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Trailing Cursors aren't that
hard to make. On this page you will learn how to make a long trail, like
you see here. This will work for both your web pages, and Outlook Express
users.
I don't know if it will work
for any other kind of E-mail program or not! Sorry..
I'm sure all of you have seen
the trails on other sites with only six trails to them.
But if you look close this trailing cursor has (12) trails on it. *Pretty Cool*, huh?  For web page users, and OE email users right click on the following picture, click on "Save Picture As" and save it to your hard drive. You can save this gif directly to your desktop, or place it in a folder. But either way please make sure of where it has been saved as we will want to use it, for the trails. Copy this gif
from here Be sure the File
Name is rose.gif
Later on you can use other gifs for your trails, but for now lets just use this rose. For both Web page & OE users, we are going to be using
our Windows Notepad, for copying & pasting the coded script from
there you can upload this Trailing script into your web editing
page or into your Outlook Express email source.
Be sure to copy the following script
from the small box below.
This is a Very long script so be sure to copy it all.
To highlight &
copy:
From the small box below, (Wait a
few seconds to let the trails settle down) After they have stopped Right
click inside the box, then left click on Select All, Right click again,
then left click on Copy.
There you have it you have just
copied the code.
Ok now, that we have saved the
rose gif and copied the code above.
We need to bring up your Windows
notepad, if you haven't done so already.
The path is usually (Start, Programs,
Accessories, Notepad)... .When your notepad comes up, you will see a blank
page. Now left click inside the white area, then right click, and left
click on paste. This will place the code inside your notepad.. Now is
a good time to save this code in the same folder you saved the
rose.gif
*Note* To save the notepad script. On the top Title bar left
click on File, then left click on Save As. Be sure to type in a name for
your script. Then navigate to the folder you saved the gif in, once you
are there, click on Save. And the script will be copied in that
folder.. Leaving you the original script to work
with. For Outlook Express
Emails.
On the bottom of this page I've included a butterfly
button, where you can go to open a new window for the printout info.
On what you will need to do to get this trail to work in
your E-mails. Your directions will be a lot different than for a web
page.
For Web Pages
After you have Copied & Pasted the
above script, and saved the gif comes the fun part. This isn't really that
hard to do. But you will need to follow my directions, carefully for the
trails to work in your web pages. If you have not Uploaded the
rose.gif to your web shell. Please do so now.
You may want to create a subdirectory
file and place this gif inside it.
After you have uploaded the gif
(rose.gif) to your web shell directory, remember the path
you have taken to upload it.
EXAMPLE:
if your web site is trails.com/my/page.html
and you placed the gif in a subdirectory named images.. Then the editing
on note pad will also follow that path.
EXAMPLE:
/my/page/images/rose.gif
Now from within your notepad we need
to do some modifying..
So scroll up until you are at the
top of the notepad page. Then every where you see
You will have to do some editing to each and everyone of
the
By adding the path you took to uploading the gif to your
web shell.
EXAMPLE:
Continue making these changes until you have all of
the
and end at
That's it we are done with making our changes...
Please do not change any thing else on
the coded script.
Now you need to open your web shell, if you
don't already have it open.
If you have already created a html file page that you
would like your trailing cursor to be on, then open that file to its
editing page. Scroll through the html source, until you
find the this is where we will be
placing our trailing cursor script. Once you find the html go
back to your notepad where you have your modified script.
Now we will be Copying & Pasting this script right
after the tag of your editing web page.
So to copy & paste all we do is bring up the notepad
script, right click left click on Select ALL, right again and left click
on Copy..
Now go back to your web editing page. And left click right
after the completed tag then right
click in the same spot and left click on Paste.
Now your trailing cursor script should be on your editing
page.. You may want to preview now, to make sure everything is working..
If so then please be sure to Save your work..
I hope this works for you, I myself
love the trailing cursors..
Outlook Express users, please click on the butterfly,
for a printout version, for using trailing cursors in your E-mails.
Please allow the trails to settle down before you
click the butterfly. *grin*
Click here.
 For the print pageHappy Trails. |