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Some of these have more than one way to acquire the deired results. This is because:
1)there are several solutions;
2)Some solutions work on some sites but not on others.
If you have trouble with one method, try another and/or ask for help. Be particularly careful to put these exactly as shown. A misplaced backslash or forgotten ">" will mean the difference between having the solution work or not.
To italicize,
surround the text you want to italicize with <i> on the left and </i> on the right.
~Another way is to use the underline mark ( _ ) on the left & right. Leave no spaces between your underline & the first/last character you want to italicize.
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To bold,
surround the text you want in bold with <b> on the left and </b> on the right.
~Another way is to use the asterisk mark ( * ) on the left & right. Leave no spaces between your asterisk & the first/last character you want to bold.
Asterisks do NOT work inside of blockquotes!
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To underline,
surround the text you want underlined with <u> on the left and </u> on the right.
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To blockquote
surround the text you want to blockquote with <blockquote> on the left and </blockquote> on the right.
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To strike out text with a line through it,
surround the text you want to strike out with <strike> on the left and </strike> on the right.
~(an easier way is to surround the text you want to strike out with <s> on the left and </s> on the right.)
~Another way is to use the minus sign or dash mark ( - ) on the left & right. Leave no spaces between your dash & the first/last character you want to strike through.
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to make sub-script (little letters below the regular text line),
surround the text you want to subscript with <sub> on the left and </sub> on the right.
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to make super-script (little letters above the regular text line),
surround the text you want to superscript with <sup> on the left and </sup> on the right.
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to make 'sub-super'script (little itty-bitty letters centered in the regular text line),
surround the text you want to sub-superscript with <sub><sup> on the left and </sup></sub> on the right.
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To center text on a page,
surround the text you want to center
with <center> on the left and </center> on the right.
To create a gray divider line in your article,
like the gray lines between the sections of this Formatting Tips page, place an <hr> tag where you want the gray line to appear. The <hr> tag can be used by itself and is one of the few HTML tags that does not require a closing </hr> tag.
To create a line feed (like hitting enter)use a <br> tag. You can use two <br> tags in succession (<br><br>) to create a blank line, or multiple <br> tags in succession to create multiple blank lines. Like <hr> tags, <br> tags do not require closing </br> tags.
Fancy Fonts & COLORS
To create text that has a different font:
on the left (or the beginning) of the text put <font face="PUT FONT NAME HERE"> and on the right (or the end) of the text put </font>
All of these fonts work on this site:
(all of these are size= +2 ; type in font name exactly as it is here)
this font name is: Terminal
this font name is: Monotype Corsiva
this font name is: Mistral
this font name is: Tempus Sans ITC
this font name is: Vivaldi
this font name is: TypoUpright BT
this font name is: Allegro BT
this font name is: BalloonEFDropShadow (BalloonEFDropShadow)
this font name is: Bernhard Fashion BT
this font name is: Braddon
this font name is: Bradley Hand ITC
this font name is: Bremen Bd BT
this font name is: Brody
this font name is: Campbell
this font name is: Copperplate Gothic Bol
this font name is: Curlz MT
this font name is: Edwardian Script ITC (ITC)
this font name is: Engravers
this font name is: Feltpoint
this font name is: FlairRoman
this font name is: Freestyle Script
this font name is: French Script MT
this font name is: Gulim
this font name is: Impact
(more will be added at a later date....)
To change the size of the text:
on the left (or the beginning) of the text put <font size=+2> and on the right (or the end) of the text put </font>
The number can be changed, from 1-5. (maybe higher, I'm not sure)
To change the color of the text:
on the left (or the beginning) of the text put <font color="green"> and on the right (or the end) of the text put </font>
These colors can be used:
RED
BLUE
GREEN
ORANGE
YELLOW
PURPLE
PINK (pink)
BROWN
CYAN
MAROON
WHITE
BLACK
Other colors may or may not work/show up. These are ones I've used successfully.
BLACK is the default color for most applications.
Be careful using WHITE.it will disappear on most screen backgrounds.
You can 'piggyback' several font commands together, but you must always have:
on the left (or the beginning) <font > and on the right (or the end) of the text put </font> and you MUST leave a space between commands.
Here is an example:
<font face="papyrus" size=+3 color="orange">firefly-dreaming</font>
You will get: firefly-dreaming
ALWAYS preview your 'Fancy Font' before posting!
--- HYPERLINKS --- They say there are two ways to put hyperlinks in your articles or comments.
(Show your link as blue coloured clickable hyperlink text)
The "easy shorthand method" or Bracket method. SoapBlox sites like this one (& Scoop sites like DailyKos) say this is an acceptable format.
(In practice I've found if you have more than a couple of links to put in, it quits 'seeing' them. )
To embed a hyperlink, type both the URL(the address from your address bar on your browser~ you can right-click & copy this!) and the text you want to display as a link, enclosed in square brackets, and separate them with at least one space.
[http://www.firefly-dreaming.com/ firefly-dreaming] = firefly-dreaming
[http://www.firefly-dreaming.com/diary/11/ Blog-cronyms] = Blog-cronyms
[http://www.bubblebox.com/play/skill/839.htm fireflies game] = fireflies game
The second method is the one I use, the HTML method. Some other sites require HTML tags to display a hyperlink.
The HTML code begins with the <A HREF=> tag and ends with the </A> tag as shown below. The URL (the address from your address bar on your browser~ you can right-click & copy this!)of the page you are linking to should be included in quotes immediately after <A HREF=>. The text that you want to appear in the link should be between the <A HREF=> and </A> tags.
<a href="http://www.firefly-dreaming.com/">firefly-dreaming</a> = firefly-dreaming
To make your hyperlink open in another tab
Using the HTML method of hyperlinking type in immediately after your quotated URL:
SPACE target="_blank"
<a href="http://www.firefly-dreaming.com/" target="_blank">firefly-dreaming</a> = firefly-dreaming
I highly encourage the use of this option!
It makes it simple for someone reading your post to easily check out your links without losing their place!
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