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I need some help with a template I purchased!

by NBN
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I need some help from those of you that are successfully at loading or putting the templates together. Here's my problem, I bout some squeeze page temps that were not put together when I got them it seems that they are all in pieces, not like it looked in the tutorial video.

What I mean by in pieces is that the headline (text) is not on top of the back ground. It's not fill in the blank.

I know nothing about files and html, I thought everything would already be compressed. I do have a text editor software and I can't seem to do anything with it.

Someone pls help .

TIA
#purchased #template
  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi TIA

    Does your template have a separate CSS file (i.e. a file with the extension .css on it)?

    You said it came with a tutorial video, what does it say to do?

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author NBN
      Thank you Bill,

      The video walked me through how to open the file, I did, but what I saw and got is not how it was explained in the video.

      In the video it was already assembled (I guess he assumed everyone could put it together) and he walked me through adding text, put didn't really explain the 3 or 4 steps before that, like putting it all together.

      all I see in the files are

      images
      index.html (fire fox)
      style.css

      I know these are all the pieces, but I have no clue on how to assemble them.

      BTW, my name is Patricia. TIA= Thanks In Advance

      I do thank you for your help
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Patricia - sorry about the name mix-up (should have figured that one out)!

    Check in the index.html file with your text editor. Look in the <head> section (i.e. the section between the <head> and </head> tags for a line like this:

    Code:
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" >
    This is how you reference your external stylesheet, in your case called "style.css".

    A style sheet determines the positioning of the elements in your HTML document, as well as their appearance (size, font, color etc). If the preceding line is not there, or is pointing to the wrong location then your page will not have any style information.

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author NBN
      Thanks Bill,

      I'm going to check now.

      Patricia
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      • Profile picture of the author NBN
        This ALL looks like gibberish!!
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        • Profile picture of the author NBN
          I see mention of a style sheet

          <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

          and I see font styles and sizes this is all in the index.html...
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Patricia

    Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing, maybe that will clarify things? Or if you already have them on your web host post the URL and I'll see if I can figure it out for you.

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author NBN
      I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know how to do screen shots but here's what I can show you



      Headline

      call to action
      <email capture form>




      this is the index.html file


      <html>
      <head>
      <title>Ghostwriting System</title>
      <!-- Main stylesheet for the layout -->
      <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
      <style type="text/css">
      <!--
      .style3 {font-size: 10px}
      .video {
      letter-spacing: -1;
      font-weight: bold;
      margin-right: 100px;
      font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
      font-size: 19px;


      I see this and a bunch more gibberish (no offence ment to your craft) when I open it in my tex editor
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  • Profile picture of the author FreeBusinessWebsites
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    • Profile picture of the author NBN
      Originally Posted by FreeBusinessWebsites View Post

      From what you are saying, it sounds as though the css file is linked correctly so you should be able to edit the css to obtain the desired look. If the site is live, I will be able to assist as well.
      No the site isn't live, I just wanted to get it preped so when I'm ready a week or 2 I could just load it.

      By the way if I knew what I was doing how long should this take, most make it seem as though it's a 5-10 min process?
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    No offense taken, I specialize in gibberish!

    I'm sending you a PM with an e-mail address so that you can send the files to me if you like, might be easier for me to see the problem and assist you if I can take a look at it.

    I'll try an do it with the minimum amount of gibberish possible!

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author NBN
      lol, thanks Bill!
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