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nice grey box around quotes from sources
If anyone can tell me how to make a nice grey box around quotes from sources with the source url at the bottom I would be delighted!
as seen here:
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/cave-dwelling-family-cant-refinance-selling-home-ebay
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at 10:36 on March 4th, 2009
beachmeat, you can do that with the highlight tool. It can also be done using HTML. It's probably sensible to get going with the highlight tool first, so I won't get into the HTML now. Let us know how you get on.
at 13:38 on March 4th, 2009
Thanks generaldecay - beachmeat if you have any trouble please let me know and I can help you - just send me a private message.
Amy
Quote from #1: generaldecay at 10:36 on March 4th, 2009
at 19:15 on March 4th, 2009
Highlight tool gives me the blue green boxes not the grey ones that highlight a QUOTE. I was wondering how to do that myself.
at 00:08 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #3: sara star at 19:15 on March 4th, 2009
Really sara? That is bizarre! Here is the raw HTML code you need for hightlights. Now, you will need to replace the < and > with [ and ] respectively. I'm sorry for presenting it like this but if I use square brackets, the code would be implemented and you would just see a grey box!
<q url=INSERT URL>Highlighted text</q>
Does thave make sense? Do let me know if you have any problems getting that to workk. :)
at 04:00 on March 5th, 2009
In reply to #4 generaldecay at 00:08 on March 5th, 2009
Hi there,
thanks a lot for all of your answers, I was able to figure out the Html with the Highlight tool. Very handy little Add-on!
Manuel
at 09:26 on March 5th, 2009
In reply to #5 beachmeat at 04:00 on March 5th, 2009
hi all,
i have installed the highlight tool except it keeps saying i am not logged in
any ideas
at 09:50 on March 5th, 2009
In reply to #6 Damian George at 09:26 on March 5th, 2009
Ugh. An age old problem, Damian. Sorry about that. Can I suggest that you PM Jordan about this issue? He's the tech-fixer around here.
Sorry that I can't be of more help.
Alice
at 10:21 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #6: Damian George at 09:26 on March 5th, 2009
me too, i do it long hand
at 10:29 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #4: generaldecay at 00:08 on March 5th, 2009
That is the long hand highlighting I have been doing and it gives me the blue green box such as above this comment. I am wondering how to do the GREY boxes.
at 10:34 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #9: sara star at 10:29 on March 5th, 2009
Sara, that is the grey box. I'm seeing a grey box above your comment, not a blue/ green box, and the HTML I provided you is for the grey. I don't know why you are seeing a different colour. I suggest you PM Jordan.
Thanks.
at 10:41 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #10: generaldecay at 10:34 on March 5th, 2009
So go to my post http://my.nowpublic.com/health/health-inspections-impeded-canadian-government and tell me if you see grey boxes or the blue green boxes that I see.
at 10:46 on March 5th, 2009
Damian,
Good question. The likely culprit would be disabled cookies. If you enable 3rd-party cookies in Firefox, then the site can properly communicate with Highlight and will stop acting like the guy in Memento.
Quote from #6: Damian George at 09:26 on March 5th, 2009
at 10:51 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #11: sara star at 10:41 on March 5th, 2009
Grey. I've taken a screenshot to show you what I see. Could you do the same?
Here is a link to the screenshot. I can't seem to get it embedded.
at 10:51 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #11: sara star at 10:41 on March 5th, 2009
They show as grey on my monitor, but could be interpreted as a blue-green that's been through the wash a few times...
at 11:03 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #14: jordan at 10:51 on March 5th, 2009
The color is more like a light green. It is the same color as NowPublic Header on top of the page. The dinosaurs chasing the men toward the building are all grey.
Also when I click to download the Highlight tool for Firefox, nothing at all happens.
at 11:04 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #12: jordan at 10:46 on March 5th, 2009
I have enable to accept 3 party cookies. But it doesn't help
at 11:08 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #4: generaldecay at 00:08 on March 5th, 2009
I was wondering about the boxes that have quotes with quotation marks around them usually a catchy phrase quoted by famous people, added as an insert to the post.
at 11:15 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #17: sara star at 11:08 on March 5th, 2009
Could you post a URL of an example of that? I'm not sure I know what that is. Thanks.
at 12:04 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #18: generaldecay at 11:15 on March 5th, 2009
http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Environment
Under Our Planet there is a quote by Joe Biden... I have seen them in a few posts too.
at 12:16 on March 5th, 2009
Quote from #19: sara star at 12:04 on March 5th, 2009
Ah, I think that could be a channel/ tag feature. The channel page does that somehow. I THINK.