Formatting questions
Anybody know anything about how to make diary entries look pretty? I'm most curious about how to bold things, create bullets, make regular text into links, and any other nifty gadgets you people more familiar with this stuff might know of. Maybe Brian posted a link at somepoint with this stuff that I just missed and can't seem to find. Excuse my stupidity, I've never really tried writing content on a blog. Thanks in advance for any pointers!
February 17th, 2009 at 11:27 PM ^
You will need to learn some basic HTML tags. HTML tags begin with " >" and end with " / >" (without the quotes or spaces). For instance if I want to make something bold Use " b >" before what you want to be bold and " / b >" to quit bolding. Other examples: use 'sup' and 'i' similarly for superscript and italics respectively.
For complicated things like the image tag, google an HTML tutorial site.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:32 PM ^
A corollary: ALWAYS remember to close out your tags. If you don't close out tags, bad things will happen to the rest of your post and I will cry.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:37 PM ^
HTML readers/browsers are pretty lenient, but a forgotten endtag buried deep can sometimes cause major problems.
P.S. don't cry
February 17th, 2009 at 11:25 PM ^
is this bold?
February 17th, 2009 at 11:26 PM ^
It worked, thanks for the tip!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:35 AM ^
I CAN WRITE IN CAPS USING HTML
February 18th, 2009 at 12:39 AM ^
Now I'm remembering the chaos on haloscan when the masses got their hands on formatting. That was fun.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:42 AM ^
in particular, Windows Live Writer. and if you use a Mac, then he hates you and all you stand for.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 PM ^
I've found that not all HTML works within the boundaries of MgoBlog entries.
For example, it seems to me that special characters (non-breaking spaces, etc) are not recognized.