So, many people like to post things and ideas and create discussions. An effective way to get a point across is by bolding key words, italicizing sentences for emphasis and organizing your ideas in an easy to follow fashion.
Reading this article will make it easier for you to post in places where it doesn’t give you handy little shortcuts to ‘mark up’ your posts, like the reddit forums.
Also I’m bored I want to post about something.
##The technicals*
*I leave a space between the <>'s to show how it’s done
Most people are aware that the " ** " or “< b>text< /b>” around the text will bold a sentence or word, or using your keyboard shortcuts/clicking the bold button. Same story goes for italics. Using “##” before a sentence on a new line will make the following a header.
To make superscript or subscript, type in "< sup> text < /sup> or < sub> text < /sub>
Your text will look like this.
To add colour to some text, [ color=#]Text[/color] is how it’s done, where you put in “ff0000” (or something) in front of the #. This 6-digit code is known as a hex code for any colour. In this case ^ is red.
Hyperlinks are a very simple thing. When manually typing one out: " [text you want](actual link) " which gives you the ability to greatly condense a link’s length ie. this compared to http://www.hdbloggers.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cool-Backgrounds-Wallpaper.jpg; correct brackets are key
Don’t know how to underline here, < u> text < /u> won’t work
##Creating tables (spreadsheets)
Making a table is a bit more time consuming but it’s a great way to organise ideas, or show RotMG class stats!
Example:
| Initial Stats | Gain Per Level | Average at 20 | Base Stat Cap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hit Points | 130 | 20-30 | 605 | 700 |
| Magic Points | 100 | 5-15 | 290 | 385 |
| Attack | 10 | 0-2 | 29 | 50 |
| Defense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Speed | 12 | 0-2 | 31 | 55 |
| Dexterity | 12 | 0-2 | 31 | 50 |
| Vitality | 12 | 0-2 | 31 | 60 |
| Wisdom | 15 | 1-2 | 43 | 75 |
- First step is to type in this: < table style=“width:100%”>
- Then on a new line, type: < tr> <-- this will define a table row.
- On the next line down, type: < th> text < /th> <-- this will allow you to create a heading for that table.
- Repeat the above on a new line each time, until you have the desired # of columns for your table (left to right), then type: < /tr> on the line underneath to stop editing that row.
- On another new line, type < tr>, then < td> text < /td> to continue filling out your table.
The table I had created above looks like this, in HTML
< table style=“width:100%”>
< tr>
< th> < /th>
< th>Initial Stats< /th>
< th>Gain Per Level< /th>
< th>Average at 20< /th>
< th>Base Stat Cap< /th>
< /tr>
< tr>
< td>Hit Points< /td>
< td>130< /td>
< td>20-30< /td>
< td>605< /td>
< td>700< /td>
< /tr>
< tr>
< td>Magic Points< /td>
< td>100< /td>
< td>5-15< /td>
< td>290< /td>
< td>385< /td>
< /tr>
< tr>
< td>Attack< /td>
< td>10< /td>
< td>0-2< /td>
< td>29< /td>
< td>50< /td>
< /tr>
< table>
and so on and so forth
To bold or italicize within your table, type: < td>< b> text < /b>< /td>
Remember, there is no space between < and / or < and td, that was for demonstration purposes.
I hope this was sorta helpful in some way. If there are any other tips n tricks then please post them below!
For example, I can’t figure out the underline nor how to colour the background in a table cell.
Click here for a complete course on HTML, if you’re really interested!
I didn’t know how to do anything with HTML until I started on my class idea, because I wanted my ideas to look neat and well presented.
Cheers,
Stuart
