I-am-pregnant > Help pages > Adding a ticker to your profile

Help: Adding a ticker to your profile

This help page shows you how to add a ticker to your profile. There are several websites that allow you to make pregnancy tickers:

Examples

http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/goodies.php
Our own website. Pregnancy only. Shows a puzzle, revealing your picture more and more as your pregnancy goes along. You can use your own photo.

http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/
Baby-gaga, pregnancy & birthday tickers. Choose a boat, plane, baby, stork or car which moves towards the right as your pregnancy goes along. You can choose from 3 different backgrounds

http://lilypie.com/
Lilypie, tickers on pregnancy, wedding, birthdays, etc. Choose from many backgrounds and markers. You can use your own photo and add text above the ticker.

http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/baby-ticker
Babystrology, pregnancy only. A floating baby that actually moves made in `Flash`

Adding it

Adding a ticker works the same for all four tickers. There are two ways to add your ticker. We'll show both ways.

Method 1: Adding by `Copy & Paste`

You can drag and drop anything into your editor without having to worry about codes. Let us show you how to do it with copy and paste.

In this example we go to www.lilypie.com and make a ticker. After a minute or so we come up with this ticker:

Click with your right mouse button on the ticker. A window will pop up:

Choose `Copy`. Go back to your I-am-pregnant profile editor.
Click with your right mouse button where you would like the ticker to be. A window will pop up:

Click `Paste`. You ticker will appear:

Press the Save button and you're done!

Method 2: Adding by using the HTML code

Most gadgets come with a BB code and a HTML code. Some forums use BB code, some use HTML. We use HTML code on I-am-pregnant, this allows you to add much more cool stuff than BB-code. You recognise HTML code by the < and > signs.

In this example we work with the HTML code we got from www.babystrology.com. Go to babystrology and create your own ticker. We've made it like this:

Select the complete HTML code in the box with your mouse. The background of the selected text will change color.
Click with your right mouse button on the selected text. A window will pop up:

Choose `Copy`. Go back to your I-am-pregnant profile editor.

Click the HTML button to switch to HTML-mode in your editor.

This is the HTML code of your profile.
Click with your right mouse button after the last line of HTML code. (1)
A window will pop up (2): Click `Paste`.
The code you just copied will appear.
Click the HTML button again (3) to see if it worked:

It worked! Save your profile, you're done.

Method 3: Automatic adding by using the i-am-pregnant ticker

The I-am-pregnant ticker can be added automatically, making it a good option for those that don't want to copy & paste anything. In the example below we'll add an I-am-pregnant ticker, using a picture of our own.

Go to http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/ticker/goodies.php

Click the Browse button to find a picture on your PC

Click on the photo you want to use. Make sure it's a .jpg photo. The size should be smaller than 3 or 4MB. The one from this example is a .jpg, and its size is 2.17MB, so it qualifies.
Click the `Open` button.

Click the `Upload this photo` button. It is a big photo, so it will take about 30 seconds before something happens.

It worked!
Note I: If you see some errors and only a black picture instead of your photo, you uploaded a photo which is too big. You can make it smaller with many programs. I usually use MS Paint (Start > All programs > Accesories > Paint) You can also use an online photo editor, such as www.snipshot.com.
Note II: Your picture will be automatically scaled to fit the ticker. We scale it to 177 pixels wide and 77 pixels high. If you know how to edit photos you may want to uplaod a photo with this hight-width ratio for the best quality.

Enter your due date, and select the photo you've uploaded

Scroll down the page and click on `Show the code`.

If you click the `Add now`button this ticker will be added automatically to your page. You don't have to copy and paste any codes if you do it this way.