Editing User:Venusy/weeklies.xml editing

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Peoples all the time be [[User talk:Venusy|asking me]]:
<blockquote class="short compy email" style="background-image:none;">
Dear Venusy,<br>
How do you make those [[User:Venusy#Quote_of_the_Week|Quote of the Week]] images?<br>
Sincerely yours,<br>
Several peoples</blockquote>
And I tell them the truth, I just edit weeklies.xml, and create a picture in an imaging program.<br> However, I realise that this isn't a very good answer, and editing weeklies.xml probably requires its own page.
==Setting up==
You will need:
*A copy of [[HR:weeklies/weeklies.xml|weeklies.xml]] saved to your hard drive,
*A copy of [[HR:qod.swf|qod.swf]] saved to your hard drive,
*A folder named "weeklies" (without quotation marks) somewhere on your hard drive.

Got all of those? Good! Now, put "weeklies.xml" into the folder named "weeklies", and put "qod.swf" in the folder that "weeklies" is in. So, in example, if your weeklies folder is located at "C:\My Documents\Homestar Runner\Swfs\qod\weeklies", then "qod.swf" would be placed in "C:\My Documents\Homestar Runner\Swfs\qod".

Now we can start editing!

==Editing weeklies.xml==
Open weeklies.xml in Notepad by right-clicking on weeklies.xml, and selecting "Open With...". Then select Notepad. You'll see something that looks a little bit like this:
<pre><?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<sketchbook>12-string sad</sketchbook>
<fanstuff>homestar cubeheads</fanstuff>
<qod character="strongsad" filename="ss_looseleaf.mp3">Uh, Strong Bad, were you just first basin' it with that piece of loose leaf?!</qod>


<!-- Chapos: here are the character shortcuts 
homestar   
strongbad   
strongsad 
bubs
coachz
marzipan
kingoftown
strongmad
homsar
marshie
cardgage
cheerleader 
soandso 
whatsherface 
uglyone 
stinkoman
1up 
gunhaver  
fightgar 
silentrip 
crackotage 
reynold
bluelaser  
ehsteve
doreauxgard 
oldstrongbad 
oldhomestar 
oldstrongsad    
oldmarzipan  
oldcoachz
dumple
sloshy

     Love, jonathan ("nickname")
--></pre>
Ignore all of it except the stuff between qod tags, and the character shortcuts at the bottom. If you're slightly confused as to which character is what, don't be! Here's a table!
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Weeklies.xml name !! Actual name !! Preview of head
|-
| <center>homestar</center> 
| <center>[[Homestar Runner]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>strongbad</center> 
| <center>[[Strong Bad]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 2 - strong bad.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>strongsad</center> 
| <center>[[Strong Sad]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 3 - strong sad.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>bubs</center> 
| <center>[[Bubs]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 4 - bubs.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>coachz</center> 
| <center>[[Coach Z]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 5 - coach z.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>marzipan</center> 
| <center>[[Marzipan]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 6 - marzipan.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>kingoftown</center> 
| <center>[[King of Town]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 7 - the kot.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>strongmad</center> 
| <center>[[Strong Mad]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 8 - strong mad.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>homsar</center> 
| <center>[[Homsar]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 9 - homsar.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>marshie</center> 
| <center>[[Marshie]]</center> 
| <center>[[Image:qod 10 - marshie.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>cardgage</center>
| <center>[[Senor Cardgage]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>cheerleader</center>
| <center>[[Cheerleader]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>soandso</center>
| <center>[[So and So]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 13 - so and so.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>whatsherface</center>
| <center>[[What's Her Face]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 14 - whats her face.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>uglyone</center>
| <center>[[The Ugly One]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 15 - the ugly one.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>stinkoman</center>
| <center>[[Stinkoman]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 16 - stinkoman.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>1up</center>
| <center>[[1-Up]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 17 - 1up.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>gunhaver</center>
| <center>[[Gunhaver]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 18 - gunhaver.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>fightgar</center>
| <center>[[Fightgar]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 19 - fightgar.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>silentrip</center>
| <center>[[Silent Rip]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 20 - silent rip.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>crackotage</center>
| <center>[[Crackotage]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 21 - crackotage.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>reynold</center>
| <center>[[Reynold]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 22 - reynold.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>bluelaser</center>
| <center>[[Blue Laser Commander]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 23 - blue laser commander.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>ehsteve</center>
| <center>[[Eh! Steve!]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 24 - eh steve.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>doreauxgard</center>
| <center>[[Doreauxgard]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 25 - Doreauxgard.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>oldstrongbad</center>
| <center>[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 26 - 1936 strong bad.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>oldhomestar</center>
| <center>[[The Homestar Runner]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>oldstrongsad</center>
| <center>[[Sickly Sam]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 28 - 1936 strong sad.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>oldmarzipan</center>
| <center>[[Old-Timey Marzipan]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 29 - 1936 marzipan.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>oldcoachz</center>
| <center>[[The Fort Wayne Locomotive]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod 30 - 1936 coach z.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>rocoulm</center>
| <center>[[Horrible Painting]]<br> (no longer available)</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod_horriblepainting.PNG]]</center>
|-
| <center>dumple</center>
| <center>[[The Jolly Dumple]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:qod_dumple.png]]</center>
|-
| <center>sloshy</center>
| <center>Sloshy Record</center>
| <center>[[Image:Qod_sloshy.PNG]]</center>
|}



Thank you to [[User:Smileyface11945|Smileyface11945]] and [[User:Mibluvr13|Mibluvr13]] for finishing that.<br>
Now, just take the name of the character you want to use, and paste it here:<br>
<code>character="CHARACTER GOES HERE"</code><br>
Then, paste the quote you want between the tags, i.e.<br>
:<code><qod character="CHARACTER GOES HERE" filename="None">QUOTE GOES HERE</qod></code><br>
So lets say that I wanted the quote "I'm Homestar, and this is a website!" from [[First Time Here?]]. I would type <code><qod character="homestar" filename="None">I'm Homestar, and this is a website!</qod></code>

==Last Bit==
Take a look at qod.swf, and save a picture by Print Screening the browser window containing qod.swf. Make sure it's the right size, then upload it to the internet for all to see.

==Troubleshooting==
Common errors with this. All of the errors relating to weeklies.xml also apply for [[Stinkoman 20X6 Source Files#levelData|Stinkoman 20X6 levelData]], [[Secret Pages XML Source#Random Toon XML File|rando.xml]] and [[Hallrunner|hallrunner_questions.xml]].

*I get an error when I try to look at weeklies.xml.
**Weeklies.xml wasn't designed to be viewed in a browser. If you would like to see the file without saving the file to your hard drive, simply view the page source.
*I can't save weeklies.xml to my hard drive.
**Use "File &rarr; Save As". If your browser displays ".xml" in the Save As window, make sure to rename it to weeklies.xml, or it won't work!
*This guide only covers Quote of the Week. How do I make my own Sketchbook or Weekly Fanstuff?
**The text in between the <code><nowiki><Fanstuff></nowiki></code> tags controls the Weekly Fanstuff text, and the text in between the <code><nowiki><Sketchbook></nowiki></code> tags controls the Sketchbook text. Much like qod.swf, fanstuff.swf and sketchbook.swf must be placed one directory up from /weeklies/. The images must be in jpg format, and placed in the weeklies directory. The Weekly Fanstuff pic should be named "[[HR:weeklies/fanstuff_pic.jpg|fanstuff_pic.jpg]]" and the Sketchbook pic should be named "[[HR:weeklies/sketchbook_pic.jpg|sketchbook_pic.jpg]]".
*The swf opens, but appears to be frozen on the side of the screen.
**Right click on the swf and press play.

==<sup>MORE TXT</sup><sub>TO C ME</sub>==
Stuff that needs adding to this page:
*Table finishing -- Done!
**Table needs to be checked by Venusy
***Checked, thank you [[User:Smileyface11945|Smileyface11945]] and [[User:Mibluvr13|Mibluvr13]]. I don't think I'd have been bothered to finish that table anytime within this year.
*A better editing summary, and the last bit needs improving
*Some spelling fixings?
*Pictures

<center>If you have any improvements to make to this page, please do.</center>