The Tagtorial and Guides Thread -- HELP FOR CADETS HERE

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:12 pm

Did you trigger an autoupdate on siteadmin?

Swirlyandpop · Post by **Swirlyandpop** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:21 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Did you trigger an autoupdate on siteadmin?

YES! I JUST FOUND THE PENULTIMATE ARCHIVE PROBLEM!
For some reason I (by accident) I deleted the source of the archives (/d) and now it won't automatically link it! How do you change it? My thing went all grey and I need to edit it.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:26 pm

Wh--wait did you delete the /d file in FTP? If so, try recreating the folder in FTP . Since you use SmartFTP, try this:

Open the public_html file.
In the right side of the window right click, new, folder. Name it d and that should hopefully fix it.

I guess just do that, trigger an autoupdate and then see if it works.

Swirlyandpop · Post by **Swirlyandpop** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:51 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Wh--wait did you delete the /d file in FTP? If so, try recreating the folder in FTP . Since you use SmartFTP, try this:

Open the public_html file.
In the right side of the window right click, new, folder. Name it d and that should hopefully fix it.

I guess just do that, trigger an autoupdate and then see if it works.

No, I have that in FTP, but not in the place where you log in. You know where you go to autoupdate, the area just above that says edit(comic name)

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:04 pm

Well then you have to get Kisai to fix it I believe. Be nice in asking her, state the problem exactly and ask her to fix it.

Swirlyandpop · Post by **Swirlyandpop** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:37 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Well then you have to get Kisai to fix it I believe. Be nice in asking her, state the problem exactly and ask her to fix it.

Where can I get a hold of her?

Swirlyandpop · Post by **Swirlyandpop** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:40 pm

swirlyandpop wrote:
Mercury_Hat wrote:Well then you have to get Kisai to fix it I believe. Be nice in asking her, state the problem exactly and ask her to fix it.
Where can I get a hold of her?

Weeee! It worked without my asking! I must be magic.
*strains to turn computer into throw rug*
Okay, I guess not, but whatever. I guess I'm just not magical. Not yet anyway.
Anywhoo thanks a bunch.

Consequence001 · Post by **Consequence001** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:06 pm

Hello! Noobie here who might have missed something or just didn't read the instructions properly.

I sent a request and got a website. It is kwg.keenspace.com. However I haven't been able to log in. When I checked the status (Signup, Comic Status and Password Status) all three came back negative. I did receive an account name and password, but I haven't been able log in anywhere!

What have I been doing wrong? What can I do? This has been driving me crazy for the last month!

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:59 pm

Your site is there. Check the first post for the password checker. If the password is bad, there's a program to change your password.

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:10 pm

I Tried to edit the indextemplate file and it wouldn't save. What did I do wrong?

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:24 pm

What are you using to edit the file?

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:32 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:What are you using to edit the file?

I opened it and used "view", was that wrong?

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:52 pm

In some FTP programs you can edit them in the program, in some you can't. Save the file to your computer and edit it with an HTML editor. Don't use Microsoft Word, though.

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:56 pm

Ok, well how do I up lode it?

Also, How do I make a dropdown storyline menu?

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 4:05 pm

To upload it you can either drag and drop it into the FTP folder or right-click and select the upload method.

For the storyline dropdown I used a generator I found through google:

Code:

<form name="jump">
<select name="menu">
<option>Select a chapter</option>
<option value="http://mercuryhat.keenspace.com/d/20040 ... l">Chapter one: "Forced Evacuation"</option>
</select>
<input type="button" onClick="location=document.jump.menu.options[document.jump.menu.selectedIndex].value;" value="Jump">
</form>

Replace http://mercuryhat.keenspace.com/d/20040124.html with the first page of your comic's storyline and replace Chapter one: "Forced Evacuation" with the title of the storyline. To make a new selection, just put

<option value="whatever/d/date.html">Chapter Two</option>

directly underneath the first <option value=...> line, above the </select> line.

I'm not a code wizard, but that seems to be the simplest way. I think there's a keentag to do it for you, but I'm not entirely positive.

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 4:09 pm

When I try to copy it it just copys the same as dailytemplate.html.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 4:44 pm

Wha? What exactly are you doing and what're you using to FTP?

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:04 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Wha? What exactly are you doing and what're you using to FTP?

I'm useing SmartFTP, and I'm dragging the Workspace folder to the desktop. I also get a message telling me that I need to overwrite my files when I click on the indextemplate.html file that is in the FTP.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:34 pm

Okay, if you make a change to a file you've saved on your computer and want to upload it to your FTP, then you'll need to overwrite the file that's in FTP currently.

Panthriss · Post by **Panthriss** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:40 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Okay, if you make a change to a file you've saved on your computer and want to upload it to your FTP, then you'll need to overwrite the file that's in FTP currently.

I can't copy it at all.

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