Introduction
Why this manual? Because it is important that you can post without knowledge of HTML. Even with knowledge
of HTML it takes a while to figure out what is possible and what is not. For starters, keep it simple.
Because the input can contain both text and HTML code, each image or HTML code counts as a line,
so don't work with <P> skip line or <BR> next line in HTML commands. Cut and paste in a text editor.
Using examples, I will show you how to place text with color and size, a link and an online image or gif.
Example TEXT
You can also just enter plain text, but if you want to give it a different color, font or size, you need a HTML code.
I'm not going to teach HTML courses, so I'll limit myself to the most necessary.
<font face="Arial" size="5" color="#ff0000">Example TEXT</font>
Between the Less than and Greater than, we call a TAG. This is a FONT TAG, which is also signed off with the
dash in the end FONT TAG : </font> Between these font TAGs is the text, you can copy & paste your own text.
The font face is the typeface, so you have "Arial", "Helvetica" & "comic sans ms" to name a few.
The size here is 5, but it is usually between 2 and 6. The color here is #ff0000 or red. You have #ffffff white,
#000000 black, #00ff00 green, #0000ff blue and #ff00ff magenta to name a few examples
All the input must be placed between the Double quotation.
Example ONLINE IMAGE / GIFs
To post an image it must be online, so whether from your own website or a postimages service
(Convert an image to URL), you have several online (see links). I use Google Drive, but that is quite complicated.
But if you have a link to an image or gif and test it in a window, we can get started.
<IMG SRC="https://res.cloudinary.com/etc" height="200" width="600">
This is a IMG TAG for all formats of Images & GIFs. Between the Double quotation you can copy & paste your
own URL. I shortened the link a bit and made a link to an online GIF in the URL as an example. Determine the
height and width pixels of the image. In the guestbook I would use approximately max 600 pixels for the width.
Example LINKS
Between the Double quotation you can copy & paste your URL & TEXT, if necessary try it out first.
<a href="https://acidtechno.mnx2010.nl/" target="principal">Acid Techno</a>
This is an A HREF TAG to make a piece of text or image into a link. The link consists of 2 parts, the address
and the target. Principal means the page will open in a new tab, which is what we want.
a href is also signed off with the dash in the end A HREF TAG : </A>
Example LINKS with TEXT
Now a step further, a link in combination of chosen textfont. We take the examples from above for clarity.
<font face="Arial" size="5" color="#ff0000">
<a href="https://acidtechno.mnx2010.nl/" target="principal">Acid Techno</a></font>
The font is the first TAG, it must also close last. Now you can also enlarge the font to make the link stand out !
Example LINKS with IMAGE
Now a step further, a link in combination of chosen image. We take the examples from above for clarity.
<a href="https://acidtechno.mnx2010.nl/" target="principal">
<IMG SRC="https://res.cloudinary.com/etc" height="200" width="600">
</a>
The a href is the first TAG, it must also close last. The picture is in the middle of the link...
Notes
Unfortunately, this guestbook does not support embedded objects, so no video can be posted.
Until someone has a better idea, we'll have to make do with this. But it's a step in the right direction.
I've tried many, many guestbooks and didn't come close to these possibilities, good luck !
