Adding WI-gc code to cache listings?

[Trekkin and Birdin]

I have tried to paste in the code for the WI-GC to my caches, but every time I try, it saves, but the listing only shows a couple lines of text that say “click to view website.” I had no trouble adding the little banner to my gc profile, but it’s the “this cache placed by a member of” one that’s having issues.

I’m not an HTML virgin, I’ve done this stuff a lot, including creating my own photobanner, for my blog. So what am I doing wrong? TIA

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

Is this the code you are using? And, did you remeber to check the HTML box?

This cache placed by a member of: “wga”> “http://wi-geocaching.com/banners/banner-large-border.gif”> (click to visit our website)

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Thanks, somehow I missed checking that HTML box! 😳

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

Uhm, that’s never happened to me… Yeah right! 😀

[lee42048]

I had an existing listing that I tried to enter the banner to. When I checked the HTML box my previously nicely formatted listing went all bonkers. I lost all my formatting work and it was one big paragraph.
Question 1: Is there a way to recover from that?
Question 2: Is there a free HTML program I can use to recreate a format? Nothing fancy, just indents and line feeds where I want them. Anything I have seen (like Word) more than quadruples the size of the file.

thanks
Lee

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

@lee42048 wrote:

I had an existing listing that I tried to enter the banner to. When I checked the HTML box my previously nicely formatted listing went all bonkers. I lost all my formatting work and it was one big paragraph.
Question 1: Is there a way to recover from that?
Question 2: Is there a free HTML program I can use to recreate a format? Nothing fancy, just indents and line feeds where I want them. Anything I have seen (like Word) more than quadruples the size of the file.

thanks
Lee

Unfortunatly there is no way to recover from this. My best advice for the future, is to make a copy of ALL of your HTML after it’s written.

I have many many caches with a lot of HTML in them. After I’ve written and published them, I copy the entire body of text and HTML, and paste it into a word document and save it on my computer. I learned this lesson the hard way, as it appears you have now too.

As for question 2, try Netscape.

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