HTML Guide

      You are here because you're interested in learning some basic HTML skills, and help make our webmasters' lives a lot easier right? Well, don't have a heart attack over HTML because it isn't quantum physics. You can probably learn these HTML tags in less than fifteen minutes! So, are you ready to start? Well, lets get cracking!

      <P>, </P>[Paragraph] Put <P> before a paragraph and put </P> at the end of a paragraph. However, the closing tag, </P>, is optional. You can choose to have it, or not have it.
      <B>, </B>[Bold] Put <B> before the text you want to be bold and </B> at the end.
      <I>, </I>[Italics] Put <I> before the text you want to be italicized and </I> at the end.
      <U>, </U>[Underline] Put <U> before the text you want to be underlined and </U> at the end.
      <CENTER>, </CENTER>[Center] Put <CENTER> before the text you want to be centered and </CENTER> at the end.
      <BR>[Breaks] Insert in places where you want to have tighter breaks, e.g. song lyrics.

      Examples

      Paragraphs [<P>, </P>]

        <P>This is paragraph one.</P> <P>This is paragraph two.</P>

        It results in:

        This is paragraph one.

        This is paragraph two.

      Or....

        <P>This is paragraph one. <P>This is paragraph two.

        It results in:

        This is paragraph one.

        This is paragraph two.

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      Bold [<B>, </B>]

        <B>This sentence is bold.</B> This sentence is not.

        It results in:

        This sentence is bold. This sentence is not

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      Italics [<I>, </I>]

        <I>This sentence is italicized.</I> This sentence is not.

        It results in:

        This sentence is italicized. This sentence is not

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      Underline [<U>, </U>]

        <U>This sentence is underlined.</U> This sentence is not.

        It results in:

        This sentence is underlined. This sentence is not

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      Center [<CENTER>, </CENTER>]

        <CENTER>This sentence is centered.</CENTER> This sentence is not.

        It results in:

        This sentence is centered.
        This sentence is not.

      Breaks [<BR>]

        This is line one.<BR>This is line two.

        It results in:

        This is line one.
        This is line two.

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      Saving the File

      Save as Text format

      1. When saving your document, save it in plain-text format. There may be other types of format, but just select plain-text format.
      2. Give a file name to your document and save it. Everything should be all set.

      Save as HTML format

      1. In the "Save" or "Save As" dialogue box, select the file format as plain-text. Nothing else, just plain-text.
      2. Then give your document a name and then end it with a .htm, or .html ending.
      3. Click "Save" and it should turn out to be an HTML document.

      Heading

      If you really want to make my life easier, copy and paste the following onto the top of your document, and fill in the bold part!

      <HTML>
      <HEAD>
      <TITLE>The Title of Your Fic</TITLE>
      <LINK REL="StyleSheet" HREF="/~gateways/style3.css" TYPE="text/css">
      </HEAD>
      <BODY>

      <P><B>Disclaimer:</B> <I>Enter your disclaimer here.</I></P>

      <H4 ALIGN="CENTER">
      Title of Fic
      By: Name of Author
      </H4>

      Your story, complete with the HTML tags, goes here.

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