My Blog Problems

[LittleSin]

So, I recently started a blog that links to here. This isn't a promotion though.

<small><a href="http://hels-take-on.blogspot.com/">Hel's Take On...!</a> </small>

I come to you guys because yesterday I put up pictures on my blog (
<small><a href="http://hels-take-on.blogspot.com/">Hel's Take On...!</a> </small>) and they worked. I'm trying to use the same html code today and the bloody thing won't work on any of my pics. They just don't show up. Here it is:

<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/littlesin/Bread12.jpg" />

Can you guys tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong? It's driving me friggin nuts.

Edit: WTF?! I can't html anything?! Am I stupid today?!

 

[Cuyval Dar]

Get a blo...Oh,wait.

 

[Wasabi Poptart]

HTML is turned off for posting replies on the forum, so that's why the code isn't working here. As for your other problems, I have no idea. Sorry.

 

[drifter]

<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/littlesin/Bread12.jpg" />

Not terribly familiar with html, but the forward slash right before the end bracket shouldn't be there, should it?

 

[Cuyval Dar]

Use

 

[Cat]

Not terribly familiar with html, but the forward slash right before the end bracket shouldn't be there, should it?

The forward slash should be correct.

 

[drifter]

The forward slash should be correct.

So you can close a tag by putting a slash at the end like that? Or is that just for images?

 

[Cuyval Dar]

So you can close a tag by putting a slash at the end like that? Or is that just for images?

Any tag, like this: [code ] [ /code]

 

[drifter]

Any tag, like this: [code ] [ /code]

Ah, yes, that I know. However, per LittleSin's example, her tag looked more like [code="stuff"/]. That is what I meant by my question to Cat

 

[drifter]

It's called XHTML

Ohhhh. I see my prior experience with Microsoft Frontpage has not prepared me for this brave new world of your newfangled webbery

 

[drifter]

Hey, you gotta start somewhere!

 

[Fun Size]

Xemacs is the best for home work, although I have become too comfortable in the trappings of Visual Studio at work. Still, all the HTML is done in the text editor, so I maintain my shiny nerdcore status.

 

[LittleSin]

Alrighty! Thanks guys! Fixed it last night, I just have to add my other pics today.

That being said, where should I host my photos? I don't have the cash to plunk down on a dedicated server or Photobucket pro.

 

[Dave]

Alrighty! Thanks guys! Fixed it last night, I just have to add my other pics today.

That being said, where should I host my photos? I don't have the cash to plunk down on a dedicated server or Photobucket pro.

How many photos are you going to host? I'd either go with Tinypic or hosting them right on your own host server. Unless you are using a blog service where you don't have the cPanel access.

 

[Fun Size]

That or Flickr. Also a free service. They allow a limited amount of downloads a month unless you want to pay, but I've never reached it.

 

[Covar]

Vi - Greatest text editor ever.

That said use notepad++ over vanilla notepad, its incrementally better.

xhtml brings alot of changes to the table, including not needing matching closing tags for elements that shouldn't need them i.e. <br /> & <img />. In addition it brings alot more consistency with how you are able to write xhtml, a godsend.

 

[Andromache]

I code by hand, it's the only way to go really.

my god you're one of THOSE

/hides behind Coda.

 

[Tinwhistler]

my god you're one of THOSE

/hides behind Coda.

Yeah, I'm one of those, too.

Notepad was the only way to code HTML when I started.

Hell, I even revert to notepad to change .aspx pages if I don't need to change the underlying source code.

 

[quandofloo]

I use a program called Edit Plus. It is essentially a notepad editor with more robust search and replace features. I don't do much HTML work though. Mine is mostly for maintaining SQL scripts and opening C# or VB files that I don't want to wait for Visual Studio to open.

 

[Cuyval Dar]

Vi - Greatest text editor ever.

That said use notepad++ over vanilla notepad, its incrementally better.

xhtml brings alot of changes to the table, including not needing matching closing tags for elements that shouldn't need them i.e. <br /> & <img />. In addition it brings alot more consistency with how you are able to write xhtml, a godsend.

Notepad++ for Windows, whatever the hell is installed by default on binary distros, and whatever is most bleeding-edge in Gentoo.

 

[elph]

Alrighty! Thanks guys! Fixed it last night, I just have to add my other pics today.

That being said, where should I host my photos? I don't have the cash to plunk down on a dedicated server or Photobucket pro.

You should be able to host the pictures right on Blogger/Blogspot. They usually give you about 1GB of space.

When you're editing a post and click the "Add image" link, you should have a popup window that comes up. The very first option on the top left is "Add an image from your computer".

 

[LittleSin]

You should be able to host the pictures right on Blogger/Blogspot. They usually give you about 1GB of space.

When you're editing a post and click the "Add image" link, you should have a popup window that comes up. The very first option on the top left is "Add an image from your computer".

I did that but it would never let me move the image...it would just sit at the beginning of my blog post, mocking me.