What Are the Major Features of the CoolBE?
CoolBE(TM), the Cool Billboard Engine, is an innovative web
tool. Its copyrighted and patent pending features includes:
Adjustable display size, partition possible.
Display up to 200 themes before looping back.
Each theme or theme group can link to a different URL.
Any JPG or GIF image can be used as display or background.
Adjustable text font, style, size, color, and locations.
Zoom, slide, and marquee the image, the text, or both.
Auto pause animation when the cursor moves on to the display.
Create all these variations with just text editing.
Small Java applet, fast loading, and instant play.
The CoolBE Light Edition is fully functional and FREE.
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What Can the CoolBE Do for Me?
You can use the CoolBE:
- As a regular banner. No pixel editing is needed. All you
need to do is to find some background images, and enter your
text anytime you want to. The CoolBE can be set to any size.
- As a big size billboard. All you have to do is to set the
"width" and the "height" parameters to different values.
The texts, the URLs, and the images can be used the same way.
- Advertise for your own web pages with many URLs. Show your
stuff and get web surfers beyond your home page.
- Advertise for your sponsors and clients. Unlike static banners,
one location of the CoolBE can be linked to 200 URLs.
- Build your own Billboard Exchange. Give CoolBE to your friends.
Help them set it up. In return you can get your URLs linked to
each others' web pages with just one CoolBE setup.
- Dress up your web pages. Text and white space do not get surfers'
attention. Use the CoolBE for a good window dressing.
- Send your themes(ads) to www.CoolBE.com. It can be displayed in
our Tricks&Treats page, and possibly be included in our next
release as examples.
- Make some money. You can sell or charge for installation fee for
the CoolBE. If you would like to distribute the registered
version, we offer very attractive incentives. Back To Top.
How Do I Customize the CoolBE?
You customize the CoolBE to display your text and images by
changing the parameters in the CoolBE.html file just like you
editing any other HTML file.
Basically, the animation is a series of themes. Each theme has six
parameters prefixed with the theme number. For Example, the "023TextStr"
is the text string to show with theme 023. You can omit the "TextStr"
for no text. If any other parameter is not given, the value of the
previous theme is used. If all parameters for a theme number are omitted,
that theme will be skipped.
If you have ever made a web page, you know how to change the
image files, the text strings, and the URLs by just looking at them
in the CoolBE.html file. If you want to go easy, read the Step
by Step Guide bellow.
Just remember to make a back up for the CoolBE.html before you
change it. Save your changes, then press "Reload" on Netscape or
"Refresh" on Internet Explore to see your changes. Back To Top.
Can I Have a Step by Step Guide?
If you are new to CoolBE or just want an easy going, these are
the steps you may like to follow:
1) Double click the CoolBE.html and look how it plays. Try to go
though all the themes. If you see some good themes you like
to copy, move the cursor on to the display window. The animation
will stop to let you exam and take notes. You do not have to
connect to the internet to play.
2) Copy the CoolBE.html to MyBE.html. Open MyBE.html with a text
editor. Just change some "TextStr" values to what you want to
show. Keep the quotation marks and make your string about the
same length as the existing ones. Save it. Double click MyBE.html,
now you have your own text displayed.
3) Move the cursor onto the animation. You'll see the animation
stopped advancing. This gives you time to exam if your text are
perfect. You can fine tune them later.
4) Copy the line having "http://www.Yahoo.com". Paste it to a
different theme location. Change the "061lnkUrl" to "071lnkUrl"
and the link to "http://www.Shareware.com". Play again. If you
click theme 071, it will go to Shareware.com.
5) By changing the values of the parameters "width" and "height" near
the applet anchor, you will have a different size of display.
Everything else still works the same way.
6) By change the values of the parameter "fstTheme" and "lstTheme",
you can set the range of themes you like to play. This is very
helpful when you want to focus on some themes for adjustment.
7) Change the "ImagesFl" if you like. JPG, JPEG and GIF file formats
are all acceptable. Smaller files will load faster online. Also,
your image files should be in the user/ subdirectory.
8) Now you are ready to insert your billboard part, from "<applet" to
"</applet>" to anywhere in your real web pages and have a run in
the real world.
9) If you like to fine tune your billboard or create some great
wonders, please refer to the following description of the
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What Are The Starting Parameters?
Located in the CoolBE.html file right after the "code=CoolBE",
are the "width" and the "height" parameters that define your layout
sizes. Currently, width=560 height=80. You can change them to
different values if you like. The CoolBE2.html is a different layout
but use exactly the same Billboard Engine. Try it out.
The 'param name=Partition value="130 East"' cuts out a 130 wide
partition out of the 560 width on the "East", which is the left.
You can change it to "20 North" or "20 South" for a 20 high
partition on the top or the bottom. You can set the value to "0"
for no partition. Because CoolBE loads and plays one image at a
time, partition can help to reduce image size and perform better.
The "OwnerUrl" and "OwnerText" are identification strings. They
should not to be removed. If these texts or the CoolBE*.jpg files are
removed or altered, the CoolBE Light Edition will not function well.
These strings can be your ID for other editions of CoolBE.
"fstTheme" is the starting theme of the billboard.
"lstTheme" is the ending theme of the billboard before it
loops back to the "fstTheme".
The billboard play is a series of consecutive themes labeled with
3 digits, from 001 to 200. The "fstTheme" and the "lstTheme" parameters
let you load a lot of themes in the file, but play any range of themes
as you like. This is very helpful while testing the setups. Back to Top
How Do I Enter and Manipulate Text?
The "TextStr" is where you can enter words into the display
The "TestPar" lets you to manipulate the text. It includes
"x0, y0, font, style, size, color" in this order.
x0 - starting position from the left side of the window.
Its value, 0 to 100, is relative to the window width.
y0 - starting position from the top side of the window.
Its value, 0 to 100, is relative to the window height.
font - Dialog, Helvetica, TimesRoman, Courier, and so on.
style - PLAIN, BOLD, or ITALIC. P,p, B,b, I, or i also works.
size - the text size in pixels.
color - text color in hex format, e.g. ff0000 is red, same as HTML
color definition but without the "#" character. Back To Top.
How Do I Manipulate Borders?
Using CoolBE, you can have a different border for each theme.
You specify the border with the "Border" parameter:
"b_Size, b_Style, b_Color" in this order.
b_Size sets the border width in pixels:
0 = no border, 2 to 8 look like the proper widths.
b_Style sets the border style:
0 = 3D(raised then lowered), 1 = raised, 2 = lowered.
b_Color sets border color in hex format, e.g. ffff00 is yellow,
same as HTML color definition but without the "#"
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What Are The Image Parameters?
The "ImageFl" parameter is for you to load a image file. All
images should be in the user/ subdirectory. Any JPG, JPEG, or GIF
images can be used. Try to make your image dimensions the same or
a little bigger than the window size. Try to make you image file
size as small as possible. The display location and scale of the
images are controled by the "x0, y0, Wi, Hi" in the Scheme
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How Do I add URLs to the CoolBE?
The "lnkUrl" parameter is for you to enter a hyper link to go
to when that theme is clicked. You can enter one hyper link for
each theme. Enter the full URL, i.e. "http://www.MySite.com", not
just "www.MySite.com". If the "lnkUrl" parameter is omitted, the
previous URL is assumed. Back To Top.
What Are The Animation Controls?
You control the animation with the Scheme parameter whose
value consists of:
"scheme, speed, pause, x0, y0, Wi, Hi, direct, target",
in this order.
For example, the value "1, 30, 2, 50, 0, 50, 100, 1, 2"
sets scheme=1, speed=30, pause=2(second), origin at x0=50(middle),
y0=0(top), Wi=50(half wide), Hi=100(full height), direction=1,
target=2(the second window).
In detail:
scheme - the process how the image and the text to be played.
- 0 = display text only, on previous background if any.
- 1 = display image only.
- 2 = same as 1 but squeeze or stretch the image to fit.
- 3 = display image with text.
- 4 = same as 3 but squeeze or stretch the image to fit.
- 5 = zoom image with text from 0 to Wi and Hi.
- 6 = zoom last display and add in new text.
- 7 = zoom out image while text remains the same size.
- 8 = zoom out last display and add new static text.
- 9 = display image in full window and zoom text.
- 10 = zoom text on top of last display.
- 11 = slide new image and text in to window.
- 12 = slide last display and new text in to window.
- 13 = slide image into window, display static text.
- 14 = slide last display into window, add new static text.
- 15,16,17,18 = same as 11,12,13,14, but slide past window.
- 19 = animate a small image on top of last display.
- 20 = marquee text on top of last display.
speed - speed of the animation, value from 1 to 3000.
pause - seconds of time to pause after each theme.
x0 - starting position from the left side of the window.
Its value, 0 to 100, is relative to the window width.
y0 - starting position from the top side of the window.
Its value, 0 to 100, is relative to the window height.
Wi - Width in which the action will take place.
Its value, 20 to 100, is relative to the window width.
value 0 is used in zoom to hold the width static
Hi - Height in which the action will take place.
Its value, 20 to 100, is relative to the window height.
value 0 is used in zoom to hold the height static
direct - the animation direction in the display window:
- 1 = from the top left corner.
- 2 = from the top middle.
- 3 = from the top right corner.
- 4 = from the left middle.
- 5 = from the center.
- 6 = from the right middle.
- 7 = from the left bottom corner.
- 8 = from the bottom middle.
- 9 = from the bottom right corner.
target - where this theme will be shown:
- 1 = the main window.
- 2 = the second window, if set. Back To Top.
How Do I add CoolBE to My Webpage?
If you have viewed the CoolBE.html with a web browser and
edited it to use your images, texts, and URLs, you are ready to
insert the CoolBE to any of your web pages. All you have to do is
to copy the segment from "<applet" to "</applet>", form the
CoolBE.html, and paste it to a location in your web page. Place your
web page and the CoolBE package in the same directory. Your Cool
Billboard will show up when your page is viewed. Back To Top.
Is the Light Edition of CoolBE Fully Functional and FREE?
Yes. The CoolBE Light Edition is fully functional and FREE. There is
no registration required. This offer does not expire. You are also
permitted to give or sell it to a third party as you wish.
You earn the FREE CoolBE by carrying the CoolBE logo and two themes,
or 1%, of CoolBE advertisement in the display. When the logo or the two
themes are clicked, CoolBE.com will get a hit. That is all the catch.
We thank you for choosing the CoolBE. The CoolBE Light Edition will
not function well if the CoolBE logos or the CoolBE.com URL is altered or
deleted. If you prefer, you can buy other Editions of CoolBE with very
good prices. You can choose a CoolBE with or without the CoolBE logo.
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