The Movie Forum FAQ cont.

Using HTML cont.

Here, as well as a recap of the tags from Part One, are a few other things you might want to try like changing colour or font size. Brits please note you have to use the American spelling of words such as Color. You can also specify certain fonts, but I've missed that out as it generally only works if the person reading the text has the same font installed on their computer

Style	Starts	Ends
Italics	<i>	</i>
Bold	<b>	</b>
Underline	<u>	</u>
Paragraph	<p>	Not Needed
Line Break	<br>	Not Needed
Color Example	<font color=red>	</font>
Size Example (halves font size, only shows via IE on the board)	<font size="-1">	</font>
Center	<center>	</center>

Important: Just remember you have to close the tags/instructions each time, when you want them to stop, or that instruction will carry on down the message.

If you want to include a clickable link in your message you need to put the following :
<A HREF="http:// enter URL here "> Enter name here </A>

If you want that link to open in a new browser window (my personal preference) put :
<A HREF="http:// enter URL here "target="_blank"> Enter name here </A>

For example :

<A HREF="http://forums.movieforum.com/moviecat "target="_blank"> Movie Cat's Pad </A>

will show as : Movie Cat's Pad

While the URL address part must be exactly right the 'Enter name here' part can be anything you want, from a copy of the URL to the words Click Here!

Now, I bet you're thinking "I'll never remember all that!", Actually with practice you'll soon find yourself using them automatically. Never fear though, here's a couple of things that may help you:

If you've got a program that allows you to save short-cuts/hot-key combinations you could assign the tags you normally use to it. That's what I personally do, it's so easy when I want to enter a link, for example, as I just hit Alt+L to insert the HTML. The program I use is called Keyboard Express but there are plenty others out there.

Graphics to use as links to the forum