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A comment on the question "Help with uploading flash slideshows with javascript." in Yola:

hi

the following was provided by jason to help me embed my xml slideshow without the need to upload the .js file it came with.

<!--
<object width="200" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="resources/myswffile.swf">
<embed src="resources/myswffile.swf" width="200" height="400" flashvars="file=resources/xmlfilename.xml&autostart=true">
</embed>
</object>
-->

you need to change the width, height and file path names.

hope this helps

michelle – michelle, on August 26, 2009 23:00

michelle replied on April 20, 2009 02:50 to the question "html editing!" in Yola:

sorry donald - i assumed you had edited the html and added the font tags yourself because i didn't think any of the code yola generates uses font tags. if you haven't added the font tags in yourself it's probably best not to change it.

i haven't used any text widgets on my site so i'm not sure if it's normal for the text widget to use font tags, but i did just have a look at the text widget on my test site and i can't see it generating any font tags like the ones i can see in your source - it may be related to your template?

i would say again that since they're not doing you any harm there's no need to worry

michelle replied on April 20, 2009 02:14 to the question "html editing!" in Yola:

have you used a text or html widget to enter your code with the font tags? can you post a link to the relevant page and your code here for me to look at?

michelle replied on April 20, 2009 01:44 to the question "html editing!" in Yola:

hi donald

did you write the code you are editing yourself?

the error message you previously posted came up because <font> tags are deprecated (not considered best practice), but from my understanding using them wont hurt your ranking/display of pages either.

if you remove the <font> tags correctly the text they format will revert to the CSS formatting of you page. if you want to retain your current formatting but still want to remove the <font> tags you will need to replace them with CSS.</font></font></font>

michelle replied on April 16, 2009 02:49 to the question "Image manipulation" in Yola:

Hi Peter

If the solid area of the background is a simple shape you could try creating a new shape layer and arranging it so it appears as the background (so the shape just covers the area you want to appear solid) or copy and paste the image you want as the solid background into a new layer.

A comment on the question "I need Flash help" in Yola:

Hi Tina

What file type(s) does your flash template need to function? Will you just be embedding a single swf or will you need to upload other files to the file manager?

Yola has no completely blank templates, where you can uses your flash template and it will be the only part visible on your page, but there are ways to work around this to make certain templates almost completely blank.

Providing you don't need to upload any prohibited file types for your flash template to work, you may be able to use it inside of a yola template. – michelle, on April 15, 2009 23:53

A comment on the question "I'd like to change the main fonts" in Yola:

dear all - i'm very sorry for whomever used the code i posted and has lost their work. i should heave made more clear that the button code was only an idea i had after looking at a previous thread. i am currently using the code from my original post on my live sites but this doesn't mean it's compatible with all templates or that i wont have trouble in future.
again i am very sorry for the trouble this has caused. – michelle, on April 05, 2009 23:48

A comment on the question "I'd like to change the main fonts" in Yola:

thanks peter - i didn't know about the file names. i'll have to edit the ones i have with this in mind! – michelle, on April 02, 2009 04:03

A comment on the question "I'd like to change the main fonts" in Yola:

hi littleus - i haven't tried my code on any other template except cleanslate...
i did manage to add a background image to the default menu by adding the following code to my original above (and change the font style, weight, etc)

<!--
span.button {
background-image: url('resources/button.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
border: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
white-space: pre;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}
--!>

you need to add <!--<span style="button"> menu item </span>--!> in the 'edit menu' section - the same method as in the link you posted below. you need to adjust with the spacing before and after your menu heading (what the white-space: pre is for), and the padding so the image fits.

i've only just had quick play around, but it seems like you can change the default menu's font style/weight/colour/background or even add text as an (background) image. i've been hesitant to move away from the default menu because i read google can't tell what images are, and that text is always better for SEO. i know others here have used various menu generators, but i'm going to experiment with this method further because i'm unsure (i did see boomer's caution below too so my method may not be good either)

... anyway it's always fun trying out new stuff :) – michelle, on April 02, 2009 03:55

A comment on the question "I'd like to change the main fonts" in Yola:

hi littleus

this is the code i have used. i have it in a separate html widget on each of my pages, but it will only change the appearance of your main text if you are using html widgets, not text widgets.

michelle

<!--
<!--<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: small;
color: #666666;
}
.style2 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: small;
color: #88CC00;
}
a:link {
color: #666666;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited {
color: #666666;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
color: #88CC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:active {
color: #666666;
text-decoration: underline;
}
body,td,th {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #666666;
}
-->

--!>
--!> – michelle, on March 31, 2009 03:22

michelle replied on March 31, 2009 02:14 to the question "I'd like to change the main fonts" in Yola:

Hi

I'm sure there are a couple of methods to change the default font color/size of the menu buttons (and to make them change color when you hover over with your mouse).

I have done this on my site www.bodyfocus.net.au let me know if this is what you're after and i will post code.

michelle

michelle replied on March 16, 2009 00:42 to the question "web crawl errors - google webmaster" in Yola:

thanks peter - i just updated my site and haven't had any errors prior to this, so i was a bit worried.

michelle asked a question in Yola on March 16, 2009 00:22:

web crawl errors - google webmaster

Hi

I have the following web crawl errors on my google webmaster account. Is it a problem? I've never had an error message like this before - i don't think it's even pointing to a link that people should be accessing, but the link to a .swf file in my file manager (there are actually four of these links showing as errors).

URLs restricted by robots.txt:
http://www.bodyfocus.net.au/resources...

Can anyone let me know if i need to take any action or if this will resolve itself. Thanks, michelle.

michelle replied on March 13, 2009 08:27 to the question "Help with coding please" in Yola:

Hi

Have you tried just adding border="0" to the actual img part of your code, like...

<!--<img src="yourimage" border="0">--!>

i'm sure i have used this before to fix unwanted borders... sorry if it doesn't work. michelle

michelle replied on March 11, 2009 04:41 to the discussion "Let's shout out and share our sites!" in Yola:

Hi All

My site is http://www.bodyfocus.net.au

Any feedback much appreciated - especially regarding load time (too slow to load, etc)

A comment on the question "embed flash content" in Yola:

Hi again

i have finally figured out the problem with IE and it had nothing to do with jason's code (which is working fine now). i have a mac and us safari as my main browser, IE is on the windows side of my mac and i just use it for testing my site... anyway, apparently IE was missing some plug-in from Adobe so when i actually fixed this, my flash file is playing fine.

thanks for providing a great service... even to those who obviously don't know what they're doing :)

michelle – michelle, on February 16, 2009 00:54

michelle started following the question "My flash player wont play content..." in Yola.

michelle replied on February 15, 2009 23:51 to the question "embed flash content" in Yola:

hi jason

sorry for not responding sooner. i spent the weekend updating my site, which would i should have had done last week but was trying to resolve this issue with flash instead.

i tried the code you suggested but it's no go. i did manage to edit it so that it's working in safari and firefox, but IE is still a mess.

it looks like there is someone else with the same question as mine so i'll just follow that thread and see how it goes.

i am under the impression that the SWFObject method of bedding flash that uses the active content js file is the standard method of embedding now. if this is correct, is synathsite giong to address this, maybe a widget that enables the js file to be accessed (if this is possible)?

i have been very happy with synthasite's product and service so far and this is the only problem i've ever had that couldn't be easily resolved.

thank you

michelle

michelle replied on February 12, 2009 01:57 to the question "embed flash content" in Yola:

Hi Emmy

I have both the .swf and .xml files and my image files uploaded to my file manager. The banner is xml driven, so the html i put on my page needs to link back to .swf as well as the .xml because that's what's organising the images to go into the banner.

I'm sorry I can't explain any better than this because I don't know the correct terms myself. I have been able to make the banner work in Firefox, but a whole load of junk displays in IE.

Wayne's code above doesn't include the code needed to implement the .xml.

Please let me know if you have solution.

Thanks for your help

Michelle

michelle replied on February 12, 2009 00:03 to the question "embed flash content" in Yola:

Hi Emmy

Thanks for getting back to me. How do I include code pointing to the .xml file that drives my banner in Waynes code?