Steffy's Magic Shop

[Al Terego]

Greetings, fellow spellcasters!

The topic of today's lesson is: Colours vs. themes, which is a continuation of the previous lesson about colours.

In the past I used to format headers as [color=brown] (example in bold) and text that I wanted to stand out as [color=navy] (example in normal style).  However, those colours turned out to be illegible for people that prefer to use a dark theme.

I did some testing and came up with a small subset of colours that, in my opinion, work reasonably well in both the default and the dark themes.  The table below contains the colour names in 4 different styles to give you an example how the text will appear when rendered in that colour.  I also added links (which use their own colour unless overridden) for comparison, since using the same colour that is used for links can be confusing.

Normal	Italic	Bold	Bold+Italic
rosybrown	rosybrown	rosybrown	rosybrown
darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod
goldenrod	goldenrod	goldenrod	goldenrod
orange	orange	orange	orange
darkorange	darkorange	darkorange	darkorange
tomato	tomato	tomato	tomato
orangered	orangered	orangered	orangered
deeppink	deeppink	deeppink	deeppink
hotpink	hotpink	hotpink	hotpink
fuchsia	fuchsia	fuchsia	fuchsia
mediumpurple	mediumpurple	mediumpurple	mediumpurple
dodgerblue	dodgerblue	dodgerblue	dodgerblue
cadetblue	cadetblue	cadetblue	cadetblue
(link)	(link)	(link)	(link)

I posted this table elsewhere to solicit responses, and got the following comments (slightly paraphrased for breivity):

Liam Dale: I believe these 4 look amazing with the October theme: deeppink, fuchsia, dodgerblue, cadetblue.

Syene: I use the pink and gray theme. rosybrown is better than default pink, but still pretty low contrast. hotpink isn't great either.


And the code for the baker's dozen:

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[color=rosybrown]rosybrown[/color]
[color=goldenrod]goldenrod[/color]
[color=darkgoldenrod]darkgoldenrod[/color]
[color=orange]orange[/color]
[color=darkorange]darkorange[/color]
[color=tomato]tomato[/color]
[color=orangered]orangered[/color]
[color=deeppink]deeppink[/color]
[color=hotpink]hotpink[/color]
[color=fuchsia]fuchsia[/color]
[color=mediumpurple]mediumpurple[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]dodgerblue[/color]
[color=cadetblue]cadetblue[/color]

Cheers,
-- Al

[Al Terego]

And re-posting the table on an even-numbered reply, since backgrounds alternate.

Normal	Italic	Bold	Bold+Italic
rosybrown	rosybrown	rosybrown	rosybrown
darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod
goldenrod	goldenrod	goldenrod	goldenrod
orange	orange	orange	orange
darkorange	darkorange	darkorange	darkorange
tomato	tomato	tomato	tomato
orangered	orangered	orangered	orangered
deeppink	deeppink	deeppink	deeppink
hotpink	hotpink	hotpink	hotpink
fuchsia	fuchsia	fuchsia	fuchsia
mediumpurple	mediumpurple	mediumpurple	mediumpurple
dodgerblue	dodgerblue	dodgerblue	dodgerblue
cadetblue	cadetblue	cadetblue	cadetblue
(link)	(link)	(link)	(link)

I will probably stick with orangered and dodgerblue.

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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Use stuff, Al. If I have my druthers, the posting part of any theme would be white because when we post pictures, they often have white backgrounds or those of us who work at it have to make the backgrounds transparent.

But anyway, thought I’d help your cause here. I did a screen capture of your fonts and made the background transparent. Then I filled each with the pair of screen colors for each of the themes. Here’s the result. Yeah it’s a big post but the fonts need to be readable against the backgrounds. And yes, both Black & Blue and October use a solid black background that doesn’t alternate.

Feel free to steal this, just building on other’s work.

Default		Beige
Lilac		Rainbow
Black & Blue		October
Platinum

[Al Terego]

Thank you Jaclyn!

[Steffy]

Pat, Patti, Patty & Pattsy

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Magic Shop Coven

Four voices, combining into a great single bolded blue voice: “Very Cool, Al!!!!!!!” 

“Steffy, said we could rummage around for an award, but that you should get a very wonderful award for your insights and color survey.”

“Voila!”   

Imprimatur – Hat Award –
– for great and colorful suggestions!

*Note: 4 witches + 1 Al results in 5 hats.

This post was waylaid by Internet downage so just posted now.  Jaclyn is in for an award (next)--ANTICIPATION!!!!

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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[Al Terego]

Thank you Steffy!

4 witches + 1 Al results in 5 hats.

4 witches + 1 Al results in one of the best scenarios I can imagine :)

[Steffy]

Steffy BlueHair

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Prize Giver

Blink, blink . . . blink 

Welcome, welcome!  Another talent award to be dispensed.  Delightful!

This one is awarded to Jaclyn who quite admirably joined the Al onslaught of coloring instructionals.  What better award than the world famous one-of-a-kind Color Spinner Award? 

Jaclyn please accept this as an award for admirable color tutelage.*

COLOR SPINNER AWARD – WOOHOO!




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*For those interested, my hair color is a result of colors taken from the awardees chart
and
applied (artfully I hope you think) by the Patties (They were distracted by Al, who knew?)

—Does anyone know why my eye color would have changed? (blink, blink) 

—And might anyone know about how long the dye lasts? 

—Finally, the blue-hair thing is not an ageist inappropriate mention is it?—Thanks!

[Al Terego]

Greetings, Earthlings of all shapes, colours, genders, and degrees of magical ability!

Today, I would like to briefly revisit the [abbr] tag for an added feature.

Previous posts touched on applying the tag on text and links to provide "hovering" text, but did you know that is can also be applied to images?

And what better to illustrate it than an image of...




The code revealed:

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[abbr=HOVER CATS!!!][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/94/68/e39468c681ec611acf74b3929499c2c3.gif[/img][/abbr]

Enjoy,
-- Al

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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Very nice Al! We’ve used images with URLs that open other images when handing out presents. This is nice because one could use the abbr to state ‘click on the image’. Example when I have the time, it’s complex yet cute when done well.

Are you aware of any way to add non-displayed material to a post? There’s times I want to retain something from an earlier post for later use but I can’t find a comment tag anywhere.

[Al Terego]

Are you aware of any way to add non-displayed material to a post? There’s times I want to retain something from an earlier post for later use but I can’t find a comment tag anywhere.

Of course there is!

And guess what tag you can use for it :)

Actually, more than one....

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[abbr=This is a hidden comment I added to this post.  You cannot see it, but you can quote it][/abbr]
[acronym="acronym" acts the same as "abbr"][/acronym]
[anch=Using an anchor also works][/anch]

The text will not appear in the post, but will be quoted with the rest of the post.  Try it!



The only (other) problem is that each such "comment" takes a line (an empty line, but still), as you can see from the blank space above this.  Putting it at the end of the post alleviates the issue, as is using small font sizes.

For example:

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[size=1pt][abbr=Comment goes here][/size][/abbr]

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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So on that image inside an image thing. We start with an outside and an inside image.

  

Put the outside image between URL tags.

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[url][img]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/564c/fu53mrt6agcmjj8zg.jpg[/img][/url]

And set the URL to the inside image you want revealed and voila! With the additional ABBR tag.

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[abbr=Open me!][url=https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d794/aqnjuzn9dczl2dwzg.jpg][img]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/564c/fu53mrt6agcmjj8zg.jpg[/img][/url][/abbr]

The final image opens in a new window against whatever background happens in the greater scheme of things.

[Syene]

Of course there is!

And guess what tag you can use for it :)

Actually, more than one....

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[abbr=This is a hidden comment I added to this post.  You cannot see it, but you can quote it][/abbr]
[acronym="acronym" acts the same as "abbr"][/acronym]
[anch=Using an anchor also works][/anch]

Oooh! That's brilliant!

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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A tiny tilt on the abbr tag.

Check the difference!

Check the difference!

Check the difference!

Here’s the code. Note use of quotes vs. what appears when one hovers above.

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[abbr=Check the difference!]Check the difference![/abbr]

[abbr="Check the difference!"]Check the difference![/abbr]

[abbr=""Check the difference!""]Check the difference![/abbr]

[Al Terego]

Huh, the first and last quotes get stripped off.  Nice find!

[Steffy]

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 

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[Floatleft]

’Vacationing’ Witch
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aka ‘The True Historian’
[/Floatleft]

Background: I am on a fake vacation, but very definitely looking into ‘issues’.  My current location which should not be revealed involves fictionally visiting places that are under threat from global warming (that is to say everywhere, but beach areas are one).  While I witness the edge of the ocean creeping closer and higher, I thought it would be nice to offer a greeting of good will.  (For those unaware, in the US there is Thanksgiving (usually on a Thursday; the astute reader will note this is sent on the following day)).

Some (note the word choice) might say that the event of the first Thanksgiving turned out not so hot for Native Americans.  I might join in that statement. 

Note, with a few illustrations, I’ve depicted some issues (Native Americans, (listen: it’s my imagination and I can portray as I like), with arrows aimed and flying and, I’m sure ‘compassion’ suggesting to the new folk to maybe hightail it away).

[Floatleft]

Caught in the
cross-fire Pilgrim

[/Floatleft]
Now, since we’re on a site of imagination, I rather like imagining a general turn toward eco-smartness and moving to tackle difficult issues worldwide, arguing in debate and then eventually moving toward healthful resolutions and solutions.

And since I also enjoy the specific, I like to imagine everyone enjoying their holidays, wherever they may be.  (See immediately below for what I’ve imagined for Al).

One nice tradition in my neck of the woods is to say what one is thankful for: That be each of you!  Happy Thanksgiving!

[Al Terego]

And since I also enjoy the specific, I like to imagine everyone enjoying their holidays, wherever they may be.  (See immediately below for what I’ve imagined for Al).

Damn, Steffy, you are incorrigible!



Time to add to the spell book.

The theme of the day is: framing.

Let us take a digging song and frame it with digging implements:

⛏️	⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️	⛏️
⛏️	Brothers of the mine rejoice!	⛏️
⛏️	Swing, swing, swing with me	⛏️
⛏️	Raise your pick and raise your voice!	⛏️
⛏️	Sing, sing, sing with me	⛏️
⛏️	Down and down into the deep	⛏️
⛏️	Who knows what we'll find beneath?	⛏️
⛏️	Diamonds, rubies, gold and more	⛏️
⛏️	Hidden in the mountain store	⛏️
⛏️	Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone	⛏️
⛏️	Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home	⛏️
⛏️	Skin made of iron, steel in our bones	⛏️
⛏️	To dig and dig makes us free	⛏️
⛏️	Come on brothers sing with me!	⛏️
⛏️	⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️	⛏️

Code and explanation

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[table]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Brothers of the mine rejoice![/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Swing, swing, swing with me[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Raise your pick and raise your voice![/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Sing, sing, sing with me[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Down and down into the deep[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Who knows what we'll find beneath?[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Diamonds, rubies, gold and more[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Hidden in the mountain store[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Skin made of iron, steel in our bones[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]To dig and dig makes us free[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]Come on brothers sing with me![/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[/table]

Nothing much to it, a simple 3-column table, with the top and bottom rows setting the width.

But what if we don't want the vertical spacing between the lines that comes with putting each line in a row?  We could combine cells:

⛏️	⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️	⛏️
⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️	Brothers of the mine rejoice! Swing, swing, swing with me Raise your pick and raise your voice! Sing, sing, sing with me Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me!	⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️
⛏️	⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️	⛏️

Code and explanation

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[table][tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
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⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
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⛏️[/td][td]Brothers of the mine rejoice!
Swing, swing, swing with me
Raise your pick and raise your voice!
Sing, sing, sing with me
Down and down into the deep
Who knows what we'll find beneath?
Diamonds, rubies, gold and more
Hidden in the mountain store
Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
To dig and dig makes us free
Come on brothers sing with me![/td][td]⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]⛏️[/td][td]⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️[/td][td]⛏️[/td][/tr][/table]

Much less neat, but the result is more compact.

Or a slightly different spacing:

⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️

⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️ Brothers of the mine rejoice! Swing, swing, swing with me Raise your pick and raise your voice! Sing, sing, sing with me Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me! ⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️

⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️

Code and explanation

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[table][tr][td]⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
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⛏️[/td][td]⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️
Brothers of the mine rejoice!
Swing, swing, swing with me
Raise your pick and raise your voice!
Sing, sing, sing with me
Down and down into the deep
Who knows what we'll find beneath?
Diamonds, rubies, gold and more
Hidden in the mountain store
Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
To dig and dig makes us free
Come on brothers sing with me!
⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️[/td][td]⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
⛏️
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⛏️[/td][/tr][/table]

Minor visual differences, but basically the same.

But what if we wanted a solid border?  This too can be done:

Brothers of the mine rejoice! Swing, swing, swing with me Raise your pick and raise your voice! Sing, sing, sing with me Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me!

Code and explanation

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[table][tr][td][img height=10 width=357]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img]
[float=left][img height=236 width=10]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/float][float=right][img height=236 width=10]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/float][table][tr][td]Brothers of the mine rejoice!
Swing, swing, swing with me
Raise your pick and raise your voice!
Sing, sing, sing with me
Down and down into the deep
Who knows what we'll find beneath?
Diamonds, rubies, gold and more
Hidden in the mountain store
Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
To dig and dig makes us free
Come on brothers sing with me![/td][/tr][/table][img height=10 width=357]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/td][/tr][/table]

OK, this one is a little convoluted.
First, we create the top horizontal bar using a solid-colour image stretched to the desired dimensions.
Then we similarly create the left and right vertical bars using the [float=left] and [float=right] tags.
Then we put the text, surrounded by a single-cell table to create a bit of spacing between the borders and the text.
Then we put the bottom horizontal bar, similarly to the top bar above.
And finally, we wrap everything in another single-cell table to prevent the right vertical bar from escaping to the end of the window.

The biggest problem is getting the sizes of the bars just right, and then they may still be off for somebody that uses magnification.
This can be overcome by adding vertical and horizontal padding to the text by placing it in the middle of a 3- or 9-cell table.

And a slight variation:

Brothers of the mine rejoice! Swing, swing, swing with me Raise your pick and raise your voice! Sing, sing, sing with me Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me!

Code and explanation

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[float=left][img height=10 width=357]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img]
[float=left][img height=236 width=10]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/float][float=right][img height=236 width=10]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/float][table][tr][td]Brothers of the mine rejoice!
Swing, swing, swing with me
Raise your pick and raise your voice!
Sing, sing, sing with me
Down and down into the deep
Who knows what we'll find beneath?
Diamonds, rubies, gold and more
Hidden in the mountain store
Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
To dig and dig makes us free
Come on brothers sing with me![/td][/tr][/table][size=1pt][clearboth][img height=10 width=357]https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/125x125/125x125-safety-orange-blaze-orange-solid-color-background.jpg[/img][/float][clearleft]

Very similar to the above, except for using the [float=left] tag instead of an outer surrounding table.
There could be minor visual differences in rendering.

Now, the last thing to mention is the choice of colours.  There is a useful resource here that provides single-colour images that can be used for creating the frame borders.


And for those of you who are curious where I got the song from,

Here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU

That's it for today.

Happy thanksgiving to all of you!

-- Al

[Al Terego]

Guess who's having a birthday!

[Steffy]

Teacher who looks like Steffy

Thank you Al.  For some reason, Jaclyn did not bring a cake for us all.  (No stern look since it’s her birthday).

____________

Miss Smug

What’s that?  No gossiping Miss Smug!

Oh, Jaclyn is having a birthday cake at the Steel Horse bar!  Well, tell everyone!  Oh, I just did.  Forget that then.  But all head on over to the Steel Horse (all are welcome).  Might even meet some interesting ones (maybe): 

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289530.425#lastPost

PS: not to worry over unrelated conversations of others.  It’s a bar!

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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  The real party is at The Steel Horse where Mechelle did bring a cake for me and I’m sure she’ll have one for the other December babies. But here in the Magic Shop, conjuring a cake would be less than palatable, y’know?.

… stick my tongue out at Miss Smug … cute, but not exploding out of a cake cute …

[Steffy]

HOLIDAY GREETINGS!



“Ho, ho, ho!  Merry Christmas!  Merry Christmas!
May your holidays be merry and wonderful!”

___________

* Note: to my social media followers:

I have been getting a lot of heat (we can all unite in the view that added heat in this world is not good) about the history of the celebratory date and my role. 

Is it inclusive?  Let me just say that my wishes are non-exclusionary, inclusive of all. 

Indeed, my reputation (Ho, ho, ho!) lags behind my true persona. 

Why, you won’t even see current pictures of me with Mrs. (err Ms.) Claus taken during the holidays. 
She is off to Spain with her girlfriend which I thoroughly endorse (as if I had a choice!).—Santa #Santa #Reindeers #mistletoe
___________

Steffy
____
Santa’s #1 Helper

Thank  you Santa!  In this most joyous time, it’s good to see such expressions.

I have been authorized to provide a Dickensian style Christmas story to Magic Shop patrons.  It has to do with Al’s gift:

(Once upon a time)  There once was this person called Al who got a gift.  (See below). 

Creative Super Great Gift For Al!

Well, he received this great Christmas gift, a very specific ‘coupon’ book.  Yes, all he had to do was choose a cookie and low and behold, he got the illustrated cookie promise in RL! 

Now, as illustrated immediately below, there was an issue as to whether Al would share his gift.  (The holiday season, don’t you know?).

And yes, you can write the end of this story as you like.  Does Al take the first pick and offer the rest to others, or . . . ?

___________

Steffy
____
Santa’s VP of Marketing

To: All, During this time, it does make sense to emphasize certain ‘goodness’ behavior.  For instance, how rumors start and should not be passed along.  (See below please).  While this is an illustration, I will say that any rumors about Santa’s helpers’ qualities of being anything but natural are not true.

False Rumor – Illustration (not true!)

On an important note for shoppers, if you want delivery of your gifts ‘day of’ there is an upcharge for this.  Personalized pictures with Santa vary in price depending on size.  Pictures and/or activities with VPs or helpers is negotiable, depending upon service being contemplated. /s/ Steffy, VP Marketing

[Al Terego]

Leave it Steffy to provide us with a Dick-ensian story, and cookies to match.
Everybody is welcome to share!

[Jaclyn]

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Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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Bah hum-bugglers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvsy11PHxM

[Al Terego]

Put it in the giggles thread :)

[Jaclyn]

Jaclyn Rosendahl
Entrepreneur
About Jaclyn
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Two ways to play with Drop caps. First uses a two colum. table

A	dropped cap letter. Several lines of text follow.

A 

proper dropped
cap
letter floated left,

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[table][tr][td][font=Georgia][size=36pt][color=#B163A3]A[/color][/size][/font][/td][td][font=Georgia][size=12pt][color=#B163A3]
dropped cap letter.
Several
lines of text
follow.[/color][/size][/font][/td][/tr][/table]

[float=left][font=Georgia][size=36pt][color=#B163A3]A  [/color][/size][/font][/float][font=Georgia][size=13pt][color=#B163A3]
proper dropped
cap
letter floated left,[/color][/size][/font]

  Note the need for an empty line as the first line after the drop cap.