Tips & Tricks
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Linda's
Copyright Date Code
Linda's Copyright Date code In Steps
1. Open the page in Kompozer (or
your Favorite page creation
software) you want to put the automated code in
2. Scroll to the bottom or where ever you want to put the code to
automate your copyright year.
3. Type whatever you want it to say :
I will use the project pages statement this is just an example not what
you have to use.
FL-GenWeb, Inc. is an IRS
Approved 501(c)(3) Public Charity
Original Material Copyright ©
2007–
FL-GenWeb Project, Inc. |
FL-GenWeb Logo by Becky Scott
(copyright symbol is
made by holding the alt button on your keyboard
and typing 0169)
4. Now that you have your info typed in you will notice the
section © 2007- is incomplete.
click the source button at the bottom of the page.
look at the code find where the © 2007- is. (You will
see some crazy looking letters looks like this )
remove those letters type or paste in there place this
code
<script>document.write(new
Date().getFullYear())</script>
5. Hit save at the top of the screen (YOU
WILL NOT SEE THE CODE WORKING
WHEN IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL MODE)
6. load it through FTP
7. Now pull up the page you just loaded, Your code should complete the
section you saw before as incomplete.
Like this (NOTE: you may need
to press refresh on you browser to see
the NEW page)
FL-GenWeb, Inc. is an IRS Approved 501(c)(3) Public Charity
Original Material Copyright © 2007– 2017
FL-GenWeb Project, Inc. | FL-GenWeb Logo by Becky Scott
To
add Touch icon for mobile devices.
These images are already in our root folder. They do not
appear on your web site.
They are for mobile users to save a short cut to
your sites on
there phone.
But improve your search stats considerably.
1. Open the page in Kompozer (or
your Favorite page creation
software) you want to put the code in
2. In your <head> tag add this code:
<link
rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120"
href="/apple-touch-icon-120x120-precomposed.png" /> <link
rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152"
href="/apple-touch-icon-152x152-precomposed.png" />
3.
Hit Save at the top. (You
will not see the buttons when it goes back to normal mode)
5. Load it through FTP
6. Now your done. (unless you want to check it working on
your phone.)
To check that it is working on your phone...
1. Pull up your browser on your phone.
2. Type in the web address to the county you just put the
code on.
3. Click options on your browser window.
4. Click add to home screen.
5. When you close the browser the logo will appear on your
home screen.
These steps may not work with your phone. But it is how I add
short cuts on mine.
To
add Facebook like and share button to your Index
Face Book Like and Share buttons
1. Open the page in
Kompozer (or
your Favorite page creation
software)
you want to put
the code in
2. In your
<body> tag add this code:
<div
id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src =
"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
3. Scroll down to where you want to place the buttons and add this code:
<div
class="fb-like"
data-href="http://fl-genweb.com/"
data-layout="standard"
data-action="like" data-size="small" data-show-faces="false"
data-share="true"></div>
4. Change the address in
the code above (marked in
blue) to your
county address.
(Example:
www.fl-genweb.org/baker/)
5.
Hit Save at the top. (You
will not see the buttons when it goes back to normal mode)
6. Load it through
FTP
7. Now pull up your index
. (You
May need to refresh)
But you should see these
buttons where you placed them.
8. Hit the like button on
your page, Now hit the Share button
.
In the share text box you
can add any updates to your page.
Then Hit Post.
Watch the magic happen on your Facebook wall!
Here
is a link for a Free OCR.
Here is a link for a free OCR
Free OCR is Optical Character Recognition Software for
Windows
and
supports scanning from most Twain scanners and can also open most
scanned PDF's and multi page Tiff images as well as popular image file
formats. FreeOCR outputs plain text and can export directly to
Microsoft Word format.
http://www.paperfile.net/download.html
Image
Gallery
Here is a link to the css
code for a Image Gallery
This is a purely CSS based
image gallery that displays larger
versions
of thumbnail images dynamically when the mouse hovers over them.
This site also has alot of other thing's you might
find use for within your sites.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/css-image-gallery/
KompoZer
Here is a link to the
program. It's free and easy to use.
KompoZer is designed to be
extremely easy to use, making it
ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an
attractive, professional- looking web site without needing to know HTML
or web coding.
Just follow the on screen directions to download.
http://www.kompozer.net/
NVU
Here is a link to the
program. It's free and easy to use.
Just follow the on screen directions to download.
http://www.nvu.com/
WS_FTP
Just follow the on screen
directions to download.
http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/wsftple/dlwsftple.html
Setting
up a new connection using FTP LE 95
If you are setting up your
ftp le 95 for the first time or need to make a new connection.
Open your Ftp Program. You should be looking at the General
tab.
1. Hit the New button.
2. Now in the Profile Name section type whatever you want to call this
entry point. I use the county name or nickname for my counties in the
case I have more than one county under a entry point. for instance
harun. But you can use whatever you like.
3. Now in the Host Name/Address: section type home290598152.1and1-data.host
4. Now in the Host Type: section it should be set to Automatic detect.
5. Now in the User ID: section type your own should be u53966852- something
6. Now in the Password: section is your own password no spaces but make sure to use
captials where needed also any other -. Mark the save PWD. If not
it will continue to ask you for a password over and over.
7. Now in the Account: section
This should be left
Blank
8. Click apply at the bottom
9. Click ok.
