Expendable's tags:
Want to know how to make your posts stand out? The secret is bbcode.

It's all about knowing what tags you can wrap in [ ] to do all the fun things. And how to close them! Grrr...

Soulcast very nicely gives you a link to formatting options that tell you just how to do

  • italics
  • bold
  • underline
  • hyperlinks
  • quotes
  • and a plain list.


I'm not going to repeat what they say. But they didn't tell you everything yet, did they? Like colors. ^_^

To do colors, you wrap color=red in [ ] at the start - and don't forget to close it with /color or everyone's text will turn red. The colors are black, gray, maroon, red, purple, fuchsia, green, lime, olive, yellow, navy, blue, teal and aqua.

Or if you really want to be fancy, put in one of the hex color codes like this color=#cc00ff to get this, but again don't forget to close!/color - each tag wrapped in [ ] of course.

Try it. And if you're nesting colors like I am, don't forget to close each color you use!


del.icio.us Digg reddit StumbleUpon

Comments

  • Heartwalker said on Aug 04, 2006....
    wow, this is great, thanx very much for sharing it with others, now I too am gonna do this with colors, I knew the {[] } part before, but was wondering whether to use it or not, now onwards, my blogs are gonna be colorful, thanx to ur colorful post. haha hugs to u
  • mrhowto said on Aug 04, 2006....
    [color=teal][bold]yay, this rocks [/bold][/color] - just a shame colour isn't spelt correctly, innit?
  • silverwhisper said on Aug 04, 2006....
    well done, expendable! just one thing: folks, please don't go overboard w/ the formatting. it's tempting, i know, but it does tend to make you seem like you're screaming, and that's no fun for those of us reading. ed
  • WeirdWorld said on Aug 04, 2006....
    This is like learning HTML all over again.... I need to go through my html pointers again... Thank a lot dude... Adious S
  • Heartwalker said on Aug 04, 2006....
    [color-red]when ur soul is tired and your heart is weak,... do you think of love, as a one way street ? Well, it runs both ways... Open up your eyes... Can't u see me Here...? How can you deny ? It's a private emotion that fills you tonight, And a silence falls between us, as the shadows steal the light And wherever you may find it, wherevr it may lead... Let your private emotions come to me, come to me...come to me [/color=red] This is one of my favorite songs....try guessing the artist...
  • Heartwalker said on Aug 04, 2006....
    aw...too bad I put - instead of = . well I learnt that point now...
  • ALIENated said on Aug 04, 2006....
    [color=red]Let me try. [/color] If it worked, I am dangerous now.
  • ALIENated said on Aug 04, 2006....
    OK, I am dangerous now. [color=blue]Watch out world. [/color]
  • Expendable said on Aug 04, 2006....
    ALIENated: and you weren't before...? ;) Heartwalker: you're welcome mrhowto: b, not bold. silverwhisper: thanks.
  • JadeLondon said on Aug 04, 2006....
    Well, I hate looking ignorant, but I cannot get any of the formatting options to work. So, either my BlackBerry isn't designed for that, or my true haircolor is starting to speak for itself. Zayda already attempted to help me. So--one more time, can someone explain step by exact step what to do? Thanks!
  • monozuki said on Aug 04, 2006....
    [color=maroon] Thanks Expendable for the tips.
  • Alyss said on Aug 10, 2006....
    I have found several colours work. Here's my list of blues, purples & grey. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] [COLOR=Navy] [COLOR=Indigo] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray] [COLOR=Teal] [COLOR=Blue] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise] [COLOR=RoyalBlue] [COLOR=Cyan] [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue] [COLOR=DarkOrchid] [COLOR=PaleTurquoise] [COLOR=LightBlue] [COLOR=Plum]
  • Alyss said on Aug 10, 2006....
    Damn! & of course I mucked that up. Sorry Expendable. :-( [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]DarkSlateBlue[/COLOR] [COLOR=Navy]Navy[/COLOR] [COLOR=Indigo]Indigo[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray]DarkSlateGray[/COLOR] [COLOR=Teal]Teal[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Blue[/COLOR] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]MediumTurquoise[/COLOR] [COLOR=RoyalBlue]RoyalBlue[/COLOR] [COLOR=Cyan]Cyan[/COLOR] [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue]DeepSkyBlue[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]DarkOrchid[/COLOR] [COLOR=PaleTurquoise]PaleTurquoise[/COLOR] [COLOR=LightBlue]LightBlue[/COLOR] [COLOR=Plum]Plum[/COLOR]
  • Alyss said on Aug 10, 2006....
    Oh bu**er. It looks like there's _still_ an open tag. [/COLOR] Hope that has fixed it now. Many apologies...
  • Alyss said on Aug 10, 2006....
    Just shoot me now....[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]
  • Expendable said on Aug 10, 2006....
    Tags are commands that tell your blog to display in a certain way. Tags are in two parts - an opening tag and a closing tag. A tag that isn't closed will affect the rest of the thread. The opening tag is just the command. For example 'b' is for bold. so the tag would be [ b ] to make bold text. The closing tag stops the bold from spreading, so it's [ /b ] (only without the space between the [ ] and what's inside.) See if it works for you now?
  • Heartwalker said on Aug 11, 2006....
    Wow Expendable and Alyss, This was precisely what I waned to learn, both about the blod and various colors,.... tra laalaa Now I am going to decorate my blog in colors, hahaa I have warned you, so beware.. tee hee hee just joking, I will make it bearable, ok / so, no need to worry, when you venture into my blog. Alyss, many thanks to you for sharing all these colors, [color=darkslategray]I love painting and am going to paint my words.[/color]
  • purple said on Aug 16, 2006....
    Now if they'd just let us edit our comments when our experiments don't work.
  • Expendable said on Aug 16, 2006....
    The best placet to play with colors and learn is to use one of your five posts a day and just keep experimenting. You can delete your own comments on your own thread.

Comment on "Posting Secrets"


(Separate tags using commas, for example: New York, dating, vegetarian)

When I got up this morning...
I think I just woke up and noticed the colors..........ha.......

When you choose a color for your page on SC on your "edit my profile" link, it's not just for you to see. That's the color others see when they click onto your posts, right?
Get A Ton of Cheap WoW gold in 5 MINS Now!...




//////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
//////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|||||| ENOUGH IS ENOUGH |||||||
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////

Subscribe to the SoulCast Newsletter To Receive the Best Uncensored Blogs About Love, Sex, Relationships, God, Politics, and More.


Ever wonder what people really think and how they really live?

Read about the real lives of regular people like you whose powerful moving blogs will make you smile, cry, emotional, and warm inside.

Your FREE SoulCast newsletter is just moments away. Receive your first feel-good blog by entering your email address below.

First Name:
Your Email:


You can unsubscribe at any time with one click. We NEVER sell or share your email address with anyone. Period. close