How do I vary elements on my dailytemplate?

LennyZ · Post by **LennyZ** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:15 pm

That's a bit of a confusing question. Anyway, I'm still pretty ignorant on the workings of the "dailytemplate" and I'd like to know (for example):

If I wanted to put comments under every comic, how do I make it so that when I go back a comic or two, or use the archive, the comments are there for each comic?

Moonshadow · Post by **Moonshadow** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:26 pm

This is up in the FAQ at the top of the forum, under the question "How do I 'bundle' text in comic pages??"

CodeGuy · Post by **CodeGuy** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:49 pm

That method puts text directly under the comic, which is a little messy (IMHO). Is there any way to put stuff into designated areas? Like if you want a nice neat box to contain the text in a certain spot, is there a way to put the daily text there instead of under the comic?

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 4:55 pm

The neat little box is not a big deal either. The text can include HTML. Just use a div to group and organize the text. If you use a .css file, your HTML could be as little as:

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<div class="rant"><p>Your Rant text here.</p></div>

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:50 pm

Yes, the html would look something like that.
But you also need a css file, for example looking like this:

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div.rant {
position: absolute;
left: 100 px;
top: 600 px
}

this will place your rant at (100,600) on your page.
read a tutorial for more options, like borders and padding around your rant.

Deviantprophets · Post by **Deviantprophets** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:02 pm

I'm having trouble getting my dailytemplate to recognize my .css file. Any pointers?

http://deviantprophets.keenspace.com

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:54 pm

The dailytemplate needs to reference the .css file as /yourfile.css. The same thing goes for your images. dailytemplate.html actually generates files into /d/ so your .css file and your comic pages will not be in the same directory.

Deviantprophets · Post by **Deviantprophets** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:17 pm

Soo... Do I need to just change my HTML on the dailytemplate to /d/myfile.css, or do I need a copy of the .css file in that directory as well? >.> I'll try it all out. Thank you!

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:27 pm

deviantprophets wrote:Soo... Do I need to just change my HTML on the dailytemplate to /d/myfile.css, or do I need a copy of the .css file in that directory as well? >.> I'll try it all out. Thank you!

You just link to it as /myfile.css instead of myfile.css please notice the slash.

You are not supposed to use /d/myfile.css- this one would be just weird.

Deviantprophets · Post by **Deviantprophets** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:20 pm

Whoo! It worked. ^_^ Thank you very much.

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How do I vary elements on my dailytemplate?

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