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_SuNDaY

01-31-2005, 07:46 PM

I made a layout that I would like to use for my bp page. I understand from reading around that before I slice it I have to merge it all together? (I use psp8 btw) I was wondering what difference does merging it before slicing it makes? What'll happen if I decide to skip that step?

Also, Once I have all my sliced images, should I upload em all on bp? Or should I use a different source for uploading and coding? Basically, how do I go about putting my layout on my bp page? I mostly have a understanding of the coding but if someone could kind of guide me through it I would feel better. Like as I do it, I show what went wrong for me or what I'm trying to do (paste the codes I'm using).

MaGiCSuN

01-31-2005, 07:48 PM

slicing isn't always nessecary. Perhaps if you can show us the layout you've made we can help you with setting it up?

Love,
Mirna

Sphere

01-31-2005, 07:51 PM

Where does bp stands for? :confused:

I would merge them (saving it as a .jpg or something) and then slice it. Because if you don't you just copying stuff on that layer and not the whole image.

_SuNDaY

01-31-2005, 08:00 PM

Hope this link works... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22.jpg

I'm trying to make this my layout for my bp page.

Bp is for Blackplanet.

MaGiCSuN

01-31-2005, 08:07 PM

well that makes stuff a bit different i guess. What does BP allows as coding? html? css?

Love,
Mirna

_SuNDaY

01-31-2005, 08:11 PM

On blackplanet you do all the coding and html in the personal message box. I was just wondering, as far as bp goes, how do I go about uploading my layout on blackplanet? A lot of people on there do it. I'm just a big fat newbie.

_SuNDaY

01-31-2005, 08:23 PM

Anyone? :confused:

kittycat

01-31-2005, 08:45 PM

Looking at the HELP section of the site I found this:

Uploading Pictures:
When uploading pictures please be sure to exclude any punctuation marks (commas, periods, slashes, etc) or blank spaces from the image file name in order to upload correctly. Also keep in mind your page quota is LESS than 2 megabytes or 150,000 bytes, so be sure you have sufficient space for your JPEG or GIF file. Follow these simple instructions:
Click "edit" on the bottom left corner of your browser next to your member name.
In the "Design Your Page" section click on "Pictures" on the left hand navigation bar.
In the "Picture" section click on the "Browse" link. This will allow you to look through your files to find your images.
Find the image you want on your page and double click on it then enter your password and click on “Apply” to upload the picture. Please remember you can only upload gif and jpeg files.
When you are finished uploading, Check the box marked "Picture gallery" to place the image towards the bottom of your page. Or, select "Main picture" to make it your main picture.

_SuNDaY

02-01-2005, 02:50 AM

I knew that. My problem is putting an actual layout on there. I'm not uploading pics for a gallery. I'm uploading the sliced images for the layout, I know, is the first step. After that, how do I go about getting the layout to show up? Anyone have an account on blackplanet.com?

_SuNDaY

02-01-2005, 04:16 AM

Ok I was messing around and the uploading the pics is ok now. Here is the coding that I'm using for my layout on blackplanet but for some reason the layout still isn't showing up. Could someone scan over it and point out any errors? :confused: Also, when I sliced my layout, the blank.gif image came about. What role does the blank image play after slicing?

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8">
<TITLE>[v]_CaughtOutThere</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>


<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="808" HEIGHT="608">

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="3" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="179" HEIGHT="237">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x1.jpg" WIDTH="179" HEIGHT="237" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="14" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="101" HEIGHT="608">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x2.jpg" WIDTH="101" HEIGHT="608" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="4" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="303" HEIGHT="244">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x3.jpg" WIDTH="303" HEIGHT="244" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="75">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x4.jpg" WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="2" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="208">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x5.jpg" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="208" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="14" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="608">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_1x6.jpg" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="608" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="75">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="133">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_2x1.jpg" WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="133" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="133">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="133" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="2" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="190" HEIGHT="36">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_3x1.jpg" WIDTH="190" HEIGHT="36" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="9" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="224">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_4x1.jpg" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="224" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN="2" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="35">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_4x2.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="35" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="7">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="7" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="9" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="493" HEIGHT="242">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_5x1.jpg" WIDTH="493" HEIGHT="242" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="28">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="28" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_6x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_7x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="27">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_8x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="27" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="27">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="27" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_9x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_10x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="28">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_11x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="28" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="28">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="28" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="18">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_12x1.jpg" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="18">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="2" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="179" HEIGHT="147">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_13x1.jpg" WIDTH="179" HEIGHT="147" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="25">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="25" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="493" HEIGHT="122">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/Image22_14x1.jpg" WIDTH="493" HEIGHT="122" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="122">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="122" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="101" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="101" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="303" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="303" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="178" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1">
<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/MaDeYoULo0k/blank.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


</BODY>
</HTML>

_SuNDaY

02-01-2005, 04:54 AM

Heres a visual of how my layout keeps showing up too, if needed. I noticed 2 images aren't showing up and theres scattered images all towards the bottom.. wdh? :(

http://members.blackplanet.com/sun-day

_SuNDaY

02-02-2005, 07:50 AM

Sorry to be bumping, but no one has an answer?

_SuNDaY

02-04-2005, 02:59 AM

Thought this was a help forum?..

_SuNDaY

02-04-2005, 09:59 PM

Sorry to appear to be pressuring you into "slavery", Starlet, but when I saw html help forum I didn't expect a message that a I posted a week ago to just be ignored because people don't know. I would appreciate it better if moderators just simply said "I don't know..maybe 'so&so' site could help you better" instead of "we're not slaves!". I never expected you to go out of your way to help me. But now I know how the help works and the attitudes. Sorry...I'll seek help elsewhere.

Thanks for your time.

JenniStar

02-04-2005, 10:11 PM

Is it really necessary to slice? The page will take longer to load.

starlet

02-05-2005, 01:37 AM

So what, you think people are sat here rubbing their hands together because they know the answer but arent going to share it with you? If anyone was able to help they would, we don't need you complaining about how much it sucks that no one helped you yet.

Good luck 'elsewhere' i hope they are better than us.