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Eons Assistant

I used the Composer in Mozilla.org's SeaMonkey to make a widget that helped me add more group links to the My Eons page. I call it Eons Assistant. To use it you paste the code into a widget box using Add in your widgets section.

Here's an image of it : -



For those of you who like to see the code I'm presenting it here.
MrTSauce's profile
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<table style="text-align: left; width: 250px;" border="1"
cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">

<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ eons-advisors">
Eons Advisors</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ getting-around-on-eons">
Getting
Around on Eons</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/ 1679840-Report-Technical-Site-Problems- here">
Report
Technical Problems</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ the-studio----having-fun-with-css-and- html">
The
Studio</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/microsite/ eonshelp">
H E L P</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ computers-technology-and-internet- solutons-center">
CTIS</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ mac-pack">
Mac Pack</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ linux-users-group">
Linux Users
Group</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ i-luv-eons">
I Luv Eons</a><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span
style="text-decoration: underline;">
<a
href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/ tomato-sauce">
Tomato Sauce</a></span><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
MrTSauce's profile

about 1 month ago
Somehow Eons has introduced extra spaces in some of the addresses : they between group/ and the name of the group and CTIS, The Studio and Report Technical problems have an extra space further along.
The same thing happens when you make a line of hyphens
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MrTSauce's profile

about 1 month ago
I'm sorry, MrTSauce. I forgot to mention that that is one of the problems sharing code in messages.

The Eons editor adds random spaces to code. I think this is to prevent the code from "sticking" out past the width of the message box and breaking the page design - but that's just a guess. We've looked for various ways to be able to post the code without the automatic spaces being added, but haven't found one that works.

There are some things that we can do, however. If you'd like, you can upload a text file with the code to the file section of the group. Then post the code in a message as you've done above, but refer folks to the file so they can copy it. That way, folks can get an idea of how the code looks by viewing the message, but can go to the file if they want to copy it and use it. That's one reason for the Code to Copy, Revise and Use file. I can add your widget code to that file, also, so folks can have a "clean" copy. If you'd rather, you could remind folks about the extra spaces that Eons editor adds and suggest that they use "View --> source" to get the code. Or you could be like I am sometimes and forget to mention it until someone asks a question.

Generally, the extra spaces appear in URL's. You'll notice that also when you post a complete link with a partial link after it.

view link
www.eons.com/groups/group/the-studio---- having-fun-with-css-and-html

In preview, the extra space came after the dashes. (If I'd known that when I started The Studio, I would have shortened the name, LOL.)

We've gotten so used to looking for the extra spaces in URL's we see posted, that sometimes we forget to tell/remind other folks about them.

Love your widget code, BTW. It can be used in so many ways!
Mimi58's profile

about 1 month ago
Thanks for that info Mimi. I think the best thing to do would be to upload a .txt file to the files section. I'll do that later today.

Some information about Eons Assistant : on the profile page it fits best in the right column but will also fit in the center column easily. To use it in the left column the 250px in the first line of the code needs to be changed to 210px for a neat fit. On the My Eons page it will fit easily in either column.
MrTSauce's profile

about 1 month ago
The basic Eons Assistant has room for ten groups but it is possible to change the groups or even to add more on.

To add more links you can use this piece of code changing 'groupname' (twice) to the name of the group you want to add on.





groupname

MrTSauce's profile

about 1 month ago
I reposted your reply, MrTSauce. The Eons editor tried to render the code rather than paste it. Sometimes that happens, LOL.

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The basic Eons Assistant has room for ten groups but it is possible to change the groups or even to add more on.

To add more links you can use this piece of code changing 'groupname' (twice) to the name of the group you want to add on.

<table><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><a rel="nofollow">groupname</a><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table>
Mimi58's profile

about 1 month ago
Nice work, MrTSauce - thanks for sharing.
Sylk's profile

about 1 month ago
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Mr T got me to thinking, so this is a test
HonestJohn's profile

about 1 month ago
So does the blank space get inserted every 40 places?
HonestJohn's profile

about 1 month ago
LOL, I guess we'll have to use tiny.com url's for eons, urls..lol
HonestJohn's profile

about 1 month ago
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