notreallyme10 (notreallyme10) wrote in qaf_comingout, @ 2009-01-30 10:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | html, tutorials |
An Easy Cheat Sheet for html
One of the hardest things to navigate as a newbie is coding your posts. I've been around for a few years now and I still don't always feel like I have a handle on it :)
When you go to post an entry in your journal, you may notice two tabs that offer the choice of "Rich text" or "HTML". I like most new fans started out using Rich Text, which basically does the coding for you. I found that I often couldn't make it do what I wanted and when it did work, the post was full of little flaws that I couldn't seem to get rid of.
I'm technologically challenge, but to make matters worse, I can also be lazy :) So I ignored the imperfections and went on with my life. LOL!
But it bugged me. Plus I couldn't do italics in my comments for quotes or strikeouts just to be cool :) And then one day I wanted to send in a story I had written for one of the challenges, but it had to be html coded for easy loading.
UGH!
So it was time for me to learn html. But the good news is that it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be and now I can do a lot more in my posts and comments. In the long run I find it even easier than Rich Text.
I keep a "cheat sheet" for myself with html code and then I cut and paste from as needed. That's what works for me... maybe others will share what works for them.
Many people also use semagic for their coding which someone much smart will have to explain we'll get to in another post.
Anyway here is my basic cheat sheet (under a cut in case you were wondering what those are). Please comment with any questions... no matter how "silly" :) These are just the basics, but we will get to posting pictures and videos soon!
ETA: flamencanyc was kind enough to teach me an easier way to show the coding! To learn from her check out the comment section. In the meantime I have edited the post! Thank you!
ETA2: Thanks to zaipixie for the addition of font size and color!
<i>Italics</i>
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Italics
<b>Bold</b>
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Bold
<lj user="USER NAME OR ASYLUM">
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notreallyme10
A Cut:
<lj-cut text="WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL YOUR CUT">WHATEVER TEXT YOU WANT HIDDEN BEHIND THE CUT LINK</lj-cut>
A Link:
<a href=WWW.ADDRESS OF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LINK>WHATEVER YOU WANT TO NAME THE LINK</a>
<strike>WHATEVER YOU WANT TO STRIKE OUT</strike>
= WHATEVER YOU WANT TO STRIKE OUT
♥
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♥
<font size=5>Text you want enlarged</font>
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Text you want enlarged
<font color=red>Text you want colored red</font>
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text you want colored red
<font size=7 color=red>Text you want colored red and enlarged!</font>
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Text you want colored red and enlarged!