Centered on Webtv (and on a computer)
5/7/2001



NOTE: 11/4/2001----These codes work for viewers with
the   2.5,   2.5.5,   2.6,   2.6.1   upgrade versions of Webtv, and for computer viewers ('puter screen captures below), but apparently will not work for viewers with the 2.7 upgrade.



If you are using a page-style that automatically aligns images to the left and right of the webpage, you can center the images by using the codes below (posted by mikan71, 5/7/2001) in the
"add an item"--"picture"--"your scrapbook" area.

mikan71's entire post is after
the codes and centered images below.


The first three images below were added to the page using the "add an item"--"picture"--"your scrapbook" method, and then adding these codes in the following areas:

"Title" area:
<center><table><tr><td>

"Caption" area:
</td></tr></table></center>











'puter screen capture link


NOTE: The codes used above for centering images on a webpage, added directly from the scrapbook, will result in several validation errors and computer viewers may see H3-style text when another area is added after the image. If you are interested in seeing the errors the codes produce, validate this page at  anybrowser.com  or any other validator of your choice.

A quick fix to the problem is  here.





The images below were added to the page using the "add an item"--"picture"--"your scrapbook" method, and then their alignments were altered by adding these codes in the following areas:


"Title" area of Golf course image:
<table align="left"><tr><td>

"Caption" area of Golf course image:
</td></tr></table>


and


"Title" area of Tree image:
<table align="right"><tr><td>

"Caption" area of Tree image:
</td></tr></table>

 


 







You can also make an image that is added directly from the scrapbook, "clickable" / "linkable" by adding these codes in the following areas:

"Title" area:
<a href="url of website, photo, audio, etc.">

"Caption" area:
</a>





And you can use those codes with the previous table codes, for a centered and clickable image:

"Title" area:
<center><table><tr><td>
<a href="url of website, photo, audio, etc.">

"Caption" area:
</a>
</td></tr></table></center>


(from "That 70's Show")



NOTE: Using the codes above, to make images clickable, will also result in validation errors. They will still work for webtv and computer users though.



More information concerning:

Centering and alignment of
images (with urls) and text


Listing of the
Automatic Alignment of Images
according to the Page Style Selected


more codes





mikan71's entire post


Re: PB Centering when adding images directly from the scrapbook??

Group: alt.discuss.clubs.public.html.help.poorboyinc
Date: Mon, May 7, 2001, 2:23am (MDT-1)
From: mikan71

Yes it can be done --- before explaining how let me say it is a method not normally used because very few users want to make pages with absolutely nothing but images on the page --- nuf of that --- lets get with it ---

I regularly take images from scrapbook to grey (and other) pages and, on the same page, center them and also include their Url as clickable links --- it can all be done within the "change picture and caption" screen --- no need to create another page or use an "add text" box or any other box --- here is an example web site consisting of 3 pages of small images:

http://community-2.webtv.net/mikan71/IMAGES/

Because of the "clickable link" business my method differs a bit from that posted by Watcher V --- after bringing the image from scrapook to the "change picture and caption" screen, I first click "done" and then immediately "publish" since I need a page Url in order to make my clickable link --- then I return to the "change picture and caption" screen to do my work ---

Taking the page url ( which I copied from the "congratulations" screen), I add to it the "scrapbookFiles/importD?.??? to create the image Url

--- then, using an example from the above page of mine, I do this:

Enter in small title box:

<center><a
href="http://community-2.webtv.net/mikan71/IMAGES/scrapbookFiles/importD1.gif">http://community-2.webtv.net/mikan71/IMAGES/scrapbookFiles/importD1.gif</a>
<br><br><table><tr><td>

Enter in large caption box:

</td></tr></table></center>

The result is what you see on my page --- centered and a clickable link

The reason this works is that the Pagebuilder template adds the <img src> for the image directly between the title and caption boxes in the page coding --- this can be seen if you source any page where you use either or both the title and caption boxes --- so you are simply taking advantage of the title/caption boxes by using them to surround the <img src> with a centered table and a link --- here I am just using the image Url to display it as a link to the image ---

While your interest is in centering only, the images can also be positioned left or right or in any combination of the three desired and on any Pagebuilder background --- and btw, if you change your mind, you can also add text, links or almost anything you wish in that caption box --- it is just another box that will accept straight text or Html coding --- I know of a person that once entered a 300 line audioscope in there, so space limits are not a problem ---

Are you sorry you asked? :-) :-)

Charlie R (mikan71)


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