Im not sure why Jim wrote that, when I tried to research it yesterday Jim's
pages had broken links.
Dan L. gave you the answer. If you have a graphics or image editor use that
instead of Paint (paint is clumsy).
|I hate it when I have spent time writing a post, and then get "the server
is
| too busy" and I have to start all over again! Dang!
|
| Well, whatever I wrote, it's out of my head now, so I'll try again.
|
| Graphics editor? Paint? Paint is a program that I've never been able to
do
| anything with. I always thought of it as a toy that MS throws in. I can
| never get what I want with it. It's a complete waste.
|
| If it was all that simple, why would Jim Buyens waste time on a complete
| section of FrontPage (Insider Extras on the CD) explaining how to do this
at
| the server.
|
| I wish it was that simple. If it is, please explain to me how I do it.
| That's what I'm here to find out. I don't see it in FrontPage and I don't
| see in any of the image editors that I have. I appreciate you telling me
it
| can be done....I want to know how.
| --
| Bill
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Sounds complicated.
| > Why not just make a graphic banner and be done with it?
| >
| > You can do this with an image editor or graphics editor...why...you can
even
| > do it with FrontPage and Paint if you had to!
| >
| >
| > | > | Yes, I understand about not convering a lot of text, and Jim explained
| > that
| > | in the book. I only want my company name at the top of my web pages
to
| > show
| > | in my chosen font.
| > |
| > | I got the impression from the book that this program runs from the
server
| > | when the page is loaded in the viewers browser. If it ouputs to some
| > folder
| > | outside of FP I have no idea where that would be.
| > |
| > | This comes from Insider Extra 4, Part 14: Insider Extras
| > |
| > | "Like the Picture Sizer in Insider Extra 3, this Insider Extra is an
| > ASP.NET
| > | page that sends pictures directly to the browser. Rather than sending
a
| > | resized picture, however, the Text-To-GIF Converter sends a pictorial
| > | representation of text.
| > | Experienced Web designers often send small amounts of text to the
browser
| > | not as ordinary text but as picture files. The usual reason is
| > | predictability. When the browser displays text, the visitor's computer
| > might
| > | not have the font that the designer specified. If it doesn't, the text
| > will
| > | appear in a different font (and take up a different amount of space)
than
| > the
| > | designer intended. Also, the visitor might have chosen to display text
at
| > | larger than or smaller than normal size. Again, this produces
different
| > | results than the designer intended."
| > |
| > | "Like all ASP.NET pages, this Insider Extra runs only on Microsoft
Windows
| > | 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003 computers
running
| > | Microsoft IIS. In addition, the Microsoft .NET Framework must be
installed
| > on
| > | the server. If you have Windows Server 2003, the .NET Framework is an
| > | integral component. To obtain the .NET Framework for Windows 2000 and
| > Windows
| > | XP Professional, browse
www.microsoft.com/net/, and follow the
download
| > links.
| > |
| > | To install the Text-To-GIF Converter, first install the Insider Extra
Web
| > site
| > | from the companion CD. The Sample Files setup program installs this
site
| > at
| > | [My Documents]\Microsoft Press\FrontPage 2003 Inside Out\fp11extras.
Then,
| > | copy
| > | the text2gif/text2gif.aspx file into your Web site."
| > |
| > | I have done that. I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition, which
is
| > XP
| > | Professional with some added goodies.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Bill
| > |
| > |
| > | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| > |
| > | > I've not used text2gif, but I assume it's gonna output your
converted
| > file
| > | > to a folder somewhere outside of FP. Import that .gif file into your
FP
| > | > web's image folder... File | Import then place it from that folder
in FP
| > | > into your design.
| > | >
| > | > That being said; you would not want to do this for vast quantities
of
| > text.
| > | > You'd use it for headings or callouts maybe, but to convert a lot of
| > text to
| > | > ..gif is not good...search engines cannot index text in an image,
etc.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | I'm not new to FrontPage (though I still have tons to learn), but
I am
| > | > real
| > | > | new at scripting, especially to server. I read in "FrontPage
Inside
| > Out"
| > | > | (Jim Buyens) about converting text to .gif to preserve the design
of a
| > | > page
| > | > | on the viewers browser, which I need to do for my company name for
| > which I
| > | > | chose the font, Reservoir Grunge (not common, and I don't remember
| > where I
| > | > | found it).
| > | > |
| > | > | I have not been able to make this program work, even though I have
| > coppied
| > | > | the folder (text2gif) from the sample web page into my web page,
and
| > as
| > | > | nearly as I can tell, my script is correct, <img
| > | > | src="text2gif.aspx?text=Hello"> (this is from the book; I'll
insert my
| > | > | company name and font, font color etc. when I get this working).
| > | > |
| > | > | All this returns so far is a box with a red "X", the one you get
when
| > an
| > | > | image doesn't download. How do I get this to work?
| > | > | --
| > | > | Bill
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
