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Discussions75 Books Challenge for 2012
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1drneutron
Last year, TadAD put together a great thread to teach us how to do nifty things in our threads. I'm copying these over to the new group plus adding a few others from the Basic HTML thread last year.
3TadAD
To put a book cover (or any image) in your post
The format you want to type looks like the following.
<img width="XXX" src="YYY">
Replace "XXX" with the width, in pixels, that you want your image. This allows you to scale down big images that might, otherwise, really mess up the layout of a post. It doesn't matter how big the image is really, that tag will cause it to scale.
Replace "YYY" with the URL (address) of the image you want to use. You can get a cover image off of the book's page. If you use the ones from LT, they sometimes disappear. If you choose one from down in the Amazon section, those are stable. Select the image and:
- if you use Firefox, right click and select "Copy Image Location"
- if you use Chrome, right click and select "Copy Image URL"
- if you use Safari, right click and select "Copy Image Address"
- if you use IE, right click and select "Properties" then select the address field
The result will look something like:
<img width="150" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1558615105.01._SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
The format you want to type looks like the following.
<img width="XXX" src="YYY">
Replace "XXX" with the width, in pixels, that you want your image. This allows you to scale down big images that might, otherwise, really mess up the layout of a post. It doesn't matter how big the image is really, that tag will cause it to scale.
Replace "YYY" with the URL (address) of the image you want to use. You can get a cover image off of the book's page. If you use the ones from LT, they sometimes disappear. If you choose one from down in the Amazon section, those are stable. Select the image and:
- if you use Firefox, right click and select "Copy Image Location"
- if you use Chrome, right click and select "Copy Image URL"
- if you use Safari, right click and select "Copy Image Address"
- if you use IE, right click and select "Properties" then select the address field
The result will look something like:
<img width="150" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1558615105.01._SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
4TadAD
To put a link to a thread (or any Web page) in your post
The format you want to type looks like the following.
<a href="XXX">Your text here</a>
Replace "XXX" with the URL (address) of the thread or Web site you want.
The result will look something like:
My thread can be found <a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/80260">here</a>
Which comes out as:
My thread can be found here
You can also use an <img> tag at the location of the "Your text here" if you want to make an image link to a URL.
The format you want to type looks like the following.
<a href="XXX">Your text here</a>
Replace "XXX" with the URL (address) of the thread or Web site you want.
The result will look something like:
My thread can be found <a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/80260">here</a>
Which comes out as:
My thread can be found here
You can also use an <img> tag at the location of the "Your text here" if you want to make an image link to a URL.
5TadAD
To put a link to a specific message in your post
Use the basic format of putting a link to a full page found in the post above.
However, after the URL (address), you want to put a # sign and then the number of the post. It will look something like this:
<a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/80260#1689433">Your text here</a>
How do you get the message number? Well, right click on the message number and:
- if you use Firefox select "Copy Link Location"
- if you use Chrome select "Copy link address"
- if you use Safari select "Copy Link"
- if you use IE select "Copy shortcut"
Use the basic format of putting a link to a full page found in the post above.
However, after the URL (address), you want to put a # sign and then the number of the post. It will look something like this:
<a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/80260#1689433">Your text here</a>
How do you get the message number? Well, right click on the message number and:
- if you use Firefox select "Copy Link Location"
- if you use Chrome select "Copy link address"
- if you use Safari select "Copy Link"
- if you use IE select "Copy shortcut"
6TadAD
To change the look of the font
<b>your text here</b> makes something bold
<i>your text here</i> makes something italic
<u>your text here</u> makes something underlined
<strike>your text here</strike> makes somethingstruck through
<b>your text here</b> makes something bold
<i>your text here</i> makes something italic
<u>your text here</u> makes something underlined
<strike>your text here</strike> makes something
7TadAD
To put a lengthy quote in your post
The format you want is:
<blockquote>Your quote here</blockquote>
Which would look something like:
The format you want is:
<blockquote>Your quote here</blockquote>
Which would look something like:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
8TadAD
Other characters
Ok, to answer the questions about how did I type HTML brackets in the posts without them being converted...for example, when I type <b>, why didn't it start bold text?
You need to use character entities a.k.a. escape sequences. Escape sequences are sets of characters that get translated into another character by the browser. So, instead of typing < to start an example, I typed <. The ampersand + some characters + the semicolon is the standard format of escape sequences.
Some escape sequences that are useful in LT:
< - < (HTML opening character)
> - > (HTML closing character)
[ - [ (Touchstone opening character)
] - ] (Touchstone closing character)
While I'm at it, foreign characters, or any character, can be entered this way using escape sequences of the format &#XXX; where 'XXX' is the numeric code of the character, e.g.: á = á. However, it's much easier (if you're on Windows) to just bring up the character map application (Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map) and select the characters you want into the clipboard.
Ok, to answer the questions about how did I type HTML brackets in the posts without them being converted...for example, when I type <b>, why didn't it start bold text?
You need to use character entities a.k.a. escape sequences. Escape sequences are sets of characters that get translated into another character by the browser. So, instead of typing < to start an example, I typed <. The ampersand + some characters + the semicolon is the standard format of escape sequences.
Some escape sequences that are useful in LT:
< - < (HTML opening character)
> - > (HTML closing character)
[ - [ (Touchstone opening character)
] - ] (Touchstone closing character)
While I'm at it, foreign characters, or any character, can be entered this way using escape sequences of the format &#XXX; where 'XXX' is the numeric code of the character, e.g.: á = á. However, it's much easier (if you're on Windows) to just bring up the character map application (Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map) and select the characters you want into the clipboard.
9EBT1002
These helpful introductory hints in basic HTML have been wonderful -- thank you!!
Is there a way to make font come out in a particular color (e.g., orange)?
Is there a way to make font come out in a particular color (e.g., orange)?
13TheTortoise
Thanks for this Tad and Doc. Very useful.
Alan
Alan
14kittenfish
I still can't figure out how to post an image :(
15mckait
kitten.. upload it to photobucket.
click on it
select html and copy
paste in the textbox here.. that is how I do it :)
the lazy easy way :)
click on it
select html and copy
paste in the textbox here.. that is how I do it :)
the
16RandyMetcalfe
I found this page helpful http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/HelpThing:Html_tips
19jeanned
I am having a hard time getting the link to my 2012 thread on my profile page to work. When I click it, I am directed back to my profile page, not to the thread.
Here is what I have typed in: Click here for my 2012 Challenge thread.
I have previously tried, with the same results: Click here for my 2012 Challenge thread.
Please help.
ETA: When I click on either of the links above, I am taken back to this page.
Here is what I have typed in: Click here for my 2012 Challenge thread.
I have previously tried, with the same results: Click here for my 2012 Challenge thread.
Please help.
ETA: When I click on either of the links above, I am taken back to this page.
20RandyMetcalfe
#19 That's because you are using the url for this thread. The url for your thread is http://www.librarything.com/topic/129615 Thus: Click here for my 2012 Challenge thread.
22RandyMetcalfe
#21 Yes, but the url you are using on your profile page for your link just is the url for your profile page, i.e. http://www.librarything.com/profile/jeanned
25alcottacre
#24: If you are referring to when the title or author name turns blue, that is called a Touchstone here on LT. You put the title in single brackets, so {The Night Circus} becomes The Night Circus, substituting the brackets for the braces I used originally (the brackets are the lower case on the same keys as the braces). For the author name, you use double brackets, so {{Erin Morgenstern}} becomes Erin Morgenstern.
I hope that helps!
I hope that helps!
26dallenbaugh
When there are more than two books with the same title is there a way to make sure Touchstones chooses the right book other than including the author's name?
27RandyMetcalfe
#26: If the wrong work or author comes up in the touchstone list to the right of the textbox, click "others" to get a list of the all the titles that Touchstones associates with your title and select the appropriate one.
28tymfos
26 In some odd cases, the correct title may not come up on the list of "others." Sometimes if you play with your title a bit (remove or add the subtitle, if there is one, for instance) the correct title will make its way into the list so you can choose it.
29dallenbaugh
Thanks, both of you. So far I haven't had any problems with your suggestions.
30mckait
I just found that Firefox has an extension called Photobucket Uploader.
This extension allow you to right click an image on any web page and upload it instantly to
your photobucket account. The photobucket page opens automatically and there you have
your html link for posting the image on LT .. as well as other options.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/photobucket-uploader/
Whee!
This extension allow you to right click an image on any web page and upload it instantly to
your photobucket account. The photobucket page opens automatically and there you have
your html link for posting the image on LT .. as well as other options.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/photobucket-uploader/
Whee!
31OMBWarrior47
How do you use TickerFactory.com to create a ticker? I notice everyone else doing it but I cant figure it out myself. I hate when that happens. :(
32OMBWarrior47
Scratch that last I figured it out
;)
;)
33lauranav
I keep seeing people using the thread continuation feature. But I cannot figure out how to do it (not a concern at this point, last year was only 1 thread and this year probably will be too) but I am frustrated that there is something I can't figure out :-)
34RandyMetcalfe
#33: I believe that once your thread reaches 200 messages you will see an option to continue as a new thread. Clearly some people in this group have already had need to take up such an option, but I very much doubt I will need it. There doesn't seem to be anything in the wiki on this yet; all I could find is this thread discussing the need for such a feature from late 2011: http://www.librarything.com/topic/126131 Hope this helps.
35rebeccanyc
When your thread gets to a certain length (200 posts?), a link will automatically appear at the end of it offering you the option to start a continuation thread.
36lauranav
Oh good, so I'm not missing something obvious. It really isn't visible because it isn't something I need yet at 25 messages on my thread. Thank you so much for that reassurance.
And thank you for the link to the thread discussing it in 2011. I hadn't been able to find that either.
And thank you for the link to the thread discussing it in 2011. I hadn't been able to find that either.
37clif_hiker
is there a way to tab? For example so that I could list
Foundation
Foundation & Empire
etc
and
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey 2
etc
in columns next to each other instead of sequentially as above?
Foundation
Foundation & Empire
etc
and
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey 2
etc
in columns next to each other instead of sequentially as above?
39TadAD
No, not really. Tables and CSS are disabled in posts. These are the two main mechanisms for doing that.
You can sort of manually push things apart like
Something Something Else
Another thing Still Another
by using non-breaking spaces ( ), but it's pretty impossible to align things with proportional fonts as you can see from above where the two items in the second column don't line up correctly.
You can sort of manually push things apart like
Something Something Else
Another thing Still Another
by using non-breaking spaces ( ), but it's pretty impossible to align things with proportional fonts as you can see from above where the two items in the second column don't line up correctly.
42Greeshma.Pious
Could someone pls tell me how to start a new thread?? Im very confused! :s
43tymfos
How to Start a New Thread:
1. Go to the Group page for the 75 Challenge.
2. Click on the link for "post a new topic." (It's just above the list of all the different threads currently running in the group.)
3. Make sure that the box next to the word "Group" at the top has the proper group name. (For our challenge, it should say "75 Books Challenge for 2012.")
3. In "Subject," type a thread name. It's STRONGLY suggested that you include your screen name in the title so that people can find your thread!
4. In the "message" box, type whatever you want to put in the first message on your thread. You might want to say a little about yourself and/or your reading goals.
5. Click "Post Message."
1. Go to the Group page for the 75 Challenge.
2. Click on the link for "post a new topic." (It's just above the list of all the different threads currently running in the group.)
3. Make sure that the box next to the word "Group" at the top has the proper group name. (For our challenge, it should say "75 Books Challenge for 2012.")
3. In "Subject," type a thread name. It's STRONGLY suggested that you include your screen name in the title so that people can find your thread!
4. In the "message" box, type whatever you want to put in the first message on your thread. You might want to say a little about yourself and/or your reading goals.
5. Click "Post Message."
48humouress
Can we put stars on a wiki page?
The way we use this :
IMG src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif" (in pointy brackets)
to get this :
in our posts?
(you can tell I'm highly tech-literate)
The way we use this :
IMG src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif" (in pointy brackets)
to get this :
in our posts?
(you can tell I'm highly tech-literate)
49drneutron
Yes. Here's the text from the WikiThing help pages:
There is only one way to display images in WikiThing. The HTML syntax (img src="") does not work, and so you can only display images that have been uploaded to WikiThing. On the other hand, to use a Wiki-uploaded image in Talk, you do need to use the HTML syntax and the Wiki syntax won't work (Talk will think filenames in square brackets are attempts at touchstones).
Images live in the Image namespace. This is a different area to that in which author photos and book covers live. All users can upload images to the image namespace. The images already uploaded are listed here.
The syntax for including images in an article is given here. The minimal format is ((Image:Watchmen.jpg))
((Image:Watchmen.jpg|thumb|100px|Watchmen 'smiley' image)) creates a 'thumbnail' (with a default border, background, size and position) with a forced size of 100 pixels wide and a caption.
Note: I've changed from square brackets to parentheses so the text displays here. When you actually do this, use square brackets!
The particular files are Blank-star.gif, Half-star.gif, Full-star.gif so for a full star, use ((Image:Full-star.gif)) with the appropriate change in brackets.
There is only one way to display images in WikiThing. The HTML syntax (img src="") does not work, and so you can only display images that have been uploaded to WikiThing. On the other hand, to use a Wiki-uploaded image in Talk, you do need to use the HTML syntax and the Wiki syntax won't work (Talk will think filenames in square brackets are attempts at touchstones).
Images live in the Image namespace. This is a different area to that in which author photos and book covers live. All users can upload images to the image namespace. The images already uploaded are listed here.
The syntax for including images in an article is given here. The minimal format is ((Image:Watchmen.jpg))
((Image:Watchmen.jpg|thumb|100px|Watchmen 'smiley' image)) creates a 'thumbnail' (with a default border, background, size and position) with a forced size of 100 pixels wide and a caption.
Note: I've changed from square brackets to parentheses so the text displays here. When you actually do this, use square brackets!
The particular files are Blank-star.gif, Half-star.gif, Full-star.gif so for a full star, use ((Image:Full-star.gif)) with the appropriate change in brackets.
50humouress
Oh, beaut. Thanks, Jim!
I couldn't see a comprehensive list of files, when I looked. Is there one, or do I have to come and pester you every time I want to find an image?
I couldn't see a comprehensive list of files, when I looked. Is there one, or do I have to come and pester you every time I want to find an image?
51drneutron
There is. If you go to the WikiThing help page, there's a link to the list of files.
Help page: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Help:Editing
List of images: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Imagelist
Per the help page, anyone can upload images.
Help page: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Help:Editing
List of images: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Imagelist
Per the help page, anyone can upload images.
53humouress
More characters (as given by swynn) :
"I'll add that there are lots of other nifty icons you can try, and you can see a complete list of available codes at unicodemap.org.
For example, to see the character on the left, type the code on the right:
✓ ✓
✔ ✔
✖ ✖
✗ ✗
✏ ✏
✌ ✌
These are all in the "Dingbats" list. (Sigh. I know how they feel.)
These are Unicode characters. Whether you can see them at all depends on what your computer & browser support. If you don't have support for a character, you'll probably just see a square box where the character should be.
The codes given are hexadecimal, so if you use the unicodemap numbers it's important to include the "x" after the hash mark."
"I'll add that there are lots of other nifty icons you can try, and you can see a complete list of available codes at unicodemap.org.
For example, to see the character on the left, type the code on the right:
✓ ✓
✔ ✔
✖ ✖
✗ ✗
✏ ✏
✌ ✌
These are all in the "Dingbats" list. (Sigh. I know how they feel.)
These are Unicode characters. Whether you can see them at all depends on what your computer & browser support. If you don't have support for a character, you'll probably just see a square box where the character should be.
The codes given are hexadecimal, so if you use the unicodemap numbers it's important to include the "x" after the hash mark."
54authorspalace
This looks great! ✔
56mckait
good thinkin' Ellen..
>53 humouress: chiming in on your post...
if you have a mac the option button will do the work for you... just hold down the option key and hit other keys to see what you get .. all sorts are possible :) ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº
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option shift give you different things.. ⁄€‹›Œ„´‰ÅÍÎÏ˝ÓÔÒÚÆ
>53 humouress: chiming in on your post...
if you have a mac the option button will do the work for you... just hold down the option key and hit other keys to see what you get .. all sorts are possible :) ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº
œ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ“‘«åß∂ƒ©˙∆˚¬…æΩ≈ç√∫˜µ≤≥÷
option shift give you different things.. ⁄€‹›Œ„´‰ÅÍÎÏ˝ÓÔÒÚÆ
57maggie1944
ok
ø˚ So now I can say the weather was in the 50˚ range today
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Yes, I found the copyright mark © option g
Thanks, Kath!
ø˚ So now I can say the weather was in the 50˚ range today
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Yes, I found the copyright mark © option g
Thanks, Kath!
59tymfos
Is anybody else having trouble updating tickers from tickerfactory.com? When I try to update, I'm getting screens to configure a new ticker.
60humouress
You're right; I just popped over to have a look, and it doesn't come up with the usual bumpf below all the fields for passwords and adding to your total and so on. Maybe they're spring cleaning?
61vancouverdeb
I've been having trouble with ticker factory too, @59 and 60. Let's hope they are just " spring cleaning."
62maggie1944
I gave up on it a while back due to difficulties with updating. Just not worth it, IMHO>
63lauralkeet
Same problem here. For what it's worth, I submitted a "comment/suggestion" on their website.
64Mercury57
>62 maggie1944: and 63
Me too, just wasn't worth wasting my time on
Me too, just wasn't worth wasting my time on
65fuzzi
(28) In some odd cases, the correct title may not come up on the list of "others." Sometimes if you play with your title a bit (remove or add the subtitle, if there is one, for instance) the correct title will make its way into the list so you can choose it.
How can we 'force' a Touchstone? I've seen it done!
How can we 'force' a Touchstone? I've seen it done!
66rosalita
Fuzzi, you have to navigate to the book's work page and copy the "work number", which is what you see in the URL field after all the librarything.com stuff. Then, when you are making your touchstone, you format it as worknumber::booktitle inside the square brackets and voilà!
68kidzdoc
I'm having the same problems with my tickers. I tried several different things, but nothing worked.
70RandyMetcalfe
>66 rosalita: Thanks, Julia! That works a treat. I've always wondered how to do this.
72Chatterbox
TickerFactory glitches happening with me, too. Annoying, as it's a quick visual glimpse for me. Sigh.
73richardderus
I rely on the tickers, have sent a bleat of desperation to the folks there, and am getting a widge sweatypalmed over the whole thing.
76madhatter22
It's making me a widge sweatypalmed as well. I really need to see that turtle make it to the end of the street.
77DeltaQueen50
My tickers are working now. Hooray!
78richardderus
Mine too, triple-hip hooray!
79lauralkeet
Me too! Happy dance!
80lyzard
Can anyone help me with accented letters? I have a Portuguese author and I would like to render his name correctly - this is one of those cases where you get gobbledygook in place of an accented letter in the catalogue.
81Mr.Durick
If your use is infrequent and you have a Windows computer you can use the codes on this page: http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codealt.html.
Robert
Robert
83humouress
With my Mac, if I hold down the letter on the keyboard for a couple of seconds, it gives me a list of variations on that letter (è é ę etc), and then I just click on the one I want (without lifting my finger off first).
84maggie1944
è That is too cool! I just learned something today. I do love LibraryThing
olè
olè
85SqueakyChu
> 83
With my Mac, if I hold down the letter on the keyboard for a couple of seconds, it gives me a list of variations on that letter (è é ę etc),
If you try that on a pc, you get:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
LOL!
86rebeccanyc
Doesn't work on my Mac!
87humouress
wOh. Mine's a MacBook Air, just over a year old. What's yours? Maybe that makes a difference?
88maggie1944
Mine is also MacBook Air, not even a year old. I love this feature. é!
90rebeccanyc
Yeah, mine is about four years old. We just got a new Mac Book Pro for my sweetie (converting him from Windows) so I'll try it on his. Now I want a new one too!
91rosalita
On older Macs, where just holding down the letter key doesn't pop up the accent options, try holding the Option key while typing the key that corresponds to the desired mark. Then release the Option key and type the desired letter, and the accented letter will appear. It's hard to explain, but here are the keys you use for each mark:
And as Kath said up in Message 58, holding the Option key and typing individual letters gives you all kinds of symbols. It's worth messing about to see what you can find!
Option + e = an acute accent, i.e. é á ú ó íSo for example, to type the umlaut over an 'o', I would hold down Option and type a 'u', then let up on the Option key and type an 'o'. That gives me ö.
Option + i = a caret (probably not what it's really called, sorry) i.e. â ê î ô û
Option = u = an umlaut i.e. ä ë ï ö ü
And as Kath said up in Message 58, holding the Option key and typing individual letters gives you all kinds of symbols. It's worth messing about to see what you can find!
92PawsforThought
It's called a circumflex.
93rosalita
Thank you, Paws! I knew caret wasn't right but that was all my copyediting brain could come up with.
94PawsforThought
I usually just refer to it as a "roof". ;)
95rebeccanyc
Thanks, Rosalita. I've been using the Special Characters feature and that seems to work for me. But when I get the new Mac . . . .
96humouress
>94 PawsforThought:: I'm telling you, it's a "hat".
Um - we seem to be wandering away from the subject here. :)
Um - we seem to be wandering away from the subject here. :)
97PawsforThought
->96 humouress:. Yes, I tend to do that when there is talk of punctuation marks...
98kmartin802
#91 Is there a way to do that on a PC? I am currently just ignoring accent marks (no matter what they are called.)
99rosalita
>98 kmartin802: Probably the easiest way on a Windows PC is to use the Character Map, which you can find under the Start menu (it may be buried in All Programs/Accessories/System Tools). There you can click on the character you want and copy and paste it.
You can also use the Unicode shortcuts by holding down the ALT key and typing (on the number keypad on the right side of your keyboard) 0 plus whatever the code is. For example, an acute accented e is ALT + 0233. When I was studying Italian, I had a little cheat-sheet chart taped to my computer monitor with all the most common codes. You can find the full list here: Windows Alt Key Codes
You can also use the Unicode shortcuts by holding down the ALT key and typing (on the number keypad on the right side of your keyboard) 0 plus whatever the code is. For example, an acute accented e is ALT + 0233. When I was studying Italian, I had a little cheat-sheet chart taped to my computer monitor with all the most common codes. You can find the full list here: Windows Alt Key Codes
100EBT1002
I have an unrelated question.
When I search for images on line to post on my thread, sometimes when I "copy the image address" and then paste it into my html in my thread, the code goes on forever and the image never, in fact, shows up. I end up searching and searching until I find an image that has a more reasonable address to post. This happens when I'm, for example, looking for a logo or something to post. Like this one works, but others did not.
Is there a way to tell if an image address is going to copy well, or any tips about finding images with addresses that are less likely to be problematic?
I'm a Mac user, though I doubt that matters in this instance.
When I search for images on line to post on my thread, sometimes when I "copy the image address" and then paste it into my html in my thread, the code goes on forever and the image never, in fact, shows up. I end up searching and searching until I find an image that has a more reasonable address to post. This happens when I'm, for example, looking for a logo or something to post. Like this one works, but others did not.
Is there a way to tell if an image address is going to copy well, or any tips about finding images with addresses that are less likely to be problematic?
I'm a Mac user, though I doubt that matters in this instance.
102fuzzi
I think the long url happens when you don't choose the original image site, but copy the url ofthe results from your search...I think...
103rosalita
Generally speaking, I avoid doing direct image links like that because every time someone calls up your thread the original website is hit as well in order to render the image. For people who have to pay for their bandwidth this could cost them a great deal of money if a lot of people did it. What I prefer to do is download the image and upload it either in my junk drawer here or at Flickr or another image storage site, and then use that in my thread, with a link and credit back to where I originally found it.
At least, this has always been my understanding, but I'm far from an expert. If someone else has better information, please share.
EDIT: I should also say that I do not do that with book cover images at Amazon, because I figure they can afford the bandwidth hits, plus they own a tiny part of LT. ;-)
At least, this has always been my understanding, but I'm far from an expert. If someone else has better information, please share.
EDIT: I should also say that I do not do that with book cover images at Amazon, because I figure they can afford the bandwidth hits, plus they own a tiny part of LT. ;-)
104lovelyluck
HEY THANKS for all the info... I always wondered how the threads I stalk had the pictures and such but I couldn't never figure it out myself!... now I feel like a pro!... woo hoo go me :P
106Mercury57
Ok I am totally baffled now about how to insert images into a message. Can I post direct from the files on my laptop or do they have to exist on a website somewhere and I just insert a code? Can someone give me the idiot proof guide......
107RandyMetcalfe
>106 Mercury57: Hi Karen. You can't put an image located on your laptop directly into a message. The image needs to be online. There are two ways to do that. Either upload an image to your Member gallery (look for the link top right corner on your profile page) and then link to that image. Or find an image online, righr-click on it to get the image location (i.e. its url) and then link to that. For the latter, it's always best if the image location is stable (such as an Amazon book cover, or a Flickr image, if you use Flickr). There is probably more to it than I'm describing here.
108maggie1944
Karen, I use Flickr. I upload my photographs from the hard drive onto Flickr. There I can reduce the size some, or crop it, and then when I like the image, I use the Share command on Flickr and copy the code. I insert the code into my message and viola: a picture is there!
Send me a PM if you'd like instructions which are more step my step, or detailed.
Send me a PM if you'd like instructions which are more step my step, or detailed.
109Mr.Durick
I asked this question over in the similar thread in The Green Dragon, but so far nobody has answered. I wondered whether anybody here might know.
Is there a way to get hover text or mouse over text in LibraryThing image posts? Over here I tried both the alt and the title attributes without luck:
<img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/39471-36413/1000CMSFFullViewB.jpg" width="600" alt="Left coast, north" title="A very Marinish view">
Is it possible? If so, how?
Robert
Is there a way to get hover text or mouse over text in LibraryThing image posts? Over here I tried both the alt and the title attributes without luck:
<img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/39471-36413/1000CMSFFullViewB.jpg" width="600" alt="Left coast, north" title="A very Marinish view">
Is it possible? If so, how?
Robert
110Samantha_kathy
As far as I know, that's not possible on LT. At least, not with the limited HTML that you can use in LT posts. However, there might be some people here who've found a work-around.
111Mercury57
>107 RandyMetcalfe:, 108 - Thanks Randy and Maggie. I'll give both a go and see which I can manage most easily. Additional thanks for the offer of extra help Maggie. Keep fingers crossed I can do this.....
112Mercury57
>107 RandyMetcalfe:, 108 - Thanks Randy and Maggie. I'll give both a go and see which I can manage most easily. Additional thanks for the offer of extra help Maggie. Keep fingers crossed I can do this.....
113kittenfish
Does anyone know if there is a way to organize your TBR list by priority?
114TadAD
>113 kittenfish:: I don't think there's a field for that in LibraryThing. Basically, you'll need to choose some field for the purpose—maybe fiddle with Date Acquired or Comments or even Tags (if you're careful about ordering tags) and then sort on that.
115TinaV95
Is there a way to mark this thread so that I can find it easily? I mean, I already have it starred but if there is no new post, I don't know / remember where to look!
116drneutron
There's a link to this and other important threads on the group wiki. It's at http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Groups:75booksin2013 or if you lose this, go to the group home page for a link to the wiki.
117fuzzi
TinaV95, I recently discovered 'favorite posts' option. It works great, I just mark the first post as favorite.
Under each post are the words 'Edit' and 'More'. Click on 'More' to access the add to favorites option! You access the favorites by going to the Talk tab, then look for it on the left side list of links, under Post.
Under each post are the words 'Edit' and 'More'. Click on 'More' to access the add to favorites option! You access the favorites by going to the Talk tab, then look for it on the left side list of links, under Post.
118TinaV95
OMG -- thanks so much Jim and fuzzi!!
Jim's wiki link is now "Added to favorites" -- my, oh my. I may learn this html business one day after all! :)
Jim's wiki link is now "Added to favorites" -- my, oh my. I may learn this html business one day after all! :)
120humouress
I'm looking for information on how to force touchstones that aren't working properly. I know I saw it around somewhere ...
(PS - help, please :0) )
(PS - help, please :0) )
121TadAD
You can try to force it by putting the work number in front of the title, separated by a double colon. E.g. [13587985::Him Standing] becomes Him Standing.
However, some touchstones simply cannot be made to work. In that case, you can use a regular HTML link to do it. E.g. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13587985">Him Standing</a> becomes Him Standing.
However, some touchstones simply cannot be made to work. In that case, you can use a regular HTML link to do it. E.g. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13587985">Him Standing</a> becomes Him Standing.
122Mr.Durick
There will be a difference in results. With the HTML link there will be no mention of the work in the upper right of the thread, and the conversation will not be reported on the work page.
It is easy to confuse the book number with the work number. The book number does not work in forcing a touchstone.
Robert
It is easy to confuse the book number with the work number. The book number does not work in forcing a touchstone.
Robert
123humouress
>121 TadAD:, 122: Thanks! :0)
126maggie1944
cool beans
I am thinking of deleting my account on Flickr because I can not edit my photographs there any longer. But I don't know what other site I can use to make my photographs work for posting here. What do the rest of you use?
I am thinking of deleting my account on Flickr because I can not edit my photographs there any longer. But I don't know what other site I can use to make my photographs work for posting here. What do the rest of you use?
127tymfos
I just upload them to my "junk drawer" here on my LT profile. Go to your profile, go to your member gallery, click "add another picture" and decide whether you want it as part of your visible Member Gallery on your profile (select "Member Gallery" under "to where?") or just available to put on your thread (select "junk drawer" under "to where".) You can browse for a photo from your computer and upload it, or grab one from the web.
128maggie1944
But once it is in the junk drawer....
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d7/7a/d77ade564046ba1637162466851434b4...
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d7/7a/d77ade564046ba1637162466851434b4...
129maggie1944
How do I get the picture to be posted here?
130Mr.Durick
<img src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d7/7a/d77ade564046ba1637162466851434b41716b42.jpg">
resulting in
If the picture is too wide, put width="638" in before the closing greater than sign (there's a possible complication, but don't worry about it now).
Robert
resulting in
If the picture is too wide, put width="638" in before the closing greater than sign (there's a possible complication, but don't worry about it now).
Robert
131maggie1944
Thank you, kind sir.
Above is my great nephew who attends basketball games with me. He is a very cool date.
Above is my great nephew who attends basketball games with me. He is a very cool date.
133maggie1944
Thank you.
135LizzieD
Where did I find the random member, book, tag generator? I'd like to tell a friend where to find the code.
138LizzieD
Back again. I just failed to change the month in the topic line of my new thread. I know that editing that can be done because I've heard people say so. I just don't know how.
Help, please.
Help, please.
139Crazymamie
I think you only have so many minutes to do it in, Peggy. Try editing the first post and see if it lets you change the title bar. I forget how many minutes you get to change it.
141norabelle414
I believe it is 10 minutes, but I could be wrong. The way to do it is to edit your first post.
143maggie1944
Thank you.
144EBT1002
For some reason I have not yet been able to put a link to something like a TED talk in my thread without referencing this thread. I can never remember the details. So, I have this thread starred and I depend upon it.
148maggie1944
Good deal.
152EBT1002
>151 humouress: Absolutely!
153humouress
>152 EBT1002: Okay, then.
155maggie1944
brilliant!
156humouress
Ellen asked me, on my thread, about coloured stars. They're a different address (or whatever) from the green ones.
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif" within pointy brackets (not too technical?) will give you five coloured stars
and img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four_half.gif" in pointy brackets will give you four and a half
The colours are preset.
The green LT ones, I assume you know, are
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"
and img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif"
And so on in series downwards.
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif" within pointy brackets (not too technical?) will give you five coloured stars
and img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four_half.gif" in pointy brackets will give you four and a half
The colours are preset.
The green LT ones, I assume you know, are
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"
and img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif"
And so on in series downwards.
160humouress
I'm not sure why but (I'm sure you've noticed) deffler stars no longer seem to work :0(
If anyone knows how to get them working again (or where to get a close alternative - I like the different colours) I'd appreciate knowing.
If anyone knows how to get them working again (or where to get a close alternative - I like the different colours) I'd appreciate knowing.
161rretzler
I'm sure I can guess what happened - it looks like those pictures were taken down from that website. One could copy the gif from the LT website and then go into a program like MSPaint or another graphics program and then change the colors of each of the ratings and share them. I started to today, but unfortunately, I don't have the patience to go through and do it for all 10 of the ratings. :-( I'm just not very talented yet with graphics programs. Maybe someone with more talent that I have could do it.
162humouress
>161 rretzler: Good idea - but don't look at me. I couldn't even get that far. Thanks for trying.
163mdoris
I am hoping that someone can help me and suggest how to group several book images together. For example if you wanted to post about reading the next 6 books for the month of April and have one image that "glues' all six books together as one image, how do you do this? I have seen this on other people's threads and it's cool!
164rretzler
>163 mdoris: What i do is just put the html for the images right after each other on the same line. Is this what you are looking for:
The code to do this is:
<img src="picture1url.jpg" height="150" width="100" ><img src="picture2url.jpg" height="150" width="100" ><img srcr="picture3url.jpg" height="150" width="100" >
I always make sure I use the same height and width for each of the images, but I'm not sure you really need to.
The code to do this is:
<img src="picture1url.jpg" height="150" width="100" ><img src="picture2url.jpg" height="150" width="100" ><img srcr="picture3url.jpg" height="150" width="100" >
I always make sure I use the same height and width for each of the images, but I'm not sure you really need to.
165mdoris
>164 rretzler: Thank you so much. That is exactly what I wanted to be able to do.
166humouress
Is there any way to do lines (both horizontal and vertical)? I'm reading a series which covers quite a few dynasties and I wanted to create a family tree.
167drneutron
Not that I'm aware of. You may have to make something in an app like powerpoint and then save it as a picture.
169majleavy
A couple of photos I put in junkbucket show up oriented sideways - is there a command to revolve them?
170drneutron
Unfortunately, no. Photos taken from a phone, for instance, are stored in a standard landscape config, then are rotated in the display process. When you transfer them, that encoding isn't passed in the file. On my mac, I usually drop them into Preview, rotate the pic, then save it. When the saved version is uploaded, it'll have the right orientation.
171majleavy
Thanks, doc. I'm on a Surface, but maybe I can do something comparable. All my best shots are portrait oriented.
172MarthaJeanne
If I'm taking a picture on my iPad to upload here I use landscape and crop to portrait.
173majleavy
Crop to portrait where? I took the photos on my phone, put them on my SurfaceBook, where they show up in proper portrait orientation. Then I upload them to LT Junk Drawer, where they flop onto their sides. Maybe I need to place them elsewhere on the internet?
174lauralkeet
>173 majleavy: For what it's worth, I've found I can edit the photo, rotate it, save, rotate it back again, and save again ... and then when I upload to LT it's fine. This makes no sense but it's worked for me before on iOS devices.
175majleavy
>172 MarthaJeanne: and >174 lauralkeet: Thank you both for the suggestions. In the end I just put them all in a Facebook album (which took me awhile to figure out how to do - I'm hapless with social media) and used their addresses their to put them in my message.
176humouress
>166 humouress: So I worked something out on my thread for the family tree using lots of nbsp; code - only to find that the code doesn't get saved into reviews.
Can anyone tell me how to create (horizontal) spaces in reviews? Even the space bar doesn't seem to save more than one space character.
Can anyone tell me how to create (horizontal) spaces in reviews? Even the space bar doesn't seem to save more than one space character.
180Micheller7
>27 RandyMetcalfe: I have 6 touchstones that are the wrong book. Per your advice above, I see no place to click on "other" to get a list of other possibilities.
Per instructions on including photos, I cannot follow them. I do everything on an iPad. Why can't this function like uploading an author photo or book cover. That is so easy to do and the process should be the same across the application. PS I was able to put photos in my junk drawer easily, but do not know how to get them from there to here.
Per instructions on including photos, I cannot follow them. I do everything on an iPad. Why can't this function like uploading an author photo or book cover. That is so easy to do and the process should be the same across the application. PS I was able to put photos in my junk drawer easily, but do not know how to get them from there to here.
181MarthaJeanne
>180 Micheller7: You need to edit the message with the wrong touchstone. The touchstone(s) for that message will show up on the right side of the edit box with the 'others' link.
Pictures work fine with an iPad. getting them into the junk drawer is the first step. Now you need the URL of the picture. Click on the picture in the junk drawer. Hold your finger down until something pops up. Click on 'Copy'.
Paste that into your message:
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b4...
Now add the picture code around it.
img src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b41716b42.jpg"
With the pointy brackets (found on the third key board, the one labeled #+= on the numbers keyboard) you get
That little piece of code is so easy even I can remember it. (image source =, just squished together, and double quotes.)
Written on my Ipad using Safari.
Pictures work fine with an iPad. getting them into the junk drawer is the first step. Now you need the URL of the picture. Click on the picture in the junk drawer. Hold your finger down until something pops up. Click on 'Copy'.
Paste that into your message:
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b4...
Now add the picture code around it.
img src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b41716b42.jpg"
With the pointy brackets (found on the third key board, the one labeled #+= on the numbers keyboard) you get
That little piece of code is so easy even I can remember it. (image source =, just squished together, and double quotes.)
Written on my Ipad using Safari.
182Micheller7
>181 MarthaJeanne:. Thanks as always, MarthaJeanne. I was able to fix all my touchstones, although it wasn't abundantly clear at first. One of them came over without a check mark and I realized two of the same title appeared on the others list. I went back and selected the other one and that got fixed as well.
As far as photos, still not sure but I will try again.
As far as photos, still not sure but I will try again.
183Micheller7
>181 MarthaJeanne:. Ok, I clicked on picture in junk drawer and the word copy did come up. When I went to a message box and clicked, paste came up, but nothing pasted.
At least I do know how to insert pointy brackets, but I don't know where to put them.
At least I do know how to insert pointy brackets, but I don't know where to put them.
184rretzler
>183 Micheller7: Here it is written out: <img scr="URL.jpg"> The URL.jpg is just picture that you've copied.
185humouress
I use an iPad too, and it works perfectly well (when I remember the right formula). Did you click on the word 'copy'? If so, then it should have pasted something.
Then you type, in your post, (pointy opening bracket) img src="(click paste and it should drop in the address of your picture, which should start with http:// and end with .jpg)"(close pointy bracket). Don't forget the double inverted commas around your address.
Then you type, in your post, (pointy opening bracket) img src="(click paste and it should drop in the address of your picture, which should start with http:// and end with .jpg)"(close pointy bracket). Don't forget the double inverted commas around your address.
187Micheller7
I tried and it did not work. Am I supposed to copy the actual photo, or the text in the top of the page? I did the latter. It did not end in .jpg. I had tried the former and nothing pasted, so I am still lost.
188norabelle414
>187 Micheller7: You've got the HTML right, but as you guessed you have the wrong URL. When you hold your finger down on the photo, do you see an option that says something like "copy image address" or "copy image location"?
189lauralkeet
>187 Micheller7:, >188 norabelle414: on my iPad I hold my finger down, select "open image in new tab," and then copy the URL from the address bar.
190Micheller7
<187 norabelle414 No, I do not see an option of copy image address or location.
191Micheller7
<189 lauralkeet when I hold my finger down, I get two choices "save image" or "copy". Below the image are the choices of edit or delete. So I must give up, I guess.
My greater question is -- in this age, why do folks need to remember code to do this. To get photos in the junk drawer or member gallery and to upload author photos and book covers there is a bottom to take you to your saved photos and you simply upload. Why oh why can't that button be added to Talk??
My greater question is -- in this age, why do folks need to remember code to do this. To get photos in the junk drawer or member gallery and to upload author photos and book covers there is a bottom to take you to your saved photos and you simply upload. Why oh why can't that button be added to Talk??
192humouress
>191 Micheller7: Hmm. I’m on my iPad now. If I hold my finger down on the image in >181 MarthaJeanne:, I get the options to Save or Copy. If I tap Copy and then come to this post, hold my finger down and click Paste, it gives me:
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b4...
and putting that into the code gives:
Okay, I confess. It doesn’t seem to be working for me either. Maybe there’s some issue with the latest iOS.
http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/3a/dd/3add7d79d39c6de637044786e77434b4...
and putting that into the code gives:
Okay, I confess. It doesn’t seem to be working for me either. Maybe there’s some issue with the latest iOS.
193MarthaJeanne
Because the places that are made for pictures are set up to save pictures. Talk is made for text. We are allowed to use code to put pictures in that are saved somewhere else, but they are not saved here. Only text is saved here.
194humouress
>192 humouress: I posted the problem in the Bug Collectors group and got this reply:
Yes. A new "feature" of iOS is that the quotes used are the curly ones (smart quotes). But in HTML you need the straight ones. You can disable this in Settings > General > Keyboards.
See: https://www.jordanmerrick.com/posts/ios-11-smart-punctuation/
Yes. A new "feature" of iOS is that the quotes used are the curly ones (smart quotes). But in HTML you need the straight ones. You can disable this in Settings > General > Keyboards.
See: https://www.jordanmerrick.com/posts/ios-11-smart-punctuation/
195drneutron
Or you can hold down the quotes button and a little window will pop up that lets you pick straight quotes.
196Micheller7
<195 drneutron Well I was able to bring up the pop-up to my great surprise. Did not know which one to pick. Is it the fourth one?
199Micheller7
Still could not successfully post photo. If I hold my finger on photo in junk drawer and click copy and paste in Talk, nothing pastes. If I copy and paste the code at the top of the page and add the code suggested above nothing posts. It looked like this
http://www.librarything.com/pic/5935658
With the addition of the pointed brackets, the 4th quote marks and the img SCR=
http://www.librarything.com/pic/5935658
With the addition of the pointed brackets, the 4th quote marks and the img SCR=
200Micheller7
Trying again with the middle quote marks
201Micheller7
Didn't work. I think it is because the URL does not end I jpeg. I cannot find that.
202norabelle414
>201 Micheller7: I don't think you are having the same quotes problem as other people are. When I look at the underlying code for your posts, you had the correct HTML in your post >186 Micheller7:, but the HTML in posts 197, 199, and 200 is not correct.
Just to check... are you going to this page: http://www.librarything.com/pic/5935658 and then holding down your finger on the photo, and the only options that pop up are "copy" and "save image"?
Just to check... are you going to this page: http://www.librarything.com/pic/5935658 and then holding down your finger on the photo, and the only options that pop up are "copy" and "save image"?
203lauralkeet
>199 Micheller7: that's the step where I have the option to "Open image in new tab" -- and I remembered I'm using the Chrome browser on my iPad, not Safari.
>201 Micheller7: yep, that's correct -- the URL needs to end in jpeg (or another image file format like png). When I "Open image in new tab" I get a URL ending in jpeg.
>201 Micheller7: yep, that's correct -- the URL needs to end in jpeg (or another image file format like png). When I "Open image in new tab" I get a URL ending in jpeg.
204Micheller7
I only get the options of copy and save image. My iPad is not updated, so maybe other options have been added. Thanks to everyone for their advice, but I will give up.
205thornton37814
I think the problem is that you are using SCR instead of SRC. Make sure you are using the angle brackets around it, but it should be img src="http://www.librarything.com/photo.jpg"
206Micheller7
I am pretty sure I used src. The problem is I cannot locate and copy the URL of my photo ending in jpeg.
208humouress
Hmm; trying from my iPad. So if I go to my gallery and click copy on a picture in the pink frames, I don’t get the .jpg
https://www.librarything.com/pic/6151903
but if I click on it so it opens in a new page and then copy it, I get
https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/42/13/421372d67e99c6e637551357067434b4171...
So adding img src="https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/42/13/421372d67e99c6e637551357067434b41716b42.jpg" (using the straight quotes) with the (very technical) pointy brackets, I get
ETA Wey-hey! Straight quotes work; I have pictures again! Thanks doc :0)
ETA 2 And to change the size, put ‘width=100’ OR ‘height=200’ between img and src (play around with the numbers in preview until you get what you want).
Hope that helps!
https://www.librarything.com/pic/6151903
but if I click on it so it opens in a new page and then copy it, I get
https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/42/13/421372d67e99c6e637551357067434b4171...
So adding img src="https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/42/13/421372d67e99c6e637551357067434b41716b42.jpg" (using the straight quotes) with the (very technical) pointy brackets, I get
ETA Wey-hey! Straight quotes work; I have pictures again! Thanks doc :0)
ETA 2 And to change the size, put ‘width=100’ OR ‘height=200’ between img and src (play around with the numbers in preview until you get what you want).
Hope that helps!
209madhatter22
Where in the HTML do you add a title to a ticker? I feel like it should be simple but I can't figure it out. Thx. :)
211FAMeulstee
>209 madhatter22: If you use Ticker Factory it is the field most down at the edit page called "message"
212humouress
How do you post a moving image as opposed to a still picture? Do you still use the img src="" (in pointy brackets)? That never seems to work for me. Of course, they don't have the jpg ending.
213karenmarie
>208 humouress: One of the technical terms for the (very technical) pointy brackets is chevrons.
214PawsforThought
>212 humouress: That's a gif. It's bascially a short looping video. Google should turn up tons of results if you search for whatever you're interested in and the word "gif" (do an image search).
And then when you post on LT it's the same as when you post an image.
And then when you post on LT it's the same as when you post an image.
215humouress
>213 karenmarie: Good point. And obvious, really. But I probably still won't remember :0/
216humouress
>214 PawsforThought: Thanks Paws. I'm sure I've tried that before, with no luck. And, actually, yours is not showing on my computer. Is it my settings?
ETA: let's have a go.
Oh - it does work. Thank you!!
ETA: let's have a go.
Oh - it does work. Thank you!!
217PawsforThought
>216 humouress: Sometimes gifs don't work on certain computers/phones. Might be settings, might be connection thing.
Make sure the gif you use ends with .gif
Make sure the gif you use ends with .gif
218madhatter22
>210 humouress: >211 FAMeulstee: Ah! I never knew that's what the 'message' field was for. I thought I had to edit the HTML. :) Thanks!
221humouress
The constellation bump:
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_three_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_three.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_two_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_two.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_one_half.gif"  
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_one.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_half.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss7.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss5.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss4.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss3.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss2.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss1.gif"
Purple stars, from Robin's thread:
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_four"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_three_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_three.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_two_half.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_two.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_one_half.gif"  
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_one.gif"
img src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_half.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss7.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss5.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss4.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss3.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss2.gif"
img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/ss1.gif"
Purple stars, from Robin's thread:
222EBT1002
Yay for the constellation bump! I've been using the green stars but I like the multicolored ones so maybe I'll switch for 2019.
224lauralkeet
The 75ers Wiki also has a page of tips for doing cool stuff in your threads. This thread might be the original source?
Jim (drneutron) creates a Wiki for each year's group, to keep important information such as this. You can get to the Wiki from the 75 Books Challenge Group page.
Jim (drneutron) creates a Wiki for each year's group, to keep important information such as this. You can get to the Wiki from the 75 Books Challenge Group page.
225klobrien2
>156 humouress: The colored stars aren't being found--oh no! Has the location changed?
Karen O.
p.s. Maybe it's a flukey LT thing? I did verify the location of the colored stars, and they're still there. Maybe it's one of those fluke-ey LT things?
Karen O.
p.s. Maybe it's a flukey LT thing? I did verify the location of the colored stars, and they're still there. Maybe it's one of those fluke-ey LT things?
227Cynfelyn
>164 rretzler: gives the code for cover pictures (with curly brackets in place of pointy brackets, to stop the code doing it's thing) as {img src="picture1url.jpg" height="150" width="100" }{img src="picture2url.jpg" height="150" width="100" }{img srcr="picture3url.jpg" height="150" width="100" }, to give:
If you leave the width out, you still get pictures of a uniform height, but not deformed to fit into the width.
Two questions:
(i) what do you have to add to get a narrow gap between each picture, instead of having them butting up against each other? See, for example, the LT blog blog.librarything.com/main/2019/01/lter-jan-2019/
(ii) what do you have to add to turn the picture into a link to the LT work?
If you leave the width out, you still get pictures of a uniform height, but not deformed to fit into the width.
Two questions:
(i) what do you have to add to get a narrow gap between each picture, instead of having them butting up against each other? See, for example, the LT blog blog.librarything.com/main/2019/01/lter-jan-2019/
(ii) what do you have to add to turn the picture into a link to the LT work?
228lesmel
>227 Cynfelyn: You need a space between each img tag. You can force the space with
<img src="image_url" /> <img src="image_url" /> produces
<img src="image_url" /> <img src="image_url" /> produces
229humouress
I've used a height of 200 for the first five images and 150 for the last two. They are each separated by a single " ". You'll notice that the second image seems shorter and the fifth has extra space between it and the two adjacent books; that's because the original images had white space around them.
230humouress
>227 Cynfelyn: To answer your second question:
If you follow the method in >4 TadAD: with text, you get
The Great Hunt thread
and substituting with the code for putting an image in your post, you get
If you follow the method in >4 TadAD: with text, you get
The Great Hunt thread
and substituting with the code for putting an image in your post, you get
231humouress
>225 klobrien2: I know! :'(
It's just a flukey LT thing; the deffler stars are coming and going (but not twinkling).
Right now, the pictures I've used in >229 humouress: are disappearing on the original thread but (at the moment) are fine here, even though I just copied and pasted the lot wholesale from there.
It's just a flukey LT thing; the deffler stars are coming and going (but not twinkling).
Right now, the pictures I've used in >229 humouress: are disappearing on the original thread but (at the moment) are fine here, even though I just copied and pasted the lot wholesale from there.
233FAMeulstee
>225 klobrien2: I think it has to do with the change from "http" to "https". Some browsers demand "https" (secured) connections now.
I am now at https://www.librarything.com/topic/129158#6716752 which is >225 klobrien2:
The colored stars are at http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif etc. without the "s", if I try to go to the pictures I get (translated from Dutch, may be worded different in English): "This site can not provide a secure connection".
I am now at https://www.librarything.com/topic/129158#6716752 which is >225 klobrien2:
The colored stars are at http://www.deffler.com/lt/stars_five.gif etc. without the "s", if I try to go to the pictures I get (translated from Dutch, may be worded different in English): "This site can not provide a secure connection".
234lauralkeet
>233 FAMeulstee: I know there were "https" related problems on LT at the new year, but changing my image URLs to https does not affect whether the image appears in my threads.
235FAMeulstee
>234 lauralkeet: Were the pictures located at LT or elsewhere?
If they are at LT with "https" clearing your browser data might help: https://www.librarything.com/topic/302508#6708550
If they are at LT with "https" clearing your browser data might help: https://www.librarything.com/topic/302508#6708550
236lauralkeet
>235 FAMeulstee: the images I've had trouble with have been located elsewhere. I read that thread though. It appears to be only about LT cover images, is that correct? I'm wondering if I should log a new problem.
237FAMeulstee
>236 lauralkeet: Probably images from sites that haven't transferred to the "https" protocol yet.
Might be useful to report at the Bug Collectors.
Might be useful to report at the Bug Collectors.
238FAMeulstee
Let me try something a picture from my own website (I changed it to https several months ago), using http
That works, if I open the picture in a new window it is automaticly changed to https
In that case the problem is probably with sites that are still using "http".
That works, if I open the picture in a new window it is automaticly changed to https
In that case the problem is probably with sites that are still using "http".
239lauralkeet
>237 FAMeulstee: Thanks Anita. I posted something on the thread you linked to, asking if the problem is related to that thread or something new.
240humouress
>233 FAMeulstee: I did try adding the 's' the first time the stars disappeared but it made no difference. Then they came back by themselves and now they've disappeared again.
When I created the 'Great Hunt' thread, the pictures I googled and posted there were fine. I copied and pasted all the code in one lump to >229 humouress:. I can see them all here (at the moment) perfectly well but if I go to back to the thread (link in >230 humouress:), some of them have disappeared. Maybe because that's a new thread and this one was created before the migration? I don't know. I'll just assume that it's something to do with LT which will hopefully be sorted out and they'll all come back without me having to fiddle around.
ETA: similarly, I can see the deffler stars in my 2018 thread but not in my 2019 thread.
When I created the 'Great Hunt' thread, the pictures I googled and posted there were fine. I copied and pasted all the code in one lump to >229 humouress:. I can see them all here (at the moment) perfectly well but if I go to back to the thread (link in >230 humouress:), some of them have disappeared. Maybe because that's a new thread and this one was created before the migration? I don't know. I'll just assume that it's something to do with LT which will hopefully be sorted out and they'll all come back without me having to fiddle around.
ETA: similarly, I can see the deffler stars in my 2018 thread but not in my 2019 thread.
241FAMeulstee
>240 humouress: I think LT recently started to change "http" to "https" automaticly, so old threads can be not affected, as some browsers still accept the "http" links.
242humouress
I spoke too soon. Now they've disappeared on my 2018 thread too. :0(
Will wait a bit and see if they sort themselves out before I try any hamfisted tinkering myself.
Will wait a bit and see if they sort themselves out before I try any hamfisted tinkering myself.
243humouress
>242 humouress: Ah well; Tim looked into it and no can do. The stars are on an unsecure (insecure?) website so the LT algorithms will not let them pass.
244humouress
This wiki is also useful:
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Basic_HTML_/_How_to_do_Fancy_Things_in_Y...
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Basic_HTML_/_How_to_do_Fancy_Things_in_Y...
245norabelle414
>243 humouress: You could save the stars to your computer and then upload them to your LT photo gallery
246withlightandlove
yayayayay thank you! this is so helpful!
251humouress
Robin (rretzler) very kindly recreated the stars for me.
Robin's coloured stars
These are secure. The codes are on my profile page.
>249 Soupdragon: Did your test work?
Robin's coloured stars
These are secure. The codes are on my profile page.
>249 Soupdragon: Did your test work?
252Soupdragon
>251 humouress: It did in the end, thank you! I forgot where I was testing so the photo ended up somewhere else!
254humouress
Could someone please help me? How do I put images in my wiki (explanation for dummies - I'm not too hot at tech stuff)?
I have these coloured stars
https://retz.us/deff50
https://retz.us/deff45
https://retz.us/deff40
https://retz.us/deff35
https://retz.us/deff30
https://retz.us/deff25
https://retz.us/deff20
https://retz.us/deff15
https://retz.us/deff10
https://retz.us/deff05
that Robin Retzler very kindly created for me. Can I wrangle them onto a wiki page? And, if so, how? I've been looking at the wiki help page but it's all Greek to me.
ETA: I know I can get the green stars with this: Image:Full-star.gif Image:Half-star.gif Image:Blank-star.gif
but is it possible to put the coloured stars on too?
I have these coloured stars
https://retz.us/deff50
https://retz.us/deff45
https://retz.us/deff40
https://retz.us/deff35
https://retz.us/deff30
https://retz.us/deff25
https://retz.us/deff20
https://retz.us/deff15
https://retz.us/deff10
https://retz.us/deff05
that Robin Retzler very kindly created for me. Can I wrangle them onto a wiki page? And, if so, how? I've been looking at the wiki help page but it's all Greek to me.
ETA: I know I can get the green stars with this: Image:Full-star.gif Image:Half-star.gif Image:Blank-star.gif
but is it possible to put the coloured stars on too?
256lauralkeet
>254 humouress:, >255 humouress: I tried something in my personal Wiki, but it didn't work, and I'm not sure what to do next.
I used this help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
And I used the syntax under the heading, "Rendering a single image." For the filename, I used one of the URLs in >254 humouress:, and placed that between two brackets (like creating an author touchstone in Talk).
When I previewed this, I saw a clickable link of "File:filename.ext" rather than seeing the image.
I used this help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
And I used the syntax under the heading, "Rendering a single image." For the filename, I used one of the URLs in >254 humouress:, and placed that between two brackets (like creating an author touchstone in Talk).
When I previewed this, I saw a clickable link of "File:filename.ext" rather than seeing the image.
257humouress
>256 lauralkeet: Thanks for trying. That’s what happened when I tried too.
258humouress
>254 humouress: >256 lauralkeet: Okay, I dug around and finally stumbled on it. I found this page: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Special:Upload and uploaded a photo of the stars from my phone. So now you can use
open double straight brackets Image:Five-star.jpeg close double straight brackets
I’ll now have fun creating the rest of them.
Stars HTML code wiki code
https://retz.us/deff50 Image:Five-star.jpeg
https://retz.us/deff45 Image:Four_and_a_half_stars.jpeg
https://retz.us/deff40 Image:Four_out_of_five_coloured_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff35 Image:Three_and_a_half_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff30 Image:Three_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff25 Image:Two and a half stars.png
https://retz.us/deff20 Image:Two_coloured_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff15 Image:One and a half coloured stars.png
https://retz.us/deff10 Image:One coloured star.png
https://retz.us/deff05 Image:Half coloured star.png
And also Image:Zero stars.png
open double straight brackets Image:Five-star.jpeg close double straight brackets
I’ll now have fun creating the rest of them.
Stars HTML code wiki code
https://retz.us/deff50 Image:Five-star.jpeg
https://retz.us/deff45 Image:Four_and_a_half_stars.jpeg
https://retz.us/deff40 Image:Four_out_of_five_coloured_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff35 Image:Three_and_a_half_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff30 Image:Three_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff25 Image:Two and a half stars.png
https://retz.us/deff20 Image:Two_coloured_stars.png
https://retz.us/deff15 Image:One and a half coloured stars.png
https://retz.us/deff10 Image:One coloured star.png
https://retz.us/deff05 Image:Half coloured star.png
And also Image:Zero stars.png
259lauralkeet
Well done!
261Carmenere
Is there a way to share a link to a youtube video? I followed the instructions for a website but it isn't working.
262norabelle414
>261 Carmenere: A YouTube URL is the same as any other website URL, so it would use the same HTML as >4 TadAD:.
You can also just paste the URL directly into the message, and it will turn into a link when you post the message. It will look messier than using the HTML to make the link look like particular words, but its much easier.
You can also just paste the URL directly into the message, and it will turn into a link when you post the message. It will look messier than using the HTML to make the link look like particular words, but its much easier.