Beginners Guide To HTML
BY MINDY

for use in chat rooms

GRITS

Girl Raised In The South



Hmm.. So you want to spice up your chat room existence... This page should give you all the basics you need to make yourself look like and experienced chatter. And remember.....To always close your codes

Okay..I think we should start with the basics.. Bold and Italic tags...



If you want your text to display in a dark black Like This... You need to use this tag:<B>TEXT YOU WANT BOLD</B> If this tag is implemented properly it should display like this:
TEXT YOU WANT BOLD

If you want your text to display in a Italic Fashion Like This... You need to use this tag:<I>TEXT YOU WANT ITALIC</I> If this tag is implemented properly it should display like this:
TEXT YOU WANT ITALIC



Ok.. No that we have mastered that .. lets move on to some other basic tags... Ever wonder how people display their name in the center of the screen? Wonder no longer. This chat room wonder is achieved by using the Center Tag. You should implement this code like this...
<CENTER>TEXT YOU WANT CENTERED</CENTER>
If this tag is implemented properly it will display like this ...

TEXT YOU WANT CENTERED



Hmm, now your really cruising.. ready for a challenge? How to turn your name blue and/or add a saying in your name. This is achieved by using the anchor tag... It looks like this:
<A HREF="http://Saying you want">Your Name Here</A>
You may want to play with it in the room before you actually use it in your name. Privately Whisper it to yourself so as not to annoy anyone and so that you don't feel embarrassed or frustrated.

Okay, that wasn't so hard now was it.. Hmmm, what next.. How about the Header tags.. they display your text in an array of sizes.. these tags are only supported in some rooms.. so there is a good chance they may not work in ever room you visit.. These tags are as follows:
<H1>TEXT YOU WANT LARGE</H1>
This tag displays text like this:

TEXT YOU WANT LARGE



<H2>TEXT YOU WANT A BIT SMALLER</H2>
This tag should display like this:

TEXT YOU WANT A LITTLE SMALLER



<H3>GETTING SMALLER STILL</H3>
This tag should display like this:

GETTING SMALLER STILL



<H4>A LITTLE BIT SMALLER </H4>
This tag should display like this:

A LITTLE BIT SMALLER



<H5>TEENIE WEENIE</H5>
This tag should display like this:
TEENIE WEENIE


<H6>ITSY BITSY</H6>
This tag should display like this:
ITSY BITSY


FONT TAGS

Font tags are that wonderful little tag that can increase or decrease the font size.. and add color to your name.. or the text you post. You achieve this by adding the following tags...


To increase your font size.. you need to add this tag...
<FONT SIZE=4>TEXT TO RESIZE</FONT>
You can use numbers ranging from 1 to 7. One being the smallest.. and seven the largest.


Color is a little bit more tricky.. You use the same basic tag as the one above and if you wish to increase the size of your fonts as well as color them.. you can combine these tags to look as such...
<FONT SIZE=4 COLOR="colorname">TEXT YOU WANT COLORED</FONT>
To do just color:
<FONT COLOR=COLORNAME>TEXT YOU WANT COLORED</FONT>


Color by Numbers

You can use numbers for colors also, contact me if you would like to get info on that way. For a color chart and numbers,

look here

also

look here


Color by Name

You can use any color name like red, or even names like navyblue, hotpink, dodgerblue, teal, and coral, now you get the picture........


You can also change the "face" of your font to make it look different. This is done with the:
<FONT FACE=???> tag
If you look in the directory C:\Windows\Fonts on your computer, you will see a list of font faces available to you. These are fonts your computer will "see" or "show". There are a lot of font faces out there, and if it is not on your computer, it will look just like the same old regular type you normally see. Here are some examples of some font faces:

<FONT FACE="comic sans ms">Comic Sans MS</FONT> would look like
<FONT FACE=dragonwick>Dragonwick</FONT> would look like
<FONT FACE=mistral>Mistral</FONT> would look like

You can also make your name have more than one line. For example:

Main Name You Choose

and something else here


This is acomplished using the <BR> tag. To make what you see above, would look like this:
<CENTER><FONT COLOR=blue SIZE=5>Main Name You Choose</FONT></CENTER><BR><CENTER><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=blue>and something else here</FONT></CENTER>

You can also use special characters in your name like: Ç, Ã, ®, §...and so on...to see how to use these character, go see our

Character Map

If you have any problem please contact me

mindy_kay@hotmail.com

I'm from Georgia, and I'm 20 years old............


These following files can help you with the HTML in the chat rooms. Ever seen names that fade from one color to another. Well, here are the tools so you may do it also.


HTML Font Colorizer:used to fade from one color to another...
Color Fazer:used to fade between multiple colors...can be used to set size, underline, bold, itallics, etc...

...Help For Images...



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