Gaps

[molly]

How do you create paragraphs, when answering questions on Answerbank. Several times I have answered wanting to leave gaps or take a new line, but when I submit, the new paragraphs have disappeared.

[IndieSinger]

You have to use a bit of html. Try typing a < and then typing br and then typing a >. So altogether, you get < br > but without the spaces (if I type it out as you should, you wouldn't see it, it would just... do it... if you see what I mean... Anyway, break (< br >) used once makes the line go down
one line and if you type it twice back to back (< br >< br > but without the spaces)

... it jumps down two lines like this.

[Quizmonster]

You can create paragraphs by doing as Indiesinger says above but putting P (for paragraph) between the left < and right > arrows.

[molly]

Let's see if this works.

Thanks for all your answers.

Your link didn't work sft42

but the scrolling looked incredibly impressive.

I suppose the colour is done on Word?

You could
havegreat
fun here.

[molly]

Hey, brilliant!
So does it not matter if you put "br" or "P" inside the brackets?

The result
seems

to
be

the
same.

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html and a link will take you to a website with a set of basic lessons on italics, bold print, colour etc. Just click on the various 'primer' headings once you get there and work your way through them. Good luck! Oh...but promise not to go overboard once you know how to do these things.

[molly]

Thanks Quizzy --- and I promise.

[IndieSinger]

Molly, the last thing we want anyone to do, is go overboard on their use of HTML, including:

• colours;
  
• paragraph breaks; and
  
• bullet-pointed lists.
  

The bottom line is,

Don't Show Off.

[molly]

I'd have given you more than just the three stars, IndieSinger.

That was absolutely brilliant.

I'm still laughing.

[Quizmonster]

Always was an awkward kid, that Indiesinger!

[molly]

Hi there

Thought you might like to know how I'm getting on.

Thanks to Indiesinger, Quizmonster and Sft42

Ok, not as amazing as you lot, but it's a start.

[Quizmonster]

Ooh, you wicked girl, Molly! You promised!

[molly]

Don't worry, It took me so long to sort out that last one I won't be doing it too often.I'm amazed it actually worked! But ain't ya proud of me?

Pity Indiesingers' was edited and Sft42's was deleated. That Ed's such a spoilsport.

[sft42]

Molly a while back I asked a daft question that managed to pull in 1,700 responses before the ed pulled the plug on it but you would have liked the HTML stuff that went on there.....we had people with flashing and blinking messages and all sorts......if you'd like to see what you can achieve will very basic HTML skills then visit http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Answerbook/ which myself and indiesinger are members of.....I programmed the front page on that using not much more than what you know now.

[IndieSinger]

Wow sft42 I just presumed you'd paid a minimum of �25,000 to some posh London Web Design agency?