eclecticism

This is actually fairly simple, but you never know.

For ecto users who want to post LiveJournal-style links to LJ user accounts (such as djwudi) into a weblog entry on a non-LJ system:

1. Open Window > HTML Tags.

2. Click the + button to create a new tag set.

3. Paste the following code into the ‘opening tag’ box (as a single line):

   <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=%*">
   <img src="http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[%*'s info]" width="17" height="17" /></a>
   <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/%*/"><b>
   

4. Paste the following code into the ‘closing tag’ box:

   </b></a>
   

5. Assign a command key sequence (optional, of course — I used option-command-J).

Viola! You’re done. Now, just type someone’s LJ username into a weblog post, select it, and choose the new tag set (or type the command key sequence you set), and the LJ-style link is created.

[See also: ecto 2 | New toys to play with | Basic HTML tag cheatsheet | Safari bug: Amazon Associates Build-A-Link | MT: Easy comment and entry editing ]

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