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• Posted by: Zoey_NEOhio (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:36

Amen! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

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• Posted by: Motherof3Sons (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:38

Thanks for the lesson Weed! Next question - how do you get a picture to appear in the text of a message?

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• Posted by: Momto4Kids (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:44

Further, how do you get the picture to appear as a small image in the middle of a text message? I can get the picture, but it can be huge. I don't know how to shrink it!

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:45

Mother: I don't usually recommend this, because unless the images are medium/small, they will take people who have dialup a long time to download, which is even more irritating than doing the old copy and paste. If you don't know how to resize pictures to about 500 x 300 pixels or smaller, please don't do it. Posting a photo in the message: This code: <img src=https://pbase.com/image/26736161.jpg> Turns out like this: Please note that you can do NEITHER of these functions if the photo is on your computer only. The photo must be hosted somewhere on the internet. I use pbase.com and it is very reasonable with lots of storage space and NO ADS. $23 per year is a bargain. Many of the free hosting sites will not let you use the second code that puts the photo in your message...costs them bandwidth. You can use the first code virtually anywhere...link to pics on the web, your website, etc.

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• Posted by: Mizzou_KX (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:52

Man, I knew there was a way but had NO CLUE where to start. Thanks for the info. Any more pointers?

making pix smaller

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:55

Mom24: You have to resize the picture with photo editing software. Remember, 500 x 300 or less if possible. (The pic above is 187 x 200) Once it is resized, upload it to your photo host and then use the code described above. If you don't have photo editing software, you can get a free and nifty program called Irfanview here. It is a small program and will not mess up your computer.

tips on photos

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 13:59

Mizzou, I just HIGHLY recommend pbase.com to host photos. The price really is a bargain, and having no banner ads etc. like the free sites is terrific. They might still have a free trial period so you can take it for a spin. I can't believe they only charge $23 per year for so much storage space. I like it for sending photos to family and friends too. Instead of emailing large attachments, I just send a link to my pbase page. They can decide if they want the photo, save it to their own PC and print it out on photo paper for themselves. If I think of any more tips, I'll add them later.

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• Posted by: Sharon_G_in_MA (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:00

Oh God bless you Weed!!! I was going to ask but I was too embarrassed. (I would insert "embarrassed face" here but I don't know how. HEY!! You can't leave without telling us how to make those faces!!)

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• Posted by: Blucy2 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:09

Thank you Thank you Thank you I love learning this new little tidbits....

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:09

Sharon...here ya go... I collected those smileys here and there on the internet. When I found one I liked, I would right click on it and use "Save Picture As..." to save it on my pc. Then I went to pbase and uploaded them there. You can't see that gallery when you go to my pbase page (I don't think you can anyway) because some people were linking to my smilies. Linking to pictures on a site that someone else is paying for is considered bad manners, and actually may end up costing that person money because of the increased bandwidth usage. So when you want someone else's pic and it's not copyrighted, be nice and save it to your pc first. There is a way for you to figure out the URL of my smilies, but I ain't tellin' ya! Anyone who wants them can email me and I'll send them to you as an attachment. I'd have to get them all into one first, so that might take a day or two.

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• Posted by: Buglady_DE (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:12

weed--You just crack me up!!! Thanks so much for the education!! You are great. Love your emotiocons or whatever they are, lol! Now about pbase. I see that lots of folks here use it and the pics look great and all, but when I read their fine print I thought they said linking to boards like this was a no-no. Did I misunderstand?? Or are you guys using pbase here just being naughty! LOL! Thanks again!

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• Posted by: civilmind (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:13

Thanks Weed! I like the pic you inserted of Mr. Depp. (hubba hubba)

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• Posted by: Katalina (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:17

Forgive me my sins, but can't you just copy and paste the address instead of actually typing all that?

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• Posted by: MaggieL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:18

Can I add a tidbit here? When you do an initial posting and want to put in a clickable link, there is no place to do it on the initial page, but once you hit preview you can add it on the bottom of the preview page before you post it. If you have more than one link use the href mentioned above for the extras. It also helps if you test you links from your preview page before posting and to check whether you have made the photos public if need be.

linking and Mr. Depp

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:19

Buglady, linking is a No-no if you didn't pay for pbase; ie you are using the free trial. I have never had a problem. Except for my smilies, I still prefer the clickable link. Pictures right in the post are h*ll for people with dialup. civilmind - hubba hubba is right...when I look at that photo, my mind ain't so civil!

Katalina & Maggie

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:22

Katalina, yes, you can just copy and paste the address. All you actually have to type in are the commands...<a href=....>and the others. MaggieL, thanks for adding that. So many people don't catch that. Type your message, hit preview, scroll down to the edit section below the preview and below that is the box for your URL.

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• Posted by: Fairegold (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:24

Weed---can you add this to the FAQ section over in appliances? So I won't forget it all tomorrow?.... Thanks! BTW, anyone see the previews of that new movie with Mr. Depp in glasses and looking very good? Whew...

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• Posted by: sheshebop (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:24

weed, Is that html code? I finally did a link last week, but I just cut and pasted it. Sheshebop

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• Posted by: Zolablue (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:26

This is great! Many thanks! ;^D (Now if you just post a picture of Ralph Fiennes or Colin Firth...yum.)

html and Fairegold

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:30

Yes it's html. The chicken beaks (greater than and less than signs) around the proper commands make the code execute. You must use the commands exactly as typed, leave a space where there is a space shown, and no spaces otherwise. Fairegold, I can put a post over there linking to this one.

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• Posted by: kimmers71 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:33

One other tip so that when clicking on the link, it will open in a new page. Place the URL in quotes, add a comma, then type target=new_window. See below: "http://www.myknobs.com/aqdehaandbaa172.html", target=new_window Aquabrass fixtures OR you can right click on the link and click Open in New Window. I really hate it when I click on a link and it opens in the same browser window. Thanks Weed!

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• Posted by: Elizabeth_B (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:33

LMAO Weed, please don't hold back, tell us how you feel! It'd be kinda nice if we could have a lasting "How To" page and/or a lasting page on some of the more FAQ. Elizabeth :)

faq

• Posted by: kimmers71 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:38

Completley agree with you Elizabeth! Especially one with acronyms. There is a thread on the Building Forum that is pretty comical. It all started with someone asking what DH stands for. I still don't know what YMMV stands for. Kris

kimmers and Elizabeth

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:40

kimmers, no, thank YOU! I didn't know that one! YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary Elizabeth, we can have a FAQ page on any forum, but one of us has to maintain it. The other problem is the link to the FAQ is up top. You know how people are, they don't look around first and just post a question. I plan on saving this thread for future use!

Here is a link that might be useful: Example of FAQ on soil forum (it's really good btw!)

ymmv

• Posted by: MaggieL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:41

you're mileage may vary

Weed

• Posted by: kimmers71 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:46

Weed - Your welcome. Glad you brought it up! I'm currently taking web design classes so all this stuff is fresh in the mind! You can actually name the target anything you want but new_window fits the action you want it to take.

re: faq

• Posted by: kimmers71 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 14:50

Me again :) I looked at the Soil Forum's FAQ and that would be great to have here! Especially when people ask frame vs. frameless, what is full extension, MDF vs. particle board vs. plywood, etc. etc. If they ask, we can point them to the FAQ rather than us doing a search for them or wading through our many saved threads. I should really get back to work. Gosh, I have NO ambition today!

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• Posted by: kecs (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:02

Weed, You're a god, thanks, and I've been a terrible ignoramus on this very issue of linking. Kris

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• Posted by: BargainHunter (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:06

Please, please don't use the target=new_window code or you'll be despised by people with the more recent browsers that can have multiple tabs (different web pages on each tab, but all in the same window). As was pointed out, I strongly recommend you leave people the choice of right-clicking and selecting how they want to open the link if they prefer to leave their current window alone when following another link. Another reason to embed the html code around the URL (or just use the "Link" boxes below the Message area) is to avoid pasting those ultra-long URLS into your post as plain text. Otherwise, the forum software stretches the page width to the full length of the URL, which then requires horizontal scrolling to read each line throughout the entire thread. That's also a real PITA when it happens. Lastly, there are some posters who apparently don't edit their posts directly in the Message box or perhaps insert typewrite-style carriage returns at the end of every line even if not at the end of the paragraph. The end result is posts that don't wrap "normally", and usually format more like newspaper columns, which leads to excessive vertical scrolling. The forum software will handle line wrapping within the Message box and as displayed on the resulting web page, so there's no need to force a return at the end of every line. IMHO, this is somewhat less offensive than being too wide, but still makes for unpleasant reading.

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• Posted by: voxfire (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:11

thanks, weed! even though i've linked before, I posted over in the test area just in case, and it worked. it's easier for us Mac people- no fancy commands- all we have to do is put in the address http:// www. etc, etc,

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:13

kecs, that's GODDESS (hehe) BargainHunter - thanks for the tip on the new window. And yes, those ultra long URLS copied into a post as plain text that stretch the page are maddening!

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• Posted by: jenintheuk (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:26

I have a question please, how can you tell if someone is linking to a picture on your website? I've seen people with pictures on their sites that I know they've got off mine, and I know not to directly link to images on others' sites myself, but it hadn't occurred that they could be doing it to me! Eek!

Here is a link that might be useful: or not, my site, which has nothing to do with kitchens AT ALL!

people linking to your website pics

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:32

jen, when you find a photo on another site that you think is yours, right click on the photo, then look at "Properties". If the URL that shows up is yours, then they are direct linking to your website. You can send them an email asking to stop. What is MORE fun is to change the photo on your website to something, um...interesting ;) Then it will show up on their site. (wish I had an evil grin smiley...)

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• Posted by: jenintheuk (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:41

I thought that would be one way - I was hoping there might be another. Since your suggestion requires that I find the sites first! It's OK if they have a link to my site too, as I have tracking and go to check out what they're saying about us, but if they're just nicking my pics... oh well. I like the picture swap idea! cheers Jennifer

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• Posted by: happytime_ca (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:47

What perfect timing for this post. I am with PBase (paid) on weed's reccomendation, but I am still having problems posting, pictures (always) & links sometimes. Just today I tried to post on the cooking, Kitchen table, and on the test forum. I have the commands correct, but I am going to my picture, right clicking on properties, then pasting the properties into the command link, is that wrong? should I go to the address line and copy that instead? Weed or anyone please help...

nicking pix

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:47

Jennifer, I did a Google search and you will probably find something to fix your site:

Here is a link that might be useful: Google search

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• Posted by: GinaNY (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 15:55

I've been guilty of linking a pic right off the manuf website (bad girl! I was lazy) but its a riot when its done via Ebay. I had one guy link the pic from one of my completed auctions for a Braun electric toothbrush to his current auction. When I realized this, I swapped out the picture and put a dirty old nailbrush (you know, like something to scrub the floor with) in its place LOL! That was funny.

pic-nicking

• Posted by: jenintheuk (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 16:00

Thanks Weed, I'll see if I can get my head round that. Or just keep a stricter eye out for sites with pics of John Tams on, it's in my self-written job description anyway! Jennifer

pbase urls

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 16:00

happytime_ca: Don't use the properties URL on pbase. Open your picture, copy the URL from the address bar, then add .jpg to the end of that URL. If you use the URL off the properties box, it will only work for a short time, if at all. (Notice all the extra wording in the properties URL.)

happytime

• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 16:07

happytime: I posted to your post at the test forum with the correct command language. LOL @ Gina!!

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• Posted by: measure_twice (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 16:14

I encourage everyone to google for "html tutorial" and pick one you like. You should find a few thousand. The ones at universities (.edu) are usually a good choice. The stuff is actually very easy taken one step at a time. Then test your effort in the test forum. And the code for that link was < a href = "http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/test/" target=tf> test forum </a> Yep, you can do <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i> an' all kindza funky stuff. I do it for a living, but consider it like do-it-yourself web remodeling!

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• Posted by: Momto4Kids (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 16:56

I am so glad you posted this. Even though I've played around on the Test forum, it doesn't attract a lot of attention. I didn't know how do do smaller pictures. I have Camedia, so I can resize my pix. I don't like posting pix that way, unless it's really, really necessary (which is unusual). I used to be able to do the clickable link within my text, but Webshots won't let me do it anymore. I joined pbase, but can't find my password! Easy fix! Thank you again! Deb

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• Posted by: McFlyfi (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 17:13

You CAN resize the picture if it is hosted in a larger format- instead of just < img src= yoururlhere > modify the size by changing the script to read < img height=200 width=300 src=yoururlhere > It will not affect the SIZE of the file, but will shrink it down to a smaller size (200x300 pixels in the case above, or whatever you decide to use)

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 17:30

Mcflyfi - that's great to know! Will the size of the file still load slowly for dialup, despite less pixels?

File size

• Posted by: McFlyfi (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 17:45

Weed-YES!! The file is still the same size as hosted, you're just changing the way it looks, size-wise on the user end. So, a large file, adjusted for size on a bb using the script, will STILL load slowly for dial up. But it will fit better on the bb format- no scrolling off the end to fit an "original" size photo.

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• Posted by: MTnester (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 20:02

Well, about the only part of this discussion that I understand is Johnny Depp, but I must say, I've enjoyed the "education"! I just bought one of those single-use Kodak digital cameras that gives you the option of receiving a CD with your prints. Haven't used it yet, as I intend to take some "before" and "after" photos with it when our remodel gets started. I guess I'll open a PBase account when I'm ready to post. Thanks for the info, Weed (and everyone else)! Sue

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• Posted by: kltaylor (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 23:03

Anyone know what "a href" and "src" stand for? "img" is "image," presumably.

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 04 at 23:36

src = "source" a href = "hypertext reference link"

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• Posted by: Monicakm (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 8:01

Weed, you lost me...I haven't read anything after the JD picture :)) But I did just REorder the Pirate movie from Netflix!! Monica

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 8:42

He is rather yummy looking in that movie, isn't he?

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• Posted by: Char5279 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 8:53

Weed and everyone, not at all sure that I understand this but will give it a try next time. Char

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• Posted by: Elizabeth_B (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 9:05

Not to cause anymore confusion, but it seems to me it is just as easy to open a separate browser (Internet Explorer) window, find the page to which you want to create a link, highlight the address, right click your mouse and hit copy, then come back to this page, put the mouse in the optional link box and right click again and this time hit paste. That works for me, much easier than remembering html and I'm only constrained by the speed of the connection. If you are using AOL for your connection, you can minimize it, double click the big blue E on your desktop and you'll get an Internet Explorer screen that will take you to where you want to go. I routinely have 3 or 4 separate windows open so I can follow different pages. Elizabeth

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• Posted by: Pammo (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 9:12

ditto Elizabeth

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 9:15

Elizabeth and Pammo, yes, that is usually what I do. The method I listed was for people that want to have more than one link in a single post. ie: they want to show the tile, counter and cabinets for opinions on if they go together. Very often, space for only one link using the Optional Link URL box is not enough.

Clickable Thumbnails!

• Posted by: sscutchen (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 10:13

Here's another useful tip... How to post clickable thumbnails. This way you can post a picture to the forum that is small. As Weed said, posting large pictures to the forum is bad form! But you can set it up so that when someone CLICKS on the photo, a large image comes up. You need two versions of your picture. The thumbnail should be no bigger than 300 x 200. I use around 200 x 150. The full size version is usually best at 640 x 480, so that folks that have their monitors set to LARGE TEXT can see the whole picture. In my example, the thumbnail picture is at: and the fullsize picture is at: The HTML code is a combination of the two types Weed posted: <a HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~sscutchen/P9151272.JPG"><img SRC="http://home.earthlink.net/~sscutchen/P9151272s.JPG"></a> and it looks like this: Right click and select open in new window if you don't want to "overwrite" the forum page.

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 11:04

Pretty kitchen!!! And there in your post is a great example of "stretching the forum". The html code line is long, which widened the page, so now one has to scroll back and forth to see the whole thing. This illustrates what happens when someone copies and pastes just a web address only (no link) and the address is very long. Not criticizing you sscutchen, glad it happened so others would see what was referred to earlier.

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• Posted by: elenkao (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 11:10

Oh my. So much technical stuff. Weed, you made my day just by posting Johnny Depp. That's enough for me!

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• Posted by: littlebitofheaven (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 14:37

Johnny Depp is a babe..I'm not sure about this technical stuff either. I don't even have a digital camera yet. I'll have to catch up later.

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• Posted by: sscutchen (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 14:37

And Weed, I actually REDUCED the font size of the HTML parts in my post, in order to try to minimize the stretch! My screen resolution runs 1024x768. And my browser default font size is on the smaller side. So all of the HTML code fit for me without scrolling. But as I said when suggesting BIG pictures be no bigger then 640x480, many folks can have settings that are quite a bit different.

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• Posted by: Momto4Kids (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 14:47

Steve and weed30--I'm just a little confused about the "stretch" thing. Does this vary for different people? In reading these posts, I don't get one of those really long lines that go out to the right forever. I have seen that, but I'm not getting it here. But, weed30, if I understand you correctly, you do get a line that goes on. Right? And Steve, from your post, I get that whole string in nearly microscopic type. So, does weed30 not see it like I see it? This has been a great help. If the issue is that wide, seemingly no right margin line...yes, I want to avoid doing that to people. Short answer...what causes this to be different for different people? Our computers? Our internet provider? Just curious, without getting too techy! I definitely need to save this thread!! Deb

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• Posted by: Linda_S (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 15:16

SSCutchen, love your kitchen, what color are the walls? Weed, I have a 17" monitor and did not get the wrap effect! If I had a 15" would it make that difference? Linda S

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• Posted by: sscutchen (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 15:39

MomTo4Kids: When I entered the text to show the HTML code, I used a FONT tag to reduce it one size from whatever the user has as their default, like this: I hoped this would make it fit better, but without making it too small to read. The default is set by each person's browser preferences. Linda_S: The color is Sherwin Williams Nubby Wool. I'm not sure it is a current color still, but I'd theink they'd still be able to look up the formula. Thanks for the kind words on the kitchen! Here's what we started with! Someone said it looked like a hospital nurse station!

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 16:34

OMG it DOES look like a hospital nurses station! You did an outstanding job on your remodel!

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• Posted by: Shaun (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 17:14

Thanks for the lesson!!

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• Posted by: Momto4Kids (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 17:57

weed...save this post and repost it every 6 months for the newcomers! It's great! Steve...you're kitchen is beautiful. In the first picture, is that a bay window in the room off the kitchen or some fancy "bump out" work with the walls? Are you in a gallery somewhere to see more pix? Deb

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• Posted by: heatherk9 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 18:38

Weed, I loved your post and thought it was hilarious! I could feel your pain. I feel badly for everyone out there who was suffering in silence. I only just figured out how to get line drawings into posts, with the help of a nice guy in the remodeling forum. Question: I don't understand why people don't just use the "optional link url" box available after the "message" box. Am I missing something? For anyone who's interested, here is a link to HTML Goodies. It gives you slightly more non-tech background on Weed's topic. Weed's post is the best, however. Heather

Here is a link that might be useful: HTML Goodies

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• Posted by: weed30 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 04 at 19:02

heatherk9 - Thanks ;) The way the posting is set up here causes people to not use the URL box. When you start a new post, there is no "Optional Link URL". You have to write your post, then click Preview, then scroll down below the Preview to the editing area. Below *that* is the first time you see the URL box. If you've been here for awhile, you figure it out. Shaun & Mom24, thanks/you're welcome!

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• Posted by: BunnySlippers (My Page) on Sat, Mar 13, 04 at 7:37

Bump

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• Posted by: BargainHunter (My Page) on Sat, Mar 13, 04 at 10:02