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For those who don't have the slightest idea on how to do this: Bold or create links to stuff then this thread is for you.
BOLD TYPE If you do something like thisin your posts... Code:
Some text here, Bold text Some text here, Bold text Note the important bits: the and These are called tags and whatever they enclose will be bold. ITALIC TYPE If you do something like this in your posts... Code:
Some text here, Some italic text Some text here, Some italic text Assuming that you've got the idea of the bold tags italics are the same, just using the tags. UNDERLINE TYPE These are pretty much the same as bold and italics, but using these tags: Code:
Some more text Now this might seem a little strange, but you can combine the tags for certain things to create effects, for example, bold and italic text or bold and underlined text. This is quite easy to do since all you have to do is "nest" those tags. Nesting is what happens when you put one tag in another tag. For example: Code:
Some Text Some Text LINKS There are two ways to create links on the forums. The first is probably the most straight forward to do and looks like this: That'll give you something like this: URL goes here and must the be full address The second way is a little more complex but some find it looks better in most posts and the line for that is: Which will look like this Link text that will appear to the other members In my next installment... Tables and how to create them are but hopefully you'll find it easy to do with this guide. |
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STRIKE THROUGH
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Some text here, Some text here, [hr] theres a few other things you can experiment with, its simple to do, just type some text, highlight it, then click the appropriate symbol above the message text box(when your in full reply mode, not quick reply - if you in quick reply, click preview and it will take you to the full message mode) Other options/effects include: Glowing text, Shadows, Moving text, text alignment (preformatted, left, center, right) font size/face/color, flash, images, email links, ftp link, tables, superscript, subscript, teletype, code, quote, lists etc. TABLES This can be a relatively simple or hard thing to do, depending on prior knowledge and experience. Code:
[table][/table] Now, think of you table as a grid. if you want to put something in the first row, you have to make a new row first. this can be done by adding Code:
[tr][/tr] to add content, you need cells a cell is shown by Code:
[td][/td] Now, to put something on the third column of the first row, you must have 2 cells before it for the first and second column cells. the same goes for everything underneath it. e.g. [hr] [table][tr][td]first column/first row[/td][td][/td][td]3rd column/1st row (2nd column empty, but still has a cell)[/td][/tr] [tr][td][/td][td]2nd column/2nd row. 1st/3rd cells empty[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table] [hr] forum tables are meant to be simple. as a result, features such as table borders and cell spanning are not available (table borders can be visible if defined in stylesheet, however this affects every single table) HORIZONTAL RULE You might have seen this above: Quote:
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Next installment: Tables
TABLES Tables have a number of advantages. For example. If your posting profiles for home-made units or you want stuff to line up correctly.* Some of you are trying to do it with spaces like this: * * * * * * * * Points* *WS* *BS* S* *T* *W* * I* *A* *Ld* * *Sv Unit Type* n/a* * * *4* * * 2* * 8* * 3* *1* * 2* *1* *10* * *5+ Now these don't match up exactly do they? But these do: [table][tr][td][/td][td]Points[/td][td]WS[/td][td]BS[/td][td]S[/td][td]T[/td][td]W[/td][td]I[/td][td]A[/td][td]Ld[/td][td]Sv[/td][/tr][tr][td]Unit Type[/td][td]n/a[/td][td]4[/td][td]2[/td][td]8[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td]2[/td][td]1[/td][td]10[/td][td]5+[/td][/tr][/table] Now a table consists of three different types of tags. Code:
[table][tr][td] Below is an example table that has one row and one cell of table data. Code:
[table] * [tr] * * [td]Some information[/td] * [/tr] [/table] [table] * [tr] * * [td]Some information[/td] * [/tr] [/table] Now if you want more cells of table data, you insert more [td] tags between the [tr] tags like this: Code:
[table] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 1[/td] * * [td]Cell 2[/td] * * [td]Cell 3[/td] * [/tr] [/table] [table] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 1[/td] * * [td]Cell 2[/td] * * [td]Cell 3[/td] * [/tr] [/table] Now then, if you want more table rows, insert more table rows like this table with three columns and three rows. Code:
[table] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 1[/td] * * [td]Cell 2[/td] * * [td]Cell 3[/td] * [/tr] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 4[/td] * * [td]Cell 5[/td] * * [td]Cell 6[/td] * [/tr] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 7[/td] * * [td]Cell 8[/td] * * [td]Cell 9[/td] * [/tr] [/table] [table] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 1[/td] * * [td]Cell 2[/td] * * [td]Cell 3[/td] * [/tr] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 4[/td] * * [td]Cell 5[/td] * * [td]Cell 6[/td] * [/tr] * [tr] * * [td]Cell 7[/td] * * [td]Cell 8[/td] * * [td]Cell 9[/td] * [/tr] [/table] If you have ANY questions on this or anything else like this, please ask. |
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This Helps a lot!!! ;D Good job guys!!! ;D
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Remember any questions about tables or anything like that feel free to ask here.
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Quick Addition:
IMAGES/IMAGE LINKS IMAGES Firsly images, its simple to do, firstly though, you need to host your pictures somewhere, like photobucket If your using photobucket, in account options, make sure 'display urls' and 'display IMG' are set to yes.. to insert it into your post: either - click the image bb button - ![]() - copy the IMG part straight into your post.. the end result would be something like: Code:
Insert an image, put [ url ] tags around it.. e.g. (note - for the URLHERE part, make sure u include the http:// part :P) Note: You need to host your picture files somewhere! sign up on http://www.photobucket.com upload your picture, and copy the html line or the image tag line (if you cant see these, go to options and enable it) into your post here. for temporary storage, you can just upload to http://imageshack.us/ ..
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If we missed something here, its most likely listed here:
http://www.forums.tauonline.org/Them...g.english.html (the forums documentation)
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I'm finding the section on tables isn't working for me.... Not showing up correctly. Also I find myself wondering a bit about lists? Please? Anyone?
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[table] [tr][td]Test[/td][td]Test[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1[/td][td]2[/td][/tr] [tr][td]3[/td][td]4[/td][/tr] [tr][td]5[/td][td]6[/td][/tr] [/table] Does that show up correctly? As for lists, the code's syntax is like so: [nobbc]
Which would create:
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Ah, cheers. It was just a bit confusing cos FT's done...
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