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Alfred
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 Posted - 11 June 2004 : 22:21:55
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I have made and saved an external CSS file, and followed the help guide to insert it into a new page, but nothing shows other than the code.
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/BG/heading.css">
The CSS page consists of a BG color and a heading.
Why does it not show? |
Alfred
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laser
Advanced Member
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Posted - 11 June 2004 : 22:30:07
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| I'd get rid of the file:/// reference and use a proper http style. |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 11 June 2004 : 23:16:17
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What do you mean, laser?
This is the code that gets popped in when I select the CSS file.
And when I put the .css file in the same folder it looks like this:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="heading.css">
but shows nothing. |
Alfred
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Edited by - Alfred on 11 June 2004 23:22:48 |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 11 June 2004 : 23:33:17
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| What's the code in your HTML/ASP file ? |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
1527 Posts |
Posted - 11 June 2004 : 23:38:18
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This is what's in the html file!
Or did you mean the rest of the code, or the .css file? |
Alfred
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 12 June 2004 : 04:19:54
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| How about both, then we can see what's wrong. |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 12 June 2004 : 21:19:29
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Okay, here is a new page formatted with the css link: quote:
<html>
<head>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>New Page 1</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/EROTICAL/headingTEST.css">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
and here is the .css file content: quote:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>HEADING TEXT</title>
<style fprolloverstyle>A:hover {color: #B7FFFF; font-weight: bold}
</style>
</head>
<body link="#00FFFF" vlink="#00D7D7" alink="#FF0000" bgcolor="#0000FF">
<div align="center">
<center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="AutoNumber1">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<p align="center">HEADING TEXT</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
<p align="center"><a href="FILE">LINK TEXT</a></p>
</body>
</html>
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Alfred
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fishsticks
New Member
USA
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Posted - 12 June 2004 : 21:55:59
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[quote]Originally posted by Alfred
Okay, here is a new page formatted with the css link:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/EROTICAL/headingTEST.css">
It's probably not a good idea to use the path on your hard drive for WWW use. Change that to:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="EROTICAL/headingTEST.css">
or...
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.mydomain.com/EROTICAL/headingTEST.css">
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http://www.sharredprism.com
My website! |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
1527 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2004 : 22:10:19
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We are not that far yet - only trying to see the results of linking to a css file in my editor.
Just to make sure I also viewed it in my browser on localhost. It finds it allright, but there is no trace of the formatting I linked to. |
Alfred
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Edited by - Alfred on 12 June 2004 22:14:59 |
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laser
Advanced Member
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Posted - 12 June 2004 : 23:22:58
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Alfred, your CSS file isn't a CSS file  , it's a HTML file. I'm not that hot on CSS but basically a CSS file redefines or extends the normal HTML tags through a series of redefinitions and classes. You don't have any of that there 
What do you want your CSS to do ? Define a BG colour and redefine a font it seems ? |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 13 June 2004 : 01:02:04
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Well yes, at least to start with. I want to see ho wit works so I can make better use of it.
I know there are html tags in the code, but it was saved as a .css file in FrontPage. So I assumed it had to be that way. |
Alfred
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laser
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Posted - 13 June 2004 : 01:13:01
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I know there are html tags in the code, but it was saved as a .css file in FrontPage.
Easy never trust FrontPage.
What do you want to do with CSS though ? |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
1527 Posts |
Posted - 13 June 2004 : 01:38:22
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| Streamline my future web work. It cuts down on size and avoids repetition of code for your basic theme, doesn't it? |
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laser
Advanced Member
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Posted - 13 June 2004 : 01:54:56
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For sure, but you missed the point of my question, I should have worded it like this :
What are you trying to achieve with this CSS file ? You say "BG color and a heading" but if you explain that in more detail someone here can show you the correct syntax to use. Your HTML file is fine, but the CSS file is rubbish. |
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seven
Senior Member
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Posted - 13 June 2004 : 07:28:14
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Alfred, when in doubt search Google and you'll find a wealth of information. I would look around the net for CSS tutorials and spend a few hours learning the basics, most sites have good sample code you can use as a start.
Here's a good start: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp
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Alfred
Senior Member
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1527 Posts |
Posted - 13 June 2004 : 21:35:14
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Good thinking, I 'll do that.
I simply looked at the help files in my FrontPage editor, and executed what looked quite straightforward steps. When it did nothing as expected I was perplexed, and kept redoing it.
Laser, once I know what I do wrong I should be fine, and I really want to learn to fish rather than... well, you know the rest! 
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