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Peoples all the time be asking me:
Dear Venusy,
How do you make those Quote of the Week images?
Sincerely yours,
Several peoples
And I tell them the truth, I just edit weeklies.xml, and create a picture in an imaging program.
However, I realise that this isn't a very good answer, and editing weeklies.xml probably requires its own page.
Setting up
You will need:
- A copy of weeklies.xml saved to your hard drive,
- A copy of qod.swf saved to your hard drive,
- A folder named "weeklies" (without quotation marks) somewhere on your hard drive.
Got all of those? Good! Now, put "weeklies.xml" into the folder named "weeklies", and put "qod.swf" in the folder that "weeklies" is in. So, in example, if your weeklies folder is located at "C:\My Documents\Homestar Runner\Swfs\qod\weeklies", then "qod.swf" would be placed in "C:\My Documents\Homestar Runner\Swfs\qod".
Now we can start editing!
Editing weeklies.xml
Open weeklies.xml in Notepad by right-clicking on weeklies.xml, and selecting "Open With...". Then select Notepad. You'll see something that looks a little bit like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <sketchbook>160 vlin 12,17 at 26</sketchbook> <fanstuff>sweet cheatpod sleeve</fanstuff> <qod character="rocoulm" filename="rocoulm.mp3">Come on in heeeeere.</qod> <!-- Chapos: here are the character shortcuts homestar strongbad strongsad bubs coachz marzipan kingoftown strongmad homsar marshie cardgage cheerleader soandso whatsherface uglyone stinkoman 1up gunhaver fightgar silentrip crackotage reynold bluelaser ehsteve doreauxgard oldstrongbad oldhomestar oldstrongsad oldmarzipan oldcoachz rocoulm Love, jonathan ("nickname") -->
Ignore all of it except the stuff between qod tags, and the character shortcuts at the bottom. If you're slightly confused as to which character is what, don't be! Here's a table!
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Thank you to Smileyface11945 and Mibluvr13 for finishing that.
Now, just take the name of the character you want to use, and paste it here:
character="CHARACTER GOES HERE"
Then, paste the quote you want between the tags, i.e.
<qod character="CHARACTER GOES HERE" filename="None">QUOTE GOES HERE</qod>
So lets say that I wanted the quote "I'm Homestar, and this is a website!" from First Time Here?. I would type <qod character="homestar" filename="None">I'm Homestar, and this is a website!</qod>
Last Bit
Take a look at qod.swf, and save a picture by Print Screening the browser window containing qod.swf. Make sure it's the right size, then upload it to the internet for all to see.
MORE TXTTO C ME
Stuff that needs adding to this page:
- Table finishing -- Done!
- Table needs to be checked by Venusy
- Checked, thank you Smileyface11945 and Mibluvr13. I don't think I'd have been bothered to finish that table anytime within this year.
- Table needs to be checked by Venusy
- A better editing summary, and the last bit needs improving
- Some spelling fixings?
- Pictures