In case its not clear . .

[nickmo]

In case its not been described:- I put this in mycats Q further down, but TAGS are the name given to the way to make the text appear bold, italic or underlined. FAQs give 3 choices: Typing < B > before a word then < /B > after makes the text bold. (Take out the extra spaces between the < and the 'B' by the way. or it won't work. I put them in to get the thing to show on screen otherwise it would just bold, or underline etc) To make italics, type < I > and then < /I > To underline type < U > and to finish < /U > Whatever text is between the start and stop instruction - ie the tags - will be the bold, italic or underlined The extra symbols don't show on the text as it appears on the screen on the answer. Preview shows you have done this correctly, and the FAQ section for AB says only these 3 options work - no colours . . . and no other fonts. Pedantic but may help.

[fee-is-me]

Oh i think this makes sense now.

Or does it?

[fee-is-me]

yes !

[nickmo]

Ya beauty

[Pippa68]

pain in the ass though innit?

[fee-is-me]

God, yes. <U/>

[Pippa68]

I'll get used to it..thanks nickmo :o)

Have to get used to that preview button too!

[fee-is-me]

What happened there? I got me '/' in the wrong place but it still underlined.

Oh this is a nightmare... i might need tablets for this stress.

[Pippa68]

here we are fee take some of my valium..it doesn't seem to be working for me!

When the posts move on to another page I won't be able to read them, and I shall sob uncontrollably. Where's the Gin??

[nickmo]

Darn tootin' . . . & 7 more key strokes per post. . . .

Still, here's a picture of the latest AB member hard at it: here

[Pippa68]

Hey ~ is that sexyrussian hard at it on the Uni computer?

;o)

[nickmo]

Incidentally, the code for changing the long web address to a single word or to your own text - like wot I did to use the word 'here', is different again. Go to the FAQ section on the home page and look at How to format the question for the description of how to . .

All terribly techno . . and a free degree from NASA for everyone that makes it work first time . . . but once you get into the code it should be ok to use.

[littleoldme]

fee-is-me - to answer your last question, your initial < U > tag would have started the underlining. The < /U > tag closes the command (i.e. turns the underlining off) when you've reached the end of the bit to be underlined. In the case of your post, your mistake would only have made a difference if you'd tried typing something else after you thought you'd stopped the underlining - it too would be underlined.

[fee-is-me]

Ah... thankyou. I think i understand that.

I thought we made long thingys short thingys by doing special highlighting and the like...?

here

[zara 4]

Ok i'm stuck how in the hell do i change my letters,

[fee-is-me]

No, no, no!!!

I thought i could do that one but now it's all been ruined!

[nickmo]

No dear, HTML code does what you tell it to - not by highlighting or 'drag and drop' stuff.

The first < opens the command and > closes it, and the second set of < which has the / > included tells the code the command has finished. The bits in between the < > is what will show on screen . i.e B, I or U

AB has now determined only bold, italic and underline options plus the code for changing long web addresses to your own text. the way to shorthen website adress details are at the FAQ section on the home page under the heading How to post...

You use more code (which is: < A hrerf= "website" > and then your word < /A> without the extra spaces again as before) but do see the details on the home page as it will be clearer.

I can't put the same code on here as this website will read the command and just show up as another link - not the how to do it info . . . . .

[netibiza]

let's see if I can do itt hank you nickmo<B/> but what a palaver

[netibiza]

nickmo is it possible to write in bold italics underlined? and if so how??

[netibiza]

nickmo
How do I overwrite a link. instead of three red line I want to write here.

[netibiza]

nickmo
How do I overwrite a link. instead of three red line I want to write here.