[Helpers] updates, current stuff & things...

Fri Apr 14 14:19:00 PDT 2006

At 11:55 AM 14/04/2006, Sachiko M wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mystress Angelique Serpent" <Mystress at fire-serpent.com>
>To: "FST Helpers list." <Helpers at fire-serpent.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [Helpers] updates, current stuff & things...
>
>
> >   LOL!! Yeah I guess I was pretty darn  vague. Sorry! I meant the
> > fscnew/current/tantra new lesson forms. The lesson number and title
> > in the
> > top table. I noticed when I was looking at the 02matgod in its new
> > lesson
> > shape.
>
>Ohh, you mean this line, right?
>
><a class="title" href="virtual/08testgnd.ram"><i><b><font size="+3">
><!--- PUT LESSON NUMBER AND TITLE HERE--->
>#03: Matriarchy and History
></font></b></i></a>

yes!

>These code (<b><i>></b></i>) were there already on some files,but not
>all. I wasn't sure if they need to be there or taken out, so I left
>them there.

   I think they were leftover from when I was experimenting with font sizes 
for the preview pages. On some preview pages there is a lot of info that 
needed a smaller font... whereas most of the lesson titles are of similar 
length, with few exceptions.

   I probably did not get around to updating the CSS for the lessons. Feel 
free to fix it.

>Also you see the <font size=""> tag here, but font-size is set in CSS
>too. (I have pointed out below) I would choose CSS and discard
>font tag here.

   For the most part, yes.

    I would say that a size tag could be added to modify it in some cases. 
A single word lesson title like Entities could be a little larger, and a 
longer title like "The road to hell is paved with Good intentions" in a 
smaller font to make it fit.

   I think it might be good to underline the title so people know it is a 
link.. what do you think?

>Please let me know.
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>  In "fscss1.css" file class "title" setting.
>
>"Font-family" has this font "ZapfChancery-MediumItalic" that I'm
>assuming it is not standard, so most of people would see the text
>with other choices.

   It comes standard with Windows, so most people will see it as it is. 
Choose as you think best for alternates. The equivalent font for mac, etc.

>"Font-style" is set as "normal" NOT "italic", so people won't see the
>text in italic.

   whoops. Does it look better normal or italic?

>"font-size" is set here in CSS, but it is set again in html as you can
>see on the above code (<font size="+3">). I would discard <font> tag
>in html and use CSS setting below to keep it simple. That's what
>the css file is for anyway.

   Yes. With exceptions, noted above.

>.title {
>color: #66cccc;
>background-color: #000000;
>font-family: "ZapfChancery-MediumItalic", Georgia,"times new
>roman",,serif;
>font-size: 22px;
>font-style:normal;
>font-weight:bold;
>line-height:normal;
>text-align:center;
>text-valign: middle;
>text-transform:none;
>}
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >   I also noticed a few small grammatical errors...
>
>That I'm not really the right person to work on with....
>I will leave it up to someone who is native to this language.

   Sorry, that note was for myself and the other editors. The page needs 
some tweaking, and I was thinking aloud  whether to tweak it as an html 
file or to give you a new doc file version.

   At present I am going through the lessons I did last week, a second and 
third time even before handing them to the editors.

> >   Particularly with the experiences, word will show some lines
> > italic,
> > which won't appear when you paste it into html... unless dreamweaver
> > has some tricks I dunno about!
> >
> >   I'm thinking, if I upload all the doc files maybe Hillary  or
> > Sandra C
> > can tweak the links and italic bits then save them as text files for
> > you?
>
>DOC file is fine with me. I usually check the style is matching with
>original.

   OK. With some of the doc files I am using various fonts, like bookman 
old style or courier, just to get a fresh eye.
  Occasionally I am punching up a phrase to draw attention to it by making 
it bold or larger.

    Previously, the parts of the lessons were in different fonts to 
distinguish them, but I don't think it is necessary, now that the lesson 
parts are in separate boxes.
    I'm wondering what you and everyone thinks of that?

>I may need to do some tweeking anyway so you can just leave the html
>coding up to me.
>
>
>Please let me know what you would like to do.

    I was thinking to let the editors add the paragraph breaks etc. to save 
you some time. You have the biggest workload of anybody.  There is still 
flash navigation to do.

    Another thing that is on my mind, is that the finished new course will 
need to be redone to create the new FST CD.  I am wondering if it is better 
to do that all at once when it is done, or making a copy of each for a 
separate directory as you go?

     For example, tea room experiences links can be relative for the online 
course, but for the CD they need to be complete links.  For the CD, I moved 
all the realplayer files into the main tantra folder, just to make my job 
easier because the original links led to a different server.

   Some systems don't like a tree more than three folders deep. I have an 
archiving program that always chokes when I save my server stats because 
that tree goes seven folders deep in some places.

   The CD will get a second tweaking when the new vid files are ready.

   I'm adding a few new images to the lessons, haven't figured out how you 
would like me to indicate that for you. Maybe a comment tag telling you 
what photo goes where?

   Sorry if this is not clear. 90% of my brain is focused on the writing, 
off in the Void getting words.... so that doesn't leave much for 
co-ordinating the activities of two editors and a web designer !

   Blessings! 