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Blog EntryHTML 101Mar 1, '08 9:28 AM
by Luiz Felipe for everyone
You can use HTML anywhere on Multiply: comments, posts (click on 'Edit HTML' first if it's a blog post) and even in your Page Title. Here are the basic commands, be sure to check the links for more info.

If you don't like to use the codes but you want to use HTML somewhere, you can do this: create a blog entry and change the fonts, colors, etc, then click on 'Edit HTML' to reveal the code so you can copy it and paste wherever you want.


The Very Basic Basics


Don’t worry, HTML is incredibly easy to learn. All you have to do is surround whatever text you want to change with tags. Like this:


What You Type What You Get
<B>Men</B> Men
<I>Are</I> Are
<U>from</U> from
<S>Men are from Mars</S> Men are from Mars
You can even combine tags (just remember to next each pair of tags)
<B><I><U>Mars Needs Women</U></I></B> Mars Needs Women
And That’s Not All
<CENTER></CENTER> Centers text or image.
<A HREF="URL HERE"></a> Makes whatever text/image it surrounds into a link.
<IMG SRC="IMAGE URL HERE" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" /> Add an image, using optional WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes to control the sizing. Note: IMG code is stand-alone (no separate close tag necessary).
<FONT FACE="verdana" SIZE="6" COLOR="green">Little Green Men</font> Alter the size, style, and color of text.
Cross-browser friendly fonts: Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Webdings.
Cross-browser friendly colors: aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow. (Want more colors? Use a HEX code)
That should be enough to get you started! If you're at all interested in learning more (how to build TABLES, for instance), here are some other resources to help you push your HTML skills even further:

Additional HTML Resources


Even more tips and tutorials about HTML/CSS can be found in the group Multiply.Design. Click on the logo to join the group now!


Source: Friendster.com help page.
(info in public domain).


Blog EntryEasy Custom ThemeDec 7, '07 3:12 PM
by Luiz Felipe for everyone

Most people just want a theme with personalized colors and a background. It's very easy to get it using the Custom theme:

1. Click on the Customize My Site link found in your main page or go to settings -> My Site
2. Click on Choose a Theme in the top yellow bar (Image A)
3. Pick Custom Theme (Image B)
4. Choose your background picture using Browse (Image C-1)
5. Pick a color scheme or make your own using the options below (Image C-2)
6. You can Preview or Save it when it's done (Image C-3)

PS1: In the step 4 you must choose a picture in your computer (HardDisk). It will be tiled, so small images won't look good. The recommended image size in general is something around 1024x768 pixels.
PS2: A HTML color table can be found here or here.
PS3: If you later change your Custom CSS, your background pic will be gone. But you can add it back again using the proper code in the body section of your Custom CSS: before you change your Custom CSS, look at your page source code and copy the background tag with the image link, then add it to the body section when you edit the CSS code.


Update1:
After the recent changes, now you can choose the base theme used for customizing the colors: Clean (the new default theme) or Andros (the previous default theme). Also, there are checkboxes to add transparency (no background) to some sections of your page.








Blog EntryJavaScript isn't allowedNov 17, '07 6:24 PM
by Luiz Felipe for everyone
JavaScript (they have the script tag in the code) and iframe codes aren't allowed in Multiply for security reasons. Any other code that is simple HTML or Flash, like the ones that use the EMBED or OBJECT command, should work fine. Usually the site give you options for the code: look for the one in simple HTML (no script tags) or one that uses Flash.


As a side note, sometimes when you try to copy and paste excerpts from other web pages to yours, usually blog entries, you may get the message that 'JavaScrit/CSS isn't allowed', and you can't save your post. It happens because some of the page code was also copied and also pasted with the text. To avoid this, first paste the excerpt in a plain-text editor, like Notepad on Win or Smultron on a Mac, and then copy it again and paste on your page. You will get only the text and should be able to save your entry.


PS: JavaScript isn't the same as Java. Java widgets should work too, as they usually use the EMBED and/or OBJECT tag.


Update1:
EMBED codes that have allowscriptaccess won't work anymore (they will be disabled when added to Multiply pages) due to security reasons too. Quote from a Multiply staff member:
We disabled script access across the board for all embedded flash applications because it poses a significant security risk. Embedded flash players, with allowscriptaccess set to true could potentially execute arbitrary javascript on the page and send other users' personal information to a third party.


Blog EntryPictures in the textJul 6, '06 4:33 AM
by Jens for everyone
It is possible to have quite a lot of HTML in the text you type in multiply, but as HTML is not that easy to learn, I thought I'd tell you how I do it. I use Mozilla Firefox, I am not sure if this works with other browsers.

When I have saved a photo in an album I mark with the mouse the thumbnail photo then i right-click the mouse and select "View selection source", and I can see the HTML source, Normally I only want the image and the link that it bring with it so I look for the <A href="..."> <IMG src="..."> </A> part of the html. I then also use the <TABLE> and its associated <TH>, <TR> and <TD> in order to make the layout look nicer.

To see how I can make nice entries check out my top ten volcano visits image gallery, where each entry has several links to other photos taken at that location

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My top 10 volcano visits

NewsFlash

When posting new photos on multiply it is now no longer possible to right-click them to see the thumbnail and its image link, they have done this by not showing the thumbnail as a thumbnail but rather as the background while the image shown is just a nothing.

To make things even more tricky multiply will have all thumbnails of the album in one image. and then using offset in that image to display each thumbnail as if it was only one image. The advantage of this approach is that it will be a bit faster to load as you do not have to load many photos but rather one and then displaying it again and again with different offset. you can still find the URL of this picture by viewing the HTML-source that is made to show the thumbnail, but it is not that easy. on the left you can see how the thumbnail of my album from the Vasa museum looks:

http://images.jaaho.multiply.com/photos/album/montage/jaaho/71/1?1205917763&amp;et=qB2ruYwubEOFcDuxhejZNQ


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