I think this is be asked hundreds of times before but I can't find it

I want to make some online/offline buttons for racers on our forum, I know how this works, I know spaces must be filled with %20, but I have a problem with one name, he has "[ ]"characters in his name and his button doesn't work.

1st question: How do I handlle with these characters ?
Johan........
Henk.........
Jack...........
Ronald.......
Sjoerd........ <== this one doesn't work
Raymond....

2nd qustion: I want the same kind of button for our server
server.........
This doesn't work to make a server visible but I don't know any other solution..

Quote from HeerBommel :

Sjoerd........ <== this one doesn't work

i think that you will find that it does

EDIT: Doh didnt look at the attachments! Sorry.

Convert the characters to their relevant ASCII representation.

For example:

http://www.lfsworld.net/urlencode.html if that helps

edit - and that button doesn't work for hosts. You'd need to do that another way. Like with pubstats for example, though that'll require a little scripting on your end.

Hmm, that's a very handy link, I only knew the %20 for spaces

Thank you Victor.

And for the host: I'll have to find another solution

What would be be looking for in that button for the server?

Simply is Online / Offline?

Quote from Dygear :

What would be be looking for in that button for the server?

Simply is Online / Offline?

Yes, that's all I want, an Online/Offline button

It's finally working now
http://www.dhost.info/rayman/



......

Can i put buttons on site if i have a free host and if i can please tell me how.

Quote from DU-racer :

Can i put buttons on site if i have a free host and if i can please tell me how.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp

=)

Quote from mcgas001 :

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp

=)

I want put buttons online,offline for racers

Quote from DU-racer :

I want put buttons online,offline for racers

In that case, Ignore my previos post

Quote from DU-racer :

Can i put buttons on site if i have a free host and if i can please tell me how.

Yes.


Replace USERNAME with the user's LFS licenced username.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

Yes.

<img src="http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.USERNAME.gif" alt="online / offline icon for USERNAME" />

Replace USERNAME with the user's LFS licenced username.

I m doing what you said but i only see
Replace USERNAME with the user's LFS licenced username.[/quote]

Lets see your website, and then we can see whats wrong

Quote from niall09 :

Lets see your website, and then we can see whats wrong

see

can you not tell us a link to the website?

Quote from DU-racer :

see

Seeing a picture of the webpage is irrelevant. It sounds like whatever you're using to edit the page has treated the code as text, not actual HTML. The only way we could confirm that would be to actually see the code that makes up the page.

Try this.

Quote from Dygear :

Try this.


<?php 
[img]http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.DU-racer.gif[/img]
?>



No my site is http://nitrousteam-lfs.page.tl

Quote from Dygear :

Try this.


<?php 
[img]http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.DU-racer.gif[/img]
?>



Thats for a forum.

Try this:
<img src="http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.DU-racer.gif">

Quote from niall09 :

Thats for a forum.

Try this:
<img src="http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.DU-racer.gif">

i have for forum i need for site

Quote from niall09 :

Thats for a forum.

Try this:
<img src="http://www.lfsworld.net/isonline.DU-racer.gif">

If you're going to paste him code, make sure it's right. Either end it with /> if you want XHTML 1.0 or ></img> for HTML 4.0

Quote from DU-racer :

No my site is http://nitrousteam-lfs.page.tl

What are you using to create/edit the page?

Quote from JamesF1 :

If you're going to paste him code, make sure it's right. Either end it with /> if you want XHTML 1.0 or ></img> for HTML 4.0

I knew something looked wrong