Text Boxes...

[StatikStepz]

Does anyone know how to make a text box to put on a website....?!?! I'm not sure if that is what they are actually called, butif i am incorrect with the name, then i'm speaking of those things that u see on websites that have codes inside of them so that people can copy whatever is inside of it...

So yeah, anyone know how to do that or a code for it?

 

[StatikStepz]

I found one... :thumbsup:

These things...

Anyone know the code to make one of these?

 

[KelliH]

Do you have some css knowledge? Here's a good place to start-
http://www.cssportal.com/form-elements/text-box.htm

 

[StatikStepz]

"css"...?!?!

lol.

Does that answer ur question...?

 

[StatikStepz]

I checked out that link, but i don't know where to go from there, to generate a code for me by putting what i would need it to say inside the box...

 

[thekooliest]

<textarea>
</textarea>

 

[StatikStepz]

<textarea>
</textarea>

Thanks! Thats what i was looking for, but i tried it, and for some reason, when i put the code inside of it that i wanted it to show, it's like it duplicated the code, and then tripled it everytime i viewed it... I would enter the code in, and then when i would preview my page, it completely changed the code i had in there... hmmm..

 

[thekooliest]

can you give me the example of what your problem is, like your page...

 

[StatikStepz]

This is the code that i am putting in my HTML on my site... Which as you can see, is correct, and should show up fine... At 1st glance, everything looks ok, and it brings up the text box and everything, but when i publish my page, it changes my text that is inside the box...

Here's what i am putting in on my page... (without the spaces, of course)

< textarea >< a href="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" target="_blank" >< img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="Click Here to find The Perfect Gecko for you!" src="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" / >< /a >< /textarea >



...and here is what that code thats supposed to be inside the box is turning into when i publish it and look at it once it is posted on my page... it's like it's duplicating certain parts a bunch of times...

< a href="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" target="_blank" >< img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="Click Here to find The Perfect Gecko for you!" src="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" originalAttribute="src" originalPath="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" originalAttribute="src" originalPath="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" originalAttribute="src" originalPath="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" originalAttribute="src" originalPath="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" originalAttribute="src" originalPath="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" / >< /a >


...when that code is supposed to just be showing up inside the box as:

< a href="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" target="_blank" >< img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="Click Here to find The Perfect Gecko for you!" src="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif" / >< /a >

...Just once! LOL... So there you have it... Any idea on why it is duplicating the code inside the box once it is up on my page? :main_huh:

 

[Taquiq]

Why don't you just do a link to it on your website?

 

[StatikStepz]

Well, i know i could just do that, but then that would defeat the whole purpose of wanting a text box there. lol

I think a text box just looks better anyway. It's more appealing and "eye catching".

 

[sammer021486]

<textarea rows="5" cols="40">
<a href="http://www.theperfectgecko.com" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="Click Here to find The Perfect Gecko for you!"src="http://theperfectgecko.com/images/tpg_gf_transitions.gif"/></a></textarea>

I was a bored at work, so I played with the coding, basically just made the text box fit the text instead it.

What are you using to publish your web pages?

I like to use Visual Studio Express Web Developer to make my websites, because I can then use ASP.Net and VB/#C along with the html. I am still learning all this stuff myself, but work helps because I have to use the web coding for customizing one of our programs.

 

[thekooliest]

I use Notepad++ for small->medium stuff and Adobe Dreamweaver for larger coding projects.

 

[StopperExotics]

A better method (than using either Notepad[plain text] or Dreamweaver[generator]) is to use something like NetBeans or JEdit for editing your HTML/PHP/CSS. Personally I find Dreamweaver entirely too intrusive, and Notepad just doesn't seem "clean." Just my two cents.

 

[thekooliest]

A better method (than using either Notepad[plain text] or Dreamweaver[generator]) is to use something like NetBeans or JEdit for editing your HTML/PHP/CSS. Personally I find Dreamweaver entirely too intrusive, and Notepad just doesn't seem "clean." Just my two cents.

It sounds like your referring to Notepad the program that comes with every computer. Notepad++ is a great, small, free program that opens fast like notepad but is perfect for editing HTML/PHP/CSS/Javascript/etc...
Link:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm