Well, what can I say. I am a tad offended by your assumptions, your attitude and your tone. I would think that if you are performing an assistance role with Nabble you certainly have a funny way about how to do it. I would imagine there are many people in similar situations to myself with the scenario that I found myself facing. The last thing I expected was the reply you sent to me. So I would like to clarify a few facts (which you should have made yourself aware of before you undertook any form of response to my questions)
In the first place my query had nothing to do with Weebly, they just happened to be a provider I had selected, the issue I raised came from an internet post by webnots who clearly stated that I could insert a Nabble forum in my Weebly site. While it is a bit late (You should have read this before you attempted to answer) I have attached the link to that webpage;
http://www.webnots.com/how-to-embed-nabble-forum-in-weebly-site/
Following the creation of my forum, I received a direction from Nabble on embedding it in my website:
“To add this forum to your website, copy and paste the following code on your HTML page:” (Link attached)
That’s when I had the problem, I was unable to follow the directions, because I could not identify the tabs or fields on the Weebly site. Now this may not appear logical to you, but my first instinct was to approach the person who issued the directions I was trying to follow and that was Nabble (Webnots). So I registered with their forum and wrote in, submitting my request for help. Then you came along.
For the information of any other party who may find themselves in the same situation that I was in, the reason the direction doesn’t work, is that Weebly have changed their setup and how you embed anything into their site. Attached is their link on how to proceed;
http://kb.weebly.com/custom-html.html
In closing may I just add, Prior to undertaking any activity relating to websites, I spent over 100 hours going through over 30 tutorials produced by Killersites.com dealing with HTML and CSS, just to gain that understanding of what is needed to design and build a website. I also purchased “Building a Web Site for Dummies” and undertook many hours of research on the internet.
May I recommend Mr Chapman, you spend the next week reading Dale Carnegie’s book “How to win friends and influence People”. You have failed on both counts.
Regards.
From: GregChapman [via Nabble Support] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 3:29 PM
To: E Cig Select
Subject: RE: Embed forum in Weebly Website
I don't use Wix, Weebly, or any other web-based web authoring tool that advertises itself as "no knowledge of codding required" so am unable to comment on their facilities. What I can say is that you'll find many posts on Nabble Support that indicate that users of these services have difficulty embedding a Nabble forum into their site.
I have always believed that is because you do need an understanding of how HTML and CSS work, even if you don't actually need to know the details of syntax of the languages to work with these tools, so the claims for these products are highly misleading, while not being untrue.
Visiting a web site is like being a car driver. You don't need to know how it works to get it to do what it was designed for. Most car drivers would not dream of building a car. They realise you need the additional knowledge that a mechanic has.
If you wish to build a web site being a driver is not sufficient. You need some knowledge of mechanics as well.
The questions we get here from Wix and Weebly users seem to indicate they attract drivers, not mechanics. It's hardly surprising so many have difficulties.
I confess I tend to have little sympathy for their naivety. I will help where I can but cannot help when the answer needs knowledge of the web building tools they use.
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