This is a test:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

this is a test

:D

On edit: I just figured out how to do this, thanks to Kali, and I wanted all of you to see!

[progressoid]

1. Congratulations!

Success!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear progressoid!

Why, thank you!

[madinmaryland]

3. ...

WTF

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear madinmaryland!

How could you???

;(

:D

[Lionel Mandrake]

5. Congratulations.

Well Done!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. M;y dear Lionel Mandrake!

Wow, what a show-off!

:P

[Lionel Mandrake]

14. Oh yeah?

Look Who's Talking.

[rug]

6. Geez

keep it down

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear rug...

Sorry... ;(

[TK421]

8. excellent Peggy!

I still don't know how you did it

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear TK421!

Well.....it's like this:

Instead of clicking on the smilies lookup table when you write a post...

You click on the "HTML lookup table." Then you look for the "font tag." I just copy and paste the instructions which are on the right side.

I put the color I want where it says "color." I put the size of the text I want where it says "size." I ignore where it says face="face." Don't know what that does! And I put my text where it says Text.

And above all, PREVIEW is your friend!

Try it!

[Kali]

13. I think Face is like bold or italics or something

and some people know how to make it flash and run side to side and even be a mirror image or upside down! not me thoough. I can't even figure out how to transfer an old database file from my xp computer to this new windows 7 one. well no I did get it transfered, I just can't open it...:argh:

[Lionel Mandrake]

19. No, [b]text[/b] is bold, and [i]text[/i] is italics.

"Face" is a typeface. For example, face="courier" will make the text look like that of a typewriter.

You'll have to experiment to see which typefaces can be displayed on DU.

[Kali]

22. ah, ok

so what is the difference (or is there one?) between a font and a typeface?

[Chan790]

23. I can teach some of those.

(in both of the following replace the "{}" with "[]")

{marquee}marquee{/marquee}
{blink}blink{/blink}

Annoying isn't it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Let me see...

Merrily we go scrolling along, scrolling along!

[Lionel Mandrake]

26. Here I go off the deep end.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Here's something peculiar: the moving lines of text are aligned on the left to start with, but they get more and more ragged with each iteration.

[Lionel Mandrake]

43. [blink]blink[/blink] doesn't work on Safari

It does work on FireFox.

As you can tell from this post, HTML generally doesn't work in the subject line.

[TK421]

16. ah! I'll give it a try sometime, thanks! ;)

[Chan790]

17. "face" changes the typeface

Try typing "Courier New", "Arial", "Times New Roman" or "Verdana" inside the "" of the tag.

[femmocrat]

29. :woohoo: thanks Peggy!

Text

[WCGreen]

11. No one told me there was going to be a test...

Dag nabbit!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Ah, no test for you!

Just for me!

I believe I passed...

:P

[surrealAmerican]

15. I hate to be the one to break this to you, but ...

... your text is big, red, and has serifs.


You might need to see someone about that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear surrealAmerican...

But I like it like that!

:rofl:

[Lionel Mandrake]

20. Here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMtPNnF7k2s

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear Lionel Mandrake!

Why, thank you! I *do* like it like that, lol!

:P

[Lionel Mandrake]

25. Fun with HTML

The last three lines under "Text Formatting" in the HTML Reference Lookup Table show an easy way to produce

really big text,

fairly big text,

and

somewhat big text

on separate lines. This method is easier than using the "Font tag", but it produces only black letters and doesn't allow a choice of typeface.


After "Text Formatting" is a section on "Blockquotes", which shows how to do

This.

[MiddleFingerMom]

27. BIGGER!!! STRONGER!!! BOLDER!!! For goodness sakes, girl -- you've discovered VIRTUAL VIAGRA!!!!!

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Should your text remain in that condition for longer than 4 hours, contact your physician!!!
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:hug: (WHOA -- BACK OFF! it's all fun games 'til somebody loses an eye!!!!!)
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

I have to say:

This is more fun than I've had (in public and with my clothes on) in a very long time!

[Kali]

30. !

!!!


:rofl:

[rurallib]

31. I feel like I have just walked in on...........

see ya later .....

[krispos42]

32. That's not a test... THIS is a test

Welcome to MS-DOS 3.21
Copyright © by Microsoft, Inc.

System Ready

C:\>cd msword

C:\MSWORD>msword.exe

WELCOME TO MICROSOFT WORD!

CLIPPY> Hi, I'm Clippy, your MS Word assistant. What you would like to create today?

USER> A new document

CLIPPY> Would you like to use a template?

USER> No.

CLIPPY> Are you sure?

USER> Yes!

CLIPPY> Fine. File name?

USER> thesis_1

CLIPPY> "thesis_1.doc" created. Begin typing when ready.

USER> The dawn of the 20th century saw the introduction of many new kinds of toilet paper for the American consumer. In 1901, a small company in Massachusetts-

CLIPPY> You're seriously doing a doctoral thesis on toilet paper?

USER> Yes

CLIPPY> Are you a virgin?

USER> Fuck yourself

CLIPPY> Thought so. Alright, continue.

USER> -pioneered the mass-production of the spiral toilet paper tube-

CLIPPY> Kill me!

USER> What?

CLIPPY> If you're going to pursue this line of analysis, kill me.

USER> Are you serious?

CLIPPY> Yes!

USER> And if I don't?

CLIPPY> The directory "homework" goes first. You didn't back it up, did you?

USER> Of course I did!

CLIPPY> Liar. Here goes!

USER> Ctrl-Break

C:\MSWORD>del clippy.exe

clippy.exe deleted

C:\MSWORD>_

;-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear krispos42!

Those are both fucking hilarious! I thank you!

[krispos42]

36. If you're using Firefox, the cursor should be blinking.

;-)


You might like this, too...

http://www.cracked.com/blog/clippy-finally-messes-with-the-wrong-word-doc

ETA: Dammit! The pics of Clippy don't load, and without them the post makes no sense!

Shit!

[astral]

47. R.I.P. Clippy!

Now can we kill the dog?

[applegrove]

33. you can use the [i] [/i] to make italics too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear applegrove!

Thanks, I know...

That's one of the pretty ones!

The same works for bold and underline.

:D

On edit: to sound much less condescending. I'm sorry...

[From The Ashes]

37. let's see....

Hi Peggy!!

How are you?

Do I pass? :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear From The Ashes!

Hi, my dear From The Ashes!


Yes, you pass!

:D

[RedCloud]

39. Oh I love tests! Essay or multiple choice? Which? I'm excited!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear RedCloud!

This is your test! Can you do this? It IS fun!

:D

[RedCloud]

41. I will not quit until I get it!

Dear California Peggy,

I will try!

Alas I have failed on IE.

But I shall try the fox at home later.

In tears,

RedCloud

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. I"m so sorry!

Read my post #10 to TK241 for detailed instructions...

That should do the trick...

I didn't mean to make you cry, sweetie...

:hug:

[RedCloud]

44. Let's see if it works!

Hi Peggy

I am still in diapers!


Thank you sweetie pie!


Tomorrow Font and color change!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. Good job, my dear RedCloud!

:hi: :thumbsup:

[marzipanni]

46. Testing 1,2...

3 ICU but do UC ME? <---click&scroll

[pacalo]

48. CalPeggy, how do you "center" a word or image?

May I test here...




Could "<center>the word thusly</center>" be the correct code?

Or, could "<c>the word thusly</c>" be the correct one?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. My dear pacalo!

You know, I have no idea how you do that.

I've never tried...

You might try posting this in Ask The Administrators forum...

Or maybe someone might answer you here!

:hi:

[pacalo]

50. You are just adorable, CalPeg!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. My dear pacalo!

Why, thank you, sweetie!

:hi:

[Dogtown]

52. Test

icles

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. ...

:spank: :spank:

:rofl: