I am trying to make a text area (with the scroll bar) so I can update my site since I have no clue how to use frames or tables...

Anyways, I read the tutorials on the site.

http://www.lissaexplains.com/html5.shtml#textarea

Everything is perfect except 2 things.

1. I can't use HTML codes like <p> or <font color="blah blah"> in the text area...

2. And two.... Whoever views my site (guests), can delete the messages in the text area.

How can I make it that no one can delete the text and be able to change the font, color, and other things as well in the text area?

Thanks in advance. :)

I'll try to help you, but I'd need to see your code as well as know what host you are making your site on, because some sites have weird quirks.

I'll admit that frames are a bit hard, and tables aren't that easy to use, but why not try divs? I don't use them much, but I think they work quite well and are easier to use then frames.

If you want to try div's there's a good tutorial here (http://www.``````````````/divtutorial.php).

First of all, that type of text area is supposed to allow the visitors to erase the content inside. Second of all, if you want to change the colour of the text inside or the textbox itself, you use the code right below the normal textbox found on http://www.lissaexplains.com/html5.shtml#textarea . If you want a scrolling div, then by all means use the div tutorial found on Starlet's page :) .

Originally posted by SSPrincess
I'll try to help you, but I'd need to see your code as well as know what host you are making your site on, because some sites have weird quirks.

I'll admit that frames are a bit hard, and tables aren't that easy to use, but why not try divs? I don't use them much, but I think they work quite well and are easier to use then frames.

If you want to try div's there's a good tutorial here (http://www.``````````````/divtutorial.php).

Wow, sorry, I really don't know much about html. I didn't know about that.

I saw it on that site, it was a "text area" or div scroll area where you couldn't delete.

But still, I can't seem to do that code you just gave me... yeah :(

Here is what I want...

http://www.webpost.net/so/SO3

Umm...I'm not seeing what you want....do you mean something like a marquee? If you want a marquee then go here:
http://www.lissaexplains.com/fun3.shtml#direction

I hope this is helpful....have a nice day! :)

Originally posted by SSPrincess
Umm...I'm not seeing what you want....do you mean something like a marquee? If you want a marquee then go here:
http://www.lissaexplains.com/fun3.shtml#direction

I hope this is helpful....have a nice day! :)

Ok, sorry for not giving out a lot of detail.

Here...

http://www.webpost.net/cgi-bin/webpost-cgi/pcreate.cgi

You see that, it's a text area. I want to have that in the middle of my site.

Here...

http://www.webpost.net/so/SO3/index.html (I edited it sort of).

Also, can you help me out with my site by giving me some advice? You see how unorganized the link buttons are, right? How can I order them up straight so it doesn't go out of order when I maximize or minimize my browser's size. I am pretty new to this, so sorry for not making clear sense.

I would rather have my link buttons (Home, Info, Media, Forum, Links) on the left... But when I do that, everything else doesn't seem to work....

Here's an example of what I want and why I can't do it that way.

http://webpost.net/so/SO3/Pics/helpme.jpg

It's simple, get it?

Sorry for double posting, but editing doesn't seem to work for me... I think it's bugged, because more than 5 minutes have passed and I still can't edit.

Ok, anyways, here's the correct link to my "text area".

http://www.webpost.net/so/SO3/test.html

There. :)

Please help me.

Try a scrollable DIV. You can use html tags inside too....

<div style="width:#px; height:#px; overflow:auto; background-image:url (http://webpost.net/so/SO3/Pics/News-Box.jpg); color:#6699FF;>
Text goes here
</div>

Originally posted by TranceCL
Ok, sorry for not giving out a lot of detail.

Here...

http://www.webpost.net/cgi-bin/webpost-cgi/pcreate.cgi

You see that, it's a text area. I want to have that in the middle of my site.

Here...

http://www.webpost.net/so/SO3/index.html (I edited it sort of).

Also, can you help me out with my site by giving me some advice? You see how unorganized the link buttons are, right? How can I order them up straight so it doesn't go out of order when I maximize or minimize my browser's size. I am pretty new to this, so sorry for not making clear sense.

I would rather have my link buttons (Home, Info, Media, Forum, Links) on the left... But when I do that, everything else doesn't seem to work....

Here's an example of what I want and why I can't do it that way.

http://webpost.net/so/SO3/Pics/helpme.jpg

It's simple, get it?

Here is what you want to do if you use Text Areas; this will help. :)

http://www.jdmnet.org/lissa-help/text-area-test.html


Enjoy! :)

-Jonathon

Originally posted by Alcy
Try a scrollable DIV. You can use html tags inside too....

<div style="width:#px; height:#px; overflow:auto; background-image:url (http://webpost.net/so/SO3/Pics/News-Box.jpg); color:#6699FF;>
Text goes here
</div>

Hey; you had left out the final quote.

The line should reas as:

<div style="width:#px; height:#px; overflow:auto; background-image:url (http://webpost.net/so/SO3/Pics/News-Box.jpg); color:#6699FF;">
Text goes here
</div>


[in the above code; the start of the DIV tag should be one line]


That's the only problem. :)

-Jonathon

Sorry I haven't replied in sooo long, but now have another problem...how do I center this and make the school bar colored? I also would like to know how to add an image in the background of the text area instead of using a colored background....thanks

Do a search on these forums for "color scrollbars" or something like that, because this code has been posted a ton.

Do you want to center a div?