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Text Invisible #43461 08/06/00 06:59 PM
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Had a few folks ask how to do the invisible text trick I used in the Forgotten Model thread in the FSB.

Alas, its pretty simple and there's little wizardry involved.

* Make the color of your text the same color as the background. *

(swipe your mouse between the asterisks for the solution)

After the first asterisk I used the following HTML code:


Before the last asterisk insert:


Between this code type your message.

The sample code works for messages w/ the grey background. Modify appropriately for the light background.

Of course your real interest should be why the HTML examples didn't turn into HTML. :-)

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Tim that is so cool, Thanks i was very concerned that i was missing out on something in the other string, I sat for awhile trying to figure out what the heck they were saying LOL!

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*the HTML code for the light gray background is f7f7f7"*

Re: Text Invisible #43464 08/06/00 11:31 PM
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Thanks Tim and Mark.
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Re: Text Invisible #43465 08/08/00 02:22 AM
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*had to try it*

that's too cool- does it work on other forums that are designed like this??

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Re: Text Invisible #43466 08/08/00 02:27 AM
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It works anywhere you can use HTML.

Re: Text Invisible #43467 08/08/00 02:35 AM
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how do you find the color code number or text needed?

Re: Text Invisible #43468 08/08/00 03:04 AM
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Did it the easy way - I looked at the HTML to see what was being used.

On any HTML page, click your right mouse button and on the pop-up menu select the 'View Source' option. This will bring up that page's code in another window - typically notepad. You may have to root around to locate the association of text and background color, but using the 'Find' option can help.

You're looking for the word 'color' usually inside a 'Font' statement. It will have the color name or the hex code of the color specified as an attribute.

This works fine for HTML meeting the 3.2 spec. Once the world moves primarily to using HTML 4 it won't be quite as straightforward because we'll see a greater use of style sheets specified seperately from the HTML they govern.

Or you could just fiddle with combinations till you find something that matches or comes close. See the 'Color Names' thread in this same forum for color swatches and their English names - easier to use than remembering hex values.

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well, I tried and tried all night and morning and I still can't get it to do it on the other forum I use. I did find the bgcolor codes and tried them all-none worked. maybe it just doesn't work in some places. *thanks for the information JTimothyA- it was very clever of you to find this out!*

didn't work again!! ugh! why did it go yellow? I give up! LOL


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Re: Text Invisible #43470 08/08/00 01:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by rynomatt:
didn't work again!! ugh! why did it go yellow? I give up! LOL


Try putting a double quotation mark (") between "color=" and "#".

Re: Text Invisible #43471 08/08/00 03:57 PM
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I think you were trying that old scout trick of writing in lemonade -- then holding the paper over a candle to read the message.

Doesn't work on the Internet too well.

Re: Text Invisible #43472 08/08/00 09:59 PM
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ok- let's see---
*I sure hope this works or you'll all think I'm an idiot! lol*

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LOL LOL LOL LOL- well- I'm getting closer!!!

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Re: Text Invisible #43473 08/08/00 10:04 PM
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last try---
*boy I will become a WACKO before I figure this out!!*

Re: Text Invisible #43474 08/08/00 10:05 PM
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PHEW!!!! LOL- thanks everyone!!

Re: Text Invisible #43475 08/08/00 10:34 PM
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rynomatt - *YOU MADE IT!*

Re: Text Invisible #43476 08/08/00 11:47 PM
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Yes, congratulations, I like your persistance. The computer will do exactly what you tell it to do (usually), but its pretty finicky about the *way* you tell instruct it.

Fwiw, the reason why your message at 7:59 is off and the one at 8:04 works is because you used the same text color for both. The color code used is for the gray background. The finicky computer asks that the color of the text match the background exactly.

Use "f7f7f7" for the light background and "dedfdf" for the gray background - do everything else exactly as you did and voila!

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