entropy banner question

stacyleigh · **entropy banner question -** 05-16-2004, 06:38 PM

Hi, I am trying to use the entropy banner function of my cpanel. I added two banners, etc. I'm adding their code;



to my page, but it isn't showing up anywhere. in the code it is grey, not sure what that means, except it might not be activated or something.

I saved my page as shtm too.

anyone have any tips?

oh and is there any way for the page to open in a new window when someone clicks on a banner? (assuming I get this working!)

Thanks, Stacy

stratplan · **two things -** 05-16-2004, 10:52 PM

first try putting a space before the last dashes:



instead of:



and name the pages suffix ".shtml" instead of just "shtm"

no suggestions for the new page opening, but someone will know.

Dick

stacyleigh · 05-17-2004, 12:41 AM

thanks for the response. I did as you said and added the space. I also have tried both .shtm & .shtml

I'm trying to get it on my links page, but I read that I should try to get it on my index first, but neither worked.

midwest · 05-17-2004, 05:43 AM

try

The difference between them is exec uses a path and virtual a URL.
Dont be confused... a preceding slash can indicate a path or relative url, so...

the above should work same as the preceding example but try it both ways.

stacyleigh · 05-17-2004, 11:56 AM

okay, I tried both. When I put them in my code, they highlight yellow (which usually means something is wrong) Before with the code, they were just a dull grey (like it wasn't a recognized).

I use dreamweaver, and put the code just where I put all my html codes.

I don't mean to be a pain about it, but I'm sure I'm doing everything right.

Thanks, Stacy

midwest · 05-17-2004, 10:33 PM

try this and see if you get a banner
just put this in a page and give it a name.php

<?php
include "cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi";
?>

stacyleigh · 05-17-2004, 11:26 PM

when I tried the codes

Quote:

The difference between them is exec uses a path and virtual a URL.
Dont be confused... a preceding slash can indicate a path or relative url, so...

my page said;

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

and it showed up in yellow (which is usually when I've done something that doesn't work in the code.

when I tried this like you just said

Quote:

<?php
include "cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi";
?>

it actually showed up in colors like regular code, but on the page it showed stuff like this;

ELF ‚44

I'm stumped!

Thanks again, Stacy

edwurster · 05-18-2004, 07:53 AM

Stacy --

Are you uploading the page to P-Z and executing from there?

Or are you previewing the page from Dreamweaver on your local system?

stacyleigh · 05-18-2004, 09:49 AM

I uploaded it. That is when I got those messages.

Thanks, Stacy

edwurster · 05-18-2004, 11:14 AM

I tried stratplan idea, and it did not work. I tried midwest idea and it did not work. I put both ideas into a page, and midwest failed, but stratplan worked.

Go figure --

http://www.ewurster.us/entropy.shtml

This was my first try at entropybanner, and I uploaded one jpg banner. So my experience was similar to Stacy's.

I'm on server ten.

The working code looks like:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Adobe PageMill 3.0 Win">
<TITLE>Untitled Document</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<P>stratplan banner idea "include virtual="/cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"" </P>



</BODY>
</HTML>

stratplan · **some more comments: -** 05-18-2004, 04:17 PM

I also use dreamweaver, and have some .shtml pages for some lcients. I happened to have to do some editing to one this morning, and noticed that the line IS greyed out in the code, but on the site after uploading works fine.

I used to have a program I could use to view .shtml files on my machine without uploading, but forget where it was put when I upgraded in Dec.

So, my suggestion is to do it, then upload to site and try it. Being grey won't make it not work.

Dick

stacyleigh · 05-18-2004, 04:42 PM

well hot dog! I thought I had uploaded the first time, but I guess I didn't. It didn't work with .shtm but it does work with .shtml

Thanks a million! ~Stacy