Re: HowToPlay.htm(l)

[GooRoo]

Click on this link, "View Source" and then do a "Save as.." to your hard drive.

In case you didn't realize it, these threadz contain the HTML componentz for a walk-through! Just "View Source" and then do a "Save as.." to your hard drive into the proper folder.

I have just updated this one to use relative referencing (not tied to any web host!) so that when a suitable web host is found and I have everything copied to the web space, the walk-through(z) you create will display Gruntz Tilez and other Gruntz related imagez.

On your hard drive, just create a directory tree (folderz) that look like this:

hintz				Glossary.htm(l), etc.
|--	Custom			Many Designer

[/color]z here[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]Your 'handle'[/td][td][/td][td]Author.htm(l), etc.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]Your Custom Level name #1[/td][td]Index.htm(l), etc.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]Your Custom Level name #2[/td][/tr][tr][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]|--[/td][td]Your Custom Level name #N[/td][/tr]
[/table]

Red namez are strongly advised (anything else may require me to edit your componentz).

Yellow namez identify you, and the Custom Levelz you create. I have over sixty Designer folderz on my hard drive ... you only need one. Unless you like to have walkthroughz for other Designer's Custom Levelz ... then you want to create folderz for each one you acquire.

For universal compatibility, eliminate spacez, and avoid the apostrophe (') character. As we found when Neron Hosting was converted to Plesk, certain Custom Levelz caused problemz, that took a while to resolve. There is no guarantee that the web space will be hosted on a Windows operating system computer, so it would be wise to expect that filenamez could be CaSe SeNsItIvE ... GooRoo may not be treated equivalent to gooroo.

P.S. The GruntzExtraz CD-ROM containz all of the imagez to support walk-throughz, and all of the walk-throughz that have been submitted at the time I create your copy of the CD.

[SwordGrunt]

I'm sorry if I can't post in these HTML threadz, but does MS Office Word (2003) work as a HTML editor? I think I'll convert my MiniGolf walkthrough and many otherz I create in the future to HTML.

So, just copying and pasting into the HTML editor, then entering the required info, will make a HTML walkthrough?

[GooRoo]

guiguigrumley said:

I'm sorry if I can't post in these HTML threadz,

I didn't give any thought to restricting these threadz from user repliez. In truth, I believe there is far more value to the thread if userz did reply with questionz ... and suggestionz(!) for the contentz of the postz.

but does MS Office Word (2003) work as a HTML editor?

No, sophisticated word processing programz such as Word should be avoided, because they generate their own formatting stringz, not recognized by HTML processorz. However, there are some HTML editorz that will accept Word documentz, and convert them (adequately) into HTML format. If you have such an HTML editor, then Word would be an acceptable program to use, if that is the program you are most comfortable with using.

I think I'll convert my MiniGolf walkthrough and many otherz I create in the future to HTML.

So, just copying and pasting into the HTML editor, then entering the required info, will make a HTML walkthrough?

Well, it is at least a start! Just be sure to copy all of the HTML skeletonz into the proper folder relationshipz so that the example code in the threadz properly link to one another.

Note: Designerz should seriously consider acquiring the Gruntz Extraz CD-ROM, because it containz all of the imagez useful in creating Walkthroughz with graphic examplez to support the text one writez.

[GooRoo]

It should be obvious that it is not necessary to send me any of the "Gruntz (universal componentz)" when you send me an HTML Walkthrough. Also, once you have sent me a Walkthrough, it is not necessary to send me Designer specific componentz (again), unless you have changed something you are willing to reveal about yourself.

[GooRoo]

It is likely to be true that the code boxez in these threadz do not contain the most current componentz. Therefore, it would be wise to use the linkz to display the actual HTML page, and then do a "View Source" and ctrl-c (copy) to your clipboard and ctrl-v (paste) into your hard drive file ... replacing what you may already have, if you see that your version doez not match the version you see on-line. The code in these threadz serve to give you an idea of what the component doez ... not to be the "gospel truth" about the page. Of course, if the comment sayz "updated month/day/year" ... and that happenz to be today ... the code is current.