NewsBOX or NewsHACK?

Esoterik · Post by **Esoterik** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 2:10 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:Select it and hit the make newsbox button. It'll work in about a day or so, just wait.

Ah, cool. I thought there was supposed to be some other sort of menu there.

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:25 am

YarpsDat wrote:
JPSloan wrote:Ok, this whole newsbox thing has more thoroughly confused.

I created the graphic, which is 150px x 300px. I uploaded it into my Images subdirectory. I go to siteadmin and login. I go to the Edit Banners page.

When I enter the location of my newsbox in the line, and hit Submit, it comes back saying it doesn't exist. I can look on my FTP and see that it does.

No comprendo.
What location did you enter on the Edit Banners page?

Well, I entered the following:

http://sawdust.keenspace.com/images/newsbox.gif

And now when I try to view that image from my browser, it comes up as nothing. Does selecting the Make Newsbox button mess with the file or something?

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:31 am

JPSloan wrote:
YarpsDat wrote:
JPSloan wrote:Ok, this whole newsbox thing has more thoroughly confused.

I created the graphic, which is 150px x 300px. I uploaded it into my Images subdirectory. I go to siteadmin and login. I go to the Edit Banners page.

When I enter the location of my newsbox in the line, and hit Submit, it comes back saying it doesn't exist. I can look on my FTP and see that it does.

No comprendo.
What location did you enter on the Edit Banners page?
Well, I entered the following:

http://sawdust.keenspace.com/images/newsbox.gif

And now when I try to view that image from my browser, it comes up as nothing. Does selecting the Make Newsbox button mess with the file or something?

Well, you should have entered the following:
/public_html/images/newsbox.gif

And you can't view the image from your browser because of the hotlinking prevention system- it doesn't work because bad people were using "type the url in the address bar" to steal lots of bandwidth money from keenspace.

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:18 am

YarpsDat wrote:
JPSloan wrote:
YarpsDat wrote: What location did you enter on the Edit Banners page?
Well, I entered the following:

http://sawdust.keenspace.com/images/newsbox.gif

And now when I try to view that image from my browser, it comes up as nothing. Does selecting the Make Newsbox button mess with the file or something?
Well, you should have entered the following:
/public_html/images/newsbox.gif

And you can't view the image from your browser because of the hotlinking prevention system- it doesn't work because bad people were using "type the url in the address bar" to steal lots of bandwidth money from keenspace.

Ooooh. Weirdness. Ok, I'll give it a whirl.

Bek · Post by **Bek** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:37 am

OK I feel like a huge dork for doing this, but I gotta know if anyone has seen my ad. I put it up weeks ago, but I haven't seen it when reading other Space comics (at least ten per day). It appears to be set up OK from my end (Newsbox was set up and the file displays properly in the banners list).
Thanks!

Tayloren · Post by **Tayloren** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:14 pm

I made a banner for the news bow and not only would I like to put it on the news box but I want the news bow on my site. I read the auto keen instructions but did not fully comprehend em, but I don

ChaosBurnFlame · Post by **ChaosBurnFlame** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:31 pm

Well, I followed the steps all the way up to the final step, and the box on the "Edit Comic" page is missing.

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:47 am

I think I'm having the same problem. All my newsbox image disappeared last week and I've been busy trying to reinstall it. It shows up fine when I add it in the "Edit Banners" page, but it WILL NOT show up with a radio button when I go to the "edit comic" page, even after waiting for several days! Is anyone else having this problem?

Any advice would be great--I want my newsbox back!

Thanks in advance.

ChaosBurnFlame · Post by **ChaosBurnFlame** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:33 am

Waiit, mine just worked... I THINK.

If you see a "Point Guardian" newsbox animation, tell me!

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:32 am

Well, my little old newsbox still isn't showing up on my site admin page (underneath "NewsHACK *USE AT OWN RISK*"), so I'm just going to post it here. That way, at least somebody will get to see it!

If anybody knows what else I can do, please let me know.

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:52 am

Question... once you do the Add Banner thing for your image, is it supposed to show up on the Edit Banners page afterwards? Currently, I have no banners showing up on that page at all, as if it was deleted. Since I've never successfully uploaded a banner, I don't know if this is the way it's supposed to work, or what. I haven't seen my newsbox, though. I think I'm not doing this right.

Post by **Kisai** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:30 am

To test if your banner shows up:

http://guide.keenspace.com/newshack.php ... &rating=99
hit the >> link to run through all the boxes

Hejhox · Post by **Hejhox** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:32 am

I've looked for my banner on that little feature you mentioned but it doesn't appear to be there. My banner does appear at the bottom of my "Edit hedgehogs" page though. It sounds like it should be working, but isn't. What should I do?

Bek · Post by **Bek** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:35 am

Mine's not in the list either. My Edit Onebrapt page has the "delete newsbox" thing, so I'm assuming that means there's something to delete, and my banner is in the banners page. Also, it's the right size and all.
So, what have I done wrong so I can fix it? Anyone?

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:36 am

I had the exact same problem, but Kisai worked her magic and seemed to fix it, at least for me. Here's what I did:

1. Delete all your banners from your account via FTP
2. Wait until they're gone from "edit banners" (takes about an hour)
3. Upload them again and relink them via "edit banners"
4. Wait for a while (it took me about 12 hours) and your newsbox should show up at the bottom of your site admin page.

Try it, and if it works, go give Kisai hug.

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:58 am

Correct me if I'm wrong... is the newsbox supposed to be 150 px wide by 300 px tall? My newsbox might not be taking on the banners page because it's the wrong size.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:49 am

Ah, nifty...my ad finally showed up in it.

It's funny, it really shows how few people who sign up here are actually serious about it...thousands of accounts, but only 100 or so people have bothered to sign up for the newsbox.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:28 pm

(I am brain-dead)

I've finally made up a newsbox image--was a lot easier than I thought it would be--and I used ImageReady to make it, optimise it (gif) and turn it into an image/HTML file.

1. Did I need to do that?

2. Do I upload the whole thing (images and HTML) or just the images

3. Does anyone know how to make an emotionally dead brain work right?

CW

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:59 pm

By "Newsbox-image", you mean 150*300 picture advertising your comic? Or something else?

If you do mean 150*300 advertisement, then I don't know why you used ImageReady (BTW, I don't know what Image Ready is), instead of your regular Photoshop/PSP or whatever you use.

Anyways, if you have the image file, just upload it, set it as a banner, and then click the "use newsbox" button, on "edit comic" page.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:38 pm

Image Ready is an Adobe program/Photoshop program made spifically for animations. One person suggested it to me, and it worked pretty easily (though it's help manuel was written by a numbskull with a thesarus

Yes, I mean Newsbox, and I'm pretty sure I figured it out.

CW

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