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1. Re: GOLIVE BANNER HELP!!!!!
Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 18, 2009 5:24 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)While in design view, find the place where you want the banner and type 'I WANT THE BANNER HERE'.
Then switch to source/HTML view, find and replace 'I WANT THE BANNER HERE' with the code provided to you. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 18, 2009 3:27 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)thanks for the suggestion...but no go...didnt work -
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Jesper G. O. Møller Mar 18, 2009 3:45 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)Do you have a link to the page in question wee can have a look at ???
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jgcalifornia Mar 18, 2009 3:58 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)hey, thanks for the replys/help...
site in progress- www.eyeswidegreen.org
first desire was to put it over the gross advertising banner from GD, which was a shock to see this came free of charge!! how bout that..
anyways, i havent figured out how to remove that yet...
So id like the banner, for now on the left of the eye...but at any rate, it like to know for future reference, the proper way to place a banner, anywhere i want...i never knew it would be this hard... -
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Kath-H Mar 19, 2009 12:33 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)I wonder if you are still thinking of a web page as similar to a printed page? You cannot just physically place anything in a specific place on a web page, the way you can in a page layout application. Golive's grids may mislead you into thinking you can. -
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(Martin-S) Mar 19, 2009 1:39 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)In article <59b84f99.3@webcrossing.la2eafNXanI>,
jennifer_getz@adobeforums.com wrote:
> first desire was to put it over the gross advertising banner from GD, which
> was a shock to see this came free of charge!! how bout that..
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> anyways, i havent figured out how to remove that yet...
I'm afraid the first step you need to take is get descent - not free -
hosting.
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Cheers Martin -
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jgcalifornia Mar 19, 2009 7:20 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)I actually do pay for this hosting, along with 4 other sites we pay for...The "free" comment was in reference to the hosting companys "free" banner, the hosting came with...it was called sarcasm...
What does my hosting company have to do with banner placement, which it seems no one can answer here...so i guess banners are stuck where they land,, -
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jgcalifornia Mar 19, 2009 7:26 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)actually, so far, Ive been able to put anything i want where ever i want on my web page, which was created in image ready. Ive had no issue with that before. GoLives grids have not been confusing for me, so no, I haven't been misled. I mostly use GoLive for source code and uploading.
Again, relevance as to banner placement? If no one knows how to place a banner in a desired position, please just let mw know.
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 19, 2009 9:10 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)If you pay for the hosting, why does it say " This page is hosted free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com®"?
Web hosting is different than domain name registration. Those are two different services that require two different payments.
The nonsense that you see at the top of the page is actually from HTML at the very bottom of the page. Look at your source (rendered in the browser) and notice what comes after the TWO closing </HTML> tags. This is added by your free web hosting service. Clean up those two closing HTML tags. You should only have one. -
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Kath-H Mar 19, 2009 11:07 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)But if you feel grids are fine for placement, why are you having trouble? Jim gave you one solution - type in 'banner here', go to source code and replace that. Or place some image or other, replace that in source view. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 19, 2009 2:13 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)If you pay for the hosting, why does it say "This page is hosted free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com®"?
-Because when they sold us our 5 hosting plans, you are able to add multiple "subdomains" under that one account...that is why..it is paid for as a package.
Yes Im aware of domain registration and hosting. we have both.
I took a look at the source code and i see it, when its in the browser, but it does not show up when editing my source code, therefore cannot remove it. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 19, 2009 2:15 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)Yes, Jims suggestion was great, however after putting the source code in, it does not show up. -
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Kath-H Mar 19, 2009 11:44 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)It sounds as though you can have those sub-domains as long as you tolerate the advertising. -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 20, 2009 5:08 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)[retracted...] -
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jgcalifornia Mar 20, 2009 8:00 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)Again, i am not paying, for "free hosting". I pay for my hosting, however, the hosting plans COME, with unlimited free "subdomains".
Thank you for the links, good to know...
any banner placement help?? -
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jgcalifornia Mar 20, 2009 8:04 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)"If you only have one closing HTML tag in your version created by GoLive then you need to contact your hosting provider and alert them to the fact that they are injecting invalid HTML on your page. Ask them to correct it or find another host. You should not be paying for this. Not even freely hosted sites hack this up so badly.
"yes, there is only one html tag...maybe a different program would show the tag??? i dont know hy it wouldnt be there...seems weird, and a bit scary, that they can put anything "unwanted" in the site...
thanks for the help...do u think possibly a different program would list the tags?? therefore make it editable? -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 20, 2009 8:08 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)>any banner placement help??
Why don't you share what source code you are trying to put in and tell us precisely where you want it? Use a secondary page to show what you are trying to do if you don't want to mess up the home page. -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 20, 2009 8:12 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)>seems weird, and a bit scary, that they can put anything "unwanted" in the site...
This is why you need to stop paying for this particular hosting. It is a joke. You are paying for the wrong hosting. There are plenty of other hosts that offer unlimited subdomains at no charge and with no ads. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 20, 2009 3:17 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)the source code is just a code for the banner....why would it matter what the code says....i just want to put the banner up on the site, in a certain position... -
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Kath-H Mar 21, 2009 6:00 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)>why would it matter
When you need help, please don't dismiss people's questions, please consider that you may not know as much as the people you are asking about what is going on. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 21, 2009 8:28 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)excuse me, but i believe asking for help in a forum, is saying in itself, that i am not educated with this issue...this issue was never about the advertising banner, if u read the initail post, it was a btw reference. And by thiis incredibly ongoing thread, the people im supposedly asking, dont know and havent given a direct solution as far as the intent of this post...How/is it possible/can i/what do i need to do to position a banner,,,NOT an advertising baner< on a webpage ive created....
so heres your banner source code, if you think it will help.
< a href="http://www.earthhour.org/voteearth/" target="_blank">< img src="http://www.voteearth2009.org/support/banners/VoteEarth_300x250_GIF.gif" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="VOTE EARTH" />< /a> -
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jgcalifornia Mar 21, 2009 8:32 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)"case closed".. guess what. that wasnt my question, or issue in thie thread.
case status-no solutions provided by "help" in forum inregars to initial post. -
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Nate Baldwin Mar 22, 2009 4:54 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)To be fair, you're not making yourself particularly easy to help. Much of what's being asked of you IS relevant to the original problem, whether you realize it or not (it's pretty much always all about the code). I just added a space after the opening < tags in your code above in message 23 so the code shows up in the forum.
If you're trying to add the banner to your page, but you aren't familiar with HTML to where you can adjust the table code as needed, then your best bet is to first make a slice in your ImageReady (or Photoshop - whatever you said you were using) file that's the same size as the banner (300px by 250px), then do a fresh Save for Web. Once you have your exported page open in GoLive, select the image slice in the placeholder position, delete the image, type in some text like Jim suggested, like "insert here" or whatever and switch to source code view. Finally, replace the "insert here" text with your actual banner code.
If you do that and something still doesn't seem right, please post back with a link to the page showing the current status of your latest attempt and we may be able to offer additional help.
The main issue here is that there's no simple answer to "how to place a banner in GoLive". It depends entirely on how the page is built and how the banner code is built. The answer to your question required additional information. -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 23, 2009 5:58 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)I'd make this a bit easier for the novice. Composite the banner from voteearth2009.org in Photoshop/ImageReady on top of the eyeball/soil graphic. Then make an imagemap link in ImageReady or GoLive.
But there are more proper ways to do this design...
With no personal offense intended, it is very difficult to understand how to best relay a solution to a problem when we cannot understand your comprehension level or experience with web authoring. Your assertion that you are paying for this free site, the 1MB of data used to render this single web page, and the inability to place a simple banner prompted us all to offer suggestions even if they were not the suggestions you thought that you wanted. That is the nature of a forum.
I recommend that you revisit the manner in which you designed this page. You should educate yourself regarding repeating backgrounds and transparent GIF files (well described in GoLive's help). You could clean this page up considerably to make it much easier to arrange objects and to display on screens of various resolutions. Start by using a background image of the soil that repeats. Then layer the other elements on top. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 23, 2009 8:09 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)The soil is used as the "background image" in the output settings, so it is used as the way you are suggesting, as a gif background already, assuming that's what you meant.
So far, Ive had no problem arranging the page. My only issue so far, was inputting a code, from another source, and playing with the positioning. Yours is the first suggestion made here about creating slices for this banner, which is a great idea, totally helpful and appreciated...
I'm sure as a graphics design pro, when you say "there are more proper ways to do this design", I am positive about that.. However, being a non-profit, I'm sure you can understand, funds are never there to hire people with your expertise. I completely taught myself step by step on how to create what we wanted (so far anyways), and there is no doubt in my mind it was the more complicated longer route. My experience in Image Ready and Photoshop I am pretty advanced, and comprehend it. This was/is my first experience with GoLive, mostly used for uploading modified files..
Please don't think I am not grateful for all of your input.... that is what I came here for.
My first "creation" (or disaster, depending on how u look at), was our first non-profit. This was my first attack at all the Image Ready/slices/maps/etc...(site below). If you have any input on it, Id love to hear it, thanks again! www.somethingbigger.org -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 23, 2009 9:16 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)>The soil is used as the "background image" in the output settings
You are confused. If the soil was a background image, you would see it referenced in the HTML as something like this:
<body background="/images/soil.gif">
Aside from apparent inexperience, I think the greater problem is that you think that you need to input code. Look at it another way. All you really need is that banner graphic and the link described in that code.
If you want to continue with the design method you have used, you really need to composite the banner image in Photoshop/ImageReady and add a link to it from the code you are trying to paste. This could all be done in Photoshop/ImageReady. GoLive is not needed for this particular task. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 23, 2009 9:41 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)in my source code, in GL, the image for the background, is grabbed at the provided url. so its getting it (the image), from the url -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 24, 2009 4:55 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)I see you are making progress but you need to remove dirt from images like this...
http://www.eyeswidegreen.org/images/index_04.gif
Since you have dirt defined as the page background now, you can trim up all your other graphics to be transparent GIF files that contain no dirt texture. These transparent GIF files can be much smaller files. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 24, 2009 10:20 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)Yes, I tried this, and when i did a preview (image ready), all the images came out looking like:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/jengetz11/eyes2.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/jengetz11/eyes.jpg
jim, thank you for all your help, deeply appreciated. -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 24, 2009 10:52 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)When producing those GIF files, be sure to set the matte color to an averaged brown color found in the dirt image.
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/transparent/transparent.htm
...or you can save as PNG with transparency instead of GIF. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 24, 2009 12:45 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)jim, the thing about that, atleast when i attempted this...i cannot have these images on a "black" background, or any sort of color, as described in this tutorial..When saved as a PNG, i get the same results,. -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 24, 2009 12:52 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)Substitute any instance of the word 'black' in that tutorial with the averaged brown of your dirt. (#644920) -
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jgcalifornia Mar 24, 2009 1:20 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)if thats the case, and the entire br is set as the dirt, wont the background of all the images be patchy looking? -
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jgcalifornia Mar 24, 2009 4:19 PM (in response to jgcalifornia)ok...i redid the page with just a transparent background, and removed the backgound to the images you reffered to...man it felt good to get rid of that extra weight..so the only way i was able to view it without the "halos", was as a png, which seemed fine..When going back to GoLive to upload/modify the existing, its not reading the png files..so thats my current obstacle..
thank you again!! -
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Jim or Marion Jordan Mar 25, 2009 4:55 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)Sorry to relay this but with all the changes you have done, you have only saved 100 kb. You're still hanging around 900 kb for that page.
There is little sense to how you have sliced your image. Why is there so much negative space around your objects? Why don't you have each element in the design as its own image file? You cannot easily optimize the large black text if it is sharing the same color palette as the top of the eye. -
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jgcalifornia Mar 25, 2009 7:39 AM (in response to jgcalifornia)Jim, i don't know what to tell you. which "image" are u referring to.
you can see, there aren't many slices, including the auto slices;
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/jengetz11/eye2.jpg



