Regina Area Techie Event #3 Event Cache

The techie event series continues with a workshop on sprucing up your cache listings using HTML & Pictures!

Many Geocachers would love to know how some people add fancy formatting, links, and design elements into their cache listings.

Well, it's all done using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) - the language of the web. It is a simple textual syntax in which all of the web's 63 billion pages are written, and your web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari converts on the fly behind the scenes. We'll show you the basics of how to write HTML and how easy it really is to spruce up your own cache listings!

Join us for an afternoon in the library meeting room and we will bring a data projector so all attendees can see the big screen. The library also provides free WiFi, so you are encouraged to bring your laptop if you wish to try out or show anything using Internet access while you are there.

There is a Tim Horton's conveniently located just across the parking lot for the coffee-inclined attendees. The library closes at 5:00PM, so we have to clean up and be out by then.

Planned topics for this event:

Listing a new Geocache on Geocaching.com

• How to add Waypoints, attributes, hint, difficulty/terrain ratings, etc for a complete cache listing
• How the review process works once a cache is submitted
• Maintenance features available to a cache owner for performing maintenance, remove missing trackable items

Getting creative with your listing using HTML and Graphics

• Headers, paragraphs, line breaks
• Formatting: colour, bold, italics, fonts, hyperlinks, etc
• Pictures: Uploading, alignment, sizing
• Arrangement: Tables, lists, headers
• Handy free programs to help write HTML

We hope to see you there!
If you plan on attending, please post a ‘Will Attend’ log.