HTML is a lot like sex. Once you start doing it, you can't stop. And figuring out how to make things work gets easier with practice. And once you get the basics down the rest is just a simple matter of experimentation. And once you get good at it, it shows.
That would be enough of that, I'm thinking.
Someone asked me how I get my comments to be bold. Tequila, usually, and it will also make you a better singer, a better dancer, much better looking, richer, and you'll become a meaner tougher fighter as well. Tequila fighters normally employ the fighting tactic known as " Smash your face into their fist until they wear themselves out" Trust me, fighting while drinking leads to this.
I write all my articles in Word, then paste them to Gather. When you are about to post an article, look up at the toolbar and there is a tiny icon that, when you mouse over it reads, "Paste from Word". All the bold and italics, as well as colored fonts, will be magically transferred with your article.
To make bold text in a comment you would type out the following text, but you'd leave out the *. I put the * in because teh MTHL code might get picked up by the computer and you would wonder if I had lost my mind. But try this:
<*B> This causes text to be BOLD!</*B>
HTLM tags, which is what all of this is know as, is made up of two parts. First, you "open" a tag by using the two directional arrows and the letter. Then you "close" the tag by using the left directional arrow, a backslash, the letter, and the right arrow.
IMPORTANT! If you do not close the tag then the open tag will affect everything that follows the open tag!
Italics look like this, sans * <i*> This is done in italics</*i>
Note that I used a lower case "I". It's good practice to open with the same case as you close with. Sometimes it matters, sometimes it doesn't matter.
Colored fonts inside of an article work like this, sans * <font* color=red> This is red text</*font>
The HTML editor in Gather will let you do a wide range of colors.
All in all, if you're here to write then a lot of HTML isn't going to appeal to you. But a few of the basics are fun, and you'll enjoy using them in comments to quote other people's stuff.
Next: Adjusting your computer's system files with the help of Tequila, or " How to donate money to your local PC repair man".
Take Care,
Mike
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try mixing them up
and see what you get!
in articles, I presume, not comments.
Dammit, I wish it did!
Let's see!
I quit fighting while drinking decades ago. Too painful.
I just did.
Let me know if I can be of any assistance in the future, too!
Sex? What sex?
just so!
My many women???????
heh heh heh heh
But not tonight!
and that fat lady has not finished the song yet...it's 20-13 now.
You can not give me away to Faith!
You are letting Faith be a BAD influence on you!!!
So many men, so little time.
Who knew?
I wouldn't dream of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
That's a true statement!
where do you find these things??
You have been GREAT!!!!!
Thank you very much. You okay to drive?
WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD ATTEND, COME INSIDE COME INSIDE"
Good morning!
A freind of mine had a son who played for bama a few years ago. They lost in the Iron Bowl and it was like a death in the family.
close tag= minus the *
Hehe... Even without sex???
Looks like you all had fun, and I learned how to put links in my articles now! Woo!
I thought I'd get a few hits but man.....
But I'm truly ticked to death about it.
Stupid ga man?
BBF? Barebreasted Bisexual Females?
Mine is better.
I had some very oddds dreams about snakes last night.
It's eiher that or SATAN!!!!
My perspective is better!
I'm not sure what to do witht hat dream...it was unusal even for me.
*sigh* story of my life
Mike's applying for statehood, he says...can't wait to hear what he names it!
Confusion would be my guess ;>)
That would be South Confusion.
No, you're right, I have neglected you recently. I will make amends!
This thread takes a long time to load, but it's worth the mirth!
She isn't crazy just....weird sometimes.
Mike, how's the new feline holding out against (or with ) 'the boys'?
I can live with that and she can too.