If you have printed out the script, you can use it as a guide to keep up with where we are. This is a scrolling background script.
1 The first thing you must remember about html, is that spelling and punctuation is very important - so change only what needs to be changed. Do not remove quotes, colons or semi-colons.
2 The first thing you will see listed are borders. Change only the color codes between the quotes. Highlight just the code which is there and replace it with your new color code. Do not worry about capitalization. HTML does not recognize whether it is capital or not. There are four borders. Be sure you change all of them.
3 The next thing you need to change are
margins:
margin-top is the distance from the top of the page for your text.
margin-left is the distance from the left side of the page for your
text. Make it about 50px wider than your graphic. ex. graphic is
400px - text margin should be 450px.
4 Scrollbar-face and scrollbar - arrow can be color-coded to your stationery. Remember to highlight the code which is there and replace it with your choice of code.
5 Choose a font you would like to use. Make
sure you spell it correctly (case is important in the font name - as
it must match what it is in your computer). And be sure it is within
the quotes.
It is best to use standard fonts in your stationery as many people
will be viewing your stationery computer which do not have the fancy
fonts you may have. If you use a fancy font, they will see the
stationery text in a standard basic font from their computer.
6 Choose a size and the color of your font to work with your stationery.
(change only color codes in this section and
font-family)
ok
margin-top:50px;
scrollbar-face-color:#F2C9DB;
border-left:
#F2C9DB
5px
solid;
scrollbar-arrow-color:#ffffff;
border-bottom:#F2C9DB
5px
solid;
background-color:#beccee;
margin-left:450px;
margin-right:50px;
font-family:"Curlz MT";
text-align:left
Font-weight:
normal;
Font-size: 24pt;
color: #ffffff
7 Next is "Midi Path". It should be something like "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Music\midi.mid" It must be in quotes and the path exactly like your computer tree. If your sound files are in a different place, then adjust the path so that the stationery can find your music. For Vista users, your path may be something like this: "C\Users\yourname\Music\midi.mid" Don't forget to write inside the quotes.
<bgsound src="Music Path goes here" balance="0" loop="-1" volume="0"
8 Always use a background color. Then when someone can't see your stationery, at least they are not looking at a white page. Color doesn't matter because it normally won't be seen.
9 Next comes your image path: You need it's path, width and height. If you prepared the graphic strip as I showed you, the sizes are already correct in this script. It works just like your music path. We saved our image to our Stationery Class folder. So that is the path you will use. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\Stationery Class\nameofgraphic.jpg" Don't forget to write inside the quotes. Vista users: "C:\Users\yourname\Desktop\Stationery Class\nameofgraphic.jpg" Be sure to put the width and height of your graphic in the correct places, inside the quotes.
<body bgColor="#beccee" background="Image background Path goes here" width="1500px" height="400px"
10 Next is the text area. If you write within the script, highlight the words "Text goes here." and enter your text. As you notice, there is a memo that asks you to write in the edit window. We will get to that next.
<div>Text goes here.</div> (This shows on your finished stationery)
A little further down the script you will notice a line which says "window.status="Place what you would like here." Just remember to stay inside the quotes.
<!--change window ticker if
you'd like. Write text between quotes-->
window.status="
Place what you would like here."
That is all you will need to change in order to use the script. Once you have made your changes resave as the name of your graphic or whatever you started with. Do not save as LScroll.htm. Save as angel.htm or dog.htm. Be sure to put the htm on the end as that designates it as a script.