HTML shortcuts for those who are not very computer-literate
  • marajoymarajoy
    I thought it might be nice to compile these all into a single easily-searchable location.

    click off the "text" option

    to link to a picture already online


    to mark off someone else's text as a quotation, you can use HTML tags such as ... or ... around the quoted material.

    < i > italics < / i >
    < b > bold < / b >
    < strike > strikethrough < / strike >

    Please add others as you think of them, or ask here so it's all in the same place! thanks!
  • Charles in CenCACharles in CenCA
    Thanks, Marajoy.
  • francisfrancis
    Typical link to a downloadabe file:

    download
  • marajoymarajoy
    what do you write for just a link, where the web address is www.whatever.com but you want it to come up on the page as "click here"?
  • Mark M.
    Here's how you make a click here sort of link.

    Be sure that you select "format comments as Html," below. Note in particular the use of quotes around the URL.
  • amanda.palisteramanda.palister
    When you need space!



    embed your file here



    Mandee
  • chonakchonak
    How to indent a lengthy quotation:

    <blockquote>Here's the quoted text.</blockquote>


    The result looks like this:
    Here's the quoted text.
  • Adam Wood 

    You want a bulleted list
    <ul>
    <li>Item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    <li>itewm three</li>
    </ul>

    You want a numbered list
    <ol>
    <li>Item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    <li>itewm three</li>
    </ol>

    You want a lettered list
    <ol type="A">
    <li>Item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    <li>itewm three</li>
    </ol>


    Looks like:

    You want a bulleted list
    • Item one
    • item two
    • itewm three


    You want a numbered list
    1. Item one
    2. item two
    3. itewm three


    You want a lettered list
    1. Item one
    2. item two
    3. itewm three
  • sober
    Well the basic format is this:

    Link text
    for example
    Click Here for blahblah

    You have also the following option:
    [url=http://www.whateverpage.com]here[{url]

    And if you like playing check out this: http://www.echoecho.com/htmllinks01.htm
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    With the new software installed, it is not clear just what HTML features are enabled (not that it was all that clear before!). Clearly, some of the above hints do not work. And, thanks to the ability to preview ones posts, I've found that "span style=..." doesn't seem to work, nor does BBCode. It would be very helpful to forum contributors to have an accurate list of what works and what doesn't.
    Thanked by 1marajoy
  • francisfrancis
    love the feature where a URL automatically formats itself into a clickable link into a blank page! no coding needed from user! bravo!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Okay, I don't seem to understand or be able to make the "quote" and "spoiler" features(?) work. Any help would be appreciated.
  • chonakchonak
    The "quote" feature is supposed to indent a block of material. I'm not sure that it actually works.

    The "spoiler" feature is supposed to temporarily hide part of your post, but let the reader reveal it later. This would be used in discussions of movies, for example, in cases where one wish to temporarily hide plot details.

    Overall, this editor seems even less functional than the fancier one. Maybe I should switch back to the most basic one!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    I was beginning to like the fancier one, even though I think I only got to use it once or twice! :)
  • francisfrancis
    CHG...

    Did your arrangement of 'Sing Praise to God in the Heavens Above' (not sure if the title is correct) for an organ blessing and dedication tonight. VERY NICE! LUV the tune... never heard of the tune until late yesterday. You've got to hand it to those Germans...!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    francis, thank you! I didn't know the tune "Nun lobet Gott im hohen Thron" either, until shortly before I harmonized it (Jeff Ostrowski posted, needing a harmonization). I actually did a couple of harmonizations, and they seem to work pretty well. I'm glad you like it, too!
  • chonakchonak
    This thread acts as a reference for users, so please feel free to start a new thread if you want to discuss another topic.
  • francisfrancis
    chonak

    sorry about that... feel free to delete misplaced post. was so impressed with the piece, saw CHG and got carried away. mea culpa.
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