italics bold print and large type

[Scoutfish 16]

I guess there really isn't a correct forum for this, so I put it in the general program stuff.

 

So I like to emphasise a ferw words here and there. Well, the only way I know how is to use capital letters..which also means I occasionally have to mention I an mot yelling.

 

So, my question is this: How do I make large type, italics and bold type. On other sites, you would use the star * at the beginning and end of the word to make it bold, use < and > for italics, and usually there was a small edit box to one side or another for type size - usuallu only 3 choices.

 

Thanks!(This message has been edited by scoutfish)

[Beavah 205]

Yah, Scoutfish, I just use da regular embedded HTML, eh?

 

< I > For italics < / I >

< B > For bold < / B >

 

etc.

 

Scouter.com seems to allow a pretty wide range of embedded HTML, but I usually forget all da other ones .

 

B

 

[OldGreyEagle 5]

When you go to reply, off to the left hand side you will see the words "Format this Post", click that and then follow along.

It's amazing what can be done without all the <P> stuff

[Oak Tree 15]

I just use html too. The easiest ones are and for italics and and for bold.

 

The site does filter out some html. It also adds some html, turning a URL into an actual link, for example. You can also create tables:

italicsphrasephrasebold italicsemphasizedemphasizedlist list item 1 list item 2 list item 3 list item 1 list item 2 list item 3numbered list list item 1 list item 2 list item 3 list item 1 list item 2 list item 3

This is a centered sentence

This is a centered sentence

This is a blockquoteThis is a blockquote

horizontal rule

 

text you want to strike through

text you want to strike through

heading 1 is heading 2 is heading 3 is heading 4 is

 

There are special characters like > which makes a > and is good for writing about hmtl (like this post), also & produces &, and if you want to write "So Paolo" you can do it with the ã character, or you can just cut and paste it from another site.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sure there are more fun things that could be done...subscripts, superscripts, monospaced fonts.

 

[Oak Tree 15]

Now that's interesting...

 

I previewed my post, and it looked one way, and then when it actually posted, it looked another. It's like it ran another level of processing, so places where I had carefully written html to display, it processed it again. I wonder if it would do that if I didn't preview it?

 

The following line is not written with an actual tag:

<text to strike through>

[Oak Tree 15]

Dang it. If I'm going to post tests, I should get them right.

 

The following line is not written with an actual tag:

<strike>text to strike through</strike>

[Oak Tree 15]

Ok, so my first post should have looked like this:

 

 

I just use html too. The easiest ones are <i> and </i> for italics and <b> and </b> for bold.

 

The site does filter out some html. It also adds some html, turning a URL into an actual link, for example. You can also create tables:

italics<i>phrase</i>phrasebold italics<b><i>emphasized</b></i>emphasizedlist<ul><li> list item 1<li> list item 2<li> list item 3</ul> list item 1 list item 2 list item 3numbered list<ol><li> list item 1<li> list item 2<li> list item 3</ol> list item 1 list item 2 list item 3

<center>This is a centered sentence</center>

This is a centered sentence

<blockquote>This is a blockquote</blockquote>This is a blockquote

<hr> horizontal rule

 

<strike>text you want to strike through</strike>

text you want to strike through

heading 1 is <h1>heading 2 is <h2>heading 3 is <h3>heading 4 is <h4>

 

There are special characters like > which makes a > and is good for writing about hmtl (like this post), also & produces &, and if you want to write "So Paolo" you can do it with the ã character, or you can just cut and paste it from another site.

 

<font color="red"></font>

<font color="blue"></font>

<font size="+2"></font>

I'm sure there are more fun things that could be done...subscripts, superscripts, monospaced fonts.

 

[BadenP 93]

it doesn't seem to work on my computer, what other codes do you need to put in?

[Scoutfish 16]

Cool!

 

Thanks!

[Scoutfish 16]

Wait, not sure it works. I open the "format" box, select the choices, and not seeing it work.

 

[Scoutfish 16]

Maybe I'll just have to do my own stuff.

 

I can open the HTLM editor, but then that's as far as I can go,

 

[Oak Tree 15]

What browser are you using? The "format this post" link is not working for me now, either, but the site is all screwed up with the browser constantly trying to protect me from the malware, so it might be related to that. I have seen the html editor work in the past.

 

Always good to have something more basic to fall back on.

[Scoutfish 16]

Old school just works better some times

[skeptic 1000]

Wonder if it works for me this time? Lets see. Nope, all I get is a pretty lavender box with no way to type or paste. Maybe I will figure it out someday.

[UCEagle72 10]

Did a quick check, you need to be using Internet Explorer for the "Format this Post" to work.

 

But, I bet you can still grok your own code without it.