This program is a utility for writing HTML documents (Known as Web Pages) used with Netscape Navigator. ColorMeister originaly started out as a simple Hexadecimal color picker but since then it has taken on a new and tad more complex form. ColorMeister will let you pick the path to a background picture, the Background Color, the Text Color, the Link Color, the Active Link color, and the Viewed Link Color and will generate a
<BODY> statement which can then be selected, copied, and pasted into your page. Also you can have ColorMeister output a text file with the Framwork for a page which uses the body statement. I did this because I usually develop HTML documents from simpletext and It's nice to not have to type out all the tedious stuff like <HTML> and <HEAD></HEAD> so this is handy for me. ColorMeister will use only colors that you've picked when it generates the <BODY> statement so the statement will be more efficient and won't look crappy.
HTML ColorMeister is Freeware. I would appreciate it if you sent me some e-mail telling me what you think about it though (My e-mail address is conner@wolfenet.com <It's Changed since the first release!>). I don't think any of the other HTML color utilities out there are really worth the price and I know for a fact that the authors couldn't have spent all that long on them. So instead of feeling guilty that you haven't paid or felling guilty that you _did_ pay you can use this program without any regrets.
How to use it:
This is pretty simple.
1.) Decide the parts of the document you want to change the color for.
2.) Click on the "Change" button for that part. (Or just type in the path from where the page will be to where the background pattern will be)
3.) Choose a color
4.) Repeat until you have changed all the parts you want to your content.
5.) Click on the Generate button. (or the Output Page Button; just select a filename and you're done.)
6.) Select the <BODY> statement at the bottom of the window, copy, and paste it into your HTML document.
Pretty simple huh?
Other Info:
Version History
Version 1.0b: Didn't work. (Had problems passing variables to functions and some problems with Strings)
Version 1.0: Not released fixed problems and got it to work.
Version 1.1b: First Public Release. Added Page Output and color squares by colors. Changed about box.
Version 1.2: First Non-Beta Release. Fixed Refresh problems. Fixed bug that crashed when you hit cancel during Page Output. Fixed other bugs that cropped up during development. Fixed e-mail address. It really works!
Version 1.2.1: Due to some bug reports I cleaned it up a bit. Removed some interface stuff and raised the memory requirements. This was programmed in FutureBASIC which I'm still learning so I still am a little shakey when it comes to memory and stuff. Sorry for all the problems.
Version 1.2.2: Stripped it down a bit more. Got rid of some unused code. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Version 1.2.3: Still didn't work. Problems reported mainly on PPC's and Quadra 950's.
Version 1.2.4: Worked because I removed the color routines to see if it worked without them.
Version 1.2.5: To my surprise, It Works! My #1 Beta tester surprised me. Well after a couple of revisions it seems to be in good working order. I added menu items for 'Generate' and 'Output Page' and 'Print' which is not currently implemented. (Next version will have it)
Version 1.3: As far as I can tell this version works fine. New features include: Menu control, colorpicker starts at previously picked color. Colorpicker appearing of the edge of the screen has been fixed. Now includes balloon help. Unfortunatly the 'Print' menu is still disabled because I'm still not sure how I'm going to implement it.
Version 1.3.5: Preview window now implemented! Not fully tested but It should work allright.
Known Bugs
We'll apparently many people are having problems with version 1.2. Version 1.2 probably has the memory requirements set to low. Others have had it crash or even freeze their computers. This program isn't 'PowerPC only' like someone asked in fact it's not even native. I wish I was a better programmer so I could figure out what might be causing the problems.
As of 1.2.5 there shouldn't be many problems.
Anything else I don't know. If you find something, let me know! (conner@wolfenet.com)
How it Works:
If you have the urge to write your own Hex Color Picker here's how it works.:
Ok you have to access the color picker and retrieve the color that they pick (don't forget the cancel button!). The color needs to be in RGB form so it'll be something like: R= 65524 G= 2450 B= 0 (a number from 0 to 65535)
Now just convert each color to Hex. Take each Hex/Color and get the first two characters from the string. This causes the number rage for the color to be from 0 to 256. Now just put the strings together in the form "#rrggbb" and you have the color. It took me a day to figure this out. I don't know too much about color and quickdraw but this works.
Well I hope you can use this program. Thanks for downloading it. Happy HTML'ing!
Note: ParticleFlux Software is just me.. not a company. If it then oops!
This prgram is ¿1995 By John Cope. It's freeware, not public-Domain. The author is not responsible for any damage that may occure due to the use of this program. Use at your own risk! Please distribute this program freely but always include this Read Me document. You may not distribute any modified copies of this software though you may create any use a modified version for your use only. You can also create and distribute patches for other people to use. I
Special thnaks to Mark Svensen for encouraging me in HTML. Also thanks to Rob Garvin for giving me something to do on the weekends. Have fun!
