That's weird, it works fine for me. Try hitting reload on your browser. Maybe it cached an incomplete page. I've gotta work on the cache server anyway. It's an old version and needs to be updated this week before it breaks.Martin Thoene wrote:I've noticed that if you link from here, certainly on my computer, to a species profile you can only see the picture and the Notes.....no Summary??? It's just blank.
There is no limit on the page size. Instead, what happened is that you ran out of text and still had floating images left to show.Martin Thoene wrote:I've spent a very frustrating time creating the Sexing and Breeding P. cheni Article today. I've found that I would save and the saved version did not match the designed version. Text overlaying pictures, different text positions, that sort of thing.
Page size......there is a limit......I exceeded itI wanted to keep it on one page, so I X'd a couple of photos from the version on the Forum here, and downsized drastically the images I used.
It's highly likely when I do a re-write on the Hillstream article that I'll have to go to two or more pages, as will anyone else who writes anything lengthy that has illustrations or photos.
I think the problems you experienced with page size and preview-not-matching-final version are related to the use of a HUGE number of text-wrapping images. Seriously, don't use so many! Inline images are much easier to manage and give you more consistent results.
What you need to consider when designing a page is that the WIDTH of a page can vary significantly depending on the viewer. It's not like Microsoft Word where the page always looks the same. The graphical editor has a narrow window, so the text takes up lots of lines. But, when you save, the final version has a wider window, so the text takes up fewer lines, and images that had wide vertical spacing are now closer together.
In fact, that article doesn't look so hot on my computer at work which has a nice 20" monitor. It "runs out of page" before all of the images because the text occupies fewer lines. If I make my window smaller, then everything looks fantastic, which is how you designed it.
Ideally, you should limit the number of floating images and surround them with lots of text, so that if the page width is resized (either smaller, or twice as wide), there will still be plenty of text for the image to float in. Then, just inline the rest of the images. Or, you could use several 2-column tables, and put the image in one column and the text in another. Then, the text stays "attached" to the image better.
Martin Thoene wrote: The Clown looks great Jeff. You made these posts while I was planting Clowns and linksI'll stop now if you're going to add that version. It's much nicer and fits sully's "No Clowns In Cubes" campaign
No Clowns in Cubes! Glad you like it. The animated link is a nice touch; thanks for testing it out first!
Hmmn, I think I disabled the dragging-resize feature because I didn't like it, but I guess you found a way to use it anyway. Very sneaky!Martin Thoene wrote: Images.....if you import at say 400 x 400 and decide you want to re-size by dragging it works beautifully. But when you save, it returns to normal size again. I found the only way to make it work is to import at original size, drag down to fit, then save immedeately. Go back to the page and carry on with it, adding and saving as you go. Working out that would work drove me nuts.
When you use the dropdown menu and pick a size, it makes actual images that size that look great. When you use the dragging-resize method, it just lets the web browser resize, and the results can look blocky. I've been trying to use the pre-built sizes as much as possible in my work, but if you need the ability to resize to any size, I could re-enable it.
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