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Creating Links and Formatting Text: A Tutorial
In my quest to promote good formatting and organized layouts, I have decided to write a short guide to creating links and formatting text when posting on the Red Dragon Inn forums.
First, a small note: Formatting text—for example making it bold or italic—and creating links on these forums is done by using so-called HTML, the type of code that determines what a website looks like. While HTML can be complex, the aspects of it that I will describe in this tutorial are relatively easy to learn and memorize.
Italic Text
Italic text is created by typing like this:<i>An elegant font, for a more civilized age.</i> Which will look like this:An elegant font, for a more civilized age. Bold Text
Bold text is created by typing like this:<b>Darth Vader! Only you could be so bold.</b> Which will look like this:Darth Vader! Only you could be so bold. Links
Links are created by typing like this:Now she is my only <a href="http://www.secretbase.com/howtofindit.html">link</a> to finding their secret base. Which will look like this:Now she is my only link to finding their secret base. Different Text Color
Text with different color than the standard red hue is created by typing like this:<font color="green">Green Group</font>, stick close to holding sector MV-7. Which will look like this:Green Group, stick close to holding sector MV-7. Available colors include most common ones such as "red," "green," "blue," and "yellow," and more uncommon ones such as "cyan" and "magenta." If you are looking for a very specific color, you will have to write down a so-called "hex code." To find this code, do a web search for "HTML color picker" or something similar, and you should find an application for doing that.
A hex code looks something like this: #ff7f00. (This particular hex code is that of a type of orange.)
Different Font
Fonts that are available on many computers include Times New Roman—the default font—Arial, Georgia, Trebuchet MS and Courier New. Text with a different font than Times New Roman is created by typing like this:<font face="Courier New">Beep! Whirr! Whistle! My name is R2-D2!</font> Which will look like this:
Beep! Whirr! Whistle! My name is R2-D2! Block Quotes
Block quotes are indents on both sides of the text. They are created by typing like this:<blockquote>Prisoner transfer from
cellblock 1138.</blockquote> Which will look like this:Prisoner transfer from cellblock 1138.
Numbered Lists
Numbered lists are created by typing like this:<ol>
<li>The Phantom Menace</li>
<li>Attack of the Clones</li>
<li>Revenge of the Sith</li>
<li>A New Hope</li>
<li>The Empire Strikes Back</li>
<li>Return of the Jedi</li>
</ol> Which will look like this:
- The Phantom Menace
- Attack of the Clones
- Revenge of the Sith
- A New Hope
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
Bulleted Lists
Bulleted lists are created by typing like this:<ul>
<li>Luke Skywalker</li>
<li>Obi-Wan Kenobi</li>
<li>Yoda</li>
</ul> Which will look like this:
- Luke Skywalker
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Yoda
Those are the most commonly used formatting options for message boards, but there are of course many more. If you want to learn more, check out W3Schools or do a web search for HTML tutorials.
With that, my tutorial is finished. Or, as a famous man in a black suit and with a well-known voice once put it: "The circle is now complete!" I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial and the many Star Wars references in it!
Have fun posting on the Red Dragon Inn forums!
     
Thanks to Scarab for this contribution!
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