Scarlet
Pirate Voyager's
Tricks
Of The
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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...



#57 -- STIPULATING "HEIGHT" AND/OR "WIDTH" OF AN IMAGE

IF YOU ARE STARTING OUT WITH AN IMAGE THAT IS 400 PIXELS HIGH AND 600 PIXELS WIDE WHEN YOU CODE THE IMAGE YOU USUALLY CODE IT

<img src="URL OF YOUR IMAGE"> IF YOU WANT TO STIPULATE YOUR HEIGHT AND WIDTH YOU USE H & W PARAMETER IN THE IMG SRC TAG <img src="URL OF YOUR IMAGE" height="300" width="400"> IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR IMAGE IS 400 PIXELS AT THE TIME YOU START AND YOU CODE IT height="300" AND LEAVE THE WIDTH OFF <img src="URL OF YOUR IMAGE" height="300"> WHICH WINDS UP TO BE 3/4 THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF THE IMAGE THEN THE WIDTH WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN OUT TO BE 450 PIXELS WHICH IS 3/4 THE WIDTH OF THE IMAGE THE SAME IN REVERSE IF YOU CODE THE WIDTH A CERTAIN SIZE AND LEAVE OFF THE HEIGHT PARAMETER, THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT PROPORTION YOU CODE THE WIDTH WILL TURN OUT TO BE THE PROPORTION OF THE ORIGINALHEIGHT IE. IF YOU CODE THE WIDTH TO BE 1/2 THE WIDTH OF YOUR IMAGE THE HEIGHT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE 1/2 THE HEIGHT OF YOUR IMAGE

***A RULE OF THUMB IS THAT IF YOU CODE WIDTH AND HEIGHT PARAMETER, YOUR BROWSER SUPPOSEDLY LOADS THE IMAGES FASTER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE WIDTH AD HEIGHT BUT IT WILL GO ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU HAVE PUT INSTEAD

#58 -- WEBTV PDF FILE CONVERTER

WHEN USING WEBTV, PDF FILES CANNOT BE READ.
ONE WILL GET A POP-UP SAYING "INFORMATION NOT FOUND"
WHEN YOU GET THAT POP-UP, USE YOUR OPTIONS BAR, GET THE "URL" OF THE PDF FILE BY CLICKING ON "SHOW LAST" IN YOUR OPTIONS BAR.
NEXT, CC&P THAT "URL" AND TAKE IT TO THE WEBTV PDF CONVERTER.
LIKE MAGIC, YOU WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO READ PDF FILES
*NOTE: However, one must have a DOMAIN NAME and/or a USERNAME from an account at Arborhosting

EXPLANATION ON GETTING/USING PDF CONVERTER

#59 -- WEBTV FAST READER/ PDF READER

WHEN MSN TOOK WEBTV OFF THE MARKET THEY STOPPED UPGRADING THE SYSTEMS.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM TO US IS THE LACK OF A "BROWSER UPGRADE"
IT SOMETIMES CAN TAKE FOREVER TO LOAD A PAGE.

IT ALSO LACKS SOME CAPABILITIES, ONE OF THEM BEING THE ABILITY TO READ "PDF" FILES.
EVER GO TO "GOOGLE" AND TRYING CLICKING ON THAT GREAT INFORMATION THE SITE YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED IN "PDF" FORMAT?
GRAB THAT LINK AND STICK IT ON THIS PAGE.

WEBTV GO GET 'EM

#60 -- MAKING WEBPAGES/WEBSITES PRIVATE

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRIVATE SITE
WHERE ONLY YOU OR VISITORS CAN ACCESS
THEN YOU CAN PASSWORD PROTECT IT

ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ACROSS FROM THE DIRECTORY NAME THAT YOU ARE WORKING IN
SHOULD BE THE OPTION NAMED
"PRIVATE"
CLICK THAT ON.
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER A PASSWORD OF YOUR CHOICE
THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT!!!
AFTERWARDS, WHAT YOU MADE WILL REQUIRE THAT PASSWORD AND ONLY THOSE THAT KNOW THE PASSWORD WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE WEBSITE CONTENTS.
***except for "SPIDERS" see below

#61 -- KEEPING "GOOGLE" OUT

WERE YOU AWARE THAT ANYTHING YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNT
WEBPAGES/WEBSITES ARE CONSTANTLY
"SPIDERED" (gone into and the information stored in a computer)
BY THAT !@@##$$@@# GOOGLE OR ANY OF THE OTHER MANY SEARCH ENGINES FOR ANYONE TO THEN SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN THAT ACCOUNT YOU PAY FOR AND HAVE A PASSWORD TO IN ORDER TO BE PRIVATE
HA!!! NOT SO...
IT IS AMAZING HOW IT STICKS IT'S "NOSEY SPIDERS" INTO EVERYTHING ANYTHING THAT EXISTS EXCEPT EMAIL

HOWEVER,,,DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN KEEP THEM OUT BY "CONTROL INDEXING"

TO DO THIS:CREATE A FILE CALLED
robots.txt (IN LOWERCASE)
ON YOUR WEBSITE.
IN THIS FILE, WRITE THE FOLLOWING LINES IN LOWERCASE:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

THIS WILL TELL GOOGLE NOT TO INDEX YOUR WEBSITE AT ALL AND YOUR WEBSITE CONTENTS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THEIR SEARCH = FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

**NOTE: If, after you do this and your schtuff appears in GOOGLE I suggest calling your local "spider patrol" department for more serious extermination

#62 -- IMAGE MAGICK FONTS

EVER WONDER WHAT ALL OF THE FONTS LOOK LIKE AT "IMAGE MAGICK" STUDIOS INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING THE NAMES?
HERE ARE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS SO THAT YOU CAN PICK EXACTLY WHAT STYLE WILL FIT YOUR IMAGE.
**be sure to keep this close for when you need it...

"IMAGE MAGICK" FONT LIST

#63 -- FASTER LOADING PAGES

ARE YOU SICK & TIRED OF WAITING FOREVER FOR YOUR PAGES TO LOAD WITH WEBTV?
HERE ARE SOME "SHORTCUTS" IN ORDER TO SPEED THEM UP
(especially if they have those huge animated banners at the top)

SKWEEZER.COM

ADSTRIPPER.COM

THERE ARE ALTERNATE BROWSERS SITES THAT YOU CAN USE
(especially since msn has not upgraded webtv browser for years)
ENTER URL BELOW AND THERE IS A COMPLETE LIST FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM

SPACEMAN'S MOBILE.HTML

A special thanx to Scorpion and the folks at his tech group for always being so helpful with everything

#64 -- CODING EMAIL ADDRESSES ON WEBPAGES

Have you ever made a webpage that you want the readers to write to you? You know how to write out your email address-
ie. scarlet09@webtv.net
but how do you CODE it so that, when the viewer clicks it on, it will be a link going right to an email, all ready for them to talk to you without having to remember it or copy it or anything else? Here is how.

CODE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS-

**NOTE: THE "MAIL TO:" IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT USUALY USED EXCEPT FOR EMAIL LINKS

AFTER THAT YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING YOU LIKE
IE. FONT SUCH AS "CONTACT ME HERE" OR EVEN A VERY KEWL BANNER

HERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CODE IT--

CODING WITH WORDING USE THIS- <a href="mail to:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"><font size="4" color="WHATEVER YOU WANT">Contact Me Here (OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU CARE TO PUT</font></a> CODING WITH A BANNER USE THIS- (make a banner with your email address on it) <a href="mailto:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"><img src="URL OF BANNER"></a>

From now on, all of your viewers don't have to worry about remembering your address but just
CLICK YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS LINK AND WALLAH,,,
THEY WILL BE TALKING TO YOU

A special thanx to LIW at Scorpion's and the folks at his tech group for always being so helpful with everything

#65 -- MORE WAYS TO SAVE LOAD TIME

YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS
I HAVE HEARD OF "MOBILE SITES" BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE SOMETHING JUST TO BE USED BY MOBILE PHONES, SUCH AS TEXTING.
NO NO NO NO..... NOT ONLY THAT

MOBILE SITES "STRIP DOWN" PAGES OF OTHER SITES IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM FAST LOADING SUCH AS GRAPHICS, ADVERTISEMENTS, ANIMATIONS I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME WEBTV USERS, GOING THROUGH THE MOBILE SITE OF "FACEBOOK" WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REGISTER AND USE IT. YOU WILL HAVE TO TRY IT.


- GO TO GOOGLE
TYPE IN THE SEARCHBOX THE WORD "MOBILE" ALONG WITH THE SITE NAME (NOT LINK BUT NAME)
IE. MOBILE MSN
HERE ALSO IS A PAGE OF MOBILE SITES ACCORDING TO CATEGORY

MOBILE SITES
**compliments of scorpion's tech forum

SPACEMAN'S MOBILE
check out MOWSER thanx ZEN



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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 4

Pirate's "Tricks of the Trade" Part 5



Te Namaste,
Scarlet Pirate Voyager


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