August 11
Custom HTML Module / Sandbox
The Custom HTML Power Toy is designed to allow you to add a sandbox module to your Space in which you can enter text, link to images, and use other HTML features. The Custom HTML Power Toy supports all of the same HTML that you can enter into a Blog entry and can be moved around your Space as a separate module, just like a list or any other Spaces module. Additionally you can control the Title of this module and whether the borders for this module are displayed or not.
- Sign into your Live Spaces account
- Click on Your Space button on the What's new page. You will be in the edit/owner mode of your space.
- Then click on the customize link on the right hand top corner and select Rearrange or hide modules from the drop down menu.
- Click on the Module link and from the drop down menu select Other and then Click on the Html Add button. You can add and remove a many Html modules as you want.
- Click Close and then Save your layout.
To add content/Html code to the Html box, click on the customize link on the right hand top corner and select Rearrange or hide modules from the drop down menu as you did before.
The page will refresh and you will notice that and and edit link on the Html module. Click on it.
- The page will refresh and you can add your code in the box and Save it.
Note:-
The HTMl box displays the Html title by default. You may not like it. If you want to change the title or even make the background dissapear so that you can use the box to dislay banners with out the obstructing border and background.
Click on the customize link on the right hand top corner and select Rearrange or hide modules from the drop down menu (again).
- You will notice that the top right hand side corner of every module there will be an inverted triangle. Click on the inverted triangle found on the HTML module and a menu will drop down.
- From the drop down menu, click on Preferences.
- Enter any title you want and click on save. If you dont want to display a title or border.. Tick the Hide title from Vistors and Hide the border from visitors and then click on Save. I recommend you do this.
- Done!
This module is useful in many of the tutorials I have put up on this space.
You can start by adding a banner. Click here to learn how to..
Tip:- You can also add many things like counters , Clocks etc. See the tuorials in the various categories on my space. if you have coding problems. Add all of this onto a blog entry, arrange the position , add the hyperlinks, change the size of your pictures, etc. Click on the button and get the code for it. Dont publish your entry. Paste that code into the sandbox and click Save.
Note 2:-
Incase your code is not accepted due t restrictions you can try the 3rd Party HTML Sanbox gadget has been developed! It takes flash files, embed objects and almost any valid HTML code! Why not click here to get the HTML sandbox gadget! (Note : This gadget does not have the disable module border/background option and a height - width restriction may be applicable ).
You can now have two HTML sandboxes. Click here to learn more..