HTML Help

Sugarmandy · Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 2

Okay i have little bit of different type of coding question. I'm sorry if i give too much detail. So i have a train on myspace groups.

I only have three forum posts:

Apply, Proofs, and Changes.

After users add the group they are required to apply in the forum. So they have to answer basic questions Name, picture wanted on the train etc. Well i want them to use links when posting pictures, bulletin proofs, what have you.

I obviously have PLEASE POST IN LINK FORM, and that's not working. So i tried to post an example html code for making links like this:

<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/">Visit W3Schools!</a>

But when using the forum if i place the above code it just turns it into a link and then it's useless.

So i tried adding a single celled table and added the html in there. The forum eats the table code, I tried making a DIV type code box, and the forum ate that as well.

Anyone have any creative ideas on how i can easily post for them the html for creating a link. That they can copy and paste. (Cause i thought of just making an image) I also just thought of linking to a help site with html codes listed. But i fear people get sidetracked easily. So any ideas i haven't thought off, that myspace forum on groups won't eat.

Anything would be appreciated!

Thank You
Mandy

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 3593 Location: Biloxi, MS

To post HTML code for others to copy and paste, the HTML must be de-activated by turning it into text. To do this, use the character entity for the "<" symbol: & lg : (without spaces) = <

Then your example code will look like this: Quote: <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/" title="Visit W3Schools">Visit W3Schools!</a>

Sugarmandy · Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 2

I tried your example and somehow groups forums turned it into a link.

Quote: <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/" title="Visit W3Schools">Visit W3Schools!</a>

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 3593 Location: Biloxi, MS

Guess I misunderstood as I thought you were writing the HTML and not just posting in a forum. What I gave will not work if you are using a forum's editor. You must use the code wrap tags:

[code ]<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/" title="Visit W3Schools">Visit W3Schools!</a>[/code ]

Remove space in code tags for correct code.

or use quote tags:

[quote ]<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/" title="Visit W3Schools">Visit W3Schools!</a>[/quote ]

Remove space in quote tags for correct code.

Normally a forum's editor has buttons for inserting these tags for you. Just like this forum does. Exceptions are when the forum shuts off BBCode/HTML or allows you to set options which you haven't done.