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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:38 pm
by Froed
Well, that is if you call the html text its unmentionables.
So, I first tried the generator and replaced the index and daily templates like they said, but then went on to place the css incorrectly. My site started showing off the html text along with the ad and my original comic. Since then, I've managed to put everything I could back in place (and have made backups of the templates), but it's not exactly fixed.
Okay, here's a link so you can either get a visual idea of what's wrong or tell me I'm delusional:
http://pugnaciousmarbles.comicgenesis.com
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:04 pm
by C.w.
Did you use Microsoft Word? It can do that. Try using Notepad. It should be under Accessories in the Start menu.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:11 am
by Froed
Yer right about word, but I'm on a mac... would textedit be about the same?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:15 am
by Dr Neo Lao
Yes. Any basic text editor should work.
A simple way to test would be to write out some html in the text editor and save it as a html file. Open the file with your browser, then in the browser look at the source - it should look exactly the same as what you originally wrote.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:54 am
by Froed
Ughh... still not working... I tried directly copying the original html (from the FAQ II) into textedit instead of word. Is there any way to get some sort of automated reset? Or... something?
Moreover, is there something I'm missing, or do my only writing programs not work? Is there one that for sure works for mac and I can download? Or am I saving them wrong, since in the generator tutorial you're supposed to save them as "all files" worthy, and I've been saving mine as html (since no all file function existed)?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:01 am
by C.w.
Textedit works differently. To save HTML from TextEdit, you have to do this:
1) Once you have the HTML in TextEdit, go to Format > Make Plain Text.
2) When you save the file, be sure to type .html at the end of the filename.
3) TextEdit will ask you if you're sure that you want to use .html instead of .txt - you want to use .html.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:35 pm
by Dr Neo Lao
^ I did not not know that.
Oops.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:59 am
by Froed
Thanks so much! Hopefully I can get the bleedin' thing out of the rut it's in and start making actual progress now!