h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Pamela, Welcome to h2g2

I'm Emmily one of the many <./>ACEs</.> (Assistant Community Editors) We're here to offer you a warm welcome advice & links to help you find your way around

I'm a real person not an automated computer programme to find out about me click on my name above this conversation post you can do that on anyones name in any conversation thread

If your here via digibox you'll find these links useful
For digibox friendly Plain Skin A948602
For Friends of Leisure District U201567
The FoLDers Arms A913150

Have a & put your feet up relax & let your fingers do the walking

You can click on any of the links

You can click <./>userdetails</.> or 'Preferences' on the screen to change your number to a name or to change the skin (background) there are 3 to choose from brunel alabaster or classic goo you might like to experiment a bit see which one you prefer to use

You might like to hitch a ride on our <./>DontPanic-Tour</.>

These are just a few of the great list of A155909 <./>Smileys</.> you can choose from

The slang used here can be a bit confusing h2Jargon - A632431 or h2g2 Glossary - A901829 explains most of it

You can customise your space using what is available through h2g2 Spicing up Your Page - A690518 gives some good advice I'm also a Guru so I can help with any GuideML problems you may have

You may find 'Hints and Links for New Researchers' - A719840 useful

Like most communities we have Clubs & Societies You can find out about these - A660340

If your interested in writing for the Guide Writing-Guidelines is a good place to start

You can click this link <./>RandomEditedEntry</.> Though where it goes nobody knows

Another couple of things we have a tag which displays the name of the researcher visiting the page so don't be concerned if you see your name on someone's space that researcher is just using tag some of them are quite amusing but harmless

And the 'eyes' next to a researchers name show they are online

Hope you find these helpful & you enjoy yourself here to reply to this post If you have any questions or if you just want to say 'hi' click 'reply' below

Emmily

Hello Emmily . Thanks for the welcome. I am having some problems finding my way around here. Sorting it out as I go along.I have tried to put a picture on My Space, but haven't made it yet . When I get the hang of it I'd like to put some poems there,with pictures. So I will probably be back to you for Help. Bye for now From Pamela.

Hello Pamela and Emmily.

Pamela, Emmily has used a digibox so she understands the difficulties of not using a computer.

Emmily, Pamela is using a a set top box, which is the problems of digibox but she has to pay for the phone calls too.

I replied to Pamela on the other thread as she Guestbooked me, just thought I would drop in here too.

Hello Emmily.I said I'd come baek when I had a problem.
First question: How do I do a fancy line break like the one on your page.
Second: If I want a line of smilies do I have to write every one or is there an easy way.
Third; How do I get plain blocks of coloured background that I can write on. Thanks. From Pamela.

1. Type in the place where you would like the line.

I will leave the other questions for emmily to answer.

*waves* Hi and Thanks BrownFurby

Hi Pamela, Sorry It's taken me so long to reply.

Ah, so your using what I would call a Web TV, my friend had/has one of those, he didn't get on with it, I can't remember much about it, or what he could do with it.

The fancy line break is a blob from Picture Library the code is


Fraid I don't know of any easy way to insert a line of smilies.

The third question, I really should know, erm I'll get back to you soon on that, or ask someone else too.

If I remember correctly, a Web TV has an address bar. If you see a blob, or something you like on someone's space you can delete the U of thier ID number and replace it with testuserpage or if you see something in an article, where the ID starts with an A delete the A and replace with test. Hope I've explained that ok, and not confused you, it's after 2am and I'm

Emmily

I asked about your third question, this is the reply I got

(Your chosen colour/code)


YAYAYAYAYAYAY! Plain block of coloured background that I can write on




Hope that helps

Emmily

Hello Emmily. Thanks for the reply. It's taken me three hours .to get a square with writing on. Problem now is it's too high up. I wanted it opposite the picture. How can I close the gap.
From Pamela.

Sorry Pamela, but I think you may need someone more experienced with using colour blocks than me. I've been trying but get the same as you, the colour box above the picture. Suggest you ask at the Guru Home page.

On the picture code you can change the "CENTER" TO "LEFT" or "RIGHT"

Good luck with it

Emmily

I'm back again Been thinking about your problem, you could try inserting the picture inside the coloured box. You might need to test see if it's better above or below the text.

Another colour box you could try



Enter text here.



You can 'play' with this, changing it until it's how you like it.

The FACE is the font type if you don't have access here's just a few choices - Ariel, Bangle, Tohoma, Verdana

You can find out about colour codes - Web Safe Colour A623242 or Font Colour Code A529715

Have fun

Emmily

Hello Emmily. I've got another problem now. The first colour block I did yesterday was on the left hand side.It only came out on Alabaster.It wasn't on the other skins, and when I went to EDIT ,the GuideML I'd written for it wasn't on there. I read the FAQs and it said that guide entries can take 24 hours to show up,so I thought it would turn up later. I then wrote in a GuideML for the right hand block. That one has come out too low down,BUT the left hand block has completely disappeared. Can I get it back, or do I have to write it in again? Sorry if I've given you problems. If theres a wrong way to do it, Nobody does it like me. Pamela.

Your page looks great Pamela, glad you got it sorted, I've not be around for about a week.

Emmily

Hi Emmily. Thanks for the compliment. I got some help from Alan M6791 and I looked in the GuideMl Clinic. It is getting easier. I'll do some more poems soon. Drop in again anytime. From Pamela.