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Wiki Blueangel Development

We and I say We all need to particaipate in the updating of the wiki.xda-developers.com
Short Version:
Who is willing to build the frame work of the BlueAngel in wiki.xda-developers.com
Long Version:
If you look at:
wiki.xda-developers.com
Its great!! Unless you own a Blueangel.
Well I do!
Personally I am sick of reading the same stuff about fix.bat over and over again.
Personally It has taken me a few weeks to get were I am Now and yes I have been able to find out a lot but it was Painful.
I Still have outstanding questions that were not answered for at the time I asked then they were just plain "Stupid".
A Newbie asking a question based on his limited knowledge.
We still see these questions, also left unanswered.
So as we have all been Newbie's playing with our new toys, should we not help others based on what we have learnt.
I have spent some time looking at that Blueangle and posting a few topics.
What I still have is a collection of How to for the BlueAngle that I feel are wrong if placed in the forum.
These are at the moment finished.
How to: Find out what my device is before upgrading
Goes into GetDeviceData, explains the fact why you only see the device name if opened on the device, ect ect.
How to: Find the correct upgrade ROM for me
Based on the get device info,
goes into how to find the upgrade, understanding the naming of the ship file, checking if it has a password
all based on a real example with real threads
How to: Install a upgrade and what tools to use.
All based on what was found before
all based on a real example with real threads
I am working
How to: Upgrade radio
Also based on the same as above.
One can add to that the Extended rom stuff out of the Rom kitchen.
Now here is my problem.
- I cant do this alone
- I have no Idea about how to do even basic web pages
- My spelling sucks.
So my contributions to this project is:
I have 3 canned inputs and am will to add to them.
So all we need:
1) A Person that understands how to update the wiki.xda-developers.com and thus build a frame work that we all can build on.
2) A place to take about it and make suggestion or corrections
--> which we have in this topic.
3) A starting point
---> being my canned input.
And that reads only as:
Who is willing to build the frame work of the BlueAngel in wiki.xda-developers.com.

Although many people read this forum, and a large number help on answering questions in the forum.
only a few make great posts in the forum, and even less put something in WIKI. Although with the knowledge gathered here I believe this wiki has the potential of being the best reference on the net.
I would be available for help on editing/checking whatever you put in WIKI, if you want me to. Just let me know what you want me to do in detail.

M4io
Thanks.
I understand what you are saying however my main problem is building the frame work.
At the stage of the game I am not even able post a Quote with out getting the Quote text
MDAIIIUser Wrote:
Who is willing to build the frame work of the BlueAngel in wiki.xda-developers.com
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See what I mean.
Others can do it, me no way
We can go further on my lack of forum knowelege.
In the past I used to start off by hitting the bold, qoute, ect buttions so that I had a list to cut and paste from.
Now I GROWN and can just mark the text and hit the bold.
See .... I would get so lost trying to link the first page to the next.
You would end up on one of my personal links and your wife would not be amused.
Think the edit / checking is a great option, thanks for that!
but do we have any takers for the frame work part.

Well if this newbie could figure anything out I would help you.

if you will tell me were your want what link, and which new pages you want i can make them for you.
like if you want a blueangel link on the the Faq to a new page BlueAngelFAQ. Questions like that I can handle, but you have to figure out how the framework has to be. And supply the contents of the newpage.
some forum pointers :
quote="username" give you
username said:
something
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url=http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=16208
wil give you some nice text instead of just the url like this :
this thread

Ok
under:
Other HTC devices
We need a new Link
BlueAngle
Which points to a new page. (BlueHome)
On that new page we need a photo on the top of a BlueAngell
We Start with one simple sections and have that a Title.
How to:
Under how to 3 links to a postion in a new page (Help01)
How to: Find out what my device is before upgrading
Linked to pointer in that same page (Help01:Findevice)
How to: Find the correct upgrade ROM for me
Linked to pointer in that same page (Help01:Findrom)
How to: Install a upgrade and what tools to use.
Linked to poiner in that same page (Help01:Instal)
I have the file in the same format as I would post here , will that work ?
So in total 2 new pages, home and help.
The help page will have 3 text blockes that can be fopund over the bluehome.
You still with me? and can you set that up and I dump the text in it.

like this?
I saw the link on the home page pointed to a different page than the page that was already there for the blueangel.
now they all point to Blueangel with lowercase 'a'.
... ah, and now m4io else has just created HTC_BlueAngel with capital A.
hope he sees the other page too.

yes, we were doing the same at the same time.
you can delete mine , it has no use now no
and http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BAHowTo should also be deleted
MDAIIIuser : you can edit this page :
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ

ok done
Now have a look at it I have formting problems
This is wha the first part should look like
In order to change your ROM to a higher or different Language version you need the following information.
1) What is my model Nr?
2) What is the Language Code of my ROM?
3) What is the operator code that my phone was shipped as.
4) What ROM do I have now?
5) What ExtendedRom do I have now?
6) What is my Radio Version
How to find all of this information in one place.
Step 1
Insure that your device is connected to your Desktop....
I get it all on one line.
Next problem
Under that cold you add
this is a qoote A
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so I can work that syntax out?
Next Problem
Can you turn the "?"Link of for C:\XDA-Tools\?GetDeviceData.exe
and change the color to blue, again to work out syntax.
You are cool and I am learning, thanks
Thanks

Help
Ok lost again
Solved the nunber problem and thus created a new one and that is how to stay in the same numbering with text betwwen it.
What I need is a command that will generate a new line and yes I have tried the <new-line> and a few versions of it.
What I need is some color (blue, red)
What I need is getting rid of the "?" links.
Feel free to edit the page in so that I can work the syntax out.
Hey it looks Like s**t but its a start
Thanks!
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ

have you see the TextFormattingRules?
a newline is three percent signs: %%%
this wiki has no support for colors.
the '?' links mean that you typed a WikiWord, and it has no page yet.
if you don't want it to be a link, add a tilde ( ~ ) before the word.

Have now! Thanks itsme.

Will sombody take a look, do some fixing on the spelling, give me some feed back?
Thanks
2 down 1 to go.

Hey buddie!
I can do some adjustments if you like but I don't know how!!!!
Explain it to me and I'll help!!!
Dom

Help
Hi all
I need some help!! with the Wiki Home Page.
1) I would appricate it if somebody would deal with the home page and look at the info that is there, if it is upto date and usefiul
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
2) I would appricate it if that person would add the following sections to that home page:
A) Getting started with my Blueangle on Wiki
----> Linked to the content of:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ
Yes you need to change the page name But keep the content.
B) Blueangel Exteneded Rom Kitchen
----> Linked to a blank page that I hope I can work on
C) List of know Blue angel, sold as, Model ID, Operator code etc
----> Linked to a blank page that I hope somebody will work on
D) List of Know Upgrades (Ship.exe)
----> Linked to a blank page that I hope somebody will work on
E) Wiki Development page
----> Linked to a page that has:
--------> Wiki Test Page please read and edit
--------> Wiki Test Page Please do not edit (add your name here)
--------> Wiki Test Page Please do not edit (MDAIIIUser)
My Spelling is poor on a good day, so if the link is spelled wrong just correct it.
3) Will somebody please look at the content of
"Getting started with my Blueangle on Wiki"
And correct it for spelling understanding ect.
This is what I have done sofar and as said above the link might change
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ
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Lets not get in each others hair!
So can Please each of us post what they are going to do on this site.
I will start:
MDAIIIUser Will work on the page Blueangel Exteneded Rom Kitchen and use his test page under devlopment for that.
Thanks for all the help so far

mmm, the aim of WiKi is that EVERYONE can update EVERY page.
so: Go ahead & Good Luck

I think it would be more appropriate to add those sections to the main Blueangel page
i think currently there are some links on the homepage that are too specific.
also some of the himalaya, and wallaby links should be moved to their phone pages.
then on the homepage more a general introduction, to what kind of information about what phones is available on this wiki.

I moved to Himalaya stuuf from the HomePage to the Himalaya page.
I also added a Sitemap link on the homepage, which could be useful

Mio4
First of thanks for doing a clean up!
Alas I fail to understand how to link a page form the Blueangel Home page
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
To the content of another page:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ
When I go into edit of the Blueangel homepage, apart form getting lost, I get
* BlueangelFAQ
Which seems to be the name of the page that it is linked to.
That is all I see, that is all I can understand.
So my problem is that although I have created informtion that I would like to post I just don't know how to:
1) Open and name a page like BA_GettingStarted
2) Link that named page (BA_GettingStarted) from the blueangel home page over the wording
"Getting started with my Blueangle on Wiki"
so that the blueangle home page reads like this
BlueangelFAQ
Getting started with my Blueangle on Wiki
List of know Blue angel, sold as, Model ID, Operator code etc
List of Know Upgrades (Ship.exe)
Blueangel Exteneded Rom Kitchen
Given that info I would be able to add a few other pages without having to beg somebody to do it for me.
Would you please explain this so that I and others can also add infomation to Wiki.
Thanks

that is what a wiki does, make it really simple to link, and create new pages.
you create a link, just by typing the a pagename, with at least TwoLettersCapitalized, or, if your pagename does not have 2 capitalized letters, you can put it between [brackets] to make it a link.
when you type a pagename that does not yet exist, and view the saved page with your new link on it, you will see it with a questionmark next to it. if you click on the question mark, you go to the edit page of your new page.
so 'BlueangelFAQ' is automatically a link, in a wiki.
if you want to give the link a different description than the page name, you can write it like this:
[your description|LinkName]
that is, write between [brackets] your description, and the pagename separated with a vertical bar symbol.

How To Make Paypal Donate Button

HOW TO MAKE PAYPAL DONATE BUTTON in these forum ?
HOw do u add the button to your signature ?

when i try to pasrte the very log html code it just say
The following errors occurred when this message was submitted:
Your signature can not be longer than 1000 characters including BBCode markup

crazy lol, you make make roms or programs but cant figure out how to post a donate button.......

im not good at web based stuff

mikechannon said:
How far have you got so far?
have you got you paypal business account set up.
There is an option to create a donate button along with an HTML code that you can copy.
In signature setup go to the view html option and paste in the code.
Mike
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Realy looked and looked and looked, can't find a view html option in my signature. Tried internet explorer and mozilla firefox. On the bottum in section Signature permissions the option Allow html is Off.

pietrucci said:
Realy looked and looked and looked, can't find a view html option in my signature. Tried internet explorer and mozilla firefox. On the bottum in section Signature permissions the option Allow html is Off.
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If rather than going for HTML, you use the unencrypted paypal donate link (it says it's for email) and then use BBCode to add that link to an image, it works well.
[url=YOURPAYPALURL][img]thebutton[/img][/url]

mikechannon said:
I3v5y suggestion is a good one.
For info though the when in Edit Signature you'll see above the smilies an icon with a little "A" beside a big "A". That's the icon to use when swapping to HTML format.
Mike
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The email link is also a lot less character intensive!

ok guys, I'll dive into it. Thnx!

Maybe Make the 200 character long Text into A 25 character Long "tinyURL."
www.tinyurl.com

search google "Paypal Donate"
check the very first result.

i tried the email one and it left a link, not a button

No one seems to have a good answer for this. Can you help?

How can I place a shortcut for a new text message in my HTC Home Plugin menu? I used to have this and when I did a hard reset to my phone it is now gone.
Thanks,
Chris

Start Button> Settings > Today > Items
Click the Messaging box.
This info qualifies as User Interface 101... plz don't ask us to tell you how to use your device in the future. Use the search functions of the site.

If you'd rather use a button, not an icon... try this thread my post on page 4 is just about new txts, but the whole thread is really helpful (if you want to have an icon on the screen to podge with your finger, then dont bother reading it tho)

Nick Collision said:
Start Button> Settings > Today > Items
Click the Messaging box.
This info qualifies as User Interface 101... plz don't ask us to tell you how to use your device in the future. Use the search functions of the site.
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Actually this is exactly what I don't want. Please read the question more closely so you can try and give a correct answer. I am looking to have one of the 6 icons be a blank text icon. I have had it before so I know it can be done.
Thanks

I dont use the HTC plugin... so i cant give explicit instructions, however - if you can add a shortcut (not an exe unless you can edit the command line) try the link in my previous post. If it doesn't help then i'm afarid i cant help as i've decided that 1 hardware button is better than podging the screen! (although the link will help if you want to add the podge to something like resco today - i'm assuming HTC today is similar.....)

cjk5wf, you can create the shortcut to tmail with the following parameters :
"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to "" -body" ""

Export SMS thread to PC

Hello everybody.
I am not so active on this forum, but now I am asking for a little help.
Is there any way somehow to export a single SMS thread to my PC or to a file on the Kaiser SD-card?
I need extracts from a single sms thread for proof in a case, and therefore I need to be able to email it.

Sure there is. If you hit that little Icon along the top bar thingy called "Search" (third from the left) and put in you thread title you should be able to find it.

drdingo21 said:
Sure there is. If you hit that little Icon along the top bar thingy called "Search" (third from the left) and put in you thread title you should be able to find it.
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I think he's referring to sms messages as in sms/mms text messages.
I'd be interested in a solution for this too.
Chris

hi there
http://freewareppc.com/database/pimbackup.shtml
works great for me
deselect everything except Messages - click on that, clik Options, deselect all from email section and select what You need from SMS options
click next, select location, deselect "binary backup" and select all of the "keep ..." options = this way messages are left in Your Inbox
when You get that file copy it to PC, change extension to txt - now You can open it in notepad - it has A LOT ADDITIONAL INFO for every message so if You want You can open it in excel for easier editing
open excel, go to File/Open, on the bottom of that window "Files of type" change to "All Files" - find that txt and open it, it complains that it is not recognizible, clik ok, and on next window select "Delimited", click next, select Semicolon, click Finish, start editing - be carefull if You delete whole columns - sometimes some rows are miss-synchronized... just check the whole column before deleting it.
Hope this helps...
P.S. it was nice to finally be of some use on this forum so I got keyboard-happy on this

oh, yeah... the search thing... like search the forum?
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825...to+PC&sa=Search&cof=FORID:0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
oh, well, at least I now have 2 posts... 2 !!! WOOHOOOO!!!
P.S. take a look at those other Forum posts maybe there is a different solution that serves Your needs beter...

iti_uk said:
I think he's referring to sms messages as in sms/mms text messages.
I'd be interested in a solution for this too.
Chris
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I know what he was refering too. I assume you didn't search either.
oh, yeah... the search thing... like search the forum?
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=0008255...utf-8&oe=utf-8
oh, well, at least I now have 2 posts... 2 !!! WOOHOOOO!!!
P.S. take a look at those other Forum posts maybe there is a different solution that serves Your needs beter...
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Winner!

Code for links in signature

What html code do I use for links in my signature? Have it link to say the thread on cognition or his site, the kernal thread or twitter?
Thanks in advance.
From a phone on an app

boborone said:
What html code do I use for links in my signature? Have it link to say the thread on cognition or his site, the kernal thread or twitter?
Thanks in advance.
From a phone on an app
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Forums don't use html code. They use BB Code. When you go to edit your signature, look for the icon that looks like the earth with a chainlink on it. That's the hyper link button. Self explanitory from there really...

Well that seems simple enough. Thanks man.
From a phone on an app

I don't have that.
any ideas? Also, what about making a picture the link? How do you do that?

boborone said:
I don't have that.
any ideas? Also, what about making a picture the link? How do you do that?
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Look at bbcode(dot)org(front-slash)examples (this 8 post thing is bringing me down... I tried to actually give you the code, but anything having to do with a weblink or the URL tag makes the forum angry). From there click "Posting Images" and it will give you an example that should work.
So you will need the image hosted somewhere (xda photo albums... think I saw that in the user CP?), get the address of it, and put that in for the IMG tag, and then you use the URL after the = sign. You should be able to copy/paste that and just change the http parts inside to suit what picture and link you want.

*URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835272"]UGJK4[/URL*
I deleted the beginning and ending bracket and replaced it with the Astrix* symbol so you know what it looks like. The text that you are linking is in red, and should go between the URL code. Hope that makes sense.
Quick way of doing it is, highlight the text you want linked>once it is highlighted click on the insert link button> paste the url > and hit ok. Now the text that you are linking should be in the middle as above. Hope any of this makes sense, can get confusing.
Hope this is what your looking for.
edit: if you don't see those buttons, it's probably because you don't have those privileges

Thanks guys, I'll try this out when I get home and be sure to button thank yall.

Uh, well it's still not letting me. Still comes out as url string, no text link. But now I know how to do it. I'll check with a mod and see if permissions are set to no for me. At the bottom of the page it says they are all good. Thanks again guys.