Postings & Replies

Please Note: This is not an Official Eons Document.

Postings and Information about Coding/HTML/CSS for Profile and other things Eons:

Read First

About Me Section

Reply: (Revised to fit new Eons page information)

NOTHING goes into your About Me box except text and pictures. No CSS, no audio, no video. Please read the Warnings regarding this in the Announcement at the top of the HTML workshop group homepage.

All profile coding goes in the CSS custom box in the Profile Skinner. Please read the Section in this document about Profiles for complete instructions.  (Or as complete as they are at the moment!)

Posted by BluesPlayer

Address at Eons

Banners

Editorial note:   First you need to create or choose a banner to use, then upload it to Eons pictures or a photosharing site such as photobucket. There is an Eons group that has sample banners and/or is willing to help you create a banner - 

"Banner "Central" Station view link is a place if you want a banner customized and resized to fit the profile banner block. We can add text and make sure what you want fits within the parameters of the banner block."  posted by TestofF8th

Reply:  Skinner Update April 3, 2008

A few notable changes with this week's release:

1. We've moved the profile banner editor into the Skin Editor. Now, all of the data contained in a Skin is "under one roof." This step was necessary to prepare for the next step in the evolution of our Skin feature: The ability for users to have multiple skins. It will be possible to preview and edit skins that you aren't using as your current skin. That step will, in turn, allow us to manage a library of user-contributed (and some Eons-contributed) skins - free for the grabbing.

2. Preview mode. The Preview button lets you view the changes you've made to a Skin without saving the skin. Use this if you're just playing or are unsure whether or not you want to keep the changes you've made. Visitors to your profile will continue to see your last saved Skin.

3. New banner options. Note that the banner editor has changed quite a bit. Most importantly, there are a few new options: Repeat, Position, Color Mode and Color (these will probably be familiar to veteran Skinners). Repeat controls the "tiling" of images that are smaller than the banner's 974x100 dimensions. If you choose "no-repeat", for example, the image will not be tiled. Position controls how the image is placed within the banner. If the image does not fill the banner - or if the image contains transparent portions, we now support a colored (opaque) background as well as the default transparent background.

Outdated Reply:  In original Eons, banners were 940 pixels wide (give or take a few) and 100 pixels high. There wasn’t a lot you could do other than provide an image. In New Eons, banners are 974 pixels wide and 100 pixels high. …Or whatever you want, within reason.

Use this piece of code in your <style> section if you have a 940x100 image that you want to use in your New Eons profile.

#profile-banner {
background-position: center center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

Or, if you have a repeated background image that, for whatever reason, looks best when it is 940 pixels wide, here’s some code that should work:

#profile-banner {
margin-left: 5px;
width: 940px;
}

Editorial note: from  Tallbob's blog. However, this may change with the Profile Skin Editor. (It did change Apr 3, 2008)

Reply: Go to your Photo section and load the picture of your banner there.(Or you can have your banner stored at photo storing site such as photobucket.)  You'll see the place where you chose it to be your banner once you're in the Photo section.   You now put the banner information into the banner section of the skinner.  The group, Banner "Central" Station view link  can give you more information.

Posted by lew2368

Reply: I haven't found a way to change the banner background at all. (This has changed April 3, 2008. See first repy in this section) But, you can make a banner blank any color you want. Then overlay your wording.

Download Paint.net here: view link http://www.getpaint.net/ - It's free. It handles layers just fine.

When you're done with the banner, save it in jpg format. Upload it and VOILA! Anything you want.

Posted by kmqn

Reply: If it is an animated drawing, it can't be stored on Eons. (You can however store an animated image on a site such as photobucket. Go to Edit in your photo section, choose the banner section. Then put the direct link to the image there.) 

Your problem is going to be in resizing the animated .gif file to fit the banner size.

Posted by colleenm

Bandwidth exceeded

Reply: #1 Read the TOS with ur photo holder company (photobucket-flickr) It depends how many pix you've shared. It starts the day u signed up with them then resets the next month. It is limited with a "free" account.

Posted by txmailmaam

Reply: #2 Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from a web site to a user's computer.

Every time someone is linked to your pictures (or graphics or music, web page, etc.), they are using bandwidth. Since web host services charge based on the amount of data transferred, bandwidth is an issue. If you are over your monthly bandwidth allocation, you are billed for the extra bandwidth use or taken offline. Since you have a FREE account, your albums are taken off-line until the bandwidth drops below your assigned ceiling.

If you do not want to pay for bandwidth and you are frequently exceeding your limit, simply open another free account with another free hosting service...there are a multitute...and spread your graphics, music, photos, etc. among multiple servers (services). Be sure that the hosting services you choose allow "remote" linking...some do not (ie; Tripod, Angelfire and others)

Posted by LeeInFL

Beginners

Reply #1:

1. Review the FAQs, (Warnings, and other help files linked from the announcement section)on our home page.
   
2. Check out all of the info in our Files section.
   
3. If you still can't find what you want or you experience problems in attempting to do what you want, post a message and you should receive an answer within short order!  Happy HTMLing!

Posted by LeeInFL

Editorial note: 15 Feb 2008. The Help files are being updated to work with the NEW Eons page. This file should be fairly accurate. Other files will soon be updated. Stay tuned!!

Reply #2: I have been in touch with several members who are new to computers, and are having problems with dressing up their profile because they do not understand copy and paste.
This is for them.  http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/747136-Copy-and-Paste-Lesson

posted by dekeholt about March 31, 2008

Booms/Favorite Buttons

Reply: #1 You add people as favorites by going to THEIR profile page and clicking the "Add To Favorites" button. You get Booms on your page by booming a post from the place it is posted.

Posted by colleenm

Reply: #2 Thanks but I don't have a add favorites on my page and some of my friends don't either. Thanks for the help on the booms.

Posted by epperson405

Reply: #3 You can't add yourself as you own favorite, so no such button on profile page in "normal view". If you go to "View my profile as a friend would see it" you will see such button. You can add a member either as a friend or as a favorite, not both. Once someone became your friend you loose the option to have him as a favorite, so you are not seeing that button on your friends profiles, but others (not friends) can see it.

Posted by Muchan

Reply: Nope. Ya can't mess with Eon's stuff.

Posted by Massracin

Blogs

Reply:  EONS BLOG ENTRIES:

Although it is possible to change font colors and sizes using basic HTML tagging, it is not possible to change the background using HTML or CSS tags.

All other HTML tagging works; such as bolding, underlining, centering, r/l alignment, Marquees!...etc...

Looks like we're just stuck with a bright white background!

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply:  A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger."

Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog.

Your eons blog is linked from/to your eons profile.

A blog is a shortened term for weblog, a frequent and chronological publication of comments and thoughts on the web. They can include philosophical reflections, personal observations, opinions on the Internet and social or political issues, or almost anything else the "blogger" wishes to share with others.

Posted by LeeInFL

Browser Differences

Reply: No. A lot of us use Firefox. However, please read Lee's browser comments in the Announcement. There are some codes that work/don't work between browsers. Get familiar with them. What you see on your your screen is not necessarily what others see on theirs.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Bumping Messages

Reply #1: Booming a post is a measure of popularity - it puts it on Eons home page for more people to notice. The way to "bump" up a post is to reply to it. Most use carot marks - ^^^. 

Posted by whims

Reply #2: Many sites have explicit rules such as 'one person may not bump a thread more than once every 24 hours' or 'you may not bump a thread twice in a row'. Other sites just expect you to follow this convention, since it has been a common one since the early 90s.

Posted by colleenm

Change User Name

Reply: From Eon's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page:

I have already signed up, but I would like to change my Eons screen name. How do I do that?

Your screen name is your public identity on the Eons website. To change your Eons screen name, please contact the Eons Help Team using the Eons Help/Feedback form.

In the description field of the feedback form, please provide the following information:

* current username/screen name of the account
* email address of the account
* Two preferred screen names (in case one is already taken)
* Your screen name is one of a kind. No other Eons member can share your screen name, so to ensure that you receive the new screen name you have chosen, you may want to add numbers to make it as unique as possible.

Please note: Screen names can only contain letters and numbers and must start with a letter. Please do not include symbols or spaces.

Use this link to view the FAQ page: http://www.eons.com/about/faq

Use this link to contact the Eons Help Team: http://www.eons.com/about/contact

Posted by colleenm

Color Choices

Great tool!!! The next question is how the resulting combinations will works versus the "browser safe colors" (Link from original help file) list. Lee? Any idea? What happens when you use a non-safe color? Do you get it or is it converted to the nearest safe one? I don't have a clue.

However, this tool is terrific for displaying complementary and contrasting colors that LOOK GOOD TOGETHER!!!!!! Excellent find.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

They don't actually convert the color. They just display it the best way they can. There are a limited number of colors (browser-safe) that display the same way in all browsers.

If it's not one of the colors that all browsers display the same way, then my browser is going to convert those electrons into a different scheme of pixels than yours will. So my hot pink may look like coffee and cream on yours.

You just can't tell. With millions of possible colors, it seems a pity to limit yourself to the 216 browser safe ones. And you don't have to.

Just be aware that if you use one of those millions of other colors, even if it's just a little teeny bit different RGB or hex code, my browser may interpret it a whole lot different.

Posted by colleenm

Here are two excellent articles on the currency of 216 web-safe color set. You can read them while you wait.

Michael synopsis: No longer a concern. But read the articles and come to your own conclusions.

1. The Browser-Safe Web Palette http://www.lynda.com/hex.asp
   
2. Web Colors [for those of you unfamiliar with Wikipedia -- it is an excellent resource] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors

Posted by: mbotos

Common HTML Tags - See also; Linkit!; FAQ; 

align, bold, center, underline | Tags that work with pictures and graphics |  color and size of text | Linking in Posts and PM's

Editorial note: These are HTML tags, not CSS stylings. These are NOT to be used in Profile Skinner.

Copy and Paste

Reply #1: Have you tried using ctrl C to copy and ctrl V to paste. That is the only way that I have been able to copy and paste. I don't understand why you cannot highlight.

Reply #2: Go to the top and try edit. Click on copy and do it that way

Posted by lonestar1

Reply #3: To copy or paste something, you must first select it.

Usually, you select something by clicking at the beginning, then holding down the mouse button while dragging your cursor across the words you want to select.

For a graphic, sometimes simply clicking on the graphic will select it.

Once something is selected, you can copy it. Use either the "control c" command, or the edit menu. If you use the edit menu, you select "copy" from the drop down menu.

Once it has been copied, you can paste it.

Posted by colleenm

Copyright

Reply: Hi James, Don't think so , Eon's controls that part of the code. This website is in the public domain. About the only thing you can do is copyright your photos with an identifying watermark or signature. Check in the photography groups for more information on copyright issues.

Posted by Massracin

Counters

Reply: Be advised that Eons may choose to remove counters and the like, as they may collect too much information about the viewer.

Posted by tallbob

E-mail Notifications

Reply: Click "Account Settings" at the top of the NEW Eons page.

Click "Notifications" from the left hand side menu.

Choose how often you want or don't want email notifications and other preferences.

Click the "Update Preferences" button.

-- [From Eons FAQ's]

Files in Groups

Reply #1: Any group member can add a file to the group. Click on the Files name and it opens a window just like the one for uploading photos. You browser your pc for the file that your would like to upload, select it and add a short description. Hit upload and you are done. Note: If your file is a Jpeg it will get loaded into the group photos section and not files.

Some things to consider here are your audiance. Not everyone has a PC bristling with the latest Office software.

Safe choices for file types would be txt, rtf and pdf. Most pc's have software of some type that can read these files or free readers are available.

Posted by Massracin

Reply #2: Be careful with Works... it generally saves things as .wps files, which many people can't open because they don't have the software. Doc files and txt files are more common, which you can create with Word, wordpad, or even notepad.

In a pinch, you can convert a txt file to a doc file. I imagine the good people in HTML Help would be more than happy to show you how.

Posted by slyver

Reply: Thats an easy one Dell. Go to the file section of the group you want to upload to. You will see upload new file. Click on browse and find the file on your pc. Give it a name, try to put file type in the description PPT and hit upload.

Posted by Massracin

Graphics, Pictures, Images - Uploading

Reply to another reply: Once you upload the photo, you will see two boxes below it.

Copy and paste the "Embedded" code when you want the photo to show up 'in place'. For example if you wanted it to appear right here in a reply.

Copy and paste the "URL" code when you want a link to the photo to show up in a reply.

Using those two pieces of code, you can have either the picture or the link show up anywhere. Even outside of Eons. So if you have a blog, you could copy and paste the "Embedded" code and the picture would show up on your blog.

Posted by colleenm

Reply: Go to "view photos" click on the photo you want to use, it will appear in separate window, scroll down, directly under the photo you will find

Posted by Muchan

Reply #1: I am new to this group also but I have learned a lot since I joined. It is a great group. I can tell you how I uploaded my pictures from my computer to Eons. Hope this works for you. On your Eons profile page go to Photos Section and hit edit my photos. On the top right hand side, you will see a block that reads Upload New Pictures. Hit the browse button and the file on your computer should come up. Click the picture you want to upload and open the file. That photo will show on your eons page. Next click upload new picture. This should transfer the picture from your computer to your eons page. Hope this works for you. Editorial note: [Lost record of who posted reply]

Reply #2: Every graphic/picture uploaded to eons servers is automatically converted to JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format.

JPEG was designed to compress high-quality images (such as photographs and detailed artwork) without sacrificing quality. It handles subtle shadings and color blends more efficiently than the GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format.

The GIF compression technique was developed by Compuserve and is best for images with solid areas of color, line drawings or logos, transparency effects (part of the image disappears into the background) and, as previously mentioned in another reply to this post, animation.

You can; however, upload the pictures to a free hosting service, keep them saved in original GIF format, and then include them in your profile, emails, eons posts, replies, messages, etc. by using the steps outlined in "Posting pictures on Eons Pages."

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply:There are several ways to have a photo show on Eons.

1. Copy it from your own computer to your photos on Eons. Do this by clicking "Photos" on your My Eons home page, and followinthe instructions to upload from your computer.
2. Copy it from your own computer to the group photos for your group. Do this by clicking Photos when you are on your group home page, and following the instructions.
   
3. Copy it from your My Eons photos and paste it into a message or reply on Eons.
   
4. Open an account at a photo sharing site like Flickr, and copy the address of the photo there to the place you want it on Eons.
   
5. Open an account at a photo sharing site like Flickr, and paste the link to that photo in the place you want it on Eons.

Posted by colleenm

Reply:the images will not come out animated if save to photo library.

Posted by marisol1215

Reply #1: I use Paint Shop Pro and I can just save a .gif as a .jpg. It will also allow me to save a .bmp the same way. I guess it just depends on what photo editing program you are using. Use the "save as" feature on yours and look at the dropdown box to see what is available.

Reply #2: Every graphic/picture uploaded to eons servers is automatically converted to JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format.

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply #1: You cannot upload a file to Eons anywhere except in a group's file section.

You cannot copy and paste the contents of a file with a photo, unless the address for the photo is a valid web address. Photos on your computer do not have a valid web address.

Here's something you can try:

• Upload the photo to your Photos on Eons.
• Copy and paste the poem where you want it on your profile.
• Use this group's instructions for adding a photo to a message using your Eon's address. Place the photo's address where you want the photo to appear in your poem.
• Save the profile section you are working on.

Notes for the techies: Files can only be uploaded to group file sections on Eons. Everything else has to be cut and paste.

Reply #2: Cut and paste works if the original document already has a valid URL for the photo.

Naturally, if the photo is only stored on her computer, there is no web address for it. If you cut-and-paste from a document where the photo is only on your computer, the photo will not travel with the text.

Saving the doc as Save As; Web Page, Filtered does not work for the photo, even if the address is correct on the .html page. (Web Page, Filtered is a way of saving .docs that strips out the Office formatting, which is usually ugly, clunky poorly written html formatting instructions.)

Posted by colleenm

Reply #1: Sparkle tags are fine. When we state not to use tags from other sites, we are speaking of css and html tagging used on such sites as MySpace, Xanga, and other social networking sites. Use only the css scripts you find here at eons.

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply #2: "Also when we copy & paste the tag code, we highlight from the first < to the last >?"

Reply #3:That is correct!

Posted by LeeInFL

Graphics in Posts, PMs, etc.

Reply: Yes, please use the following

<img src='Here put url of the image'>

You can use it to include images everywhere on Eons.

Posted by Muchan

Graphics - Resize

Reply #1: Shout it from the rooftops!!!! Everyone here should be aware of the maximum column widths. Unfortunately, not all Eons members know them or use them. In fact, only about 1,400 of the whole membership is in ths group!!!

The only thing you can do is monitor your comments and delete the offending one(s). Otherwise, go to the Eons Advisors group and ask them to enforce (hard code) the 360 px width limit in the comments section which would automatically resize the graphic. They do this for widgets already.

That's the real way to solve the problem.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Reply #2: Maximum Width Limits for Profiles & Group Pages  

Reply #1: You can resize your pictures at photobucket.com.

Posted by memefolsom

Reply #2: If you have microsoft office picture manager - you can resize there as well

Posted by whims

Reply #3: Here's is the link to the free photo editing program and also a link to a free image resizing site I use.

Posted by: rich64nv

Reply #4: I've been using Photoplus - one of the links above. It's pretty good. You can also download a free resize tool from Microsoft. It also works well, but I'm not sure it can be used for the banner.

Posted by: garooch

Groups - Membership, pictures, etc.

Reply: Go to the groups homepage. You'll see a list of links in the left hand margin. Click on the one that says Member Preferences. On that page, just below your e-mail preferences, is another link allowing you to leave the group.

Posted by slyver

Reply #2: Go to the group and at the left upper corner near the bottom of the list click on 'member preference...when it gets to that window scroll down and click on 'leave the group'.

Posted by: ClassyGirl711

Reply #3: Click on view all my groups at the bottom of groups on your profile. Then click on the e-mail option on the group you want to leave. Then at the bottom it says leave group so click on that.

Posted by: quit2live

Reply #1: Go to your My Eons page.

Click on the link at the bottom of Groups, that says "View and edit my groups".

Check all 22 of your groups to make sure that email notifications are off in every single one of them.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #2: As far as no EMAIL, I am getting notifications when someone leaves me a message or sends me a gift, etc, even though I put NO EMAIL in my settings.

Posted by: Bichonowner1

Reply #3: It doesn't sound like you're getting emails from any of your groups. Perhaps you haven't looked at your Eons notification settings recently. On the lower left corner of every page, click the My Accounts Settings link. Then choose Notifications, and be sure those are set the way you want them.

Posted by colleenm

Reply: The group icon (picture) is set by the group administrator. You cannot change the group's icon unless you are the owner of a group.

You CAN change the order of your groups so that other groups appear on your profile page. That is done by rearranging the group order from your My Eons page.

Click on the link at the bottom of Groups, that says "View and edit my groups".

On the next page drag the group icons up or down to re-order your groups. The top four groups will be shown on your profile page.

Mine finally showed the new order about 15 minutes after I made the changes. You may need to give the Eons servers at least that long to get the message across all the different computers.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #1: It's so that you can delete your own photos if you want to. It gives you the choice, so that you don't have to ask the owner or moderators to delete a photo that you don't want there anymore.

But you can't delete anyone else's!

Posted by: Goldy55

Reply #2: You can delete your own photos whenever you want. No one else can delete others photos except an administator.

Posted by: SweetMama66

LifePaths

Reply:

• Go to your profile:
• Select:View my profile as a friend would see it
• select:Edit privacy settings
• Who can see my LifePath? select: No one
• then update

You will still see it in your profile but know one else will when they look at it.

Posted by: smccay

Reply: Double click on the item you want to change, then it gives you the option to upload or add new photo, you can also change the information, then you will have two photos, it gives you the option to delete one. Hope this helps

Reply #1: You have to delete them, and re-write them in the order you want. You cannot edit life dreams.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #2: Eons has a set of FAQs, where most of the "How Can I" questions are answered.

Use the Help/Feedback link at the bottom of every Eons page to get to it.

Here is the relevant information.

How do I delete a LifeDream?

You can add new LifeDreams at any time. However, if you want to change one of the ones you've added, you must delete it and then add a new one with the LifeDream you prefer.

Here are the steps to delete and add a LifeDream:

• Login at view link
  
• Select LifeDreams from the Eons menu at the top of any Eons page. Your goals will appear.
  
• Click on the LifeDream you wish to change.
  
• Click Delete LifeDream from the menu on the left side of the page.
  

Posted by colleenm

Link it!

Marquee in Banner

Reply #1: Here at Eons you can use as a banner files only in three formats: .jpg .gif .png Of them only .gif can show some movements. Marquee is HTML code and can be used only in .html format files which can't be used as a banner. To create something moving you need special software, Flash, for example. With Flash you can make moving objects which can be saved as.

Posted by Muchan

Reply #2: You need an image editing program that will create animated graphics (.gif) and has a banner creating function. I use Paint Shop Pro. You would then have to upload the full animated image to a site like Photobucket to retain the animation for use on Eons.

As the previous post mentioned; marquees are created using html code and cannot be use in your banner; only within the profile.

Posted by countryheart1955

Marquee tags within Eon Posts

Reply #1: <marquee bgcolor='#00FFFF'>You can add a colored background! How cool is that?</marquee>

Reply #2: <marquee direction='right'>You can have the script scroll in a different direction!</marquee>

Reply #3: Typing <marquee bgcolor='#00FFFF' direction='right'>This is how you make the typing go from left to right with a chosen background color...</marquee> in your posts will result in...  This is how you make the typing go from left to right with a chosen background color...  
Editorial note: [This was scrolling in the original post]

Reply #4: Typing... <marquee width='200'>HTML Workshop!</marquee> Will adjust the width the marquee uses and results in... Editorial note: [small marquee]

Typing...<marquee behavior='alternate'>HTML Workshop!</marquee> Will cause the marquee to alternate directions

Typing...<marquee scrollamount='30'>HTML Workshop!</marquee> Will adjust the speed of the marquee and will result in... Editorial note: [Faster]

Typing... <marquee scrolldelay='200'>HTML Workshop!</marquee> Will delay the speed of the marquee and result in...
Editorial note: [Slower]

Typing... <marquee direction='down' height='90'>HTML Workshop!</marquee> Will result in...
Editorial note: [Scrolls down]

Typing... <marquee direction='up' height='90'>HTML Workshop!</marquee>  Will result in... 
Editorial note: [Scrolls up]

Reply #5: How do you change the writting in the marquee to bold or a different color.

Posted by: granddadd

Reply #6: Just add bold tag after the opening marquee tag and a closing bold tag right before the closing marquee tag.

To make the text a different color, use a "font color=red" tag after the opening "marquee" tag and the close the font tag before the closing marquee tag.

Or you can stack them...

It will look like this...This is a BOLD red marquee

Want it bigger? Add an h1 set of tags...

It will look like this...This is a BOLD red Header 1 marquee

You can pretty much do anything you want...

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Reply #7: The marquee tag is basically designed for, and read my, Internet Explorer. It is also read well by the Opera browser. Netscape browsers can't read the marquee tag at all, while mozilla partially reads the tagging (thus, no color).

You will run into this from time to time. As a matter of fact, many webmasters have all four of the major browsers on their PCs so that they can see what their work looks like with each individual browser!

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply #8: Mozilla does support it.

Posted by: GaryJames

Reply #9: Anyone try it on the Safari Browser for Windows from Apple? It works on Safari for Mac.

Posted by: Techie44

Marquee with Image

Maximum Width Limits Chart for Profiles & Group Pages

MySpace Layouts

Reply #1: Layouts will mess up your page.you need backgrounds.you can check the group's files for color safe codes.

Posted by marisol1215

Reply #2: Use the links in the announcement section of this group, and the files in the Files for this group to get background colors and color schemes that won't break your profile page.

Layouts from other sites can cause you to completely lose access to your eons page.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #3:From this group's announcements:

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT USE HTML TAGS, CODES OR SCRIPTS FOR BACKGROUNDS, LAYOUTS, ETC. DEVELOPED FOR MYSPACE, XANGA AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES. Such tags and codes will MANY TIMES not work on Eons and may result in the COMPLETE DESTRUCTION of your profile's layout. If you do place a script from a foreign source into your profile, be ABSOLUTELY SURE TO PREVIEW YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU SAVE IT and be prepared for DISASTER!

Posted by colleenm

Reply #1:In the files of this group is one called "Profile Color Themes". Choose one of those color schemes and follow the directions to put it on your profile.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #2: You can use any graphic or picture as a background. Just upload it to PhotoBucket or similar site (or Eons) and use it. The same goes for the banner.

What you CAN'T do, is get a LAYOUT from another site and use it on Eons since it contains code specific to MySpace or other sites. That embedded code destroys Eons pages.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Reply: I'm basically referring to layout code (CSS - Cascading Style Sheets) that alter the look of your profile. Lee has pointed out that this is a dangerous thing to do if you don't know and understand CSS. However, realizing the reality of people's desires to be individualistic, the group's members have come up with some techniques that are simple and do work very nicely here on Eons.

Recommendation: Use these methods!!! They work!!! Use other code at your own risk!!!

Widgets are a different matter. Some work; some don't. You just add them to your Widgets Section, not usually anywhere else. You can tell pretty quickly if a widget works or not. If it screws up, just delete it. If you add a widget to a different section, you are taking a big risk on: a. it working correctly; and b. being able to delete it if it screws up your profile.

Recommendation: Play nice. Be safe.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Music

Reply: You have to go back to the site that generated your playlist. When you set up the widget, there should be an option to play the songs in order or to SHUFFLE them. Just select the options you want, regenerate the code and replace what you have with the new code.

If the site that created your playlist doesn't have the shuffle option, find another one. There are tons around.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Reply: I am pretty new at this but I am going to try and help you. Go to projectplaylist.com. Click on my account. I think you have to join before music can be uploaded. You will need to name your playlist because you can create several playlist. Click on search for music. Then search for song and artist you like. Click the + sign. Press play to preview. If it is working and what you want, click it works and add to your playlist. It will ask you the name of your playlist you want the song added to. You are now creating a playlist. Pick all the songs you want. When you are finished, you can rearrange or delete your songs. Half way down page, you will see a Share playlist. Click on generate code. It will ask where to you want to put your playlist. Click on E.

It will ask which of your playlist you want to get code for. Click the name of your playlist, which will be shown on this page. You can change the color of your playlist and get code. Click get code. Copy all of the code (ctrl C) in the box. Go to your profile on eons. Under Widgets on your profile, click add a widget. Paste your code (ctrl P) at the bottome of the page on left hand side (Add Custom Widget). Hit add widget. You now have music on your page.

This sounds like a lot but the only time consuming thing about it is finding the song and artist you want on your playlist. If you have any trouble, let me know.

Posted by memefolsom

Posting Questions in Forum

Reply:

You type: This is a line with <font color=red>red text</font>. Now back to normal.

You get: This is a line with red text. Now back to normal.

Posted by: mbotos

Reply #1: It can, in the custom css screen, but if the viewer does not have that font on their computer they will not be able to see it the way you do.

posted by TestofF8th

Reply #2:  Yes, it "almost" can.

**IF** the font that you're using in WP is a TrueType font, **AND** the viewing computer has that same TrueType font available ( installed ) then I believe you can reference that exact TrueType font name in the [font face="whatever"] [/font] tag pair and it should display. AFAIK - if it is not available the browser will display it's default as specified.

NOTE: the FONT HTML tag is depreciated in favor of CSS coding on a website, but posting to a message in a group shouldn't be an issue ... and of course you'd have to replace the square brackets seen above with the less than' and 'greater than' carets appropriately.

reference here

posted by ggroeller

Reply #3: It is VERY POSSIBLE to get your favorite font or something close to it into your profile through the style sheet (Custom CSS). The trick is to to code the style sheet for want of a better word intelligently. Simply provide alternatives.

The body tag in my profile's style sheet includes several choices of font:

body {font-family: georgia, book antiqua, serif; etc....

If a user does mot have georgia, the next font on the list is book antiqua. If a user does not have either georgia or book antiqua, then the style sheet defaults to standard serif. I hope this helps.

Posted by EileenKramer

Privacy Settings

Reply: Every Eons page spidered and listed by Google and other major search engines increases eons' visability to the "outside world," helps in attracting new members, increases revenue, etc.

Eons does, however, provide you with the opportunity to block search engine spidering of your profile ("friends only") and any eons group designated as "private," as well as other privacy options at your disposal. If you don't want everyone ("everyone") to read your entire profile, keep it designated as "friends only."

As far as allowing "only" eons members to read your entire profile...if you restrict the people that view your profile to members only, you might as well not place any restrictions on it at all! Anyone...any age...any intentions....etc. can join eons. Eons does its best to protect you; however, this is the Internet...it is up to you to maintain a high level of participation in protecting your own privacy.

Always think twice when typing personal information into your computer while wired into the Internet. Assume that EVERYONE can see it, unless you know otherwise.

Posted by LeeInFL

  Profile Page: Creating a Style

Skinner choices | Banners | Styling Backgrounds | Font Choices | Custom CSS Box | Posts with more information

Skinner choices: CSS code goes in the skinner. HTML tags do not.

On your view of the profile page you will see a little box to the right of your profile picture and information. The box contains links to "my eons", "messages", "edit my photo", etc.

The last choice is "edit my skin". Click on that choice and you will be taken to your "profile skinner".

If you want to override the Eons default style so that your background and styling shows through, click on the first 4 choices.

Styling backgrounds:

First, get a background Image:

1. Choose a background
1. Use an image already on your computer (Skip step 2 if you do this)
2. Get an image from the internet. Be sure to read their terms of use. Links to free background sites:
1. Tickle.net - http://www.tickie.net/Backgrounds/index.html - has thousands of tile images, including food, animal prints, kaleidoscope - you need to provide a link back to their site.
2. Free Backgrounds 2002 - http://www.geocities.com/freebackgrounds2002/index.html  and also http://www.geocities.com/freebackgrounds2002/tileindex.html
3. wattacroc - http://www.wattacroc.com/backs/ - Various patterns, also butterflies, cats and some holidays.
4. Wacky Backgrounds - http://wacky-background.com/index.php - Really wild and wacky backgrounds!
5. Ender Design: Realm Graphics - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/backidx.html - also includes a tool where you can tile ANY image anywhere on the Web and show it as a background with images and text on it. Even choose an appropriate text and link color. Worth checking out.
6. All Free backgrounds - http://www.allfreebackgrounds.com/ - Click here to find instructions about Choosing Backgrounds and Fonts at allfreebackgrounds.com. This link tells you about the All Free Backgrounds site.
2. Download it to your computer
3. Upload it to your Eons pictures or to a photo sharing site such as photobucket.
4. Copy the "Direct Link" to your image.

Second, put the information in the skinner:

Click here to find instructions about putting background information into Skinner. 

There is also an Eons group that will help you with backgrounds - "Eons Background Gallery view link is a place to share and borrow backgrounds for your profile page."  posted by TestofF8th

Font Choices:

Click here to find instructions about Choosing Fonts in the Skinner.  See also the discussion in the posting: http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/752573-Humble-request-for-assistance - reply #2 on.

Custom CSS Box

Posting #1  Custom CSS Overrides Everything: http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/740663-Custom-CSS-Overrides-Everything-

Posts with more information

Background images in the new Editor  - http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/680890-Background-Images-in-the-new-Skin-Editor posted by Tallbob, about March 6, 2008

Posting thread to list discoveries made about skinner - http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/681689--b-font-color-red-size-4-SKINNER-NEWS-font-b-  thread begun by Bluesplayer, about March 6, 2007

Information comes from: Profile "Skins" posted by tallbob;  Profile Skin Editor posted by BluesPlayer; Posting in group; trial and error; and other sources.

Profile Page - Current Questions and Answers

Reply #1: Yellow box and border BE GONE! 

.i3 {background:#fff; border:1px solid #fff; border-width:1px 0; padding:0 6px}
.yb .bt {background: url() no-repeat 100% 0; height: 9px}
.yb .bt div {background:url() no-repeat 0 0; height: 9px}
.yb .bb {background:url() no-repeat 100% 100%}
.yb .bb div {background:url() no-repeat 0 100%}
.yb .i1 {background: #ffffff url() repeat-y 0 0}
.yb .i2 {background: #ffffff url() repeat-y 100% 0}
.yb .i3 {background:#ffffff; border-color:#ffffff; padding:0 5px}

Posted by: Mbotos about March 14, 2008

Reply #2: I would not recommend using the code that Michael provided. It'll work, but it's overly complicated to get the background to disappear or to make it a specific color. On the other hand, Michael is probably willing to provide technical support - right, Michael?

Posted by: Tallbob about March 14, 2008  Updatd Info: Customizing the "Yellow Box" on your profile blog by tallbob - about March 19, 2008 - http://www.eons.com/blogs/entry/715388-Customizing-the-Yellow-Box-on-your-profile

Reply #3: Since I spent the time to hack through how the yellow box and border were constructed, I'm more than happy to explain what the original code did and how the code I posted alters the original.

In terms of the complexity of the code I posted, I approached the solution from the viewpoint of working with the original Eons CSS and changing it so that the yellow box and border could be controlled.

A simplier solution would be 'layer' over the box, but there are some additional technical considerations with that technique.

If anyone has specific questions about the solution, you can post them here.

For you CSS super sleuths, the key is understanding how the image http://www.eons.com/glb/g/cont/yellow- box.gif
is manipulated. It is an interesting, possibly educational, adventure.

Posted by: Mbotos about March 15, 2008

Reply #4: Solution for 'white' in Leave a Comment area:

ul.comment-block li.horiz-card, #commentList dd {
clear : both;
margin : 0 10px;
padding : 10px;
background : #F00 url('http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/ aa237/beeblst/thpink-5b.gif')
 repeat left top;
/* was url(/glb/g/bg_tip.gif) repeat-x */

Above solution is specific for beeblst. Anyone else can change url value to meet their needs.

Posted by: Mbotos about March 15, 2008

Reply #1: Your font size problems originate in your Interests and About Me sections. There may be one or more font tags that change the font size and are not properly closed. With most browsers, this will change the font size for all the markup that follows.

I try to discourage people from changing font sizes. Font size should ideally be controlled by the viewer. The viewer can make the font size larger, if necessary, to make it more legible. If you *must* change the font size, be subtle and, if possible, use css to do it. Using percentages will ensure that the fonts scale proportionally. For example, you might use a larger font like this or a smaller font like this.

<span style="font-size:105%;">use a larger font like this</span>
<span style="font-size:90%;">use a smaller font like this</span>

Posted by: Tallbob about March 18, 2008

Reply #1: One thing I've noticed in looking at the data: There's a lot of invalid CSS out there! I picked a skin at random, put the "custom css" through a validator and got 39 separate errors!

We might want to encourage people to go here view link - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_input  - and check their custom css. The problem with this tool, however, is that the error messages can only be deciphered by someone who really knows css.

Posted by: Tallbob about March 18, 2008

Reply #2: Marquees are not css and are not effected by today's change.
Your first marquee element has an error:

< img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ ee204/mmoore92706/butterflies14.gif“& gt;

The ending quotemark on the 'src' attribute is a "fancy quote" character and, because of this, the image url may not be parsed correctly. Replace the quotemark with a normal double-quote character.

Posted by: Tallbob about March 18, 2008

Reply #3: Get ready for DUH... questions here. I checked my profile and everything is as it should be except for one small change. In my personal view the yellow box with my message links and such is now underneath my picture instead of next to it. In the friend and public view it is as it was. This isn't important...just wanted to point out a change.

posted by Luna 45 March 18, 2008

Reply #4: IE6 or IE7? The principle at work here is the same principle that sometimes causes entire columns of the profile to be arrayed vertically instead of horizontally. Inside the "member card" on your profile, there are two columns - your photo (with some text beneath it) and everything that's on the right. The right column is partly subdivided into two more columns.

In any case where there are two columns and the width of the two columns does not fit the available width, the columns will stack vertically. This can be caused in two different ways:

1) Something causes a column to be wider than it is supposed to be (e.g. a particularly long word, a too-wide image, a non-standard border, padding or margin)

2) Something causes the available space (the space that contains the columns) to be smaller than it is supposed to be (e.g. a border, margin or padding that isn't compensated for).

Posted by: Tallbob about March 18, 2008

Profile Page - Comments

Reply #1: I found that when I select to "see my profile as a friend would see it," the comment section is on the bottom. What you see when you login to your profile isn't what others see. I was trying to figure out the same thing until I happened to select "view as a friend would."

Posted by BajaHorseLady

Reply #2: The Comments section of your profile is at the bottom when everyone sees it...except you! Your view of the profile is different than when "friends" or the "general public" view it.

Posted by LeeInFL

Reply: Not that I know. Oversized comments really screw up a page. Try this...

1. PM the person and ask them to resend the comment with the width of the video set to 290.
2. Delete the current comment.
   
3. Wait (tick...tock...tick...tock...) for the replacement.
   

Another option is to...

1. Go to YouTube and find the video.
   
2. Copy the EMBED code on the right side of the vid.
   
3. Add the code to a new widget; Make sure the width is set to 360.
   
4. Delete the original comment.
   

That will keep the video on your page but over in the widgets section. You could probably send yourself a comment too and do the same thing with the 290 width.

Posted by: BluesPlayer

Reply #1: Not if its an eons advertisement...but if someone posts an ad in the comment section you can delete that...go into view all comments...then delete it...

Posted by mizvic

Reply #2: If you're talking about the regular comment section of your profile maybe you should go into the Settings, select privacy settings and change "Comments posted to my profile will be posted" - from Automatically to After I review them. That way when someone attempts to post a comment, you can read it first and if it's not to your liking, you don't have to accept it. You may also want to block that member from sending you messages as well. Not sure how that's done as I haven't had to try and block someone yet.

Posted by countryheart1955

Reply #1: Oh dear. I'm so sorry. Actually several of us have pasted this avatar in another group's posts with no problems at all. They were the ones that taught me how to make the avatar to begin with. Hope I didn't cause too many problems. :( Reply #2: Hi, just joined. Should have joined a long time ago! But her Simpsons Avatar is working very well in my group: "________" without a glitch!  Sorry that you had troubles here.

Editorial note:  Click on the links in the replies to learn more about how it looks or works for you may not be the way it looks or works for others.>

Profile Page - Sections

Reply: Eons is a free site for you. They pay their bills by selling advertising. Several of the boxes you see on your page are for ads, so there's no way Eons will let you remove them. As far as I know, you can change things within the other boxes, but you can't move the boxes around.

Posted by colleenm

Reply #1: If you don't want LifeBox to appear then... under 'Settings' [link at top right of page] change the value for "Who can see my LifePath?" If you have no data, I expect you want a value of 'No One'.

Posted by: mbotos

Reply #2: If you have not inserted text into the boxes under Interests and Activities section, posted a Blog, place any text in History, and/or About Me, completed any portion of the LifePath, answered a question in Question of the Day nothing will not appear on your profile. The headings will remain visible to you, with the option to edit, so you have a way to add/edit them. At least that is how I see my Profile. Every once in awhile I will click on the link "view my Profile as a friend would see it", just to make sure that all my changes appear correctly to everyone else. I have not filled out the LifePath and this is not visible to others, nor are any of the other questions that I have not completed.

Posted by countryheart1955

Search for People

Reply #1: I tried to find an answer for you, but couldn't (unless you know their screen name). Do you know where they live? You could maybe break it down that way. Or by interest, etc.

Posted by: rorera

Reply #2: Use the "People Search" feature. At the top of every page on Eons, there is a list of links. The second one is "People".

If you click that, then click "Browse All Members" you will be taken to a page where you can search for members who live in a certain area; have a certain age range, have certain interests, etc.

Posted by colleenm

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