Bovon
09-27-2003, 12:33 PM
Ever go hunting for a website that had some good tips about your OS, Mobo, Video..Ram etc., You get my drift. Lotsa websites out in cyber space that some great people have gone to a lot of trouble to create for us to find and use.
Then one day two years later, you need to review some of those tips and tricks etc., only you can't find that website again..or, you had it bookmarked and its now history...gone bye bye..
Its also great to have all of that good data archived right at home..and can easily be reviewed by a couple of mouse clicks...even offline.
Ok, try this one on for size.
When you find a site that has some good stuff and you bookmark it, also do the following.
Go to your Windows Explorer and create a folder (I named mine WinTips).
While you are at the website, right click to get the menu, select View Source...this will bring up note pad that will contain all of the html code of that page. While you have that info in note pad, click 'file' from note pads tool bar and select save as, this will give you a dialog box to save that file into some folder...browse to your newly created folder, name the text file/page, but before you save it, click the bottom drop down menu for Save as type which will have Text Documents in the box..drop down the menu and select All Files (*.*) Now..what ever name you will give this tip file page..tack a .htm on as its extension...kinda like this Tip_DMA_Win98.htm.
(Some webmasters have "View Source" turned off, and you get a message that you cannot do that..if you are using IE, click your VIEW drop menu from the tool bar and select Source. Netscrape and Operaly probably have something similar).
Add the URL to the htm while it is in note pad for future location...backing up your favorites archive.
Now, click save as into your new folder...you now have an exact copy of that web page in HTM format on your hard drive..all you need to do to review it again is go to that folder and double click that htm file which will bring it up in I.E. (or what ever is your default browser).
If that web page has graphics.. and you need to have those to go along with the page..right click each image and select save as..(you will now see the name assigned to that image) again, do a save as, and browse to that same folder where you put that htm page, and when you execute the htm..it will also display the graphics (maybe).
I say maybe, because there are several different ways to "call up" an image for a web page.
If the web page uses 'simple' htm to format the page, the image call will look like this.
<IMG SRC="??!!??XxX.gif">
The above 'call' shows us the image is in the same 'folder' the htm file is.. if the image is in a different folder, like for instance..some webmasters create a folder named Images. Now, the call will look something like this.
<IMG SRC=images/"??!!??XxX.gif">
If the images you copy to the folder do not work properly, simply get your saved htm code back into note pad, find where the code calls up that image, and edit the htm code to force it to call the image from the same folder the htm code/text is in.
Sometimes, you will see an image call that looks like the following:
<IMG SRC="http://www.xxxxxxx.com/images/XxXx.jpg.">
This call is using an image from a different website.. in all cases, the path to the image must be correct and the text case must be the same...i.e. if you have an image that is named JOKER.GIF... and you use Joker.Gif in your file..it will not work because the htm text is case sensitive.
To use that image in your saved page, right click the image and copy it to your tip folder. and edit it to the following.
<IMG SRC="XxXx.jpg.">
You can rename an image..sometimes I copy an image to a folder and it will have some mixed letters and numerals name 20 digits long. I rename the image to maybe dma.gif (or dma.jpg, use jpg or gif if thats what it is when copied.) If you rename an image to something different.. you will also need to rename the htm 'call' text, like the following:
You copy an image named #xxx5619bbsre8241mmctaes.gif.
The actual call for this image will look something like this:
<IMG SRC="#xxx5619bbsre8241mmctaes.gif">
you rename the image to dma.gif..now, your call will be this:
<IMG SRC="dma.gif">
If you want or need that image in the center of the page, add the following to the image call:
<CENTER><IMG SRC="dma.gif"></CENTER>
As you have probably observed, copying and using images in a web page can be a little extra work..and if you can get away without using the images in a web page, just using the htm text saved as htm (or html) is easy and keeps all of your tips handy. You can also archive these great finds to a CD for future use.
Yes... I know there are other ways to save this data to your own machine..copy the text to note pad or word pad is quick and simple. The above info is simply something different..but best of all.. you will learn a little html coding in the process.
One problem. Many websites are copy right protected. In this case, if you email the owner/webmaster and explain what you are doing..archiving the data for your own future reference and not to put out on your own website somewhere..I have not found a site owner that refused me the right to archive his/her work..providing it never winds up on the internet somewhere else without written permission.
If a contact address is available, I always ask for permission to do this even tho there may not be a copyright statement on the page.
If the page is not write protected and there is no contact info.. use your own judgment.
Then one day two years later, you need to review some of those tips and tricks etc., only you can't find that website again..or, you had it bookmarked and its now history...gone bye bye..
Its also great to have all of that good data archived right at home..and can easily be reviewed by a couple of mouse clicks...even offline.
Ok, try this one on for size.
When you find a site that has some good stuff and you bookmark it, also do the following.
Go to your Windows Explorer and create a folder (I named mine WinTips).
While you are at the website, right click to get the menu, select View Source...this will bring up note pad that will contain all of the html code of that page. While you have that info in note pad, click 'file' from note pads tool bar and select save as, this will give you a dialog box to save that file into some folder...browse to your newly created folder, name the text file/page, but before you save it, click the bottom drop down menu for Save as type which will have Text Documents in the box..drop down the menu and select All Files (*.*) Now..what ever name you will give this tip file page..tack a .htm on as its extension...kinda like this Tip_DMA_Win98.htm.
(Some webmasters have "View Source" turned off, and you get a message that you cannot do that..if you are using IE, click your VIEW drop menu from the tool bar and select Source. Netscrape and Operaly probably have something similar).
Add the URL to the htm while it is in note pad for future location...backing up your favorites archive.
Now, click save as into your new folder...you now have an exact copy of that web page in HTM format on your hard drive..all you need to do to review it again is go to that folder and double click that htm file which will bring it up in I.E. (or what ever is your default browser).
If that web page has graphics.. and you need to have those to go along with the page..right click each image and select save as..(you will now see the name assigned to that image) again, do a save as, and browse to that same folder where you put that htm page, and when you execute the htm..it will also display the graphics (maybe).
I say maybe, because there are several different ways to "call up" an image for a web page.
If the web page uses 'simple' htm to format the page, the image call will look like this.
<IMG SRC="??!!??XxX.gif">
The above 'call' shows us the image is in the same 'folder' the htm file is.. if the image is in a different folder, like for instance..some webmasters create a folder named Images. Now, the call will look something like this.
<IMG SRC=images/"??!!??XxX.gif">
If the images you copy to the folder do not work properly, simply get your saved htm code back into note pad, find where the code calls up that image, and edit the htm code to force it to call the image from the same folder the htm code/text is in.
Sometimes, you will see an image call that looks like the following:
<IMG SRC="http://www.xxxxxxx.com/images/XxXx.jpg.">
This call is using an image from a different website.. in all cases, the path to the image must be correct and the text case must be the same...i.e. if you have an image that is named JOKER.GIF... and you use Joker.Gif in your file..it will not work because the htm text is case sensitive.
To use that image in your saved page, right click the image and copy it to your tip folder. and edit it to the following.
<IMG SRC="XxXx.jpg.">
You can rename an image..sometimes I copy an image to a folder and it will have some mixed letters and numerals name 20 digits long. I rename the image to maybe dma.gif (or dma.jpg, use jpg or gif if thats what it is when copied.) If you rename an image to something different.. you will also need to rename the htm 'call' text, like the following:
You copy an image named #xxx5619bbsre8241mmctaes.gif.
The actual call for this image will look something like this:
<IMG SRC="#xxx5619bbsre8241mmctaes.gif">
you rename the image to dma.gif..now, your call will be this:
<IMG SRC="dma.gif">
If you want or need that image in the center of the page, add the following to the image call:
<CENTER><IMG SRC="dma.gif"></CENTER>
As you have probably observed, copying and using images in a web page can be a little extra work..and if you can get away without using the images in a web page, just using the htm text saved as htm (or html) is easy and keeps all of your tips handy. You can also archive these great finds to a CD for future use.
Yes... I know there are other ways to save this data to your own machine..copy the text to note pad or word pad is quick and simple. The above info is simply something different..but best of all.. you will learn a little html coding in the process.
One problem. Many websites are copy right protected. In this case, if you email the owner/webmaster and explain what you are doing..archiving the data for your own future reference and not to put out on your own website somewhere..I have not found a site owner that refused me the right to archive his/her work..providing it never winds up on the internet somewhere else without written permission.
If a contact address is available, I always ask for permission to do this even tho there may not be a copyright statement on the page.
If the page is not write protected and there is no contact info.. use your own judgment.