PH Formatting Quirks - Help & Tips Thread

[B'stard Child]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 29 March 2020 at 00:50

[gooner1]

Easy one from me Mr B'stard, how do you highlight part of a post in bold?
TIA.

[Laurel Green]

gooner1 said:

Easy one from me Mr B'stard, how do you highlight part of a post in bold?
TIA.

[b*]put around the words you want to make bold but without the star[/b]

So it comes out like put around the words you want to make bold

[Laurel Green]

I doubt you'll be learning anything from me.

[citizensm1th]

Is there a speeling check?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

A lesser-known one is that you can underline text by putting a double underscore either side of it.

Also, it's worth knowing that the formatting codes cancel on a new line. So you need to close and reopen them for each paragraph, if you are using, say, italic to show that you are quoting something from an article (and don't want to use the quote tag)

[citizensm1th]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

A lesser-known one is that you can underline text by putting a double underscore either side of it.

Also, it's worth knowing that the formatting codes cancel on a new line. So you need to close and reopen them for each paragraph, if you are using, say, italic to show that you are quoting something from an article (and don't want to use the quote tag)

Ohhh i like that one

[Laurel Green]

B'stard Child said:

Already have

Thanks.

[citizensm1th]

I am surprised that for anyone other than the OP that this thread is not sticky.

[jeremyc]

B'stard Child said:

I have a sneaking feeling that if it's made a sticky I may not be able to add anything to it

Not the case - stickiness of a thread doesn't affect anyone's ability to post to it.

[citizensm1th]

B'stard Child said:

jeremyc said:

B'stard Child said:

I have a sneaking feeling that if it's made a sticky I may not be able to add anything to it

Not the case - stickiness of a thread doesn't affect anyone's ability to post to it.

Another bit of knowledge gained Thank You

It may not affect the ability to post but who wants sloppy seconds really?

Only you BC could get excited over forum formatting ( i am only pulling your.............................leg).

[wc98]

glad i managed to inspire a good idea ! being a member of the peanut gallery is not all bad great idea by the way. i don't even have a clue how to post images on here and i am sure someone already explained it to me.
i only frequent a couple of other forums and posting pics is only a few clicks.

[Ultra Sound Guy]

wc98 said:

glad i managed to inspire a good idea ! being a member of the peanut gallery is not all bad great idea by the way. i don't even have a clue how to post images on here and i am sure someone already explained it to me.
i only frequent a couple of other forums and posting pics is only a few clicks.

Try Here

[amusingduck]

Similarly to bold, italic, etc, there's also [big ] and [small ] (without the spaces obviously)

[big ] big text [/big ]
big text

[small ] small text [/small ]
small text

The beauty of the big function is that it stacks, meaning you can do this:

[big ][big ][big ]hear me roar![/big ][/big ][/big ]
hear me roar!


With great power comes great responsibility, so don't abuse it or they'll fix that loophole

Edited by amusingduck on Tuesday 23 April 12:43

[Ultra Sound Guy]

amusingduck said:

[small ] big text [/small ]
small text

Not sure if I'd want to use that name changer?

[amusingduck]

Ultra Sound Guy said:

Not sure if I'd want to use that name changer?

oops!

[LordGrover]

No mention of headings yet?

Heading 1

text

Heading 2

text

Heading 3

text

Can be useful in tables too.

heading	column 2
apples	pears

---

No mention of  headings yet?

=Heading 1=
text
==Heading 2==
text
===Heading 3===
text

Can be useful in tables too.

||=heading=||=column 2=||
||apples||pears||