Re: Newbee needs help
> I seem to be having trouble getting my header on the site.
What theme are you using?
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> unlike other tikiwiki admin pages this page (siteid) does not have a "save settings/preferences button".....what am i missing/doing wrong here???.....how do i get the header to display??. wheres the magic button?.
Check/tick the "Custom code" and "Publish" boxes and any of the other Site Identity features that you want, and click the "Set features" (aka "magic") button.
> perhaps the note displayed below this custom header input box is relavent to what i am trying to do or maybe not? :
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This just limits the number of characters in the custom code content box. It probably doesn't affect you unless you have lots of text in that box.
> I was hoping to have a flash header here but for the time being i will just try to get some text or a picture displayed to understand how this feature works. Will i need a flash plugin to have a flash header or is their a way using this feature?
As the statement in bold that you quoted says, object tags are stripped out (this is for security reasons). Generally speaking, Flash movies use object tags for displaying in web pages, so this is something to be worked around for the Tiki site header. In a test, I tried a Flash file in the Site Identity custom code and, true to the warning, its object tags were removed so the Flash didn't display.
I suppose step one is to be sure you can get something, even a line of text or an image, to display in the site identity space. Then the procedure for site identity Flash needs to be worked out, so maybe others will contribute ideas here. Off the top of my head, I'd say that if Flash can't be used in the site identity custom code, two alternatives would be to put an iframe in the custom code that calls a separate file containing the Flash movie, or to edit the templates/site-identity.tpl file directly to replace the tag that calls the custom code with code that displays the Flash, etc.
> I am in no way technical with web design so any help offered would need to be in real simplistic terms....
A tutorial should probably be written as a guide for these procedures; I'm sure there are others asking the same questions.
-- Gary - zukakakina.com
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