 -- TRANSLOADING MULTIPLE "URLS" TO OTHER THAN WEBPAGE/WEBSITE

IF YOU WANT TO MULTIPLE TRANSLOAD "URLS" TO YOUR ACCOUNT, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO IT

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR ACCOUNT HAS
DOES IT HAVE A MULTI-FILE BEAMER?
IF SO,,,,,YOU CAN USE THAT

"BRING UP" THE GRAPHICS/IMAGES YOU WANT TO TRANSLOAD
(one at a time)
****DO NOT BACK UP
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE PICKING THEM UP FROM USING YOUR "RECENTS KEY"
ALSO,,,,, YOUR GRAPHICS/IMAGES WILL BE IN YOUR "RECENTS KEYS" TOO IF YOU DID IT CORRECTLY, AS IN NOT BACKING UP
IF THEY ARE, THEN THEY WILL BE IN THE "RECENTS" DROP-DOWN BOX IN YOUR MULTI-FILE BEAMER
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY IT HOLDS IE. ZBOX HOLDS SIX THEN YOU DO THAT MANY AT A TIME

TO ENSURE THEY ARE THERE, IT IS BEST TO GO TO YOUR MULTI-FILEBEAMER FIRST
USE YOUR RECENTS KEY TO GO TO WHERE YOU ARE GETTING THEM FROM
THEN "BRING UP" OR "CLICK ON" THE FIRST SIX YOU WANT
ONE AT A TIME
TO TRANSLOAD **MAKING SURE YOU DO NOT BACK UP

ONCE YOU HAVE THEM , GO ONCE AGAIN TO YOUR MULTI-FILE BEAMER (IN YOUR RECENTS KEY) AND IN A DROP-DOWN BOX THERE WILL BE THE URLS YOU WANT
PUT THEM IN ONE TEXTBOX AT A TIME
THERE ARE NUMBERS
CLICK ON #1
GO TO DROPDOWN BOX AND CLICK ON URL OF #1 IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY INSERT ITSELF IN THE #1 TEXTBOX AREA
NEXT, GO TO #2, REPEAT ETC.ETC.ETC.

IF GRAPHICS/IMAGES ARE ALL ON ONE PAGE AND/OR IN ONE DIRECTORY THERE ARE TOOLS THAT I HAVE THAT WILL MOVE THE ONES YOU CHOOSE ALL AT ONCE USING
"FTP" FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
AND AUTOMATICALLY INSERT THEM INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
I HAVE DONE OVER 100 AT A TIME USING THIS METHOD.

***DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE "FTP"?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT INFORMATION YOUR SERVER REQUIRES TO ACCEPT "FTP" INFORMATION?
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT ZBOX IS, WHAT ARBORHOSTING IS, WHAT MOST OF THEM ARE
**NOTE: SOME ACCOUNTS REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE THIS CAPABILITY "TURNED ON"

WEBBYWAREHOUSE HAS A "SITE COPIER" IN IT'S FILEMANAGER THAT DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY SO DOES WTV-ZONE
TO USE THESE, YOU WILL BE MOVING WHOLE DIRECTORIES.
HOWEVER, THE index.html PAGE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE DIRECTORY YOU ARE TRANSLOADING
THERE IS ALSO INFORMATION ON "TRANSLOADING IMAGES FROM A PAGE AND/OR DIRECTORY" IN MY TOOLS PAGE

"PIRATE VOYAGER TOOLS & MORE"

I SUGGEST YOU ALL READ IT
USING "FTP" WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND EFFORT.
***IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SPECIFIC INFORMATION RE: WHAT TO USE FOR "ZBOX" AND "ARBORHOSTING" FTP CONTACT ME , PREFERABLY POSTING IN MY GROUP

TimeCrusaders" Newsgroup/Class



#46 -- SAVING TIME WHEN HARVESTING "URLS"

A REAL TIME-SAVER WHEN HARVESTING MULTIPLE AND/OR SINGLE "URLS" IS TO CLICK "ENTER" FOR WHATEVER YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THE "URL" FROM
ie. GRAPHIC,IMAGE,WEBPAGE,etc.
AND AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE LIGHT ON YOUR "LBB" (little black box) FLASHING ON AND OFF, IMMEDIATELY HIT
"BACK BUTTON"
THEN GO TO YOUR "OPTIONS" PANEL AND CLICK ON
SAVE LAST
THAT IS CORRECT, HIT "SAVE LAST". THE "URL" FROM WHAT YOU HAD JUST HIT "ENTER" FOR WILL SHOW UP IN THE "TEXTBOX".
PROCEED TO "COPY" THAT "URL".
THIS WILL SAVE YOU AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE "MULTI-HARVESTING", AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.



#47 -- CAN'T OUTPUT FROM IMAGE MAGICK USING "F/X DISTORT"

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO USE "F/X DISTORT" AND NOTHING HAPPENS, HIT YOUR BACK BUTTON. NOW THAT YOU ARE ONCE AGAIN IN "F/X" FUNCTION AND YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR PARAMETERS SET UP,
SCROLL DOWN
BE SURE "RESET GEOMETRY" IS CHECKED OFF
NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR RESULTS ON THE SCREEN
Thanx to the imager Lacey for figuring that out

#48 -- USING "ZIP" FILES

IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT ACCOUNT YOU HAVE AS TO WHERE TO FIND THE "ZIP"/"UNZIP" FUNCTIONS
THE FUNCTION OF "ZIP" IS TO ZIP UP ITEMS, USUALLY IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THEM EASILY AND/OR STORE THEM
"ZIP" IS USUALLY LOCATED ABOVE OR BELOW THE DIRECTORIES LISTED IN YOUR FILEMANAGER

CLICK ON THE FILES/DIRECTORIES THAT YOU WISH TO "ZIP" UP.THEN CLICK ON "ZIP".A FILE WILL BE GENERATED ENDING IN .zip
IE. FACES.zip
ALLLLLLLL OF THOSE THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY CLICKED ON WILL BE "INSIDE" OF THAT ONE FILE
(THINK OF IT AS AN ENVELOPE THAT YOU WANT TO SEND MANY LETTERS IN. THE LETTERS = YOUR FILES)
ONCE YOU HAVE THEM ZIPPED UP,THE ACTUAL ONES THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY DENOTED WILL BE CONTAINED INSIDE OF THAT ONE FILE, THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN DELETE THEM.

WHEN YOU WANT TO "UNZIP" THAT FILE, PREFERRABLY CREATE A DIRECTORY FOR IT BECAUSE ALLLLLL OF YOUR FILES WILL THEN BE OPENED (EXPOSED)

ONCE YOU CLICK ON "UNZIP"

THAT IS LIKE OPENING THAT ENVELOPE THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD STORED THINGS IN AND ANYTHING YOU HAD "ZIPPED" UP WILL NOT BE IN THAT DIRECTORY YOU PUT YOUR "ZIP" FILE IN TO WORK WITH.
AFTER THAT, DO AS YOU WISH..... INCLUDING DELETING THE "ZIP" FILE YOU OPENED UP.

#49 -- MAKING A WEBPAGE/EMAIL SIG

ALL TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ONLINE FOR YEARS AND NOT KNOW YET HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE WEBPAGE IN ORDER TO DISPLAY THEIR WONDERFUL ART WORK, FAMILY, POETRY, ETC.
I HAVE SPENT MANY MANY HOURS EXPLAINING IT TO THEM IN EMAILS, USUALLY WINDING UP MAKING IT FOR THEM MYSELF.
SO, IT WAS TIME!!!
TO FINALLY PUT DOWN SOMETHING PERMANENTLY WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE MANY WEBSITES THAT I HAVE BUILT AND AM PROUD OF BUT I STARTED FROM KNOWING NOTHING ALSO. HOWEVER, I WAS DETERMINED TO LEARN SO THAT I COULD HAVE AND THAT IS WHAT THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CODE SIMPLE "HTML" HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN. THEN, YOU WILL FIND, YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WHAT TO DO ITH ALL OF THE IDEAS YOU WILL BE COMING UP WITH. LOLOL

MAKING A WEBPAGE/EMAIL SIG

#50 -- IF YOU GET "LOCKED OUT"

WHILE TRYING TO LOAD A "URL", GO TO ANOTHER PLACE
ie.WEBSITE, PAGE, LINK.etc
AND YOU SEEM TO BE
"LOCKED OUT"
(your LBB keeps loading and you cannot work any other functions,to go backwards, forwards, do anything at all except sit there)
ONE OPTION THAT WILL GET YOU OUT OF THAT MODE
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO POWER OFF, WAIT AWHILE AND THEN POWER ON AGAIN
IS TO HIT YOUR
HOME BUTTON
(on your keyboard or remote)
IF IT DOES NOT WORK THE FIRST TIME, TRY IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES
ONCE YOU ARE HOME YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE YOU WISH FROM THERE.

***If this does not work , then POWER OFF, WAIT 2 MINUTES, and POWER ON once again. However, you will lose everything you had in you CACHE and will have to RE-LOGIN to whatever sites you had been to before.
THAT IS WHY USING THE
HOME BUTTON
IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT AND A TIME SAVER.

#51 -- MSN TV2 AND THE "PAINT" FUNCTION

IF YOU ARE USING "MSNTV2", IN THE "IMAGE MAGICK" STUDIOS,
THE "PAINT" FUNCTION WILL NOT WORK.
IN FACT, UNLESS YOU ARE DOING SOME METICULOUS TOUCHING UP, THE "PAINT" FUNCTION HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE "DECORATE COMPOSITE" FUNCTION.
THAT IS, BY FAR, EASIER TO USE AND HAS MORE OPTIONS.

#52 -- CAN'T LINK TO A WEBSITE

IF A URL DOES NOT WORK, IN YOUR "OPTIONS" BAR, TYPEDEADURL.COM IN FRONT OF THE URL YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCESS. PRESS "ENTER" TO FIND A BACKUP
(this will work on any site)

#53 -- SAVING YOUR INTERNET POSSESSIONS

**THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR WEBTV USERS WHO DO NOT HAVE A PUTER AND/OR THEIR OWN STORAGE
SUGGESTION (ESPECIALLY FOR ARTISTS AND/OR WRITERS:
PUT EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KEEP IN ONE DIRECTORY
TAKE THE index.html SECURITY PAGE OUT OF DIRECTORY
ASK A FAMILY MEMBER/FRIEND
WHO HAS A PUTER TO DOWNLOAD IT ONTO A DISC FOR YOU
if, for some reason, something happens to you, where users have to pay to keep their things will, in a heartbeat, not hesitate to DELETE the days, hours you spent making these PRECIOUS items, which should NEVER be deleted

#54 -- MAKING THE MOST OF THE INTERNET

The Internet seems to be more "Reality Based" and present more opportunities for
Knowledge, Socialization and Doing
than reality itself nowadays.
In order to make the most of what is available, look into Discussion Groups.
They are available for users of any type of Internet connection, be it Webtv, Computers, Phone Texting, etc.
A good example of this would be
The "TIME CRUSADERS" Cavern Newsgroup

For information regarding where and how to use one check this out.
NEWSREADER

#55 -- TRANSLOADING "TTF" FONT FILES

"TTF" IS THE TRAILER FOR CERTAIN FONT FILES
IF YOU FIND ONE YOU WISH TO KEEP, YOU DO NOT NEED TO ZIP A "TTF" FILE UNLESS YOU ARE ZIPPING MULTIPLE FILES/DIRECTORIES YOU CAN TRANSLOAD A "TTF" FILE THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD A GRAPHIC/IMAGE EXCEPT MAKE SURE

INSTEAD OF jpg OR gif OR html
ttf
SHOULD BE THE TRAILER WHEN IT IS TRANSLOADED


YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRANSLOAD "FONTS" TO USE, HOWEVER, FOR THEY TAKE UP A GOOD DEAL OF SPACE.
YOU CAN USE THEM BY JUST TRANSLOADING THEM
IF YOU CLICK ON A "TTF" FILE, GO TO OPTIONS BAR, HIT "LAST SHOWN" (AS YOU WOULD A MIDI) AND IT SHOULD GIVE YOU YOUR "TTF" URL YOU TRANSLOAD IT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS IT IS SHOWN
OR IF JUST USING FROM THE "FONT" SITE
IN "IMAGE MAGICK" GO TO ANNOTATE WHEN READY TO USE
SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE STUDIO'S OWN FONT'S
PUT YOUR TRANSLOADED "URL" IN THE TEXTAREA THERE
YOU ARE READY TO USE!!!

EXCELLENT FONT SITES

"MSM FONTS"

"CHICAGO CHICK FONTS"

"CAPTAIN RAIDER FONTS"

FONTS & DINGS list of

#56 -- HOW TO CODE A BASIC "WEBPAGE"

I have seen way too many people go without because they have not learned to code a WEBPAGE to use for WEBSITES, WEBPAGES, TUTORIALS, EVEN EMAIL SIGNATURES.
Here is what, for the most part, one would use (or substitute what it is you want on yours)
MAKING A WEBPAGE/EMAIL SIG
If you have any questions or problems, please post in my group "TIME CRUSADERS"
(found below or under "DISCUSS")
put SCARLET on the subject line so that I will see it right away.

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Pirate's "Tricks of the Trade" Part 1

Pirate's "Tricks of the Trade" Part 2

Pirate's "Tricks of the Trade" Part 3

Pirate's "Tricks of the Trade" Part 5



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Scarlet Pirate Voyager


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