Iggy
12-12-2003, 11:32 PM
A lot of the posts made in the forums past and previous are qualified to be posted as Reviews, Links, or Stories on the portal. Seeing as how our site designers and admins put forth the effort to make such a nice site, I would like to see us put forth the same effort in keeping things interesting and up to date. Honestly, if we don't use it, it server no purpose. Also, keep in mind that this is our introduction to anyone who visits the site. An active site with plenty of content is much more interesting to visit and better yet, become a member of. It is very easy to make your reviews, links, and story submissions more colorful and legible using HTML.
You can use HTML tags to format the text, add images, create list, and so on. It is very similar to the BBCode used in the forum. Try to think of it in those terms. The following is a very brief overview of some of the things you can do with HTML.
To post a pic, you would type <IMG SRC="image.gif"> replacing image.gif with the UNC path of the image. So, typing:
<IMG SRC="http://iggy.dnsalias.com/images/gaming/stoopid/cat_burglar.jpg>
would look like this:
http://iggy.dnsalias.com/images/gaming/stoopid/cat_burglar.jpg
You can make bulleted lists. To do that you would type this:
<UL>
<LI>Actor1
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</UL>
That would end up looking like this:
Actor1
Actor2
Actor3
The UL stands for unorganized (bulleted) list. A variation of the unorganized list is a nested list. Basically, that creates a list within a list. It is created like this:
<UL>
<LI>Actor1
<UL>
<LI>Film Credit 1
<LI>Film Credit 2
<LI>Film Credit 3
</UL>
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</UL>
That would end up looking like this:
Actor1
[list:231591ccf1]
Film Credit 1
Film Credit 2
Film Credit 3
Actor2
Actor3
[/list:u:231591ccf1]
The other type of list is an organized, or numbered, list. The format is exactly the same with the exception of the <UL> tag, which is replaced with <OL>. An example of this would be:
<OL>
<LI>Actor1
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</OL>
Which would look like:
Actor1
Actor2
Actor3
The organized lists can be nested exactly as shown above with unorganized lists. You can also nest an organized list within an unorganized one and vice versa. It can get complicated but can be just what you need if you are explaining something complex.
On to text formatting. <B>text</B> is bold and <I>text</I> is italic. I think everyone is pretty familiar with this concept from using or seeing the BBCode used in the forum.
Text can be made bigger or smaller. The tag to do that is <FONT SIZE="+1">Bigger Text</FONT>. That would look like this:
Bigger Text
You can experiment with the size number, using a - to make is smaller than normal. <FONT SIZE="-1">Smaller Text</FONT> would look like this:
Smaller Text
You can combine any of the above to format text in multiple ways. Here is an example using an unorganized list with bold, italicized text of differing size.
<UL>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="+1">List Item 1</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="+2">List Item 2</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1">List Item 3</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-2">List Item 4</FONT></I></B>
</UL>
Which would look like this:
List Item 1
List Item 2
List Item 3
List Item 4
This may seem like a lot to handle but it really isn't hard. There are two important things to remember. First, close your tags. Anytime you use a tag, make sure the corresponding </> is at the end. Second, use copy and paste as often as possible. If you are anything like me, typing more than you have to is a pain. Copy and paste are your friends. Make a list item and copy it. Paste it on the next line, replace the text, and bingo, new list item.
Keep in mind that this just scratches the surface of what you can do with HTML. I included things that I thought would be used frequently. The web is a fantastic resource for HTML guides and How To's. Here are a few links (which I will post in the Links section :P ) to some resources for basic HTML.
HTML Goodies - The Basics (http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/primers/basics.html)
Introduction to HTML (http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html)
If you have any questions, please post them and we will do our best to answer them. I am sure that there are bunch of people here with web experience that far exceeds my limited exposure and knowledge that can add to this.
You can use HTML tags to format the text, add images, create list, and so on. It is very similar to the BBCode used in the forum. Try to think of it in those terms. The following is a very brief overview of some of the things you can do with HTML.
To post a pic, you would type <IMG SRC="image.gif"> replacing image.gif with the UNC path of the image. So, typing:
<IMG SRC="http://iggy.dnsalias.com/images/gaming/stoopid/cat_burglar.jpg>
would look like this:
http://iggy.dnsalias.com/images/gaming/stoopid/cat_burglar.jpg
You can make bulleted lists. To do that you would type this:
<UL>
<LI>Actor1
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</UL>
That would end up looking like this:
Actor1
Actor2
Actor3
The UL stands for unorganized (bulleted) list. A variation of the unorganized list is a nested list. Basically, that creates a list within a list. It is created like this:
<UL>
<LI>Actor1
<UL>
<LI>Film Credit 1
<LI>Film Credit 2
<LI>Film Credit 3
</UL>
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</UL>
That would end up looking like this:
Actor1
[list:231591ccf1]
Film Credit 1
Film Credit 2
Film Credit 3
Actor2
Actor3
[/list:u:231591ccf1]
The other type of list is an organized, or numbered, list. The format is exactly the same with the exception of the <UL> tag, which is replaced with <OL>. An example of this would be:
<OL>
<LI>Actor1
<LI>Actor2
<LI>Actor3
</OL>
Which would look like:
Actor1
Actor2
Actor3
The organized lists can be nested exactly as shown above with unorganized lists. You can also nest an organized list within an unorganized one and vice versa. It can get complicated but can be just what you need if you are explaining something complex.
On to text formatting. <B>text</B> is bold and <I>text</I> is italic. I think everyone is pretty familiar with this concept from using or seeing the BBCode used in the forum.
Text can be made bigger or smaller. The tag to do that is <FONT SIZE="+1">Bigger Text</FONT>. That would look like this:
Bigger Text
You can experiment with the size number, using a - to make is smaller than normal. <FONT SIZE="-1">Smaller Text</FONT> would look like this:
Smaller Text
You can combine any of the above to format text in multiple ways. Here is an example using an unorganized list with bold, italicized text of differing size.
<UL>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="+1">List Item 1</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="+2">List Item 2</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1">List Item 3</FONT></I></B>
<LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-2">List Item 4</FONT></I></B>
</UL>
Which would look like this:
List Item 1
List Item 2
List Item 3
List Item 4
This may seem like a lot to handle but it really isn't hard. There are two important things to remember. First, close your tags. Anytime you use a tag, make sure the corresponding </> is at the end. Second, use copy and paste as often as possible. If you are anything like me, typing more than you have to is a pain. Copy and paste are your friends. Make a list item and copy it. Paste it on the next line, replace the text, and bingo, new list item.
Keep in mind that this just scratches the surface of what you can do with HTML. I included things that I thought would be used frequently. The web is a fantastic resource for HTML guides and How To's. Here are a few links (which I will post in the Links section :P ) to some resources for basic HTML.
HTML Goodies - The Basics (http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/primers/basics.html)
Introduction to HTML (http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html)
If you have any questions, please post them and we will do our best to answer them. I am sure that there are bunch of people here with web experience that far exceeds my limited exposure and knowledge that can add to this.