Is there an easy way to create/maintain news?

Honk · Post by **Honk** » Sun Feb 03, 2002 7:23 am

Hi, I was wondering if there was any simple way of creating a page, or adding in to a page, a news post that would update with the sheduled updates, or at least easier than continually editting the html. If anyone can provide help, it'd be very much appreciated. Thanks <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">------------------
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Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sun Feb 03, 2002 7:50 am

Create a text file called 20020206z.html, and type your news into it, then stick it in your comics folder, and it will forever appear below the comic for February 6th.------------------
Sylvan
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Perpetrator of <A HREF="http://spork.keenspace.com/spork.html" TARGET=_blank>Spork</A>.
Wielder of the Mighty Styrofoam Sledgehammer of Justice.

Loserz Erik · Post by **Loserz Erik** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 6:58 am

It's genius! Forever thanks!------------------
--Erik, creator of the online comic strip <A HREF="http://loserzcomic.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Loserz</A>

DABskippy · Post by **DABskippy** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 2:24 am

I tried to do that, but it ROYALY skrewed up my site...plz help me...
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Honk · Post by **Honk** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 10:12 am

Most Excellent. Thankyou very much for that <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
im playing around with it now, do you know to what extent it works? ie can you insert an entire html page and have it display after the comic?
I appreciate the help, im trying to get my site design working before I upload any comics <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 5:45 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Honk:
Most Excellent. Thankyou very much for that <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
im playing around with it now, do you know to what extent it works? ie can you insert an entire html page and have it display after the comic?
I appreciate the help, im trying to get my site design working before I upload any comics <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... OTE>You can insert *anything*. The trick I use is, for every day in my archive, I create a file containing the first half of a link, and arrange the page titles so that they are placed before the comic images. Then, on my dailytemplate page, I put the closing half of the link after the ***todays_comics*** tag. This makes every archived comic a link to the next comic in the archive, so users can navigate without having to search for a pesky "next" button.------------------
Sylvan
Artist of <A HREF="http://www.godcomic.net" TARGET=_blank>A God's Life</A>.
Perpetrator of <A HREF="http://spork.keenspace.com/spork.html" TARGET=_blank>Spork</A>.
Wielder of the Mighty Styrofoam Sledgehammer of Justice.

ZOMBIE USER 7791 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7791** » Fri Feb 08, 2002 1:11 am

Ok, I have a question. I got the "rant" part of my site to work, and appear on the right days, etc. The only problem I've found is that the current date's "rant" doesn't appear on the main page. It only appears on the archive pages unless you add /d/(date).html on the url of the main page. Help please!~KirA <A HREF="http://laststopnormal.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://laststopnormal.keenspace.com</A>

Seven3 · Post by **Seven3** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 3:52 am

I'm seeing the oposite problem, your rant is there, but your comic isn't. Strange. Since it seems OK on your daily (/d/*.html) page, check your indextemplate for anything strange, and make sure there's no copy of it sitting in /webpages/.BTW, you first comic is a bitmap (*.bmp), which is why it's 430k. You need to save it as a gif rather than just re-name the extention.
For comics that size, try bringing down the quality (if you're using jpg) and / or splitting it into two or more parts. It's a good idea to keep your images under 100KB, and even better if you can get them under 70.
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Don't Panic. - Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Isaiah 43.

ZOMBIE USER 7791 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7791** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 5:27 am

Thank you for the advice on the comic sizes and such, we'll watch out for that.
Unfortunately, though, with the comic problem, I searched all of my folders for extra copies of the indextemplate, and anything else, but there weren't any problems I could see with that. And my html seems ok... Do you have any other suggestions? I've tried everything I could think of.Thanks,
~KirA------------------
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And this is normal for some people.

TPau · Post by **TPau** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 3:59 am

i looked, your comic is there, so is the rant... nice comic btw <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">-TPau, also from boston, wicked!------------------
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TPau · Post by **TPau** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 4:00 am

i looked, your comic is there, so is the rant... nice comic btw <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">-TPau, also from boston, wicked!------------------
Fear me, love me, do as i say, and i will be your slave forever! --Labyrinth
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ZOMBIE USER 7791 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7791** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 8:31 am

Ok, well I uploaded the new comic and its rant last night, and both appeared. Big sigh of relief, right? So that would mean that the last page was just a fluke then. OH no. I go to hte site today and the comic's gone AGAIN!!!!!!! Please oh please help me, I'm ready to cry and rip out all my hair

~KirA <A HREF="http://laststopnormal.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://laststopnormal.keenspace.com</A> ------------------
Portals to alternate dimensions, creatures from other worlds, and a girl-phobic Incubus.
And this is normal for some people.

ZOMBIE USER 7791 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7791** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 10:10 am

Ok, well, I came up with a temporary (or perhaps permanent) solution, though it'll be a pain. On the rant page I wrote in the url for the comic instead of relying on the todays_comics tag on the indextemplate. It works for now, anyways, but I'd like a better solution if anyone has one. And sorry to be so annoying with constant posts on this!~KirA

ZOMBIE USER 7791 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7791** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 10:14 am

Ok, well, I came up with a temporary (or perhaps permanent) solution, though it'll be a pain. On the rant page I wrote in the url for the comic instead of relying on the todays_comics tag on the indextemplate. It works for now, anyways, but I'd like a better solution if anyone has one. And sorry to be so annoying with constant posts on this!~KirA