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SET THE TABLE Written by: FLO |
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| You have moved your pages to a different host server. Or you have made 2 different pages, one for computers and the other for MSNTV. You want to make sure that computer viewers are directed to the proper page. This simple JavaScript will redirect the viewer automatically, without any waiting! This JS redirect works great on the urls of pages when you have moved them. Put just the JS script on the old page on your old server after you've removed ALL OTHER CONTENT from it. Tom does this on his Domania pages and the viewer is taken directly to the comparable pages at his new home: jawjahboy.com. Hint: If you want people to find your pages quickly after you've moved, it's a good idea to put this JS script on those old urls at your old server. If possible, maintaining a small account there for 6 months to a year will help people find your new home. If you have made one page for computer viewers and another for MSNTV viewers, put this same JS script into the Head section of one of those pages, to direct the viewers to the proper page made for their browsers. I use this JS script on my home page. I have one for computers and one for webbies: Webbies get redirected to this one: http://tonebytone.com/stuff/index.html If you have a LBB, it's no use trying to go to the computer page. You won't see it, and vice versa for computers with the webbie page.  | |||||
| FINDING YOUR PAGE BUILDER PAGES' REAL URL | |||||
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Many MSNTV subscribers fuss about how long it takes their Page Builder pages to load. This is because PB does not give us the real url! When people click on the url we are given, it is redirected 3 times before the viewer's browser gets to the real url! Don't ask me why MSNTV is set up this way--I sure don't know. However, there's a tool to find our real urls: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find it. Kdine's URL Finder Tool's url is an example of what your own true PB url will look like--horrendously long. From now on, use the REAL url for your PB pages and you'll find that they'll load faster. | |||||
| CENTERING TEXT IN HEADER CELLS | |||||
| There are two kinds of table cells: the table data <td> and the table header <th>. Many people use the regular table data cell for headers. They have to add the following to that tag: align="center" and also <b></b> tags if they want to emphasize the font by making it bold. When the <th> tag is used instead, all content (text and images) is automatically centered inside the cell, plus any text is automatically rendered bold. Save time and bytes (file size) by using the <th></th> tags. These tags can be used anywhere inside a table, whenever this effect is desired. | |||||
| HELVETICA EQUIVALENTS | |||||
| What is Helvetica? It's the name of the particular style/face of MSNTV's one and only font. When computer users view webbie pages, their pc browsers translate the text into whatever font style/face is their default setting. Usually these fonts don't look like the one webbies see. So if webbies want computer users to see the text in a font style/face that looks very similar to MSNTV's font, then they should do the following: Put this in the head tag: Adding the additional font faces...Verdana and Arial, which are similar to Helvetica but more common, will allow their use if Helvetica is not installed on the PC's machine and Verdana and Arial are. | |||||
| TIPS ON USING TABLES AS DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR WEBPAGES | |||||
| Here's an excellent website that's just brimming with ideas: Tables as Design Elements: http://www.davmagic.com/PAGES50.html Using Page Templates: http://www.davmagic.com/PAGES49.html |