Frequently Asked Questions
Lilypie Baby Days counts down to your baby's due date or birthday and updates daily. Create your own free custom graphic which you can add to your website, forum posts, email signature or Windows desktop. It has it's own web address so it will continue to keep track of the weeks and days you have been pregnant and how many more days until your baby is here.
Q.How do I add a Lilypie ticker to my website? --> Answer
Q.How do I add a Pregnancy ticker to my forum signature , and what is a signature anyway? --> Answer
Q.When I posted the Pregnancy ticker to my forum there was
extra bits of text displayed. How do I fix it? --> Answer
extra bits of text displayed. How do I fix it? --> Answer
Q.The forum or website I want to use the Lilypie ticker on has a dark background and the text under the ticker doesn't show up very well.
How do I fix it? --> Answer
How do I fix it? --> Answer
Q.Why isn't my Lilypie Baby Days ticker counting down, it has been showing the same text for the last few days. --> Answer
Q.The months, weeks and days displayed on my Lilypie Baby Days are incorrect? How do I fix it? --> Answer
Q.How do I add a Lilypie Baby Days ticker to my blogger / blogspot blog? --> Answer
Q.When I posted my ticker to my blog, another ticker was displayed? --> Answer
Q.When I posted the Pregnancy ticker to my blog it said;
Sorry! No ticker has been found matching this ID.
How do I fix it? --> Answer
Sorry! No ticker has been found matching this ID.
How do I fix it? --> Answer
Q.How do i put it on my myspace? --> Answer
Q.How do I add a LilypieLilypie Baby Days to my Facebook, iGoogle or Google homepage? --> Answer
Q.I can no longer see where to set the time-zone for my Lilypie Baby Days. How do I change it? --> Answer
Q.How do I add the Lilypie Baby Days ticker to my MSN group? --> Answer
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Q & A
Q.How do I add a Lilypie ticker to my website?
AOn Lilypie:
Some free websites only allow you to add plain or specially formatted text, so you may not be able to add the HTML code and have it display as a graphic, again check with the support on your website.
- Click on the background image to select the background you want for your ticker.
- Click on Step 2 to take you to the next page.
- Click on the marker image you would like to use.
- Click on Step 3.
- Select your date from the date drop down and enter any text you would like to display on your ticker.
- Click on Create Ticker
- Right click in the HTML text box and choose Select All from the context menu.
- Right click again and choose Copy. You now have the HTML code snippet in your clipboard.
Some free websites only allow you to add plain or specially formatted text, so you may not be able to add the HTML code and have it display as a graphic, again check with the support on your website.
Q.How do I add a Pregnancy ticker to my forum signature , and what is a signature anyway?
AOn many forums, once you have logged in you can go to your Preferences and in the Signature field you can enter some text which will be added to the bottom of every post you make.
Often it will say whether HTML is enabled, or Ezcode or whatever. Copy and paste your code snippet from one of the Create Baby Days or
Baby & Kids Birthday pages into the Signature field and save.
Of course, there are many different forums and they all do things differently. For instance, not all forums allow you to add a signature. If you can't work out how to add a signature at all, ask the forum moderator (or Administrator) on the forum you are using.
Often it will say whether HTML is enabled, or Ezcode or whatever. Copy and paste your code snippet from one of the Create Baby Days or
Baby & Kids Birthday pages into the Signature field and save.
Of course, there are many different forums and they all do things differently. For instance, not all forums allow you to add a signature. If you can't work out how to add a signature at all, ask the forum moderator (or Administrator) on the forum you are using.
Q.When I posted the Pregnancy ticker to my forum there was
extra bits of text displayed. How do I fix it?
extra bits of text displayed. How do I fix it?
AThis might be because;
- You didn't select all the code before you pasted it in. To make sure you select all the code;
Right click in the text box and choose Select All from the context menu, and then right click again and select Copy. You now have the code snippet in your clipboard ready to paste. - The code you pasted in was for a different kind of forum. Try experimenting with the different code snippets. Unfortunately, you may find that none of them work with the forum you normaly use. Ask the forum moderator (or Administrator) on the forum if you can add an image link and what is the syntax to add an image link to a forum post.
Q.The forum or website I want to use the Lilypie ticker on has a dark background and the text under the ticker doesn't show up very well.
How do I fix it?
How do I fix it?
AThe final option on the ticker pages allows you to
Select the background to either transparent; which will show up the colour behind the ticker, or white. Choose white if your ticker will be on a mid to dark colour background. The text will be clear and the Lilypie ticker will look much better.
Alternatively, if you don't want a white background and are using the ticker on a website or on a forum where HTML is enabled, you can add a style to the image tag. Eg.,
<a href="http://Lilypie.com"><img src="http://Lilypie.com/days/040801/0/0/0/ 10" alt="Lilypie Baby Days" border="0" style="background:#CBEAFC" /></a>
Will put a pale blue behind a transparent Lilypie Baby Days.
For a list of more colour codes, check out Web Monkey's Colour Reference chart. Try to choose a fairly pale colour to show the Pregnancy ticker to best effect.
Select the background to either transparent; which will show up the colour behind the ticker, or white. Choose white if your ticker will be on a mid to dark colour background. The text will be clear and the Lilypie ticker will look much better.
Alternatively, if you don't want a white background and are using the ticker on a website or on a forum where HTML is enabled, you can add a style to the image tag. Eg.,
<a href="http://Lilypie.com"><img src="http://Lilypie.com/days/040801/0/0/0/ 10" alt="Lilypie Baby Days" border="0" style="background:#CBEAFC" /></a>
Will put a pale blue behind a transparent Lilypie Baby Days.
For a list of more colour codes, check out Web Monkey's Colour Reference chart. Try to choose a fairly pale colour to show the Pregnancy ticker to best effect.
Q.Why isn't my Lilypie Baby Days ticker counting down, it has been showing the same text for the last few days.
AThis generaly just means your browser is cacheing the ticker rather than getting a new copy. To force a full refresh of the page, just hold down the Shift key and click on your browser refresh button.
Alternatively, if you copy-and-pasted the image rather than using one of the code snippets, it won't update, it's the code's job to retrieve the updated image.
Alternatively, if you copy-and-pasted the image rather than using one of the code snippets, it won't update, it's the code's job to retrieve the updated image.
Q.The months, weeks and days displayed on my Lilypie Baby Days are incorrect? How do I fix it?
AIt's correct, it's just that the result of calculating months, weeks and days can seem
counter-intuitive because there isn't an even number of weeks
in a month. The way it works on Lilypie is to count the number of
months, and then divide the number of days remaining into weeks and days.
For instance, using a 2nd birthday ticker for a child born on the 9th of May, 2004, and looking at the ticker on the 25th June, 2005. On the 9th of June, the child was 1 year, 1 month old. There are 16 days between the 9th of June and the 25th of June so the Lilypie Baby Days will display 1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days.
Q.How do I add a Lilypie Baby Days ticker to my blogger / blogspot blog?
AThe simplest way is to add the Lilypie Baby Days ticker as an HTML Page Element. You can also add it by editing the style sheet for your template.
To add the ticker as an HTML Page Element:
- Click on the Customize link at the top right of your blog.
- Click on the Template tab.
- Click on the Page Elements link
- Click on Add a Page Element where you want to add your ticker.
- Click on the HTML/Javascript 'Add to Blog' button
- Paste in your Lilypie HTML code snippet
- Click on Save Changes
Q.When I posted my ticker to my blog, another ticker was displayed?
AThis might happen if the ticker ID in your image URL has been mistyped or reformatted when you added it to your website. For more details, see below.
Q.When I posted the Pregnancy ticker to my blog it said;
Sorry! No ticker has been found matching this ID.
How do I fix it?
Sorry! No ticker has been found matching this ID.
How do I fix it?
AThis might happen if the ticker ID in your image URL has been mistyped
or reformatted when you added it to your website. What sometimes happens
is the uppercase letters are changed to lowercase letters on the web page.
To check for this look at the source for the page where you are
displaying the ticker; you can use the shortcut Ctrl-U or go to View /
Source in your browser menu. You can then search for lilypie to find
where the image URL is on the page. You can then check this against your
original code snippet to see if it is the same.
A number of people who use blogger / blogspot have found this happened
when they added the ticker using just the image URL, but it worked
correctly if they added the ticker using the HTML code snippet. There are detailed instructions here.
Q.How do i put it on my myspace?
AThere are probably many places you could put it on your myspace page. Look for places where it says to enter you own HTML and use the HTML code snippet from Lilypie. One option is to have it in your blog header.
In Myspace,
- Click on Manage Blog. There is a link at the left below your profile image.
- Click on Customize My Blog. There is a link at the left under My Controls
- Under Page Header select Your Own Header HTML and paste in your HTML code snippet from Lilypie.
- Click on Update. It is all the way at the bottom of the form.
Q.How do I add a LilypieLilypie Baby Days to my Facebook, iGoogle or Google homepage?
AOn Lilypie:
- Click on the kind of ticker you want. Eg. Expecting a Baby for pregnancy ticker, first birthday etc.
- Choose the mini ticker size.
- Click on the background image to select the background you want for your ticker.
- Click on Step 2 to take you to the next page.
- Click on the marker image you would like to use.
- Click on Step 3.
- Select your date from the date drop down and enter any text you would like to display on your ticker.
- Click on Create Ticker.
- At the bottom of the form, there is a button link to add your new mini-ticker to Facebook and a button link it to iGoogle.
- The first time you add a ticker to your Facebook profile, you need to add the Lilypie application. To do this click on the big blue Log in to Lilypie button.
- This takes you to the Add Lilypie to your Facebook account? page. Uncheck anything you don't want the application to do, then click on the big blue Add Lilypie button.
- This will show you your ticker. You can then click on the Profile link in your menu bar to see your ticker on your profile page.
Q.I can no longer see where to set the time-zone for my Lilypie Baby Days. How do I change it?
AThe timezone is now automaticaly detected unless you don't have Javascript enabled. So there is no need to change it.
If you don't have Javascript enabled you will still see the timezone drop down as before.
If you don't have Javascript enabled you will still see the timezone drop down as before.
Q.How do I add the Lilypie Baby Days ticker to my MSN group?
AIf you own / manage an MSN group you can add the Lilypie Baby Days ticker to your Message Board welcome message, by:
- Clicking on the Edit Welcome Message link
- Check Use HTML to create your page below the text box
- Paste in your customised HTML code snippet from the relevant ticker page.
- Add any other welcome text you might like to have and click on Save.
- Click on Manager Tools / Add a Page / A Custom Web Page
- Check Use HTML to create your page below the text box
- Paste in the HTML code snippet
Q.The Remember my details on this computer option says Cookies required. What are cookies?
AA cookie is a very small text file that is stored on your computer by a web site. A cookie cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is unique to your computer and can only be read by the web site that gave it to you.
Click here for more information about our Privacy Policy.
If you select Remember my details on this computer Lilypie uses the cookie to remember which tickers you have created so that you can come back and edit them on the same computer. When you return to the ticker page on Lilypie, a list of editable tickers is displayed. You can then click on the Edit button to edit your previously saved ticker. The cookies are stored for a year, or until you clear the cookie. It is not recommended that you use the "Remember my details on this computer" option if you share a computer with people that you don't want to be able to edit your tickers.
Your browser may be set up to block all cookies, or only save the cookie for this session or until you turn off the browser. In this case, you may want to add Lilypie.com to a list of exceptions that allow sites to store cookies. There are instructions below to update your cookie settings. If your browser is not on this list, contact me and I will add it to the list and let you know how to update your cookie settings.
If you select Remember my details on this computer Lilypie uses the cookie to remember which tickers you have created so that you can come back and edit them on the same computer. When you return to the ticker page on Lilypie, a list of editable tickers is displayed. You can then click on the Edit button to edit your previously saved ticker. The cookies are stored for a year, or until you clear the cookie. It is not recommended that you use the "Remember my details on this computer" option if you share a computer with people that you don't want to be able to edit your tickers.
Your browser may be set up to block all cookies, or only save the cookie for this session or until you turn off the browser. In this case, you may want to add Lilypie.com to a list of exceptions that allow sites to store cookies. There are instructions below to update your cookie settings. If your browser is not on this list, contact me and I will add it to the list and let you know how to update your cookie settings.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Internet Explorer so that Lilypie will be able to add a cookie?
ATo enable cookies for the Lilypie tickers in Internet Explorer:
- Open your browser.
- Go to Tools in the Menu bar.
- Click on Options and then the Privacy tab.
- Click on Sites.
- In Address of Web site put in Lilypie.com and click on Allow then OK.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Mozilla Firefox so that Lilypie will be able to add a cookie?
ATo enable cookies for the Lilypie tickers in Mozilla Firefox:
- Open your browser.
- Go to Tools in the Menu bar.
- Click on Options and then select Privacy from the menu.
- Under Cookies, click on Exceptions.
- In Address of Web site put in Lilypie.com and then click on OK and then OK again.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Mozilla so that Lilypie will be able to add a cookie?
ATo enable cookies for the Lilypie tickers in Mozilla:
- Open your browser.
- Go to Tools in the Menu bar.
- Click on Cookie Manager.
- Click on the bottom option; Allow cookies from this site.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Opera so that Lilypie will be able to add a cookie?
ATo set your cookie preferences in Opera 9:
- On a PC go to Tools in the menu bar. On a Mac go to Opera.
- Select Preferences and click on the Advanced tab.
- Choose Cookies from the left menu.
- I have it set to Accept only cookies from the site I visit.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Netscape so that Lilypie will be able to add a cookie?
AFor Netscape 7. Go to Tools in the menu bar, select Cookie Manager and check Allow Cookies from this site.
For Netscape 8. Right click on the Lilypie tab and choose Show site controls this will bring up the Security Site Control for Lilypie. Click on I trust this site.
Q.How do I set my cookies in Safari on the Mac?
AIn Safari, select Safari from the menu bar, then Preferences & then the Security tab.
Under Accept Cookies I have it set to Only from sites you navigate to.
Under Accept Cookies I have it set to Only from sites you navigate to.
