Cantr II Discussion Forum

Okay, wow, a little less than an hour later and the Encyclopedia is looking real presentable now.

Man, that took a while because I kept getting the link-to vs link-from locations all mixed up, placing <hrefs> where there should be <names> and adding #s in the wrong locations. I finally sorted it out and it all works out. *celebrates*

Also, the new link colors that programming implemented replaces a lot of the <color> HTML I had to use, slimming it down some, and making it a whole lot more approachable.

I should start logging how much time I put into the Encyclopedia.

@ Jes, that better had not mean Programming will ban bookmarking within the notes...

So yeah, keep an eye out for the <b>Hobbes Encyclopedia 1175+ Editions</b>.

whee...

new imporved Tywhitten's compendium coming up...

For those that want to use HTML, I simply reccommend googlin 'basic HTML' or 'HTML tutorial' or the like. I learnt a (simple) amount from sctratch, through a combination of learning via scanning page-sources, and a bit of googling. No need for any fancy software at all - just use notepad...

And all the Netscape Colors you can use:

http://falco.elte.hu/COMP/HTML/colors.html

Quicker than figuring out stuff like #90EE90.

(PS They're called that because Netscape first invented them, of course)

I'm a web developer by trade, so here are a few comments before everyone puts too many hours into prettifying the notes!

1. If you're going to include HTML in the notes, make sure you check it before leaving the note for others to see. If you miss or mispell an end tag, content can be hidden and the layout can go screwy!

2. Colours are nice but remember that we're currently having discussions about allowing people to choose their Cantr colour scheme through stylesheets. Your bright yellow text might stand out well on the current green but what about if some decides they want their Cantr displayed on a pale parchment colour. This isn't just about your right to choose - someone may need a particular colour scheme because they have limited vision so you've got to be very careful with assumptions.

3. Likewise, a dense HTML note will be very hard for someone else to edit accurately. If you're writing your notes for posterity, bear posterity's potential skill level in mind!

4. Consider using HTML that holds to current standards - for example, not using the deprecated font tag. Instead, the correct form would be <span style="color: red;"></span>.

Wulf

For the original question:
Jos wrote:

Hyperlinking within notes has always been allowed. It is not allowed to link to sites or resources outside Cantr, however, or to link to
other parts of Cantr but the contents of the note itself or images
that have been uploaded via pictures@cantr.net.

A decent place that is helpful with html is:

www.lissaexplains.com

Hope that helps some people!

It might also be good to include "</pre>" at the beginning of your note if you use more HTML than just an occasional "<u>,</u>" or something. Preformatted text in combination with HTML in Cantr notes will screw up your spacing, starting new lines where you don't want that to happen. Preformatted text shows up exactly how you spaced it in your note form, but doesn't take into account that the HTML also takes up space but doesn't show up, or that you may have made your text smaller or used a different font. Use "<br>" to start a new line.