Placed by a member of WGA

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:22 pm

HELP!!! I can't or don't understand how to get the WGA thingy on my cache page.

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:06 pm

quote:
Originally posted by tenner:
HELP!!! I can't or don't understand how to get the WGA thingy on my cache page.

http://www.wi-geocaching.com/help/how.html

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:50 pm

After copying the html referred to in the previous post, go to your geocache page in which ypu wish to add the logo. Go to the edit feature and place the cursor where you want the logo to appear. Paste the html in this location. Then, within the editing page you should find the following. 'If you do supply html you will need to check the box below for the text to render correctly.
The descriptions below are in HTML '. Make sure to check this box. Save the edited page.
It is simpler than it sounds.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:19 am

After i've done that, which was no problem, I lost the formatting of the text on the page. How do you format text on a page with html?

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:36 am

quote:
Originally posted by MR Andersen:
After i've done that, which was no problem, I lost the formatting of the text on the page. How do you format text on a page with html?

Formatting text in html requires knowledge of the basic markup tags. For an explanation, see this page: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html It may seem daunting at first, but for cache pages you can get by with a few of the simple ones such as paragraph breaks.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:42 pm

Thanks for the help guys. tenner

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:02 pm

Some users might not care for images on the cache pages because of the added paper it takes to print out the cache page.
But if you still want images on your cache page, I'll try to explain:
1. You have to place an image where it can be accessed, and seen, each time the cache page is viewed. One place to store an image is the photo album found on WI-Geocaching web page. http://www.wi-geocaching.com/cgi-bin/slide2/album.pl Follow the directions on this page for uploading images.
2. Once the image has been uploaded, you have to figure out the 'address' for the image. Go back to your photo album, click on the picture you want to include so that it appears in the browser.
3. Right click on the image. Choose 'properties'.
4. In the 'General' properties look for 'Address (URL). It will look something like http://img.groundspeak.com/user/display/85278_600.jpg.
5. Copy that URL.
6. Now, go back to the cache page into which you want to place the image. Go into editing mode.
6. In the editing box type <IMG SRC="http://img.groundspeak.com/user/display/85278_600.jpg" >
7. You have to include the greater and lesser signs as well as the quotes. The information between the quotes is the URL of the image you located in number 5 above.
8. In the editing section of the cache page, place a check mark in the box infront of the words 'The descriptions below are in HTML'
9. Save the new cache page.

Phew, that got to be longer than I expected. There may be a quicker way.

[This message has been edited by rpaske (edited 11-10-2003).]

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 6:04 am

Can't wait to try that.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:51 pm

Bumping this back to the top...

I tried to find the page that explains putting the Placed by in your cache description from the main pages of the site but I could not find it. I eventually remembered that I originally saw this in the forums and had to go down a bit but her it is! Can we link the Placed by FAQ page from the other Hiding a Cache Page that is found on the Main page? (Wow, I'm not sure if I follow that...)

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:15 am

Actually the link is on the main page, on the left side. "Help spread the word"
Bob

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:55 am

Doh! Right in front of my nose!

Thanks!

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