Re: is anyone here going to help me??? does anyone here know anything at all???


"Dead Dead Money" <DeadDeadMoney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0lkuf2l306cro3pi4ovk3q5inpv5ua36vd@xxxxxxxxxx
: On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:57:41 GMT, "William Coleman"
: <ramashiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
: >Listen. I posted a serious long post requesting help for problems I lack
: >the technical competence to solve. The title was "my template is broken,
or
: >something very strange is going on".
: >
: >I posted this two or three days ago, but it just showed up yesterday. I
: >don't know where else to turn for help. Actually I do. My weblog is
just
: >the republication of edited posts I make to the usenet newsgroup
: >rec.gambling.poker (RGP).
: >
: >There are numerous internet and HTML geeks who hang out there who I am
quite
: >confident know more about these subjects than all but a few of the people
: >who post here. I am very sure that if I post my broken template and they
: >look at how fucked up my previously perfect blog now is, they will be
able
: >to tell me exactly how to fix the problem in a matter of minutes.
: >
: >Do you want me to go to a poker newsgroup with my problems? Because none
of
: >you supposed experts can bother to spend five minutes on how to solve my
: >problems.
: >
: >Until like three or four days ago, everything on my blog displayed
: >perfectly. I have a saved image of my September 2006 archive showing
: >everything displaying perfectly.
: >
: >All the posts were formatted perfectly.
: >
: >The affiliate banner ads at the top displayed perfectly.
: >
: >The generic Google ad beneath the blog title box displayed perfectly.
: >
: >The Google ads for Ad Sense, etc., in the right sidebar displayed
perfectly.
: >
: >The Amazon book links in the right side bar displayed perfectly.
: >
: >Then, all hell broke loose.
: >
: >Suddenly the Google ad beneath the title box was gone.
: >
: >The Google ads in the right side bar were gone.
: >
: >The Amazon book links were gone.
: >
: >The posts, previously centered, no matter what the screen resolution, are
: >now flush with the left margin.
: >
: >I have optimized my blog for viewing at 1152X864 screen resolution or
: >higher.
: >
: >I have tried resaving my template, then republishing the entire blog. No
: >joy.
: >
: >Then, starting, yesterday, I started having nightmares trying to make a
: >simple blog post.
: >
: >My modus operandi is that I compose usenet posts for RGP using Outlook
: >Express.
: >
: >Before I publish to RGP, I just copy and paste from Outlook Express to
the
: >Google compose window. I then do some additional editing and formatting
: >before publishing the post with Blogger.
: >
: >This procedure had worked flawlessly for me on quite a few posts. I had
one
: >minor problem. Most of the carriage returns disappeared, and I had to
go
: >through and reinsert them. I figured out yesterday what was causing
that.
: >In Outlook Express, I specify Unicode UTF-8 for writing messages. I do
this
: >for maximum compatibility with non-Windows systems. You cannot believe
the
: >amount of grief I have gotten from Linux Geeks on this and other issues
: >which *** up their ability to read my posts.
: >
: >I found that by simply changing from UTF-8 to Windows (Western European),
: >all the carriage returns carry over perfectly from Outlook Express to
: >Blogger.
: >
: >But that is the least of my problems. I ran into an absolute nightmare
: >yesterday trying to publish the post "The Sockpuppets of the King of
: >Nitpickers".
: >
: >I easily spent 16 hours trying to get this post to publish. I would have
: >pulled my hair out, except I have shaved my head bald.
: >
: >I copied the perfectly formatted Outlook Express usenet post to the
compose
: >window. I always do this before I publish the usenet post to RGP.
: >Normally, I copy and paste, do some minor editing and formatting, and
: >Blogger publishes the post perfectly formatted.
: >
: >Not this time. I tried to publish and got a broken HTML error. Look. I
am
: >an HTML novice. I barely know enough to insert my ads and affiliate
banners
: >in the template.
: >
: >But I was told exactly what was broken, found it, and fixed it. I tried
to
: >publish again. The exact same HTML tag I just fixed was broken again. I
: >tried at least three or four times to repair the broken tag, but Blogger
: >just told me the same tag was broken over and over.
: >
: >Finally, I said "*** this" and just removed the tag, which was not
: >essential.
: >
: >Then I tried publishing again. Same thing. Now another HTML tag is
broken.
: >I repair it three or four times, but it refuses to be fixed. It is also
: >non-essential, so I delete it too.
: >
: >I tried to publish again, and still another HTML tag is broken and
refuses
: >to be fixed.
: >
: >Then I started getting paranoid and decided that Blogger was trying to
tell
: >me that they don't want my business any more, because my blog is
EXTREMELY
: >controversial, which you know if you have read it.
: >
: >After ten hours or so of fruitlessly trying to fix unfixable HTML tags, I
: >finally said "*** this" again, and just copied the HTML for the entire
post
: >to Notepad.
: >
: >Like I said, I am an HTML novice, but I am a fast learner. I pored over
the
: >HTML with Notepad, and the HTML was fucked up beyond belief. Virtually
: >every bit of HTML was fucked up in some way that would prevent
publishing.
: >
: >I had to essentially rewrite ALL the HTML for a very long post with a LOT
of
: >HTML.
: >
: >Please explain how this is possible, if someone or something isn't
: >deliberately sabatoging my blog.
: >
: >Finally, I published the post with the rewritten HTML, and it published
: >perfectly as you can see if you look at my blog.
: >
: >Now, go look at the even longer post "the education of Roy Holderness (I
: >hope)".
: >
: >When I originally published this book length post, it was formatted
: >perfectly, and I mean perfectly. Now it is a hopeless mess. My best bet
is
: >to delete it and start over with a copy and paste from Outlook Express or
my
: >RGP post from Google Groups.
: >
: >Everything is completely fucked up. Words are run together. A lot of
the
: >line breaks are gone.
: >
: >Please explain how a post can publish perfectly formatted, stay that way
for
: >a day or two, then suddenly look like someone dropped a handgrenade on
it.
: >
: >Someone is going to have to do some serious explaining to convince me
that
: >someone at Blogger isn't deliberately ratfucking my weblog because one of
: >his friends is one of the numerous people who are extremely pissed off
: >because I have told the truth about them on my weblog.
: >
: >Now, here is more mystery. Last night, I discovered that the Amazon
books
: >links are still there. They are just way down at the bottom where no one
: >will see them unless they scroll all the way to the bottom.
: >
: >The Google ad under the title box is still missing, as are the Google ads
in
: >the right side bar. I figured that Google wanted absolutely nothing to
do
: >with such an EXTREMELY controversial blog, and yanked all the ads.
: >
: >That doesn't bother me at all. I would like to have them, but I can make
: >plenty of money with affiliate banners and Amazon book links.
: >
: >So I went to my Ad Sense console, or whatever you call it, and it still
: >shows all my Google ads intact.
: >
: >Care to explain exactly what is going on??? I have made no editing
changes
: >to the template which could have any possible effect on the Google ads or
: >Amazon book links. Nor have I done anything to explain why the posts are
: >now flush with the left margin.
: >
: >So seriously, can someone tell me what to do to get my blog back?
: >
: >I will give you some motivation. I assert that the real internet and
HTML
: >ubergeeks are on RGP, not this help group. Right after I publish this
post,
: >I will also publish it on RGP. I will also publish my template on RGP.
: >
: >I am telling you that you guys are clueless beginners compared to some
of
: >the ubergeeks on RGP.
: >
: >I am telling you that they will have told me exactly how to fix my
problem
: >before you guys can even begin to think about what has screwed up my blog
so
: >royally.
: >
: >I am telling you they will edit my template appropriately and tell me
"Here,
: >use this for your template and everything will work perfectly" AND IT
WILL.
: >
: >Right now this help group is a total joke as far as I am concerned.
: >
: >Are you guys going to let a bunch of poker players show you that you are
not
: >even qualified to be their students on any aspect of HTML or the
internet?
: >
: >Or are you going to do what you are supposed to do -- Help a beginner
like
: >me to fix whatever it is that is causing my problems.
: >
: >I am betting the RGP ubergeeks will have already solved the problem and
: >given me a new template which works perfectly before any of you even
figure
: >out what the problem is.
: >
: >
: >William Coleman (ramashiva)
: >
:
:
: Well I have never looked at your blog before but the missing items do
: seem to appear.
:
: Kind of a dumb suggestion but Is it possible that you inadvertently
: changed the resolution on your PC?

Nope. The blog is optimized for 1152X864 resolution or above. Everything
should be centered perfectly at any resolution at or above 1152X864. I am
looking at it on a 21" Samsung LCD at 1600X1200. Formerly, everything was
centered perfectly. Now the posts are over on the left margin.

A generic Google ad below the title box is gone. Do you see that?

In the right side bar you should see a color picture of the Hindu God Shiva,
with a link to my complete profile.

Immediately below that you should see four Google ads for Ad Sense and other
Google software

Immediately below that you should see a long series of Amazon book links for
Poker Books.

Immediately below that you should see the stub of a links section.

Immediately below that you should see links to my weblog archives.

Is that exactly what you are seeing? If so, my computer is fucked up, not
my weblog.

I do not see any of the Google Ads, even though Google Ad Sense shows them
right where they are supposed to be.

My profile, Amazon book links, etc., are way the *** down at the bottom of
the page where no one will see them unless they scroll all the way to the
bottom.

If you are seeing exactly what I described, then I have a computer problem,
not a weblog problem. Please tell me if what I have described matches
exactly what you are seeing. If so, you have solved my problem and saved me
a lot of grief trying to edit my weblog template to fix problems which do
not exist.


William Coleman (ramashiva)

Department of Agitation, Propaganda, and Demagoguery
________________________

Please visit my weblog, Ramashiva Rules --

http://www.ramashivarules.blogspot.com

Before clicking on the URL, please set your monitor's resolution to 1152x864
or higher and turn off Ad Blocking. Please help me out by clicking on the
affiliate banners at the top of the page, the Amazon book links on the
right, and the Google ads.

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