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  1. Mich
    Well, I took the table out and used the background to tile the image instead. It still doesn't meet the standards at the W3C site, but I run it through a validator of my own and it passes just fine. W3C now says I can't have a background image statement in my Body content. Go figure. W3C wants everything in a css file instead in the html itself. Haven't learned that much about css yet so guess I will just be behind times until I can learn it.
  2. Mich
    Hmmm, I don't know what to tell you. I have a friend in southern Arabia that also cannot get my graphics to show. Exactly what does the 404 say? When I try the same thing I get a 404 that says I don't have permission to access the graphic. Let me check with somebody on here and see if I need to do something in my cpanel to solve the problem. You might also check jlhaslip's last post just above. Perhaps something in the browser is causing it.
  3. Mich
    I was going to suggest a webring for those hosted by Trap 17, but I guess this is what you are suggesting. I see no replies here. Have you had any e-mails? Did you get the webring formed?
  4. Mich
    I didn't have the zips up because space was borrowed and I didn't want to overdo the ISP's generosity. Say this is a great site. I see it is also hosted by Trap 17. THANKS!! Yeh, I am going on a 3-4 week vacation here next week and need to get some points up in reserve so I can be gone. Won't have an opportunity to work on sets or post on here. Fine tuning some of my pages is taking up most of my time right now. Trying to correct some of the things a validator is finding.
  5. Mich
    AHA, so I guess I can take down that warning/suggestion. I took a look and you can configure the browser not to show any graphics/images. I guess that was to protect the children from possible unpleasant pictures at sites they might stumble on. THANKS!
  6. Mich
    Tiles are up!!! Hope you find something you like.
  7. Mich
    I find it interesting that you posted this item. I put it up on the net on my father's site Sat, 12 Mar, 2005. This is an editorial written by an American citizen, published in a local newspaper. Give credit where credit is due. You didn't come up with this. Where did you get it? Finally, Someone Has Said It Take a look at my rendition.
  8. Mich
    I have no idea why, but when I tried to pull up my site at a library in DeSmet, South Dakota, USA, last spring, the pages came up without the graphics on one of their puters, but when I tried another, everything was up fine. The librarian said they had a special Fire Wall on the first puter because that was the one they let young children use. So I assumed that was the problem and warned against it. It certainly isn't the fault of my graphics, if that is what you are implying. How could you possibly know that "no-one else" has any trouble? Hey, I am learning a lot from exchanges on this forum, perhaps you have another suggestion as to what the problem was. I am self taught and doing the best I can. I have a lot to learn about all this technology, but I am trying my best. Please don't rain on my parade. Thanks for the example of the css file. I guess I need to purchase a new web designing book, the one I have addresses css, but not xhtml.
  9. Mich
    Well, with an ex family member. My ex lost everything including the respect of his daughter. He has been barred from our local casino. He was in Real Estate Sales until his gambling led to intermingling moneys. I hadn't talked to him for over 20 years, but he took it upon himself to call me and ask to borrow $1,000 to save his business, yeh, sure. Like I wanted to get involved. My present husband about blew the roof off. Nobody, including his sister and our daughter has heard from him in over a year. Last we heard the police were looking for him. He must still be alive somewhere or somebody would have contacted his sister or daughter by now. It is such a shame that gambling can get to people to this extent, isn't it?
  10. Mich
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">BUT when I use the validator it says This page is not Valid HTML 4.0 Transitional! I am validating http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
  11. Mich
    Never mind. It is lack of them that it is complaining about. It also seems that I have attributes in my HTML, that XHTML wants put in a ccs file. I run my stuff through CSE HTML Validator and it comes up clean. Their validator is really strict. Error Line 13 column 27: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters. <BODY text="#d1a9d5" vLink=#808080 alink="#d1a9d5" link="#d1a9d5" bgColor="#0129" background="gardenia/gardenia_maincolor.jpg"> You have used a character that is not considered a "name character" in an attribute value. Which characters are considered "name characters" varies between the different document types, but a good rule of thumb is that unless the value contains only lower or upper case letters in the range a-z you must put quotation marks around the value. In fact, unless you have extreme file size requirements it is a very very good idea to always put quote marks around your attribute values. It is never wrong to do so, and very often it is absolutely necessary. (IT IS REFERING TO #808080 WHICH IS NOT IN QUOTES) BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS ONE! Since when can't you put background in a table? Error Line 17 column 77: there is no attribute "BACKGROUND". <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 width="100%" bgcolor="#D3C177" background="gardenia/gardenia_goldstrip.jpg" border=0> go to W3C click on the HTML Validator in left column under W3C AtoZ Put your url in the appropriate box and see what you get. It is really scary.
  12. Mich
    Hurray. I finally got my dot com started. Thanks to Trap 17 I have a home for my site again. My old host, pooof, disappeared from the internet, never to be found again. It will take me while to rebuild it, but at least I have a start. Will try to add things daily until I get it all back in working order. I have over 100 web sets and oodle of background images and tiles. Will be adding desktop/wallpapers as well after I restore all my current files. Come watch it happen!!!!
  13. Mich
    I have sorted through all the above and maybe I am blind, but I don't see a clear definition of "SPAM" as it applies to the forum postings. Please direct me to it if it exists on here.Thanks.
  14. Mich
    I have gone over to W3C and W3 School to try to bring myself up to date on XHTML. When I use their on site validator, it just doesn't like all the quotation marks in the body of my work. I get a tremendous amount of errors all pointing at quotation marks in the body. I get the impression that using them is passe'. Is this true? Could somebody please tell me where I can get a HTML software that either doesn't use quotation marks, or has an option to not use them? I am currently using Cute HTML LE and cannot find an option to not use the quotes.
  15. Mich
    Thanks for the compliment, will have another up soon at my own dot com, watch for it.
  16. Mich
    Great tutuorial. Maybe you should cut and paste it up to the tutorial section!!!! Or is that not allowed; double points? I have fixed the Bamboo Swag. Take a look. Really an improvement. I will be going back through all of my sets (100+) in total and improving them. It will take me longer to rebuild my dot com, but oh well, it will make it better in the long run. When I get my setup here (waiting my 72 hours) I will start uploading my stuff as I review them for improvement. THANKS AGAIN!
  17. Mich
    Well, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I have found the jpg optimizer right where you said it would be. Duh, have never used it before. Guess this old gal is not too smart on her own, but you guys on here are helping me right along.
  18. Mich
    I think I have corrected things now, take a look again at my pages. I have not corrected all the sets themselves yet, but working on them.
  19. Mich
    Gee thanks for the link. I will be studying this later as it is past 12AM here in Mich. Need my sleep for now. I do use CSE HTM Validator Lite, but maybe W3C's is better. Guess I have a whole lot more to learn.
  20. Mich
    K Duh. Ok. I'll bite, what do u mean? What program would I use to do this? You guys are certainly bringing this old grey-haired lady a lot of new stuff to learn.
  21. Mich
    Very nice tutorial. It is simple to understand and the graphics help a lot, except for me. I am still running Windows 98SE But keep up the good work anyway, and maybe I will catch up soon.
  22. Mich
    Thanks for the compliment. I had already made the file smaller by reducing the PPI to 72. Is there another way? That is besides reducing the measurement. It is made for a 1024x768 screen resolution. Sorry about the implications of spam. Being new to the site I have a lot to learn. Is there any way to edit posts? I could correct it then.
  23. Mich
    Probably because I didn't realize I had turned it off. I have corrected that now. Thanks! I am very much self taught and miss some of the finer points in my ignorance. I have never tried Photoshop. My daughter provided me with PSP and I have used it along with some simpler programs I already had. Since I struggle with it, I am not in much of a hurry to try another program. I haven't really mastered PSP yet. I don't consider myself a web designer of any expertise. I am strictly an amateur, self taught and struggling to learn PSP. This is the main reason I offer my work for free. I haven't a clue what W3C is. Perhaps you can bring me up to date on this.
  24. Mich
    Here is my first desktop offering. It is a monarch butterfly on lilacs.
  25. Mich
    Hi everyone Let me intoduce myself. I am a young-at-heart senior citizen and woman of strength and inner beauty. I design web sets, background tiles, background graphics and more for people to use on their homepages. It is my hobby and they are offered for free. My domain, websetsbydonna.com, is temporarily out of service because my original host server has gone down. I want to earn points fast so I can apply here for hosting. I have borrowed some space from my ISP to put up a sampling since space will not allow more. At this time not all of the links are in order. You can only go to the "Newest Sets" page where the links to the individual page sets do work, but the zips are not present (couldn't use any more space). You have to use your back button for now, but when the whole site is up and operating, the links will all work. You can also go to the "Awards" page where I brag a little about my work. My Web Set Site is at: Web Sets by Donna My personal homepage is at: My Garden of Promise Please visit me often. Notice from jlhaslip: Moved topic from Web Designs to Introductions
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