Correct URL For Banner Exchange Needed

[brooke_1970]

Hello,

I filled out a form to exchange banners with another website. They asked for the URL of my banner. I emailed my hosting company because they offer help when they are able and they told me I needed to create an ez page, and gave me a relative path to enter into the html area. I created the ez page then gave the URL to the other website - and when I went to view the banner it showed that dreaded red x. Can anyone tell how I can figure out the proper URL to give to another website so that my banner can display properly. This is the URL that I gave the other website

www.bathbodyandspirit.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

Thanks,
Brooke

[Merlinpa1969]

Hi brooke
sorr it took me a few to get back

In the ez page you created try putting this in

<img src="path to image"><br /><textarea name="variable name" rows="3" cols="60">
<a href="path to store"><img src="path to image"></a></textarea>

[brooke_1970]

Merlinpa1969,

Thank you for answering my post. I must warn you that I am still very very new with zencart not to mention creating a website. I assume that I was to fill in the path to my image (banner) and this is what I inserted into the ez page I created

<img src="public_html/includes/templates/classic/images/banner2.jpg"><br/><textarea name="variable name" rows="3" cols="60"><a href="<A href="http://www.bathbodyandspirit.com"><img">www.bathbodyandspirit.com"><img src="public_html/includes/templates/classic/images/banner2.jpg"></a>

If this is correct is there a way I can test the URL before I contact the other website to change the incorrect URL I provided them with?

Thank you again,
Brooke

[Merlinpa1969]

it needs to be this way

<img src="http://www.bathbodyandspirit.com/includes/templates/classic/images/banner2.jpg"><br/><textarea name="variable name" rows="3" cols="60"><a href="<A href="http://www.bathbodyandspirit.com"><img">www.bathbodyandsp irit.com"><img src="http://www.bathbodyandspirit.com/includes/templates/classic/images/banner2.jpg"></a>

Tested it locally here and it works
and you may want to trim the image down
its a little BIG

Banner images are normally 486 x 60 and around 25k

[brooke_1970]

Ok, I have the code in my ez page. Would I give the entire code as a URL to another website for my banner? Could you tell me how you were able to test it - so I will know in the future. Also, thank you for letting me know that I need to resize my banner.

Thank you,
Brooke

[Merlinpa1969]

I tested it in a local html page

( dropped it into a text file, saved it as .html )

viewed it in firefox

yes you will send the ENTIRE link to this ez page for people to grab your banner,

[brooke_1970]

Merlinpa1969,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! You have lifted FOUR days of frustration from me.

Thanks!
Brooke