Quick Reference
To add an e-mail address:
[a href="mailto:youraddress@yourIP.com"]your name, etc[/a]
To make text a color:
[font color="whatever color"]your text[/font]
To make text larger:
[font size="whatever]your text[/font]
To italicize text:
[i]your text[/i]
To make bold face text:
[b]your text[/b]
To post a link within a post:
[a href="whateverURL"]description[/a]
To post a photo:
[img src="http://photoURL"]
REMEMBER! Replace the brackets from my examples (the [ and ]) with < and > or it won't work. Also, please don't use too many photos in your posts or it will take forever for people with dial-up modems to download your post.
Here are a couple tips on using HTML in the new Boneyard. Please note: when I give you the HTML code I am using brackets [ ] to enclose the code. When using HTML you have to use < > to enclose the code. If I tried to illustrate an example with < and > you wouldn't be able to see the code, only the result of the code.
Remember - replace the [ and ] with < and > when using HTML.
How do I make a signature?
Just below the blue Boneyard banner, above the messages on the top right of your screen, you will see a small menu. The options are:
Click on the User Options. Under the Compose and View Options you will see a box that is labled Signature (HTML allowed). This is where you type what you would like as your signature. If you just want text, type away and whatever you type will show up at the bottom of your posts. Please - try to keep the signature in good taste or at least non-offensive.
If you would like your e-mail address in your signature, here is the HTML code:
[a href="mailto:yourname@yourIP.com"] whatever you want to see[/a]
For example, for my signature I have
[a href="mailto:huskynan@yahoo.com"]huskynan@yahoo.com[/a]
If you would like colors, here is what you need to do:
[font color="blue"]your signature[/font] You don't have to use blue, you can use whatever color you like.
If you know the hexidecimal codes (huh?) you can enter them as:
[font color="#003399"]your signature[/font]
What's a hexidecimal code, you ask? Here are a couple sites with the codes so you can use the one you like the best:
[Take the value at the top] [RGB color values]
If you would like enlarged or italicized text, here is what you need to do:
[font size=+2]your signature[/font]
I used 2 but you can use whatever value you like. This is what the various sizes are:
Plus 2 Plus 3Plus 4Plus 5
For italics, it's simply [i]your signature[/i].
You can put the font color and size in the same HTML tag. it would look like [font color="green" size=+3]signature[/font]. If you want italics, too, it would look like
[font color="green" size=+3][i]signature[/i][/font]
How do you put a picture in the signature or post?
First of all, the photo cannot reside on your hard drive. You need to upload it onto the internet so it gets a URL (internet address). Please be aware that Geocities and Tripod don't allow you to link to their web site images as it sucks up a lot of their bandwidth. I don't know what other web hosts don't allow it, either. Sometimes it's just trial and error.
If you see a picture on someone else's site that you'd like in your signature (and the site isn't a Geocities or Tripod site that doesn't allow linking you to link to them) you can link it in your post or signature. To do that, put your cursor over the picture and click on it using your RIGHT mouse button. A menu will come up and you'll see at the bottom of the menu an option that says "Properties". Click on that. The URL of the picture will show up. Copy that URL.
The HTML command for posting pictures or images is:
[img src="http://pictureURL"]
For example, the command for the following picture is
[img src="http://www.mycathatesyou.com/images/cats/2004/11/sadie.jpg"]
REMEMBER! Replace the brackets from my examples (the [ and ]) with < and > or it won't work.