The Coding Club

Hey Ulysses! I'm looking forward to your articles on layouts. I can help with info on BBCode and more advanced stuff (JavaScript, Java, etc.) if people are interested in that.

Thanks SueHeck! I wasn't planning to do much on the topic of JavaScript as the plan is just to focus on coding in the context of EV, and player-made JavaScript is disabled on the site. I do however use it in some off-site tools I've made for EV, such as the foal genotype calculator, and the layout generator, so I thought I'd do something on just the sort of things it's capable of, using them as EV-related examples, and link to w3schools if people want to learn that stuff. I'd be happy to hear your ideas though, and you could perhaps be one of our guest writers if you like.

Just a list of some upcoming tutorials, so you guys know what to expect, and I have a reminder. Order may be shuffled about.

- Layout dimensions (widths and heights of important elements)
- BBCode
- basic HTML (mostly same things as BBCode reference)
- alignment tips and tricks in art
- padding
- horizontal and vertical space
- guest writers - brief description of things they've coded for EV, e.g. programs, spreadsheets, etc.

Does anyone have some ideas for other things to add to this list?

For the article(s) by guest writers, it will essentially be exploring a range of different programming languages and environments, and how they've been used by players in the context of EV, so as part of this I'm looking to hear from anyone who has coded any sort of tool (etc) for use with EV. You'll just need to write a paragraph or two explaining what you made, what it does, what language it's written in, maybe a basic overview of how it works, and anything else you think is relevant. Maybe a screenshot of it's front end, or something? No need to share the code itself though. This could be something like a spreadsheet you've put together to calculate breeding outcomes, or some javascript functions used offsite (my foal genotype calculator and layout generator will get a mention as part of this). The only requirement is that it needs to be at least vaguely EV related. Being horse or breeding related will suffice, even if it's not specifically designed for EV. If you've got an idea of something to contribute either comment on this thread or send a message to my main account. I'd love to hear from you.

Omg I made a whole Java program of little tools for EV. I could definitely write a few paragraphs about it.

That would be awesome! I can't wait to hear about it. :D

Latest tutorial is online! This one covers how to produce horizontal or vertical spaces in text, and what purposes and applications each method is most suited for.

Hope you guys like it. If you have any feedback, corrections, suggestions, etc, please don't hesitate to let me know. :)

New tutorial is online. This one is just a simple resource listing the BBCode that is available on EV. Please note that there's a small error in the first table: where it lists the code for italic text it also shows /td> after it, which should not be there (I'm missing a < in my code).

Something I just learned today when I made birthday posts: the tag to make a link to a member doesn't work in this new BBCode! It looked fine when I previewed the post but after I posted, the tags were showing instead of the members' names.

^ Yeah, there's a few bugs left to be ironed out under the new system. I understand Abbey's still working on things. I'm planning on creating a part 2 to my bbcode tutorial to cover all the new code we got, but i'm holding off until everything has settled down a bit.

New tutorial is up.
This one covers layout art, so while it isn't directly related to coding, they're often closely related as how you set up text boxes and such in your layout image influences how things must be coded. This tutorial gives you a few quick and simple methods to ensure alignment is precise, which makes things both look better, and makes it easier to code.

Last edited on 2017-05-30 at 20:25:05 by UlyssesBlue

The link doesn't work

Oops, sorry. Should be fixed now. :P

Hey!

I have a question on EV coding. (I'm buying a month's deluxe account very soon.) How do I code an image over the top banner on my page? What's the exact code for it? The usual text box code or something else? How can I use CSS to change the page's colors and text styles?

#banner_winter {

background: url('BANNERURL');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_spring {

background: url('BANNERURL');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_summer {

background: url('BANNERURL');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_autumn {

background: url('BANNERURL');

height: 200px;

}

#banner_winter {

background: url('BANNERURL'), url('/img/layout/top_winter.jpg');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_spring {

background: url('BANNERURL'), url('/img/layout/top_spring.jpg');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_summer {

background: url('BANNERURL'), url('/img/layout/top_summer.jpg');

height: 200px;

}



#banner_autumn {

background: url('BANNERURL'), url('/img/layout/top_autumn.jpg');

height: 200px;

}