HTML Help

[HolyPhoenix]

I am messing around with HTML on my computer for fun. It seems like it would be pretty easy but I can't figure it out. I have a pulldown menu and I can't figure out how to put options inside of it. Could someone please help me figure it out? I think there is a <option> command involved but I can't get it to work.

[Rodak]

Re: HTML Help

I can help with HTML, but I usually just open notepad and type.

I have no idea where these menu things you mention come from.

It must be specific to a piece of software you are using.

Try mentioning what you are using and maybe someone will be familiar with it.

Or just do a web search for "HTML Tutorial" and learn it the way I did.

Good luck with it.

Peace.

[HolyPhoenix]

Re: HTML Help

I figured it out. I am just using notepad. The command for a drop down menu is <select name="Name"></select>. Then if you put <select name="Name"><option>option1<option>option2</select> it will give you a drop down menu with those options in it. But thanks for offering to help. Maybe I helped you by telling you these commands. I figured them out with a cheat sheet.
Here is the link if you want:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...ml_cheatsheet/
I go to that link from the tripod website. I plan on building one soon.

[HolyPhoenix]

Re: HTML Help

Sorry about the double post. I figured lots of people had already seen and didn't care to check this if they were able to help. Here is another question.

I have the Pull down menu and it has 3 options. RPG Maker 1, RPG Maker 2, RPG Maker 3. But that is all it has. It doesn't do anything. How can I make those go to a different page? So far it the code looks like:<select name="NAME"><option>RPG Maker 1<option>RPG Maker 2 <option> RPG Maker 3</select> this.

Edit: also I am trying to get a picture up. For some reason it just make an X. Can someone help with this also.

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: HTML Help

Sorry about the double post. I figured lots of people had already seen and didn't care to check this if they were able to help. Here is another question.

I have the Pull down menu and it has 3 options. RPG Maker 1, RPG Maker 2, RPG Maker 3. But that is all it has. It doesn't do anything. How can I make those go to a different page? So far it the code looks like:<select name="NAME"><option>RPG Maker 1<option>RPG Maker 2 <option> RPG Maker 3</select> this.

Edit: also I am trying to get a picture up. For some reason it just make an X. Can someone help with this also.

You probably need to put the whole link code into the option. Like this:
<select name="NAME"><option><a href=www.mysite.com/rm1>RPG Maker 1</a><option> (so on...). I've never used drop down lists so I'm just guessing really.

As for the picture, do you have it in the same directory/folder as the hmtl page? If not you need to put the entire path between the image tags. And sometimes HTML is iffy about case sensitivity on the extensions. Sometimes it'll want .JPG instead of .jpg, for instance.

[HolyPhoenix]

Re: HTML Help

No those don't work. When I have the dropdown menu when I try to make it a link it doesn't do anything. Also I tried the picture thing and it didn't work. It was in the same place too. But thanks for that. It gave me something to try. I had saved the image as the regular paint thing and not jpg so I fixed that. It still shows up as an X though.

[MasterSlowPoke]

Re: HTML Help

You'll need some sort of script to use the pulldown menu.

<FORM ACTION="script" METHOD="post">
  <SELECT NAME="RPGMGame">
    <OPTION VALUE="1">RPG Maker 1
    <OPTION VALUE="2">RPG Maker 2
    <OPTION VALUE="3">RPG Maker 3
  </SELECT>
</FORM>

What are you hosting this drop down menu on? I'd say a php or javascript script would be the best to use.

For general HTML help I've always used this site when I was picking apart the pav to learn HTML, and I still use it if I need to remember the options on an obscure tag: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

[HolyPhoenix]

Re: HTML Help

Thanks that will help me out.