This is the last time I’ll post this, if it doesn’t work, so be it.
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Before you read the tutoral, make sure to read the UBB codes page below for more tricks.
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UBB emoticons:
: + ) = 
: + ( = 
: + D = 
; + ) = 
: + o = :o
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Here’s a reference to do all the neat things you can do with HTML.
Just copy how the code is done and that’s all.
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<font size=5>Part I - The Basics</font>
Bolding:
<b>words in bold</b>
words in bold
Italics:
<i>words in italics</i>
words in italics
Underline:
<u>words underlined</u>
words underlined
Strikeout:
<strike>words crossed off</strike>
<strike>words crossed off</strike>
Centering text:
<p align=“center”>centered text</p>
<p align=“center”>centered text</p>
Dividing line:
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Marquee (only works in Internet Explorer):
<marquee>scrolling words</marquee>
<marquee>scrolling words</marquee>
Bouncing Marquee (only works in Internet Explorer):
<marquee behavior=“alternate”>bouncing words</marquee>
<marquee behavior=“alternate”>bouncing words</marquee>
Blinking Text (only works in Netscape Navigator):
<blink>blinking text</blink>
<blink>blinking text</blink>
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<font size=5>Part II - Images and Hyperlinks</font>
To display an image:
<img src=“web address of image goes here” alt=“alt tag goes here”>
So to display my “thumbs up” picture with the tag “cool”, I would type down-
<img src=“http://members.aol.com/lou826/thumb.gif” alt=“cool”>
<img src=“http://members.aol.com/lou826/thumb.gif” alt=“cool”>
Some warnings about posting pictures (Thanks to Phobia and tansaaftl):
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Please don’t steal bandwidth from other people when you post pictures.
To put a picture in you posts or home pages please have the pictures
on your web server. When you link pictures that are on other people’s
sites you steal there bandwidth allowed to them on their server.
Some people counter act this by replacing the picture with one of the
same name that says “I steal other’s bandwidth.” If you have your
material loading from someone else’s site they can change what your
post displays.
Keep your picture files to a small size and use compression.
If you post and it takes forever to load, upload and replace
the picture with a new one that is a lot smaller.
The links will then load the new smaller picture. Even one large
file will make the thread cumbersum for all. A monitor only
displays 72 dots per inch. You don’t need a high res scanned picture.
Please use compression on your images. Jpeg compression works
quite well and will save a lot of time when people try to view your page.
Lots, if not most web surfers will click on away from a page
that takes too long to load. If you want people to look at
your page, keep your images as small as possible.
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To make a hyperlink:
<a href=“web address goes here”>words to click on</a>
So if you wanted to link to The Onion, you would type down-
<a href=“http://www.theonion.com”>click here to read The Onion</a>
<a href=“http://www.theonion.com”>click here to read The Onion</a>
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<font size=5>Part III - Fun with Fonts</font>
To change font type:
<font face=“©”>a bunch of words</font>
Replace © with the name of the font you want to use.
So if you wanted to change the font to a typewriter style (Courier New),
you would type down-
<font face=“Courier New”>a bunch of words</font>
<font face=“Courier New”>a bunch of words</font>
To change font size:
<font size=©>words to make bigger or smaller</font>
Replace © with size numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7.
<font size=1>size 1</font>
<font size=2>size 2</font>
<font size=3>size 3</font>
<font size=4>size 4</font>
<font size=5>size 5</font>
<font size=6>size 6</font>
<font size=7>size 7</font>
To change font color:
<font color=“©”>words in color</font>
Replace © with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, or Purple
<font color=“red”>Red</font>
<font color=“orange”>Orange</font>
<font color=“yellow”>Yellow</font>
<font color=“green”>Green</font>
<font color=“blue”>Blue</font>
<font color=“purple”>Purple</font>
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<font size=5>Part IV - Symbols!</font>
These symbols can be found under the font names “Symbols”, “Wingdings” and “Webdings”.
To use them, use the “To change font type” trick shown above.
Key:
!"#$%&’()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_
`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ
¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ
“Symbols” Symbols:
!"#$%&’()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_
`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œž
¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþ</font>
Wingdings Symbols:
<font face=“Wingdings” size=5> !"#$%&’()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_
`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ
¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ
Webdings Symbols:
!"#$%&’()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_
`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ
¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ</font>
Hope this helps out.
<font face=“Rage Italic” size=5>Louie</font>
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