AOL Email
1. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing "Your name" and "http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png" to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
<html>
<head>
<title>myvacationcountdown.com</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name<br>
<a href="http://www.myvacationcountdown.com">
<img border="0" src="http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png">
</a>
</body>
</html>
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
2. Go to AOL Mail and click Write Mail (or just click Write).
3. At the bottom right of the letter template it says Signatures.
4. Click Signatures and then highlight and click Set Up Signatures.
5. A window will open, click Create.
6. In the upper field of the new window, type TickerCentral.com
7. In the lower field, paste in the signature HTML you created. Then click OK.
8. Click Default on/off to turn your signature on or off.
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Apple Mail
Apple Mail supports multiple signatures. These can be assigned to any number of email accounts you have set up. You can automatically assign a particular signature to an account, or choose them from a drop down list while composing your email. To create a signature, follow these steps.
1. Go to Preferences » Signatures » and click the + button. You can now type in your plaintext signature, and quit Mail.
2. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing "Your name" and "http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png" to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
<html>
<head>
<title>myvacationcountdown.com</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name<br>
<a href="http://www.myvacationcountdown.com">
<img border="0" src="http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png">
</a>
</body>
</html>
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
3. Open Safari and verify your signature is how you want it to look. Use the File -> File Open... menu option or simply drag htmlsig.html to your browser window. Save your HTML code as a Web Archive. In Safari while viewing your HTML signature code, File -> Save As... and choose "Web Archive" format. When you click Save, you will want to use the ".webarchive" suffix when prompted. Save it your Desktop for the time being.
4.
Navigate to YourHomeFolder » Library » Mail » Signatures, and replace the existing ‘.webarchive' file with the ‘.webarchive' file you've just created. Make sure you copy over the exact name over to ‘.webarchive', or Mail will not recognise the file.
5.
Now, launch Mail, go over to the signature preferences again. Drag that signature from the middle pane to any of your accounts which you want to use this signature with. You can also set the default signature for each account from the settings. Once done, you can compose a new mail, and the signature will have your vacation counter included!
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Incredimail
1. Copy the url from the the "Image URL" on the final step.
2. Click on 'New Mail'
3. Click on 'Tools'
4. Click on 'Signature'
5. Click on 'Manage Signture'
6. Click on 'New Signature'.
7. Right click in the text box and choose 'Paste'.
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MSN Mail/Hotmail
1. Login to Hotmail and click on 'Mail'.
2. Click on 'Options'
3. Click on 'Personal Signature'
4. Make sure the 'Show Rich Text Toolbar' not checked.
5. Paste in the HTML code from the final step page.
6. Check 'Show Rich Text Toolbar' checkbox.
7. Wait for the signature to process and your ticker should now be displayed.
8. Click OK.
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Outook
1. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing "Your name" and "http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png" to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
<html>
<head>
<title>myvacationcountdown.com</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name<br>
<a href="http://www.myvacationcountdown.com">
<img border="0" src="http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png">
</a>
</body>
</html>
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
2. Choose Tools > Options and click on the Mail Format Tab
3. In Message Format - Compose in this message format, select HTML
4. Click on the Signature button to create a new signature.
5. Enter a name for the new Signature (optional).
6. Select 'Use this file as a template'.
7. Click on 'Browse' and navigate to where you saved your file.
8. Click Next and then Finish
9. In the Mail Format window select the new signature from the 'Signature for new messages' drop down.
10. Click OK to finish
If you are replying to an email that is not in HTML format, your ticker may not work, and so you may only want to have the signature automatically in outgoing messages.
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Outlook Express
1. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing "Your name" and "http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png" to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
<html>
<head>
<title>myvacationcountdown.com</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name<br>
<a href="http://www.myvacationcountdown.com">
<img border="0" src="http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png">
</a>
</body>
</html>
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
2. Click on Tools, and then Options in the menu
3. Click on 'Add signature to all outgoing messages' if you want your signature in all messages
4. Choose Files and then click on Browse to navigate to where you saved the signature file. Make sure you select 'All Files' from the file type drop down.
5. Select your file and click Open, this takes you back to the signature window
6. Click OK.
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Thunderbird
1. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing "Your name" and "http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png" to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
<html>
<head>
<title>myvacationcountdown.com</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name<br>
<a href="http://www.myvacationcountdown.com">
<img border="0" src="http://www.myvacationcounter/tickers/xxxxx.png">
</a>
</body>
</html>
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
2. Click on Tools --> Account Settings
3. Click on the email account in the top left corner of the screen that is your active account.
4. Check the box on the right side of the screen labeled Attach this signature then select the new signature file you've just created.
5. Click OK.
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1. Create an HTML file for your ticker. To do this, simply copy the text below into notepad, changing the aread in red to what you want to input (you can find the ticker url on the final step under "Image url"). If you need more than one line of text for your signature, place <br> at the end of each line to create a line break.
Save your file as a .html by putting quotes around the filename ex: "counter.html" or it will name it with a .txt extention. You can also use any html editor to create the html file.
2. Right-click on the desktop and chose Properties.
3. Click on the Desktop tab, and then on Customise Desktop.
4. Click on the Web tab and then click New.
5. Click on the Browse tab and then navigate to where you saved your HTML file.
6. Click Open.
7. Click OK through to close the panels.
8. Your new ticker will be on your desktop! To resize it, click on the bottom right hand corner and drag the box.
9. Grab the top of the box and drag to whole thing to where you want it on your desktop. It will now update hourly as long as you are online.
