Help with website please

[southernhorizons]

I'm working on a website, and I have it mostly complete, but i have a problem. When I try to add Amazon widget codes, they don't work. I'm not familiar with HTML, and so I use the "Add Hyperlink" button in the WYSIWYG editor. I'm using RV Sitebuilder, which I don't like, but it's better than the generic sitebuilder that came with the hosting. Usually, I can get code to work by switching from the "Design" view to the "source" view, and paste the code directly in the html editor, but for some reason in RV Sitebuilder, it doesn't give the ability to paste. I can't get any of the widgets I've tried to show up. I think the code from Amazon must be wrong or something, or maybe it's just too long for the "Add Hyperlink" button to handle.

[oldbuddy]

I'm working on a website, and I have it mostly complete, but i have a problem. When I try to add Amazon widget codes, they don't work. I'm not familiar with HTML, and so I use the "Add Hyperlink" button in the WYSIWYG editor. I'm using RV Sitebuilder, which I don't like, but it's better than the generic sitebuilder that came with the hosting. Usually, I can get code to work by switching from the "Design" view to the "source" view, and paste the code directly in the html editor, but for some reason in RV Sitebuilder, it doesn't give the ability to paste. I can't get any of the widgets I've tried to show up. I think the code from Amazon must be wrong or something, or maybe it's just too long for the "Add Hyperlink" button to handle.

I do all of that stuff in an HTML editor instead of WYSIWYG, but I have had pretty good luck with Komposer you can download free. Then you just upload the finished files to your hosting. I use FileZilla for that and it's a free download too.

[Administrator]

You wont be able to paste HTML code into a link... that's not going to work.  It's strange that you can't paste code into the HTML source - that's a pretty standard feature.  You could always open up the .htm / .html file in notepad and paste the code in the appropriate place, and then save and upload the file.

[lvstephanie]

To go along with what Admin was saying... If you don't know know the exact place in the html code, put some stub in the place where you want the widget. Make a button and name it AmazonStub or something like that. Then when you open it in Notepad, just search for that phrase and you will know where to put in your widget.

[southernhorizons]

I'm working on a website, and I have it mostly complete, but i have a problem. When I try to add Amazon widget codes, they don't work. I'm not familiar with HTML, and so I use the "Add Hyperlink" button in the WYSIWYG editor. I'm using RV Sitebuilder, which I don't like, but it's better than the generic sitebuilder that came with the hosting. Usually, I can get code to work by switching from the "Design" view to the "source" view, and paste the code directly in the html editor, but for some reason in RV Sitebuilder, it doesn't give the ability to paste. I can't get any of the widgets I've tried to show up. I think the code from Amazon must be wrong or something, or maybe it's just too long for the "Add Hyperlink" button to handle.

I do all of that stuff in an HTML editor instead of WYSIWYG, but I have had pretty good luck with Komposer you can download free. Then you just upload the finished files to your hosting. I use FileZilla for that and it's a free download too.

Can I use Komposer to add to my existing web pages, or will I have to start all over again? I guess it wouldn't be a real big deal, because I can just copy and paste all the text and stuff.

You wont be able to paste HTML code into a link... that's not going to work.  It's strange that you can't paste code into the HTML source - that's a pretty standard feature.  You could always open up the .htm / .html file in notepad and paste the code in the appropriate place, and then save and upload the file.

I don't know why I am unable to copy and paste in the source area. I've done it before on other websites. One thing I don't like about RVSitebuilder is that they don't have a button to use to add HTML code, like banner code (although I was able to use the Add Hyperlink button to add simple banners to my site. Freewebs and weebly are so much simpler to use, they have a feature to add code in.

[oldbuddy]

I'm working on a website, and I have it mostly complete, but i have a problem. When I try to add Amazon widget codes, they don't work. I'm not familiar with HTML, and so I use the "Add Hyperlink" button in the WYSIWYG editor. I'm using RV Sitebuilder, which I don't like, but it's better than the generic sitebuilder that came with the hosting. Usually, I can get code to work by switching from the "Design" view to the "source" view, and paste the code directly in the html editor, but for some reason in RV Sitebuilder, it doesn't give the ability to paste. I can't get any of the widgets I've tried to show up. I think the code from Amazon must be wrong or something, or maybe it's just too long for the "Add Hyperlink" button to handle.

I do all of that stuff in an HTML editor instead of WYSIWYG, but I have had pretty good luck with Komposer you can download free. Then you just upload the finished files to your hosting. I use FileZilla for that and it's a free download too.

Can I use Komposer to add to my existing web pages, or will I have to start all over again? I guess it wouldn't be a real big deal, because I can just copy and paste all the text and stuff.

You wont be able to paste HTML code into a link... that's not going to work.  It's strange that you can't paste code into the HTML source - that's a pretty standard feature.  You could always open up the .htm / .html file in notepad and paste the code in the appropriate place, and then save and upload the file.

I don't know why I am unable to copy and paste in the source area. I've done it before on other websites. One thing I don't like about RVSitebuilder is that they don't have a button to use to add HTML code, like banner code (although I was able to use the Add Hyperlink button to add simple banners to my site. Freewebs and weebly are so much simpler to use, they have a feature to add code in.

Just be aware that WYSIWYG editors inject extra code that can cause headaches, or even completely change what you had in mind. Using a plain editor like Notepad, or something a little more sophisticated like BlueFish or Arachnophilia can produce much tighter code and give you infinite control. There are lots if HTML tutorials on w3schools.com for free.