Html help.

Justin10 · 25-07-2011 10:40pm #1

Ok first hope this ok not breaking any rule on boards.ie, I'm sure i ain't since I ain't publishing the webpage.

I want to just do a quick redo of rte.ie page.
Its just a for a wind up the person wouldn't know anything about computers and never notice its a file and not a website.

I saved the rte.ie page in complete form, but the problem I keep getting is that the two menu bars come out as lists in a vertical order and I lose the kind of grind the options where in.

You can she what im talking about at the top of this link http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0725/quarterfinals.html

onemorechance · 25-07-2011 11:36pm

It would be easier for you to use the firefox add-on, firebug, or in Google Chrome, right click on the bit you want to change and select "Inspect Element".

Justin10 · 26-07-2011 12:14am

Problem is i will need to refresh the page as in pressing the bk from from the links back to the document.

Evil Phil · 26-07-2011 7:01pm

I'm guessing you're losing the style sheet links.

Justin10 · 26-07-2011 7:24pm

Odd, few other sites are a little bit off but could easily fix them, dunno how to fix the RTE one. Awh il keep at it, thanks for that.

Eoin · 27-07-2011 4:50pm

Easiest thing to do is just save the page as a HTML file only (not a complete webpage).

Then open it in notepad, and add the following line between the <head> tags:

[html]<base href="http://www.rte.ie"/>[/html]

When you open it in a browser, this tag will tell the browser to download all the files with a relative path directly from the RTE site, rather than looking for them on the machine where the webpage is.

montreal2011 · 27-07-2011 5:01pm

Nice one Eoin, never knew about that <base> element.

Justin10 · 27-07-2011 6:00pm

Thanks that worked perfect except for one thing. Cant seem to change picture, might be something im doing wrong or is it cause its trying to use the picture from the rte website and contradicting the code I have put in?

Eoin · 27-07-2011 6:38pm

Probably - if it uses a relative path then it will look at the RTE site, so use a full path instead.

e.g. instead of something like this:
<img src='mypicture.jpg"/>
do this:
<img src='http://www.flickr.com/mypicture.jpg"/>

Justin10 · 27-07-2011 9:58pm

Ha I dont that was coming on say thanks but you where you quick for me.
That worked perfect thanks again.

Eoin · 28-07-2011 12:09am

no probs at all

Html help.

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