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**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303 "2003-07-23T03:14:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:**  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/1 "2003-07-23T03:14:11Z")
I checked for old threads that would explain this but I couldn’t find something that would help me.
I tried to do “small” in another post and put it with the around it but it didn’t work, the words just showed up with the brackets instead of actually doing the function.
Also, how do I put a link in where the name of it shows and not the address? Like instead of seeing “[http://www](http://www)…” you just see the words “happy cats” (or whatever) and it’s a link.
I hope I’m being a clear!
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**Author:**  [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/2 "2003-07-23T03:17:58Z")
You may want to check this out:
[FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503)
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**Author:**  [@Mr\_Urt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Urt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/3 "2003-07-23T03:19:37Z")
First of all, you’re referring to vB code, not html. The proper syntax to make text smaller is
```auto
text
```
. The syntax for urls is
```auto
[what you want shown here](http://www.whatever.com)
```
.
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**Author:**  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/4 "2003-07-23T03:20:07Z")
[size=1]Small text example[/size]
Small text example
[url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199540]Hotlink example.[/url]
[Hotlink example.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199540)
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**Author:**  [@Mr\_Urt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Urt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/5 "2003-07-23T03:20:42Z")
Wow, my post didn’t turn out the way I thought it would. You’ll have to click on quote and read it from there.
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**Author:**  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/6 "2003-07-23T03:21:30Z")
…Or just read my version. 😉
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**Author:**  [@Mr\_Urt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Urt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/7 "2003-07-23T03:27:57Z")
(((GRRRFF!!!))) you and your fancy-smancy vB skills
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**Author:**  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/8 "2003-07-23T04:32:40Z")
Thank you very much!
Just going to try something…
if this doesn’t come out small, I not happy
and this
sniff sniff
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**Author:**  [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/9 "2003-07-23T05:53:47Z")
Another way to get small font is to use the vB code \ \, after replacing the \< \> brackets with 's. Although, this also bumps the writing down a line, [sub]like this[/sub].
Also, if you’re ever curious as to what vB coding a poster used here, just click on the “quote” button, and you’ll be able to see how they did it.
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**Author:**  [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/10 "2003-07-23T05:56:07Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \*
> \*\*
> Also, if you’re ever curious as to what vB coding a poster used here, just click on the “quote” button, and you’ll be able to see how they did it. \*\*
Sorry about that… **Mr. Urt** already mentioned something about doing this earlier. I must have scrolled right past it.
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**Author:**  [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/11 "2003-07-23T06:36:17Z")
Off to ATMB.
**DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator
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**Author:**  [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/12 "2003-07-25T00:56:13Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by saramamlana \*
> \*\*sniff sniff \*\*
Please tell me this has made Wierd Earls. If not it should.
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**Author:**  [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-coding-on-sdmb/190303/13 "2003-07-25T01:50:37Z")
**Moe** , I never would have clicked on it if you hadn’t said something. I figured it’d be just a mundane link to the Forum Homes or something like that. Thanks. And I second the nomination for Weird Earl’s.